Category: Isaiah

Israel Exhorted

1 “Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness,

Who seek the Lord:

Look to the rock from which you were hewn

And to the quarry from which you were dug.

2 Look to Abraham your father

And to Sarah who gave birth to you in pain;

Whenhe was butone I called him,

Then I blessed him and multiplied him.”

3 Indeed, the Lordwill comfort Zion;

He will comfort all her waste places.

And her wilderness He will make like Eden,

And her desert like the garden of the Lord;

Joy and gladness will be found in her,

Thanksgiving and sound of a melody.

4 “Pay attention to Me, O My people,

And give ear to Me, O My nation;

For a law will go forth from Me,

And I will set My justice for a light of the peoples.

5 My righteousness is near, My salvation has gone forth,

And My arms will judge the peoples;

The coastlands will wait for Me,

And for My arm they will wait expectantly.

6 Lift up your eyes to the sky,

Then look to the earth beneath;

For the sky will vanish like smoke,

And the earth will wear out like a garment

And its inhabitants will die in like manner;

But My salvation will be forever,

And My righteousness will not wane.

7 Listen to Me, you who know righteousness,

A people in whose heart is My law;

Do not fear the reproach of man,

Nor be dismayed at their revilings.

8 For the moth will eat them like a garment,

And the grub will eat them like wool.

But My righteousness will be forever,

And My salvation to all generations.”

9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord;

Awake as in the days of old, the generations of long ago.

Was it not You who cut Rahab in pieces,

Who pierced the dragon?

10 Was it not You who dried up the sea,

The waters of the great deep;

Who made the depths of the sea a pathway

For the redeemed to cross over?

11 So the ransomed of the Lordwill return

And come with joyful shouting to Zion,

And everlasting joywill beon their heads.

They will obtain gladness and joy,

And sorrow and sighing will flee away.

12 “I, even I, am He who comforts you.

Who are you that you are afraid of man who dies

And of the son of man who is made like grass,

13 That you have forgotten the Lordyour Maker,

Who stretched out the heavens

And laid the foundations of the earth,

That you fear continually all day long because of the fury of the oppressor,

As he makes ready to destroy?

But where is the fury of the oppressor?

14 The exile will soon be set free, and will not die in the dungeon, nor will his bread be lacking.

15 For I am the Lordyour God, who stirs up the sea and its waves roar (the Lordof hosts is His name).

16 I have put My words in your mouth and have covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’ ”

17 Rouse yourself! Rouse yourself! Arise, O Jerusalem,

You who have drunk from the Lord’shand the cup of His anger;

The chalice of reeling you have drained to the dregs.

18 There is none 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.

19 These two things have befallen you;

Who will mourn for you?

The devastation and destruction, famine and sword;

How shall I comfort you?

20 Your sons have fainted,

They liehelplessat the head of every street,

Like an antelope in a net,

Full of the wrath of the Lord,

The rebuke of your God.

21 Therefore, please hear this, you afflicted,

Who are drunk, but not with wine:

22 Thus says your Lord, the Lord, even your God

Who contends for His people,

“Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of reeling,

The chalice of My anger;

You will never drink it again.

23 I will put it into the hand of your tormentors,

Who have said to you, ‘Lie down that we may walk overyou.’

You have even made your back like the ground

And like the street for those who walk overit.”

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Cheer for Prostrate Zion

1 Awake, awake,

Clothe yourself in your strength, O Zion;

Clothe yourself in your beautiful garments,

O Jerusalem, the holy city;

For the uncircumcised and the unclean

Will no longer come into you.

2 Shake yourself from the dust, rise up,

O captive Jerusalem;

Loose yourself from the chains around your neck,

O captive daughter of Zion.

3 For thus says the Lord, “You were sold for nothing and you will be redeemed without money.”

4 For thus says the Lord God, “My people went down at the first into Egypt to reside there; then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

5 Now therefore, what do I have here,” declares the Lord, “seeing that My people have been taken away without cause?”Againthe Lorddeclares, “Those who rule over them howl, and My name is continually blasphemed all day long.

6 Therefore My people shall know My name; therefore in that day I am the one who is speaking, ‘Here I am.’ ”

7 How lovely on the mountains

Are the feet of him who brings good news,

Who announces peace

And brings good news of happiness,

Who announces salvation,

Andsays to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

8 Listen! Your watchmen lift uptheirvoices,

They shout joyfully together;

For they will see with their own eyes

When the Lordrestores Zion.

9 Break forth, shout joyfully together,

You waste places of Jerusalem;

For the Lordhas comforted His people,

He has redeemed Jerusalem.

10 The Lordhas bared His holy arm

In the sight of all the nations,

That all the ends of the earth may see

The salvation of our God.

11 Depart, depart, go out from there,

Touch nothing unclean;

Go out of the midst of her, purify yourselves,

You who carry the vessels of the Lord.

12 But you will not go out in haste,

Nor will you go as fugitives;

For the Lordwill go before you,

And the God of Israelwill beyour rear guard.

The Exalted Servant

13 Behold, My servant will prosper,

He will be high and lifted up and greatly exalted.

14 Just as many were astonished at you,My people,

So His appearance was marred more than any man

And His form more than the sons of men.

15 Thus He will sprinkle many nations,

Kings will shut their mouths on account of Him;

For what had not been told them they will see,

And what they had not heard they will understand.

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The Suffering Servant

1 Who has believed our message?

And to whom has the arm of the Lordbeen revealed?

2 For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot,

And like a root out of parched ground;

He has nostatelyform or majesty

That we should look upon Him,

Nor appearance that we shouldbe attracted to Him.

3 He was despised and forsaken of men,

A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;

And like one from whom men hide their face

He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

4 Surely ourgriefs He Himself bore,

And our sorrows He carried;

Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,

Smitten of God, and afflicted.

5 But He waspierced through for our transgressions,

He was crushed for our iniquities;

The chastening for our well-beingfellupon Him,

And by His scourging we are healed.

6 All of us like sheep have gone astray,

Each of us has turned to his own way;

But the Lordhas caused the iniquity of us all

To fall on Him.

7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted,

Yet He did not open His mouth;

Like a lamb that is led to slaughter,

And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers,

So He did not open His mouth.

8 By oppression and judgment He was taken away;

And as for His generation, who considered

That He was cut off out of the land of the living

For the transgression of my people, to whom the strokewas due?

9 His grave was assigned with wicked men,

Yet He was with a rich man in His death,

Because He had done no violence,

Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.

10 But the Lordwas pleased

To crush Him, puttingHimto grief;

If He would render Himselfasa guilt offering,

He will seeHisoffspring,

He will prolongHisdays,

And the good pleasure of the Lordwill prosper in His hand.

11 As a result of the anguish of His soul,

He will seeit andbe satisfied;

By His knowledge the Righteous One,

My Servant, will justify the many,

As He will bear their iniquities.

12 Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great,

And He will divide the booty with the strong;

Because He poured out Himself to death,

And was numbered with the transgressors;

Yet He Himself bore the sin of many,

And interceded for the transgressors.

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The Fertility of Zion

1 “Shout for joy, O barren one, you who have borne nochild;

Break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud, you who have not travailed;

For the sons of the desolate onewill bemore numerous

Than the sons of the married woman,” says the Lord.

2 “Enlarge the place of your tent;

Stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, spare not;

Lengthen your cords

And strengthen your pegs.

3 For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left.

And your descendants will possess nations

And will resettle the desolate cities.

4 “Fear not, for you will not be put to shame;

And do not feel humiliated, for you will not be disgraced;

But you will forget the shame of your youth,

And the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.

5 For your husband is your Maker,

Whose name is the Lordof hosts;

And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel,

Who is called the God of all the earth.

6 For the Lordhas called you,

Like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit,

Even like a wife ofone’syouth when she is rejected,”

Says your God.

7 “For a brief moment I forsook you,

But with great compassion I will gather you.

8 In an outburst of anger

I hid My face from you for a moment,

But with everlasting lovingkindness I will have compassion on you,”

Says the Lordyour Redeemer.

9 “For this is like the days of Noah to Me,

When I swore that the waters of Noah

Would not flood the earth again;

So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you

Nor will I rebuke you.

10 For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake,

But My lovingkindness will not be removed from you,

And My covenant of peace will not be shaken,”

Says the Lordwho has compassion on you.

11 “O afflicted one, storm-tossed,andnot comforted,

Behold, I will set your stones in antimony,

And your foundations I will lay in sapphires.

12 Moreover, I will make your battlements of rubies,

And your gates of crystal,

And your entire wall of precious stones.

13 All your sons will be taught of the Lord;

And the well-being of your sons will be great.

14 In righteousness you will be established;

You will be far from oppression, for you will not fear;

And from terror, for it will not come near you.

15 If anyone fiercely assailsyouit will not be from Me.

Whoever assails you will fall because of you.

16 Behold, I Myself have created the smith who blows the fire of coals

And brings out a weapon for its work;

And I have created the destroyer to ruin.

17 No weapon that is formed against you will prosper;

And every tongue that accuses you in judgment you will condemn.

This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,

And their vindication is from Me,” declares the Lord.

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The Free Offer of Mercy

1 “Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters;

And you who have no money come, buy and eat.

Come, buy wine and milk

Without money and without cost.

2 Why do you spend money for what is not bread,

And your wages for what does not satisfy?

Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,

And delight yourself in abundance.

3 Incline your ear and come to Me.

Listen, that you may live;

And I will make an everlasting covenant with you,

According tothe faithful mercies shown to David.

4 Behold, I have made him a witness to the peoples,

A leader and commander for the peoples.

5 Behold, you will call a nation you do not know,

And a nation which knows you not will run to you,

Because of the Lordyour God, even the Holy One of Israel;

For He has glorified you.”

6 Seek the Lordwhile He may be found;

Call upon Him while He is near.

7 Let the wicked forsake his way

And the unrighteous man his thoughts;

And let him return to the Lord,

And He will have compassion on him,

And to our God,

For He will abundantly pardon.

8 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts,

Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord.

9 “Forasthe heavens are higher than the earth,

So are My ways higher than your ways

And My thoughts than your thoughts.

10 For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven,

And do not return there without watering the earth

And making it bear and sprout,

And furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater;

11 So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth;

It will not return to Me empty,

Without accomplishing what I desire,

And without succeedingin the matterfor which I sent it.

12 For you will go out with joy

And be led forth with peace;

The mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you,

And all the trees of the field will claptheirhands.

13 Instead of the thorn bush the cypress will come up,

And instead of the nettle the myrtle will come up,

And it will be a memorial to the Lord,

For an everlasting sign which will not be cut off.”

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Rewards for Obedience to God

1 Thus says the Lord,

“Preserve justice and do righteousness,

For My salvation is about to come

And My righteousness to be revealed.

2 How blessed is the man who does this,

And the son of man who takes hold of it;

Who keeps from profaning the sabbath,

And keeps his hand from doing any evil.”

3 Let not the foreigner who has joined himself to the Lordsay,

“The Lordwill surely separate me from His people.”

Nor let the eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.”

4 For thus says the Lord,

“To the eunuchs who keep My sabbaths,

And choose what pleases Me,

And hold fast My covenant,

5 To them I will give in My house and within My walls a memorial,

And a name better than that of sons and daughters;

I will give them an everlasting name which will not be cut off.

6 “Also the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord,

To minister to Him, and to love the name of the Lord,

To be His servants, every one who keeps from profaning the sabbath

And holds fast My covenant;

7 Even those I will bring to My holy mountain

And make them joyful in My house of prayer.

Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar;

For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”

8 The Lord God, who gathers the dispersed of Israel, declares,

“YetothersI will gather to them, to thosealreadygathered.”

9 All you beasts of the field,

All you beasts in the forest,

Come to eat.

10 His watchmen are blind,

All of them know nothing.

All of them are mute dogs unable to bark,

Dreamers lying down, who love to slumber;

11 And the dogs are greedy, they are not satisfied.

And they are shepherds who have no understanding;

They have all turned to their own way,

Each one to his unjust gain, to the last one.

12 “Come,”they say,“let us get wine, and let us drink heavily of strong drink;

And tomorrow will be like today, only more so.”

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Evil Leaders Rebuked

1 The righteous man perishes, and no man takes it to heart;

And devout men are taken away, while no one understands.

For the righteous man is taken away from evil,

2 He enters into peace;

They rest in their beds,

Each onewho walked in his upright way.

3 “But come here, you sons of a sorceress,

Offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute.

4 Against whom do you jest?

Against whom do you open wide your mouth

And stick out your tongue?

Are you not children of rebellion,

Offspring of deceit,

5 Whoinflame yourselves among the oaks,

Under every luxuriant tree,

Who slaughter the children in the ravines,

Under the clefts of the crags?

6 Among the smoothstonesof the ravine

Is your portion, they are your lot;

Even to them you have poured out a drink offering,

You have made a grain offering.

Shall I relent concerning these things?

7 Upon a high and lofty mountain

You have made your bed.

You also went up there to offer sacrifice.

8 Behind the door and the doorpost

You have set up your sign;

Indeed, far removed from Me, you have uncovered yourself,

And have gone up and made your bed wide.

And you have made an agreement for yourself with them,

You have loved their bed,

You have looked ontheirmanhood.

9 You have journeyed to the king with oil

And increased your perfumes;

You have sent your envoys a great distance

And madethemgo down to Sheol.

10 You were tired out by the length of your road,

Yetyou did not say, ‘It is hopeless.’

You found renewed strength,

Therefore you did not faint.

11 “Of whom were you worried and fearful

When you lied, and did not remember Me

Nor giveMea thought?

Was I not silent even for a long time

So you do not fear Me?

12 I will declare your righteousness and your deeds,

But they will not profit you.

13 When you cry out, let your collectionof idolsdeliver you.

But the wind will carry all of them up,

Anda breath will takethem away.

But he who takes refuge in Me will inherit the land

And will possess My holy mountain.”

14 And it will be said,

“Build up, build up, prepare the way,

Removeeveryobstacle out of the way of My people.”

15 For thus says the high and exalted One

Who lives forever, whose name is Holy,

“I dwellona high and holy place,

Andalsowith the contrite and lowly of spirit

In order to revive the spirit of the lowly

And to revive the heart of the contrite.

16 For I will not contend forever,

Nor will I always be angry;

For the spirit would grow faint before Me,

And the breathof those whomI have made.

17 Because of the iniquity of his unjust gain I was angry and struck him;

I hidMy faceand was angry,

And he went on turning away, in the way of his heart.

18 I have seen his ways, but I will heal him;

I will lead him and restore comfort to him and to his mourners,

19 Creating the praise of the lips.

Peace, peace to him who is far and to him who is near,”

Says the Lord, “and I will heal him.”

20 But the wicked are like the tossing sea,

For it cannot be quiet,

And its waters toss up refuse and mud.

21 “There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”

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Observances of Fasts

1 “Cry loudly, do not hold back;

Raise your voice like a trumpet,

And declare to My people their transgression

And to the house of Jacob their sins.

2 Yet they seek Me day by day and delight to know My ways,

As a nation that has done righteousness

And has not forsaken the ordinance of their God.

They ask Meforjust decisions,

They delight in the nearness of God.

3 ‘Why have we fasted and You do not see?

Whyhave we humbled ourselves and You do not notice?’

Behold, on the day of your fast you findyourdesire,

And drive hard all your workers.

4 Behold, you fast for contention and strife and to strike with a wicked fist.

You do not fast likeyou dotoday to make your voice heard on high.

5 Is it a fast like this which I choose, a day for a man to humble himself?

Is it for bowing one’s head like a reed

And for spreading out sackcloth and ashes as a bed?

Will you call this a fast, even an acceptable day to the Lord?

6 Is this not the fast which I choose,

To loosen the bonds of wickedness,

To undo the bands of the yoke,

And to let the oppressed go free

And break every yoke?

7 Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry

And bring the homeless poor into the house;

When you see the naked, to cover him;

And not to hide yourself from your own flesh?

8 Then your light will break out like the dawn,

And your recovery will speedily spring forth;

And your righteousness will go before you;

The glory of the Lordwill be your rear guard.

9 Then you will call, and the Lordwill answer;

You will cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’

If you remove the yoke from your midst,

The pointing of the finger and speaking wickedness,

10 And if you give yourself to the hungry

And satisfy the desire of the afflicted,

Then your light will rise in darkness

And your gloomwill becomelike midday.

11 And the Lordwill continually guide you,

And satisfy your desire in scorched places,

And give strength to your bones;

And you will be like a watered garden,

And like a spring of water whose waters do not fail.

12 Those from among you will rebuild the ancient ruins;

You will raise up the age-old foundations;

And you will be called the repairer of the breach,

The restorer of the streets in which to dwell.

Keeping the Sabbath

13 “If because of the sabbath, you turn your foot

From doing yourownpleasure on My holy day,

And call the sabbath a delight, the holydayof the Lordhonorable,

And honor it, desisting from yourownways,

From seeking yourownpleasure

And speakingyour ownword,

14 Then you will take delight in the Lord,

And I will make you ride on the heights of the earth;

And I will feed youwiththe heritage of Jacob your father,

For the mouth of the Lordhas spoken.”

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Separation from God

1 Behold, the Lord’shand is not so short

That it cannot save;

Nor is His ear so dull

That it cannot hear.

2 But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God,

And your sins have hiddenHisface from you so that He does not hear.

3 For your hands are defiled with blood

And your fingers with iniquity;

Your lips have spoken falsehood,

Your tongue mutters wickedness.

4 No one sues righteously and no one pleads honestly.

They trust in confusion and speak lies;

They conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity.

5 They hatch adders’ eggs and weave the spider’s web;

He who eats of their eggs dies,

Andfromthat which is crushed a snake breaks forth.

6 Their webs will not become clothing,

Nor will they cover themselves with their works;

Their works are works of iniquity,

And an act of violence is in their hands.

7 Their feet run to evil,

And they hasten to shed innocent blood;

Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity,

Devastation and destruction are in their highways.

8 They do not know the way of peace,

And there is no justice in their tracks;

They have made their paths crooked,

Whoever treads on them does not know peace.

A Confession of Wickedness

9 Therefore justice is far from us,

And righteousness does not overtake us;

We hope for light, but behold, darkness,

For brightness, but we walk in gloom.

10 We grope along the wall like blind men,

We grope like those who have no eyes;

We stumble at midday as in the twilight,

Among those who are vigorouswe arelike dead men.

11 All of us growl like bears,

And moan sadly like doves;

We hope for justice, but there is none,

For salvation,butit is far from us.

12 For our transgressions are multiplied before You,

And our sins testify against us;

For our transgressions are with us,

And we know our iniquities:

13 Transgressing and denying the Lord,

And turning away from our God,

Speaking oppression and revolt,

Conceivinginand uttering from the heart lying words.

14 Justice is turned back,

And righteousness stands far away;

For truth has stumbled in the street,

And uprightness cannot enter.

15 Yes, truth is lacking;

And he who turns aside from evil makes himself a prey.

Now the Lordsaw,

And it was displeasing in His sight that there was no justice.

16 And He saw that there was no man,

And was astonished that there was no one to intercede;

Then His own arm brought salvation to Him,

And His righteousness upheld Him.

17 He put on righteousness like a breastplate,

And a helmet of salvation on His head;

And He put on garments of vengeance for clothing

And wrapped Himself with zeal as a mantle.

18 According totheirdeeds, so He will repay,

Wrath to His adversaries, recompense to His enemies;

To the coastlands He will make recompense.

19 So they will fear the name of the Lordfrom the west

And His glory from the rising of the sun,

For He will come like a rushing stream

Which the wind of the Lorddrives.

20 “A Redeemer will come to Zion,

And to those who turn from transgression in Jacob,” declares the Lord.

21 “As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the Lord: “My Spirit which is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your offspring, nor from the mouth of your offspring’s offspring,” says the Lord, “from now and forever.”

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A Glorified Zion

1 “Arise, shine; for your light has come,

And the glory of the Lordhas risen upon you.

2 For behold, darkness will cover the earth

And deep darkness the peoples;

But the Lordwill rise upon you

And His glory will appear upon you.

3 Nations will come to your light,

And kings to the brightness of your rising.

4 “Lift up your eyes round about and see;

They all gather together, they come to you.

Your sons will come from afar,

And your daughters will be carried in the arms.

5 Then you will see and be radiant,

And your heart will thrill and rejoice;

Because the abundance of the sea will be turned to you,

The wealth of the nations will come to you.

6 A multitude of camels will cover you,

The young camels of Midian and Ephah;

All those from Sheba will come;

They will bring gold and frankincense,

And will bear good news of the praises of the Lord.

7 All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered together to you,

The rams of Nebaioth will minister to you;

They will go up with acceptance on My altar,

And I shall glorify My glorious house.

8 Who are these who fly like a cloud

And like the doves to their lattices?

9 Surely the coastlands will wait for Me;

And the ships of Tarshishwill comefirst,

To bring your sons from afar,

Their silver and their gold with them,

For the name of the Lordyour God,

And for the Holy One of Israel because He has glorified you.

10 “Foreigners will build up your walls,

And their kings will minister to you;

For in My wrath I struck you,

And in My favor I have had compassion on you.

11 Your gates will be open continually;

They will not be closed day or night,

So thatmenmay bring to you the wealth of the nations,

With their kings led in procession.

12 For the nation and the kingdom which will not serve you will perish,

And the nations will be utterly ruined.

13 The glory of Lebanon will come to you,

The juniper, the box tree and the cypress together,

To beautify the place of My sanctuary;

And I shall make the place of My feet glorious.

14 The sons of those who afflicted you will come bowing to you,

And all those who despised you will bow themselves at the soles of your feet;

And they will call you the city of the Lord,

The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

15 “Whereas you have been forsaken and hated

With no one passing through,

I will make you an everlasting pride,

A joy from generation to generation.

16 You will also suck the milk of nations

And suck the breast of kings;

Then you will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior

And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

17 Instead of bronze I will bring gold,

And instead of iron I will bring silver,

And instead of wood, bronze,

And instead of stones, iron.

And I will make peace your administrators

And righteousness your overseers.

18 Violence will not be heard again in your land,

Nor devastation or destruction within your borders;

But you will call your walls salvation, and your gates praise.

19 No longer will you have the sun for light by day,

Nor for brightness will the moon give you light;

But you will have the Lordfor an everlasting light,

And your God for your glory.

20 Your sun will no longer set,

Nor will your moon wane;

For you will have the Lordfor an everlasting light,

And the days of your mourning will be over.

21 Then all your peoplewill berighteous;

They will possess the land forever,

The branch of My planting,

The work of My hands,

That I may be glorified.

22 The smallest one will become a clan,

And the least one a mighty nation.

I, the Lord, will hasten it in its time.”

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