Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
BOOK 5
Yahweh Saves in Times of Trouble
107 Oh (A)give thanks to Yahweh, for (B)He is good,
For His lovingkindness endures forever.
2 Let (C)the redeemed of Yahweh say so,
Whom He has (D)redeemed from the hand of the adversary
3 And (E)gathered from the lands,
From the east and from the west,
From the north and from the [a]south.
4 They (F)wandered in the wilderness along the way of the wasteland;
They did not find an inhabited (G)city.
5 Hungry [b]and thirsty,
Their (H)soul fainted within them.
6 Then they (I)cried out to Yahweh in their trouble;
He delivered them out of their distresses.
7 He led them by a [c](J)straight way,
To go to (K)an inhabited city.
8 (L)Let them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness,
And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men!
9 For He has (M)satisfied the [d]thirsty soul,
And the (N)hungry soul He has filled with what is good.
Days of Punishment Have Come
9 (A)Do not be glad, O Israel, [a]with rejoicing like the peoples!
For you have (B)played the harlot, [b]forsaking your God.
You have loved harlots’ earnings on [c]every threshing floor.
2 Threshing floor and wine press will (C)not feed them,
And the new wine will deceive [d]them.
3 They will not remain in (D)the land of Yahweh,
But Ephraim will return to (E)Egypt,
And in (F)Assyria they will eat (G)unclean food.
4 They will not pour out drink offerings of (H)wine to Yahweh;
(I)Their sacrifices will not please Him.
Their bread will [e]be like [f]mourners’ bread;
All who eat of it will be (J)defiled,
For their bread will be for [g]themselves alone;
It will not enter the house of Yahweh.
5 (K)What will you do on the day of the appointed festival
And on the day of the (L)feast of Yahweh?
6 For behold, they will go because of destruction;
Egypt will gather them up; (M)Memphis will bury them.
Weeds will possess their desirable items of silver;
(N)Thorns will be in their tents.
7 The days of (O)punishment have come;
The days of (P)recompense have come;
[h]Let Israel know this!
The prophet is an (Q)ignorant fool,
The [i]inspired man has (R)madness,
Because of the abundance of your (S)iniquity
And because your hostility has abounded.
8 Ephraim was a watchman with my God, a prophet;
Yet the snare of a bird catcher is in all his ways,
And there is only hostility in the house of his God.
9 They have dug (T)deep [j]in corruption
As in the days of (U)Gibeah;
He will (V)remember their iniquity;
He will punish their sins.
Grapes in the Wilderness
10 I found Israel like (W)grapes in the wilderness;
I saw your fathers as the (X)earliest fruit on the fig tree in its first season.
But they came to (Y)Baal-peor and devoted themselves to [k](Z)shame,
And they became as (AA)detestable as that which they loved.
11 As for Ephraim, their (AB)glory will fly away like a bird—
No birth, no pregnancy, and no conception!
12 Though they bring up their children,
Yet I will bereave them [l]until not a man is left.
Surely, (AC)woe to them indeed when I depart from them!
13 Ephraim, as I have seen,
Is planted in a pasture like (AD)Tyre;
But Ephraim will bring out his children for killing.
14 Give them, O Yahweh—what will You give?
Give them a [m](AE)miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
15 All their evil is at (AF)Gilgal;
Indeed, I came to hate them there!
Because of the (AG)evil of their deeds
I will drive them out of My house!
I will love them no more;
All their princes are (AH)rebels.
16 (AI)Ephraim is stricken; their root is dried up;
They will bear (AJ)no fruit.
Even though they bear children,
I will put to death the (AK)desirable ones of their womb.
17 My God will despise them
Because they have (AL)not listened to Him;
And they will be (AM)those who flee among the nations.
Put On the New Man
17 (A)Therefore this I say, and testify in the Lord, (B)that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the (C)futility of their mind, 18 being (D)darkened in their mind, (E)alienated from the life of God because of the (F)ignorance that is in them, because of the (G)hardness of their heart. 19 And they, having (H)become callous, (I)have given themselves over to (J)sensuality [a]for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. 20 But you did not (K)learn [b]Christ in this way— 21 if indeed you (L)heard Him and were (M)taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, 22 [c]to (N)lay aside, in reference to your former conduct, the (O)old man, which is being corrupted in accordance with the (P)lusts of deceit, 23 and to be (Q)renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and to (R)put on the (S)new man, which [d](T)in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.
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