Old Testament Lesson

Isa. 4:2-6 (NRSV)

2 On that day the branch of the LORD shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be the
pride and glory of the survivors of Israel. 3Whoever is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called
holy, everyone who has been recorded for life in Jerusalem, 4once the Lord has washed away the filth of the
daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by a
spirit of burning. 5Then the LORD will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over its places of
assembly a cloud by day and smoke and the shining of a flaming fire by night. Indeed over all the glory there
will be a canopy. 6It will serve as a pavilion, a shade by day from the heat, and a refuge and a shelter from the
storm and rain.

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.