Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
40 Therefore (A)the wrath of the Lord was kindled against His people,
So that He abhorred (B)His own inheritance.
41 And (C)He gave them into the hand of the Gentiles,
And those who hated them ruled over them.
42 Their enemies also oppressed them,
And they were brought into subjection under their hand.
43 (D)Many times He delivered them;
But they rebelled in their counsel,
And were brought low for their iniquity.
44 Nevertheless He regarded their affliction,
When (E)He heard their cry;
45 (F)And for their sake He remembered His covenant,
And (G)relented (H)according to the multitude of His mercies.
46 (I)He also made them to be pitied
By all those who carried them away captive.
47 (J)Save us, O Lord our God,
And gather us from among the Gentiles,
To give thanks to Your holy name,
To triumph in Your praise.
48 (K)Blessed be the Lord God of Israel
From everlasting to everlasting!
And let all the people say, “Amen!”
[a]Praise the Lord!
12 (A)Who is the wise man who may understand this? And who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord has spoken, that he may declare it? Why does the land perish and burn up like a wilderness, so that no one can pass through?
13 And the Lord said, “Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have (B)not obeyed My voice, nor walked according to it, 14 but they have (C)walked according to the [a]dictates of their own hearts and after the Baals, (D)which their fathers taught them,” 15 therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I will (E)feed them, this people, (F)with wormwood, and give them [b]water of gall to drink. 16 I will (G)scatter them also among the Gentiles, whom neither they nor their fathers have known. (H)And I will send a sword after them until I have consumed them.”
The People Mourn in Judgment
17 Thus says the Lord of hosts:
“Consider and call for (I)the mourning women,
That they may come;
And send for skillful wailing women,
That they may come.
18 Let them make haste
And take up a wailing for us,
That (J)our eyes may run with tears,
And our eyelids gush with water.
19 For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion:
‘How we are plundered!
We are greatly ashamed,
Because we have forsaken the land,
Because we have been cast out of (K)our dwellings.’ ”
20 Yet hear the word of the Lord, O women,
And let your ear receive the word of His mouth;
Teach your daughters wailing,
And everyone her neighbor a lamentation.
21 For death has come through our windows,
Has entered our palaces,
To kill off (L)the children—[c]no longer to be outside!
And the young men—[d]no longer on the streets!
22 Speak, “Thus says the Lord:
‘Even the carcasses of men shall fall (M)as refuse on the open field,
Like cuttings after the harvester,
And no one shall gather them.’ ”
23 Thus says the Lord:
(N)“Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom,
Let not the mighty man glory in his (O)might,
Nor let the rich man glory in his riches;
24 But (P)let him who glories glory in this,
That he understands and knows Me,
That I am the Lord, exercising lovingkindness, [e]judgment, and righteousness in the earth.
(Q)For in these I delight,” says the Lord.
25 “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “that (R)I will punish all who are circumcised with the uncircumcised— 26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, the people of Ammon, Moab, and all who are in the (S)farthest corners, who dwell in the wilderness. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are (T)uncircumcised in the heart.”
Peter and John Arrested
4 Now as they spoke to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple, and the (A)Sadducees came upon them, 2 being greatly disturbed that they taught the people and preached in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening. 4 However, many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
Addressing the Sanhedrin
5 And it came to pass, on the next day, that their rulers, elders, and scribes, 6 as well as (B)Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the family of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem. 7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, (C)“By what power or by what name have you done this?”
8 (D)Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders of Israel: 9 If we this day are judged for a good deed done to a helpless man, by what means he has been made well, 10 let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, (E)that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, (F)whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole. 11 This is the (G)‘stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.’ 12 (H)Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.