Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Yahweh Will Return the Fortunes of His People
30 The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying, 2 “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘(A)Write all the words which I have spoken to you in a book. 3 For behold, (B)days are coming,’ declares Yahweh, ‘when I will [a](C)return the [b]fortunes of My people (D)Israel and Judah.’ Yahweh says, ‘I will also (E)cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.’”
4 Now these are the words which Yahweh spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah:
5 “For thus says Yahweh,
‘We have heard a sound of (F)trembling,
Of dread, and there is no peace.
6 Ask now, and see
If a male can give birth.
Why do I see every man
With his hands on his loins, (G)as a woman in childbirth?
And why have all faces turned pale?
7 Alas! For that (H)day is great,
There is (I)none like it;
And it is the time of Jacob’s (J)distress,
But he will be (K)saved from it.
8 ‘And it will be in that day,’ declares Yahweh of hosts, ‘that I will (L)break his yoke from off your neck and will tear off your (M)bonds; and strangers will no longer (N)make [c]them their slaves. 9 But they shall be a slave to Yahweh their God and (O)David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
10 (P)Fear not, O Jacob My [d]servant,’ declares Yahweh,
‘And do not be dismayed, O Israel;
For behold, I will save you (Q)from afar
And your seed from the land of their captivity.
And Jacob will return and will be (R)quiet and at ease,
And (S)no one will make him tremble.
11 For (T)I am with you,’ declares Yahweh, ‘to save you;
For I will (U)make a complete destruction of all the nations where I have scattered you,
Only I will (V)not make a complete destruction of you.
But I will (W)chasten you justly
And will by no means leave you unpunished.’
12 “For thus says Yahweh,
‘Your injury is incurable,
And your (X)wound is desperately sick.
13 There is no one to plead your cause;
No healing for your sore,
(Y)No recovery for you.
14 All your (Z)lovers have forgotten you;
They do not seek you;
For I have [e](AA)wounded you with the wound of an enemy,
With the (AB)punishment of a (AC)cruel one,
Because your (AD)iniquity is numerous
And your (AE)sins are mighty.
15 Why do you cry out over your injury?
Your pain is incurable.
Because your iniquity is numerous
And your sins are mighty,
I have done these things to you.
16 Therefore all who (AF)devour you will be devoured;
And all your adversaries, every one of them, (AG)will go into captivity;
And those who take you as spoil will be spoil,
And all who plunder you I will give as plunder.
17 For I will [f]restore you to [g](AH)health,
And I will heal you of your wounds,’ declares Yahweh,
‘Because they have called you a (AI)banished one, saying:
“It is Zion; no one is seeking her.”’
5 And (A)He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am (B)making all things new.” And He *said, “Write, for (C)these words are faithful and true.” 6 Then He said to me, “(D)They are done. I am the (E)Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. (F)I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the (G)water of life without cost. 7 (H)He who overcomes will inherit these things, and (I)I will be his God and he will be My son. 8 (J)But for the cowardly and [a]unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in (K)the lake that burns with fire and [b]brimstone, which is the (L)second death.”
9 (M)Then one of the seven angels who have the (N)seven bowls [c]full of the (O)seven last plagues came and spoke with me, saying, “(P)Come here, I will show you the (Q)bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
New Jerusalem, the Holy City
10 And (R)he carried me away [d](S)in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me (T)the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, 11 having (U)the glory of God. Her [e]brilliance was like precious stone, as a (V)stone of (W)crystal-clear jasper. 12 [f]It had a great and high wall. [g]It had (X)twelve (Y)gates and at those gates, twelve angels; and names [h]have been written on those gates, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel. 13 There were three gates on the east and three gates on the north and three gates on the south and three gates on the west. 14 And the wall of the city had (Z)twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the (AA)twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15 And the one who spoke with me had a [i]gold measuring (AB)rod to measure the city and its (AC)gates and its wall. 16 And the city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city with the [j]rod, [k]12,000 stadia; its length and width and height are equal. 17 And he measured its wall, [l]144 cubits, according to (AD)human [m]measurements, which are also (AE)angelic measurements. 18 And the material of the wall was (AF)jasper, and the city was (AG)pure gold, like pure (AH)glass. 19 (AI)The foundation stones of the city wall were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation stone was (AJ)jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, (AK)emerald; 20 the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, (AL)sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. 21 And the twelve (AM)gates were twelve (AN)pearls; each one of the gates was a single pearl. And the street of the city was (AO)pure gold, like transparent (AP)glass.
22 And I saw (AQ)no sanctuary in it, for the (AR)Lord God the Almighty and the (AS)Lamb are its sanctuary. 23 And the city (AT)has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for (AU)the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the (AV)Lamb. 24 (AW)And the nations will walk by its light, and the (AX)kings of the earth [n]will bring their glory into it. 25 (AY)And its gates (AZ)will never be closed by day, for (BA)there will be no night there; 26 and (BB)they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it. 27 And (BC)nothing defiled, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those [o]whose names are (BD)written in the Lamb’s book of life.
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