^26 (A)I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be ^(B)an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land^[a] and ^(C)multiply them, and will ^(D)set my sanctuary in their midst forevermore.

The Lord's Covenant of Peace

^25 (A)“I will make with them a covenant of peace and ^(B)banish wild beasts from the land, ^(C)so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.

⁷ and he said to me, ^(A)“Son of man, this is ^(B)the place of my throne and ^(C)the place of the soles of my feet, ^(D)where I will dwell in the midst of the people of Israel forever. And the house of Israel shall no more ^(E)defile my holy name, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoring and by the dead bodies^[a] of their kings at their high places,^[b]

^11 (A)I will make my dwelling^[a] among you, and my soul shall not abhor you. ^12 (B)And I ^(C)will walk among you and will be your God, and you shall be my people.

Benediction

²⁰ Now ^(A)may the God of peace ^(B)who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, ^(C)the great shepherd of the sheep, by ^(D)the blood of the eternal covenant, ^21 (E)equip you with everything good that you may do his will, ^(F)working in us^[a] that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, ^(G)to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

¹⁴ saying, ^(A)“Surely I will bless you and multiply you.”

¹⁶ What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For ^(A)we are the temple of the living God; as God said,