Oct 19, 2019
34 They did not
destroy the peoples
as the Lord had
commanded them,
35 but they mingled with the
nations
and adopted their customs.
36 They worshiped their idols,
which became a snare to
them.
37 They sacrificed their sons
and their daughters to false
gods.
38 They shed innocent blood,
the blood of their sons and
daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of
Canaan,
and the land was desecrated by their
blood.
39 They defiled themselves by what they
did;
by their deeds they
prostituted themselves.
40 Therefore
the Lord was
angry with his people
and abhorred his inheritance.
41 He gave them into the hands of the
nations,
and their foes ruled over them.
42 Their enemies
oppressed them
and subjected them to their
power.
43 Many times he delivered them,
but they were bent on rebellion
and they wasted away in their
sin.
44 Yet he took note of their
distress
when he heard their cry;
45 for their sake he remembered his
covenant
and out of his great love he
relented.
46 He caused all who held them
captive
to show them mercy.
47 Save
us, Lord our
God,
and gather us from the
nations,
that we may give thanks to your
holy name
and glory in your praise.
48 Praise be to
the Lord, the God of
Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting.
Let all the people say, “Amen!”
Praise the Lord.