Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

³ Our God comes; he ^(F)does not keep silence;^[a]
    before him is a devouring ^(G)fire,
    around him a mighty tempest.
^4 (H)He calls to the heavens above
    and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
⁵ “Gather to me my faithful ones,
    who made ^(I)a covenant with me by sacrifice!”
^6 (J)The heavens declare his righteousness,
    for ^(K)God himself is judge! Selah

^7 (L)“Hear, O my people, and I will speak;
    O Israel, I will testify against you.
    ^(M)I am God, your God.
⁸ Not for your sacrifices ^(N)do I rebuke you;
    your burnt offerings are continually before me.

²² “Mark this, then, you who ^(A)forget God,
    lest I tear you apart, and there be ^(B)none to deliver!
²³ The one who ^(C)offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me;
    to one who ^(D)orders his way rightly
    I will show the ^(E)salvation of God!”

⁴ Ah, sinful nation,
    a people laden with iniquity,
^(F)offspring of evildoers,
    children who deal corruptly!
They have forsaken the Lord,
    they have ^(G)despised ^(H)the Holy One of Israel,
    they are utterly ^(I)estranged.

⁵ Why will you still be ^(J)struck down?
    Why will you ^(K)continue to rebel?
The whole head is sick,
    and the whole heart faint.
^6 (L)From the sole of the foot even to the head,
    there is no soundness in it,
but bruises and sores
    and raw wounds;
they are ^(M)not pressed out or bound up
    or softened with oil.

^7 (N)Your country lies desolate;
    your cities are burned with fire;
in your very presence
    foreigners devour your land;
    it is desolate, as overthrown by foreigners.
⁸ And ^(O)the daughter of Zion is left
    like a ^(P)booth in a vineyard,
like a lodge in a cucumber field,
    like a besieged city.

^9 (Q)If the Lord of hosts
    had not left us ^(R)a few survivors,
we should have been like ^(S)Sodom,
    and become like ^(T)Gomorrah.