Lenten Lectionary Á-? The Second Week of Great Lent - Page of 24
Wednesday in the Second Week - At the Sixth Hour
Reader:
The Troparion of the Prophecy, in the 6th Tone:
Choir:
O Thou Most High Who dwellest in the
heavens, Creator of every breath, save us, O God:
for we have hoped in Thee, O our Savior.
GloryÁ-¬. Both NowÁ-¬
And the choir repeats the Troparion
Reader:
The Prokeimenon, Psalm 29, in the 5th Tone: Unto
Thee, O Lord, will I cry, and unto My God will I make
supplication.
Stichos:
I will exalt Thee, O Lord, for Thou hast upheld me.
Deacon:
Wisdom!
Reader:
The reading
is from the
Prophecy of
Isaiah.
Deacon:
Let us
attend!
Is 5:16-25
Reader:
5.
But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment,
and the holy God shall be glorified in righteousness.
17.
18.
Woe [to them] that draw sins to them as with a long rope,
and iniquities as with a thong of the heifer's yoke:
19.
who
say, Let him speedily hasten what he will do, that we may
see [it]: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel
come, that we may know [it].
20.
Woe [to them] that call
evil good, and good evil; who make darkness light, and
light darkness; who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter.
21.
Woe [to them] that are wise in their own conceit, and
knowing in their own sight.
22.
Woe to the strong [ones] of
you that drink wine, and the mighty [ones] that mingle
strong drink:
23.
who justify the ungodly for rewards, and