Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
A Psalm of Praise.
150 [a]Praise [b]the Lord!
Praise God in His (A)sanctuary;
Praise Him in His mighty [c](B)expanse.
2 Praise Him for His (C)mighty deeds;
Praise Him according to His excellent (D)greatness.
3 Praise Him with (E)trumpet sound;
Praise Him with (F)harp and lyre.
4 Praise Him with (G)tambourine and dancing;
Praise Him with (H)stringed instruments and (I)flute.
5 Praise Him with loud (J)cymbals;
Praise Him with resounding cymbals.
6 (K)Everything that has breath shall praise [d]the Lord.
[e]Praise [f]the Lord!
Liberation from Captivity Promised
30 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, 2 “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘(A)Write all the words which I have spoken to you in a book. 3 For behold, (B)days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will (C)restore the fortunes of My people (D)Israel and Judah.’ The Lord says, ‘I will also (E)bring them back to the land that I gave to their forefathers, and they shall take possession of it.’”
4 Now these are the words which the Lord spoke concerning Israel and Judah:
5 “For this is what the Lord says:
‘[a]I have heard a sound of (F)terror,
Of fear, and there is no peace.
6 Ask now, and see
If a male can give birth.
Why do I see every man
With his hands on his waist, (G)as a woman in childbirth?
And why have all faces turned pale?
7 Woe, for that (H)day is great,
There is (I)none like it;
And it is the time of Jacob’s (J)distress,
Yet he will be (K)saved from it.
8 ‘It shall come about on that day,’ declares the Lord of armies, ‘that I will (L)break his yoke from [b]their necks and will tear to pieces [c]their (M)restraints; and strangers will no longer (N)make [d]them their slaves. 9 But they shall serve the Lord their God and (O)David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
10 And (P)do not fear, Jacob My servant,’ declares the Lord,
‘And do not be dismayed, Israel;
For behold, I am going to save you (Q)from far away,
And your [e]descendants from the land of their captivity.
And Jacob will return and be (R)at peace, without anxiety,
And (S)no one will make him afraid.
11 For (T)I am with you,’ declares the Lord, ‘to save you;
For I will completely (U)destroy all the nations where I have scattered you,
Only I will (V)not destroy you completely.
But I will (W)discipline you fairly
And will by no means leave you unpunished.’
10 By this the (A)children of God and the (B)children of the devil are obvious: [a]anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who (C)does not love his (D)brother and sister.
11 (E)For this is the message (F)which you have heard from the beginning, (G)that we are to love one another; 12 not as (H)Cain, who was of (I)the evil one and murdered his brother. And for what reason did he murder him? Because (J)his own deeds were evil, but his brother’s were righteous.
13 Do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if (K)the world hates you. 14 We know that we have (L)passed out of death into life, (M)because we love the brothers and sisters. The one who does not love remains in death. 15 Everyone who (N)hates his brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that (O)no murderer has eternal life remaining in him. 16 We know love by this, that (P)He laid down His life for us; and (Q)we ought to lay down our lives for the (R)brothers and sisters.
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