Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

“For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four,
    I will not turn away its punishment,
    because they have sold the righteous for silver,
    and the needy for a pair of sandals;
⁷     They trample the heads of the poor into the dust of the earth
    and deny justice to the oppressed.
A man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name.
⁸     They lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge.
    In the house of their God^[a] they drink the wine of those who have been fined.
⁹ Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them,
    whose height was like the height of the cedars,
    and he was strong as the oaks;
    yet I destroyed his fruit from above,
    and his roots from beneath.
¹⁰ Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt
    and led you forty years in the wilderness,
    to possess the land of the Amorite.
¹¹ I raised up some of your sons for prophets,
    and some of your young men for Nazirites.
Isn’t this true,
    you children of Israel?” says Yahweh.
¹² “But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink,
    and commanded the prophets, saying, ‘Don’t prophesy!’
¹³ Behold,^[b] I will crush you in your place,
    as a cart crushes that is full of grain.
¹⁴ Flight will perish from the swift.
    The strong won’t strengthen his force.
    The mighty won’t deliver himself.
¹⁵ He who handles the bow won’t stand.
    He who is swift of foot won’t escape.
    He who rides the horse won’t deliver himself.
¹⁶ He who is courageous among the mighty
    will flee away naked on that day,”