From the Morning Bible Readings

“Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness,
    and his upper rooms by injustice;
who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing,
    and does not give him his wages;
who says, ‘I will build myself a great house
    with spacious upper rooms,’
and cuts out windows for it,
    paneling it with cedar,
    and painting it with vermilion.
Do you think you are a king
    because you compete in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink
    and do justice and righteousness?
    Then it was well with him.
He judged the cause of the poor and needy;
    then it was well.
Is not this to know me?
                says the Lord.
But you have eyes and heart
    only for your dishonest gain,
for shedding innocent blood,
    and for practicing oppression and violence.”

Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoi′akim the son of Josi′ah, king of Judah:

“They shall not lament for him, saying,
    ‘Ah my brother!’ or ‘Ah sister!’
They shall not lament for him, saying,
    ‘Ah lord!’ or ‘Ah his majesty!’
With the burial of an ass he shall be buried,
    dragged and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.”

“Go up to Lebanon, and cry out,
    and lift up your voice in Bashan;
cry from Ab′arim,
    for all your lovers are destroyed.
I spoke to you in your prosperity,
    but you said, ‘I will not listen.’
This has been your way from your youth,
    that you have not obeyed my voice.
The wind shall shepherd all your shepherds,
    and your lovers shall go into captivity;
then you will be ashamed and confounded
    because of all your wickedness.
O inhabitant of Lebanon,
    nested among the cedars,
how you will groan when pangs come upon you,
    pain as of a woman in travail!”

–Jeremiah 22:13-23

Red sun rising over the Baily Lighthouse this morning aligned from the Bull Wall in Clontarf with many sunspots visible. Saharan dust probably caused the red colour. #dublin #ireland #sunrise pic.twitter.com/gSo17AX6PR

— Sryan Bruen Photography (@sryanbruenphoto) April 3, 2025