But the Jerusalemaboveis free;she is our mother.
Thussaysthe LORD,"Whereis the certificateof divorceBy whichI have sentyour motheraway?Orto whomof My creditorsdid I sellyou? Behold,you were soldfor your iniquities,And for your transgressionsyour motherwas sentaway.
Breakforth,shoutjoyfullytogether,You wasteplacesof Jerusalem;For the LORDhas comfortedHis people,He has redeemedJerusalem.
"But be gladand rejoiceforeverin whatI create;For behold,I createJerusalem[for] rejoicingAnd her people[for] gladness.
"Be joyfulwith Jerusalemand rejoicefor her, allyou who loveher; Be exceedinglygladwith her, allyou who mournoverher,
"Contendwith your mother,contend,For she is not my wife,and I am not her husband;And let her putawayher harlotryfrom her faceAnd her adulteryfrom betweenher breasts,
"For their motherhas playedthe harlot;She who conceivedthem has actedshamefully.For she said,I will goaftermy lovers,Who give[me] my breadand my water,My wooland my flax,my oiland my drink.'
So you will stumbleby day,And the prophetalsowill stumblewith you by night;And I will destroyyour mother.
Then you will knowthat I am the LORDyour God,Dwellingin Zion,My holymountain.So Jerusalemwill be holy,And strangerswill passthrough it nomore.
"Soifthe Sonmakes you free,you will be freeindeed.
For sinshall not be master overyou, for you are not underlawbut undergrace.
and having been freedfrom sin,you became slavesof righteousness.
For it is writtenthat Abrahamhadtwosons,oneby the bondwomanand oneby the free woman.
NowthisHagaris MountSinaiin Arabiaand correspondsto the presentJerusalem,for she is in slaverywith her children.
It was for freedomthat Christset us free;thereforekeep standing firmand do not be subjectagainto a yokeof slavery.
For our citizenshipis in heaven,from whichalsowe eagerly waitfor a Savior,the LordJesusChrist;
But you have cometo MountZionand to the cityof the livingGod,the heavenlyJerusalem,and to myriadsof angels,
[Act] as free men,and do not useyour freedomas a coveringfor evil,but [use it] as bondslavesof God.
A greatsignappearedin heaven:a womanclothedwith the sun,and the moonunderher feet,and on her heada crownof twelvestars;
and on her foreheada name[was] written,a mystery,"BABYLONTHE GREAT,THE MOTHEROF HARLOTSAND OF THE ABOMINATIONSOF THE EARTH."
And I sawthe holycity,newJerusalem,coming downout of heavenfrom God,made readyas a brideadornedfor her husband.
He who overcomes,I will makehim a pillarin the templeof My God,and he will not goout from it anymore;and I will writeon him the nameof My God,and the nameof the cityof My God,the newJerusalem,which comes downout of heavenfrom My God,and My newname.
