Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

⁷ God of the Heavenly Armies, restore us
    and show your favor,^[a]
        so we may be delivered.

⁸ You uprooted a vine from Egypt,
    and drove out nations to transplant it.
⁹ You cleared the ground^[b] so that its roots grew
    and filled the land.
¹⁰ Mountains were covered by its shadows,
    and the mighty cedars by its branches.
¹¹ Its branches spread out to the Mediterranean^[c] Sea
    and its shoots to the Euphrates^[d] River.
¹² Why did you break down its walls
    so that those who pass by pluck its fruits?^[e]
13 Wild boars of the forest gnaw at it,
    and creatures of the field feed on it.

¹⁴ God of the Heavenly Armies, return!
    Look down from heaven and see.
        Show care^[f] toward this vine.
¹⁵ The root^[g] that your right hand planted,
    the shoot^[h] that you tended for yourself,

²⁵ “Don’t run until your feet are bare
    and your throat is dry.^[d]
But you say, ‘It’s hopeless!
    Because I love foreign gods,^[e] I’ll go after them!’”

²⁶ “As a thief is disgraced when he’s caught,
    so the house of Israel is disgraced—
        they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets,
²⁷ who say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’
    and to a stone, ‘You gave birth to me.’
They have turned their back to me,
    but not their faces.
In the time of their trouble, they’ll say,
    ‘Rise up! Deliver us!’”

²⁸ “But where are your gods
    that you made for yourselves?
Let them rise up, if they can deliver you
    in the time of your trouble.
        You have as many gods as you have towns, Judah.
²⁹ Why do you contend with me?
    You have rebelled against me,”
        declares the Lord.
³⁰ “I’ve punished your children with no results,^[f]
    they have accepted no discipline.
Your sword has devoured your prophets
    like a destroying lion.”

³¹ “You, generation,
    pay attention to^[g] this message from the Lord!
Am I the desert to Israel,
    or a land of gloom?
Why do my people say, ‘We’re free to roam?
    We won’t come to you anymore.’
³² Will a young woman forget her wedding^[h] ornaments,
    or a bride her attire?
But my people have forgotten me
    days without number.
³³ How well you perfect your techniques^[i] for seeking love.
    Therefore you can teach even the most immoral women^[j] your techniques.^[k]
34 On your skirts is found the lifeblood of the innocent poor,
    even though you didn’t catch them breaking in.
Yet despite all these things,
³⁵ you say, ‘I’m innocent.
        Surely his anger has turned away from me.’”

“I’m about to bring charges against you^[l]
    because you say, ‘I haven’t sinned.’
³⁶ Why do you go about changing your mind so much?
    You will also be disappointed^[m] by Egypt,
        just as you were disappointed^[n] by Assyria.
³⁷ You will also go out from this place
    with your hands over your heads.^[o]
For the Lord has rejected those in whom you trust,
    and you won’t prosper through them.”