Isaiah 51:1-8

New King James Version

The Lord Comforts Zion^(A)

51 “Listen to Me, ^(B)you who ^[a]follow after righteousness,
You who seek the Lord:
Look to the rock from which you were hewn,
And to the hole of the pit from which you were dug.
²^(C)Look to Abraham your father,
And to Sarah who bore you;
^(D)For I called him alone,
And ^(E)blessed him and increased him.”

³For the Lord will ^(F)comfort Zion,
He will comfort all her waste places;
He will make her wilderness like Eden,
And her desert ^(G)like the garden of the Lord;
Joy and gladness will be found in it,
Thanksgiving and the voice of melody.

⁴“Listen to Me, My people;
And give ear to Me, O My nation:
^(H)For law will proceed from Me,
And I will make My justice rest
^(I)As a light of the peoples.
⁵^(J)My righteousness is near,
My salvation has gone forth,
^(K)And My arms will judge the peoples;
^(L)The coastlands will wait upon Me,
And ^(M)on My arm they will trust.
⁶^(N)Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
And look on the earth beneath.
For ^(O)the heavens will vanish away like smoke,
^(P)The earth will grow old like a garment,
And those who dwell in it will die in like manner;
But My salvation will be ^(Q)forever,
And My righteousness will not be ^[b]abolished.

⁷“Listen to Me, you who know righteousness,
You people ^(R)in whose heart is My law:
^(S)Do not fear the reproach of men,
Nor be afraid of their insults.
⁸For ^(T)the moth will eat them up like a garment,
And the worm will eat them like wool;
But My righteousness will be forever,
And My salvation from generation to generation.”