¹   Alas for those who go down to Egypt for help
          and who rely on horses,
     who trust in chariots because they are many
          and in horsemen because they are very strong,
     but do not look to the Holy One of Israel
          or consult the LORD!
²   Yet he too is wise and brings disaster;
          he does not call back his words,
     but will rise against the house of the evildoers,
          and against the helpers of those who work iniquity.
³   The Egyptians are human, and not God;
          their horses are flesh, and not spirit.
     When the LORD stretches out his hand,
          the helper will stumble, and the one helped will fall,
          and they will all perish together.

⁴   For thus the LORD said to me,
     As a lion or a young lion growls over its prey,
          and — when a band of shepherds is called out against it —
     is not terrified by their shouting
          or daunted at their noise,
     so the LORD of hosts will come down
          to fight upon Mount Zion and upon its hill.
⁵   Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of hosts
          will protect Jerusalem;
     he will protect and deliver it,
          he will spare and rescue it.

⁶Turn back to him whom you have deeply betrayed, O people of Israel. ⁷For on that day all of you shall throw away your idols of silver and idols of gold, which your hands have sinfully made for you.
⁸   "Then the Assyrian shall fall by a sword, not of mortals;
          and a sword, not of humans, shall devour him;
     he shall flee from the sword,
          and his young men shall be put to forced labor.
⁹   His rock shall pass away in terror,
          and his officers desert the standard in panic,"
     says the LORD, whose fire is in Zion,
          and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

²²I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. ²³And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb. ²⁴The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it. ²⁵Its gates will never be shut by day - and there will be no night there. ²⁶People will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations. ²⁷But nothing unclean will enter it, nor anyone who practices abomination or falsehood, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.

¹Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb ²through the middle of the street of the city. On either side of the river is the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. ³Nothing accursed will be found there any more. But the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him; ⁴they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. ⁵And there will be no more night; they need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.

³⁹In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, ⁴⁰where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. ⁴¹When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the child leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit ⁴²and exclaimed with a loud cry, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. ⁴³And why has this happened to me, that the mother of my Lord comes to me? ⁴⁴For as soon as I heard the sound of your greeting, the child in my womb leaped for joy. ⁴⁵And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord."

⁴⁶And Mary said,
     "My soul magnifies the Lord,
⁴⁷       and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
⁴⁸  for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant.
          Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed;
⁴⁹  for the Mighty One has done great things for me,
          and holy is his name.
⁵⁰  His mercy is for those who fear him
          from generation to generation.
⁵¹  He has shown strength with his arm;
          he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
⁵²  He has brought down the powerful from their thrones,
          and lifted up the lowly;
⁵³  he has filled the hungry with good things,
          and sent the rich away empty.
⁵⁴  He has helped his servant Israel,
          in remembrance of his mercy,
⁵⁵  according to the promise he made to our ancestors,
          to Abraham and to his descendants forever."

⁵⁶And Mary remained with her about three months and then returned to her home.