Lord’s

When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.

Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people.

Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for singing praises at the gates of the LORD’s dwelling.

A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.

All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.

May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.

…in the courts of the LORD’s house, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Hallelujah!

The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.

The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD’s land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.

These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.

One will say, ‘I belong to the LORD,’ another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, ‘The LORD’s,’ and will take the name of Israel.”

Come together, all of you, and listen: Which of the idols has foretold these things? The LORD’s chosen ally will carry out His desire against Babylon, and His arm will be against the Chaldeans.

Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.

If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,

…to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,

I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us—the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion.

But I am full of the LORD’s wrath; I am tired of holding it back. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the young men gathered together. For both husband and wife will be captured, the old and the very old alike.

But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.

So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations drink from it, each one to whom the LORD had sent me,

The peaceful meadows have been silenced because of the LORD’s burning anger.

Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.

The earth quakes and writhes because the LORD’s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.

“We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s house.”

You summoned my terrors on every side, as for the day of an appointed feast. In the day of the LORD’s anger no one escaped or survived; my enemy has destroyed those I nurtured and reared.

The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”

…the word of the LORD came directly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Kebar. And there the LORD’s hand was upon him.

What will you do on the appointed day, on the day of the LORD’s feast?

Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel:

You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory.

“On the Day of the LORD’s sacrifice I will punish the princes, the sons of the king, and all who are dressed in foreign apparel.

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.

…before the decree takes effect and the day passes like chaff, before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the Day of the LORD’s anger comes upon you.

Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.

Consider carefully from this day forward—from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid—consider carefully:

Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.

“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May it happen to me according to your word.” Then the angel left her.

Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”

And all who heard this wondered in their hearts and asked, “What then will this child become?” For the Lord’s hand was with him.

The Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

…to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message.

When he would not be dissuaded, we quieted down and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”

For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.

Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.

Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?

…for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”

Now then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat.

For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.

If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, let him acknowledge that what I am writing you is the Lord’s command.

But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.

Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.

Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.

You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.

Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority,

Consider also that our Lord’s patience brings salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom God gave him.

On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,