Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

⁷ Restore us, God Almighty;
    make your face shine on us,
    that we may be saved.^(A)

⁸ You transplanted a vine^(B) from Egypt;
    you drove out^(C) the nations and planted^(D) it.
⁹ You cleared the ground for it,
    and it took root and filled the land.
¹⁰ The mountains were covered with its shade,
    the mighty cedars with its branches.
¹¹ Its branches reached as far as the Sea,^[a]
    its shoots as far as the River.^[b](E)

¹² Why have you broken down its walls^(F)
    so that all who pass by pick its grapes?
¹³ Boars from the forest ravage^(G) it,
    and insects from the fields feed on it.
¹⁴ Return to us, God Almighty!
    Look down from heaven and see!^(H)
Watch over this vine,
¹⁵     the root your right hand has planted,
    the son^[c] you have raised up for yourself.

¹⁴ Is Israel a servant, a slave^(A) by birth?
    Why then has he become plunder?
¹⁵ Lions^(B) have roared;
    they have growled at him.
They have laid waste^(C) his land;
    his towns are burned^(D) and deserted.^(E)
16 Also, the men of Memphis^(F) and Tahpanhes^(G)
    have cracked your skull.
¹⁷ Have you not brought this on yourselves^(H)
    by forsaking^(I) the Lord your God
    when he led you in the way?
¹⁸ Now why go to Egypt^(J)
    to drink water from the Nile^[a]?^(K)
And why go to Assyria^(L)
    to drink water from the Euphrates?^(M)
19 Your wickedness will punish you;
    your backsliding^(N) will rebuke^(O) you.
Consider then and realize
    how evil and bitter^(P) it is for you
when you forsake^(Q) the Lord your God
    and have no awe^(R) of me,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

²⁰ “Long ago you broke off your yoke^(S)
    and tore off your bonds;^(T)
    you said, ‘I will not serve you!’^(U)
Indeed, on every high hill^(V)
    and under every spreading tree^(W)
    you lay down as a prostitute.^(X)
21 I had planted^(Y) you like a choice vine^(Z)
    of sound and reliable stock.
How then did you turn against me
    into a corrupt,^(AA) wild vine?
²² Although you wash^(AB) yourself with soap^(AC)
    and use an abundance of cleansing powder,
    the stain of your guilt is still before me,”
declares the Sovereign Lord.^(AD)