Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
107 Praise the LORD, because He is good; for His mercy endures forever.
2 Let those who have been redeemed by the LORD show how He has delivered them from the hand of the oppressor—
3 and gathered them out of the lands—from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
4 They wandered in the desert wilderness, out of the way, and found no city to dwell in.
5 Both hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
6 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble. He delivered them from their distress
7 and led them forth by the right way, so that they might go to a city of habitation.
8 Let them confess, before the LORD, His lovingkindness and His wonderful works before the sons of men.
9 For He satisfied the thirsty soul and filled the hungry soul with goodness.
43 Who is wise? Let him observe these things and understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
8 “Set the trumpet to your mouth! He shall come as an eagle against the House of the LORD, because they have transgressed My Covenant and trespassed against My Law.
2 “Israel shall cry to Me, ‘My God, we know You!’
3 “Israel has cast off the thing that is good. The enemy shall pursue him.
4 “They have set up a king, but not by Me. They have made princes, and I did not know it. They have made themselves idols from their silver and their gold. Therefore, they shall be destroyed.
5 “Your calf, O Samaria, has cast you off. My anger is kindled against them. How long will they be without innocence!
6 “For it came from Israel. The workman made it. Therefore, it is not God. But the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
7 “For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. It has no stalk. The bud shall bring forth no meal. If it is brought forth, the strangers shall devour it.
8 “Israel is devoured! They shall now be among the Gentiles, as a vessel in which there is no pleasure.
9 “For they have gone up to Assyria, a wild donkey, alone by himself. Ephraim has hired lovers.
10 “Yet, although they have hired among the nations, I will now gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king and the princes.
11 “Because Ephraim has made many altars for sin, his altars shall be for sin.
12 “I have written the great things of My Law for them, but they were counted as a strange thing.
13 “They sacrifice flesh for the Sacrifices of My Offerings and eat it. The LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and visit their sins. They shall return to Egypt.
14 “For Israel has forgotten his maker and builds temples. And Judah has increased strong cities. But I will send a fire upon his cities. And it shall devour its palaces.”
33 O the depth of the riches of both the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out!
34 For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who was His counselor?
35 Or who has given to Him first, that he shall be recompensed?
36 For of Him, and through Him, and for Him are all things. To Him be glory forever. Amen.
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