God Redeems Jerusalem

52 Awake, awake!
Put on your strength, O Zion;
Put on your beautiful garments,
O Jerusalem, the holy city!
For the uncircumcised (A)and the unclean
Shall no longer come to you.

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52 Awake, awake,(A) Zion,
    clothe yourself with strength!(B)
Put on your garments of splendor,(C)
    Jerusalem, the holy city.(D)
The uncircumcised(E) and defiled(F)
    will not enter you again.(G)

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17 “So you shall know that I am the Lord your God,
Dwelling in Zion My (A)holy mountain.
Then Jerusalem shall be holy,
And no aliens shall ever pass through her again.”

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Blessings for God’s People

17 “Then you will know(A) that I, the Lord your God,(B)
    dwell in Zion,(C) my holy hill.(D)
Jerusalem will be holy;(E)
    never again will foreigners invade her.(F)

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The Narrow Way(A)

13 (B)“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.

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The Narrow and Wide Gates

13 “Enter through the narrow gate.(A) For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

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14 [a]Because narrow is the gate and [b]difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 7:14 NU, M How narrow . . . !
  2. Matthew 7:14 confined

14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

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15 (A)but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,

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15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do;(A)

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16 because it is written, (A)“Be holy, for I am holy.”

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16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 1:16 Lev. 11:44,45; 19:2

27 But (A)there shall by no means enter it anything [a]that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s (B)Book of Life.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 21:27 NU, M profane, nor one who causes

27 Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful,(A) but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.(B)

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