And your gates shall be opened continually; they shall not be shut, day or night; to bring in to you the power of the Gentiles, and their kings as captives.

Go through My gates, and make a way for My people; and cast the stones out of the way; lift up a standard for the Gentiles.

This is the gate of the Lord; the righteous shall enter by it.

And the gates of the city [shall be] after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; the gate of Reuben, one, and the gate of Judah, one, and the gate of Levi, one.

And southward, four thousand and five hundred by measure; and three gates: the gate of Simeon, one, and the gate of Issachar, one, and the gate of Zebulun, one.

Thus says the Lord Almighty; Yet shall many peoples come, and the inhabitants of many cities;

praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to the church daily those who were being saved.

And the nations shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth shall bring to it [the] glory and honor of the nations into it.

Your people also shall be all righteous; they shall inherit the land forever, preserving that which they have planted, [even] the works of their hands, for glory.

And you shall be to Me a royal priesthood and a holy nation. These words shall you speak to the children of Israel.

And you shall keep and do them: for this is your wisdom and understanding before all nations, as many as shall hear all these ordinances; and they shall say, Behold, this great nation [is] a wise and understanding people.

And what manner of nation [is so] great, which has righteous statutes and judgments according to all this law, which I set before you this day?

that we may behold the good of Your elect, that we may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, that we may glory with Your inheritance.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's [own] possession, that you may proclaim the excellent virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

But according to His promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals; because You were slain, and You redeemed us to God by Your blood, out of every tribe and language and people and nation;

Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you about our common salvation, it became necessary to write to you exhorting you to earnestly contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.