12 The Lord will inherit(A) Judah(B) as his portion in the holy land and will again choose(C) Jerusalem.

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17 “Proclaim further: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘My towns will again overflow with prosperity, and the Lord will again comfort(A) Zion and choose(B) Jerusalem.’”(C)

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For the Lord’s portion(A) is his people,
    Jacob his allotted inheritance.(B)

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16 He who is the Portion(A) of Jacob is not like these,
    for he is the Maker of all things,(B)
including Israel, the people of his inheritance(C)
    the Lord Almighty is his name.(D)

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19 He who is the Portion(A) of Jacob is not like these,
    for he is the Maker of all things,
including the people of his inheritance(B)
    the Lord Almighty is his name.

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I took you from the ends of the earth,(A)
    from its farthest corners I called(B) you.
I said, ‘You are my servant’;(C)
    I have chosen(D) you and have not rejected you.

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For the Lord has chosen Jacob(A) to be his own,
    Israel to be his treasured possession.(B)

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Rise up,(A) O God, judge(B) the earth,
    for all the nations are your inheritance.(C)

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12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,(A)
    the people he chose(B) for his inheritance.(C)

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Now if you obey me fully(A) and keep my covenant,(B) then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession.(C) Although the whole earth(D) is mine, you[a] will be for me a kingdom of priests(E) and a holy nation.’(F) These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 19:6 Or possession, for the whole earth is mine. You

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