Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

^9 (8) I am listening. What will God, Adonai, say?
For he will speak peace to his people,
to his holy ones —
but only if they don’t relapse into folly.
^10 (9) His salvation is near for those who fear him,
so that glory will be in our land.
^11 (10) Grace and truth have met together;
justice and peace have kissed each other.
^12 (11) Truth springs up from the earth,
and justice looks down from heaven.
^13 (12) Adonai will also grant prosperity;
our land will yield its harvest.

⁶ Here is what Adonai says:

“For Isra’el’s three crimes,
no, four — I will not reverse it —
because they sell the upright for silver
and the poor for a pair of shoes,
⁷ grinding the heads of the poor in the dust
and pushing the lowly out of the way;
father and son sleep with the same girl,
profaning my holy name;
⁸ lying down beside any altar
on clothes taken in pledge;
drinking wine in the house of their God
bought with fines they imposed.

⁹ “I destroyed the Emori before them;
though tall as cedars and strong as oaks,
I destroyed their fruit above
and their root below.
¹⁰ More than that, I brought you up from Egypt,
led you forty years in the desert,
so that you could have the Emori’s land.
¹¹ I raised up some of your sons to be prophets,
other young men of yours to be n’zirim.
People of Isra’el!
Isn’t that true?” asks Adonai.
¹² But you gave the n’zirim wine to drink
and ordered the prophets, ‘Don’t prophesy!’
¹³ “Enough! I will make all this crush you,
just as a cart overloaded with grain
crushes what’s under it.
¹⁴ Even the swift won’t be able to flee;
the strong won’t be able to use their strength,
the warriors won’t save themselves.
¹⁵ Archers won’t be able to stand,
the fastest runners won’t save themselves,
those on horses won’t save themselves.
¹⁶ On that day even the bravest warriors
will throw off their weapons and flee,” says Adonai.