Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Sin
Tav
His (B)praise stands forever.
The Righteous Will Be Remembered Forever
Aleph
Beth
Who greatly (D)delights in His commandments.
Gimel
Daleth
The generation of the (F)upright will be blessed.
He
3 (G)Wealth and riches are in his house,
Vav
And his righteousness stands forever.
Zayin
4 Light arises in the darkness (H)for the upright;
Heth
He is (I)gracious and compassionate and righteous.
Teth
5 It is well with the man who (J)is gracious and lends;
Yodh
Who sustains his [e]works with justice.
Kaph
6 For he will (K)never be shaken;
Lamedh
Mem
7 He will not fear an (M)evil report;
Nun
Samekh
Ayin
Until he (R)looks in triumph on his adversaries.
Pe
Tsadhe
His righteousness stands forever;
Qoph
His (T)horn will be raised in glory.
Resh
Faithless Israel Called to Repentance
6 Then Yahweh said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen what faithless Israel did? She (A)went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and she was a harlot there. 7 (B)I said, ‘After she has done all these things, she will return to Me’; but she did not return, and her (C)treacherous sister Judah saw it. 8 And I saw that for all the adulteries of faithless Israel, I had sent her away and (D)given her a certificate of divorce, yet her (E)treacherous sister Judah did not fear; but she went and was a harlot also. 9 So it was, because of the lightness of her harlotry, that she (F)polluted the land and committed adultery with (G)stones and trees. 10 Yet in spite of all this, her treacherous sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but rather in (H)lying,” declares Yahweh.
11 And Yahweh said to me, “(I)Faithless Israel has proved herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. 12 Go and call out these words toward the north and say,
‘[a](J)Return, faithless Israel,’ declares Yahweh;
‘(K)I will not [b]look upon you in anger.
For I am (L)One of lovingkindness,’ declares Yahweh;
‘I will not be angry forever.
13 Only [c](M)acknowledge your iniquity,
That you have transgressed against Yahweh your God
And have (N)scattered your ways of harlotry to the strangers (O)under every green tree,
And you have not listened to My voice,’ declares Yahweh.
14 ‘[d]Return, O faithless sons,’ declares Yahweh;
‘For I am a (P)master to you,
And I will take you one from a city and two from a family,
And (Q)I will bring you to Zion.’
27 “(A)You have heard that it was said, ‘(B)You shall not commit adultery’; 28 but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman (C)to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 (D)But if your right eye makes you [a]stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you [b]to lose one of the parts of your body, [c]than for your whole body to be thrown into [d](E)hell. 30 (F)And if your right hand makes you [e]stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; for it is better for you [f]to lose one of the parts of your body, [g]than for your whole body to go into [h](G)hell.
31 “Now it was said, ‘(H)Whoever sends his wife away, let him give her a certificate of divorce’; 32 (I)but I say to you that everyone who [i]divorces his wife, except for the reason of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a [j]divorced woman commits adultery.
33 “Again, (J)you have heard that [k]the ancients were told, ‘[l](K)You shall not [m]make false vows, but shall fulfill your [n]vows to the [o]Lord.’ 34 But I say to you, (L)make no oath at all, either by heaven, for it is (M)the throne of God, 35 or by the earth, for it is the (N)footstool of His feet, or [p]by Jerusalem, for it is (O)the city of the great King. 36 Nor shall you make an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.
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