Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
148 Praise the LORD from the heavens! Praise Him in the high places!
2 Praise Him, all His angels! Praise Him, all His army!
3 Praise Him, Sun and Moon! Praise Him, all bright stars!
4 Praise Him, you heavens of heavens, and waters above the heavens!
5 Let them praise the Name of the LORD; for He commanded, and they were created.
6 And He has established them forever and ever. He has made an ordinance which shall not pass.
7 Praise the LORD from the Earth, you dragons and all depths:
8 fire and hail, snow and vapors, stormy wind — which execute His Word —
9 mountains and all hills, fruitful trees, and all cedars,10 beasts and all cattle, creeping things and feathered birds,
11 kings of the Earth and all people, princes and all judges of the world,
12 young men and maidens, also old men and children.
13 Let them praise the Name of the LORD; for only His Name is to be exalted. His praise is above the Earth and the heavens.
14 For He has exalted the horn of His people — a praise for all His saints, for the children of Israel — a people that is near to Him. Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD.
8 “But you, son of man, hear what I say to you. Do not be rebellious, like this rebellious House. Open your mouth and eat that I give you.”
9 And when I looked up, behold, a Hand was sent to me. And lo, a scroll of a book was inside.
10 And He spread it before me, and there was writing inside and outside. And lamentations and mourning and woe were written on it.
3 Moreover, He said to me: “Son of man, eat what you find. Eat this scroll. And go, speak to the House of Israel.”
2 So I opened my mouth, and He gave me this scroll to eat.
3 And He said to me: “Son of man, cause your belly to eat, and fill your core with this scroll that I give you.” Then I ate. And it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.
4 And He said to me: “Son of man, go, enter into the House of Israel, and declare to them My Words.
5 “For you are not sent to a people of an unknown tongue, or of a hard language, but to the House of Israel,
6 “not to many people of an unknown tongue, or of a hard language, whose words you cannot understand. Yet, if I would send you to them, they would obey you.
7 “But, the House of Israel will not obey you. For they will not obey Me. Yea, all the House of Israel are impudent and stiff-hearted.
8 “Behold, I have made your face strong against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads.
9 “I have made your forehead as a sharp stone, harder than the flint. Therefore, do not fear them or be afraid of their look. For they are a rebellious House.”
10 Moreover, He said to me: “Son of man, receive in your heart all My Words that I speak to you, and hear them with your ears.
11 “And go, get to those who are led away captives, to the children of your people. And speak to them and tell them, ‘Thus says the LORD God:’ Surely, they will not hear. Indeed, nor will they cease.”
10 And I saw another mighty angel come down from Heaven, clothed with a cloud and the rainbow upon his head. And his face was as the Sun; and his feet as pillars of fire.
2 And he had in his hand a little book, open. And he put his right foot upon the sea, and his left on the Earth,
3 and cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars. And when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write. But I heard a voice from heaven, saying to me, “Seal up those things which the seven thunders have spoken, and do not write them.”
5 And the angel who I saw stand upon the sea, and upon the Earth, lifted up his hand to Heaven,
6 And swore by Him Who lives for evermore - Who created Heaven and the things that therein are; and the Earth, and the things that therein are; and the sea, and the things that therein are - that time should be no more.
7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel - when he shall begin to blow the trumpet - even the mystery of God shall be finished, as He has declared to His servants, the Prophets.
8 And the voice which I heard from Heaven, spoke to me again, and said, “Go, and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands upon the sea and upon the Earth.”
9 So I went to the angel, and said to him, “Give me the little book.” And he said to me, “Take it, and eat it up. And it shall make your belly bitter. But it shall be as sweet as honey in your mouth.”
10 Then I took the little book out of the angel’s hand and ate it up. And it was in my mouth as sweet as honey. But when I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
11 And he said to me, “You must prophesy again among the people and nations and tongues, and to many kings.”
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