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10 Was it not you who dried up the sea,
    the waters of the great deep,
and who made a road through the depths of the sea
    for the redeemed to cross over?
11 Then those ransomed by the Lord will return.
They will enter Zion with a joyful shout,
and everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Happiness and joy will overtake them.
Sorrow and sighing will flee away.

12 I, even I, am the one who comforts you.
Who are you, Zion,[a] that you fear humans, who die,
or a child of Adam, who passes away like grass?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 51:12 The pronouns are feminine, addressing Zion as a woman.