Hearken to me, ye that follow after
righteousness
, ye that seek
the LORD
: look
unto the rock
whence ye are hewn
, and to the hole
of the pit
whence ye are digged
.
Look unto Abraham
your father
, and unto Sarah
that bare
you: for I called
him alone
, and blessed
him, and increased
him.
For the LORD shall comfort
Zion
: he will comfort
all her waste places
; and he will make
her wilderness
like Eden
, and her desert
like the garden
of the LORD
; joy
and gladness
shall be found
therein, thanksgiving
, and the voice
of melody
.
Hearken unto me, my people
; and give ear
unto me, O my nation
: for a law
shall proceed
from me, and I will make my judgment
to rest
for a light
of the people
.
My righteousness is near
; my salvation
is gone forth
, and mine arms
shall judge
the people
; the isles
shall wait
upon me, and on mine arm
shall they trust
.
Lift up your eyes
to the heavens
, and look
upon the earth
beneath: for the heavens
shall vanish away
like smoke
, and the earth
shall wax old
like a garment
, and they that dwell
therein shall die
in like
manner
: but my salvation
shall be for ever
, and my righteousness
shall not be abolished
.
Hearken unto me, ye that know
righteousness
, the people
in whose heart
is my law
; fear
ye not the reproach
of men
, neither be ye afraid
of their revilings
.
For the moth shall eat them up
like a garment
, and the worm
shall eat
them like wool
: but my righteousness
shall be for ever
, and my salvation
from generation
to generation
.
Awake, awake
, put on
strength
, O arm
of the LORD
; awake
, as in the ancient
days
, in the generations
of old
. Art thou not it that hath cut
Rahab
, and wounded
the dragon
?
Art thou not it which hath dried the sea
, the waters
of the great
deep
; that hath made
the depths
of the sea
a way
for the ransomed
to pass over
?
Therefore the redeemed of the LORD
shall return
, and come
with singing
unto Zion
; and everlasting
joy
shall be upon their head
: they shall obtain
gladness
and joy
; and sorrow
and mourning
shall flee away
.
I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid
of a man
that shall die
, and of the son
of man
which shall be made
as grass
;
And forgettest the LORD
thy maker
, that hath stretched forth
the heavens
, and laid the foundations
of the earth
; and hast feared
continually
every day
because
of the fury
of the oppressor
, as if
he were ready
to destroy
? and where is the fury
of the oppressor
?
The captive exile hasteneth
that he may be loosed
, and that he should not die
in the pit
, nor that his bread
should fail
.
But I am the LORD thy God
, that divided
the sea
, whose waves
roared
: The LORD
of hosts
is his name
.
And I have put my words
in thy mouth
, and I have covered
thee in the shadow
of mine hand
, that I may plant
the heavens
, and lay the foundations
of the earth
, and say
unto Zion
, Thou art my people
.
Awake, awake
, stand up
, O Jerusalem
, which hast drunk
at the hand
of the LORD
the cup
of his fury
; thou hast drunken
the dregs
of the cup
of trembling
, and wrung them out
.
There is none to guide her among all the sons
whom she hath brought forth
; neither is there any that taketh
her by the hand
of all the sons
that she hath brought up
.
These two things are come
unto thee; who shall be sorry
for thee? desolation
, and destruction
, and the famine
, and the sword
: by whom shall I comfort
thee?
Thy sons have fainted
, they lie
at the head
of all the streets
, as a wild bull
in a net
: they are full
of the fury
of the LORD
, the rebuke
of thy God
.
Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted
, and drunken
, but not with wine
:
Thus saith thy Lord
the LORD
, and thy God
that pleadeth
the cause of his people
, Behold, I have taken out
of thine hand
the cup
of trembling
, even the dregs
of the cup
of my fury
; thou shalt no more
drink it again
:
But I will put it into the hand
of them that afflict
thee; which have said
to thy soul
, Bow down
, that we may go over
: and thou hast laid
thy body
as the ground
, and as the street
, to them that went over
.