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[1]HearkenH8085[H8798] to me, ye that follow afterH7291[H8802] righteousnessH6664, ye that seekH1245[H8764] the LORDH3068: lookH5027[H8685] unto the rockH6697 whence ye are hewnH2672[H8795], and to the holeH4718 of the pitH953 whence ye are diggedH5365.[H8795]
[2]LookH5027[H8685] unto AbrahamH85 your fatherH1, and unto SarahH8283 that bareH2342[H8787] you: for I calledH7121[H8804] him aloneH259, and blessedH1288[H8762] him, and increasedH7235 himH8686.
[3]For the LORDH3068 shall comfortH5162[H8765] ZionH6726: he will comfortH5162[H8765] all her waste placesH2723; and he will makeH7760[H8799] her wildernessH4057 like EdenH5731, and her desertH6160 like the gardenH1588 of the LORDH3068; joyH8342 and gladnessH8057 shall be foundH4672[H8735] therein, thanksgivingH8426, and the voiceH6963 of melodyH2172.
[4]HearkenH7181[H8685] unto me, my peopleH5971; and give earH238[H8685] unto me, O my nationH3816: for a lawH8451 shall proceedH3318[H8799] from me, and I will make my judgmentH4941 to restH7280[H8686] for a lightH216 of the peopleH5971.
[5]My righteousnessH6664 is nearH7138; my salvationH3468 is gone forthH3318[H8804], and mine armsH2220 shall judgeH8199[H8799] the peopleH5971; the islesH339 shall waitH6960[H8762] upon me, and on mine armH2220 shall they trustH3176.[H8762]
[6]Lift upH5375[H8798] your eyesH5869 to the heavensH8064, and lookH5027[H8685] upon the earthH776 beneath: for the heavensH8064 shall vanish awayH4414[H8738] like smokeH6227, and the earthH776 shall wax oldH1086[H8799] like a garmentH899, and they that dwellH3427[H8802] therein shall dieH4191[H8799] in likeH3644 mannerH3654: but my salvationH3444 shall be for everH5769, and my righteousnessH6666 shall not be abolishedH2865.[H8735]
[7]HearkenH8085[H8798] unto me, ye that knowH3045[H8802] righteousnessH6664, the peopleH5971 in whose heartH3820 is my lawH8451; fearH3372[H8799] ye not the reproachH2781 of menH582, neither be ye afraidH2865[H8735] of their revilingsH1421.
[8]For the mothH6211 shall eat them upH398[H8799] like a garmentH899, and the wormH5580 shall eatH398[H8799] them like woolH6785: but my righteousnessH6666 shall be for everH5769, and my salvationH3444 from generationH1755 to generationH1755.
[9]AwakeH5782[H8798], awakeH5782[H8798], put onH3847[H8798] strengthH5797, O armH2220 of the LORDH3068; awakeH5782[H8798], as in the ancientH6924 daysH3117, in the generationsH1755 of oldH5769. Art thou not it that hath cutH2672[H8688] RahabH7294, and woundedH2490[H8781] the dragonH8577?
[10]Art thou not it which hath driedH2717[H8688] the seaH3220, the watersH4325 of the greatH7227 deepH8415; that hath madeH7760[H8804] the depthsH4615 of the seaH3220 a wayH1870 for the ransomedH1350[H8803] to pass overH5674?[H8800]
[11]Therefore the redeemedH6299[H8803] of the LORDH3068 shall returnH7725[H8799], and comeH935[H8804] with singingH7440 unto ZionH6726; and everlastingH5769 joyH8057 shall be upon their headH7218: they shall obtainH5381[H8686] gladnessH8342 and joyH8057; and sorrowH3015 and mourningH585 shall flee awayH5127.[H8804]
[12]I, even I, am he that comfortethH5162[H8764] you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraidH3372[H8799] of a manH582 that shall dieH4191[H8799], and of the sonH1121 of manH120 which shall be madeH5414[H8735] as grassH2682;
[13]And forgettestH7911[H8799] the LORDH3068 thy makerH6213[H8802], that hath stretched forthH5186[H8802] the heavensH8064, and laid the foundationsH3245[H8801] of the earthH776; and hast fearedH6342[H8762] continuallyH8548 every dayH3117 becauseH6440 of the furyH2534 of the oppressorH6693[H8688], as ifH834 he were readyH3559[H8790] to destroyH7843[H8687]? and where is the furyH2534 of the oppressorH6693?[H8688]
[14]The captive exileH6808[H8802] hastenethH4116[H8765] that he may be loosedH6605[H8736], and that he should not dieH4191[H8799] in the pitH7845, nor that his breadH3899 should failH2637.[H8799]
[15]But I am the LORDH3068 thy GodH430, that dividedH7280[H8802] the seaH3220, whose wavesH1530 roaredH1993[H8799]: The LORDH3068 of hostsH6635 is his nameH8034.
[16]And I have putH7760[H8799] my wordsH1697 in thy mouthH6310, and I have coveredH3680[H8765] thee in the shadowH6738 of mine handH3027, that I may plantH5193[H8800] the heavensH8064, and lay the foundationsH3245[H8800] of the earthH776, and sayH559[H8800] unto ZionH6726, Thou art my peopleH5971.
[17]AwakeH5782[H8708], awakeH5782[H8708], stand upH6965[H8798], O JerusalemH3389, which hast drunkH8354[H8804] at the handH3027 of the LORDH3068 the cupH3563 of his furyH2534; thou hast drunkenH8354[H8804] the dregsH6907 of the cupH3563 of tremblingH8653, and wrung them outH4680.[H8804]
[18]There is none to guideH5095[H8764] her among all the sonsH1121 whom she hath brought forthH3205[H8804]; neither is there any that takethH2388[H8688] her by the handH3027 of all the sonsH1121 that she hath brought upH1431.[H8765]
[19]These twoH8147 things are comeH7122[H8802] unto thee; who shall be sorryH5110[H8799] for thee? desolationH7701, and destructionH7667, and the famineH7458, and the swordH2719: by whom shall I comfortH5162 theeH8762?
[20]Thy sonsH1121 have faintedH5968[H8795], they lieH7901[H8804] at the headH7218 of all the streetsH2351, as a wild bullH8377 in a netH4364: they are fullH4392 of the furyH2534 of the LORDH3068, the rebukeH1606 of thy GodH430.
[21]Therefore hearH8085[H8798] now this, thou afflictedH6041, and drunkenH7937[H8803], but not with wineH3196:
[22]Thus saithH559[H8804] thy LordH113 the LORDH3068, and thy GodH430 that pleadethH7378[H8799] the cause of his peopleH5971, Behold, I have taken outH3947[H8804] of thine handH3027 the cupH3563 of tremblingH8653, even the dregsH6907 of the cupH3563 of my furyH2534; thou shalt no moreH3254[H8686] drink it againH8354:[H8800]
[23]But I will putH7760[H8804] it into the handH3027 of them that afflictH3013[H8688] thee; which have saidH559[H8804] to thy soulH5315, Bow downH7812[H8798], that we may go overH5674[H8799]: and thou hast laidH7760[H8799] thy bodyH1460 as the groundH776, and as the streetH2351, to them that went overH5674.[H8802]
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