Isaiah 44:21-28

New International Version

²¹“Remember^(A) these things, Jacob,
    for you, Israel, are my servant.^(B)
I have made you, you are my servant;^(C)
    Israel, I will not forget you.^(D)
²²I have swept away^(E) your offenses like a cloud,
    your sins like the morning mist.
Return^(F) to me,
    for I have redeemed^(G) you.”

²³Sing for joy,^(H) you heavens, for the Lord has done this;
    shout aloud, you earth^(I) beneath.
Burst into song, you mountains,^(J)
    you forests and all your trees,^(K)
for the Lord has redeemed^(L) Jacob,
    he displays his glory^(M) in Israel.

Jerusalem to Be Inhabited

²⁴“This is what the Lord says—
your Redeemer,^(N) who formed^(O) you in the womb:^(P)

I am the Lord,
    the Maker of all things,
    who stretches out the heavens,^(Q)
    who spreads out the earth^(R) by myself,
²⁵who foils^(S) the signs of false prophets
    and makes fools of diviners,^(T)
who overthrows the learning of the wise^(U)
    and turns it into nonsense,^(V)
²⁶who carries out the words^(W) of his servants
    and fulfills^(X) the predictions of his messengers,

who says of Jerusalem,^(Y) ‘It shall be inhabited,’
    of the towns of Judah, ‘They shall be rebuilt,’
    and of their ruins,^(Z) ‘I will restore them,’^(AA)
²⁷who says to the watery deep, ‘Be dry,
    and I will dry up^(AB) your streams,’
²⁸who says of Cyrus,^(AC) ‘He is my shepherd
    and will accomplish all that I please;
he will say of Jerusalem,^(AD) “Let it be rebuilt,”
    and of the temple,^(AE) “Let its foundations^(AF) be laid.”’

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Ezekiel 34:25-31

New International Version

²⁵“‘I will make a covenant^(A) of peace^(B) with them and rid the land of savage beasts^(C) so that they may live in the wilderness and sleep in the forests in safety.^(D) ²⁶I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing.^[a]^(E) I will send down showers in season;^(F) there will be showers of blessing.^(G) ²⁷The trees will yield their fruit^(H) and the ground will yield its crops;^(I) the people will be secure^(J) in their land. They will know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke^(K) and rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them.^(L) ²⁸They will no longer be plundered by the nations, nor will wild animals devour them. They will live in safety,^(M) and no one will make them afraid.^(N) ²⁹I will provide for them a land renowned^(O) for its crops, and they will no longer be victims of famine^(P) in the land or bear the scorn^(Q) of the nations.^(R) ³⁰Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them and that they, the Israelites, are my people, declares the Sovereign Lord.^(S) ³¹You are my sheep,^(T) the sheep of my pasture,^(U) and I am your God, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”

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Footnotes

Ezekiel 34:26 Or I will cause them and the places surrounding my hill to be named in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or I will cause them and the places surrounding my hill to be seen as blessed

Mark 14:22-26

New International Version

²²While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it^(A) and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take it; this is my body.”

²³Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it.^(B)

²⁴“This is my blood of the^[a] covenant,^(C) which is poured out for many,” he said to them. ²⁵“Truly I tell you, I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”^(D)

²⁶When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.^(E)

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