May 22

And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place . . . and they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons. (Isaiah 22:23-24)

There is one nail, fastened in a sure place; and on it hang all the *flagons and all the cups.

“Oh,” says one little cup, “I am so small and so black, suppose I were to drop!”

“Oh,” says a flagon, “there is no fear of you; but I am so heavy, so very weighty, suppose I were to drop!”

And a little cup says,

“Oh, if I were only like the gold cup there, I should never fear falling.”

But the gold cup answers,

“It is not because I am a gold cup that I keep up; but because I hang upon the nail.”

*Flagon: a container for holding liquids, as for use at table, especially one with a handle, a spout, and usually a cover.

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