Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
2 Behold, (A)God is my salvation,
I will (B)trust and not dread;
For [a](C)Yah—Yahweh Himself—is my strength and song,
And He has become my salvation.”
3 Therefore you will joyously (D)draw water
From the (E)springs of salvation.
4 And in that day you will (F)say,
“(G)Give thanks to Yahweh, call on His name.
(H)Make known His deeds among the peoples;
[b]Make them remember that His name is exalted.”
5 (I)Praise Yahweh in song, for He has done [c]majestic things;
Let this be known throughout the earth.
6 (J)Cry aloud and shout for joy, O inhabitant of Zion,
For (K)great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.
8 Behold, the (A)eyes of Lord Yahweh are on the sinful kingdom,
And I will (B)destroy it from the face of the earth;
Nevertheless, I will (C)not totally destroy the house of Jacob,”
Declares Yahweh.
9 “For behold, I am commanding,
And I will (D)shake the house of Israel among all nations
As grain is shaken in a sieve,
But not a [a]kernel will fall to the ground.
10 All the (E)sinners of My people will die by the sword,
Those who say, ‘(F)The calamity will not overtake or confront us.’
Yahweh Will Rebuild Israel
11 “In that day I will (G)raise up the fallen [b](H)booth of David
And wall up its (I)breaches;
I will also raise up its ruins
And rebuild it as in the (J)ancient days,
12 (K)That they may possess the remnant of (L)Edom
And all the [c]nations who are (M)called by My name,”
Declares Yahweh who does this.
13 “Behold, days are coming,” declares Yahweh,
“When the (N)plowman will overtake the reaper
And the treader of grapes him who sows seed;
When the (O)mountains will drip [d]sweet (P)wine
And all the hills will melt.
14 Also I will (Q)restore the [e]captivity of My people Israel,
And they will (R)rebuild the desolated cities and live in them;
They will also (S)plant vineyards and drink their wine
And make gardens and eat their fruit.
15 I will also plant them on their land,
And (T)they will not again be uprooted from their land
Which I have given them,”
Says Yahweh your God.
John the Baptist Is Born
57 Now the time was fulfilled for Elizabeth to [a]give birth, and she gave birth to a son. 58 And her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had (A)magnified His great mercy toward her, and they were rejoicing with her.
59 And it happened that on (B)the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to call him Zechariah, after the name of his father. 60 But his mother answered and said, “No, but (C)he shall be called John.” 61 And they said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.” 62 And they (D)were making signs to his father, as to what he wanted him called. 63 And he asked for a tablet and wrote as follows, “(E)His name is John.” And they all marveled. 64 (F)And at once his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he began to speak, blessing God. 65 And fear came on all those living around them, and all these matters were being talked about in all (G)the hill country of Judea. 66 And all who heard these things put them in their heart, saying, “What then will this child be?” For (H)the hand of the [b]Lord was indeed with him.
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