Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
BOOK 1
The Righteous and the Wicked Contrasted.
1 Blessed is the person who (A)does not walk in the (B)counsel of the wicked,
Nor stand in the [a](C)path of sinners,
Nor (D)sit in the seat of scoffers!
2 But his (E)delight is (F)in the Law of the Lord,
And on His Law he meditates (G)day and (H)night.
3 He will be like (I)a tree planted by [b]streams of water,
Which yields its fruit in its season,
And its [c]leaf does not wither;
And [d]in whatever he does, (J)he prospers.
Captivity Threatened
12 “Therefore you are to speak this word to them. ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: “Every jug is to be filled with wine.”’ And when they say to you, ‘Do we not very well know that every jug is to be filled with wine?’ 13 then say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says: “Behold, I am going to fill all the inhabitants of this land—the kings who sit for David on his throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem—with (A)drunkenness! 14 Then I will (B)smash them against each other, both the (C)fathers and the sons together,” declares the Lord. “I will (D)not have compassion nor be troubled nor take pity so as to keep from destroying them.”’”
15 Listen and pay attention, do not be (E)haughty;
For the Lord has spoken.
16 (F)Give glory to the Lord your God
Before He brings (G)darkness
And before your (H)feet stumble
On the mountains in the dark,
And while you are hoping for light
He makes it into (I)gloom,
And turns it into thick darkness.
17 But (J)if you do not listen to it,
My soul will (K)weep in secret for such pride;
And my eyes will shed
And stream down tears,
Because the (L)flock of the Lord has been taken captive.
18 Say to the (M)king and the queen mother,
“(N)Take a lowly seat,
For your beautiful (O)crown
Has come down from your head.”
19 The (P)cities of the Negev have been locked up,
And there is no one to open them;
All (Q)Judah has been taken into exile,
Wholly taken into exile.
26 “[a]Brothers, sons of Abraham’s family, and those among you who fear God, to us the message of (A)this salvation has been sent. 27 For those who live in Jerusalem, and their (B)rulers, (C)recognizing neither Him nor the [b]declarations of (D)the prophets which are (E)read every Sabbath, fulfilled these by condemning Him. 28 And though they found no grounds for putting Him to death, they (F)asked Pilate that He be executed. 29 When they had (G)carried out everything that was written concerning Him, (H)they took Him down from the [c](I)cross and (J)laid Him in a tomb. 30 But God (K)raised Him from the dead; 31 and for many days (L)He appeared to those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, the very ones who are now (M)His witnesses to the people. 32 And we (N)preach to you the good news of (O)the promise made to the fathers, 33 that God has fulfilled this promise to those of us who are the descendants by (P)raising Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm: ‘(Q)You are My Son; today I have fathered You.’ 34 As for the fact that He (R)raised Him from the dead, never again to return to decay, He has spoken in this way: ‘(S)I will give you the holy and faithful mercies of David.’
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