Isaiah 51:1-6

New American Standard Bible

Israel Exhorted

51 “^(A)Listen to Me, you who ^(B)pursue righteousness,
Who seek the Lord:
Look to the ^(C)rock from which you were cut,
And to the ^[a]quarry from which you were dug.
²Look to ^(D)Abraham your father
And to Sarah who gave birth to you in pain;
When he ^(E)was only one I called him,
Then I blessed him and multiplied him.”
³Indeed, ^(F)the Lord will comfort Zion;
He will comfort all her ^(G)ruins.
And He will make her ^(H)wilderness like ^(I)Eden,
And her desert like the ^(J)garden of the Lord.
^(K)Joy and gladness will be found in her,
Thanksgiving and the sound of a melody.

⁴“^(L)Pay attention to Me, My people,
And listen to Me, My ^[b]nation;
For a ^(M)law will go out from Me,
And I will bring My ^(N)justice as a ^(O)light of the peoples.
⁵My ^(P)righteousness is near, My salvation has gone forth,
And My ^(Q)arms will judge the peoples;
The ^(R)coastlands will wait for Me,
And they will wait expectantly for My ^(S)arm.
⁶^(T)Raise your eyes to the sky,
Then look to the earth beneath;
For the ^(U)sky will vanish like smoke,
And the ^(V)earth will wear out like a garment
And its inhabitants will die ^[c]in the same way.
But My ^(W)salvation will be forever,
And My righteousness will not fail.