Saint Camillus de Lellis, Priest

1And it happened in the days of Ahaz, the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, the king of Judah, that Rezin, the king of Syria, and Pekah, the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, ascended to Jerusalem to battle against it. But they were not able to defeat it. 2And they reported to the house of David, saying: “Syria has withdrawn to Ephraim.” And his heart was shaken, with the heart of his people, just as the trees of the forest are moved by the face of the wind. 3And the Lord said to Isaiah: Go out to meet Ahaz, you and your son, Jashub, who was left behind, to the end of the aqueduct, at the upper pool, on the road to the fuller’s field. 4And you shall say to him: “See to it that you are silent. Do not be afraid. And have no dread in your heart over the two tails of these firebrands, nearly extinguished, which are the wrath of the fury of Rezin, king of Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.” 5For Syria has undertaken a plan against you, with the evil of Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, saying: 6“Let us ascend to Judah, and stir it up, and tear it away for ourselves, and appoint the son of Tabeel as a king in its midst.” 7Thus says the Lord God: This shall not stand, and this shall not be. 8For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty-five years from now, Ephraim will cease to be a people. 9For the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you will not believe, you will not continue.

2The Lord is great and exceedingly praiseworthy, in the city of our God, on his holy mountain.

3Mount Zion is being founded with the exultation of the whole earth, on the north side, the city of the great king.

4In her houses, God will be known, since he will support her.

5For behold, the kings of the earth have been gathered together; they have convened as one.

6Such did they see, and they were astonished: they were disturbed, they were moved.

7Trembling took hold of them. In that place, their pains were that of a woman in labor.

8With a vehement spirit, you will crush the ships of Tarshish.

20Then he began to rebuke the cities in which many of his miracles were accomplished, for they still had not repented. 21“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in haircloth and ashes. 22Yet truly, I say to you, Tyre and Sidon shall be forgiven more than you, on the day of judgment. 23And you, Capernaum, would you be exalted all the way to heaven? You shall descend all the way to Hell. For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Sodom, perhaps it would have remained, even to this day. 24Yet truly, I say to you, that the land of Sodom shall be forgiven more than you, on the day of judgment.”