Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

³ He is like ^(I)a tree
    planted by ^(J)streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
    and its ^(K)leaf does not wither.
^(L)In all that he does, he prospers.
⁴ The wicked are not so,
    but are like ^(M)chaff that the wind drives away.

⁵ Therefore the wicked ^(N)will not stand in the judgment,
    nor sinners in ^(O)the congregation of the righteous;
⁶ for the Lord ^(P)knows ^(Q)the way of the righteous,
    but the way of the wicked will perish.

²⁰ “Lift up your eyes ^(A)and see
    those who come from the north.
Where is the flock that was given you,
    your beautiful flock?
²¹ What will you say when they set as head over you
    those whom you yourself have taught to be friends to you?
^(B)Will not pangs take hold of you
    like those of a woman in labor?
²² And if you say in your heart,
    ^(C)‘Why have these things come upon me?’
it is for the greatness of your iniquity
    that ^(D)your skirts are lifted up
    and you suffer violence.
^23 (E)Can the Ethiopian change his skin
    or ^(F)the leopard his spots?
Then also you can do good
    who are accustomed to do evil.
²⁴ I will scatter you^{[a] (G)}like chaff
    driven by the wind from the desert.
^25 (H)This is your lot,
    the portion I have measured out to you, declares the Lord,
because ^(I)you have forgotten me
    and trusted in lies.
^26 (J)I myself will lift up your skirts over your face,
    and your shame will be seen.
²⁷ I have seen ^(K)your abominations,
    your adulteries and ^(L)neighings, your lewd whorings,
    ^(M)on the hills in the field.
Woe to you, O Jerusalem!
    How long will it be ^(N)before you are made clean?”

^(T)“All flesh is like grass
    and all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
    and the flower falls,
^25 (U)but the word of the Lord remains forever.”