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Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Daily Bible readings that follow the church liturgical year, with thematically matched Old and New Testament readings.
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Psalm 126

Thanksgiving for Return from Captivity.

A Song of Ascents.

126 When the Lord (A)brought back [a]the captives of Zion,
We were (B)like those who dream.
2 Then our (C)mouth was filled with laughter
And our (D)tongue with joyful shouting;
Then they said among the nations,
“The Lord has (E)done great things for them.”
3 The Lord has done great things for us;
We are (F)joyful.

4 Restore our fortunes, Lord,
As the [b](G)streams in the [c]South.
5 Those who sow in (H)tears shall harvest with (I)joyful shouting.
6 One who goes here and there weeping, carrying his bag of seed,
Shall indeed come again with a shout of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 126:1 Or those who returned to
  2. Psalm 126:4 Lit stream-beds
  3. Psalm 126:4 Heb Negev

Cross references

  1. Psalm 126:1 : Ps 85:1; Jer 29:14; Hos 6:11
  2. Psalm 126:1 : Acts 12:9
  3. Psalm 126:2 : Job 8:21
  4. Psalm 126:2 : Ps 51:14; Is 35:6
  5. Psalm 126:2 : 1 Sam 12:24; Ps 71:19; Luke 1:49
  6. Psalm 126:3 : Is 25:9; Zeph 3:14
  7. Psalm 126:4 : Is 35:6; 43:19
  8. Psalm 126:5 : Ps 80:5; Jer 31:9, 16; Lam 1:2
  9. Psalm 126:5 : Is 35:10; 51:11; 61:7; Gal 6:9
Jeremiah 23:9-15

False Prophets Denounced

9 As for the prophets:
My (A)heart is broken within me,
All my bones tremble;
I have become like a drunken man,
And like a man overcome by wine,
Because of the Lord
And because of His holy words.
10 For the land is full of (B)adulterers;
For the land (C)mourns because of the curse.
The (D)pastures of the wilderness have dried up.
Their course is evil
And their might is not right.
11 “For (E)both prophet and priest are defiled;
Even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the Lord.
12 “Therefore their way will be like (F)slippery paths to them,
They will be driven away into the (G)gloom and fall down in it;
For I will bring (H)disaster upon them,
The year of their punishment,” declares the Lord.

13 “Moreover, among the prophets of Samaria I saw an (I)offensive thing:
They (J)prophesied by Baal and (K)led My people Israel astray.
14 Also among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a (L)horrible thing:
The committing of (M)adultery and walking in deceit;
And they strengthen the hands of (N)evildoers,
So that no one has turned back from his wickedness.
All of them have become to Me like (O)Sodom,
And her inhabitants like Gomorrah.

15 Therefore this is what the Lord of armies says concerning the prophets:

‘Behold, I am going to (P)feed them wormwood
And make them drink poisonous water,
For from the prophets of Jerusalem
Ungodliness has spread into all the land.’”

Cross references

  1. Jeremiah 23:9 : Jer 8:18; Hab 3:16
  2. Jeremiah 23:10 : Jer 9:2; Hos 4:2, 3; Mal 3:5
  3. Jeremiah 23:10 : Jer 12:4
  4. Jeremiah 23:10 : Ps 107:34; Jer 9:10
  5. Jeremiah 23:11 : Jer 6:13; Zeph 3:4
  6. Jeremiah 23:12 : Ps 35:6; Prov 4:19; Jer 13:16
  7. Jeremiah 23:12 : Is 8:22; John 12:35
  8. Jeremiah 23:12 : Jer 11:23
  9. Jeremiah 23:13 : Hos 9:7, 8
  10. Jeremiah 23:13 : 1 Kin 18:18-21; Jer 2:8; 23:32
  11. Jeremiah 23:13 : Is 9:16
  12. Jeremiah 23:14 : Jer 5:30
  13. Jeremiah 23:14 : Jer 29:23
  14. Jeremiah 23:14 : Jer 23:22; Ezek 13:22, 23
  15. Jeremiah 23:14 : Gen 18:20; Deut 32:32; Is 1:9, 10; Jer 20:16; 49:18; Matt 11:24
  16. Jeremiah 23:15 : Deut 29:18; Jer 8:14; 9:15
Hebrews 7:1-10

Melchizedek’s Priesthood like Christ’s

7 For this (A)Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the (B)Most High God, who met Abraham as he was returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, 2 to whom also Abraham apportioned a tenth of all the spoils, was first of all, by the translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then also king of Salem, which is king of peace. 3 Without father, without mother, (C)without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like (D)the Son of God, he remains a priest perpetually.

4 Now observe how great this man was to whom Abraham, the (E)patriarch, (F)gave a tenth of the choicest spoils. 5 And those indeed of (G)the sons of Levi who receive the priest’s office have a commandment [a]in the Law to collect [b]a tenth from the people, that is, from their countrymen, although they [c]are descended from Abraham. 6 But the one (H)whose genealogy is not traced from them (I)collected [d]a tenth from Abraham and [e](J)blessed the one who (K)had the promises. 7 But without any dispute the lesser person is blessed by the greater. 8 In this case mortal men receive tithes, but in that case one receives them, (L)of whom it is witnessed that he lives on. 9 And, so to speak, through Abraham even Levi, who received tithes, has paid tithes, 10 for he was still in the loins of his [f]forefather when Melchizedek met him.

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 7:5 Lit according to
  2. Hebrews 7:5 Or tithes
  3. Hebrews 7:5 Lit have come out of the loins of
  4. Hebrews 7:6 Or tithes
  5. Hebrews 7:6 Lit has blessed
  6. Hebrews 7:10 Lit father

Cross references

  1. Hebrews 7:1 : Gen 14:18-20; Heb 7:6
  2. Hebrews 7:1 : Mark 5:7
  3. Hebrews 7:3 : Heb 7:6
  4. Hebrews 7:3 : Matt 4:3; Heb 7:1, 28
  5. Hebrews 7:4 : Acts 2:29; 7:8f
  6. Hebrews 7:4 : Gen 14:20
  7. Hebrews 7:5 : Num 18:21, 26; 2 Chr 31:4f
  8. Hebrews 7:6 : Heb 7:3
  9. Hebrews 7:6 : Heb 7:1f
  10. Hebrews 7:6 : Heb 7:1f
  11. Hebrews 7:6 : Rom 4:13
  12. Hebrews 7:8 : Heb 5:6; 6:20
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