A reading from
the Book of the Prophet Isaiah 30:19-21, 23-26
Thus says the Lord God,/ the Holy One of Israel:/ O people of Zion, who dwell in Jerusalem,/ no more will you weep;/ He will be gracious to you when you cry out,/ as soon as he hears he will answer you./ The Lord will give you the bread you need/ and the water for which you thirst./ No longer will your Teacher hide himself,/ but with your own eyes you shall see your Teacher,/ While from behind, a voice shall sound in your ears:/ “This is the way; walk in it,”/ when you would turn to the right or to the left.
He will give rain for the seed/ that you sow in the ground,/ And the wheat that the soil produces/ will be rich and abundant./ On that day your flock will be given pasture/ and the lamb will graze in spacious meadows;/ The oxen and the asses that till the ground/ will eat silage tossed to them/ with shovel and pitchfork./ Upon every high mountain and lofty hill/ there will be streams of running water./ On the day of the great slaughter,/ when the towers fall,/ The light of the moon will be like that of the sun/ and the light of the sun will be seven times greater/ like the light of seven days./ On the day the Lord binds up the wounds of his people,/ he will heal the bruises left by his blows.
The word of the Lord.
