Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
8 You uprooted a vine from Egypt;
You drove out the nations and planted it.(A)
9 You cleared a place for it;
it took root and filled the land.(B)
10 The mountains were covered by its shade,
and the mighty cedars[a] with its branches.(C)
11 It sent out sprouts toward the Sea[b]
and shoots toward the River.[c](D)
12 Why have You broken down its walls
so that all who pass by pick its fruit?(E)
13 The boar from the forest tears it
and creatures of the field feed on it.(F)
14 Return, God of Hosts.(G)
Look down from heaven and see;
take care of this vine,
15 the root[d] Your right hand has planted,
the shoot[e] that You made strong for Yourself.(H)
16 It was cut down and burned up;[f]
they[g] perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.(I)
17 Let Your hand be with the man at Your right hand,
with the son of man
You have made strong for Yourself.(J)
18 Then we will not turn away from You;
revive us, and we will call on Your name.(K)
19 Restore us, Yahweh, the God of Hosts;(L)
look on us with favor, and we will be saved.(M)
The Day of the Lord
5 House of Jacob,
come and let us walk in the Lord’s light.(A)
6 For You have abandoned(B) Your people,
the house of Jacob,
because they are full of divination from the East
and of fortune-tellers(C) like the Philistines.(D)
They are in league[a] with foreigners.
7 Their[b][c] land is full of silver and gold,
and there is no limit to their treasures;
their land is full of horses,
and there is no limit to their chariots.(E)
8 Their land is full of idols;(F)
they bow down to the work of their hands,
to what their fingers have made.(G)
9 So humanity is brought low,
and man is humbled.
Do not forgive them!(H)
10 Go into the rocks(I)
and hide in the dust
from the terror of the Lord(J)
and from His majestic splendor.(K)
11 Human pride[d] will be humbled,(L)
and the loftiness of men will be brought low;
the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.
Warning against Deliberate Sin
26 For if we deliberately sin after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,(A) 27 but a terrifying expectation of judgment and the fury of a fire about to consume the adversaries.(B) 28 If anyone disregards Moses’ law, he dies without mercy, based on the testimony of two or three witnesses.(C) 29 How much worse punishment do you think one will deserve who has trampled on the Son of God, regarded as profane[a] the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and insulted the Spirit of grace?(D) 30 For we know the One who has said, Vengeance belongs to Me, I will repay,[b][c] and again, The Lord will judge His people.(E)[d] 31 It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God!(F)
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