Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

³ The Lord’s voice is heard over the sea.
    The glorious God thunders;
    the Lord thunders over the ocean.
⁴ The Lord’s voice is powerful;
    the Lord’s voice is majestic.
⁵ The Lord’s voice breaks the trees;
    the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon.
⁶ He makes the land of Lebanon dance like a calf
    and Mount Hermon jump like a baby bull.
⁷ The Lord’s voice makes the lightning flash.
⁸ The Lord’s voice shakes the desert;
    the Lord shakes the Desert of Kadesh.
⁹ The Lord’s voice shakes the oaks
    and strips the leaves off the trees.
In his Temple everyone says, “Glory to God!”

¹⁰ The Lord controls the flood.
    The Lord will be King forever.
¹¹ The Lord gives strength to his people;
    the Lord blesses his people with peace.

² In the last days
the mountain on which the Lord’s Temple stands
    will become the most important of all mountains.
It will be raised above the hills,
    and people from all nations will come streaming to it.
³ Many nations will come and say,
    “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
    to the Temple of the God of Jacob.
Then God will teach us his ways,
    and we will obey his teachings.”
His teachings will go out from Jerusalem;
    the message of the Lord will go out from Jerusalem.
⁴ He will settle arguments among the nations
    and will make decisions for many nations.
Then they will make their swords into plows
    and their spears into hooks for trimming trees.
Nations will no longer fight other nations,
    nor will they train for war anymore.

⁵ Come, family of Jacob,
    and let us follow the way of the Lord.