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And your carcass shall be food to all birds of the air, and to the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.
The Vigil
Today’s scroll, one verse at a time — each linked to the last by the cross-references rather than by any model of you. The same vigil for everyone, and a different one tomorrow.
And the carcasses of this people shall be food for the birds of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
from Deuteronomy 28:26 · a strong link
My heritage is to me as a speckled bird, the birds around are against her; come, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.
from Jeremiah 7:33
Therefore, O Aholibah, thus says the Lord GOD; Look, I will raise up your lovers against you, from whom your mind is alienated, and I will bring them against you on every side;
from Jeremiah 12:9
Look, therefore I will gather all your lovers, with whom you have taken pleasure, and all them that you have loved, with all them that you have hated; I will even gather them around against you, and will discover your nakedness to them, that they may see all your nakedness.
from Ezekiel 23:22
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Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent you, and believe the gospel.
from Acts 20:21
And heal the sick in it, and say to them, The kingdom of God has come near to you.
from Mark 1:15
In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days courteously.
from Luke 10:9
And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection together against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,
from Acts 28:7
For it has pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints at Jerusalem.
from Acts 18:12
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Be it known to you therefore, men and brothers, that through this man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins:
I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
from Acts 13:38
And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
from I John 2:12
When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then has God also to the Gentiles granted repentance to life.
from Luke 24:47
For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world works death.
from Acts 11:18 · a strong link
In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God perhaps will give them repentance to the knowledge of the truth;
from II Corinthians 7:10 · a strong link
Brothers, if a man is caught in a trespass, you which are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of gentleness; considering yourself, lest you also be tempted.
from II Timothy 2:25 · a strong link
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Because he has appointed a day, in which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.
In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
from Acts 17:31
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
from Romans 2:16 · a strong link
Rejoice, O young man, in your youth; and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes: but know you, that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
from Ecclesiastes 12:14 · a strong link
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For truly against your holy child Jesus, whom you have anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
By stretching forth your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of your holy child Jesus.
from Acts 4:27 · a strong link
Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
from Acts 4:30
As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
from Acts 3:6
And you now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man takes from you.
from II Corinthians 6:10 · a strong link
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You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do you.
For the LORD had said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, You are a stiff-necked people: I will come up into the midst of you in a moment, and consume you: therefore now put off your ornaments from you, so that I may know what to do to you.
from Acts 7:51 · a strong link
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
from Exodus 33:5
Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees struck one against another.
from Psalms 73:19
She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melts, and the knees strike together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
from Daniel 5:6 · a strong link
Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that labors: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
from Nahum 2:10
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And he said to me, Depart: for I will send you far hence to the Gentiles.
But the Lord said to him, Go your way: for he is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
from Acts 22:21 · a strong link
Of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of his power.
from Acts 9:15 · a strong link
To which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.
from Ephesians 3:7
But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
from Colossians 1:29 · a strong link
Whom we preach, admonishing everyone, and teaching everyone in all wisdom; that we may present everyone mature in Christ Jesus:
from I Corinthians 15:10
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
from Colossians 1:28 · a strong link
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from Deuteronomy 28:26 along this chain. Today’s own vigil is laid separately.
Each verse follows the one before it along the chain a study Bible draws — a century old, public, and compiled by people arguing about Scripture rather than about how long you stay. Every card says which verse it came from and opens the chapter it belongs to. Today’s vigil is the same for every reader and is worked out from the date alone, so there is no account, no counter, and nothing stored in your browser or ours.
The text is the Lantern Modern Standard. The links are openbible.info’s cross-reference set (CC BY), the same apparatus behind the reader’s Echoes drawer. Read a whole book · Today’s table