Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Yahweh, Rescue My Soul

For the choir director. With stringed instruments. According to the ^[a]Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

The Words of Yahweh Against Judah

26 In the beginning of the reign of ^(A)Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from Yahweh, saying, ² “Thus says Yahweh, ‘^(B)Stand in the court of the house of Yahweh, and you shall speak to all the cities of Judah who have ^(C)come to worship in the house of Yahweh ^(D)all the words that I have commanded you to speak to them. ^(E)Do not take away a word! ^3 (F)Perhaps they will listen and everyone will turn from his evil way, that ^(G)I may ^[a]relent of the evil which I am devising to ^[b]bring against them because of the evil of their deeds.’ ⁴ And you will say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “^(H)If you will not listen to Me, to ^(I)walk in My law which I have given before you, ⁵ to listen to the words of ^(J)My slaves the prophets, whom I have been sending to you, rising up early and sending, but you have not listened, ⁶ then I will make this house like ^(K)Shiloh, and this city I will make a ^(L)curse to all the nations of the earth.”’”

Plot to Murder Jeremiah

⁷ The ^(M)priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of Yahweh. ⁸ Now it happened that when Jeremiah finished speaking all that Yahweh had commanded him to speak to all the people, the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, “^(N)You must surely die! ⁹ Why have you prophesied in the name of Yahweh saying, ‘This house will be like Shiloh, and this city will be ^(O)laid waste, without inhabitant’?” And ^(P)all the people gathered about Jeremiah in the house of Yahweh.

¹⁰ When the ^(Q)officials of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king’s house to the house of Yahweh and sat in the ^(R)entrance of the New Gate of the house of Yahweh. ¹¹ Then the priests and the prophets ^(S)spoke to the officials and to all the people, saying, “A ^(T)judgment of death for this man! For he has prophesied ^(U)against this city as you have heard in your hearing.”

¹² Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials and to all the people, saying, “^(V)Yahweh sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.

To the Church in Smyrna

⁸ “And to the angel of the church in ^(A)Smyrna write:

^(B)This is what the first and the last, who ^[a](C)was dead, and has come to life, says:

⁹ ‘I know your ^(D)tribulation and your ^(E)poverty (but you are ^(F)rich), and the blasphemy by those who ^(G)say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of ^(H)Satan. ¹⁰ Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, so that you will be ^(I)tested, and you will have tribulation ^(J)for ten days. ^[b]Be ^(K)faithful until death, and I will give you ^(L)the crown of life. ^11 (M)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. ^(N)He who overcomes will never be hurt by the ^(O)second death.’