Daily Reading for Tuesday, December 12th, 2023

Reading 1, Isaiah 7:10-14

¹⁰ Yahweh spoke to Ahaz again and said:

¹¹ Ask Yahweh your God for a sign, either in the depths of Sheol or in the heights above.

¹² But Ahaz said, 'I will not ask. I will not put Yahweh to the test.'

¹³ He then said: Listen now, House of David: are you not satisfied with trying human patience that you should try my God's patience too?

¹⁴ The Lord will give you a sign in any case: It is this: the young woman is with child and will give birth to a son whom she will call Immanuel.

Responsorial Psalm, Second Samuel 2:1, 4-8

¹ After this David consulted Yahweh, asking, 'Shall I go up to one of the towns of Judah?' Yahweh replied, 'Go up!' 'Which one shall I go to?' David asked. 'To Hebron,' was the reply.

⁴ The men of Judah came, and there they anointed David as king of the House of Judah. They told David that the people of Jabesh in Gilead had given Saul burial,

⁵ so David sent messengers to the people of Jabesh in Gilead. 'May you be blessed by Yahweh,' he said, 'for showing this faithful love to Saul your lord, and for burying him.

⁶ And now may Yahweh show faithful love and constancy towards you! I too shall treat you well because you have done this.

⁷ And now take courage and be men of valour. Saul your lord is dead, but the House of Judah has anointed me to be their king.'

⁸ Abner son of Ner, Saul's army commander, had taken Ishbaal son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.