Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
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33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your Statutes, and I will keep it to the end.
34 Give me understanding and I will keep Your Law, yea, I will keep it with my whole heart.
35 Direct me in the path of Your Commandments, for therein is my delight.
36 Incline my heart to Your Testimonies, and not to covetousness.
37 Turn away my eyes from vanity and quicken me in Your way.
38 Establish Your Promise in Your servant, because he fears You.
39 Take away my rebuke, which I fear, for Your Judgments are good.
40 Behold, I desire Your Commandments, quicken me in Your righteousness.
15 Also the Word of the LORD came to me, saying:
16 “Son of man, behold, I take away the pleasure of your eyes from you with a plague. Still, you shall neither mourn nor weep, nor shall your tears run down.
17 “Cease from sighing. Make no mourning for the dead. Bind the turban upon your head and put your shoes on your feet. Do not cover your lips and do not eat the bread of men.”
18 So I spoke to the people in the morning. And in the evening, my wife died. And in the morning, I did as I was Commanded.
19 And the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things that you are doing mean for us?”
20 Then I answered them. The Word of the LORD came to me, saying:
21 “Speak to the House of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I will pollute My Sanctuary, the pride of your power, the pleasure of your eyes, and your heart’s desire. And your sons and your daughters whom you have left shall fall by the sword.
22 “And you shall do as I have done. You shall neither cover your lips nor shall you eat the bread of men.
23 “And your turban shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet. You shall neither mourn nor weep, but you shall pine away in your iniquities and mourn one toward another.
24 “Thus Ezekiel is a sign to you. According to all that he has done, you shall do. And when this comes, you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.”’
25 “As for you, son of man, shall it not be—on the day when I take their power from them, the joy of their honor, the pleasure of their eyes, and the desire of their heart, their sons and their daughters—
26 “that he who escapes on that day shall come to you with that which he has heard with his ears?
27 “On that day your mouth shall be opened to him who has escaped; and you shall speak and no longer be dumb. And you shall be a sign to them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.”
15 And how shall they preach, unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring glad tidings of peace; and bring glad tidings of good things!”
16 But they have not all obeyed the Gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?”
17 Then faith is by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.
18 But I say, have they not heard? No doubt. Their sound went out through all the Earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
19 But I say, did not Israel know? First Moses says: “I will provoke you to envy by a nation that is not my nation. And by a foolish nation I will anger you.”
20 And Isaiah is bold and says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me, and have been made manifest to those who did not ask for me.”
21 And to Israel he says, “All day long I have stretched forth My hands to a disobedient and contradicting people.”
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