There are many teeth
like spears and arrows,
tongues as sharp as
swords, calling
for fire down from heaven.
We must not strip the
robe
from the peaceful.
Please, God, won't you
send
four angels to stand
and hold back
the violence?
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 57; 145; 85; 47
Micah 2:1-13
Rev. 7:1-8
Luke 9:51-62
Selected Verses
Ps. 57:4
I lie down among lions
that greedily devour human prey;
their teeth are spears and arrows,
their tongues sharp swords.
that greedily devour human prey;
their teeth are spears and arrows,
their tongues sharp swords.
Micah 2:8
But you rise up against my people as an enemy;
you strip the robe from the peaceful,
from those who pass by trustingly
with no thought of war.
you strip the robe from the peaceful,
from those who pass by trustingly
with no thought of war.
Rev. 7:1
After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of
the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth so that no wind could blow
on earth or sea or against any tree.
Luke 9:53-54
…but [the Samaritans] did not receive [Jesus], because his
face was set toward Jerusalem. When his disciples James and John saw it,
they said, "Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from heaven
and consume them?"
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