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Lift up your heads, O gates!
    and be lifted up, O ancient doors,
    that the King of glory may come in!(A)

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Open the gates,
    so that the righteous nation that maintains faithfulness
    may enter in.(A)

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19 Open to me the gates of righteousness,
    that I may enter through them
    and give thanks to the Lord.(A)

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

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11 “You are worthy, our Lord and God,
    to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
    and by your will they existed and were created.”(A)

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and which none of the rulers of this age understood, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

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The heavens proclaim his righteousness,
    and all the peoples behold his glory.

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Therefore it is said,

“When he ascended on high, he made captivity itself a captive;[a]
    he gave gifts to his people.”(A)

(When it says, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended[b] into the lower parts of the earth?[c] 10 He who descended is the same one who ascended far above all the heavens, so that he might fill all things.)

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Footnotes

  1. 4.8 Or he led captive a host of captives
  2. 4.9 Other ancient authorities add first
  3. 4.9 Or parts, to the earth

and I will shake all the nations, so that the treasure of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with splendor, says the Lord of hosts.(A)

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The Coming Messenger

See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight—indeed, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.(A)

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35 Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say,

“Arise, O Lord, let your enemies be scattered
    and your foes flee before you.”(A)

36 And whenever it came to rest, he would say,

“Return, O Lord, to the ten thousand thousands of Israel.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 10.36 Meaning of Heb uncertain

11 so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord.

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22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers made subject to him.(A)

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16 Why do you look with envy, O many-peaked mountain,
    at the mount that God desired for his abode,
    where the Lord will reside forever?(A)

17 With mighty chariotry, twice ten thousand,
    thousands upon thousands,
    the Lord came from Sinai into the holy place.[a](B)
18 You ascended the high mount,
    leading captives in your train
    and receiving gifts from people,
even from those who rebel against the Lord God’s abiding there.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 68.17 Cn: Heb The Lord among them Sinai in the holy (place)