Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

⁷ Restore us, O God of hosts;
Cause Your face to shine,
And we shall be saved!

⁸ You have brought ^(A)a vine out of Egypt;
^(B)You have cast out the ^[a]nations, and planted it.
⁹ You prepared room for it,
And caused it to take deep root,
And it filled the land.
¹⁰ The hills were covered with its shadow,
And the ^[b]mighty cedars with its ^(C)boughs.
¹¹ She sent out her boughs to ^[c]the Sea,
And her branches to ^[d]the River.

¹² Why have You ^(D)broken down her ^[e]hedges,
So that all who pass by the way pluck her fruit?
¹³ The boar out of the woods uproots it,
And the wild beast of the field devours it.

¹⁴ Return, we beseech You, O God of hosts;
^(E)Look down from heaven and see,
And visit this vine
¹⁵ And the vineyard which Your right hand has planted,
And the branch that You made strong ^(F)for Yourself.

²³ “How^(A) can you say, ‘I am not ^[a]polluted,
I have not gone after the Baals’?
See your way in the valley;
Know what you have done:
You are a swift dromedary breaking loose in her ways,
²⁴ A wild donkey used to the wilderness,
That sniffs at the wind in her desire;
In her time of mating, who can turn her away?
All those who seek her will not weary themselves;
In her month they will find her.
²⁵ Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst.
But you said, ^(B)‘There is no hope.
No! For I have loved ^(C)aliens, and after them I will go.’

²⁶ “As the thief is ashamed when he is found out,
So is the house of Israel ashamed;
They and their kings and their princes, and their priests and their ^(D)prophets,
²⁷ Saying to a tree, ‘You are my father,’
And to a ^(E)stone, ‘You gave birth to me.’
For they have turned their back to Me, and not their face.
But in the time of their ^(F)trouble
They will say, ‘Arise and save us.’
²⁸ But ^(G)where are your gods that you have made for yourselves?
Let them arise,
If they ^(H)can save you in the time of your ^[b]trouble;
For ^(I)according to the number of your cities
Are your gods, O Judah.

²⁹ “Why will you plead with Me?
You all have transgressed against Me,” says the Lord.
³⁰ “In vain I have ^(J)chastened your children;
They ^(K)received no correction.
Your sword has ^(L)devoured your prophets
Like a destroying lion.

³¹ “O generation, see the word of the Lord!
Have I been a wilderness to Israel,
Or a land of darkness?
Why do My people say, ‘We ^[c]are lords;
^(M)We will come no more to You’?
³² Can a virgin forget her ornaments,
Or a bride her attire?
Yet My people ^(N)have forgotten Me days without number.

³³ “Why do you beautify your way to seek love?
Therefore you have also taught
The wicked women your ways.
³⁴ Also on your skirts is found
^(O)The blood of the lives of the poor innocents.
I have not found it by ^[d]secret search,
But plainly on all these things.
^35 (P)Yet you say, ‘Because I am innocent,
Surely His anger shall turn from me.’
Behold, ^(Q)I will plead My case against you,
^(R)Because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
^36 (S)Why do you gad about so much to change your way?
Also ^(T)you shall be ashamed of Egypt ^(U)as you were ashamed of Assyria.
³⁷ Indeed you will go forth from him
With your hands on ^(V)your head;
For the Lord has rejected your trusted allies,
And you will ^(W)not prosper by them.