Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
40 Therefore the Lord’s anger burned against his people,
and he abhorred his own inheritance.(A)
41 He handed them over to the nations;
those who hated them ruled over them.(B)
42 Their enemies oppressed them,
and they were subdued under their power.(C)
43 He rescued them many times,
but they continued to rebel deliberately
and were beaten down by their iniquity.(D)
44 When he heard their cry,
he took note of their distress,(E)
45 remembered his covenant with them,
and relented according to the abundance
of his faithful love.(F)
46 He caused them to be pitied
before all their captors.(G)
47 Save us, Lord our God,
and gather us from the nations,
so that we may give thanks to your holy name
and rejoice in your praise.(H)
Exile after the Siege
18 For this is what the Lord says:
Look, I am flinging away(B)
the land’s residents at this time
and bringing them such distress
that they will feel it.
Jeremiah Grieves
19 Woe to me because of my brokenness—
I am severely wounded!(C)
I exclaimed, “This is my intense suffering,
but I must bear it.”
20 My tent is destroyed;(D)
all my tent cords are snapped.
My sons have departed from me and are no more.
I have no one to pitch my tent again
or to hang up my curtains.
21 For the shepherds are stupid:
They don’t seek the Lord.(E)
Therefore they have not prospered,
and their whole flock is scattered.
22 Listen! A noise—it is coming—
a great commotion(F) from the land to the north.
The cities of Judah will be made desolate,
a jackals’ den.(G)
23 I know, Lord,
that a person’s way of life is not his own;
no one who walks determines his own steps.(H)
24 Discipline me, Lord, but with justice—
not in your anger,(I)
or you will reduce me to nothing.
25 Pour out your wrath on the nations
that don’t recognize you
and on the families
that don’t call on your name,
for they have consumed Jacob;
they have consumed him and finished him off
and made his homeland desolate.(J)
Warning against the Scribes
45 While(A) all the people were listening, he said to his disciples, 46 “Beware(B) of the scribes, who want to go around in long robes and who love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets.(C) 47 They devour widows’ houses and say long prayers just for show. These will receive harsher judgment.”
The Widow’s Gift
21 He(D) looked up and saw the rich dropping their offerings into the temple treasury.(E) 2 He also saw a poor widow dropping in two tiny coins.[a](F) 3 “Truly I tell you,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all of them.(G) 4 For all these people have put in gifts out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”
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