Gloriousthingsare spokenof you, O cityof God.Selah.
There is a riverwhose streamsmakegladthe cityof God,The holydwellingplacesof the MostHigh.
Cryaloudand shoutfor joy,O inhabitantof Zion,For greatin your midstis the HolyOneof Israel.
"A Redeemerwill cometo Zion,And to those who turnfrom transgressionin Jacob,"declaresthe LORD.
To grantthose who mourn[in] Zion,Givingthem a garlandinsteadof ashes,The oilof gladnessinsteadof mourning,The mantleof praiseinsteadof a spiritof fainting.So they will be calledoaksof righteousness,The plantingof the LORD,that He may be glorified.
Thussaysthe LordGOD,"Becausethe enemyhas spokenagainstyou, 'Aha!'and, 'The everlastingheightshave becomeour possession,'
"Thussaysthe LordGOD,'Thisis Jerusalem;I have sether at the centerof the nations,with landsaroundher.
ThenI looked,and behold,the Lamb[was] standingon MountZion,and with Him one hundredand forty-fourthousand,havingHis nameand the nameof His Fatherwrittenon their foreheads.
