¹⁷ Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and left and went to Tirzah.^(A) As soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.

² I saw the Holy City,^(A) the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,^(B) prepared as a bride^(C) beautifully dressed for her husband.

¹⁴ The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen,^(A) white^(B) and clean. ¹⁵ Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword^(C) with which to strike down^(D) the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.”^[a](E) He treads the winepress^(F) of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. ¹⁶ On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written:^(G)

²⁷ and to present her to himself^(A) as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.^(B)

⁴ The weapons we fight with^(A) are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power^(B) to demolish strongholds.^(C)

³ On that day, when all the nations^(A) of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock^(B) for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure^(C) themselves.