Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

129 “They have oftentimes afflicted me from my youth.” (may Israel now say)

² “They have oftentimes afflicted me from my youth. But they could not prevail against me.

³ “The plowers plowed upon my back and made long furrows.

⁴ “The righteous LORD has cut the cords of the wicked.

⁵ “Those who hate Zion shall be all ashamed and turned backward.

⁶ “They shall be as the grass on the housetops which withers before it comes forth.

⁷ “Of which the mower does not fill his hand, nor the gleaner his lap.

⁸ “Nor do those who pass by say, ‘The blessing of the LORD be upon you!’ or, ‘We bless you in the Name of the LORD!’” A song of degrees

50 The Word that the LORD spoke concerning Babel, and concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by the ministry of Jeremiah the Prophet:

² “Declare among the nations, and proclaim it, and set up a standard! Proclaim it, do not conceal it! Say, ‘Babel is taken! Bel is put to shame! Merodach is broken down! Her idols are humiliated, and their images have burst in pieces!’

³ “For out of the North there comes up a nation against her which shall make her land waste. And no one shall dwell in her. They shall flee and depart, both man and beast.

⁴ “In those days and at that time,” says the LORD, “the children of Israel shall come—they and the children of Judah going together and weeping—as they go and seek the LORD their God.

⁵ “They shall ask the way to Zion, with their faces looking there, saying, ‘Come and let us cling to the LORD in a perpetual Covenant that shall not be forgotten.’

⁶ “My people have been like lost sheep. Their shepherds have caused them to go astray and have turned them away to the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill, forgetting their resting place.

⁷ “All that found them have devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We have not offended,’ because they have sinned against the LORD, the Habitation of Justice, the LORD, the Hope of Their Fathers.

¹⁷ “Israel is like scattered sheep. The lions have dispersed them. First, the king of Assyria devoured him. And last, this Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babel, broke his bones.”

¹⁸ Therefore, thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I will visit the king of Babel and his land, as I have visited the king of Assyria.

¹⁹ “And I will bring Israel back to his habitation. He shall feed in Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon Mount Ephraim and Gilead.

²⁰ “In those days and at that time,” says the LORD, “the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for and there shall be none — and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found — for I will be merciful to those whom I reserve.

³⁹ And He came out and went to the mount of Olives (as was His custom). And His disciples also followed Him.

⁴⁰ And when He came to the place, He said to them, “Pray, lest you enter into trial.”

⁴¹ And He was drawn aside from them (about a stone’s cast) and kneeled down and prayed,

⁴² saying, “Father. If You will, take away this cup from Me. Nevertheless, not My will. But Yours be done.”

⁴³ And an angel from Heaven appeared to Him, to comfort Him.

⁴⁴ But being in an agony, He prayed more earnestly. And His sweat was like drops of blood, trickling down to the ground.

⁴⁵ And He rose up from prayer, and came to His disciples, and found them asleep from sorrow.

⁴⁶ And He said to them, “Why do you sleep?! Rise and pray, lest you enter into trial.”