Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Yodh
73 (A)Your hands made me and [a]fashioned me;
(B)Give me understanding, so that I may learn Your commandments.
74 May those who [b]fear You (C)see me and be glad,
Because I [c](D)wait for Your word.
75 I know, Lord, that Your judgments are (E)righteous,
And that You have afflicted me (F)in faithfulness.
76 May Your favor [d]comfort me,
According to Your [e]word to Your servant.
77 May (G)Your compassion come to me so that I may live,
For Your Law is my (H)delight.
78 May (I)the arrogant be put to shame, because they lead me astray (J)with a lie;
But I shall (K)meditate on Your precepts.
79 May those who [f]fear You turn to me,
And those who know Your testimonies.
80 May my heart be [g](L)blameless in Your statutes,
So that I will not (M)be ashamed.
4 “You shall say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says:
“Do people (A)fall and not get up?
Does one turn away and not [a]repent?
5 Why has this people, Jerusalem,
(B)Turned away in continual apostasy?
They (C)hold on to deceit,
They (D)refuse to return.
6 I (E)have listened and heard,
They have spoken what is not right;
(F)No one repented of his wickedness,
Saying, ‘What have I done?’
Everyone turned to his own course,
Like a (G)horse charging into the battle.
7 Even the stork in the sky
(H)Knows her seasons;
And the (I)turtledove, the swallow, and the crane
Keep to the time of their [b]migration;
But (J)My people do not know
The judgment of the Lord.
8 “(K)How can you say, ‘We are wise,
And the Law of the Lord is with us’?
But behold, the lying pen of the scribes
Has made it into a lie.
9 The wise men are (L)put to shame,
They are dismayed and caught;
Behold, they have (M)rejected the word of the Lord,
So what kind of wisdom do they have?
10 Therefore I will (N)give their wives to others,
Their fields to new owners;
Because from the least even to the greatest
Everyone is (O)greedy for gain;
From the prophet even to the priest,
Everyone practices deceit.
11 They have (P)healed the brokenness of the daughter of My people superficially,
Saying, ‘Peace, peace,’
But there is no peace.
12 Were they (Q)ashamed because of the abomination they had done?
They were not ashamed at all,
And they did not know how to be ashamed;
Therefore they will (R)fall among those who fall;
At the (S)time of their punishment they will collapse,”
Says the Lord.
28 When they heard this and were filled with rage, they began shouting, saying, “Great is [a]Artemis of the (A)Ephesians!” 29 The city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed together into the theater, dragging along (B)Gaius and (C)Aristarchus, Paul’s (D)Macedonian traveling (E)companions. 30 And when Paul wanted to go into the assembly, (F)the disciples would not let him. 31 Also some of the [b]Asiarchs who were friends of his sent word to him and repeatedly urged him not to [c]venture into the theater. 32 (G)So then, some were shouting one thing and some another, for the [d]assembly was in confusion and the majority did not know [e]for what reason they had come together. 33 Some of the crowd [f]concluded it was Alexander, since the Jews had put him forward; and having (H)motioned with his hand, Alexander was intending to make a defense to the assembly. 34 But when they recognized that he was a Jew, a single outcry arose from them all as they shouted for about two hours, “Great is [g]Artemis of the Ephesians!”
35 After quieting the crowd, the town clerk *said, “Men of (I)Ephesus, what person is there after all who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is guardian of the temple of the great [h]Artemis and of the image which fell down from [i]the sky? 36 So, since these are undeniable facts, you ought to keep calm and to do nothing rash. 37 For you have brought these men here who are neither (J)temple robbers nor blasphemers of our goddess. 38 So then, if Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a complaint against anyone, the courts are in session and [j](K)proconsuls are available; have them bring charges against one another. 39 But if you want anything beyond this, it shall be settled in the [k]lawful [l]assembly. 40 For indeed, we are in danger of being accused of a riot in connection with today’s events, since there is no real reason for it, and in this connection we will be unable to account for this disorderly gathering.” 41 After saying this he dismissed the [m]assembly.
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