Zion's Coming Salvation

62 (A)For Zion's sake I will not keep silent,
    and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet,
(B)until her righteousness goes forth as brightness,
    and her salvation as a burning torch.

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On your walls, O Jerusalem,
    I have set (A)watchmen;
all the day and all the night
    they shall never be silent.
You who put the Lord in remembrance,
    take no rest,
and give him no rest
    until he establishes Jerusalem
    and makes it (B)a praise in the earth.

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18 But (A)the path of the righteous is like (B)the light of dawn,
    which shines (C)brighter and brighter until (D)full day.

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15 until (A)the Spirit is poured upon us from on high,
    and (B)the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
    and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.
16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,
    and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.
17 (C)And the effect of righteousness will be peace,
    and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust[a] forever.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 32:17 Or security

13 You will (A)arise and have (B)pity on Zion;
    it is the time to favor her;
    (C)the appointed time has come.
14 For your servants hold her (D)stones dear
    and have pity on her dust.
15 Nations will (E)fear the name of the Lord,
    and all (F)the kings of the earth will fear your glory.
16 For the Lord (G)builds up Zion;
    he (H)appears in his glory;

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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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30 for (A)my eyes have seen your (B)salvation
31     (C)that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,
32 (D)a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
    and (E)for glory to (F)your people Israel.”

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25 Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost[a] (A)those who draw near to God (B)through him, since he always lives (C)to make intercession for them.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 7:25 That is, completely; or at all times

(A)My righteousness draws near,
    my salvation has gone out,
    and my arms will judge the peoples;
(B)the coastlands hope for me,
    and for my arm they wait.
(C)Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
    and look at the earth beneath;
(D)for the heavens vanish like smoke,
    the earth will wear out like a garment,
    and they who dwell in it will die in like manner;[a]
(E)but my salvation will be forever,
    and my righteousness will never be dismayed.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 51:6 Or will die like gnats

15 that you may be blameless and innocent, (A)children of God (B)without blemish (C)in the midst of (D)a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine (E)as lights in the world, 16 holding fast to (F)the word of life, so that in (G)the day of Christ (H)I may be proud that (I)I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

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(A)Awake, awake, (B)put on strength,
    O (C)arm of the Lord;
awake, (D)as in days of old,
    the generations of long ago.
Was it not you who cut (E)Rahab in pieces,
    who pierced (F)the dragon?

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26 And I will restore your judges (A)as at the first,
    and your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward (B)you shall be called the city of righteousness,
    the faithful city.”

27 (C)Zion shall be redeemed by justice,
    and those in her who repent, by righteousness.

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(A)Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
    “May they be secure who love you!
Peace be within your (B)walls
    and security within your (C)towers!”
For my brothers and companions' sake
    I will say, (D)“Peace be within you!”
For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
    I will (E)seek your good.

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Make a Joyful Noise to the Lord

A Psalm.

98 Oh sing to the Lord (A)a new song,
    for he has done (B)marvelous things!
His (C)right hand and his holy arm
    have worked salvation for him.
The Lord has (D)made known his salvation;
    he has (E)revealed his righteousness in (F)the sight of the nations.
He has (G)remembered his (H)steadfast love and faithfulness
    to the house of Israel.
All (I)the ends of the earth have seen
    (J)the salvation of our God.

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16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so (A)that[a] they may see your good works and (B)give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:16 Or house. 16Let your light so shine before others that

    and many nations shall come, and say:
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
    to the house of the God of Jacob,
that he may teach us his ways
    and that we may walk in his paths.”
For out of Zion shall go forth the law,[a]
    and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 4:2 Or teaching

10 (A)I will greatly rejoice in the Lord;
    my soul shall exult in my God,
(B)for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation;
    he has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom decks himself (C)like a priest with a beautiful headdress,
    (D)and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
11 For as the earth brings forth its sprouts,
    and as a garden causes what is sown in it to sprout up,
so the Lord God will cause (E)righteousness and praise
    to sprout up before all the nations.

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Let my (A)tongue stick to the roof of my mouth,
    if I do not remember you,
if I do not set Jerusalem
    above my highest joy!

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18 (A)Do good to Zion in your good pleasure;
    (B)build up the walls of Jerusalem;

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Pray for Us

Finally, brothers,[a] (A)pray for us, that (B)the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored,[b] as happened among you,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 3:1 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 6, 13
  2. 2 Thessalonians 3:1 Or glorified