^19 (A)I will rejoice in Jerusalem
    and be glad in my people;
^(B)no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping
    and the cry of distress.

^{8     (A)}He will swallow up death for ever;
and ^(B)the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces,
    and ^(C)the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth,
    ^(D)for the Lord has spoken.

¹⁷ For the Lamb in the midst of the throne ^(A)will be their shepherd,
    and he will guide them to springs of ^(B)living water,
and ^(C)God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”