Isaiah 52:7-9

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⁷How beautiful on the mountains^(A)
    are the feet of those who bring good news,^(B)
who proclaim peace,^(C)
    who bring good tidings,
    who proclaim salvation,
who say to Zion,
    “Your God reigns!”^(D)
⁸Listen! Your watchmen^(E) lift up their voices;^(F)
    together they shout for joy.^(G)
When the Lord returns^(H) to Zion,^(I)
    they will see it with their own eyes.
⁹Burst into songs of joy^(J) together,
    you ruins^(K) of Jerusalem,
for the Lord has comforted^(L) his people,
    he has redeemed Jerusalem.^(M)

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Luke 2:25-32

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²⁵Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout.^(A) He was waiting for the consolation of Israel,^(B) and the Holy Spirit was on him. ²⁶It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah. ²⁷Moved by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required,^(C) ²⁸Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying:

²⁹“Sovereign Lord, as you have promised,^(D)
    you may now dismiss^[a] your servant in peace.^(E)
³⁰For my eyes have seen your salvation,^(F)
³¹    which you have prepared in the sight of all nations:
³²a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
    and the glory of your people Israel.”^(G)