{"id":142312,"date":"2026-01-01T05:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T10:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=142312"},"modified":"2026-01-01T06:00:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T11:00:43","slug":"from-the-morning-bible-readings-1628","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=142312","title":{"rendered":"From the Morning Bible Readings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For Zion\u2019s sake I will not keep silent,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and for Jerusalem\u2019s sake I will not rest,<br>until her vindication goes forth as brightness,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and her salvation as a burning torch.<br>The nations shall see your vindication,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and all the kings your glory;<br>and you shall be called by a new name<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;which the mouth of the Lord will give.<br>You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.<br>You shall no more be termed Forsaken,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and your land shall no more be termed Desolate;<br>but you shall be called My delight is in her,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and your land Married;<br>for the Lord delights in you,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and your land shall be married.<br>For as a young man marries a virgin,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;so shall your sons marry you,<br>and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;so shall your God rejoice over you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013Isaiah 62:1-5<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cFor last year&#39;s words belong to last year&#39;s language<br>And next year&#39;s words await another voice.<br>And to make an end is to make a beginning.&quot;<br>&#8211; T. S. Eliot<br><br>In the shining light of dawn, the pale sunrise falling through the air and the curving lane ahead, anything seems possible.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ssga0M3ndh\">pic.twitter.com\/ssga0M3ndh<\/a><\/p>&mdash; peaklass (@peaklass1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peaklass1\/status\/2006654969034719392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Zion\u2019s sake I will not keep silent,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and for Jerusalem\u2019s sake I will not rest,until her vindication goes forth as brightness,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and her salvation as a burning torch.The nations shall see your vindication,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and all the kings your glory;and you shall be<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=142312\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-theology-scripture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=142312"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142322,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142312\/revisions\/142322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=142312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=142312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=142312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}