Nahum 2:1, 3; 3:1-3, 6-7
Deuteronomy 32:35-36, 39, 41
Matthew 16:24-28
Nahum 2:1, 3; 3:1-3, 6-7
(1) He ascends, who would scatter before your eyes, who would maintain the blockade. Contemplate the way, fortify your back, reinforce virtue greatly. (3) The shield of his strong ones is fire, the men of war are in scarlet. The reins of the chariot are fiery in the day of his preparation, and the drivers have been drugged. (1) Woe to the city of blood, filled with all manner of lies and violence. Crime shall not depart from you: (2) the voice of the whip, and the voice of the turning wheels, and of the neighing horse, and the burning chariot, and the horsemen who ride, (3) and of the flashing sword and the shining spear, and of a multitude executed and a grievous ruination. Neither is there an end to the dead bodies, and they will fall down upon their dead bodies. (6) And I will cast abominations over you, and I will afflict you with abuse, and I will make an example of you. (7) And this shall be: everyone who sees you, will recoil from you, and he will say: “Nineveh has been devastated.” Who will shake his head over you? Where might I seek consolation for you?
Deuteronomy 32:35-36, 39, 41
(35) Vengeance is mine, and I will repay them in due time, so that their foot may slip and fall. The day of perdition is near, and the time rushes to appear.’ (36) The Lord will judge his people, and he will take pity on his servants. He will see that their hand has been weakened, and that those who have been enclosed have likewise failed, and that those who have been left behind have been consumed. (39) See that I am alone, and there is no other god beside me. I will kill, and I will cause to live. I will strike, and I will heal. And there is no one who is able to rescue from my hand. (41) When I sharpen my sword like lightning, and my hand takes hold of judgment, then I will render vengeance to my enemies, and I will repay those who hate me.
Matthew 16:24-28
(24) Then Jesus said to his disciples: “If anyone is willing to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. (25) For whoever would save his life, will lose it. But whoever will have lost his life for my sake, shall find it. (26) For how does it benefit a man, if he gains the whole world, yet truly suffers damage to his soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? (27) For the Son of man will arrive in the glory of his Father, with his Angels. And then he will repay each one according to his works. (28) Amen I say to you, there are some among those standing here, who shall not taste death, until they see the Son of man arriving in his reign.”
