Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
7 O God of hosts, restore us
And cause Your face to shine upon us, [a]and we will be saved.
8 You removed a (A)vine from Egypt;
You (B)drove out the [b]nations and (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 [c]the cedars of God with its (F)boughs.
11 It was sending out its branches (G)to the sea
And its shoots to the River.
12 Why have You (H)broken down its [d]hedges,
So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?
13 A boar from the forest (I)eats it away
And whatever moves in the field feeds on it.
Destruction of Jerusalem Impending
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,
And a great destruction.
2 “The comely and (D)dainty one, (E)the daughter of Zion, I will cut off.
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 “[d](H)Prepare war against her;
Arise, and let us [e]attack at (I)noon.
Woe to us, for the day declines,
For the shadows of the evening lengthen!
5 “Arise, and let us [f]attack by night
And (J)destroy her [g]palaces!”
6 For thus says the Lord 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)As a well [h]keeps its waters fresh,
So she [i]keeps fresh her wickedness.
(O)Violence and destruction are heard in her;
(P)Sickness and wounds are ever before Me.
8 “(Q)Be warned, O Jerusalem,
Or [j](R)I shall be alienated from you,
And make you a desolation,
A land not inhabited.”
9 Thus says the Lord 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 [k]closed
And they cannot listen.
Behold, (V)the word of the Lord has become a reproach to them;
They have no delight in it.
Division of People over Jesus
40 Some of the people therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, “This certainly is (A)the Prophet.” 41 Others were saying, “This is [a]the Christ.” Still others were saying, “(B)Surely [b]the Christ is not going to come from Galilee, is He? 42 Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from (C)the descendants 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 wanted 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 the way this man speaks.” 47 The Pharisees then answered them, “(I)You have not also been led astray, have you? 48 (J)No one of (K)the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he? 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)Our Law does not judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?” 52 They answered him, “(N)You are not also from Galilee, are you? Search, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.”
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