Daily Readings - 20/12/2025

^7:10 Once again Yahweh spoke to Ahaz and said,

^7:11 ‘Ask Yahweh your God for a sign for yourself coming either from the depths of Sheol or from the heights above’.

^7:12 ‘No,’ Ahaz answered ‘I will not put Yahweh to the test.’

^7:13 Then he said: Listen now, House of David: are you not satisfied with trying the patience of men without trying the patience of my God, too?

^7:14 The Lord himself, therefore, will give you a sign. It is this: the maiden is with child and will soon give birth to a son whom she will call Immanuel.

^23:1 Yahweh is my shepherd, I lack nothing.

^23:2 In meadows of green grass he lets me lie. To the waters of repose he leads me;

^23:3 there he revives my soul. He guides me by paths of virtue for the sake of his name.

^23:4 Though I pass through a gloomy Valley, beside me your rod and your staff are there, to hearten me.

^23:5 You prepare a table before me under the eyes of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil, my cup brims over.

^23:6 Ah, how goodness and kindness pursue me, every day of my life, my home, the house of Yahweh, as long as I live!