christmas tree
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1Listen to the word that the Lord has spoken concerning you, O house of Israel. 2Thus says the Lord: “Do not choose to learn according to the ways of the Gentiles. And do not be willing to dread the signs of heaven, which the Gentiles fear. 3For the laws of the people are empty. For the work of the hand of the craftsman has cut a tree from the forest with an axe. 4He has adorned it with silver and gold. He has put it together with nail and hammer, so that it will not fall apart. 5They have been fabricated in the likeness of a palm tree, and they will not speak. They must be carried to be moved, because they do not have the ability to walk. Therefore, do not be willing to fear them, for they can do neither evil nor good.”
1And a rod will go forth from the root of Jesse, and a flower will ascend from his root.
6And, in the days of king Josiah, the Lord said to me: “Have you not seen what the apostate Israel has done? She has brought herself up to every lofty mountain, and she has lain down under every leafy tree, and she has committed fornication there.
14For this reason, the Lord himself will grant to you a sign. Behold, a virgin will conceive, and she will give birth to a son, and his name will be called Immanuel.
1Listen to the word that the Lord has spoken concerning you, O house of Israel. 2Thus says the Lord: “Do not choose to learn according to the ways of the Gentiles. And do not be willing to dread the signs of heaven, which the Gentiles fear. 3For the laws of the people are empty. For the work of the hand of the craftsman has cut a tree from the forest with an axe. 4He has adorned it with silver and gold. He has put it together with nail and hammer, so that it will not fall apart. 5They have been fabricated in the likeness of a palm tree, and they will not speak. They must be carried to be moved, because they do not have the ability to walk. Therefore, do not be willing to fear them, for they can do neither evil nor good.” 6O Lord, there is nothing similar to you. You are great, and your name is great in strength.
11And entering the home, they found the boy with his mother Mary. And so, falling prostrate, they adored him. And opening their treasures, they offered him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
22For on those days, the Jews vindicated themselves of their enemies, and their mourning and sorrow were turned into mirth and joy, so that these would be days of feasting and gladness, in which they would send one another portions of their feasts, and would grant gifts to the poor.
23For the wages of sin is death. But the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
29When the Lord your God will have abolished before your face the nations, which you shall enter so as to possess them, and when you will possess them and live in their land, 30be careful that you do not imitate them, after they have been overturned at your arrival, and that you do not seek their ceremonies, saying: ‘Just as these nations have worshipped their gods, so also will I worship.’ 31You shall not act in like manner toward the Lord your God. For they have done to their gods all the abominations that the Lord spurns, offering their sons and daughters, and burning them with fire. 32What I command to you, this only shall you do, for the Lord. You may neither add nor subtract anything.”
40And you shall take for yourselves, on the first day, the fruits of the most beautiful tree, and branches of palm trees, and branches of trees with thick foliage, and willows from the torrent. And you shall rejoice in the sight of the Lord your God.
8And there were shepherds in the same region, being vigilant and keeping watch in the night over their flock.
2Thus says the Lord: “Do not choose to learn according to the ways of the Gentiles. And do not be willing to dread the signs of heaven, which the Gentiles fear. 3For the laws of the people are empty. For the work of the hand of the craftsman has cut a tree from the forest with an axe. 4He has adorned it with silver and gold. He has put it together with nail and hammer, so that it will not fall apart.