Isaiah 59
59Listen! The Lord’s arm is not too weak to save you, nor is his ear too deaf to hear you call.H2005H3068H3027H7114H3467H241H3513H80852It’s your sins that have cut you off from God. Because of your sins, he has turned away and will not listen anymore.H5771H914H996H430H2403H5641H6440H80853Your hands are the hands of murderers, and your fingers are filthy with sin. Your lips are full of lies, and your mouth spews corruption.H3709H1351H1818H676H5771H8193H1696H8267H3956H1897H57664No one cares about being fair and honest. The people’s lawsuits are based on lies. They conceive evil deeds and then give birth to sin.H7121H6664H8199H530H982H8414H1696H7723H2029H5999H3205H2055They hatch deadly snakes and weave spiders’ webs. Whoever falls into their webs will die, and there’s danger even in getting near them.H1234H6848H1000H707H5908H6980H398H1000H4191H2116H1234H6606Their webs can’t be made into clothing, and nothing they do is productive. All their activity is filled with sin, and violence is their trademark.H6980H899H3680H4639H4639H4639H205H6467H2555H37097Their feet run to do evil, and they rush to commit murder. They think only about sinning. Misery and destruction always follow them.H7272H7323H7451H4116H8210H5355H1818H4284H4284H205H7701H7667H45468They don’t know where to find peace or what it means to be just and good. They have mapped out crooked roads, and no one who follows them knows a moment’s peace.H1870H7965H3045H4941H4570H6140H5410H1869H3045H79659So there is no justice among us, and we know nothing about right living. We look for light but find only darkness. We look for bright skies but walk in gloom.H4941H7368H6666H5381H6960H216H2822H5054H1980H65310We grope like the blind along a wall, feeling our way like people without eyes. Even at brightest noontime, we stumble as though it were dark. Among the living, we are like the dead.H1659H7023H5787H1659H5869H3782H6672H5399H820H419111We growl like hungry bears; we moan like mournful doves. We look for justice, but it never comes. We look for rescue, but it is far away from us.H1993H1677H1897H1897H3123H6960H4941H3444H736812For our sins are piled up before God and testify against us. Yes, we know what sinners we are.H6588H7231H2403H6030H6588H5771H304513We know we have rebelled and have denied the Lord. We have turned our backs on our God. We know how unfair and oppressive we have been, carefully planning our deceitful lies.H6586H3584H3068H5253H310H430H1696H6233H5627H2029H1897H3820H1697H826714Our courts oppose the righteous, and justice is nowhere to be found. Truth stumbles in the streets, and honesty has been outlawed.H4941H5253H268H6666H5975H7350H571H3782H7339H5229H3201H93515Yes, truth is gone, and anyone who renounces evil is attacked. The Lord looked and was displeased to find there was no justice.H571H5737H5493H7451H7997H3068H7200H3415H5869H494116He was amazed to see that no one intervened to help the oppressed. So he himself stepped in to save them with his strong arm, and his justice sustained him.H7200H376H8074H6293H2220H3467H6666H556417He put on righteousness as his body armor and placed the helmet of salvation on his head. He clothed himself with a robe of vengeance and wrapped himself in a cloak of divine passion.H3847H6666H8302H3553H3444H7218H3847H899H5359H8516H5844H7068H459818He will repay his enemies for their evil deeds. His fury will fall on his foes. He will pay them back even to the ends of the earth.H5921H1578H7999H2534H6862H1576H341H339H7999H157619In the west, people will respect the name of the Lord; in the east, they will glorify him. For he will come like a raging flood tide driven by the breath of the Lord.H3372H8034H3068H4628H3519H4217H8121H6862H935H5104H7307H3068H512720“The Redeemer will come to Jerusalem to buy back those in Israel who have turned from their sins,” says the Lord.H1350H935H6726H7725H6588H3290H5002H306821“And this is my covenant with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit will not leave them, and neither will these words I have given you. They will be on your lips and on the lips of your children and your children’s children forever. I, the Lord, have spoken!H1285H559H3068H7307H1697H7760H6310H4185H6310H6310H2233H6310H2233H2233H559H3068H5704H5769
Isaiah 60
60“Arise, Jerusalem! Let your light shine for all to see. For the glory of the Lord rises to shine on you.H6965H215H216H935H3519H3068H2224 2Darkness as black as night covers all the nations of the earth, but the glory of the Lord rises and appears over you.H2822H3680H776H6205H3816H3068H2224H3519H7200 3All nations will come to your light; mighty kings will come to see your radiance.H1471H1980H216H4428H5051H2225 4“Look and see, for everyone is coming home! Your sons are coming from distant lands; your little daughters will be carried home.H5375H5869H5439H7200H6908H935H1121H935H7350H1323H539H6654 5Your eyes will shine, and your heart will thrill with joy, for merchants from around the world will come to you. They will bring you the wealth of many lands.H7200H3372H5102H3824H6342H7337H1995H3220H2015H2428H1471H935 6Vast caravans of camels will converge on you, the camels of Midian and Ephah. The people of Sheba will bring gold and frankincense and will come worshiping the Lord.H8229H1581H3680H1070H4080H5891H7614H935H5375H2091H3828H1319H8416H3068 7The flocks of Kedar will be given to you, and the rams of Nebaioth will be brought for my altars. I will accept their offerings, and I will make my Temple glorious.H6629H6938H6908H352H5032H8334H5927H7522H4196H6286H1004H8597 8“And what do I see flying like clouds to Israel, like doves to their nests?H5774H5645H3123H699 9They are ships from the ends of the earth, from lands that trust in me, led by the great ships of Tarshish. They are bringing the people of Israel home from far away, carrying their silver and gold. They will honor the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has filled you with splendor.H339H6960H591H8659H7223H935H1121H7350H3701H2091H8034H3068H430H6918H3478H6286 10“Foreigners will come to rebuild your towns, and their kings will serve you. For though I have destroyed you in my anger, I will now have mercy on you through my grace.H1121H5236H1129H2346H4428H8334H7110H5221H7522H7355 11Your gates will stay open around the clock to receive the wealth of many lands. The kings of the world will be led as captives in a victory procession.H8179H6605H8548H5462H3119H3915H935H2428H1471H4428H5090 12For the nations that refuse to serve you will be destroyed.H1471H4467H5647H6H1471H2717H2717 13“The glory of Lebanon will be yours—the forests of cypress, fir, and pine—to beautify my sanctuary. My Temple will be glorious!H3519H3844H935H1265H8410H8391H3162H6286H4725H4720H4725H7272H3513 14The descendants of your tormentors will come and bow before you. Those who despised you will kiss your feet. They will call you the City of the Lord, and Zion of the Holy One of Israel.H1121H6031H1980H7817H5006H7812H3709H7272H7121H5892H3068H6726H6918H3478 15“Though you were once despised and hated, with no one traveling through you, I will make you beautiful forever, a joy to all generations.H8478H5800H8130H5674H7760H5769H1347H4885H1755H1755 16Powerful kings and mighty nations will satisfy your every need, as though you were a child nursing at the breast of a queen. You will know at last that I, the Lord, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Israel.H3243H2461H1471H3243H7699H4428H3045H3068H3467H1350H46H3290 17I will exchange your bronze for gold, your iron for silver, your wood for bronze, and your stones for iron. I will make peace your leader and righteousness your ruler.H5178H935H2091H1270H935H3701H6086H5178H68H1270H7760H6486H7965H5065H6666 18Violence will disappear from your land; the desolation and destruction of war will end. Salvation will surround you like city walls, and praise will be on the lips of all who enter there.H2555H8085H776H7701H7667H1366H7121H2346H3444H8179H8416 19“No longer will you need the sun to shine by day, nor the moon to give its light by night, for the Lord your God will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.H8121H216H3119H5051H3394H216H3068H5769H215H430H8597 20Your sun will never set; your moon will not go down. For the Lord will be your everlasting light. Your days of mourning will come to an end.H8121H935H3391H622H3068H5769H216H3117H60H7999 21All your people will be righteous. They will possess their land forever, for I will plant them there with my own hands in order to bring myself glory.H5971H6662H3423H776H5769H5342H4302H4639H3027H6286 22The smallest family will become a thousand people, and the tiniest group will become a mighty nation. At the right time, I, the Lord, will make it happen.”H6996H505H6810H6099H1471H3068H2363H6256
Isaiah 61
61The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed.H7307H136H3069H3068H4886H1319H6035H7971H2280H7665H3820H7121H1865H7617H6495H631 2He has sent me to tell those who mourn that the time of the Lord’s favor has come, and with it, the day of God’s anger against their enemies.H7121H7522H8141H3068H3117H5359H430H5162H57 3To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the Lord has planted for his own glory.H7760H57H6726H5414H6287H665H8081H8342H60H4594H8416H7307H3544H7121H352H6664H4302H3068H6286 4They will rebuild the ancient ruins, repairing cities destroyed long ago. They will revive them, though they have been deserted for many generations.H1129H5769H2723H6965H7223H8074H2318H2721H5892H8074H1755H1755 5Foreigners will be your servants. They will feed your flocks and plow your fields and tend your vineyards.H2114H5975H7462H6629H1121H5236H406H3755 6You will be called priests of the Lord, ministers of our God. You will feed on the treasures of the nations and boast in their riches.H7121H3548H3068H559H8334H430H398H2428H1471H3519H3235 7Instead of shame and dishonor, you will enjoy a double share of honor. You will possess a double portion of prosperity in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours.H1322H4932H3639H7442H2506H776H3423H4932H5769H8057 8“For I, the Lord, love justice. I hate robbery and wrongdoing. I will faithfully reward my people for their suffering and make an everlasting covenant with them.H3068H157H4941H8130H1498H5930H5414H6468H571H3772H5769H1285 9Their descendants will be recognized and honored among the nations. Everyone will realize that they are a people the Lord has blessed.”H2233H3045H1471H6631H8432H5971H7200H5234H2233H3068H1288 10I am overwhelmed with joy in the Lord my God! For he has dressed me with the clothing of salvation and draped me in a robe of righteousness. I am like a bridegroom in his wedding suit or a bride with her jewels.H7797H7797H3068H5315H1523H430H3847H899H3468H3271H4598H6666H2860H3547H6287H3618H5710H3627 11The Sovereign Lord will show his justice to the nations of the world. Everyone will praise him! His righteousness will be like a garden in early spring, with plants springing up everywhere.H776H3318H6780H1593H2221H6779H136H3069H6666H8416H6779H1471
Isaiah 62
62Because I love Zion, I will not keep still. Because my heart yearns for Jerusalem, I cannot remain silent. I will not stop praying for her until her righteousness shines like the dawn, and her salvation blazes like a burning torch.H6726H2814H3389H8252H6664H3318H5051H3444H3940H11972The nations will see your righteousness. World leaders will be blinded by your glory. And you will be given a new name by the Lord’s own mouth.H1471H7200H6664H4428H3519H7121H2319H5344H6310H3068H80343The Lord will hold you in his hand for all to see—a splendid crown in the hand of God.H5850H8597H3027H3068H4410H6797H6797H3709H4304Never again will you be called “The Forsaken City” or “The Desolate Land.” Your new name will be “The City of God’s Delight” and “The Bride of God,” for the Lord delights in you and will claim you as his bride.H559H5800H776H559H8077H7121H2657H776H1166H3068H2654H776H11665Your children will commit themselves to you, O Jerusalem, just as a young man commits himself to his bride. Then God will rejoice over you as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride.H970H1166H1330H1121H1166H2860H4885H3618H430H77976O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen on your walls; they will pray day and night, continually. Take no rest, all you who pray to the Lord.H6485H8104H2346H3389H8548H2814H3117H3915H2142H3068H18247Give the Lord no rest until he completes his work, until he makes Jerusalem the pride of the earth.H5414H1824H3559H7760H3389H8416H7768The Lord has sworn to Jerusalem by his own strength. “I will never again hand you over to your enemies. Never again will foreign warriors come and take away your grain and new wine.H3068H7650H3225H2220H5797H518H5414H1715H3978H341H1121H5236H8354H8492H30219You raised the grain, and you will eat it, praising the Lord. Within the courtyards of the Temple, you yourselves will drink the wine you have pressed.”H622H398H1984H3068H6908H8354H2691H694410Go out through the gates! Prepare the highway for my people to return! Smooth out the road; pull out the boulders; raise a flag for all the nations to see.H5674H5674H8179H6437H1870H5971H5549H5549H4546H5619H68H7311H5251H597111The Lord has sent this message to every land. “Tell the people of Israel, ‘Look, your Savior is coming. See, he brings his reward with him as he comes.’”H3068H8085H7097H776H559H1323H6726H3468H935H7939H6468H644012They will be called “The Holy People” and “The People Redeemed by the Lord.” And Jerusalem will be known as “The Desirable Place” and “The City No Longer Forsaken.”H7121H6944H5971H1350H3068H7121H1875H5892H5800
Isaiah 63
63Who is this who comes from Edom, from the city of Bozrah, with his clothing stained red? Who is this in royal robes, marching in his great strength? “It is I, the Lord, announcing your salvation! It is I, the Lord, who has the power to save!”H935H123H2556H899H1224H1921H3830H6808H7230H3581H1696H6666H7227H3467 2Why are your clothes so red, as if you have been treading out grapes?H122H3830H899H1869H1660 3“I have been treading the winepress alone; no one was there to help me. In my anger I have trampled my enemies as if they were grapes. In my fury I have trampled my foes. Their blood has stained my clothes.H1869H6333H5971H376H1869H639H7429H2534H5332H5137H899H1351H4403 4For the time has come for me to avenge my people, to ransom them from their oppressors.H3117H5359H3820H8141H1350H935 5I was amazed to see that no one intervened to help the oppressed. So I myself stepped in to save them with my strong arm, and my wrath sustained me.H5027H5826H8074H5564H2220H3467H2534H5564 6I crushed the nations in my anger and made them stagger and fall to the ground, spilling their blood upon the earth.”H947H5971H639H7937H2534H3381H5332H776 7I will tell of the Lord’s unfailing love. I will praise the Lord for all he has done. I will rejoice in his great goodness to Israel, which he has granted according to his mercy and love.H2142H2617H3068H8416H3068H3068H1580H7227H2898H1004H3478H1580H7356H7230H2617 8He said, “They are my very own people. Surely they will not betray me again.” And he became their Savior.H559H5971H1121H8266H3467 9In all their suffering he also suffered, and he personally rescued them. In his love and mercy he redeemed them. He lifted them up and carried them through all the years.H6869H6862H4397H6440H3467H160H2551H1350H5190H5375H3117H5769 10But they rebelled against him and grieved his Holy Spirit. So he became their enemy and fought against them.H4784H6087H6944H7307H2015H341H3898 11Then they remembered those days of old when Moses led his people out of Egypt. They cried out, “Where is the one who brought Israel through the sea, with Moses as their shepherd? Where is the one who sent his Holy Spirit to be among his people?H2142H3117H5769H4872H5971H5927H3220H7462H6629H7760H6944H7307H7130 12Where is the one whose power was displayed when Moses lifted up his hand—the one who divided the sea before them, making himself famous forever?H3212H3225H4872H8597H2220H1234H4325H6440H6213H5769H8034 13Where is the one who led them through the bottom of the sea? They were like fine stallions racing through the desert, never stumbling.H3212H8415H5483H4057H3782 14As with cattle going down into a peaceful valley, the Spirit of the Lord gave them rest. You led your people, Lord, and gained a magnificent reputation.”H929H3381H1237H7307H3068H5117H5090H5971H6213H8597H8034 15Lord, look down from heaven; look from your holy, glorious home, and see us. Where is the passion and the might you used to show on our behalf? Where are your mercy and compassion now?H5027H8064H7200H2073H6944H8597H7068H1369H1995H4578H7356H662 16Surely you are still our Father! Even if Abraham and Jacob would disown us, Lord, you would still be our Father. You are our Redeemer from ages past.H3588H1H85H3808H3045H3478H5234H3068H1H1350H8034H5769 17Lord, why have you allowed us to turn from your path? Why have you given us stubborn hearts so we no longer fear you? Return and help us, for we are your servants, the tribes that are your special possession.H3068H8582H1870H7188H3820H3374H7725H5650H7626H5159 18How briefly your holy people possessed your holy place, and now our enemies have destroyed it.H5971H6944H3423H4705H6862H947H4720 19Sometimes it seems as though we never belonged to you, as though we had never been known as your people.H5769H4910H7121H8034
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