Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
81 Sing joyfully to God our strength! Sing loud to the God of Jacob!
10 “(for I am the LORD your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt). Open your mouth wide and I will fill it!
11 “But My people would not hear My voice, and Israel would have none of Me.
12 “So, I gave them up to the hardness of their heart, and they have walked in their own counsels.
13 “Oh that My people had listened to me, and Israel had walked in My ways!
14 “I would soon have humbled their enemies and turned My hand against their adversaries.
15 “The haters of the LORD will feign subjection to Him, but their time would endure forever.
16 “And I would have fed them with the fat of wheat, and with honey out of the rock would I have sufficed you.” A Psalm committed to Asaph
11 The Word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
2 “Hear the words of this Covenant, and speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
3 “and say to them, ‘Thus says the LORD God of Israel: “Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this Covenant,
4 “which I Commanded to your fathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, ‘Obey My Voice, and do according to all these things which I Command you.’ So shall you be My people, and I will be your God,
5 “so that I may confirm the oath that I have sworn to your fathers, to give them a land which flows with milk and honey, as it is this day.”’” Then I answered, and said, “So be it, O LORD.”
6 Then the LORD said to me, “Cry all these Words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Hear the Words of this Covenant, and do them!’
7 “For I have protested to your fathers, when I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, until this day, rising early and protesting, saying, ‘Obey My Voice.’
8 “Nevertheless, they would not obey or incline their ear. But everyone walked in the stubbornness of his wicked heart. Therefore, I will bring upon them all the words of this Covenant, which I Commanded them to do, but they did not do it.”
9 And the LORD said to me, “A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
10 “They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear My Words. And they went after other gods, to serve them. The House of Israel and the House of Judah have broken My Covenant, which I made with their fathers.”
11 Therefore, thus says the LORD: “Behold, I will bring a plague upon them, which they shall not be able to escape. And though they cry to Me, I will not hear them.
12 “Then shall the cities of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, go and cry to the gods to whom they offer incense. But they shall not be able to help them in time of their trouble.
13 “For according to the number of your cities were your gods, O Judah. And according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have you set up altars of confusion, altars to burn incense unto Baal.
14 “Therefore, you shall not pray for this people or lift up a cry or prayer for them. For when they cry to Me in their trouble, I will not hear them.
15 “What should My beloved be doing in My House, seeing they have committed abomination with many, and the holy flesh has gone away from you? Yet when you do evil, you rejoice.
16 “The LORD called your name, a green olive tree, fair, of good fruit. But with noise and great tumult, He has set fire upon it. And the branches of it are broken.
17 “For the LORD of Hosts, Who planted you, has pronounced a plague against you, for the wickedness of the House of Israel, and of the House of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke Me to anger in offering incense to Baal.”
8 Finally, all of you be of one mind; compassionate, loving as brothers, merciful, friendly,
9 not rendering evil for evil, nor rebuke for rebuke. On the contrary, bless. Know that you are called to this so that you could be heirs of blessing.
10 For “if anyone longs after life (and to see good days), let him refrain his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
11 “Let him turn away from evil and do good. Let him seek peace and pursue it.
12 “For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and His ears towards their prayers. And the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
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