Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
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33 (A)Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes;
and I will keep it (B)to the end.[a]
34 (C)Give me understanding, that I may keep your law
and observe it with my whole heart.
35 (D)Lead me in the path of your commandments,
for I (E)delight in it.
36 (F)Incline my heart to your testimonies,
and not to (G)selfish gain!
37 (H)Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things;
and (I)give me life in your ways.
38 (J)Confirm to your servant your promise,
(K)that you may be feared.
39 Turn away the (L)reproach that I dread,
for your rules are good.
40 Behold, I (M)long for your precepts;
(N)in your righteousness give me life!
Ezekiel's Wife Dies
15 The word of the Lord came to me: 16 (A)“Son of man, behold, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you at a stroke; yet you shall not mourn or weep, nor shall your tears run down. 17 Sigh, but not aloud; make no mourning for the dead. (B)Bind on your turban, and (C)put your shoes on your feet; do not cover your lips, (D)nor eat the bread of men.” 18 So I spoke to the people in the morning, and (E)at evening my wife died. And on the next morning I did (F)as I was commanded.
19 And (G)the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things mean for us, that you are acting thus?” 20 Then I said to them, “The word of the Lord came to me: 21 ‘Say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: (H)Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the yearning of your soul, and (I)your sons and your daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword. 22 And (J)you shall do as I have done; (K)you shall not cover your lips, (L)nor eat the bread of men. 23 (M)Your turbans shall be on your heads and your shoes on your feet; you shall not mourn or weep, but (N)you shall rot away in your iniquities and groan to one another. 24 Thus shall Ezekiel be to you (O)a sign; (P)according to all that he has done you shall do. When this comes, then (Q)you will know that I am the Lord God.’
25 “As for you, (R)son of man, surely on the day when I take from them (S)their stronghold, their joy and glory, the delight of their eyes and their soul's desire, and also their sons and daughters, 26 (T)on that day a fugitive will come to you to report to you the news. 27 On that day your mouth (U)will be opened to the fugitive, and you shall speak and be no longer mute. (V)So you will be a sign to them, and (W)they will know that I am the Lord.”
15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, (A)“How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” 16 But (B)they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, (C)“Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” 17 So (D)faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
18 But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have, for
19 But I ask, did Israel not understand? First Moses says,
(G)“I will (H)make you jealous of those who are not a nation;
with a (I)foolish nation I will make you angry.”
20 Then Isaiah is so bold as to say,
(J)“I have been found by those who did not seek me;
I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me.”
21 But of Israel he says, (K)“All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”
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