Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Yahweh Will Redeem Israel
A Song of Ascents.
130 Out of the (A)depths I called to You, O Yahweh.
2 O Lord, (B)hear my voice!
Let (C)Your ears be attentive
To the (D)voice of my supplications.
3 If You should keep iniquities, O Yah,
O Lord, who could (E)stand?
4 But with You there is (F)forgiveness,
That You may be (G)feared.
5 I hope for Yahweh, my (H)soul does hope,
And (I)for His word do I wait.
6 My soul waits for the Lord
More than the watchmen (J)for the morning,
The watchmen for the morning.
7 O Israel, (K)wait for Yahweh;
For with Yahweh there is (L)lovingkindness,
And with Him is (M)abundant redemption.
8 And it is He who will (N)redeem Israel
From all his iniquities.
Hezekiah Celebrates the Passover
30 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of Yahweh at Jerusalem to [a]celebrate the Passover to Yahweh, the God of Israel. 2 And the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had taken counsel (A)to celebrate the Passover in the second month, 3 since they could not celebrate it (B)at that time, because the priests had not set themselves apart as holy in sufficient numbers, nor had the people been gathered to Jerusalem. 4 Thus the thing was right in the eyes of the king and in the eyes of all the assembly. 5 So they established a decree to make a [b]proclamation pass throughout all Israel (C)from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to celebrate the Passover to Yahweh, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem. For they had not celebrated it in great numbers as it was written. 6 (D)And the [c]couriers went throughout all Israel and Judah with the letters from the hand of the king and his princes, even according to the commandment of the king, saying, “O sons of Israel, return to Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that He may return to those of you who escaped and remain from (E)the [d]hand of the kings of Assyria. 7 (F)Now do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were unfaithful to Yahweh, the God of their fathers, so that (G)He made them an object of horror, as you see. 8 Now do not (H)stiffen your neck like your fathers, but give your hand to Yahweh and enter His sanctuary which He has set apart as holy forever, and serve Yahweh your God, (I)that His burning anger may turn away from you. 9 For (J)when you return to Yahweh, your brothers and your sons will find compassion before those who led them captive and will return to this land. (K)For Yahweh your God is gracious and compassionate, and will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”
10 So the [e]couriers passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, and as far as Zebulun, but (L)they were laughing at them to scorn and mocking them. 11 Nevertheless (M)some men of Asher, Manasseh and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem. 12 The (N)hand of God was also on Judah to give them one heart to do what the king and the princes commanded by the word of Yahweh.
10 For as many as are of the works of [a]the Law are under a curse, for it is written, “(A)Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law, to do them.” 11 Now that (B)no one is justified [b]by [c]the Law before God is evident, [d]for “(C)The righteous shall live by faith.” 12 [e]However, the Law is not [f]of faith; rather, “(D)He who does them shall live [g]by them.” 13 Christ (E)redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written, “(F)Cursed is everyone who hangs on (G)a [h]tree”— 14 in order that (H)in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might [i]come to the Gentiles, so that we (I)would receive (J)the promise of the Spirit through faith.
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