Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

^[c]The Lord, the God of gods,^[d]
    has spoken and summoned the earth
    from the rising of the sun to its setting.
² From Zion, perfect in beauty,
    God shines forth.
³ Our God is coming, and he will not be silent;
    he is preceded by a devouring fire,
    and a raging tempest surrounds him.^[e]
4 He summons the heavens above
    and the earth to judge his people:
⁵ “Gather before me my faithful servants
    who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”^[f]
6 The heavens proclaim his saving justice,
    for God himself is the judge.^[g] Selah
^7 [h]“Listen, my people, and I will speak.
    O Israel, I will testify against you.
    I am God, your God.
⁸ I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices,
    for your burnt offerings are constantly before me.

²² “Remember this, you who forget God,^[a]
    lest I tear you to pieces
    and there be no one to rescue you.
²³ He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors me;
    to him who follows my way
    I will show the salvation of God.”

^2 [a]Listen, O heavens, and pay close attention, O earth,
    for the Lord is speaking.
I reared children and brought them up,
    but they have rebelled against me.
³ An ox knows its owner
    and the donkey its master’s stall,
but Israel does not know,
    my people do not understand.
⁴ You are a sinful nation,
    a people weighed down with iniquity,
a race of evildoers
    whose children are corrupt;
you have forsaken the Lord,
    despised the Holy One of Israel,
    and turned your backs on him.
^{5     [b]}Why do you continue to seek further beatings?
    Why do you persist in your rebellion?
Your entire head is sick
    and your whole heart is faint.
⁶ From the sole of your foot to your head
    there is not a single healthy area
nothing but bruises and welts and open sores
    that have not been drained or bandaged
    or soothed with ointment.
⁷ Your country is a desolate waste,
    and fire has destroyed your cities.
Before your very eyes
    foreigners have devoured your land
and left it as desolate
    as Sodom after it had been overthrown.
⁸ Daughter Zion^[c] is left
    like a shack in a vineyard,
like a shed in a field of cucumbers,
    like a besieged city.
⁹ If the Lord of hosts^[d]
    had not left us a few survivors,
we would have become like Sodom
    and been like Gomorrah.

²¹ How the faithful city
    has become an adulteress,^[a]
    she who used to be a symbol of justice.
Righteousness used to dwell in her,
    but now she is the abode of murderers.
²² Your silver has turned to dross,
    and your wine is mixed with water.
²³ Your princes are rebels
    and companions of thieves.
All of them love bribes
    and are eager to receive gifts.
They do not treat the orphan with justice,
    and they refuse to listen to the pleas of widows.