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. They are provided beneath the specific reading they relate to.
Links to collections of other scriptures addressing principles similar to those set out in these readings are provided after each reading.
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.
Excerpts collected in red at the end of this post tell us about something God does not want us to do.
Reading I: Jeremiah 1:4-5, 17-19
The word of the LORD came to me, saying: Before I formedyou in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you, a prophet to the nations I appointed you.
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... girdyour loins; stand up and tell them all that I command you. Be not crushed on their account as though I would leave you crushed before them; for it is I this day who have made you a fortified city, a pillar of iron, a wall of brass, against the whole land: against Judah’s kings and princes, against its priests and people. They will fight against you but not prevail over you, for I am with you to deliver you, says the LORD.
formed = יָצַר= yāṣar Blue Letter Bible to fashion, frame;to frame, pre-ordain, plan (fig. of divine) purpose of a situation);to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution); purpose; frame, devise in the mind; destine
knew =יָדַע= yāḏaʿBlue Letter Bible to perceive and see, find out and discern; to discriminate, distinguish; to know by experience; to recognize; be acquainted with;to know (a person carnally);to know how, be skillful in; to have knowledge, be wise; to be made known, be or become known, be revealed; to be instructed; privy to; seeing; observe with the eyes; be aware of; to get to know, discover; to turn the mind to anything, to care about, to see about
dedicated = קָדַשׁ= qāḏaš Blue Letter Bible to consecrate, sanctify, prepare, dedicate, be hallowed, be holy, be sanctified, be separate; to be set apart; to be hallowed; be treated as sacred; to set apart, devote; appoint; prepare; be hallowed, by contact with sacred things, and so tabooed from profane use; be pure, clean
appointed = נָתַן= nāṯan Blue Letter Bibleto give, bestow, grant; consecrate, devote, dedicate; entrust, give over, deliver up; yield produce; be (healed); pour; print; teach; to apply the heart to; to constitute, to make a thing like or similar to
gird = אָזַר= 'āzar Blue Letter Bible encompass, equip, clothe; hold close, clasp; belt; bind
stand up = קוּם= qûm Blue Letter Bible to rise, arise, stand, rise up; become powerful, strengthen; come on the scene; to maintain oneself; be established; endure; abide; continue; be fixed; station; to listen to God's word; arise for action; raise oneself; lift up; go forth; erect, raise up; cause to come forth; constitute
crushed = חָתַת= ḥāṯaṯ Blue Letter Bible to be shattered, be dismayed, be broken, be abolished, be afraid; to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear; beat down; discourage; scare; terrify; confounded; put to shame
made = נָתַן= nāṯan Blue Letter Bible to give, bestow, grant; consecrate, dedicate; entrust, give over, deliver up; yield produce; be (healed); pour; print; teach; to apply the heart to; to constitute, to make a thing like or similar to
fortified = מִבְצָר= miḇṣār Blue Letter Bible fortress, stronghold; castle; figuratively, a defender; strong (hold)
fight = לָחַם= lāḥam Blue Letter Bible to fight, do battle, make war; to eat, use as food,to feed on; figuratively, to consume, devour
prevail = יָכֹל= yāḵōl Blue Letter Bible to prevail, overcome, endure, have power, be able; to be able, be able to gain or accomplish, be able to endure, be able to reach, be able, to do a thing, whether ability be physical, moral, constitutional, or dependent on external authority; be victor; attain; suffer; be powerful
deliver = נָצַל= nāṣal Blue Letter Bibleto snatch away, deliver, rescue; to be torn out or away; defend; preserve; draw out, pull out
Scriptures addressing similar principles are collected at:
- Wisdom Principles--Fortitude
- Wisdom Principles—God is Supreme Over All Human Power/Plans
- We Must Make Real Effort/Sacrifice to receive all that God offers, But It Is Well Worth It
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 71:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 15-17
R. (cf. 15ab) I will sing of your salvation.
In you, O LORD, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame.
In your justice rescue me, and deliver me; incline your ear to me, and save me.
R. I will sing of your salvation.
Be my rock of refuge, a stronghold to give me safety, for you are my rockand my fortress.
O my God, rescue me from the hand of the wicked.
R. I will sing of your salvation.
For you are my hope, O Lord; my trust, O God, from my youth.
On you I depend from birth; from my mother’s womb you are my strength.
R. I will sing of your salvation.
My mouth shall declare your justice, day by day your salvation.
O God, you have taught me from my youth, and till the present I proclaim your wondrous deeds.
R. I will sing of your salvation.
salvation = תְּשׁוּעָה= tᵊšûʿâ Blue Letter Bible deliverance (usually by God through human agency); salvation (spiritual in sense); rescue; help; safety; victory; welfare
refuge = חָסָה= ḥāsâ Blue Letter Bible flee for protection; to put trust in (God), confide or hope in (God); to confide in:—have hope, trust
shame = בּוּשׁ= buwsh Blue Letter Bible To be disconcerted, disappointed; confounded; become dry; to fail in hope or expectation; confused; blush
justice=צְדָקָה= ṣᵊḏāqâ Blue Letter Biblerighteousness; righteousness (as vindicated); justification, salvation; truthfulness; ethically right; rectitude; virtue
rescue = פָּלַט= pālaṭ Blue Letter Bible to escape, save, deliver, slip away; to bring into security, bring to safety; to slip out; slip out; to be smooth, sleek;
deliver—see above in connection with Reading I
save, safety = יָשַׁע= yāšaʿBlue Letter Bible 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
rock = צוּר= ṣûr Blue Letter Bible rock, cliff; a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous); strength
refuge= מָעוֹן= māʿôn Blue Letter Bible dwelling, habitation, refuge, lair
rock= סֶלַע= selaʿ Blue Letter Bible crag, cliff, rock; stronghold of Jehovah, of security (fig.); a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress):—(ragged) rock, stone(-ny), strong hold
fortress = מָצוּד= māṣûḏ Blue Letter Bible fastness, stronghold; peak, mountain castle; capture net, prey
hope = תִּקְוָה= tiqvâ Blue Letter Bible expectation, hope; thing that I long for; rope, cord
trust = מִבְטָח= miḇṭāḥ Blue Letter Bibleconfidence, trust, refuge; act of confiding;state of confidence, security;a refuge; sure and firm hope
depend = סָמַךְ= sāmaḵ Blue Letter Bible to lean, lay, rest, support, put, uphold, lean upon; to support or brace oneself; refresh, revive; bear up, stand fast; to be propped
Scriptures addressing God as a refuge are collected atWisdom Principles—God is a Refuge for Those Who Love Him
Reading II: 1 Corinthians 12:21-13:13
Strive eagerly for the greatest spiritual gifts. But I shall show you a still more excellent way.
If I speak in human and angelic tongues, but do not have love, I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal. And if I have the gift of prophecy, and comprehend all mysteries and all knowledge; if I have all faith so as to move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give away everything I own, and if I hand my body over so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient,
love is kind.
It is not jealous,
it is not pompous,
It is not inflated,
it is not rude,
it does not seek its own interests,
it is not quick-tempered,
it does not brood over injury,
it does not rejoice over wrongdoing,
but rejoices with the truth.
It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never fails. If there are prophecies, they will be brought to nothing; if tongues, they will cease; if knowledge, it will be brought to nothing. For we know partially and we prophesy partially, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. When I was a child, I used to talk as a child, think as a child, reason as a child; when I became a man, I put aside childish things. At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then face to face. At present I know partially; then I shall know fully, as I am fully known. So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
strive eagerly = ζηλόω = zēloō Blue Letter Bible covet or desire, earnestly;to exert one's self for one; to have a zeal for, to be zealous towards; busy one's self about; to have warmth of feeling for; moved with jealousy;to be heated or to boil with envy, hatred, anger; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexiconesteem or pronounce happy, admire, praise; desire emulously, strive after, affect; pay zealous court to; vie with, emulate; tobe jealous of, envy, to be jealous for
love = ἀγάπη = agape Blue Letter Bible affection, good will, love, benevolence, brotherly love;Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon the love of husband and wife; brotherly love, charity
patient = μακροθυμέω =makrothymeō Blue Letter Bibleto be long-tempered; to be of a long spirit, not to lose heart; to persevere patiently and bravely in enduring misfortunes and troubles; to be patient in bearing the offenses and injuries of others; to be mild and slow in avenging; to be longsuffering, slow to anger, slow to punish; forbearing; patiently endure; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon to be long-suffering; persevere; bear patiently
kind = χρηστεύομαι = chrēsteuomai Blue Letter Bible to show one's self mild, to be kind, use kindness; show oneself useful, i.e. act benevolently; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon to be kind or merciful
jealous—see strive eagerly above
pompous = περπερεύομαι = perpereuomai Blue Letter Bible to boast or vaunt oneself; vainglorious, braggart;self-display, employing rhetorical embellishments in extolling one's self excessively; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott,A Greek-English Lexicon boast, brag
inflated = φυσιόω = physio Blue Letter Bible to puff up, blow up, inflate; being "puffed" up with pride; to blow up, blow out, to cause to swell up; to bear one's self loftily; haughty; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon puff up
rude = ἀσχημονέω = aschēmoneō Blue Letter Bible to be unseemly; to act unbecomingly; unseemly; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon behave unseemly, disgrace oneself
seek = ζητέω = zeteo Blue Letter Bible to seek after, endeavor; inquire for; require, demand; strive after, endeavor, to desire; metaphorically, to “seek” by thinking, to “seek” how to do something; strive after, desire; to seek (i. e. in order to find out) by thinking, meditating, reasoning; to inquire into; to seek in order to find; to crave, demand something from someone; aim at; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon inquire for; search after, search out; inquire into, investigate, examine; require, demand; desire; feel the want of
quick-tempered = παροξύνω = paroxynō Blue Letter Bible to sharpen, used metaphorically, signifying to rouse to anger, to provoke; to make sharp, sharpen; stirred up; to stimulate, spur on, urge;to irritate, provoke, to scorn, despise; provoke, make angry; arouse to anger; to exasperate, burn with anger;easily provoke; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon urge, spur on, stimulate; provoke, irritate; grow virulent; make an application stronger, hasten
brood over = λογίζομαι = logizomai Blue Letter Bible to reckon, whether by calculation or imputation; to deliberate, and so to suppose, account, calculate; take into account consider; esteem; make things the subjects of thoughtful consideration, carefully reflect on; reckon with; think on; despise; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon count, reckon, calculate; set down to one's account, charge; consider
injury = κακός = kakos Blue Letter Bible evil; amiss; bad in character; base, malignant, destructive, injurious; Grievous, Grievously; harm; miserable; badly ill;noisome; of a bad nature; not such as it ought to be; base, wrong, wicked;troublesome, injurious, pernicious, destructive, baneful; worthless; depraved; wrong, crime; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon ugly, ill born, mean; craven, base; bad of his kind, i. e. worthless, sorry, unskilled; wretched; evil, pernicious; abusive, foul; unlucky; ill; trouble, pest, nuisance
rejoice, rejoices = χαίρω = chairō Blue Letter Bible to joy, rejoice, be glad; joyfully; be cheerful; to be well, to thrive; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon take pleasure in a thing; express one's joy; be glad; delight in
wrongdoing = ἀδικία = adikia Blue Letter Bible iniquity; unrighteousness; a condition of not being right; injustice; unrighteousness of heart and life; a deed violating law and justice, act of unrighteousness; wrongfulness; guilt; treachery; unrighteousness by which others are deceived; reward obtained by wrong-doing; the wrong of depriving another of what is his; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexiconwrongdoing, injustice, a foul; wrongful act, offence
truth = ἀλήθεια = aletheia Blue Letter Bible the reality lying at the basis of an appearance; the manifested, veritable essence of a matter; that candour of mind which is free from affection, pretence, simulation, falsehood, deceit; sincerity of mind and integrity of character, or a mode of life in harmony with divine truth; veracity; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexiconthe opposite of lie or mere appearance; reality
bears = στέγω = stegō Blue Letter Bible to protect, or preserve by covering, hence means to keep off something which threatens, to bear up against, to hold out against, and so to endure, bear, forbear; supporting what is placed upon a thing; to cover over with silence; to cover with silence (endure patiently); suffer; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon cover closely, so as to keep a fluid either out or in; fend off, repel; bearup, sustain, support; endure, resist; contain oneself, hold out; keep in, hold; shelter, protect, conceal, keep hidden
believes = πιστεύω = pisteuō Blue Letter Bible to be persuaded of, and hence, to place confidence in, to trust, signifies, in this sense of the word, reliance upon, not mere credence; to entrust, commit to; to think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in; the conviction and trust to which a man is impelled by a certain inner and higher prerogative and law of soul; credit; to have a faith directed unto, believing or in faith to give oneself up to; to commit oneself trustfully;Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon trust, put faith in, rely on; comply; feel confident that a thing is
hopes = ἐλπίζω = elpizō Blue Letter Bible trust; hopefully to trust in; to expect or confide; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon look for, expect; deem, suppose that
fails = πίπτω = piptō Blue Letter BibleTo fall; losing its authority or ceasing to have force; to reduce to inactivity; to faint; to "fall" down from; to descend from a higher place to a lower; overcome by terror or astonishment; used of suppliants and persons rendering homage or worship to one; to lose authority, no longer have force; to be thrust down; to be cast down from a state of prosperity; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon fall down, and (when intentional) cast oneself down; throw oneself down, fall down; sink
Alleluia:Luke 4:18
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
The Lord sentme to bring glad tidings to the poor, to proclaim liberty to captives.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
bring glad tidings = εὐαγγελίζω = euangelizō Blue Letter Bible to bring, declare, preach, or show good or glad tidings;to bring good news
poor = πτωχός = ptōchos Blue Letter Bible one who crouches and cowers; reduced to beggary, begging, asking alms; destitute of wealth, influence, position, honour; lowly, afflicted, destitute; helpless, powerless to accomplish an end; destitute of wealth of learning and intellectual culture; absolute or public mendicancy; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English LexiconBeggarly
poor (the Hebrew from Isaiah 61:1) = עָנָו= ʿānāv Blue Letter Bible poor, humble, afflicted, meek; lowly; miserable
proclaim = κηρύσσω = kēryssō Blue Letter Bible to be a herald, or, in general, to proclaim, publish;to proclaim after the manner of a herald; always with the suggestion of formality, gravity and an authority which must be listened to and obeyed; proclaim openly: something which has been done; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon to be a herald, officiate as herald; to be an auctioneer; make proclamation; summon; extoll; call upon, invoke; announce; advertise; invite; declare, tell, crow
proclaim(Hebrew, from Isaiah 60:1) =קָרָא= qārā' Blue Letter Bible to call, cry, utter a loud sound; to proclaim; to read aloud, read (to oneself); the idea of accosting a person met; address by name;call, name, give name to; to call upon or to
liberty= ἄφεσις = aphesis Blue Letter Bible release, from bondage, imprisonment, etc.; liberation from captivity; dismissal, release; remission; pardon of sins (letting them go as if they had never been committed), remission of the penalty; forgiveness, pardon, of sins (properly, the letting them go, as if they had not been committed); Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon letting go, release; quittance from; discharge from
liberty (from the Hebrew in Isaiah 61:1) = דְּרוֹר= dᵊrôr Blue Letter Bible flowing, free run, liberty; spontaneity of outflow; a free or abundant flow; freedom
captives = αἰχμάλωτος = aichmalōtos Blue Letter Bible one taken by the spear; a prisoner of war; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon taken by the spear, captive, prisoner; prisoner of war
Scriptures addressing similar principles are collected at:
- Wisdom Principles—God Loves and Calls Us to Him, In Spite of our Sin
- Wisdom Principles: God’s Ways Give Security
- Wisdom Principles: Caring For the Weak & Vulnerable
Gospel: Luke 4:21-30
Jesus began speaking in the synagogue, saying: “Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.” And all spoke highly of him and were amazedat the gracious words that came from his mouth. They also asked, “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?”
He said to them, “Surely you will quote me this proverb, ‘Physician, cure yourself,’ and say, ‘Do here in your native place the things that we heard were done in Capernaum.’” And he said, “Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place. Indeed, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah when the sky was closed for three and a half years and a severe famine spread over the entire land. It was to none of these that Elijah was sent, but only to a widow in Zarephath in the land of Sidon. Again, there were many lepers in Israel during the time of Elisha the prophet; yet not one of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.”
When the people in the synagogue heard this, they were all filled with fury. They rose up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town had been built, to hurl him down headlong. But Jesus passed through the midst of them and went away.
amazed = θαυμάζω = thaumazō Blue Letter Bible to wonder at, marvel; admire; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon wonder, marvel; honor, admire; say with astonishment
gracious = χάρις = charis Blue Letter Bible beneficial, beneficent; that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness; good will, loving-kindness, favour; liberality; kindness which bestows upon one what he has not deserved; favors even upon the ill-deserving; merciful kindness; aid or succor; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon kindness, goodwill, for or towards one; partiality, favour; boon; Richard Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament that property in a thing which causes it to give joy; the favour and grace and goodness of man to man, to setting forth the favour, grace and goodness of God to man, and thus, of necessity, of the worthy to the unworthy, of the holy to the sinful; it is conferred freely, with no expectation of return, and finding its only motive in the bounty and free-heartedness of the giver
fury = θυμός = thymos Blue Letter Bible hot anger, wrath, fierceness; wrath, passion; angry, heat, anger forthwith boiling up and soon subsiding again; glow, ardour, the wine of passion, inflaming wine (which either drives the drinker mad or kills him with its strength); indignation which has arisen gradually and become more settled
Scriptures addressing anger are collected at Wisdom Principles—Dealing with Anger
What these readings tell us about God/His ways
Before I formedyou in the womb I knew you
before you were born I dedicated you
I appointed you
it is I this day who have made you a fortified city, a pillar of iron, a wall of brass, against the whole land: against Judah’s kings and princes, against its priests and people
They will fight against you but not prevail over you, for I am with you to deliver you, says the LORD.
your salvation.
In you, O LORD, I take refuge
In your justice rescue me, and deliver me
incline your ear to me
save me
your salvation
my rock of refuge
a stronghold to give me safety
you are my rock and my fortress.
your salvation
you are my hope
my trust, O God, from my youth
On you I dependfrom birth
from my mother’s womb you are my strength.
your salvation
your salvation.
you have taught me from my youth
your wondrous deeds.
your salvation
Love is patient,
love is kind
It is not jealous
it is not pompous
It is not inflated
it is not rude
it does not seek its own interests
it is not quick-tempered
it does not brood over injury
it does not rejoice over wrongdoing
but rejoices with the truth
It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things
Love never fails
we know partially and we prophesy partially, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away
At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then face to face
At present I know partially; then I shall know fully
faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
The Lord sentme
bring glad tidings to the poor
proclaim liberty to captives.
the gracious words that came from his mouth
no prophet is accepted in his own native place
But Jesus passed through the midst of them and went away
What these readings tell us to do:
girdyour loins
stand up and tell them all that I command you
Be not crushed
sing of your salvation
In you, O LORD, I take refuge
sing of your salvation
O my God, rescue me
sing of your salvation
you are my hope
my trust, O God
On you I depend
you are my strength
sing of your salvation
declare your justice
proclaim your wondrous deeds
sing of your salvation
Strive eagerly for the greatest spiritual gifts
have love
have love
have love
patient
kind
rejoice[] with the truth.
bear[] all things
believe[] all things
hope[] all things
endure[] all things
put aside childish things
bring glad tidings to the poor
proclaim liberty to captives
What these readings tell us not to do:
[be] jealous
[be] inflated
[be] rude
seek its own interests
[be] quick-tempered
brood over injury
rejoice over wrongdoing
filled with fury
drove him out of the town
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