People of God, walk around Zion and count the towers;

take notice of the walls and examine the fortresses, so that you may tell the next generation:

Out of the territory of all your tribes the LORD will choose the one place where the people are to come into his presence and worship him.

Instead he chose the tribe of Judah and Mount Zion, which he dearly loves.

There he built his Temple like his home in heaven; he made it firm like the earth itself, secure for all time.

God is in that city, and it will never be destroyed; at early dawn he will come to its aid.

Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which can never be shaken, never be moved.

May the LORD bless you from Zion! May you see Jerusalem prosper all the days of your life!

"And this is what the LORD has said about the Assyrian emperor: 'He will not enter this city or shoot a single arrow against it. No soldiers with shields will come near the city, and no siege mounds will be built around it.

Make the tent you live in larger; lengthen its ropes and strengthen the pegs!

The total length of the wall on all four sides of the city is 10,080 yards. The name of the city from now on will be "The- LORD -Is-Here!"

And so I tell you, Peter: you are a rock, and on this rock foundation I will build my church, and not even death will ever be able to overcome it.

I will make those who are victorious pillars in the temple of my God, and they will never leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which will come down out of heaven from my God. I will also write on them my new name.