Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Book Four
From Everlasting to Everlasting
A (A)Prayer of Moses, the (B)man of God.
90 Lord, you have been our (C)dwelling place[a]
in all generations.
2 (D)Before the (E)mountains were brought forth,
or ever you had formed the earth and the world,
(F)from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
3 You return man to dust
and say, (G)“Return, (H)O children of man!”[b]
4 For (I)a thousand years in your sight
are but as (J)yesterday when it is past,
or as (K)a watch in the night.
5 You (L)sweep them away as with a flood; they are like (M)a dream,
like (N)grass that is renewed in the morning:
6 in (O)the morning it flourishes and is renewed;
in the evening it (P)fades and (Q)withers.
7 For we are brought to an end by your anger;
by your wrath we are dismayed.
8 You have (R)set our iniquities before you,
our (S)secret sins in the light of your presence.
9 For all our days pass away under your wrath;
we bring our years to an end like a sigh.
10 The years of our life are seventy,
or even by reason of strength eighty;
yet their span[a] is but toil and trouble;
they are soon gone, and we fly away.
11 Who considers the power of your anger,
and your wrath according to the fear of you?
12 (A)So teach us to number our days
that we may get a heart of wisdom.
The Day of the Wrath of the Lord
7 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “And you, (A)O son of man, thus says the Lord God to the land of Israel: (B)An end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.[a] 3 Now (C)the end is upon you, and (D)I will send my anger upon you; (E)I will judge you according to your ways, and I will punish you for all your abominations. 4 (F)And my eye will not spare you, nor will I have pity, but (G)I will punish you for your ways, while your abominations are in your midst. (H)Then you will know that I am the Lord.
5 “Thus says the Lord God: Disaster (I)after disaster![b] Behold, it comes. 6 (J)An end has come; the end has come; it has awakened against you. Behold, it comes. 7 (K)Your doom[c] has come to you, O inhabitant of the land. (L)The time has come; the day is near, a day of tumult, and not (M)of joyful shouting on the mountains. 8 Now I will soon (N)pour out my wrath upon you, and (O)spend my anger against you, (P)and judge you according to your ways, and I will punish you for all your abominations. 9 (Q)And my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity. I will punish you according to your ways, while your abominations are in your midst. (R)Then you will know that I am the Lord, who strikes.
8 The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch people (A)with fire. 9 They were scorched by the fierce heat, and (B)they cursed[a] the name of God who had power over these plagues. (C)They did not repent (D)and give him glory.
10 The fifth angel poured out his bowl on (E)the throne of the beast, and (F)its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in anguish 11 and cursed (G)the God of heaven for their pain and (H)sores. (I)They did not repent of their deeds.
12 The sixth angel poured out his bowl on (J)the great river Euphrates, and (K)its water was dried up, (L)to prepare the way for the kings (M)from the east. 13 And I saw, coming out of the mouth of (N)the dragon and out of the mouth of (O)the beast and out of the mouth of (P)the false prophet, three (Q)unclean spirits like (R)frogs. 14 For they are (S)demonic spirits, (T)performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, (U)to assemble them for battle on (V)the great day of God the Almighty. 15 (“Behold, (W)I am coming like a thief! (X)Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, (Y)that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!”) 16 And (Z)they assembled them at the place that in Hebrew is called (AA)Armageddon.
The Seventh Bowl
17 The seventh angel poured out his bowl into (AB)the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple, from the throne, saying, (AC)“It is done!” 18 And there were (AD)flashes of lightning, rumblings,[b] peals of thunder, and (AE)a great earthquake (AF)such as there had never been since man was on the earth, so great was that earthquake. 19 (AG)The great city (AH)was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and God (AI)remembered (AJ)Babylon the great, (AK)to make her drain the cup of the wine of the fury of his wrath. 20 And (AL)every island fled away, and no mountains were to be found. 21 And (AM)great hailstones, about one hundred pounds[c] each, fell from heaven on people; and (AN)they cursed God for (AO)the plague of the hail, because the plague was so severe.
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