Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! “May they be secure who love you!
Do good to Zion in your good pleasure; build up the walls of Jerusalem;
But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.
I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy! Remember, O Lord, against the Edomites the day of Jerusalem, how they said, “Lay it bare, lay it bare, down to its foundations!”
“You who have escaped from the sword, go, do not stand still! Remember the Lord from far away, and let Jerusalem come into your mind:
He crouched, he lay down like a lion and like a lioness; who will rouse him up? Blessed are those who bless you, and cursed are those who curse you.”
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.
eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all.
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