Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
19 Remember my affliction and my mourning, the wormwood and the bitterness.
20 My soul has remembered them and is humbled in me.
21 I consider this in my heart; therefore, I have hope.
22 It is because of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed. His compassions do not fail.
23 They are renewed every morning. Great is Your faithfulness!
24 “The LORD is my portion;” says my soul, “therefore, I will hope in Him!”
25 The LORD is good to those who trust in Him, to the soul that seeks Him.
26 It is good to wait, watchfully yet silently, for the salvation of the LORD.
12 Now, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month (which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babel) came Nebuzaradan, chief steward, who stood before the king of Babel in Jerusalem
13 and burnt the House of the LORD and the king’s house and all the houses of Jerusalem. And he burnt all the great houses with fire.
14 And all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the chief steward broke down all the walls of Jerusalem all around.
15 Then, Nebuzaradan the chief steward carried away captive some of the poor people, and the rest of the people who remained in the city, and those who had fled and fallen to the king of Babel, with the rest of the multitude.
16 But Nebuzaradan the chief steward left some of the poor of the land to dress the vines and to till the land.
17 Also, the bronze pillars that were in the House of the LORD, and the pedestals, and the bronze sea that was in the House of the LORD, the Chaldeans broke. And they carried all their bronze to Babel.
18 Also, the pots and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the incense dishes, and all the bronze vessels with which they ministered, they took away.
19 And the bowls and the ashpans and the basins and the pots and the candlesticks and the incense dishes and the cups—all that was of gold and all that was of silver—the chief steward took away
20 with the two pillars, one sea, and twelve bronze bulls that were under the bases which King Solomon had had made for the House of the LORD. The bronze of all these vessels was without measure.
21 And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits. It measured twelve cubits around and its thickness was four fingers (it was hollow).
22 And a capital of bronze was upon it. And the height of one capital was five cubits with a network of pomegranates upon the capitals, all around, all of bronze. The second pillar and the pomegranates were also like these.
23 And there were ninety-six pomegranates per side. All the pomegranates, all around the network, were one hundred.
24 And the chief steward took Seraiah the High Priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door.
25 He also took a eunuch out of the city who had oversight of the men of war, and seven men who were in the king’s presence who were found in the city, and the principal quartermaster of the army who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the midst of the city.
26 Nebuzaradan, the chief steward, took them and brought them to the king of Babel, to Riblah.
27 And the king of Babel struck them and killed them in Riblah, in the land of Hamath. Thus, Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.
28 These are the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive in the seventh year: three thousand twenty-three Jews.
29 In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar, he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty-two people.
30 In the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan the chief steward carried away captive seven hundred forty-five Jewish people. All together there were four thousand six hundred.
12 “And to the angel of the Church which is at Pergamos write: ‘Thus says He Who has that sharp sword with two edges,
13 ‘I know your works, and where you dwell, even where Satan’s throne is. And you keep My Name, and have not denied My faith; even in those days when Antipas, My faithful martyr, was slain among you where Satan dwells.
14 “But I have a few things against you because you have those there who maintain the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel so that they would eat of things sacrificed to idols and commit fornication.
15 Even so, you have those who maintain the doctrine of the Nicolaitans (which I hate).
16 Repent, or else I will come to you shortly and will fight against them with the sword of My mouth.
17 “Let he who has an ear, hear what the Spirit says to the Churches. To him who overcomes, I will give to eat of the manna that is hidden; and will give him a white stone; and in the stone a new name written, which no one knows except he who receives it.
18 “And to the angel of the Church which is at Thyatira write: ‘These things says the Son of God, Who has eyes like a flame of fire, and feet like fine brass.
19 ‘I know your works and your love, and service and faith, and your patience; and that the works of those at the last are more than those at the first.
20 ‘Notwithstanding, I have a few things against you: that you put up with the woman, Jezebel. She calls herself a prophetess; to teach and to deceive my servants, to make them commit fornication, and to eat meat sacrificed to idols.
21 ‘And I gave her space to repent of her fornication, and she did not repent.
22 ‘Behold, I will cast her into a bed - and those who commit fornication with her into great affliction - unless they repent of their works.
23 ‘And I will kill her children with death. And all the Churches shall know that I am He who searches the deepest motives and hearts. And I will give to every one of you according to your works.
24 ‘And to you I say, ‘The rest of them of Thyatira, as many as have not received this learning, nor have known the deepness of Satan (as they speak), I will put upon you no other burden.
25 But to that which you have already, hold fast till I come.
26 ‘For he who overcomes and keeps My words to the end, to him I will give power over nations.
27 ‘And he shall rule them with a rod of iron. And as the vessels of a potter, shall they be broken.
28 ‘Even as I received from My Father, so will I give him the Morning Star.
29 ‘Let he who has an ear, hear what the Spirit says to the Churches.’”
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