Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹ ¶ Halelu-JAH. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise him, O ye slaves of the LORD.

² Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God,

³ praise JAH; for the LORD is good; sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant.

⁴ For JAH has chosen Jacob unto himself and Israel for his own possession.

⁵ ¶ For I know that the LORD is great and that our Lord is above all gods.

⁶ Whatever the LORD desired, he did in the heavens and in the earth, in the seas and in all the deep places.

⁷ He who causes the clouds to ascend from the ends of the earth, made the lightnings in the rain; he who brings the winds out of his treasuries.

⁸ He who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast;

⁹ sent signs and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his slaves.

¹⁰ He who smote many Gentiles and slew mighty kings,

¹¹ Sihon king of the Amorites and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan

¹² gave their land for a heritage, a heritage unto Israel his people.

¹³ Thy name, O LORD, is eternal, and thy memorial, O LORD, from generation to generation.

¹⁴ For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his slaves.

¹⁵ ¶ The idols of the Gentiles are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.

¹⁶ They have a mouth, but they do not speak; they have eyes, but they do not see;

¹⁷ they have ears, but they do not hear; neither is there any spirit in their mouths.

¹⁸ Let those that make them become like unto them and every one that trusts in them.

¹⁹ Bless the LORD, O house of Israel; bless the LORD, O house of Aaron:

²⁰ Bless the LORD, O house of Levi; ye that fear the LORD, bless the LORD.

²¹ Blessed be the LORD out of Zion who dwells at Jerusalem. Halelu-JAH.

¹² ¶ The word of the LORD came again to me, saying:

¹³ Son of man, when the land sins against me by rebelling blatantly and I stretch out my hand upon her and break the staff of the bread thereof and send famine upon her and cut off man and beast out of her

¹⁴ though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in the midst of her, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, said the Lord GOD.

¹⁵ If I cause an evil beast to pass through the land and destroy her so that it be desolate that there be no one to pass through because of the beast

¹⁶ though these three men were in the midst of her, as I live, said the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither their sons nor their daughters; they only shall be delivered, and the land shall be destroyed.

¹⁷ Or if I bring a sword upon the land and say: Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast out of her;

¹⁸ though these three men were in the midst of her, as I live, said the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither their sons nor their daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves.

¹⁹ Or if I send a pestilence into that land and pour out my fury upon her in blood to cut off out of her man and beast

²⁰ though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in the midst of her, as I live, said the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

²¹ Therefore thus hath the Lord GOD said: How much more if I send my four sore judgments against Jerusalem: the sword, the famine, the evil beast, the pestilence, to cut off out of her man and beast?

²² Yet, behold, there shall be left a remnant in her, of whom shall be taken captive your sons and daughters; they shall be taken away: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings; and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon her.

²³ And they shall comfort you when ye see their ways and their doings and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in her, said the Lord GOD.

²⁴ ¶ And from there he arose and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entering into a house, desired that no man know of it; but he could not be hid.

²⁵ For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him and came and fell at his feet;

²⁶ the woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation, and she besought him that he would cast forth the demon out of her daughter.

²⁷ But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled, for it is not good to take the children’s bread and to cast it unto the dogs.

²⁸ And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.

²⁹ And he said unto her, For this word go; the demon has gone out of thy daughter.

³⁰ And when she came to her house, she found that the demon had gone out, and the daughter lay upon the bed.