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.
8 But you, O mountains of Israel, you will (A)put forth your branches and bear your fruit for My people Israel; for they will soon come. 9 For, behold, I am for you, and I will (B)turn to you, and you will be (C)cultivated and sown. 10 I will multiply men on you, (D)all the house of Israel, all of it; and the (E)cities will be inhabited, and the waste places will be rebuilt. 11 I will multiply on you man and beast; and they will multiply and be fruitful; and I will cause you to be inhabited as you were (F)formerly and will [a]treat you (G)better than at the first. Thus you will know that I am Yahweh. 12 And I will cause (H)men—My people Israel—to walk on you and possess you so that you will become their (I)inheritance and never again (J)bereave them of children.’
13 “Thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘Because they say to you, “You are a (K)devourer of men and have bereaved your [b]nation of children,” 14 therefore you will no longer devour men and no longer bereave your nation of children,’ declares Lord Yahweh. 15 I will not let you hear (L)dishonor from the nations anymore, nor will you bear (M)reproach from the peoples any longer, nor will you cause your nation to (N)stumble any longer,” declares Lord Yahweh.’”
44 Now He said to them, “(A)These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the (B)Law of Moses and the Prophets and (C)the Psalms must be fulfilled.” 45 Then He (D)opened their [a]minds to understand the Scriptures, 46 and He said to them, “(E)Thus it is written, that the [b]Christ would suffer and (F)rise again from the dead the third day, 47 and that (G)repentance [c]for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed [d]in His name to (H)all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 48 You are (I)witnesses of these things. 49 And behold, (J)I am sending the promise of My Father upon you, but (K)you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”
The Ascension
50 And He led them out as far as (L)Bethany, and lifting up His hands, He blessed them. 51 And it happened that while He was blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into heaven. 52 And they, after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy, 53 and were continually in the temple blessing God.
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