Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹ ¶ Halelu-JAH. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens; praise him in the heights.

² Praise ye him, all his angels; praise ye him, all his hosts.

³ Praise ye him, sun and moon; praise him, all ye stars of light.

⁴ Praise him, ye heavens of heavens and ye waters that are above the heavens.

⁵ Let them praise the name of the LORD; for he commanded, and they were created.

⁶ He has established them for ever and ever: he has made a law which shall not be broken.

⁷ ¶ Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons and all deeps,

⁸ fire and hail; snow and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word,

⁹ mountains and all hills; fruitful trees and all cedars,

¹⁰ beasts and all animals; creeping things and flying fowl,

¹¹ kings of the earth and all the peoples, princes and all judges of the earth,

¹² both young men and maidens, the old with the children,

¹³ Let them praise the name of the LORD; for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above earth and heavens.

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¹⁴ has exalted the horn of his people; let all his merciful ones praise him; even of the sons of Israel, the people near unto him. Halelu-JAH.

⁸ But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Do not be rebellious like the rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat what I give thee.

⁹ And I looked, and behold, a hand was sent unto me; and in it was the roll of a book,

¹⁰ and he spread it before me; and it was written within and without; and there was written therein lamentations and mourning and woes.

3 ¶ And he said unto me, Son of man, eat what thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.

² So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.

³ And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. I ate it and it was in my mouth as sweet as honey.

⁴ Then he said unto me, Son of man, go and enter into the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.

⁵ For thou art not sent to a people of a profound speech nor of a hard language, but to the house of Israel;

⁶ not to many peoples of profound speech nor of hard language, whose words thou can not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.

⁷ But the house of Israel will not desire to hear; for they do not desire to hear me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.

⁸ Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.

⁹ As diamond harder than flint I have made thy forehead: do not fear them, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.

¹⁰ Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.

¹¹ And go, and enter in among the captives, unto the sons of thy people, and thou shalt speak unto them, and tell them, Thus hath the Lord GOD said, They will not hear, nor forbear.

10 ¶ And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud; and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:

² And he had in his hand a little open book, and he set his right foot upon the sea and his left foot upon the land

³ And cried out with a loud voice as when a lion roars; and when he had cried out, seven thunders uttered their voices.

⁴ And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write, and I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders have spoken and do not write them.

⁵ And the angel whom I saw standing upon the sea and upon the land lifted up his hand to heaven

⁶ and swore by him that lives for ever and ever, who created the heaven and the things that are therein, and the earth, and the things that are therein, and the sea and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer;

⁷ but in the day of the voice of the seventh angel when he shall begin to sound the trumpet, the mystery of God shall be finished, as he did evangelize unto his slaves the prophets.

⁸ ¶ And the voice which I heard from heaven spoke unto me again and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands upon the sea and upon the land.

⁹ And I went unto the angel and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.

¹⁰ And I took the little book from the angel’s hand and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.

¹¹ And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again as to many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.