Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁶⁸ “^(A)Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
For He has visited us and accomplished ^(B)redemption for His people,
⁶⁹ And has raised up a ^(C)horn of salvation for us
In the house of ^(D)His servant David—
^70 (E)Just as He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets ^(F)from ancient times—
^71 [a](G)Salvation ^(H)from our enemies,
And from the hand of all who hate us;
^72 (I)To show mercy to our fathers,
^(J)And to remember His holy covenant,
^73 (K)The oath which He swore to our father Abraham,
⁷⁴ To grant us that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies,
Would serve Him without fear,
^75 (L)In holiness and righteousness before Him all our days.
⁷⁶ And you, child, also will be called the ^(M)prophet of ^(N)the Most High;
For you will go on ^(O)before the Lord to ^(P)prepare His ways;
⁷⁷ To give His people the knowledge of salvation
^[b]By ^(Q)the forgiveness of their sins,
⁷⁸ Because of the tender mercy of our God,
With which ^(R)the Sunrise from on high will visit us,
^79 (S)To shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death,
To guide our feet into the ^(T)way of peace.”

“They will not ^(B)mourn for him:
‘^(C)Oh, my brother!’ or, ‘Oh, sister!’
They will not mourn for him:
‘Oh, for the master!’ or, ‘Oh, for his splendor!’
¹⁹ He will be ^(D)buried with a donkey’s burial,
Dragged off and thrown out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
²⁰ Go up to Lebanon and cry out,
And raise your voice in Bashan;
Cry out also from ^(E)Abarim,
For all your ^(F)lovers have been crushed.
²¹ I spoke to you in your prosperity;
But ^(G)you said, ‘I will not listen!’
^(H)This has been your way ^(I)from your youth,
That you have not obeyed My voice.
²² The wind will sweep away all your ^(J)shepherds,
And your ^(K)lovers will go into captivity;
Then you will certainly be ^(L)ashamed and humiliated
Because of all your wickedness.
²³ You who live in Lebanon,
Nested in the cedars,
How you will groan when sharp pains come on you,
^(M)Pain like a woman in childbirth!

²⁸ Is this man Coniah a despised, shattered jar?
Or is he an ^(S)undesirable vessel?
Why have he and his descendants been ^(T)hurled out
And cast into a ^(U)land that they had not known?
^29 (V)O land, land, land,
Hear the word of the Lord!

‘Write this man down as ^(W)childless,
A man who will ^(X)not prosper in his days;
For no man among his ^(Y)descendants will prosper
Sitting on the throne of David
Or ruling again in Judah.’”