This translation is from the New American Bible. The bolded hyperlinks will take you to additional translations. The entire chapter is included to provide context.
Information about the meaning the original Hebrew or Greek of what seem to be key words is provided in blue. That information is provided beneath the specific reading the words are contained in.
Excerpts collected in yellow at the end of this post tell us something about God’s nature or our relationship to Him.
Excerpts collected in green at the end of this post tell us about something God wants us to do.
Scriptures addressing principles similar to those seen in these readings are collected at the hyperlinked posts at the end of this post
Reading I
Thus says the LORD:
Shout with joy for Jacob, exult at the head of the nations; proclaim your praise and say:
The LORD has delivered his people, the remnant of Israel. Behold, I will bring them back from the land of the north; I will gather them from the ends of the world, with the blind and the lame in their midst, the mothers and those with child; they shall return as an immense throng.
They departed in tears, but I will console them and guide them; I will lead them to brooks of water, on a level road, so that none shall stumble. For I am a father to Israel, Ephraim is my first-born.
joy = שִׂמְחָה= śimḥâ
mirth, gladness; gaiety, pleasure; glad result, happy issue;blithesomeness or glee; to be very joyful
exult = צָהַל= ṣāhal
to neigh, cry shrilly;to make shining; to gleam;be cheerful; bellow, cry aloud (out), lift up, neigh, rejoice, make to shine, shout; an acute, clear, voice
delivered = יָשַׁע= yāšaʿ
to be liberated, be saved, be delivered; to save from moral troubles; to give victory to; to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; to free or succor; defend, help, preserve, rescue;be capacious, make wide, spacious, make sufficient, be or live in abundance; placed in freedom; give width and breadth to, liberate; save, from evils and troubles; to be opulent; to set free, preserve
bring = בּוֹא= bô'
to go in, enter, come, go, come in; to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring upon; carry; fetch; follow;entering into specific relations;walk, associate with
gather = קָבַץ= qāḇaṣ
collect, assemble; heap; grasp
console = תַּחֲנוּן= taḥănûn
supplication for favour; intreaty
lead = יָבַל= yāḇal
bring, lead, carry, conduct, bear along; to be borne along;to be brought, be led, be conducted; to flow
father = אָב= 'āḇ
of benevolence and protection;of God as father of his people, who constituted, controls, guides and lovingly watches over it; bringer up, nourisher; teacher
Responsorial Psalm
R. (3) The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.
When the LORD brought back the captives of Zion, we were like men dreaming.
Then our mouth was filled with laughter and our tongue with rejoicing.
R. The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.
Then they said among the nations, "The LORD has done great things for them."
The LORD has done great things for us; we are glad indeed.
R. The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.
Restore our fortunes, O LORD, like the torrents in the southern desert.
Those that sow in tears shall reap rejoicing.
R. The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.
Although they go forth weeping, carrying the seed to be sown, they shall come back rejoicing, carrying their sheaves.
R. The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.
Joy = שָׂמֵחַ= śāmēaḥ
joyful, merry, glad
Reading II
Brothers and sisters:
Every high priest is taken from among men and made their representative before God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He is able to deal patiently with the ignorant and erring, for he himself is beset by weakness and so, for this reason, must make sin offerings for himself as well as for the people. No one takes this honor upon himself but only when called by God, just as Aaron was.
In the same way, it was not Christ who glorified himself in becoming high priest, but rather the one who said to him: You are my son: this day I have begotten you; just as he says in another place: You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
deal patiently = μετριοπαθέω = metriopatheō
to treat with mildness, or moderation, to bear gently with; have compassion; to be affected moderately or in due measure; to preserve moderation in the passions, esp. anger or grief; of one who is not unduly disturbed by the errors, faults, sins of others, but bears them gently; to be moderate in passion, i.e. gentle (to treat indulgently):—have compassion
Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon
feel moderately, bear reasonably with
ignorant = ἀγνοέω = agnoeō
to be ignorant, not to know; not to understand; to err or sin through mistake, to be wrong
Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon
to be ignorant of;forget; not to discern; fail to understand; go wrong, make a false step; act amiss; fail to recognize
erring = πλανάω = planaō
to be led astray, to err; made to wander; to go astray, wander, roam about; to be led into error;to be led aside from the path of virtue, to go astray, sin; to sever or fall away from the truth; to be led away into error and sin; roam (from safety, truth, or virtue):—go astray; be out of the way
Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon
wander, stray; having wandered over it; wandering about as in a labyrinth; having missed; do a thing irregularly or with variation;to be in doubt or at a loss;to be misled
weakness =ἀσθένεια =astheneia
Disease, Diseased; infirmity; sickness; malady; lacking strength; want of strength; want of strength; frailty; feebleness; want of ... capacity; native weakness and frailty
Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon
want of strength, weakness; feebleness, sickliness; to be needy;to be too weak to do a thing, not to be able; decline
Alleluia
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Our Savior Jesus Christ destroyed death and brought life to light through the Gospel.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
destroyed = καταργέω = katargeō
Abolish; reduce to inactivity;bring to naught; put away; to render idle, unemployed, inactivate, inoperative; to deprive of force, influence, power; o cause to cease, put an end to, do away with, annul, abolish; to terminate all intercourse with one; to be (render) entirely idle (useless);vanish away, make void;to let slip, leave unused
Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon
leave unemployed or idle; cause to be idle, hinder in one's work;make of no effect; to be abolished, cease; to be set free from; to be parted
Gospel
As Jesus was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a sizable crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, sat by the roadside begging. On hearing that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, "Jesus, son of David, have pity on me."
And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he kept calling out all the more, "Son of David, have pity on me."
Jesus stopped and said, "Call him."
So they called the blind man, saying to him, "Take courage; get up, Jesus is calling you."
He threw aside his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus.
Jesus said to him in reply, "What do you want me to do for you?"
The blind man replied to him, "Master, I want to see."
Jesus told him, "Go your way; your faith has saved you."
Immediately he received his sight and followed him on the way.
cry out, calling out = κράζω = krazō
inarticulate cries, from fear, pain etc;to croak; to cry out, cry aloud, vociferate;speak with a loud voice; scream; shriek, exclaim, intreat
Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon
scream, shriek, cry, bawl, shout; call to; clamor for
threw aside = ἀποβάλλω = apoballō
Throw off, cast aside
Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon
throw off from oneself, cast off;throw away; cast; jettison; drop
came = ἔρχομαι = erchomai
denoting either "to come, or to go," signifies the act, in contrast with heko, which stresses the arrival; to come from one place to another; to come into being, arise, come forth, show itself, find place or influence; to come to a thing; to go
Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon
start, set out; come or go; to go a journey; any kind of motion
faith=πίστις = pistis
firm persuasion, a conviction; trust; an assurance; the main element in "faith" in its relation to the invisible God, as distinct from "faith" in man; trust and holy fervor; a strong and welcome conviction; belief with the predominate idea of trust (or confidence); the conviction that God exists and is the creator and ruler of all things; a power that seizes upon the soul; fidelity, faithfulness
Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon
Trust; persuasion of a thing, confidence, assurance; credit
Immediately = εὐθέως = eutheōs
at once, straightway; directly; immediately, forthwith; as soon as, shortly
followed = ἀκολουθέω = akoloutheō
to follow one who precedes, join him as his attendant, accompany him; to join one as a disciple, become or be his disciple; to be in the same way with, i.e. to accompany (specially, as a disciple); to cleave steadfastly to one, conform wholly to his example
Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon
follow one, go after or with him, freq. of soldiers and slaves; be guided by
What these readings tell us about God/His ways:
The LORD has delivered his people
I will bring them back
I will gather them from the ends of the world
with the blind and the lame in their midst, the mothers and those with child
I will console them and guide them
I will lead them to brooks of water, on a level road, so that none shall stumble
I am a father
The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.
the LORD brought back the captives of Zion
The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.
The LORD has done great things for them
The LORD has done great things for us; we are glad indeed.
The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.
Those that sow in tears shall reap rejoicing.
The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.
Although they go forth weeping, carrying the seed to be sown, they shall come back rejoicing, carrying their sheaves.
The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.
it was not Christ who glorified himself in becoming high priest,
Our Savior Jesus Christ destroyed death and brought life to
Jesus stopped and said, "Call him."
Jesus is calling you
your faith has saved you
What these readings tell us to do:
Shout with joy
exult
proclaim your praise
they said among the nations, "The LORD has done great things for them."
deal patiently with the ignorant and erring
make sin offerings for himself as well as for the people.
On hearing that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, "Jesus, son of David, have pity on me."
he kept calling out all the more, "Son of David, have pity on me."
He threw aside his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus.
your faith has saved you
Immediately he ... followed him on the way.
Scriptures addressing similar principles are collected at Wisdom Principles—God Loves and Calls Us to Him, In Spite of our Sin and at Wisdom Principles: We Must Make Real Effort/Sacrifice to Receive All that God Offers, But It Is Well Worth It
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