12Yet even now, says the LORD,return to me with all your heart,with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;13 rend your hearts and not your clothing.Return to the LORD, your God,for he is gracious and merciful,slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love,and relents from punishing.14Who knows whether he will not turn and relent,and leave a…

1 I will extol you, O LORD, for you have drawn me up,and did not let my foes rejoice over me.2 O LORD my God, I cried to you for help,and you have healed me.3 O LORD, you brought up my soul from Sheol,restored me to life from among those gone down to the Pit….

25Now large crowds were traveling with him; and he turned and said to them, 26″Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple. 27Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. 28For which…

1After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying,“Hallelujah!Salvation and glory and power to our God,2 for his judgments are true and just;he has judged the great whorewho corrupted the earth with her fornication,and he has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”3Once more they…

3Fire devours in front of them,and behind them a flame burns.Before them the land is like the garden of Eden,but after them a desolate wilderness,and nothing escapes them. 4They have the appearance of horses,and like war-horses they charge.5As with the rumbling of chariots,they leap on the tops of the mountains,like the crackling of a flame…

1 The LORD is king! Let the earth rejoice;let the many coastlands be glad!2 Clouds and thick darkness are all around him;righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.3 Fire goes before him,and consumes his adversaries on every side.4 His lightnings light up the world;the earth sees and trembles.5 The mountains melt like wax…

12He said also to the one who had invited him, “When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, in case they may invite you in return, and you would be repaid. 13But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the…

15The merchants of these wares, who gained wealth from her, will stand far off, in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning aloud, 16″Alas, alas, the great city, clothed in fine linen, in purple and scarlet, adorned with gold, with jewels, and with pearls! 17For in one hour all this wealth has been laid waste!”…

1:15Alas for the day!For the day of the LORD is near,and as destruction from the Almighty it comes.16Is not the food cut offbefore our eyes,joy and gladnessfrom the house of our God? 17The seed shrivels under the clods,the storehouses are desolate;the granaries are ruinedbecause the grain has failed.18How the animals groan!The herds of cattle wander…

1 Praise the Lord!Praise God in his sanctuary;praise him in his mighty firmament!2 Praise him for his mighty deeds;praise him according to his surpassing greatness! 3 Praise him with trumpet sound;praise him with lute and harp!4 Praise him with tambourine and dance;praise him with strings and pipe!5 Praise him with clanging cymbals;praise him with loud…