Proper 24 (29)

27Verse 27. “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and of beast. 28Verse 28. Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD. 29Verse 29. “In those days, it will no longer be said: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’ 30Verse 30. Instead, each will die for his own iniquity. If anyone eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will be set on edge. 31Verse 31. Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. 32Verse 32. It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt— a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them, ” 33Verse 33. “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. 34Verse 34. No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”

22Verse 22. During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23Verse 23. He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions. 24Verse 24. So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak. 25Verse 25. When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled. 26Verse 26. Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” 27Verse 27. “What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied. 28Verse 28. Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.” 29Verse 29. And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there. 30Verse 30. So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.” 31Verse 31. The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.