November 16, 2040
Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Λόγος: In the beginning was the Word(John 1:1)
καὶ γνώσεσθε τὴν ἀλήθειαν, καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια ἐλευθερώσει ὑμᾶς: And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free(John 8:32)
Old TestamentSeptuagint (Brenton)
Ezekiel 23:1–24:27
1And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2Son of man, there were two women, daughters of one mother: 3and they went a-whoring in Egypt in their youth: there their breasts fell, there they lost their virginity. 4And their names were Oola the elder, and Ooliba her sister: and they were mine, and bore sons and daughters: and [as for] their names, Samaria was Oola, and Jerusalem was Ooliba. 5And Oola went a-whoring from me, and doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians that were her neighbours, 6clothed with purple, princes and captains; [they were] young men and choice, all horsemen riding on horses. 7And she bestowed her fornication upon them; all were choice sons of the Assyrians: and on whomsoever she doted herself, with them she defiled herself in all [their] devices. 8And she forsook not her fornication with the Egyptians: for in her youth they committed fornication with her, and they deflowered her, and poured out their fornication upon her. 9Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the children of the Assyrians, on whom she doted. 10They uncovered her shame: they took her sons and daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became a byword among women; and they wrought vengeance in her for the sake of the daughters. 11And her sister Ooliba saw [it], and she indulged in her fondness more corruptly than she, and in her fornication more than the fornication of her sister. 12She doted upon the sons of the Assyrians, princes and captains, her neighbours, clothed with fine linen, horsemen riding on horses; [they were] all choice young men. 13And I saw that they were defiled, [that] the two [had] one way. 14And she increased her fornication, and she saw men painted on the wall, likenesses of the Chaldeans painted with a pencil, 15having variegated girdles on their loins, having also richly dyed [attire] upon their heads; all had a princely appearance, the likeness of the children of the Chaldeans, of their native land. 16And she doted upon them as soon as she saw them, and sent forth messengers to them into the land of the Chaldeans. 17And the sons of Babylon came to her, into the bed of rest, and they defiled her in her fornication, and she was defiled by them, and her soul was alienated from them. 18And she exposed her fornication, and exposed her shame: and my soul was alienated from her, even as my soul was alienated from her sister. 19And thou didst multiply thy fornication, so as to call to remembrance the days of thy youth, wherein thou didst commit whoredom in Egypt, 20and thou didst dote upon the Chaldeans, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and their members [as] the members of horses. 21And thou didst look upon the iniquity of thy youth, [the things] which thou wroughtest in Egypt in thy lodging, where were the breasts of thy youth. 22Therefore, Ooliba, thus saith the Lord; Behold, I [will] stir up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy soul is alienated, and I will bring them upon thee round about, 23the children of Babylon, and all the Chaldeans, Phacuc, and Sue, and Hychue, and all the sons of the Assyrians with them; choice young men, governors and captains, all princes and renowned, riding on horses. 24And they all shall come upon thee from the north, chariots and wheels, with a multitude of nations, shields and targets; and [the enemy] shall set a watch against thee round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall take vengeance on thee with their judgments. 25And I will bring upon thee my jealousy, and they shall deal with thee in great wrath: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and shall cast down thy remnant with the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy remnant fire shall devour. 26And they shall strip thee of thy raiment, and take [away] thine ornaments. 27So I will turn back thine ungodliness from thee, and thy fornication from the land of Egypt: and thou shalt not lift up thine eyes upon them, and shalt no more remember Egypt. 28Wherefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I [will] deliver thee into the hands of those whom thou hatest, from whom thy soul is alienated. 29And they shall deal with thee in hatred, and shall take all [the fruits] of thy labours and thy toils, and thou shalt be naked and bare: and the shame of thy fornication shall be exposed: and thy ungodliness and thy fornication 30brought this upon thee, in that thou wentest a-whoring after the nations, and didst defile thyself with their devices. 31Thou didst walk in the way of thy sister; and I will put her cup into thine hands. 32Thus saith the Lord; Drink thy sister's cup, deep and large, and full, to cause complete drunkenness. 33And thou shalt be thoroughly weakened; and the cup of destruction, the cup of thy sister Samaria, 34drink thou it, and I will take away her feasts and her new moons: for I have spoken [it], saith the Lord. 35Therefore thus saith the Lord; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore receive thou [the reward] of thine ungodliness and thy fornication. 36And the Lord said to me; Son of man, wilt thou not judge Oola and Ooliba? and declare to them their iniquities? 37For they have committed adultery, and blood was in their hands, they committed adultery with their devices, and they passed through the fire to them their children which they bore to me. 38So long too as they did these things to me, they defiled my sanctuary, and profaned my sabbaths. 39And when they sacrificed their children to their idols, they also went into my sanctuary to profane it: and whereas they did thus in the midst of my house; 40and whereas they did thus to the men that came from afar, to whom they sent messengers, and as soon as they came, immediately thou didst wash thyself, and didst paint thine eyes and adorn thyself with ornaments, 41and satest on a prepared bed, and before it [there was] a table set out, and [as for] mine incense and mine oil, they rejoiced in them, 42and they raised a sound of music, and [that] with men coming from the wilderness out of a multitude of men, and they put bracelets on their hands, and a crown of glory on their heads; 43Therefore I said, Do they not commit adultery with these? and has she also gone a-whoring [after] the manner of a harlot? 44And they went in to her, as [men] go in to a harlot; so they went in to Oola and to Ooliba to work iniquity. 45And they are just men, and shall take vengeance on them with the judgment of an adulteress and the judgment of blood: for they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands. 46Thus saith the Lord God, Bring up a multitude upon them, and send trouble and plunder into the midst of them. 47And stone them with the stones of a multitude, and pierce them with their swords: they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and shall burn up their houses. 48And I will remove ungodliness out of the land, and all the women shall be instructed, and shall not do according to their ungodliness. 49And your ungodliness shall be recompensed upon you, and ye shall bear the guilt of your devices: and ye shall know that I am the Lord. Chapter 241And the word of the Lord came to me, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth [day] of the month, saying, 2Son of man, write for thyself daily from this day, on which the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem, [even] from this day. 3And speak a parable to the provoking house, and thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord; Set on the caldron, and pour water into it: 4and put the pieces into it, every prime piece, the leg and shoulder taken off from the bones, 5[which are] taken from choice cattle, and burn the bones under them: her bones are boiled and cooked in the midst of her. 6Therefore thus saith the Lord; O bloody city, the caldron in which there is scum, and the scum has not gone out of, she has brought it forth piece by piece, no lot has fallen upon it. 7For her blood is in the midst of her; I have set it upon a smooth rock: I have not poured it out upon the earth, so that the earth should cover it; 8that my wrath should come up for complete vengeance to be taken: I set her blood upon a smooth rock, so as not to cover it. 9Therefore thus saith the Lord, I will also make the firebrand great, 10and I will multiply the wood, and kindle the fire, that the flesh may be consumed, and the liquor boiled away; 11and that [it] may stand upon the coals, that her brass may be thoroughly heated, and be melted in the midst of her filthiness, and her scum may be consumed, 12and her abundant scum may not come forth of her. 13Her scum shall become shameful, because thou didst defile thyself: and what if thou shalt be purged no more until I have accomplished my wrath? 14I the Lord have spoken; and it shall come, and I will do [it]; I will not delay, neither will I have any mercy: I will judge thee, saith the Lord, according to thy ways, and according to thy devices: therefore will I judge thee according to thy bloodshed, and according to thy devices will I judge thee, thou unclean, notorious, and abundantly provoking one. 15And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 16Son of man, behold I take from thee the desire of thine eyes by violence: thou shalt not lament, neither shalt thou weep. 17Thou shalt groan for blood, and have mourning upon thy loins; thy hair shall not be braided upon thee, and thy sandals [shall be] on thy feet; thou shalt in no wise be comforted by their lips, and thou shalt not eat the bread of men. 18And I spoke to the people in the morning, as he commanded me in the evening, and I did in the morning as it was commanded me. 19And the people said to me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are that thou doest? 20Then I said to them, The word of the Lord came to me, saying, 21Say to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I [will] profane my sanctuary, the boast of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and for which your souls are concerned; and your sons and your daughters, whom ye have left, shall fall by the sword. 22And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not be comforted at their mouth, and ye shall not eat the bread of men. 23And your hair [shall be] upon your head, and your shoes on your feet: neither shall ye at all lament or weep; but ye shall pine away in your iniquities, and shall comfort every one his brother. 24And Jezekiel shall be for a sign to you: according to all that I have done shall ye do, when these things shall come; and ye shall know that I am the Lord. 25And thou, son of man, [shall it] not [be] in the day when I take their strength from them, the pride of their boasting, the desires of their eyes, and the pride of their soul, their sons and their daughters, 26that in that day he that escapes shall come to thee, to tell [it] thee in thine ears? 27In that day thy mouth shall be opened to him that escapes; thou shalt speak, and shalt be no longer dumb: and thou shalt be for a sign to them, and they shall know that I am the Lord.
PsalmSeptuagint (Brenton)
Psalm 126:1–5(MT: 127)
MT Psalm 127 = LXX Psalm 126 (standard offset).
1A Song of Degrees. Blessed are all they that fear the Lord; who walk in his ways. 2Thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands: blessed art thou, and it shall be well with thee. 3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine on the sides of thy house: thy children as young olive-plants round about thy table. 4Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that fears the Lord. 5May the Lord bless thee out of Sion; and mayest thou see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
ProverbSeptuagint (Brenton)
Proverbs 28:24
24He that casts off father or mother, and thinks he sins not; the same is partaker with an ungodly man.
New TestamentKing James Version
Hebrews 11:1–16
1Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2For by it the elders obtained a good report. 3Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. 4By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. 5By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. 6But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. 7By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. 8By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. 9By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: 10For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. 11Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. 12Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable. 13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. 15And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. 16But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
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