Woe to those who plan iniquity,/ and work out evil on their couches;/ In the morning light they accomplish it/ when it lies within their power./ They covet fields, and seize them;/ houses, and they take them;/ They cheat an owner of his house,/ a man of his inheritance./ Therefore thus says the Lord:/ Behold, I am planning against this race an evil/ from which you shall not withdraw your necks;/ Nor shall you walk with head high,/ for it will be a time of evil.
Jesus was going through a field of grain on the sabbath.
“O Lord, remember how faithfully and wholeheartedly I conducted myself in your presence, doing what was pleasing to you!” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
Jesus said: “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.
The way of the just is smooth;/ the path of the just you make level./ Yes, for your way and your judgments, O Lord,/ we look to you;/ Your name and your title/ are the desire of our souls./ My soul yearns for you in the night,/ yes, my spirit within me keeps vigil for you;/ When your judgment dawns upon the earth,/ the world’s inhabitants learn justice./ O Lord, you mete out peace to us,/ for it is you who have accomplished all we have done.
At that time Jesus exclaimed: “I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike.
