Isaiah 50-65

New International Version

“Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce^(A)
    with which I sent her away?
Or to which of my creditors
    did I sell^(B) you?
Because of your sins^(C) you were sold;^(D)
    because of your transgressions your mother was sent away.
² When I came, why was there no one?
    When I called, why was there no one to answer?^(E)
Was my arm too short^(F) to deliver you?
    Do I lack the strength^(G) to rescue you?
By a mere rebuke^(H) I dry up the sea,^(I)
    I turn rivers into a desert;^(J)
their fish rot for lack of water
    and die of thirst.
³ I clothe the heavens with darkness^(K)
    and make sackcloth^(L) its covering.”

⁴ The Sovereign Lord^(M) has given me a well-instructed tongue,^(N)
    to know the word that sustains the weary.^(O)
He wakens me morning by morning,^(P)
    wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.^(Q)
5 The Sovereign Lord^(R) has opened my ears;^(S)
    I have not been rebellious,^(T)
    I have not turned away.
⁶ I offered my back to those who beat^(U) me,
    my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard;^(V)
I did not hide my face
    from mocking and spitting.^(W)
7 Because the Sovereign Lord^(X) helps^(Y) me,
    I will not be disgraced.
Therefore have I set my face like flint,^(Z)
    and I know I will not be put to shame.^(AA)
8 He who vindicates^(AB) me is near.^(AC)
    Who then will bring charges against me?^(AD)
    Let us face each other!^(AE)
Who is my accuser?
    Let him confront me!
⁹ It is the Sovereign Lord^(AF) who helps^(AG) me.
    Who will condemn^(AH) me?
They will all wear out like a garment;
    the moths^(AI) will eat them up.

¹⁰ Who among you fears^(AJ) the Lord
    and obeys^(AK) the word of his servant?^(AL)
Let the one who walks in the dark,
    who has no light,^(AM)
trust^(AN) in the name of the Lord
    and rely on their God.
¹¹ But now, all you who light fires
    and provide yourselves with flaming torches,^(AO)
go, walk in the light of your fires^(AP)
    and of the torches you have set ablaze.
This is what you shall receive from my hand:^(AQ)
    You will lie down in torment.^(AR)

⁴ “Listen to me, my people;^(BF)
    hear me,^(BG) my nation:
Instruction^(BH) will go out from me;
    my justice^(BI) will become a light to the nations.^(BJ)
5 My righteousness draws near speedily,
    my salvation^(BK) is on the way,^(BL)
    and my arm^(BM) will bring justice to the nations.
The islands^(BN) will look to me
    and wait in hope^(BO) for my arm.
⁶ Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
    look at the earth beneath;
the heavens will vanish like smoke,^(BP)
    the earth will wear out like a garment^(BQ)
    and its inhabitants die like flies.
But my salvation^(BR) will last forever,^(BS)
    my righteousness will never fail.^(BT)

⁷ “Hear me, you who know what is right,^(BU)
    you people who have taken my instruction to heart:^(BV)
Do not fear the reproach of mere mortals
    or be terrified by their insults.^(BW)
8 For the moth will eat them up like a garment;^(BX)
    the worm^(BY) will devour them like wool.
But my righteousness will last forever,^(BZ)
    my salvation through all generations.”

⁹ Awake, awake,^(CA) arm^(CB) of the Lord,
    clothe yourself with strength!^(CC)
Awake, as in days gone by,
    as in generations of old.^(CD)
Was it not you who cut Rahab^(CE) to pieces,
    who pierced that monster^(CF) through?
¹⁰ Was it not you who dried up the sea,^(CG)
    the waters of the great deep,^(CH)
who made a road in the depths of the sea^(CI)
    so that the redeemed^(CJ) might cross over?
¹¹ Those the Lord has rescued^(CK) will return.
    They will enter Zion with singing;^(CL)
    everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy^(CM) will overtake them,
    and sorrow and sighing will flee away.^(CN)

¹² “I, even I, am he who comforts^(CO) you.
    Who are you that you fear^(CP) mere mortals,^(CQ)
    human beings who are but grass,^(CR)
13 that you forget^(CS) the Lord your Maker,^(CT)
    who stretches out the heavens^(CU)
    and who lays the foundations of the earth,
that you live in constant terror^(CV) every day
    because of the wrath of the oppressor,
    who is bent on destruction?
For where is the wrath of the oppressor?^(CW)
14     The cowering prisoners will soon be set free;^(CX)
they will not die in their dungeon,
    nor will they lack bread.^(CY)
15 For I am the Lord your God,
    who stirs up the sea^(CZ) so that its waves roar^(DA)—
    the Lord Almighty^(DB) is his name.
¹⁶ I have put my words in your mouth^(DC)
    and covered you with the shadow of my hand^(DD)—
I who set the heavens in place,
    who laid the foundations of the earth,^(DE)
    and who say to Zion, ‘You are my people.^(DF)’”

²¹ Therefore hear this, you afflicted^(DX) one,
    made drunk,^(DY) but not with wine.
²² This is what your Sovereign Lord says,
    your God, who defends^(DZ) his people:
“See, I have taken out of your hand
    the cup^(EA) that made you stagger;
from that cup, the goblet of my wrath,
    you will never drink again.
²³ I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,^(EB)
    who said to you,
    ‘Fall prostrate^(EC) that we may walk^(ED) on you.’
And you made your back like the ground,
    like a street to be walked on.”^(EE)

52 Awake, awake,^(EF) Zion,
    clothe yourself with strength!^(EG)
Put on your garments of splendor,^(EH)
    Jerusalem, the holy city.^(EI)
The uncircumcised^(EJ) and defiled^(EK)
    will not enter you again.^(EL)
2 Shake off your dust;^(EM)
    rise up,^(EN) sit enthroned, Jerusalem.
Free yourself from the chains on your neck,^(EO)
    Daughter Zion,^(EP) now a captive.

“You were sold for nothing,^(EQ)
    and without money^(ER) you will be redeemed.^(ES)”

“At first my people went down to Egypt^(ET) to live;
    lately, Assyria^(EU) has oppressed them.

“For my people have been taken away for nothing,
    and those who rule them mock,^[b]”
declares the Lord.
“And all day long
    my name is constantly blasphemed.^(EV)
6 Therefore my people will know^(EW) my name;^(EX)
    therefore in that day^(EY) they will know
that it is I who foretold^(EZ) it.
    Yes, it is I.”

⁷ How beautiful on the mountains^(FA)
    are the feet of those who bring good news,^(FB)
who proclaim peace,^(FC)
    who bring good tidings,
    who proclaim salvation,
who say to Zion,
    “Your God reigns!”^(FD)
8 Listen! Your watchmen^(FE) lift up their voices;^(FF)
    together they shout for joy.^(FG)
When the Lord returns^(FH) to Zion,^(FI)
    they will see it with their own eyes.
⁹ Burst into songs of joy^(FJ) together,
    you ruins^(FK) of Jerusalem,
for the Lord has comforted^(FL) his people,
    he has redeemed Jerusalem.^(FM)
10 The Lord will lay bare his holy arm^(FN)
    in the sight of all the nations,^(FO)
and all the ends of the earth^(FP) will see
    the salvation^(FQ) of our God.

¹¹ Depart,^(FR) depart, go out from there!
    Touch no unclean thing!^(FS)
Come out from it and be pure,^(FT)
    you who carry the articles^(FU) of the Lord’s house.
¹² But you will not leave in haste^(FV)
    or go in flight;
for the Lord will go before you,^(FW)
    the God of Israel will be your rear guard.^(FX)

53 Who has believed our message^(GH)
    and to whom has the arm^(GI) of the Lord been revealed?^(GJ)
2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,^(GK)
    and like a root^(GL) out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
    nothing in his appearance^(GM) that we should desire him.
³ He was despised and rejected by mankind,
    a man of suffering,^(GN) and familiar with pain.^(GO)
Like one from whom people hide^(GP) their faces
    he was despised,^(GQ) and we held him in low esteem.

⁴ Surely he took up our pain
    and bore our suffering,^(GR)
yet we considered him punished by God,^(GS)
    stricken by him, and afflicted.^(GT)
5 But he was pierced^(GU) for our transgressions,^(GV)
    he was crushed^(GW) for our iniquities;
the punishment^(GX) that brought us peace^(GY) was on him,
    and by his wounds^(GZ) we are healed.^(HA)
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray,^(HB)
    each of us has turned to our own way;^(HC)
and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity^(HD) of us all.

⁷ He was oppressed^(HE) and afflicted,
    yet he did not open his mouth;^(HF)
he was led like a lamb^(HG) to the slaughter,^(HH)
    and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
    so he did not open his mouth.
⁸ By oppression^[f] and judgment^(HI) he was taken away.
    Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;^(HJ)
    for the transgression^(HK) of my people he was punished.^[g]
9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked,^(HL)
    and with the rich^(HM) in his death,
though he had done no violence,^(HN)
    nor was any deceit in his mouth.^(HO)

¹⁰ Yet it was the Lord’s will^(HP) to crush^(HQ) him and cause him to suffer,^(HR)
    and though the Lord makes^[h] his life an offering for sin,^(HS)
he will see his offspring^(HT) and prolong his days,
    and the will of the Lord will prosper^(HU) in his hand.
¹¹ After he has suffered,^(HV)
    he will see the light^(HW) of life^[i] and be satisfied^[j];
by his knowledge^[k] my righteous servant^(HX) will justify^(HY) many,
    and he will bear their iniquities.^(HZ)
12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,^[l](IA)
    and he will divide the spoils^(IB) with the strong,^[m]
because he poured out his life unto death,^(IC)
    and was numbered with the transgressors.^(ID)
For he bore^(IE) the sin of many,^(IF)
    and made intercession^(IG) for the transgressors.

⁴ “Do not be afraid;^(IS) you will not be put to shame.^(IT)
    Do not fear disgrace;^(IU) you will not be humiliated.
You will forget the shame of your youth^(IV)
    and remember no more the reproach^(IW) of your widowhood.^(IX)
5 For your Maker^(IY) is your husband^(IZ)—
    the Lord Almighty is his name—
the Holy One^(JA) of Israel is your Redeemer;^(JB)
    he is called the God of all the earth.^(JC)
6 The Lord will call you back^(JD)
    as if you were a wife deserted^(JE) and distressed in spirit—
a wife who married young,^(JF)
    only to be rejected,” says your God.
⁷ “For a brief moment^(JG) I abandoned^(JH) you,
    but with deep compassion^(JI) I will bring you back.^(JJ)
8 In a surge of anger^(JK)
    I hid^(JL) my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness^(JM)
    I will have compassion^(JN) on you,”
    says the Lord your Redeemer.^(JO)

⁹ “To me this is like the days of Noah,
    when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.^(JP)
So now I have sworn^(JQ) not to be angry^(JR) with you,
    never to rebuke^(JS) you again.
¹⁰ Though the mountains be shaken^(JT)
    and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love^(JU) for you will not be shaken^(JV)
    nor my covenant^(JW) of peace^(JX) be removed,”
    says the Lord, who has compassion^(JY) on you.

¹¹ “Afflicted^(JZ) city, lashed by storms^(KA) and not comforted,^(KB)
    I will rebuild you with stones of turquoise,^[n](KC)
    your foundations^(KD) with lapis lazuli.^(KE)
12 I will make your battlements of rubies,
    your gates^(KF) of sparkling jewels,
    and all your walls of precious stones.
¹³ All your children will be taught by the Lord,^(KG)
    and great will be their peace.^(KH)
14 In righteousness^(KI) you will be established:^(KJ)
Tyranny^(KK) will be far from you;
    you will have nothing to fear.^(KL)
Terror^(KM) will be far removed;
    it will not come near you.
¹⁵ If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing;
    whoever attacks you will surrender^(KN) to you.

¹⁶ “See, it is I who created the blacksmith^(KO)
    who fans the coals into flame
    and forges a weapon^(KP) fit for its work.
And it is I who have created the destroyer^(KQ) to wreak havoc;
¹⁷     no weapon forged against you will prevail,^(KR)
    and you will refute^(KS) every tongue that accuses you.
This is the heritage of the servants^(KT) of the Lord,
    and this is their vindication^(KU) from me,”
declares the Lord.

⁶ Seek^(LO) the Lord while he may be found;^(LP)
    call^(LQ) on him while he is near.
⁷ Let the wicked forsake^(LR) their ways
    and the unrighteous their thoughts.^(LS)
Let them turn^(LT) to the Lord, and he will have mercy^(LU) on them,
    and to our God, for he will freely pardon.^(LV)

⁸ “For my thoughts^(LW) are not your thoughts,
    neither are your ways my ways,”^(LX)
declares the Lord.
⁹ “As the heavens are higher than the earth,^(LY)
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.^(LZ)
10 As the rain^(MA) and the snow
    come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
    without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,^(MB)
    so that it yields seed^(MC) for the sower and bread for the eater,^(MD)
11 so is my word^(ME) that goes out from my mouth:
    It will not return to me empty,^(MF)
but will accomplish what I desire
    and achieve the purpose^(MG) for which I sent it.
¹² You will go out in joy^(MH)
    and be led forth in peace;^(MI)
the mountains and hills
    will burst into song^(MJ) before you,
and all the trees^(MK) of the field
    will clap their hands.^(ML)
13 Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper,
    and instead of briers^(MM) the myrtle^(MN) will grow.
This will be for the Lord’s renown,^(MO)
    for an everlasting sign,
    that will endure forever.”

“Maintain justice^(MP)
    and do what is right,^(MQ)
for my salvation^(MR) is close at hand
    and my righteousness^(MS) will soon be revealed.
² Blessed^(MT) is the one who does this—
    the person who holds it fast,
who keeps the Sabbath^(MU) without desecrating it,
    and keeps their hands from doing any evil.”

³ Let no foreigner^(MV) who is bound to the Lord say,
    “The Lord will surely exclude me from his people.”^(MW)
And let no eunuch^(MX) complain,
    “I am only a dry tree.”

“To the eunuchs^(MY) who keep my Sabbaths,
    who choose what pleases me
    and hold fast to my covenant^(MZ)—
⁵ to them I will give within my temple and its walls^(NA)
    a memorial^(NB) and a name
    better than sons and daughters;
I will give them an everlasting name^(NC)
    that will endure forever.^(ND)
6 And foreigners^(NE) who bind themselves to the Lord
    to minister^(NF) to him,
to love the name^(NG) of the Lord,
    and to be his servants,
all who keep the Sabbath^(NH) without desecrating it
    and who hold fast to my covenant—
⁷ these I will bring to my holy mountain^(NI)
    and give them joy in my house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices^(NJ)
    will be accepted on my altar;
for my house will be called
    a house of prayer for all nations.^(NK)”^(NL)
8 The Sovereign Lord declares—
    he who gathers the exiles of Israel:
“I will gather^(NM) still others to them
    besides those already gathered.”

57 The righteous perish,^(NX)
    and no one takes it to heart;^(NY)
the devout are taken away,
    and no one understands
that the righteous are taken away
    to be spared from evil.^(NZ)
2 Those who walk uprightly^(OA)
    enter into peace;
    they find rest^(OB) as they lie in death.

³ “But you—come here, you children of a sorceress,^(OC)
    you offspring of adulterers^(OD) and prostitutes!^(OE)
4 Who are you mocking?
    At whom do you sneer
    and stick out your tongue?
Are you not a brood of rebels,^(OF)
    the offspring of liars?
⁵ You burn with lust among the oaks^(OG)
    and under every spreading tree;^(OH)
you sacrifice your children^(OI) in the ravines
    and under the overhanging crags.
⁶ The idols^(OJ) among the smooth stones of the ravines are your portion;
    indeed, they are your lot.
Yes, to them you have poured out drink offerings^(OK)
    and offered grain offerings.
    In view of all this, should I relent?^(OL)
7 You have made your bed on a high and lofty hill;^(OM)
    there you went up to offer your sacrifices.^(ON)
8 Behind your doors and your doorposts
    you have put your pagan symbols.
Forsaking me, you uncovered your bed,
    you climbed into it and opened it wide;
you made a pact with those whose beds you love,^(OO)
    and you looked with lust on their naked bodies.^(OP)
9 You went to Molek^[o](OQ) with olive oil
    and increased your perfumes.^(OR)
You sent your ambassadors^[p](OS) far away;
    you descended to the very realm of the dead!^(OT)
10 You wearied^(OU) yourself by such going about,
    but you would not say, ‘It is hopeless.’^(OV)
You found renewal of your strength,^(OW)
    and so you did not faint.

¹¹ “Whom have you so dreaded and feared^(OX)
    that you have not been true to me,
and have neither remembered^(OY) me
    nor taken this to heart?^(OZ)
Is it not because I have long been silent^(PA)
    that you do not fear me?
¹² I will expose your righteousness and your works,^(PB)
    and they will not benefit you.
¹³ When you cry out^(PC) for help,
    let your collection of idols save^(PD) you!
The wind will carry all of them off,
    a mere breath will blow^(PE) them away.
But whoever takes refuge^(PF) in me
    will inherit the land^(PG)
    and possess my holy mountain.”^(PH)

“Build up, build up, prepare the road!^(PI)
    Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people.”^(PJ)
15 For this is what the high and exalted^(PK) One says—
    he who lives forever,^(PL) whose name is holy:
“I live in a high^(PM) and holy place,
    but also with the one who is contrite^(PN) and lowly in spirit,^(PO)
to revive the spirit of the lowly
    and to revive the heart of the contrite.^(PP)
16 I will not accuse^(PQ) them forever,
    nor will I always be angry,^(PR)
for then they would faint away because of me—
    the very people^(PS) I have created.
¹⁷ I was enraged by their sinful greed;^(PT)
    I punished them, and hid^(PU) my face in anger,
    yet they kept on in their willful ways.^(PV)
18 I have seen their ways, but I will heal^(PW) them;
    I will guide^(PX) them and restore comfort^(PY) to Israel’s mourners,
¹⁹     creating praise on their lips.^(PZ)
Peace, peace,^(QA) to those far and near,”^(QB)
    says the Lord. “And I will heal them.”
²⁰ But the wicked^(QC) are like the tossing sea,^(QD)
    which cannot rest,
    whose waves cast up mire^(QE) and mud.
²¹ “There is no peace,”^(QF) says my God, “for the wicked.”^(QG)

“Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please^(QR)
    and exploit all your workers.
⁴ Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife,^(QS)
    and in striking each other with wicked fists.
You cannot fast as you do today
    and expect your voice to be heard^(QT) on high.
⁵ Is this the kind of fast^(QU) I have chosen,
    only a day for people to humble^(QV) themselves?
Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed^(QW)
    and for lying in sackcloth and ashes?^(QX)
Is that what you call a fast,
    a day acceptable to the Lord?

⁶ “Is not this the kind of fasting^(QY) I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice^(QZ)
    and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed^(RA) free
    and break every yoke?^(RB)
7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry^(RC)
    and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter^(RD)—
when you see the naked, to clothe^(RE) them,
    and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?^(RF)
8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn,^(RG)
    and your healing^(RH) will quickly appear;
then your righteousness^[q](RI) will go before you,
    and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.^(RJ)
9 Then you will call,^(RK) and the Lord will answer;^(RL)
    you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.

“If you do away with the yoke of oppression,
    with the pointing finger^(RM) and malicious talk,^(RN)
10 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
    and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,^(RO)
then your light^(RP) will rise in the darkness,
    and your night will become like the noonday.^(RQ)
11 The Lord will guide^(RR) you always;
    he will satisfy your needs^(RS) in a sun-scorched land^(RT)
    and will strengthen^(RU) your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,^(RV)
    like a spring^(RW) whose waters never fail.
¹² Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins^(RX)
    and will raise up the age-old foundations;^(RY)
you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls,^(RZ)
    Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.

¹³ “If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath^(SA)
    and from doing as you please on my holy day,
if you call the Sabbath a delight^(SB)
    and the Lord’s holy day honorable,
and if you honor it by not going your own way
    and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,^(SC)
14 then you will find your joy^(SD) in the Lord,
    and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights^(SE) of the land
    and to feast on the inheritance^(SF) of your father Jacob.”
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.^(SG)

⁹ So justice is far from us,
    and righteousness does not reach us.
We look for light, but all is darkness;^(TD)
    for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.
¹⁰ Like the blind^(TE) we grope along the wall,
    feeling our way like people without eyes.
At midday we stumble^(TF) as if it were twilight;
    among the strong, we are like the dead.^(TG)
11 We all growl like bears;
    we moan mournfully like doves.^(TH)
We look for justice, but find none;
    for deliverance, but it is far away.

¹² For our offenses^(TI) are many in your sight,
    and our sins testify^(TJ) against us.
Our offenses are ever with us,
    and we acknowledge our iniquities:^(TK)
13 rebellion^(TL) and treachery against the Lord,
    turning our backs^(TM) on our God,
inciting revolt and oppression,^(TN)
    uttering lies^(TO) our hearts have conceived.
¹⁴ So justice^(TP) is driven back,
    and righteousness^(TQ) stands at a distance;
truth^(TR) has stumbled in the streets,
    honesty cannot enter.
¹⁵ Truth^(TS) is nowhere to be found,
    and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.

The Lord looked and was displeased
    that there was no justice.^(TT)
16 He saw that there was no one,^(TU)
    he was appalled that there was no one to intervene;^(TV)
so his own arm achieved salvation^(TW) for him,
    and his own righteousness^(TX) sustained him.
¹⁷ He put on righteousness as his breastplate,^(TY)
    and the helmet^(TZ) of salvation on his head;
he put on the garments^(UA) of vengeance^(UB)
    and wrapped himself in zeal^(UC) as in a cloak.
¹⁸ According to what they have done,
    so will he repay^(UD)
wrath to his enemies
    and retribution to his foes;
    he will repay the islands^(UE) their due.
¹⁹ From the west,^(UF) people will fear the name of the Lord,
    and from the rising of the sun,^(UG) they will revere his glory.^(UH)
For he will come like a pent-up flood
    that the breath^(UI) of the Lord drives along.^[r]

²⁰ “The Redeemer^(UJ) will come to Zion,^(UK)
    to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,”^(UL)
declares the Lord.

⁴ “Lift up your eyes and look about you:
    All assemble^(UY) and come to you;
your sons come from afar,^(UZ)
    and your daughters^(VA) are carried on the hip.^(VB)
5 Then you will look and be radiant,^(VC)
    your heart will throb and swell with joy;^(VD)
the wealth^(VE) on the seas will be brought to you,
    to you the riches of the nations will come.
⁶ Herds of camels^(VF) will cover your land,
    young camels of Midian^(VG) and Ephah.^(VH)
And all from Sheba^(VI) will come,
    bearing gold and incense^(VJ)
    and proclaiming the praise^(VK) of the Lord.
⁷ All Kedar’s^(VL) flocks will be gathered to you,
    the rams of Nebaioth will serve you;
they will be accepted as offerings^(VM) on my altar,^(VN)
    and I will adorn my glorious temple.^(VO)

⁸ “Who are these^(VP) that fly along like clouds,^(VQ)
    like doves to their nests?
⁹ Surely the islands^(VR) look to me;
    in the lead are the ships of Tarshish,^[s](VS)
bringing^(VT) your children from afar,
    with their silver and gold,^(VU)
to the honor^(VV) of the Lord your God,
    the Holy One^(VW) of Israel,
    for he has endowed you with splendor.^(VX)

¹⁰ “Foreigners^(VY) will rebuild your walls,
    and their kings^(VZ) will serve you.
Though in anger I struck you,
    in favor^(WA) I will show you compassion.^(WB)
11 Your gates^(WC) will always stand open,
    they will never be shut, day or night,
so that people may bring you the wealth of the nations^(WD)—
    their kings^(WE) led in triumphal procession.
¹² For the nation or kingdom that will not serve^(WF) you will perish;
    it will be utterly ruined.^(WG)

¹³ “The glory of Lebanon^(WH) will come to you,
    the juniper, the fir and the cypress together,^(WI)
to adorn my sanctuary;^(WJ)
    and I will glorify the place for my feet.^(WK)
14 The children of your oppressors^(WL) will come bowing before you;
    all who despise you will bow down^(WM) at your feet
and will call you the City^(WN) of the Lord,
    Zion^(WO) of the Holy One^(WP) of Israel.

¹⁵ “Although you have been forsaken^(WQ) and hated,
    with no one traveling^(WR) through,
I will make you the everlasting pride^(WS)
    and the joy^(WT) of all generations.
¹⁶ You will drink the milk of nations
    and be nursed^(WU) at royal breasts.
Then you will know^(WV) that I, the Lord, am your Savior,^(WW)
    your Redeemer,^(WX) the Mighty One of Jacob.^(WY)
17 Instead of bronze I will bring you gold,^(WZ)
    and silver in place of iron.
Instead of wood I will bring you bronze,
    and iron in place of stones.
I will make peace^(XA) your governor
    and well-being your ruler.^(XB)
18 No longer will violence^(XC) be heard in your land,
    nor ruin or destruction^(XD) within your borders,
but you will call your walls Salvation^(XE)
    and your gates Praise.^(XF)
19 The sun will no more be your light by day,
    nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you,
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,^(XG)
    and your God will be your glory.^(XH)
20 Your sun^(XI) will never set again,
    and your moon will wane no more;
the Lord will be your everlasting light,
    and your days of sorrow^(XJ) will end.
²¹ Then all your people will be righteous^(XK)
    and they will possess^(XL) the land forever.
They are the shoot I have planted,^(XM)
    the work of my hands,^(XN)
    for the display of my splendor.^(XO)
22 The least of you will become a thousand,
    the smallest a mighty nation.^(XP)
I am the Lord;
    in its time I will do this swiftly.”^(XQ)

⁴ They will rebuild the ancient ruins^(YJ)
    and restore the places long devastated;
they will renew the ruined cities
    that have been devastated for generations.
⁵ Strangers^(YK) will shepherd your flocks;
    foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.
⁶ And you will be called priests^(YL) of the Lord,
    you will be named ministers of our God.
You will feed on the wealth^(YM) of nations,
    and in their riches you will boast.

⁷ Instead of your shame^(YN)
    you will receive a double^(YO) portion,
and instead of disgrace
    you will rejoice in your inheritance.
And so you will inherit^(YP) a double portion in your land,
    and everlasting joy^(YQ) will be yours.

⁸ “For I, the Lord, love justice;^(YR)
    I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
In my faithfulness I will reward my people
    and make an everlasting covenant^(YS) with them.
⁹ Their descendants^(YT) will be known among the nations
    and their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will acknowledge
    that they are a people the Lord has blessed.”^(YU)

¹⁰ I delight greatly in the Lord;
    my soul rejoices^(YV) in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
    and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,^(YW)
as a bridegroom adorns his head^(YX) like a priest,
    and as a bride^(YY) adorns herself with her jewels.
¹¹ For as the soil makes the sprout come up
    and a garden^(YZ) causes seeds to grow,
so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness^(ZA)
    and praise spring up before all nations.

⁶ I have posted watchmen^(ZP) on your walls, Jerusalem;
    they will never be silent day or night.
You who call on the Lord,
    give yourselves no rest,^(ZQ)
7 and give him no rest^(ZR) till he establishes Jerusalem
    and makes her the praise^(ZS) of the earth.

⁸ The Lord has sworn^(ZT) by his right hand
    and by his mighty arm:
“Never again will I give your grain^(ZU)
    as food for your enemies,
and never again will foreigners drink the new wine
    for which you have toiled;
⁹ but those who harvest it will eat^(ZV) it
    and praise the Lord,^(ZW)
and those who gather the grapes will drink it
    in the courts of my sanctuary.”^(ZX)

¹⁰ Pass through, pass through the gates!^(ZY)
    Prepare the way for the people.
Build up, build up the highway!^(ZZ)
    Remove the stones.
Raise a banner^(AAA) for the nations.

¹¹ The Lord has made proclamation
    to the ends of the earth:^(AAB)
“Say to Daughter Zion,^(AAC)
    ‘See, your Savior comes!^(AAD)
See, his reward is with him,
    and his recompense accompanies him.’”^(AAE)
12 They will be called^(AAF) the Holy People,^(AAG)
    the Redeemed^(AAH) of the Lord;
and you will be called Sought After,
    the City No Longer Deserted.^(AAI)

“It is I, proclaiming victory,
    mighty to save.”^(AAN)

² Why are your garments red,
    like those of one treading the winepress?^(AAO)

³ “I have trodden the winepress^(AAP) alone;
    from the nations no one was with me.
I trampled^(AAQ) them in my anger
    and trod them down in my wrath;^(AAR)
their blood spattered my garments,^(AAS)
    and I stained all my clothing.
⁴ It was for me the day of vengeance;^(AAT)
    the year for me to redeem had come.
⁵ I looked, but there was no one^(AAU) to help,
    I was appalled that no one gave support;
so my own arm^(AAV) achieved salvation for me,
    and my own wrath sustained me.^(AAW)
6 I trampled^(AAX) the nations in my anger;
    in my wrath I made them drunk^(AAY)
    and poured their blood^(AAZ) on the ground.”

¹¹ Then his people recalled^[x] the days of old,
    the days of Moses and his people—
where is he who brought them through the sea,^(ABO)
    with the shepherd of his flock?^(ABP)
Where is he who set
    his Holy Spirit^(ABQ) among them,
¹² who sent his glorious arm^(ABR) of power
    to be at Moses’ right hand,
who divided the waters^(ABS) before them,
    to gain for himself everlasting renown,^(ABT)
13 who led^(ABU) them through the depths?^(ABV)
Like a horse in open country,
    they did not stumble;^(ABW)
14 like cattle that go down to the plain,
    they were given rest^(ABX) by the Spirit of the Lord.
This is how you guided your people
    to make for yourself a glorious name.

¹⁵ Look down from heaven^(ABY) and see,
    from your lofty throne,^(ABZ) holy and glorious.
Where are your zeal^(ACA) and your might?
    Your tenderness and compassion^(ACB) are withheld^(ACC) from us.
¹⁶ But you are our Father,^(ACD)
    though Abraham does not know us
    or Israel acknowledge^(ACE) us;
you, Lord, are our Father,
    our Redeemer^(ACF) from of old is your name.
¹⁷ Why, Lord, do you make us wander^(ACG) from your ways
    and harden our hearts^(ACH) so we do not revere^(ACI) you?
Return^(ACJ) for the sake of your servants,
    the tribes that are your inheritance.^(ACK)
18 For a little while^(ACL) your people possessed your holy place,
    but now our enemies have trampled^(ACM) down your sanctuary.^(ACN)
19 We are yours from of old;
    but you have not ruled over them,
    they have not been called^[y] by your name.^(ACO)

64 ^[z]Oh, that you would rend the heavens^(ACP) and come down,^(ACQ)
    that the mountains^(ACR) would tremble before you!
² As when fire sets twigs ablaze
    and causes water to boil,
come down to make your name^(ACS) known to your enemies
    and cause the nations to quake^(ACT) before you!
³ For when you did awesome^(ACU) things that we did not expect,
    you came down, and the mountains trembled^(ACV) before you.
⁴ Since ancient times no one has heard,
    no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,^(ACW)
    who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.^(ACX)
5 You come to the help of those who gladly do right,^(ACY)
    who remember your ways.
But when we continued to sin against them,
    you were angry.^(ACZ)
    How then can we be saved?
⁶ All of us have become like one who is unclean,^(ADA)
    and all our righteous^(ADB) acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,^(ADC)
    and like the wind our sins sweep us away.^(ADD)
7 No one^(ADE) calls on your name^(ADF)
    or strives to lay hold of you;
for you have hidden^(ADG) your face from us
    and have given us over^(ADH) to^[aa] our sins.

⁸ Yet you, Lord, are our Father.^(ADI)
    We are the clay, you are the potter;^(ADJ)
    we are all the work of your hand.^(ADK)
9 Do not be angry^(ADL) beyond measure, Lord;
    do not remember our sins^(ADM) forever.
Oh, look on us, we pray,
    for we are all your people.^(ADN)
10 Your sacred cities^(ADO) have become a wasteland;
    even Zion is a wasteland, Jerusalem a desolation.^(ADP)
11 Our holy and glorious temple,^(ADQ) where our ancestors praised you,
    has been burned with fire,
    and all that we treasured^(ADR) lies in ruins.
¹² After all this, Lord, will you hold yourself back?^(ADS)
    Will you keep silent^(ADT) and punish us beyond measure?

⁶ “See, it stands written before me:
    I will not keep silent^(AEG) but will pay back^(AEH) in full;
    I will pay it back into their laps^(AEI)—
⁷ both your sins^(AEJ) and the sins of your ancestors,”^(AEK)
    says the Lord.
“Because they burned sacrifices on the mountains
    and defied me on the hills,^(AEL)
I will measure into their laps
    the full payment^(AEM) for their former deeds.”

“As when juice is still found in a cluster of grapes^(AEN)
    and people say, ‘Don’t destroy it,
    there is still a blessing in it,’
so will I do in behalf of my servants;^(AEO)
    I will not destroy them all.
⁹ I will bring forth descendants^(AEP) from Jacob,
    and from Judah those who will possess^(AEQ) my mountains;
my chosen^(AER) people will inherit them,
    and there will my servants live.^(AES)
10 Sharon^(AET) will become a pasture for flocks,^(AEU)
    and the Valley of Achor^(AEV) a resting place for herds,
    for my people who seek^(AEW) me.

¹¹ “But as for you who forsake^(AEX) the Lord
    and forget my holy mountain,^(AEY)
who spread a table for Fortune
    and fill bowls of mixed wine^(AEZ) for Destiny,
¹² I will destine you for the sword,^(AFA)
    and all of you will fall in the slaughter;^(AFB)
for I called but you did not answer,^(AFC)
    I spoke but you did not listen.^(AFD)
You did evil in my sight
    and chose what displeases me.”^(AFE)

“My servants will eat,^(AFF)
    but you will go hungry;^(AFG)
my servants will drink,^(AFH)
    but you will go thirsty;^(AFI)
my servants will rejoice,^(AFJ)
    but you will be put to shame.^(AFK)
14 My servants will sing^(AFL)
    out of the joy of their hearts,
but you will cry out^(AFM)
    from anguish of heart
    and wail in brokenness of spirit.
¹⁵ You will leave your name
    for my chosen ones to use in their curses;^(AFN)
the Sovereign Lord will put you to death,
    but to his servants he will give another name.^(AFO)