Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
7 O God of hosts, restore us
And cause Your face to shine upon us, that we might be saved.
8 You removed a (A)vine from Egypt;
You (B)drove out the [a]nations and then You (C)planted it.
9 You (D)cleared the ground before it,
And it (E)took deep root and filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered with its shadow,
And [b]the cedars of God with its (F)boughs.
11 It sent out its branches (G)to the sea
And its shoots to the River.
12 Why have You (H)broken down its [c]hedges,
So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?
13 A boar from the forest (I)devours it
And whatever moves in the field feeds on it.
Yahweh Disciplines Israel
6 “Flee for safety, O sons of (A)Benjamin,
From the midst of Jerusalem!
Now blow a trumpet in Tekoa
And raise a signal over [a](B)Beth-haccerem,
For evil looks down from the (C)north,
As well as great destruction.
2 The comely and (D)delicate one, (E)the daughter of Zion, I will ruin.
3 (F)Shepherds and their flocks will come to her;
They will (G)pitch their tents [b]around her;
They will pasture each in his [c]place.
4 (H)Set yourselves apart for war against her;
Arise, and let us go up at (I)noon.
Woe to us, for the day declines,
For the shadows of the evening stretch out!
5 Arise, and let us go up by night
And [d](J)destroy her [e]palaces!”
6 For thus says Yahweh of hosts,
“(K)Cut down her trees
And cast up a (L)siege against Jerusalem.
This is the city to be punished,
In whose midst there is only (M)oppression.
7 (N)Like a well [f]keeps its waters fresh,
So she [g]keeps fresh her evil.
(O)Violence and devastation are heard in her;
(P)Sickness and wounds are continually before Me.
8 (Q)Heed discipline, O Jerusalem,
Lest (R)My soul become disgusted at you,
Lest I make you a desolation,
A land not inhabited.”
9 Thus says Yahweh of hosts,
“They will (S)thoroughly glean as the vine the (T)remnant of Israel;
Pass your hand again like a grape gatherer
Over the branches.”
10 To whom shall I speak and give warning
That they may hear?
Behold, their (U)ears are uncircumcised,
And they cannot give heed.
Behold, (V)the word of Yahweh has become a reproach to them;
They have no delight in it.
Division of People over Jesus
40 Some of the crowd therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, “This truly is (A)the Prophet.” 41 Others were saying, “This is the [a]Christ.” Still others were saying, “(B)No, for is the [b]Christ going to come from Galilee? 42 Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from (C)the seed of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” 43 So (D)a division occurred in the crowd because of Him. 44 (E)Some of them were wanting to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him.
45 The (F)officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?” 46 The (G)officers answered, “(H)Never has a man spoken like this!” 47 The Pharisees then answered them, “(I)Have you also been led astray? 48 (J)Have any of (K)the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him? 49 But this crowd which does not know the Law is accursed.” 50 (L)Nicodemus (he who came to Him before), being one of them, *said to them, 51 “(M)Does our Law judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing?” 52 They answered him, “(N)Are you also from Galilee? Search and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.”
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