Saturday in Season after Pentecost

68Verse 68. “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people. 69Verse 69. He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David, 70Verse 70. as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past, 71Verse 71. salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us, 72Verse 72. to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant, 73Verse 73. the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us 74Verse 74. deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear, 75Verse 75. in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives. 76Verse 76. And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him, 77Verse 77. to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, 78Verse 78. because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high, 79Verse 79. to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”

18Verse 18. Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’ 19Verse 19. He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem. 20Verse 20. Go up to Lebanon and cry out; raise your voice in Bashan; cry out from Abarim, for all your lovers have been crushed. 21Verse 21. I warned you when you were secure. You said, ‘I will not listen.’ This has been your way from youth, that you have not obeyed My voice. 22Verse 22. The wind will drive away all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. Then you will be ashamed and humiliated because of all your wickedness. 23Verse 23. O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.” 24Verse 24. “As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “evenif you, Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on My right hand, I would pull you off. 25Verse 25. In fact, I will hand you over to those you dread, who want to take your life — to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to the Chaldeans. 26Verse 26. I will hurl you and the mother who gave you birth into another land, where neither of you were born — and there you both will die. 27Verse 27. You will never return to the land for which you long.” 28Verse 28. Is this man Coniah a despised and shattered pot, a jar that no one wants? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and cast into a land they do not know? 29Verse 29. O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD! 30Verse 30. This is what the LORD says: “Enroll this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime. None of his descendants will prosper to sit on the throne of David or to rule again in Judah.”