Because the LORD is righteous, he will save Jerusalem and everyone there who repents.

Jerusalem, be strong and great again! Holy city of God, clothe yourself with splendor! The heathen will never enter your gates again.

Your people will all do what is right, And will possess the land forever. I planted them, I made them, To reveal my greatness to all.

I will take you from every nation and country and bring you back to your own land.

I will give you a new heart and a new mind. I will take away your stubborn heart of stone and give you an obedient heart.

Then you will live in the land I gave your ancestors. You will be my people, and I will be your God.

This is the law of the Temple: All the area surrounding it on the top of the mountain is sacred and holy."

At that time even the harness bells of the horses will be inscribed with the words "Dedicated to the LORD." The cooking pots in the Temple will be as sacred as the bowls before the altar.

Every cooking pot in Jerusalem and in all Judah will be set apart for use in the worship of the LORD Almighty. The people who offer sacrifices will use them for boiling the meat of the sacrifices. When that time comes, there will no longer be any merchant in the Temple of the LORD Almighty.

Even before the world was made, God had already chosen us to be his through our union with Christ, so that we would be holy and without fault before him. Because of his love

You are the people of God; he loved you and chose you for his own. So then, you must clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.

Try to be at peace with everyone, and try to live a holy life, because no one will see the Lord without it.

But you are the chosen race, the King's priests, the holy nation, God's own people, chosen to proclaim the wonderful acts of God, who called you out of darkness into his own marvelous light.

Please forgive their sin; but if you won't, then remove my name from the book in which you have written the names of your people."

The LORD answered, "It is those who have sinned against me whose names I will remove from my book.

I am about to punish you prophets who have false visions and make misleading predictions. You will not be there when my people gather to make decisions; your names will not be included in the list of the citizens of Israel; you will never return to your land. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign LORD.

But don't be glad because the evil spirits obey you; rather be glad because your names are written in heaven."

And you too, my faithful partner, I want you to help these women; for they have worked hard with me to spread the gospel, together with Clement and all my other fellow workers, whose names are in God's book of the living.

Those who win the victory will be clothed like this in white, and I will not remove their names from the book of the living. In the presence of my Father and of his angels I will declare openly that they belong to me.

All people living on earth will worship it, except those whose names were written before the creation of the world in the book of the living which belongs to the Lamb that was killed.

That beast was once alive, but lives no longer; it is about to come up from the abyss and will go off to be destroyed. The people living on earth whose names have not been written before the creation of the world in the book of the living, will all be amazed as they look at the beast. It was once alive; now it no longer lives, but it will reappear.

Those who did not have their name written in the book of the living were thrown into the lake of fire.

But nothing that is impure will enter the city, nor anyone who does shameful things or tells lies. Only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of the living will enter the city.

When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and praised the Lord's message; and those who had been chosen for eternal life became believers.