(A)Open the gates,
    that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in.

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20 This is the gate of the Lord;
    (A)the righteous shall enter through it.

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But you are (A)a chosen race, (B)a royal (C)priesthood, (D)a holy nation, (E)a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you (F)out of darkness into (G)his marvelous light.

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11 (A)Your gates shall be open continually;
    day and night they shall not be shut,
(B)that people may bring to you the wealth of the nations,
    with their kings led in procession.

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And they sang (A)a new song, saying,

“Worthy are you to take the scroll
    and to open its seals,
for (B)you were slain, and by your blood (C)you ransomed people for God
    from (D)every tribe and language and people and nation,

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10 Go through, go through the gates;
    (A)prepare the way for the people;
(B)build up, build up the highway;
    clear it of stones;
    (C)lift up a signal over the peoples.

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(A)The nations shall see your righteousness,
    and all the kings your glory,
(B)and you shall be called by a new name
    that the mouth of the Lord will give.

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47 praising God and (A)having favor with all the people. And the Lord (B)added to their number (C)day by day those who (D)were being saved.

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31 (A)three gates, the gate of (B)Reuben, the gate of (C)Judah, and the gate of (D)Levi, the gates of the city being named after the tribes of Israel. 32 On the east side, which is to be 4,500 cubits, three gates, the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin, and the gate of Dan. 33 On the south side, which is to be 4,500 cubits by measure, three gates, the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar, and the gate of Zebulun. 34 On the west side, which is to be 4,500 cubits, three gates,[a] the gate of Gad, the gate of Asher, and the gate of Naphtali.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 48:34 One Hebrew manuscript, Syriac (compare Septuagint); most Hebrew manuscripts their gates three

21 (A)Your people shall all be righteous;
    (B)they shall possess the land forever,
(C)the branch of my planting, the work of my hands,
    that I might be glorified.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 60:21 Or that I might display my beauty

14 In righteousness you shall be established;
    you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear;
    and from terror, for it shall not come near you.

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that I may look upon the prosperity of your (A)chosen ones,
    that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,
    that I may glory with your inheritance.

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and you shall be to me a (A)kingdom of priests and (B)a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.”

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24 By its light (A)will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth (B)will bring their glory into it,

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Judgment on False Teachers

Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our (A)common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you (B)to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.

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13 But according to his promise we are waiting for (A)new heavens and a new earth (B)in which righteousness dwells.

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20 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: Peoples shall yet come, even the inhabitants of many cities.

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(A)Then shall your light break forth like the dawn,
    (B)and your healing shall spring up speedily;
(C)your righteousness shall go before you;
    (D)the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.

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(A)Keep them and do them, for (B)that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’ For (C)what great nation is there that has (D)a god so near to it as the Lord our God is to us, whenever we call upon him? And what great nation is there, that has statutes and rules so (E)righteous as all this law that I set before you today?

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