On day 197, Isaiah 11-13 describes the righteous kingdom promised by the Lord, bringing hope of restoration and justice. Tobit 13-14 narrates Tobiah's return, his gratitude to God, and the fulfillment of blessings. Proverbs 10:13-16 offers practical advice on speech, generosity, and righteous conduct, encouraging wise choices that lead to a fulfilling and righteous life.
1. And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root.
2. And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him: the spirit of wisdom, and of understanding, the spirit of counsel, and of fortitude, the spirit of knowledge, and of godliness.
3. And he shall be filled with the spirit of the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge according to the sight of the eyes, nor reprove according to the hearing of the ears.
4. But he shall judge the poor with justice, and shall reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: land he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.
5. And justice shall be the girdle of his loins: and faith the girdle of his reins.
6. The wolf shall dwell with the lamb: and the leopard shall lie down with the kid: the calf and the lion, and the sheep shall abide together, and a little child shall lead them.
7. The calf and the bear shall feed: their young ones shall rest together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
8. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp: and the weaned child shall thrust his hand into the den of the basilisk.
9. They shall not hurt, nor shall they kill in all my holy mountain, for the earth is filled with the knowledge of the Lord, as the covering waters of the sea.
10. In that day the root of Jesse, who standeth for an ensign of the people, him the Gentiles shall beseech, and his sepulchre shall be glorious.
11. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand the second time to possess the remnant of his people, which shall be left from the Assyrians, and from Egypt, and from Phetros, and from Ethiopia, and from Elam, and from Sennaar, and from Emath, and from the islands of the sea.
12. And he shall set up a standard unto the nations, and shall assemble the fugitives of Israel, and shall gather together the dispersed of Juda from the four quarters of the earth.
13. And the envy of Ephraim shall be taken away, and the enemies of Juda shall perish: Ephraim shall not envy Juda, and Juda shall not fight against Ephraim.
14. But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines by the sea, they together shall spoil the children of the east: Edom, and Moab shall be under the rule of their hand, and the children of Ammon shall be obedient.
15. And the Lord shall lay waste the tongue of the sea of Egypt, and shall lift up his hand over the river in the strength of his spirit: and he shall strike it in the seven streams, so that men may pass through it in their shoes.
16. And there shall be a highway for the remnant of my people, which shall be left from the Assyrians: as there was for Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
1. And thou shalt say in that day: I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, for thou wast angry with me: thy wrath is turned away, and thou hast comforted me.
2. Behold, God is my saviour, I will deal confidently, and will not fear: O because the Lord is my strength, and my praise, and he is become my salvation.
3. You shall draw waters with joy out of the saviour's fountains:
4. And you shall say in that day: Praise ye the Lord, and call upon his name: make his works known among the people: remember that his name is high.
5. Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath done great things: shew this forth in all the earth.
6. Rejoice, and praise, O thou habitation of Sion: for great is he that is in the midst of thee, the Holy One of Israel.
1. The burden of Babylon, which Isaias the son of Amos saw.
2. Upon the dark mountain lift ye up a banner, exalt the voice, lift up the hand, and let the rulers go into the gates.
3. I have commanded my sanctified ones, and have called my strong ones in my wrath, them that rejoice in my glory.
4. The noise of a multitude in the mountains, as it were of many people, the noise of the sound of kings, of nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts hath given charge to the troops of war.
5. To them that come from a country afar off, from the end of heaven: tile Lord and the instruments of his wrath, to destroy the whole land.
6. Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is near: it shall come as a destruction from the Lord.
7. Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every heart of man shall melt,
8. And shall be broken. Gripings and pains shall take hold of them, they shall be in pain as a woman in labour. Every one shall be amazed at his neighbour, their countenances shall be as faces burnt.
9. Behold, the day of the Lord shall come, a cruel day, and full of indignation, and of wrath, and fury, to lay the land desolate, and to destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10. For the stars of heaven, and their brightness shall not display their light: the sun shall be darkened in his rising, and the moon shall not shine with her light.
11. And I will visit the evils of the world, and against the wicked for their iniquity: and I will make the pride of infidels to cease, and will bring down the arrogancy of the mighty.
12. A man shall be more precious than gold, yea a man than the finest of gold.
13. For this I will trouble the heaven: and the earth shall be moved out of her place, for the indignation of the Lord of hosts, and for the day of his tierce wrath.
14. And they shall be as a doe fleeing away, and as a sheep: and there shall be none to gather them together: every man shall turn to his own people, and every one shall flee to his own land.
15. Every one that shall be found, shall be slain: and every one that shall come to their aid, shall fall by the sword.
16. Their infants shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes: their houses shall be pillaged, and their wives shall be ravished.
17. Behold I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not seek silver, nor desire gold:
18. But with their arrows they shall kill the children, and shall have no pity upon the sucklings of the womb, and their eye shall not spare their sons.
19. And that Babylon, glorious among kingdoms, the famous pride of the Chaldeans, shall be even as the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha.
20. It shall no more be inhabited for ever, and it shall not be founded unto generation and generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch his tents there, nor shall shepherds rest there.
21. But wild beasts shall rest there, and their houses shall be filled with serpents, and ostriches shall dwell there, and the hairy ones shall dance there:
22. And owls shall answer one another there, in the houses thereof, and sirens in the temples of pleasure.
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1. And Tobias the elder opening his mouth, blessed the Lord, and said: Thou art great, O Lord, for ever, and thy kingdom is unto all ages:
2. For thou scourgest, and thou savest: thou leadest down to hell, and bringest up again: and there is none that can escape thy hand.
3. Give glory to the Lord, ye children of Israel, and praise him in the sight of the Gentiles:
4. Because he hath therefore scattered you among the Gentiles, who know not him, that you may declare his wonderful works, and make them know that there is no other almighty God besides him.
5. He hath chastised us for our iniquities: and he will save us for his own mercy.
6. See then what he hath done with us, and with fear and trembling give ye glory to him: and extol the eternal King of worlds in your works.
7. As for me, I will praise him in the land of my captivity: because he hath shewn his majesty toward a sinful nation.
8. Be converted therefore, ye sinners, and do justice before God, believing that he will shew his mercy to you.
9. And I and my soul will rejoice in him.
10. Bless ye the Lord, all his elect, keep days of joy, and give glory to him.
11. Jerusalem, city of God, the Lord hath chastised thee for the works of thy hands.
12. Give glory to the Lord for thy good things, and bless the God eternal, that he may rebuild his tabernacle in thee, and may call back all the captives to thee, and thou mayst rejoice for ever and ever.
13. Thou shalt shine with a glorious light: and all the ends of the earth shall worship thee.
14. Nations from afar shall come to thee: and shall bring gifts, and shall adore the Lord in thee, and shall esteem thy land as holy.
15. For they shall call upon the great name in thee.
16. They shall be cursed that shall despise thee: and they shall be condemned that shall blaspheme thee: and blessed shall they be that shall build thee up.
17. But thou shalt rejoice in thy children, because they shall all be blessed, and shall be gathered together to the Lord.
18. Blessed are all they that love thee, and that rejoice in thy peace.
19. My soul, bless thou the Lord, because the Lord our God hath delivered Jerusalem his city from all her troubles.
20. Happy shall I be if there shall remain of my seed, to see the glory of Jerusalem.
21. The gates of Jerusalem shall be built of sapphire, and of emerald, and all the walls thereof round about of precious stones.
22. All its streets shall be paved with white and clean stones: and Alleluia shall be sung in its streets.
23. Blessed be the Lord, who hath exalted it, and may he reign over it for ever and ever, Amen.
1. And the words of Tobias were ended. And after Tobias was restored to his sight, he lived two and forty years, and saw the children of his grandchildren.
2. And after he had lived a hundred and two years, he was buried honourably in Ninive.
3. For he was six and fifty years old when he lost the sight of his eyes, and sixty when he recovered it again.
4. And the rest of his life was in joy, and with great increase of the fear of God he departed in peace.
5. And at the hour of his death he called unto him his son Tobias and his children, seven young men, his grandsons, and said to them:
6. The destruction of Ninive is at hand: for the word of the Lord must be fulfilled: and our brethren, that are scattered abroad from the land of Israel, shall return to it.
7. And all the land thereof that is desert shall be filled with people, and the house of God which is burnt in it, shall again be rebuilt: and all that fear God shall return thither.
8. And the Gentiles shall leave their idols, and shall come into Jerusalem, and shall dwell in it.
9. And all the kings of the earth shall rejoice in it, adoring the King of Israel.
10. Hearken therefore, my children, to your father: serve the Lord in truth, and seek to do the things that please him:
11. And command your children that they do justice and almsdeeds, and that they be mindful of God, and bless him at all times in truth, and with all their power.
12. And now, children, hear me, and do not stay here: but as soon as you shall bury your mother by me in one sepulchre, without delay direct your steps to depart hence:
13. For I see that its iniquity will bring it to destruction.
14. And it came to pass that after the death of his mother, Tobias departed out of Ninive with his wife, and children, and children's children, and returned to his father and mother in law.
15. And he found them in health in a good old age: and he took care of them, and he closed their eyes: and all the inheritance of Raguel's house came to him: and he saw his children's children to the fifth generation.
16. And after he had lived ninety-nine years in the fear of the Lord, with joy they buried him.
17. And all his kindred, and all his generation continued in good life, and in holy conversation, so that they were acceptable both to God, and to men, and to all that dwelt in the land.
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13. In the lips of the wise is wisdom found: and a rod on the back of him that wanteth sense.
14. Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the fool is next to confusion.
15. The substance of a rich man is the city of his strength: the fear of the poor is their poverty.
16. The work of the just is unto life: but the fruit of the wicked, unto sin.
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"Uma só coisa é necessária: estar perto de Jesus". São Padre Pio de Pietrelcina
