Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Liberation from Captivity Promised
30 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, 2 “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘(A)Write all the words which I have spoken to you in a book. 3 For behold, (B)days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will (C)restore the fortunes of My people (D)Israel and Judah.’ The Lord says, ‘I will also (E)bring them back to the land that I gave to their forefathers, and they shall take possession of it.’”
4 Now these are the words which the Lord spoke concerning Israel and Judah:
5 “For this is what the Lord says:
‘[a]I have heard a sound of (F)terror,
Of fear, 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 waist, (G)as a woman in childbirth?
And why have all faces turned pale?
7 Woe, for that (H)day is great,
There is (I)none like it;
And it is the time of Jacob’s (J)distress,
Yet he will be (K)saved from it.
8 ‘It shall come about on that day,’ declares the Lord of armies, ‘that I will (L)break his yoke from [b]their necks and will tear to pieces [c]their (M)restraints; and strangers will no longer (N)make [d]them their slaves. 9 But they shall serve the Lord their God and (O)David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
10 And (P)do not fear, Jacob My servant,’ declares the Lord,
‘And do not be dismayed, Israel;
For behold, I am going to save you (Q)from far away,
And your [e]descendants from the land of their captivity.
And Jacob will return and be (R)at peace, without anxiety,
And (S)no one will make him afraid.
11 For (T)I am with you,’ declares the Lord, ‘to save you;
For I will completely (U)destroy all the nations where I have scattered you,
Only I will (V)not destroy you completely.
But I will (W)discipline you fairly
And will by no means leave you unpunished.’
12 “For this is what the Lord says:
‘Your broken limb is irreparable,
And your (X)wound is incurable.
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 (AA)wounded you with the wound of an enemy,
With the (AB)punishment of a (AC)cruel one,
Because your (AD)wrongdoing is great,
And your (AE)sins are numerous.
15 Why do you cry out over your injury?
Your pain is incurable.
Because your wrongdoing is great
And your sins are numerous,
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 plunder you will become plunder,
And all who plunder you I will turn into plunder.
17 For I will [f]restore you to [g](AH)health
And I will heal you of your wounds,’ declares the Lord,
‘Because they have called you an (AI)outcast, saying:
“It is Zion; no one [h]cares for 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, “[a](D)It is done. I am the (E)Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. (F)I will give water to the one who thirsts from the spring of the (G)water of life, without cost. 7 (H)The one 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 [b]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 [c]brimstone, which is the (L)second death.”
9 (M)Then one of the seven angels who had the (N)seven bowls, [d]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.”
The New Jerusalem
10 And (R)he carried me away [e](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 [f]brilliance was like a very valuable stone, like a (V)stone of (W)crystal-clear jasper. 12 [g]It had a great and high wall, [h](X)with twelve (Y)gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names were written on the gates, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel. 13 There were three gates on the east, three gates on the north, 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 The one who spoke with me had a [i]gold measuring (AB)rod to measure the city, its (AC)gates, and its wall. 16 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]twelve thousand stadia; its length, width, and height are equal. 17 And he measured its wall, [l]144 cubits, by (AD)human [m]measurements, which are also (AE)angelic measurements. 18 The material of the wall was (AF)jasper; and the city was (AG)pure gold, like [n]clear (AH)glass. 19 (AI)The foundation stones of the city wall were decorated 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 I saw (AQ)no [o]temple in it, for the (AR)Lord God the Almighty and the (AS)Lamb are its [p]temple. 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 illuminated it, and its lamp is the (AV)Lamb. 24 (AW)The nations will walk by its light, and the (AX)kings of the earth [q]will bring their glory into it. 25 In the daytime (for (AY)there will be no night there) (AZ)its gates (BA)will never be closed; 26 and (BB)they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it; 27 and (BC)nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those [r]whose names are (BD)written in the Lamb’s book of life.
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