Daily Readings - 09/07/2026

^11:1 When Israel was a child I loved him, and I called my son out of Egypt.

^11:2 But the more I called to them, the further they went from me; they have offered sacrifice to the Baals and set their offerings smoking before the idols.

^11:3 I myself taught Ephraim to walk, I took them in my arms; yet they have not understood that I was the one looking after them.

^11:4 I led them with reins of kindness, with leading-strings of love. I was like someone who lifts an infant close against his cheek; stooping down to him I gave him his food.

^11:8 Ephraim, how could I part with you? Israel, how could I give you up? How could I treat you like Admah, or deal with you like Zeboiim?[*a] My heart recoils from it, my whole being trembles at the thought.

^11:9 I will not give rein to my fierce anger, I will not destroy Ephraim again, for I am God, not man: I am the Holy One in your midst and have no wish to destroy.

^79:1 God, the pagans have invaded your heritage, they have desecrated your holy Temple; they have reduced Jerusalem to a pile of ruins,

^79:2 they have left the corpses of your servants to the birds of the air for food, and the flesh of your devout to the beasts of the earth.

^79:3 They have shed blood like water throughout Jerusalem, not a gravedigger left!

^79:4 we are now insulted by our neighbours, butt and laughing-stock of all those around us.

^79:5 How much longer will you be angry, Yahweh? For ever? Is your jealousy to go on smouldering like a fire?

^79:6 Pour out your anger on the pagans, who do not acknowledge you, and on those kingdoms that do not call on your name,

^79:7 for they have devoured Jacob and reduced his home to desolation.

^79:8 Do not hold our ancestors’ crimes against us, in tenderness quickly intervene, we can hardly be crushed lower;

^79:9 help us, God our saviour, for the honour of your name; Yahweh, blot out our sins, rescue us for the sake of your name.

^79:10 Why should the pagans ask, ‘Where is their God?’ May we soon see the pagans learning what vengeance you exact for your servants’ blood shed here!

^79:11 May the groans of the captive reach you; by your mighty arm rescue those doomed to die!

^79:12 Pay our neighbours sevenfold, strike to the heart for the monstrous insult proffered to you, Lord!

^79:13 And we your people, the flock that you pasture, giving you everlasting thanks, will recite your praises for ever and ever.

^10:7 And as you go, proclaim that the kingdom of heaven is close at hand.

^10:8 Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils. You received without charge, give without charge.

^10:9 Provide yourselves with no gold or silver, not even with a few coppers for your purses,

^10:10 with no haversack for the journey or spare tunic or footwear or a staff, for the workman deserves his keep.

^10:11 ‘Whatever town or village you go into, ask for someone trustworthy and stay with him until you leave.

^10:12 As you enter his house, salute it,

^10:13 and if the house deserves it, let your peace descend upon it; if it does not, let your peace come back to you.

^10:14 And if anyone does not welcome you or listen to what you have to say, as you walk out of the house or town shake the dust from your feet.

^10:15 I tell you solemnly, on the day of Judgement it will not go as hard with the land of Sodom and Gomorrah as with that town.