Take no account of man, whose breath of life is in his nostrils; For why should he be esteemed?

And it will come about that the one who is left in Zion and remains behind in Jerusalem will be called holy—everyone who is recorded for life in Jerusalem.

“Go and say to Hezekiah, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David says: “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.

I said, “In the middle of my life I am to enter the gates of Sheol; I have been deprived of the rest of my years.”

Like a shepherd’s tent my dwelling is pulled up and removed from me; As a weaver I rolled up my life. He cuts me off from the loom; From day until night You make an end of me.

Lord, by these things people live, And in all these is the life of my spirit; Restore me to health and let me live!

The Lord is certain to save me; So we will play my songs on stringed instruments All the days of our life at the house of the Lord.”

Since you are precious in My sight, Since you are honored and I love you, I will give other people in your place and other nations in exchange for your life.

Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great, And He will divide the plunder with the strong, Because He poured out His life unto death, And was counted with wrongdoers; Yet He Himself bore the sin of many, And interceded for the wrongdoers.

“I have trodden the wine trough alone, And from the peoples there was no one with Me. I also trod them in My anger And trampled them in My wrath; And their lifeblood is sprinkled on My garments, And I stained all My clothes.

I trampled down the peoples in My anger And made them drunk with My wrath, And I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.”

They will not build and another inhabit, They will not plant and another eat; For as the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, And My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands.