Isaiah 30:18-22

English Standard Version

The Lord Will Be Gracious

¹⁸Therefore the Lord ^(A)waits to be gracious to you,
and therefore he ^(B)exalts himself to show mercy to you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
^(C)blessed are all those who wait for him.

¹⁹For a people shall dwell ^(D)in Zion, in Jerusalem; you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. As soon as he hears it, he answers you. ²⁰And though the Lord give you the ^(E)bread of adversity and the ^(F)water of affliction, ^(G)yet your Teacher will not hide himself anymore, but your eyes shall see your Teacher. ²¹^(H)And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is ^(I)the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left. ²²Then you will defile your carved idols overlaid with silver and your gold-plated metal images. ^(J)You will scatter them as unclean things. You will say to them, “Be gone!”