Sunday, June 27, 2021
Jeremiah 25:1–14
1The word came to Jeremiah concerning all the people
of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, which was
the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. 2So Jeremiah the
prophet said to all the people of Judah and to all those living in Jerusalem: 3For
twenty-three years--from the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of
Judah until this very day--the word of the LORD has come to me and I have
spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.
4And though the LORD has sent all his servants the
prophets to you again and again, you have not listened or paid any attention. 5They
said, "Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and your evil practices,
and you can stay in the land the LORD gave to you and your fathers for ever and
ever. 6Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them; do not
provoke me to anger with what your hands have made. Then I will not harm
you."
7"But you did not listen to me," declares
the LORD, "and you have provoked me with what your hands have made, and
you have brought harm to yourselves."
8Therefore the LORD Almighty says this: "Because
you have not listened to my words, 9I will summon all the peoples of
the north and my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon," declares the
LORD, "and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and
against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy them and make
them an object of horror and scorn, and an everlasting ruin. 10I
will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and
bridegroom, the sound of millstones and the light of the lamp. 11This
whole country will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve
the king of Babylon seventy years.
12"But when the seventy years are fulfilled, I
will punish the king of Babylon and his nation, the land of the Babylonians,
for their guilt," declares the LORD, "and will make it desolate
forever. 13I will bring upon that land all the things I have spoken
against it, all that are written in this book and prophesied by Jeremiah
against all the nations. 14They themselves will be enslaved by many
nations and great kings; I will repay them according to their deeds and the
work of their hands."
Psalm
147
1Praise the
LORD. How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to
praise him! 2The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of
Israel. 3He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. 4He
determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name. 5Great
is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit. 6The
LORD sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground. 7Sing
to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music to our God on the harp. 8He
covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass
grow on the hills. 9He provides food for the cattle and for the
young ravens when they call. 10His pleasure is not in the strength
of the horse, nor his delight in the legs of a man; 11the LORD
delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love. 12Extol
the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion, 13for he strengthens
the bars of your gates and blesses your people within you. 14He
grants peace to your borders and satisfies you with the finest of wheat. 15He
sends his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly. 16He spreads
the snow like wool and scatters the frost like ashes. 17He hurls
down his hail like pebbles. Who can withstand his icy blast? 18He
sends his word and melts them; he stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow. 19He
has revealed his word to Jacob, his laws and decrees to Israel. 20He
has done this for no other nation; they do not know his laws. Praise the LORD.
Acts
14:19–28
19Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won
the crowd over. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, thinking he
was dead. 20But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got
up and went back into the city. The next day he and Barnabas left for Derbe.
21They preached the good news in that city and won a
large number of disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch, 22strengthening
the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. "We must
go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God," they said. 23Paul
and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and
fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust. 24After
going through Pisidia, they came into Pamphylia, 25and when they had
preached the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.
26From Attalia they sailed back to Antioch, where they
had been committed to the grace of God for the work they had now completed. 27On
arriving there, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had
done through them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles. 28And
they stayed there a long time with the disciples.
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