¹⁷ saying:

Be Steadfast

¹⁴ Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent ^(A)to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless;

⁸ in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Israel Exalted at Last^(A)

²² Thus says the Lord God: “I will take also one of the highest ^(B)branches of the high cedar and set it out. I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs ^(C)a tender one, and will ^(D)plant it on a high and prominent mountain. ^23 (E)On the mountain height of Israel I will plant it; and it will bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a majestic cedar. ^(F)Under it will dwell birds of every sort; in the shadow of its branches they will dwell. ²⁴ And all the trees of the field shall know that I, the Lord, ^(G)have brought down the high tree and exalted the low tree, dried up the green tree and made the dry tree flourish; ^(H)I, the Lord, have spoken and have done it.”

¹⁰ when He comes, in that Day, ^(A)to be ^(B)glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who ^[a]believe, because our testimony among you was believed.