October 1, 2027

15“To the Lord our God belongs justice; to us, people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, to be shamefaced, as on this day— 16to us, our kings, rulers, priests, and prophets, and our ancestors. 17We have sinned in the LORD’s sight 18and disobeyed him. We have not listened to the voice of the LORD, our God, so as to follow the precepts the LORD set before us. 19From the day the LORD led our ancestors out of the land of Egypt until the present day, we have been disobedient to the LORD, our God, and neglected to listen to his voice. 20Even today evils cling to us, the curse the LORD pronounced to Moses, his servant, at the time he led our ancestors out of the land of Egypt to give us a land flowing with milk and honey. 21For we did not listen to the voice of the LORD, our God, in all the words of the prophets he sent us, 22but each of us has followed the inclinations of our wicked hearts, served other gods, and done evil in the sight of the LORD, our God.

1Psalm 79 A Prayer for Jerusalem - A psalm of Asaph. I - O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins. 2They have left the corpses of your servants as food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of those devoted to you for the beasts of the earth. 3They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and no one is left to do the burying. 4We have become the reproach of our neighbors, the scorn and derision of those around us. 5II - How long, LORD? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealous anger keep burning like fire? 8Do not remember against us the iniquities of our forefathers; let your compassion move quickly ahead of us, for we have been brought very low. 9III - Help us, God our savior, on account of the glory of your name. Deliver us, pardon our sins for your name’s sake.

8Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah, as on the day of Massah in the desert.

13“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty deeds done in your midst had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would long ago have repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. 15And as for you, Capernaum, ‘Will you be exalted to heaven? You will go down to the netherworld.’ 16Whoever listens to you listens to me. Whoever rejects you rejects me. And whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”