Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
14 The Lord upholdeth all that [a]fall, and lifteth up all that are ready to fall.
15 The eyes of [b]all wait upon thee, and thou givest them their meat in due season.
16 Thou openest thine hand, and fillest all things living of thy good pleasure.
17 The Lord is [c]righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
18 The Lord is near unto all that call upon him, yea, to all that call upon him in [d]truth.
19 He will fulfill the [e]desire of them that fear him; he will also hear their cry, and will save them.
20 The Lord preserveth all them that love him; but he will destroy the wicked.
21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord, and all [f]flesh shall bless his holy Name forever and ever.
17 Awake, awake, and stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the [a]cup of his wrath: thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.
18 There is none to guide her among all her sons, whom she hath brought forth: there is none that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.
19 These two [b]things are come unto thee: who will lament thee? desolation and destruction and famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?
20 Thy sons have fainted, and lie at the head of all the streets as a wild bull in a net, and are full of the wrath of the Lord, and rebuke of thy God.
21 Therefore hear now this, thou miserable and drunken, but [c]not with wine.
22 Thus saith thy Lord God, even God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my wrath: thou shalt drink it no more.
23 But I will put it into their hand that spoil thee, which have said to thy soul, Bow down that we may go over, and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the streets to them that went over.
6 (A)[a]Notwithstanding it cannot be that the word of God should take none effect: for all they are not [b]Israel, which are of Israel:
7 Neither are they all children, because they are the seed of Abraham: (B)[c]but, In [d]Isaac shall thy seed be called:
8 [e]That is, they which are the children of the [f]flesh, are not the children of God: but the (C)children of the [g]promise, are counted for the seed.
9 [h]For this is a word of promise, (D)In this same time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
10 [i]Neither he only felt this, but also (E)Rebecca, when she had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac.
11 For ere the children were born, and when they had neither done good nor evil (that the [j]purpose of God might [k]remain according to election, not by works, but by him that calleth.)
12 [l]It was said unto her, (F)The Elder shall serve the younger.
13 As it is written, (G)I have loved Jacob, and have hated Esau.
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