Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Restoration for Israel and Judah
30 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: (A)Write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you. 3 (B)For behold, days are coming, declares the Lord, (C)when I will restore (D)the fortunes of my people, (E)Israel and Judah, says the Lord, (F)and I will bring them back to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall take possession of it.”
4 These are the words that the Lord spoke concerning (G)Israel and Judah:
5 “Thus says the Lord:
We have heard a cry of panic,
of terror, and no peace.
6 Ask now, and see,
can a man bear a child?
(H)Why then do I see every man
with his hands on his stomach (I)like a woman in labor?
(J)Why has every face turned pale?
7 Alas! (K)That day is so great
(L)there is none like it;
it is a time of distress for Jacob;
yet he shall be saved out of it.
8 “And it shall come to pass in that day, declares the Lord of hosts, that I will (M)break his (N)yoke from off your neck, and I will (O)burst your bonds, (P)and foreigners shall no more make a servant of him.[a] 9 But they shall serve the Lord their God and (Q)David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
10 (R)“Then fear not, (S)O Jacob my servant, declares the Lord,
nor be dismayed, O Israel;
for behold, (T)I will save you from far away,
(U)and your offspring from the land of their captivity.
(V)Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease,
and none shall make him afraid.
11 (W)For I am with you to save you,
declares the Lord;
(X)I will make a full end of all the nations
among whom I scattered you,
but of you I will not make a full end.
(Y)I will (Z)discipline you in just measure,
and I will by no means leave you unpunished.
12 “For thus says the Lord:
(AA)Your hurt is incurable,
(AB)and your wound is grievous.
13 There is none to uphold your cause,
no medicine for your wound,
(AC)no healing for you.
14 (AD)All your lovers have forgotten you;
they care nothing for you;
for I have dealt you the blow of (AE)an enemy,
the punishment (AF)of a merciless foe,
because your guilt is great,
(AG)because your sins are flagrant.
15 (AH)Why do you cry out over your hurt?
(AI)Your pain is incurable.
Because your guilt is great,
(AJ)because your sins are flagrant,
I have done these things to you.
16 (AK)Therefore all who devour you shall be devoured,
and (AL)all your foes, every one of them, shall go into captivity;
(AM)those who plunder you shall be plundered,
(AN)and all who prey on you I will make a prey.
17 (AO)For I will restore (AP)health to you,
and (AQ)your wounds I will heal,
declares the Lord,
because (AR)they have called you an outcast:
(AS)‘It is Zion, for whom no one cares!’
5 And (A)he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I (B)am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for (C)these words are trustworthy and true.” 6 And he said to me, (D)“It is done! (E)I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. (F)To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. 7 (G)The one who conquers will have this heritage, and (H)I will be his God and (I)he will be my son. 8 (J)But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, (K)their portion will be in (L)the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is (M)the second death.”
The New Jerusalem
9 Then came (N)one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of (O)the seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show you (P)the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.” 10 And (Q)he carried me away in the Spirit to (R)a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, 11 (S)having the glory of God, (T)its radiance (U)like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. 12 It had a great, high wall, (V)with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed— 13 on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. 14 And the wall of the city had twelve (W)foundations, and (X)on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15 And the one who spoke with me (Y)had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls. 16 The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its width. And he measured the city with his rod, 12,000 stadia.[a] Its length and width and height are equal. 17 He also measured its wall, 144 cubits[b] by (Z)human measurement, which is also (AA)an angel's measurement. 18 The wall was built of (AB)jasper, while the city was pure gold, like (AC)clear glass. 19 (AD)The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of jewel. The first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl, and (AE)the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.
22 And (AF)I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. 23 And the city (AG)has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for (AH)the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. 24 By its light (AI)will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth (AJ)will bring their glory into it, 25 and (AK)its gates will never be shut by day—and (AL)there will be no night there. 26 They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations. 27 But (AM)nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb's (AN)book of life.
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