"Insteadof bronzeI will bringgold,And insteadof ironI will bringsilver,And insteadof wood,bronze,And insteadof stones,iron.And I will makepeaceyour administratorsAnd righteousnessyour overseers.
He overlaidthe floorof the housewith gold,innerand outer[sanctuaries].
He makespeacein your borders;He satisfiesyou with the finestof the wheat.
Let the mountainsbringpeaceto the people,And the hills,in righteousness.
"Then I will restoreyour judgesas at the first,And your counselorsas at the beginning;Afterthat you will be calledthe cityof righteousness,A faithfulcity."
The lightof the moonwill be as the lightof the sun,and the lightof the sunwill be seventimes[brighter], like the lightof sevendays,on the daythe LORDbindsup the fractureof His peopleand healsthe bruiseHe has inflicted.
"Insteadof the thornbushthe cypresswill comeup, And insteadof the nettlethe myrtlewill comeup, And it will be a memorialto the LORD,For an everlastingsignwhich will not be cutoff."
"You will also suckthe milkof nationsAnd suckthe breastof kings;Then you will knowthat I, the LORD,am your SaviorAnd your Redeemer,the MightyOneof Jacob.
"Violencewill not be heardagainin your land,Nordevastationor destructionwithin your borders;But you will callyour wallssalvation,and your gatespraise.
"Then in his placeone will arisewho will sendan oppressorthroughthe Jewelof [his] kingdom;yet within a fewdayshe will be shattered,though not in angernorin battle.
The silveris Mine and the goldis Mine,' declaresthe LORDof hosts.
"In that daythe LORDwill defendthe inhabitantsof Jerusalem,and the one who is feebleamong them in that daywill be like David,and the houseof David[will be] like God,like the angelof the LORDbeforethem.
because Godhad providedsomethingbetterfor us, sothat apartfrom us they would not be made perfect.
But accordingto His promisewe are lookingfor newheavensand a newearth,in whichrighteousnessdwells.
