Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
21 But You, O [a]God, the Lord, deal kindly with me (A)for Your name’s sake;
Because (B)Your lovingkindness is good, deliver me;
22 For (C)I am afflicted and needy,
And [b]my heart is (D)wounded within me.
23 I am passing (E)like a shadow when it lengthens;
I am shaken off (F)like the locust.
24 My (G)knees [c]are weak from (H)fasting,
And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.
25 I also have become a (I)reproach to them;
When they see me, they (J)wag their head.
26 (K)Help me, O Lord my God;
Save me according to Your lovingkindness.
27 [d]And let them (L)know that this is Your hand;
You, Lord, have done it.
28 (M)Let them curse, but You bless;
When they arise, they shall be ashamed,
But Your (N)servant shall be glad.
29 [e]Let (O)my accusers be clothed with dishonor,
And [f]let them (P)cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
18 “I said to their [a](A)children in the wilderness, ‘(B)Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols. 19 (C)I am the Lord your God; (D)walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and [b]observe them. 20 (E)Sanctify My sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the Lord your God.’ 21 But the (F)children rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, nor were they careful to observe My ordinances, by which, if a man observes them, he will live; they profaned My sabbaths. So I [c]resolved to pour out My wrath on them, to accomplish My anger against them in the wilderness. 22 But I (G)withdrew My hand and acted (H)for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out. 23 Also I swore to them in the wilderness that I would (I)scatter them among the nations and disperse them among the lands, 24 because they had not observed My ordinances, but had rejected My statutes and had profaned My sabbaths, and (J)their eyes were [d]on the idols of their fathers. 25 I also gave them statutes that were (K)not good and ordinances by which they could not live; 26 and I pronounced them (L)unclean because of their gifts, in that they (M)caused all [e]their firstborn to pass through the fire so that I might make them desolate, in order that they might (N)know that I am the Lord.”’
27 “Therefore, son of man, (O)speak to the house of Israel and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Yet in this your fathers have (P)blasphemed Me by (Q)acting treacherously against Me. 28 When I had (R)brought them into the land which I swore to give to them, then they saw every (S)high hill and every leafy tree, and they offered there their sacrifices and there they presented the provocation of their offering. There also they made their soothing aroma and there they poured out their drink offerings. 29 Then I said to them, ‘What is the high place to which you go?’ So its name is called [f]Bamah to this day.”’ 30 Therefore, say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Will you defile yourselves [g]after the manner of your (T)fathers and play the harlot after their detestable things? 31 [h]When you offer your gifts, when you (U)cause your sons to pass through the fire, you are defiling yourselves with all your idols to this day. And shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live,” declares the Lord God, “I will not be inquired of by you. 32 What (V)comes [i]into your mind will not come about, when you say: ‘We will be like the nations, like the tribes of the lands, (W)serving wood and stone.’
Message to Philadelphia
7 “And to the angel of the church in (A)Philadelphia write:
(B)He who is holy, (C)who is true, who has (D)the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says this:
8 ‘(E)I know your [a]deeds. Behold, I have put before you (F)an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and (G)have not denied My name. 9 Behold, I [b]will cause those of (H)the synagogue of Satan, who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—I will make them (I)come and bow down [c]at your feet, and make them know that (J)I have loved you. 10 Because you have (K)kept the word of (L)My [d]perseverance, (M)I also will keep you from the hour of [e](N)testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole [f](O)world, to [g]test (P)those who dwell on the earth. 11 (Q)I am coming quickly; (R)hold fast what you have, so that no one will take your (S)crown. 12 (T)He who overcomes, I will make him a (U)pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the (V)name of My God, and (W)the name of the city of My God, (X)the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My (Y)new name. 13 (Z)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’
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