Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Sing to Yahweh a New Song

A Psalm.

¹⁰ On the ^(A)twenty-fourth of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahweh came to Haggai the prophet, saying, ¹¹ “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘^(B)Ask now the priests about the law: ¹² If a man carries ^(C)holy meat in the ^[a]fold of his garment and touches bread with ^[b]this fold or cooked food, wine, oil, or any other food, will it become holy?’” And the priests answered, “No.” ¹³ Then Haggai said, “^(D)If one who is unclean from a ^[c]corpse touches any of these, will the latter become unclean?” And the priests answered, “It will become unclean.” ¹⁴ Then Haggai answered and said, “‘^(E)So is this people. And so is this nation before Me,’ declares Yahweh, ‘and so is every work of their hands; and what they bring near to Me there is unclean. ¹⁵ But now, ^(F)oh set your heart to consider from this day ^[d]onward: from before one ^(G)stone was set on another in the temple of Yahweh, ^16 [e]from when it was that one came to a grain heap of twenty measures, then there would be only ten; and from when one came to the wine vat to draw fifty troughs full, then there would be only twenty. ¹⁷ I struck you and every work of your hands with ^(H)scorching wind, mildew, and hail; ^[f]yet you did not come back to Me,’ declares Yahweh. ¹⁸ ‘^(I)Oh set your heart to consider from this day ^[g]onward, from the ^(J)twenty-fourth day of the ninth month; from the day when the temple of Yahweh was ^(K)founded, set your heart to consider: ¹⁹ Is the seed still in the barn? Even including the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree, it has not borne fruit. Yet from this day on I will ^(L)bless you.’”

Eyewitnesses of Jesus

¹⁶ For we did not make known to you the ^(A)power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, following cleverly devised ^(B)myths, but being ^(C)eyewitnesses of His majesty. ¹⁷ For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, such an ^[a](D)utterance as this was ^[b]made to Him by the ^(E)Majestic Glory, “This is My beloved Son with whom I am well-pleased”— ¹⁸ and we ourselves heard this ^[c]utterance made from heaven when we were with Him on the ^(F)holy mountain.

^19 [d]And we have as more ^(G)sure ^(H)the prophetic word, to which you do well to pay attention as to ^(I)a lamp shining in a dark place, until the ^(J)day dawns and the ^(K)morning star arises ^(L)in your hearts. ^20 (M)Know this first of all, that ^(N)no prophecy of Scripture comes by one’s own interpretation. ²¹ For ^(O)no prophecy was ever made by the will of man, but men being ^(P)moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.