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13 Take note of the fortified walls,
    and tour all the citadels,
that you may describe them
    to future generations.

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18 Now that I am old and gray,
    do not abandon me, O God.
Let me proclaim your power to this new generation,
    your mighty miracles to all who come after me.

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O Jerusalem, may there be peace within your walls
    and prosperity in your palaces.

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We will not hide these truths from our children;
    we will tell the next generation
about the glorious deeds of the Lord,
    about his power and his mighty wonders.
For he issued his laws to Jacob;
    he gave his instructions to Israel.
He commanded our ancestors
    to teach them to their children,
so the next generation might know them—
    even the children not yet born—
    and they in turn will teach their own children.

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19 Teach them to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up.

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14 Peter[a] has told you about the time God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people for himself. 15 And this conversion of Gentiles is exactly what the prophets predicted. As it is written:

16 ‘Afterward I will return
    and restore the fallen house[b] of David.
I will rebuild its ruins
    and restore it,

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Footnotes

  1. 15:14 Greek Simeon.
  2. 15:16 Or kingdom; Greek reads tent.

A Promise of Restoration

11 “In that day I will restore the fallen house[a] of David.
    I will repair its damaged walls.
From the ruins I will rebuild it
    and restore its former glory.

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Footnotes

  1. 9:11a Or kingdom; Hebrew reads tent.

Tell your children about it in the years to come,
    and let your children tell their children.
    Pass the story down from generation to generation.

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12 Some of you will rebuild the deserted ruins of your cities.
    Then you will be known as a rebuilder of walls
    and a restorer of homes.

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