Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
The Lord’s Covenant with David, and Israel’s Afflictions.
A [a]Maskil of [b]Ethan [c]the Ezrahite.
89 I will (A)sing of the lovingkindness of the Lord forever;
To all generations I will (B)make known Your (C)faithfulness with my mouth.
2 For I have said, “(D)Lovingkindness will be built up forever;
In the heavens You will establish Your (E)faithfulness.”
3 “I have made a covenant with (F)My chosen;
I have (G)sworn to David My servant,
4 I will establish your (H)seed forever
And build up your (I)throne to all generations.” [d]Selah.
15 How blessed are the people who know the [a](A)joyful sound!
O Lord, they walk in the (B)light of Your countenance.
16 In (C)Your name they rejoice all the day,
And by Your righteousness they are exalted.
17 For You are the glory of (D)their strength,
And by Your favor [b]our (E)horn is exalted.
18 For our (F)shield belongs to the Lord,
[c]And our king to the (G)Holy One of Israel.
8 “Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘Because you have not obeyed My words, 9 behold, I will (A)send and take all the families of the north,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, (B)My servant, and will bring them against this land and against its inhabitants and against all these nations round about; and I will [a]utterly destroy them and (C)make them a horror and a hissing, and an everlasting desolation. 10 Moreover, I will [b](D)take from them the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the (E)sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp. 11 (F)This whole land will be a desolation and a horror, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon (G)seventy years.
Babylon Will Be Judged
12 ‘Then it will be (H)when seventy years are completed I will (I)punish the king of Babylon and that nation,’ declares the Lord, ‘for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans; and (J)I will make it an everlasting desolation. 13 I will bring upon that land all My words which I have pronounced against it, all that is written in (K)this book which Jeremiah has prophesied against (L)all the nations. 14 ([c]For (M)many nations and great kings will make slaves of them, even them; and I will (N)recompense them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.)’”
7 You were (A)running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth? 8 This persuasion did not come from (B)Him who calls you. 9 (C)A little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough. 10 (D)I have confidence [a]in you in the Lord that you (E)will adopt no other view; but the one who is (F)disturbing you will bear his judgment, whoever he is. 11 But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still (G)persecuted? Then (H)the stumbling block of the cross has been abolished. 12 I wish that (I)those who are troubling you would even [b](J)mutilate themselves.
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