Proper 19 (24)

11Verse 11. At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A searing wind from the barren heights in the desert blows toward the daughter of My people, but not to winnow or to sift; 12Verse 12. a wind too strong for that comes from Me. Now I also pronounce judgments against them.” 22Verse 22. “For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.” 23Verse 23. I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light. 24Verse 24. I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying. 25Verse 25. I looked, and no man was left; all the birds of the air had fled. 26Verse 26. I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert. All its cities were torn down before the LORD, before His fierce anger. 27Verse 27. For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction. 28Verse 28. Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above will grow dark. I have spoken, I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back.”

7Verse 7. Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. 8Verse 8. How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said, ‘These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’” 9Verse 9. The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people. 10Verse 10. Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.” 11Verse 11. But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand? 12Verse 12. Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people. 13Verse 13. Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’” 14Verse 14. So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.