To you, O Lord, I call. For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and flame has burned all the trees of the field.
“I will take up weeping and wailing for the mountains, and a lamentation for the pastures of the wilderness, because they are laid waste so that no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard; both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled and are gone.
and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”
This is what the Lord God showed me: behold, the Lord God was calling for a judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep and was eating up the land.
But as for me, I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.
And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?
Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation.
Fire devours before them, and behind them a flame burns. The land is like the garden of Eden before them, but behind them a desolate wilderness, and nothing escapes them.
When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him.
do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.
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