Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
The City of Our God
A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
48 (A)Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised,
In the (B)city of our God, His (C)holy mountain.
2 (D)Beautiful in elevation, (E)the joy of the whole earth,
Is Mount Zion in the far north,
The (F)city of the great King.
3 God, in her palaces,
Has made Himself known as a (G)stronghold.
4 For, behold, the (H)kings assembled themselves,
They passed by together.
5 They saw it, then they were astonished;
They were (I)dismayed, they [a]fled in alarm.
6 [b]Panic seized them there,
Anguish, as of (J)a woman in childbirth.
7 With the (K)east wind
You (L)break the (M)ships of Tarshish.
8 As we have heard, so have we seen
In the city of Yahweh of hosts, in the city of our God;
God will (N)establish her forever. [c]Selah.
9 We have thought on (O)Your lovingkindness, O God,
In the midst of Your temple.
10 As is Your (P)name, O God,
So is Your (Q)praise to the ends of the earth;
Your (R)right hand is full of righteousness.
11 Let Mount (S)Zion be glad,
Let the (T)daughters of Judah rejoice
Because of Your judgments.
12 Walk about Zion and go around her;
Count her (U)towers;
13 Consider her (V)ramparts;
Go through her palaces,
That you may (W)recount it to the next generation.
14 For this is God,
Our God forever and ever;
He will (X)guide us [d]over death.
Yahweh Will Gather the Exiles
14 Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 15 “Son of man, your brothers, your [a]relatives, [b]your fellow exiles, and the whole house of Israel, all of them, are those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘Go far from Yahweh; this land has been given to (A)us as a possession.’ 16 Therefore say, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Though I had removed them far away among the nations, and though I had scattered them among the countries, yet I was a (B)sanctuary for them a little while in the countries where they had gone.”’ 17 Therefore say, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “I will (C)gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries among which you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.”’ 18 When they come there, they will (D)remove all its (E)detestable things and all its abominations from it. 19 And I will (F)give them one heart and give within [c]them a new spirit. And I will take the (G)heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a (H)heart of flesh, 20 that they may (I)walk in My statutes and keep My judgments and do them. Then they will be (J)My people, and I shall be their God. 21 [d]But as for those whose hearts walk after their (K)detestable things and abominations, I will (L)give what is due for their way on their heads,” declares Lord Yahweh.
The Glory of Yahweh Leaves Jerusalem
22 Then the cherubim (M)lifted up their wings with the wheels beside them, and (N)the glory of the God of Israel [e]hovered over them. 23 The (O)glory of Yahweh went up from the midst of the city and (P)stood over the mountain which is east of the city. 24 Now the (Q)Spirit lifted me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God to the exiles in [f]Chaldea. So the vision that I had seen (R)went up and away from me. 25 Then I (S)told the exiles all the things that Yahweh had shown me.
12 Now we (A)have received, not the spirit of (B)the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the depths graciously given to us by God, 13 of which depths we also speak, (C)not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, [a]combining spiritual depths with spiritual words.
14 But [b]a (D)natural man (E)does not accept the depths of the Spirit of God, for they are (F)foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because (G)they are spiritually examined. 15 But he who is (H)spiritual examines all things, yet he himself is examined by no one. 16 For (I)who has known the mind of the [c]Lord, that he will direct Him? But (J)we have the mind of Christ.
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