Primera Lectura

Jerusalén, quítate el manto de duelo y miseria;

ponte el esplendor de la gloria de Dios para siempre:

envuelta en el manto de la justicia de Dios,

lleva sobre tu cabeza la mitra

que muestra la gloria del nombre eterno.

Porque Dios mostrará a toda la tierra tu esplendor:

te llamarán por siempre

tu paz de justicia, la gloria de la adoración a Dios.

¡Arriba, Jerusalén! ¡Ponte en las alturas;

miren hacia el este y vean a tus hijos

gathered from the east and the west

at the word of the Holy One,

rejoicing that they are remembered by God.

Led away on foot by their enemies they left you:

but God will bring them back to you

borne aloft in glory as on royal thrones.

For God has commanded

that every lofty mountain be made low,

and that the age-old depths and gorges

be filled to level ground,

that Israel may advance secure in the glory of God.

The forests and every fragrant kind of tree

have overshadowed Israel at God’s command;

for God is leading Israel in joy

by the light of his glory,

with his mercy and justice for company.