Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
12 At that time[a] you will say:
“I praise you, O Lord,
for even though you were angry with me,
your anger subsided, and you consoled me.
2 Look, God is my deliverer![b]
I will trust in him[c] and not fear.
For the Lord gives me strength and protects me;[d]
he has become my deliverer.”[e]
3 Joyfully you will draw water
from the springs of deliverance.[f]
4 At that time[g] you will say:
“Praise the Lord!
Ask him for help![h]
Publicize his mighty acts among the nations.
Make it known that he is unique.[i]
5 Sing to the Lord, for he has done magnificent things;
let this be known[j] throughout the earth.
6 Cry out and shout for joy, O citizens of Zion,
for the Holy One of Israel[k] acts mightily[l] among you!”
15 Honesty has disappeared;
the one who tries to avoid evil is robbed.
The Lord watches and is displeased,[a]
for there is no justice.
The Lord Intervenes
16 He sees there is no advocate;[b]
he is shocked[c] that no one intervenes.
So he takes matters into his own hands;[d]
his desire for justice drives him on.[e]
17 He wears his desire for justice[f] like body armor,[g]
and his desire to deliver is like a helmet on his head.[h]
He puts on the garments of vengeance[i]
and wears zeal like a robe.
18 He repays them for what they have done,
dispensing angry judgment to his adversaries
and punishing his enemies.[j]
He repays the coastlands.[k]
19 In the west, people respect[l] the Lord’s reputation;[m]
in the east they recognize his splendor.[n]
For he comes like a rushing[o] stream
driven on by wind sent from the Lord.[p]
20 “A protector[q] comes to Zion,
to those in Jacob who repent of their rebellious deeds,”[r] says the Lord.
21 “As for me, this is my promise to[s] them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit, who is upon you, and my words, which I have placed in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and descendants from this time forward,”[t] says the Lord.
The Coming of the Kingdom
20 Now at one point[a] the Pharisees[b] asked Jesus[c] when the kingdom of God[d] was coming, so he answered, “The kingdom of God is not coming with signs[e] to be observed, 21 nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is[f] in your midst.”[g]
The Coming of the Son of Man
22 Then[h] he said to the disciples, “The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days[i] of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. 23 Then people[j] will say to you, ‘Look, there he is!’[k] or ‘Look, here he is!’ Do not go out or chase after them.[l] 24 For just like the lightning flashes[m] and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.[n] 25 But first he must[o] suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. 26 Just[p] as it was[q] in the days of Noah,[r] so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 People[s] were eating,[t] they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage—right up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then[u] the flood came and destroyed them all.[v] 28 Likewise, just as it was[w] in the days of Lot, people[x] were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building; 29 but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.[y] 30 It will be the same on the day the Son of Man is revealed. 31 On that day, anyone who is on the roof,[z] with his goods in the house, must not come down[aa] to take them away, and likewise the person in the field must not turn back. 32 Remember Lot’s wife![ab] 33 Whoever tries to keep[ac] his life[ad] will lose it,[ae] but whoever loses his life will preserve it. 34 I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.[af] 35 There will be two women grinding grain together;[ag] one will be taken and the other left.”[ah]
37 Then[ai] the disciples[aj] said[ak] to him, “Where,[al] Lord?” He replied to them, “Where the dead body[am] is, there the vultures[an] will gather.”[ao]
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