Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
His Steadfast Love Endures For Ever
A Psalm for (A)giving thanks.
100 (B)Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!
2 (C)Serve the Lord with gladness!
(D)Come into his presence with singing!
3 Know that (E)the Lord, he is God!
It is he who (F)made us, and (G)we are his;[a]
we are his (H)people, and (I)the sheep of his pasture.
4 (J)Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
and his (K)courts with praise!
Give thanks to him; (L)bless his name!
5 (M)For the Lord is good;
his steadfast love endures for ever,
and his (N)faithfulness to all generations.
I Will Be Their God, They Shall Be My People
15 The word of the Lord came to me: 16 (A)“Son of man, (B)take a stick[a] and write on it, ‘For (C)Judah, and (D)the people of Israel associated with him’; then take another stick and write on it, ‘For (E)Joseph (the stick of (F)Ephraim) and all the house of Israel associated with him.’ 17 And (G)join them one to another into one stick, that (H)they may become (I)one in your hand. 18 And when (J)your people say to you, (K)‘Will you not tell us what you mean by these?’ 19 say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am about to take (L)the stick of Joseph (that is in the hand of Ephraim) and the tribes of Israel associated with him. And I will join with it the (M)stick of Judah,[b] and (N)make them one stick, (O)that they may be one in my hand. 20 When the sticks on which you write are in your hand (P)before their eyes, 21 then say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, (Q)I will take the people of Israel from the nations among which they have gone, and will gather them from all around, and (R)bring them to their own land. 22 And (S)I will make them one nation in the land, on (T)the mountains of Israel. And (U)one king shall be king over them all, and they shall be no longer (V)two nations, and no longer divided into two kingdoms. 23 (W)They shall not (X)defile themselves any more (Y)with their idols and their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions. But (Z)I will save them from all the backsliding[c] in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and (AA)they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
24 “My servant (AB)David (AC)shall be king over them, and they shall all have (AD)one shepherd. (AE)They shall walk in my rules and be careful to obey my statutes. 25 (AF)They shall dwell in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They and their children and their children's children shall dwell there (AG)for ever, and David my servant shall be their prince (AH)for ever. 26 (AI)I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be (AJ)an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land[d] and (AK)multiply them, and will (AL)set my sanctuary in their midst for evermore. 27 (AM)My dwelling place shall be with them, (AN)and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 28 Then (AO)the nations will know that (AP)I am the Lord who sanctifies Israel, when (AQ)my sanctuary is in their midst for evermore.”
The Seven Angels with Seven Plagues
15 Then (A)I saw another sign in heaven, great and amazing, (B)seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last, for with them the wrath of God is finished.
2 And I saw (C)what appeared to be a sea of glass mingled with fire—and also those (D)who had conquered the beast and its image and (E)the number of its name, standing beside the sea of glass (F)with harps of God in their hands. 3 And they sing (G)the song of Moses, (H)the servant[a] of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,
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