“I knew you
before I formed you in your mother’s womb…
…you must go wherever I send you
and say whatever I tell you.
And don’t be afraid of the people,
for I will be with you and will protect you…
…Look,
I have put my words in your mouth!”
The LORD has sent this message to every land:
“Tell the people of Israel,
‘Look,
your Savior is coming.
See,
he brings his reward with him as he comes,’”
They will be called
“The Holy People”
and “The People Redeemed by the LORD.”
And Jerusalem will be known as
“The Desirable Place”
and
“The City No Longer Forsaken.”
O Jerusalem,
I have posted watchmen on your walls;
they will pray day and night,
continually.
Take no rest,
all you who pray to the LORD.
Then Jesus said to the disciples,
“Have faith in God.
I tell you the truth,
you can say to this mountain,
‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’
and it will happen.
But you must really believe it will happen
and have no doubt in your heart.”
I will answer them before they even call to me.
While they are still talking about their needs,
I will go ahead and answer their prayers!
Oh,
that you would burst from the heavens and come down!
How the mountains would quake in your presence!
When you came down long ago,
you did awesome deeds beyond our highest expectations.
And oh,
how the mountains quaked!
For since the world began,
no ear has heard
and no eye has seen a God like you,
who works for those who wait for him!
O Jerusalem,
I have posted watchmen on your walls;
they will pray day and night,
continually.
Take no rest,
all you who pray to the LORD.
Give the LORD no rest until he completes his work,
until he makes Jerusalem the pride of the earth.
“Arise, Jerusalem!
Let your light shine for all to see.
for the glory of the LORD rises to shine on you.
Darkness as black as night
covers all the nations of the earth,
but the glory of the LORD rises and appears over you.
No longer will you need the sun to shine by day,
nor the moon to give its light by night,
for the LORD your God will be your everlasting light,
and your God will be your glory.
Your sun will never set;
your moon will not go down.
For the LORD will be your everlasting light.
Your days of mourning will come to an end.”
The high and lofty one who lives in eternity,
the Holy One,
says this:
“I live in the high and holy place
with those whose spirits are contrite and humble.
I restore the crushed spirit of the humble
and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts.”
