Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
That the Generation to Come Might Know
A [a]Maskil of Asaph.
78 (A)Give ear, O my people, to my [b]instruction;
(B)Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2 I will (C)open my mouth in a parable;
I will pour forth (D)dark sayings of old,
3 Which we have heard and known,
And (E)our fathers have recounted to us.
4 We will (F)not conceal them from their children,
But (G)recount to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh,
And His strength and His (H)wondrous deeds that He has done.
5 For He established a (I)testimony in Jacob
And set a (J)law in Israel,
Which He (K)commanded our fathers
That they should [c](L)teach them to their children,
6 (M)That the generation to come might know, even (N)the children yet to be born,
That they may arise and (O)recount them to their children,
7 That they should set their confidence in God
And (P)not forget the deeds of God,
But (Q)observe His commandments,
10 Then the sons of Israel camped at Gilgal and (A)celebrated the Passover on the evening of the (B)fourteenth day of the month on the desert plains of Jericho. 11 And on the [a]day after the Passover, on [b]that very day, they ate some of the yield of the land, unleavened cakes and roasted grain. 12 (C)Then the manna ceased on the [c]day after they had eaten some of the produce of the land, so that the sons of Israel no longer had manna, but they ate some of the produce of the land of Canaan during that year.
The Seven Trumpets
6 (A)And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound them.
7 And the first sounded, and there came (B)hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the earth; and (C)a third of the earth was burned up, and (D)a third of the (E)trees were burned up, and all the green (F)grass was burned up.
8 And the second angel sounded, and something like a great (G)mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea; and (H)a third of the (I)sea became blood, 9 and (J)a third of the creatures which were in the sea—those which had life—died; and a third of the (K)ships were destroyed.
10 And the third angel sounded, and a great star (L)fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a (M)third of the rivers and on the (N)springs of waters. 11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood; and a (O)third of the waters became (P)wormwood, and many men died from the waters, because they were made bitter.
12 And the fourth angel sounded, and a (Q)third of the (R)sun and a third of the (S)moon and a (T)third of the (U)stars were struck, so that a (V)third of them would be darkened and the day would not shine for a (W)third of it, and the night in the same way.
13 Then I looked, and I heard [a]an eagle flying in (X)midheaven, saying with a loud voice, “(Y)Woe, woe, woe to (Z)those who dwell on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the (AA)three angels who are about to sound!”
9 Then the (AB)fifth angel sounded. Then I saw a (AC)star from heaven which had fallen to the earth, and the (AD)key of the (AE)pit of the abyss was given to him. 2 And he opened the pit of the abyss and (AF)smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace, and (AG)the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit. 3 Then out of the smoke came (AH)locusts [b]upon the earth, and power was given them, as the (AI)scorpions of the earth have power. 4 And they were told not to (AJ)hurt the (AK)grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the (AL)seal of God on their foreheads. 5 And [c]they were not permitted to kill [d]anyone, but to torment for (AM)five months, and their torment was like the torment of a (AN)scorpion when it [e]stings a man. 6 And in those days (AO)men will seek death and will never find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them.
7 And the [f](AP)appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. And on their heads appeared to be crowns like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men. 8 And they had hair like the hair of women, and their (AQ)teeth were like the teeth of lions. 9 And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the (AR)sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, of many horses running to battle. 10 And they have tails like (AS)scorpions, and stings; and in their (AT)tails is their power to hurt men for (AU)five months. 11 They have as king over them, the angel of the (AV)abyss. His name in (AW)Hebrew is [g](AX)Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name [h]Apollyon.
12 (AY)One woe is past; behold, two woes are still coming after these things.
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