Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

^8 (A)Let me hear what God the Lord will speak,
    for he will ^(B)speak peace to his people, to his ^(C)saints;
    but let them not ^(D)turn back to ^(E)folly.
⁹ Surely his ^(F)salvation is near to those who fear him,
    that ^(G)glory may dwell in our land.
^10 (H)Steadfast love and faithfulness meet;
    ^(I)righteousness and peace kiss each other.
¹¹ Faithfulness springs up from the ground,
    and righteousness looks down from the sky.
¹² Yes, ^(J)the Lord will give what is good,
    and our land ^(K)will yield its increase.
^13 (L)Righteousness will go before him
    and make his footsteps a way.

^(A)“For three transgressions of Israel,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because ^(B)they sell the righteous for ^(C)silver,
    and the needy for a pair of sandals—
⁷ those who trample the head of the poor ^(D)into the dust of the earth
    and ^(E)turn aside the way of the afflicted;
^(F)a man and his father go in to the same girl,
    so that my holy name is profaned;
⁸ they lay themselves down beside every altar
    on garments ^(G)taken in pledge,
and in the house of their God they drink
    the wine of those who have been fined.
⁹ “Yet ^(H)it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them,
    ^(I)whose height was like the height of the cedars
    and who was as strong as the oaks;
^(J)I destroyed his fruit above
    and his roots beneath.
^10 (K)Also it was I who brought you up out of the land of Egypt
    ^(L)and led you for forty years in the wilderness,
    ^(M)to possess the land of the Amorite.
¹¹ And I raised up some of your sons for prophets,
    and some of your young men for ^(N)Nazirites.
    Is it not indeed so, O people of Israel?”
declares the Lord.
¹² “But you made the Nazirites ^(O)drink wine,
    and commanded the prophets,
    saying, ^(P)‘You shall not prophesy.’
¹³ “Behold, I will press you down in your place,
    as a cart full of sheaves presses down.
^14 (Q)Flight shall perish from the swift,
    ^(R)and the strong shall not retain his strength,
    ^(S)nor shall the mighty save his life;
¹⁵ he who handles the bow shall not stand,
    and he who is ^(T)swift of foot shall not save himself,
    ^(U)nor shall he who rides the horse save his life;
¹⁶ and he who is stout of heart among the mighty
    shall flee away naked in that day,”
declares the Lord.