Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

^2 (C)The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men,
To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.
^3 (D)They have all turned aside,
They have together become corrupt;
There is none who does good,
No, not one.

⁴ Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And ^(E)do not call on the Lord?
⁵ There they are in great fear,
For God is with the generation of the righteous.
⁶ You shame the counsel of the poor,
But the Lord is his ^(F)refuge.

^7 (G)Oh,^[a] that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!
^(H)When the Lord brings back ^[b]the captivity of His people,
Let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad.

²⁰ Lift up your eyes and see
Those who come from the ^(A)north.
Where is the flock that was given to you,
Your beautiful sheep?
²¹ What will you say when He punishes you?
For you have taught them
To be chieftains, to be head over you.
Will not ^(B)pangs seize you,
Like a woman in ^[a]labor?
²² And if you say in your heart,
^(C)“Why have these things come upon me?”
For the greatness of your iniquity
^(D)Your skirts have been uncovered,
Your heels ^[b]made bare.
²³ Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard its spots?
Then may you also do good who are accustomed to do evil.

²⁴ “Therefore I will ^(E)scatter them ^(F)like stubble
That passes away by the wind of the wilderness.
^25 (G)This is your lot,
The portion of your measures from Me,” says the Lord,
“Because you have forgotten Me
And trusted in ^(H)falsehood.
²⁶ Therefore ^(I)I will uncover your skirts over your face,
That your shame may appear.
²⁷ I have seen your adulteries
And your lustful ^(J)neighings,
The lewdness of your harlotry,
Your abominations ^(K)on the hills in the fields.
Woe to you, O Jerusalem!
Will you still not be made clean?”