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Isaiah 51

Israel Exhorted

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aListen to me, you who  bpursue righteousness, Who seek the LORD: Look to the  crock from which you were hewn And to the  1quarry from which you were dug.

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"Look to  aAbraham your father And to Sarah who gave birth to you in pain; When he  bwas but one I called him, Then I blessed him and multiplied him."

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Indeed,  athe LORD will comfort Zion; He will comfort all her  bwaste places. And her  cwilderness He will make like  dEden, And her desert like the  egarden of the LORD;  fJoy and gladness will be found in her, Thanksgiving and sound of a melody.

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aPay attention to Me, O My people, And give ear to Me, O My  1nation; For a  blaw will go forth from Me, And I will  2set My  cjustice for a  dlight of the peoples.

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"My  arighteousness is near, My salvation has gone forth, And My  barms will judge the peoples; The  ccoastlands will wait for Me, And for My  darm they will wait expectantly.

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aLift up your eyes to the sky, Then look to the earth beneath; For the  bsky will vanish like smoke, And the  bearth will wear out like a garment And its inhabitants will die  1in like manner; But My  csalvation will be forever, And My righteousness will not  2wane.

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aListen to Me, you who know righteousness, A people in whose  bheart is My law; Do not fear the  creproach of man, Nor be dismayed at their revilings.

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"For the  amoth will eat them like a garment, And the  bgrub will eat them like wool. But My  crighteousness will be forever, And My salvation to all generations."

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 aAwake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; Awake as in the  bdays of old, the generations of long ago.  cWas it not You who cut Rahab in pieces, Who pierced the  ddragon?

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Was it not You who  adried up the sea, The waters of the great deep; Who made the depths of the sea a pathway For the  bredeemed to cross over?

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So the  aransomed of the LORD will return And come with joyful shouting to Zion, And  beverlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, And  csorrow and sighing will flee away.

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"I, even I, am He who  acomforts you. Who are you that you are afraid of  bman who dies And of the son of man who is made  clike grass,

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That you have  aforgotten the LORD your Maker, Who  bstretched out the heavens And laid the foundations of the earth, That you  cfear continually all day long because of the fury of the oppressor, As he makes ready to destroy? But where is the fury of the  doppressor?

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"The  1 aexile will soon be set free, and will not die in the dungeon,  bnor will his bread be lacking.

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"For I am the LORD your God, who  astirs up the sea and its waves roar (the LORD of hosts is His name).

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"I have  aput My words in your mouth and have  bcovered you with the shadow of My hand, to  1 cestablish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, `You are My people.' "

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 aRouse yourself! Rouse yourself! Arise, O Jerusalem, You who have  bdrunk from the LORD'S hand the cup of His anger; The  1chalice of reeling you have  2drained to the dregs.

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There is  anone to guide her among all the sons she has borne, Nor is there one to take her by the hand among all the sons she has reared.

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These two things have befallen you; Who will mourn for you? The  adevastation and destruction, famine and sword; How shall I comfort you?

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Your sons have fainted, They  alie helpless at the head of every street, Like an  bantelope in a net, Full of the wrath of the LORD, The  crebuke of your God.

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Therefore, please hear this, you  aafflicted, Who are  bdrunk, but not with wine:

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Thus says your Lord, the LORD, even your God Who  acontends for His people, "Behold, I have taken out of your hand the  bcup of reeling, The  1chalice of My anger; You will never drink it again.

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"I will  aput it into the hand of your tormentors, Who have said to  1you, ` bLie down that we may walk over you.' You have even made your back like the ground And like the street for those who walk over it."



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