²⁷ I was the first to give word of it to Zion, and I gave the good news to Jerusalem.

⁹ You who give good news to Zion, get up into the high mountain; you who give good news to Jerusalem, let your voice be strong; let it be sounding without fear; say to the towns of Judah, See, your God!

⁷ How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who comes with good news, who gives word of peace, saying that salvation is near; who says to Zion, Your God is ruling!

²⁸ Who says of Cyrus, He will take care of my sheep, and will do all my pleasure: who says of Jerusalem, I will give the word for your building; and of the Temple, Your bases will be put in place.

⁸ And to the angel of the church in Smyrna say: These things says the first and the last, who was dead and is living:

¹⁵ And how will there be preachers if they are not sent? As it is said, How beautiful are the feet of those who give the glad news of good things.

¹⁰ And the angel said, Have no fear; for truly, I give you good news of great joy which will be for all the people:

¹¹ For on this day, in the town of David, a Saviour has come to birth, who is Christ the Lord.

¹² Give ear to me, Jacob, and Israel, my loved one; I am he, I am the first and I am the last.

³ I gave word in the past of the things which came about; they came from my mouth, and I made them clear: suddenly I did them, and they came about.

⁶ The Lord, the King of Israel, even the Lord of armies who has taken up his cause, says, I am the first and the last, and there is no God but me.

¹⁰ You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and my servant whom I have taken for myself: so that you may see and have faith in me, and that it may be clear to you that I am he; before me there was no God formed, and there will not be after me.

⁴ Whose purpose and work was it? His who sent out the generations from the start. I the Lord, the first, and with the last, I am he.

¹ Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order that the word of the Lord given by the mouth of Jeremiah might come true, the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, was moved by the Lord, so that he made a public statement through all his kingdom, and put it in writing, saying,

² These are the words of Cyrus, king of Persia: The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he has made me responsible for building a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.