⁸ Thus says the Lord:
^(A)“In a ^(B)time of favor I have answered you;
    in a day of salvation I have helped you;
I will keep you ^(C)and give you
    as a covenant to the people,
to establish the land,
    ^(D)to apportion the desolate heritages,

⁶ “I am the Lord; ^(A)I have called you^[a] in righteousness;
    I will take you by the hand and keep you;
I will give you ^(B)as a covenant for the people,
    ^(C)a light for the nations,

^4 (A)They shall build up the ancient ruins;
    they shall raise up the former devastations;
they shall repair the ruined cities,
    the devastations of many generations.

^16 (A)And I have put my words in your mouth
    ^(B)and covered you in the shadow of my hand,
^(C)establishing^[a] the heavens
    and ^(D)laying the foundations of the earth,
    and saying to Zion, ‘You are my people.’”