10 (A)Foreigners shall build up your walls,
    and (B)their kings shall minister to you;
for in my wrath I struck you,
    but in my favor I have had mercy on you.

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(A)Strangers shall stand and tend your flocks;
    foreigners shall be your plowmen and vinedressers;

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23 (A)Kings shall be your foster fathers,
    and their queens your nursing mothers.
(B)With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you,
    and (C)lick the dust of your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord;
    (D)those who wait for me (E)shall not be put to shame.”

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26 They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations.

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24 By its light (A)will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth (B)will bring their glory into it,

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15 (A)“And those who are far off shall come and (B)help to build the temple of the Lord. (C)And you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. (D)And this shall come to pass, if you will diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God.”

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(A)And nations shall come to your light,
    and kings to the brightness of your rising.

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17 Because of the iniquity of his (A)unjust gain I was angry,
    I struck him; I hid my face and was angry,
    but he went on backsliding in the way of his own heart.
18 I have seen his ways, (B)but I will heal him;
    I will lead him (C)and restore comfort to him and his mourners,

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(A)For a brief moment I deserted you,
    but with great compassion I will gather you.
(B)In overflowing anger for a moment
    I hid my face from you,
(C)but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,”
    says the Lord, your Redeemer.

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The Restoration of Jacob

14 (A)For the Lord will have compassion on Jacob and will again choose Israel, and (B)will set them in their own land, and (C)sojourners will join them and will attach themselves to the house of Jacob. And (D)the peoples will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them in the Lord's land (E)as male and female slaves.[a] (F)They will take captive those who were their captors, (G)and rule over those who oppressed them.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:2 Or servants

The Lord Is My Strength and My Song

12 You[a] will say (A)in that day:
“I will give thanks to you, O Lord,
    for though you were angry with me,
(B)your anger turned away,
    that you might comfort me.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 12:1 The Hebrew for you is singular in verse 1

(A)For his anger is but for a moment,
    and (B)his favor is for a lifetime.[a]
(C)Weeping may tarry for the night,
    but (D)joy comes with the morning.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 30:5 Or and in his favor is life

21 (A)And some of them also I will take for priests and for Levites, says the Lord.

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