Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁶⁸ “^(A)Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
For He has visited us and accomplished ^(B)redemption for His people,
⁶⁹ And has raised up a ^(C)horn of salvation for us
In the house of David ^(D)His servant—
^70 (E)As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets ^(F)from of old—
^71 [a](G)Salvation ^(H)from our enemies,
And from the hand of all who hate us;
^72 (I)To show mercy toward our fathers,
^(J)And to remember His holy covenant,
^73 (K)The oath which He swore to Abraham our father,
⁷⁴ To grant us that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies,
Might serve Him without fear,
^75 (L)In holiness and righteousness before Him all our days.
⁷⁶ “And you, child, will be called the ^(M)prophet of ^(N)the Most High;
For you will go on ^(O)before the Lord to ^(P)prepare His ways;
⁷⁷ To give to His people the knowledge of salvation
^[b]By ^(Q)the forgiveness of their sins,
⁷⁸ Because of the tender mercy of our God,
With which ^(R)the Sunrise from on high will visit us,
^79 (S)To shine upon those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death,
To guide our feet into the ^(T)way of peace.”

“They will not ^(B)lament for him:
‘^(C)Alas, my brother!’ or, ‘Alas, sister!’
They will not lament for him:
‘Alas for the master!’ or, ‘Alas for his splendor!’
¹⁹ “He will be ^(D)buried with a donkey’s burial,
Dragged off and thrown out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
²⁰ “Go up to Lebanon and cry out,
And lift up your voice in Bashan;
Cry out also from ^(E)Abarim,
For all your ^(F)lovers have been crushed.
²¹ “I spoke to you in your prosperity;
But ^(G)you said, ‘I will not listen!’
^(H)This has been your practice ^(I)from your youth,
That you have not obeyed My voice.
²² “The wind will sweep away all your ^(J)shepherds,
And your ^(K)lovers will go into captivity;
Then you will surely be ^(L)ashamed and humiliated
Because of all your wickedness.
²³ “You who dwell in Lebanon,
Nested in the cedars,
How you will groan when pangs come upon you,
^(M)Pain like a woman in childbirth!

²⁸ “Is this man Coniah a despised, shattered jar?
Or is he an ^(S)undesirable vessel?
Why have he and his descendants been ^(T)hurled out
And cast into a ^(U)land that they had not known?
²⁹ “^(V)O land, land, land,
Hear the word of the Lord!

‘Write this man down ^(W)childless,
A man who will ^(X)not prosper in his days;
For no man of his ^(Y)descendants will prosper
Sitting on the throne of David
Or ruling again in Judah.’”