Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
8 You removed a (A)vine from Egypt;
You (B)drove out the [a]nations and then You (C)planted it.
9 You (D)cleared the ground before it,
And it (E)took deep root and filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered with its shadow,
And [b]the cedars of God with its (F)boughs.
11 It sent out its branches (G)to the sea
And its shoots to the River.
12 Why have You (H)broken down its [c]hedges,
So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?
13 A boar from the forest (I)devours it
And whatever moves in the field feeds on it.
14 O God of hosts, (J)return now, we beseech You;
(K)Look down from heaven and see, and visit this vine,
15 Even the [d](L)sapling which Your right hand has planted,
And on the [e]son whom You have [f]strengthened for Yourself.
16 It is (M)burned with fire, it is cut down;
They perish at the (N)rebuke of Your face.
17 Let (O)Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,
Upon the son of man whom You (P)made strong for Yourself.
18 Then we shall not (Q)turn back from You;
(R)Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.
19 O Yahweh God of hosts, (S)restore us;
Cause Your face to shine upon us, that we might be saved.
Yahweh Will Have a Day of Reckoning
5 Come, (A)house of Jacob, and let us walk in the (B)light of Yahweh.
6 For You have (C)abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob,
Because they are filled with influences from the east,
And they are soothsayers (D)like the Philistines,
And they (E)strike bargains with the children of foreigners.
7 Their land has also been filled with silver and gold,
And there is no end to their treasures;
Their land has also been filled with (F)horses,
And there is no end to their chariots.
8 Their land has also been (G)filled with idols;
They worship the (H)work of their hands,
That which their fingers have made.
9 So (I)the common man has been bowed down,
And the man of importance has been made low,
But (J)do not forgive them.
10 (K)Enter the rock and hide in the dust
(L)From the dread of Yahweh and from the splendor of His majesty.
11 The [a](M)lofty look of [b]man will be made low,
And the [c](N)men made high will be bowed down,
And Yahweh alone will be exalted in that day.
Warning Against Willful Sin
26 For if we go on (A)sinning willfully after receiving (B)the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a terrifying expectation of (C)judgment and (D)the fury of a fire which will consume the adversaries. 28 (E)Anyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy by the mouth of two or three witnesses. 29 (F)How much worse punishment do you think he will deserve (G)who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has regarded as defiled (H)the blood of the covenant (I)by which he was sanctified, and has (J)insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know Him who said, “(K)Vengeance is Mine, I will repay.” And again, “(L)The [a]Lord will judge His people.” 31 It is a (M)terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the (N)living God.
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