Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

⁹ Let me hear what God Adonai will say.
For He will speak shalom to His people, and to His kedoshim—
but let them not turn back to folly.
¹⁰ Surely His salvation is near those who fear Him,
so that glory may dwell in our land.
¹¹ Lovingkindness and truth meet together.
Righteousness and shalom kiss each other.
¹² Truth will spring up from the earth,
and justice will look down from heaven.
¹³ Yes, Adonai will give what is good,
and our land will yield its produce.

⁹ “I destroyed the Amorite before them,
whose height was like cedars
    and as strong as oaks—
    yes, I destroyed his fruit from above
    and his roots from beneath.
¹⁰ It was I also who brought you up from the land of Egypt
    and led you forty years in the wilderness
    to possess the Amorite’s land.
¹¹ I raised up prophets from your sons
and Nazirites from your young men.
Is this not so, Bnei Yisrael?”
declares Adonai.
¹² “But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink,
and you commanded the prophets saying,
    ‘Do not prophesy.’
¹³ Behold! I will cause a tottering beneath you
    as a cart totters when full of sheaves.
¹⁴ Then flight will fail for the swift.
The mighty will not strengthen his power,
The warrior will not save his life.
¹⁵ The archer will not stand,
the fleet-footed will not escape,
the horseman will not save himself.
¹⁶ The valiant among the warriors
    will flee naked in that day.”
declares Adonai.