"Whoare thesewho flylike a cloudAnd like the dovesto their lattices?
"Turnto Me and be saved,allthe endsof the earth;For I am God,and thereis noother.
"Then you will sayin your heart,'Whohas begottenthesefor me, Since I have beenbereavedof my childrenAnd am barren,an exileand a wanderer?And whohas rearedthese?Behold,I was leftalone;From wheredid thesecome?'"
"Liftup your eyesroundaboutand see;They allgathertogether, they cometo you. Your sonswill comefrom afar,And your daughterswill be carriedin the arms.
They will cometremblinglike birdsfrom EgyptAnd like dovesfrom the landof Assyria;And I will settlethem in their houses,declaresthe LORD.
"And they will comefrom eastand westand from northand south,and will recline[at the table] in the kingdomof God.
Therefore,since we haveso greata cloudof witnessessurroundingus, let us alsolay asideeveryencumbranceand the sinwhich so easily entanglesus, and let us runwith endurancethe racethat is set beforeus,
Afterthese thingsI looked,and behold,a greatmultitudewhichno onecouldcount,from everynationand [all] tribesand peoplesand tongues,standingbeforethe throneand beforethe Lamb,clothedin whiterobes,and palm branches[were] in their hands;
