Is. lxv. 18. For, behold I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people; and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor "lxvi. 10. the voice of crying. Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad

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with her, all ye that love her; rejoice with joy with her, all Zepha. iii. ye that mourn for her. The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth. Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel, be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not.

Rev. iii. 12.

Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my. Joel iii. 18. God, which is new Jerusalem. And all the rivers of Judah

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shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittim. Ezek. xlvii. Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the fore front of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under, from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar. Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the outer gate by the way that looketh eastward; and behold, there ran out waters on the right side. And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins. Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over; for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over. And he said unto me,

Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river. Now, when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other. Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea; (the Dead sea) which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be -healed. And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live; and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the rivers cometh. And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it, from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets: their fish shall be according to their kinds,

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as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many. But the miry places thereof, and the marshes thereof, shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt. And by the river, upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed; it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary; and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine. And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, the city of righteousness, the faithful city. And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and Is. iv. 3. he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem. Give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem " lxii. 7. a praise in the earth. Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion « Ixiv. 10. is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. At that time they Jer. iii. 17. shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord. And the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof. Beliold, the days come, saith "xxxi.38. the Lord, from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner. All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba Zech. xiv. to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem; and it shall be lifted up, and 10. inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's wine-presses.

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CHAPTER VII.

Of the Holy City, New Jerusalem.

Rev. xxi 2. " xxi. 9.

AND I, John, saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, (third Jerusalem,) coming down from God out of heaven. And there came unto me one of the seven angels, saying, come hither, I will show you the bride, the Lamb's wife. And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, aud showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending -out of heaven from God, having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; (see the description in xxi. chapter of Revelations,) and I saw no temple therein : for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon to shine in it; for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof for there shall be no night there. And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither what

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soever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie; but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. Put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city for henceforth there shall no more come unto lx. 18. thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. Thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise. The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and the days of the mourning shall be Rev. xxii. ended. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

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CHAPTER VIII.

Of the Restoration of Israel.

Is IT not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? And it shall come to pass at the same xxxviii. 18-time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, sayeth the Lord God, that my fury shall come up in my face. And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and Is. xxxii. great hail stones, fire and brimstone. And my people shall dwell in a peaceful habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in Jer. xxiii. quiet resting-places. And I will gather the remnant of my

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flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitIs. Ixvi. 18. ful and increase, and I will set up shepherds over them. It shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory. And the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. Kings shall be thy nursingfathers, and their queens thy nursing-mothers; they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet. Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When the Lord bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice and Israel shall be glad. Ps. Ixix.35. For God shall save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah,

Ps. xii. 7.

Is. ii. 4.

that they may dwell there, and have it in possession. The seed also of his servants shall inherit it; and they that love his name shall dwell therein. And they shall beat their swords into plow-shares and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift sword up against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. The remnant shall return, even

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the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God. And the people Is. x. 21. shall take them, and bring them to their places; and the Is. xiv 2. house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids; and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors. And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah; and I will Is. xxii. 20. clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand; and he shall be a father unto the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah: and the key of the house of David will

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" lxv. 9.

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I lay upon his shoulder. Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall "xxiv. 23. reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously. The light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be seven fold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound. Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel : I will help thee, sayeth the Lord, and thy Redeemer, the holy one of Israel. Thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles. They shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations. And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vine. dressers. Mine elect shall inherit the mountains, and my servants shall dwell there. Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria. And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and xxxi.24. they shall go forth with flocks. I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart, and with my whole "xxxii. soul. Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem. And I will set one Shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my xxiv. 23. servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. And she shall sing there as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came out of the land of Hosea ii.15. Egypt. And their king shall pass before them, and the Lord on the head of them. And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people, as a lion among the beasts of the forest. Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, Ó Zepha iii. daughter of Jerusalem. In that day shall the Lord defend 14. the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among Zech. xii.8. them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God. For the people shall dwell in Zion at Je

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rusalem; thou shalt weep no more; he will be very gracious Is. xxx. 19. unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.

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CHAPTER IX.

Of the First Resurrection.

FOR we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in the body, according that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. Behold I show you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, 2 Tim. ii. 16. but we shall all be changed. Shun profane babblings; for they will increase unto more ungodliness. And their word will eat as doth a canker; of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus; who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some. Lk. xiii.28. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and sit down in the kingdom " xiv. 14. of God. Thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of "xxiv. 39. the just. Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have, and they gave him a piece of broiled fish, and of an honey-comb. And he took it and did eat before them. And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands, and they lived and reigned with Christ thousand years. But the rest of the dead lived not again Dan. xii. 2. until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince that standeth for the children of thy people: and many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting Rev. xx. 6. contempt. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first xx. 7-8. resurrection: on such the second death hath no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison. And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle; the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: there is a natural body and a spiritual body: so also is the resurrection of the

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