The Transfiguration of Jesus.^* 1^a After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.^* 2^{* b} And he was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun and his clothes became white as light. 3^* And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, conversing with him. 4Then Peter said to Jesus in reply, “Lord, it is good that we are here. If you wish, I will make three tents^* here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” 5^c While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud cast a shadow over them,^* then from the cloud came a voice that said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.” 6^* When the disciples heard this, they fell prostrate and were very much afraid. 7But Jesus came and touched them, saying, “Rise, and do not be afraid.” 8And when the disciples raised their eyes, they saw no one else but Jesus alone.

The Future: Jerusalem, Judah, and the Nations. 16Everyone who is left of all the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to bow down to the King, the LORD of hosts, and to celebrate the feast of Booths.^{* j} 17Should any of the families of the earth^k not go up to Jerusalem to bow down to the King, the LORD of hosts, then there will be no rain for them. 18And if the family of Egypt does not go up or enter, upon them will fall the plague,^l with which the LORD strikes the nations that do not go up to celebrate the feast of Booths. 19This will be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the feast of Booths.

20On that day, “Holy to the LORD”^m will be written on the horses’ bells.^* The pots in the house of the LORD will be as the basins before the altar. 21Every pot^* in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to the LORD of hosts. All who come to sacrifice will take them and cook in them. No longer will there be merchants in the house of the LORD of hosts on that day.

1^* The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,

because the LORD has anointed me;

He has sent me to bring good news to the afflicted,

to bind up the brokenhearted,

To proclaim liberty to the captives,

release to the prisoners,^a

2To announce a year of favor from the LORD

and a day of vindication by our God;

To comfort all who mourn;^b

3to place on those who mourn in Zion

a diadem instead of ashes,

To give them oil of gladness instead of mourning,

a glorious mantle instead of a faint spirit.

They will be called oaks of justice,

the planting of the LORD to show his glory.

4They shall rebuild the ancient ruins,

the former wastes they shall raise up

And restore the desolate cities,

devastations of generation upon generation.^c

18^* You have not approached that which could be touched^*l and a blazing fire and gloomy darkness and storm 19and a trumpet blast and a voice speaking words such that those who heard begged that no message be further addressed to them,^m 20for they could not bear to hear the command: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned.”ⁿ 21Indeed, so fearful was the spectacle that Moses said, “I am terrified and trembling.”^o 22No, you have approached Mount Zion and the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and countless angels in festal gathering,^p 23and the assembly of the firstborn enrolled in heaven,^* and God the judge of all, and the spirits of the just made perfect,^q 24and Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and the sprinkled blood that speaks more eloquently^* than that of Abel.^r