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Lamentations 4-5

Devastation of Jerusalem

How dulled is the gold,
    how tarnished the fine gold.
The sacred gems are poured out
    at the corner of every street.
The precious sons of Zion,
    once worth their weight in gold—
alas! now they are treated like clay jars,
    the work of a potter’s hands!
Even jackals offer their breast
    to nurse their young.
The daughter of my people has become cruel,
    like ostriches in the desert.
The nursing infant’s tongue clings
    to the roof of his mouth for thirst.
Little children ask for bread,
    but no one gives it t0 them.
Those who used to eat delicacies
    are desolate in the streets.
Those who were brought up in purple
    embrace trash heaps.
For the iniquities of the daughter of my people
    is greater than the sin of Sodom,
which was overthrown in a moment,[a]
    yet no hands turned to her.
Purer than snow were her princes,[b]
    whiter than milk,
their bodies more ruddy than rubies,
    their appearance like sapphire.
Their form has become darker than soot!
    They are not recognized in the street.
Their skin has shriveled on their bones,
    withered like a tree.
Better are those slain by the sword
    than those struck down by famine—
they waste away, racked with pain,
    for lack of fruits of the field.
10 The hands of compassionate women
    boiled their own children.
They became their food
    when the daughter of my people were destroyed.
11 Adonai has vented His fury.
    He has poured out His burning anger.
Yes, He kindled a fire in Zion
    that devoured her foundations.
12 The kings of the earth did not believe,
    nor did the inhabitations of the world,
that enemy and foe would enter
    the gates of Jerusalem.
13 Yet it happened because of the sins of her prophets,
    and the iniquities of her kohanim,
who shed in her midst
    the blood of the tzadikim[c].
14 They wander in the streets,
    like blind men.
They are so defiled with blood,
    no one can touch their garments.
15 “Turn away! Unclean!”
    They cry to them.
“Turn away, turn away! Don’t touch!”
    So they fled and wandered about.
People among the nations say,
    “They can stay here no longer.”
16 Adonai Himself has scattered them.
    He will look on them no more.
They did not respect the kohanim.
    They did not favor the elders.
17 Even now our eyes waste away
    looking in vain for our help.
From our towers we watched
    for a nation that could not save us.
18 They hunted our steps,
    so we could not walk in our streets.
Our end was near.
    Our days were numbered, for our end had come.
19 Our pursuers were swifter
    than eagles of the sky;
they pursued us over the mountains;
    they ambushed us in the wilderness.
20 The anointed of Adonai,
    the breath of our nostrils,
was captured in their pits,
    of whom we have said,
“Under His shadow we will live among the nations.”
21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom,
    you who dwell in the land of Uz.
To you also will the cup be passed.
    You will be drunk and stripped naked.
22 O daughter of Zion,
    your punishment is accomplished;
    He will exile you no longer.
But, O daughter of Edom,
    He will punish your iniquity
    and uncover your sins.

Remember Us!

Remember, Adonai,
what has come upon us.
Look, and see our disgrace!
Our inheritance is turned over to strangers,
    our homes to foreigners.
We have become orphans, fatherless,
    our mothers are like widows.
We pay silver for the water we drink;
    our wood comes at a price.
Our pursuers are at our necks.
    We are weary and have no rest.
We have held out our hand to Egypt
    and Assyria to be satisfied with bread.
Our fathers sinned and are no more,
    but we bear their punishment.
Slaves rule over us.
    There is no one to deliver us from their hand.
We get our bread at the peril of our lives
    because of the sword in the desert.
10 Our skin is hot as an oven
    due to fever from famine.
11 The women in Zion have been ravished,
    maidens in the towns of Judah.
12 Princes are hung up by their hands;
    elders are dishonored.
13 Young men toil at the millstone.
    Boys stagger under loads of wood.
14 Elders are gone from the gate,
    young men from their music.
15 Joy has ceased in our hearts.
    Our dance has turned into mourning.
16 The crown has fallen from our head.
    Oy to us, for we have sinned!
17 Because of this our heart is faint,
    for these things our eyes are dim,
18 for Mount Zion, which lies desolate,
    as jackals prowl over it.

Hashiveinu (Restore Us)

19 You, Adonai, are enthroned forever;
    Your throne endures from generation to generation.[d]
20 Why do You always forget us
    and forsake us for so long?
21 Bring us back to You, Adonai,
    and we will return.
Renew our days as of old—
22 unless You have utterly rejected us
    and are exceedingly angry with us.

Hebrews 2

Warning Not to Drift Away

For this reason it is necessary for us to pay especially close attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. For if the word spoken through angels proved to be firm, and every violation and disobedience received a just payback, how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? It was first spoken through the Lord and confirmed to us by those who heard. At the same time, God was testifying by signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Ruach ha-Kodesh, according to His will.

Yeshua Greater than Angels

For it is not to angels that God has subjected the olam ha-ba—about which we speak. But somewhere someone has testified, saying,

“What is man, that You are mindful of him,
    or the son of man, that You care for him?
For a little while, You made him
lower than the angels.
    You crowned him with glory and honor.
You put all things in subjection
underneath his feet.”[a]

For when He put all things in subjection to him, He left nothing outside his control. But for now we do not yet see all things subjected to him. But we see One who was made for a little while lower than the angels—namely, Yeshua. He is now crowned with glory and honor, because of the death He suffered so that, by the grace of God, He might taste death for everyone.

10 For it was fitting for God—for whom and through whom all things exist—in leading many sons to glory, to perfect through sufferings the initiator of their salvation. 11 For both He who sanctifies and those being sanctified are all from one—so He is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters, [b] 12 saying,

“I will proclaim Your name
to My brothers and sisters.
In the midst of the congregation
I will sing praise to You.”[c]

13 And again,

“I will put My trust in Him.”[d]

And again,

“Here am I and the children God has given Me.”[e]

14 Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared the same humanity—so that through death He might break the power of the one who had the power of death (that is, the devil) 15 and free those who by fear of death were in bondage all their lives. 16 For surely He is not concerned about angels, but about the seed of Abraham. 17 Therefore He had to be made like His brothers in all things, so He might become a merciful and faithful Kohen Gadol in matters relating to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people. [f] 18 Because He Himself suffered when put to the test, He is able to help those being tested.

Psalm 103

As a Father Has Compassion

Psalm 103

Of David.
Bless Adonai, O my soul,
and all that is within me, bless His holy Name.
Bless Adonai, O my soul,
and forget not all His benefits:
He forgives all your iniquity.
He heals all your diseases.
He redeems your life from the Pit.
He crowns you with lovingkindness and compassions.
He satisfies your years with good things,
so that your youth is renewed like an eagle.

Adonai executes justice—
judgments for all who are oppressed.
He made His ways known to Moses,
His deeds to the children of Israel.
Adonai is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger, and plentiful in mercy.
He will not always accuse,
nor will He keep His anger forever.
10 He has not treated us according to our sins,
or repaid us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is His mercy for those who fear Him.
12 As far as the east is from the west,
so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
13 As a father has compassion on his children,
so Adonai has compassion on those who fear Him.
14 For He knows our frame.
He remembers that we are but dust.
15 As for man, his days are like grass—
he flourishes like a flower of the field,
16 but when the wind blows over it, it is gone,
    and its place is no longer known.
17 But the mercy of Adonai is from everlasting to everlasting
    on those who revere Him,
His righteousness to children’s children,
18 to those who keep His covenant,
who remember to observe His instructions.

19 Adonai has set up His throne in the heavens,
and His kingdom rules over all.
20 Bless Adonai, you angels of His:
mighty in strength, performing His word,
upon hearing the utterance of His word.
21 Bless Adonai, all you His armies,
His servants who do His will.
22 Bless Adonai, all His works everywhere in His dominion.
Bless Adonai, O my soul!

Proverbs 26:23

23 Like silver glaze overlaying earthenware
are fervent[a] lips with an evil heart.

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