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Jeremiah 33:10-16 \n10 \u201cThis is what the Lord says: \u2018You say about this place, \u201cIt is a desolate waste, without people or animals.\u201d Yet in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted, inhabited by neither people nor animals, there will be heard once more 11 the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those who bring thank offerings to the house of the Lord, saying,\n\n\u201cGive thanks to the Lord Almighty,\n for the Lord is good;\n his love endures forever.\u201d\nFor I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were before,\u2019 says the Lord.\n\n12 \u201cThis is what the Lord Almighty says: \u2018In this place, desolate and without people or animals\u2014in all its towns there will again be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks. 13 In the towns of the hill country, of the western foothills and of the Negev, in the territory of Benjamin, in the villages around Jerusalem and in the towns of Judah, flocks will again pass under the hand of the one who counts them,\u2019 says the Lord.\n\n14 \u201c\u2018The days are coming,\u2019 declares the Lord, \u2018when I will fulfill the good promise I made to the people of Israel and Judah.\n\n15 \u201c\u2018In those days and at that time\n I will make a righteous Branch sprout from David\u2019s line;\n he will do what is just and right in the land.\n16 In those days Judah will be saved\n and Jerusalem will live in safety.\nThis is the name by which it[a] will be called:\n The Lord Our Righteous Savior.\u2019\n\nZechariah 8:3-23 \n 3 This is what the Lord says: \u201cI will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the Faithful City, and the mountain of the Lord Almighty will be called the Holy Mountain.\u201d\n\n4 This is what the Lord Almighty says: \u201cOnce again men and women of ripe old age will sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each of them with cane in hand because of their age. 5 The city streets will be filled with boys and girls playing there.\u201d\n\n6 This is what the Lord Almighty says: \u201cIt may seem marvelous to the remnant of this people at that time, but will it seem marvelous to me?\u201d declares the Lord Almighty.\n\n7 This is what the Lord Almighty says: \u201cI will save my people from the countries of the east and the west. 8 I will bring them back to live in Jerusalem; they will be my people, and I will be faithful and righteous to them as their God.\u201d\n\n9 This is what the Lord Almighty says: \u201cNow hear these words, \u2018Let your hands be strong so that the temple may be built.\u2019 This is also what the prophets said who were present when the foundation was laid for the house of the Lord Almighty. 10 Before that time there were no wages for people or hire for animals. No one could go about their business safely because of their enemies, since I had turned everyone against their neighbor. 11 But now I will not deal with the remnant of this people as I did in the past,\u201d declares the Lord Almighty.\n\n12 \u201cThe seed will grow well, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will produce its crops, and the heavens will drop their dew. I will give all these things as an inheritance to the remnant of this people. 13 Just as you, Judah and Israel, have been a curse[a] among the nations, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing.[b] Do not be afraid, but let your hands be strong.\u201d\n\n14 This is what the Lord Almighty says: \u201cJust as I had determined to bring disaster on you and showed no pity when your ancestors angered me,\u201d says the Lord Almighty, 15 \u201cso now I have determined to do good again to Jerusalem and Judah. Do not be afraid. 16 These are the things you are to do: Speak the truth to each other, and render true and sound judgment in your courts; 17 do not plot evil against each other, and do not love to swear falsely. I hate all this,\u201d declares the Lord.\n\n18 The word of the Lord Almighty came to me.\n\n19 This is what the Lord Almighty says: \u201cThe fasts of the fourth, fifth, seventh and tenth months will become joyful and glad occasions and happy festivals for Judah. Therefore love truth and peace.\u201d\n\n20 This is what the Lord Almighty says: \u201cMany peoples and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come, 21 and the inhabitants of one city will go to another and say, \u2018Let us go at once to entreat the Lord and seek the Lord Almighty. I myself am going.\u2019 22 And many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek the Lord Almighty and to entreat him.\u201d\n\n23 This is what the Lord Almighty says: \u201cIn those days ten people from all languages and nations will take firm hold of one Jew by the hem of his robe and say, \u2018Let us go with you, because we have heard that God is with you.\u2019\u201d\n\nRevelation 22: 1-5\nEden Restored\n22 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. 3 No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever.