Isaiah 51-54

New American Standard Bible 1995

⁴ “^(L)Pay attention to Me, O My people,
And give ear to Me, O My ^[b]nation;
For a ^(M)law will go forth from Me,
And I will ^[c]set My ^(N)justice for a ^(O)light of the peoples.
⁵ “My ^(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 for My ^(S)arm they will wait expectantly.
⁶ “^(T)Lift up 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 ^[d]in like manner;
But My ^(W)salvation will be forever,
And My righteousness will not ^[e]wane.
⁷ “^(X)Listen to Me, you who know righteousness,
A people in whose ^(Y)heart is My law;
Do not fear the ^(Z)reproach of man,
Nor be dismayed at their revilings.
⁸ “For the ^(AA)moth will eat them like a garment,
And the ^(AB)grub will eat them like wool.
But My ^(AC)righteousness will be forever,
And My salvation to all generations.”

^9 (AD)Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord;
Awake as in the ^(AE)days of old, the generations of long ago.
^(AF)Was it not You who cut Rahab in pieces,
Who pierced the ^(AG)dragon?
¹⁰ Was it not You who ^(AH)dried up the sea,
The waters of the great deep;
Who made the depths of the sea a pathway
For the ^(AI)redeemed to cross over?
¹¹ So the ^(AJ)ransomed of the Lord will return
And come with joyful shouting to Zion,
And ^(AK)everlasting joy will be on their heads.
They will obtain gladness and joy,
And ^(AL)sorrow and sighing will flee away.

¹² “I, even I, am He who ^(AM)comforts you.
Who are you that you are afraid of ^(AN)man who dies
And of the son of man who is made ^(AO)like grass,
¹³ That you have ^(AP)forgotten the Lord your Maker,
Who ^(AQ)stretched out the heavens
And laid the foundations of the earth,
That you ^(AR)fear continually all day long because of the fury of the oppressor,
As he makes ready to destroy?
But where is the fury of the ^(AS)oppressor?

²¹ Therefore, please hear this, you ^(BG)afflicted,
Who are ^(BH)drunk, but not with wine:
²² Thus says your Lord, the Lord, even your God
Who ^(BI)contends for His people,
“Behold, I have taken out of your hand the ^(BJ)cup of reeling,
The ^[j]chalice of My anger;
You will never drink it again.
²³ “I will ^(BK)put it into the hand of your tormentors,
Who have said to ^[k]you, ‘^(BL)Lie down that we may walk over you.’
You have even made your back like the ground
And like the street for those who walk over it.”

^11 (CH)Depart, depart, go out from there,
^(CI)Touch nothing unclean;
Go out of the midst of her, ^(CJ)purify yourselves,
You who carry the vessels of the Lord.
¹² But you will not go out in ^(CK)haste,
Nor will you go ^[r]as fugitives;
For the ^(CL)Lord will go before you,
And ^(CM)the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

⁴ Surely our ^[x]griefs He Himself ^(DA)bore,
And our ^[y]sorrows He carried;
Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,
^[z]Smitten of ^(DB)God, and afflicted.
⁵ But He was ^[aa]pierced through for ^(DC)our transgressions,
He was crushed for ^(DD)our iniquities;
The ^(DE)chastening for our ^[ab]well-being fell upon Him,
And by ^(DF)His scourging we are healed.
⁶ All of us like sheep have gone astray,
Each of us has turned to his own way;
But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all
To ^[ac]fall on Him.

⁷ He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He did not ^(DG)open His mouth;
^(DH)Like a lamb that is led to slaughter,
And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers,
So He did not open His mouth.
⁸ By oppression and judgment He was taken away;
And as for His generation, who considered
That He was cut off out of the land of the ^[ad]living
^(DI)For the transgression of my people, to whom the stroke was due?
⁹ His grave was assigned with wicked men,
Yet He was with a ^(DJ)rich man in His death,
^(DK)Because He had ^(DL)done no violence,
Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.

¹⁰ But the Lord was pleased
To ^(DM)crush Him, ^[ae](DN)putting Him to grief;
If ^[af]He would render Himself as a guilt ^(DO)offering,
He will see ^(DP)His ^[ag]offspring,
He will prolong His days,
And the ^[ah]good ^(DQ)pleasure of the Lord will prosper in His hand.
¹¹ As a result of the ^[ai]anguish of His soul,
He will ^(DR)see ^[aj]it and be satisfied;
By His ^(DS)knowledge the Righteous One,
My Servant, will justify the many,
As He will ^(DT)bear their iniquities.
¹² Therefore, I will allot Him a ^(DU)portion with the great,
And He will divide the booty with the strong;
Because He poured out ^[ak](DV)Himself to death,
And was ^(DW)numbered with the transgressors;
Yet He Himself ^(DX)bore the sin of many,
And interceded for the transgressors.

⁴ “Fear not, for you will ^(EH)not be put to shame;
And do not feel humiliated, for you will not be disgraced;
But you will forget the ^(EI)shame of your youth,
And the ^(EJ)reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.
⁵ “For your ^(EK)husband is your Maker,
Whose name is the Lord of hosts;
And your ^(EL)Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel,
Who is called the ^(EM)God of all the earth.
⁶ “For the Lord has called you,
Like a wife ^(EN)forsaken and grieved in spirit,
Even like a wife of one’s youth when she is rejected,”
Says your God.
⁷ “^[an]For a ^(EO)brief moment I forsook you,
But with great compassion I will ^(EP)gather you.
⁸ “In an ^[ao](EQ)outburst of anger
I hid My face from you for a moment,
But with everlasting ^(ER)lovingkindness I will ^(ES)have compassion on you,”
Says the Lord your ^(ET)Redeemer.

⁹ “For ^[ap]this is like the days of Noah to Me,
When I swore that the waters of Noah
Would ^(EU)not ^[aq]flood the earth again;
So I have sworn that I will ^(EV)not be angry with you
Nor will I rebuke you.
¹⁰ “For the ^(EW)mountains may be removed and the hills may shake,
But My lovingkindness will not be removed from you,
And My ^(EX)covenant of peace will not be shaken,”
Says ^(EY)the Lord who has compassion on you.

¹¹ “O ^(EZ)afflicted one, storm-tossed, and ^(FA)not comforted,
Behold, I will set your stones in antimony,
And your foundations I will ^(FB)lay in ^[ar](FC)sapphires.
¹² “Moreover, I will make your battlements of ^[as]rubies,
And your gates of ^[at]crystal,
And your entire ^[au]wall of precious stones.
¹³ “^(FD)All your sons will be ^[av]taught of the Lord;
And the well-being of your sons will be ^(FE)great.
¹⁴ “In ^(FF)righteousness you will be established;
You will be far from ^(FG)oppression, for you will ^(FH)not fear;
And from ^(FI)terror, for it will not come near you.
¹⁵ “If anyone fiercely assails you it will not be from Me.
^(FJ)Whoever assails you will fall because of you.
¹⁶ “Behold, I Myself have created the smith who blows the fire of coals
And brings out a weapon for its work;
And I have created the destroyer to ruin.
¹⁷ “^(FK)No weapon that is formed against you will prosper;
And ^(FL)every tongue that ^[aw]accuses you in judgment you will condemn.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
And their ^(FM)vindication is from Me,” declares the Lord.