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But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.

“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”

Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.

…that I may declare all Your praises—that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.

Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When the LORD restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!

May He send you help from the sanctuary and sustain you from Zion.

There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.

God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.

A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.

Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.

Mount Zion is glad, the daughters of Judah rejoice, on account of Your judgments. …

From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.

In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.

Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When God restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A song. Praise awaits You, O God, in Zion; to You our vows will be fulfilled.

For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it.

The descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will settle in it.

Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—Mount Zion, where You dwell.

For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts! …

A Psalm of the sons of Korah. A song. He has founded His city on the holy mountains. …

Great is the LORD in Zion; He is exalted above all the peoples.

You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor—the appointed time has come.

For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.

For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.

For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth …

The LORD extends Your mighty scepter from Zion: “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”

Hallelujah! I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly.

Judah became God’s sanctuary, Israel His dominion.

A song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.

A song of ascents. When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.

Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”

May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.

For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home: …

A song of ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony! …

A song of ascents. Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD! …

By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. …

Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.

And the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city besieged.

Zion will be redeemed with justice, her repentant ones with righteousness.

And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

On that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors. …

Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”

What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”

The moon will be confounded and the sun will be ashamed; for the LORD of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders with great glory.

In that day: “Sing about a fruitful vineyard.

I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it;

On that day the LORD of Hosts will be a crown of glory, a diadem of splendor to the remnant of His people,

So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.

For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey—and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor—so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.

Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over it and preserve it.”

The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”

Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; its tent pegs will not be pulled up, nor will any of its cords be broken. …

The wilderness and the dry land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose. …

Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!” …

But now, this is what the LORD says—He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine! …

The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.

I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.

Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel.

But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; the Lord has forgotten me!” …

Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.

Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem. Remove the chains from your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion.

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!” …

“The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the LORD.

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. …

No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor. …

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners, …

For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch.

You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, a royal diadem in the palm of your God.

Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the ends of the earth, “Say to Daughter Zion: See, your Savior comes! Look, His reward is with Him, and His recompense goes before Him.”

And they will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of The LORD; and you will be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.

Who has heard of such as this? Who has seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be delivered in an instant? Yet as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children.

“And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.

“Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.

Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.”

Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.

For just as a loincloth clings to a man’s waist, so I have made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to Me, declares the LORD, so that they might be My people for My renown and praise and glory. But they did not listen.

For there will be a day when watchmen will call out on the hills of Ephraim, ‘Arise, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God!’”

For this is what the LORD says: “Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations! Make your praises heard, and say, ‘O LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel!’

They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.

This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “When I restore them from captivity, they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities: ‘May the LORD bless you, O righteous dwelling place, O holy mountain.’

So this city will bring Me renown, joy, praise, and glory before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of all the good I do for it. They will tremble in awe because of all the goodness and prosperity that I will provide for it.

So they entered the land of Egypt because they did not obey the voice of the LORD, and they went as far as Tahpanhes.

Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near—

Blow the ram’s horn in Zion, consecrate a fast, proclaim a sacred assembly. …

This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”

Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.

Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, and those with gifts of healing, helping, administration, and various tongues.

For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia.

And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,

…which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.

…from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.

…to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior. …

Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.

Although I hope to come to you soon, I am writing you these things

…in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.

Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels

…in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

…you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

…shining with the glory of God. Its radiance was like a most precious jewel, like a jasper, as clear as crystal.

And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.