Lenten Lectionary Á-? The Third Week of Great Lent - Page of 22
Tuesday in the Third Week - At the Sixth Hour
Reader:
The Troparion of the Prophecy, 7th Tone:
Choir:
Our salvation art Thou, O Lord, and a defender in the
day of affliction; have mercy on us according to Thy great
mercy, O Lover of mankind.
GloryÁ-¬. Both NowÁ-¬
And the choir repeats the Troparion
Reader:
The Prokeimenon, Psalm 45, in the 4th Tone: The
Lord of Hosts is with us, our helper is the God of Jacob.
Stichos:
Our God is refuge and strength.
Deacon:
Wisdom!
Reader:
The reading
is
from
the
Prophecy
of
Isaiah.
Deacon:
Let us
attend!
Is. 9:9 - 10:4
Reader:
THUS SAITH THE LORD:
9.
And all the people of
Ephraim, and they that dwelt in Samaria shall know, who
say in their pride and lofty heart.
10.
The bricks are fallen
down, but come, let us hew stones, and cut down
sycamores and cedars, and let us build for ourselves a
tower.
11.
And God shall dash down them that rise up
against him on mount Sion, and shall scatter his enemies;
12.
[even] Syria from the rising of the sun, and the Greeks
from the setting of the sun, who devour Israel with open
mouth. For all this [his] anger is not turned away, but still
[his] hand is exalted.
13.
But the people turned not until
they were smitten, and they sought not the Lord.
14.
So the
Lord took away from Israel the head and tail, great and