Many nations will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the temple of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.” The law will go out from Zion, the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

But now many nations are gathered against you. They say, “Let her be defiled, let our eyes gloat over Zion!”

The Lord’s Case Against Israel

Listen to what the Lord says: “Stand up, plead my case before the mountains; let the hills hear what you have to say.

Prayer and Praise

Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your inheritance, which lives by itself in a forest, in fertile pasturelands. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead as in days long ago.