“Then all your people will be righteous;
They will possess the land forever,
The branch of My planting,
The work of My hands,
That I may be glorified.

For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection,

But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the rich root of the olive tree,

so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

Shall flourish

To grant those who mourn in Zion,
Giving them a garland instead of ashes,
The oil of gladness instead of mourning,
The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting.
So they will be called

oaks of righteousness,

The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.

but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

In the

Enter His gates with thanksgiving
And His courts with praise.
Give thanks to Him, bless His name.

You who stand in the house of the Lord,
In the courts of the house of our God!

Then he made the court of the priests and the great court and doors for the court, and overlaid their doors with bronze.

General references

In the days to come Jacob will take root,

Israel will blossom and sprout,
And they will fill the whole world with fruit.

For there is no good tree which produces bad fruit, nor, on the other hand, a bad tree which produces good fruit.