Lenten Lectionary Á-? The Third Week of Great Lent - Page of 22
small, in one day:
15.
the old man, and them that respect
persons, this is the head; and the prophet teaching
unlawful things, he is the tail.
16.
And they that pronounce
this people blessed shall mislead them; and they mislead
them that they may devour them.
17.
Therefore the Lord
shall not take pleasure in their young men, neither shall he
have pity on their orphans or on their widows: for they are
all transgressors and wicked, and every mouth speaks
unjustly. For all this [his] anger is not turned away, but
[his] hand is yet exalted.
18.
And iniquity shall burn as fire,
and shall be devoured by fire as dry grass: and it shall
burn in the thickets of the wood, and shall devour all that
is round about the hills.
19.
The whole earth is set on fire
because of the fierce anger of the Lord, and the people
shall be as men burnt by fire: no man shall pity his
brother.
20.
But [one] shall turn aside to the right hand, for
he shall be hungry; and shall eat on the left, and a man
shall by no means be satisfied with eating the flesh of his
own arm.
21.
For Manasses shall eat [the flesh] of Ephraim,
and Ephraim [the flesh] of Manasses; for they shall
besiege Juda together. For all this [his] anger is not turned
away, but [his] hand is yet exalted.
1.
Woe to them that
write wickedness; for when they write they do write
wickedness,
2.
perverting the cause of the poor, violently
wresting the judgment of the needy ones of my people,
that the widow may be a prey to them, and the orphan a
spoil.
3.
And what will they do in the day of visitation? for
affliction shall come to you from afar: and to whom will ye
flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory,
4.
that ye