Advent, Day 17

The Lesson
Zephaniah 3: 14-18
The Lord will be among us; we are summoned to rejoice and sing.

Sing aloud, O daughter Zion;
shout, O Israel!
Rejoice and exult with all your heart,
O daughter Jerusalem!
The LORD has taken away the judgments against you,
he has turned away your enemies.
The king of Israel, the LORD, is in your midst;
you shall fear disaster no more.
On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem:
Do not fear, O Zion;
do not let your hands grow weak.
The LORD, your God, is in your midst,
a warrior who gives victory;
he will rejoice over you with gladness,
he will renew you in his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing
as on a day of festival.
I will remove disaster from you,
so that you will not bear reproach for it.

The Carol

Two different pieces today:
“Rejoice greatly”, GF Handel, from Messiah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoCojiU1x4c
Elly Ameling, Anna Reynolds, Philip Langridge, Gwynne Howell
Sir Neville Marriner, Conductor
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, 1976

and
Watchman, tell us of the night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX53vVJNSXA
Hymn 694