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Isaiah 51
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51The LORD says, "Listen to me, you that want to be saved, you that come to me for help. Think of the rock from which you came, the quarry from which you were cut.H8085H7291H6664H1245H3068H5027H6697H2672H4718H953H5365
2Think of your ancestor, Abraham, and of Sarah, from whom you are descended. When I called Abraham, he was childless, but I blessed him and gave him children; I made his descendants numerous.H5027H85H1H8283H2342H7121H259H1288H7235
3"I will show compassion to Jerusalem, to all who live in her ruins. Though her land is a desert, I will make it a garden, like the garden I planted in Eden. Joy and gladness will be there, and songs of praise and thanks to me.H3068H5162H6726H5162H2723H7760H4057H5731H6160H1588H3068H8342H8057H4672H8426H6963H2172
4"Listen to me, my people, listen to what I say: I give my teaching to the nations; my laws will bring them light.H7181H5971H238H3816H8451H3318H4941H7280H216H5971
5I will come quickly and save them; the time of my victory is near. I myself will rule over the nations. Distant lands wait for me to come; they wait with hope for me to save them.H6664H7138H3468H3318H2220H8199H5971H339H6960H2220H3176
6Look up at the heavens; look at the earth! The heavens will disappear like smoke; the earth will wear out like old clothing, and all its people will die like flies. But the deliverance I bring will last forever; my victory will be final.H5375H5869H8064H5027H776H8064H4414H6227H776H1086H899H3427H4191H3644H3654H3444H5769H6666H2865
7"Listen to me, you that know what is right, who have my teaching fixed in your hearts. Do not be afraid when people taunt and insult you;H8085H3045H6664H5971H3820H8451H3372H2781H582H2865H1421
8they will vanish like moth-eaten clothing! But the deliverance I bring will last forever; my victory will endure for all time."H6211H398H899H5580H398H6785H6666H5769H3444H1755H1755
9Wake up, LORD, and help us! Use your power and save us; use it as you did in ancient times. It was you that cut the sea monster Rahab to pieces.H5782H5782H3847H5797H2220H3068H5782H6924H3117H1755H5769H2672H7294H2490H8577
10It was you also who dried up the sea and made a path through the water, so that those you were saving could cross.H2717H3220H4325H7227H8415H7760H4615H3220H1870H1350H5674
11Those whom you have rescued will reach Jerusalem with gladness, singing and shouting for joy. They will be happy forever, forever free from sorrow and grief.H6299H3068H7725H935H7440H6726H5769H8057H7218H5381H8342H8057H3015H585H5127
12The LORD says, "I am the one who strengthens you. Why should you fear mortals, who are no more enduring than grass?H5162H3372H582H4191H1121H120H5414H2682
13Have you forgotten the LORD who made you, who stretched out the heavens and laid the earth's foundations? Why should you live in constant fear of the fury of those who oppress you, of those who are ready to destroy you? Their fury can no longer touch you.H7911H3068H6213H5186H8064H3245H776H6342H8548H3117H6440H2534H6693H834H3559H7843H2534H6693
14Those who are prisoners will soon be set free; they will live a long life and have all the food they need.H6808H4116H6605H4191H7845H3899H2637
15"I am the LORD your God; I stir up the sea and make its waves roar. My name is the LORD Almighty!H3068H430H7280H3220H1530H1993H3068H6635H8034
16I stretched out the heavens and laid the earth's foundations; I say to Jerusalem, 'You are my people! I have given you my teaching, and I protect you with my hand.' "H7760H1697H6310H3680H6738H3027H5193H8064H3245H776H559H6726H5971
17Jerusalem, wake up! Rouse yourself and get up! You have drunk the cup of punishment that the LORD in his anger gave you to drink; you drank it down, and it made you stagger.H5782H5782H6965H3389H8354H3027H3068H3563H2534H8354H6907H3563H8653H4680
18There is no one to lead you, no one among your people to take you by the hand.H5095H1121H3205H2388H3027H1121H1431
19A double disaster has fallen on you: your land has been devastated by war, and your people have starved. There is no one to show you sympathy.H8147H7122H5110H7701H7667H7458H2719H5162
20At the corner of every street your people collapse from weakness; they are like deer caught in a hunter's net. They have felt the force of God's anger.H1121H5968H7901H7218H2351H8377H4364H4392H2534H3068H1606H430
21You suffering people of Jerusalem, you that stagger as though you were drunk,H8085H6041H7937H3196
22the LORD your God defends you and says, "I am taking away the cup that I gave you in my anger. You will no longer have to drink the wine that makes you stagger.H559H113H3068H430H7378H5971H3947H3027H3563H8653H6907H3563H2534H3254H8354
23I will give it to those who oppressed you, to those who made you lie down in the streets and trampled on you as if you were dirt."H7760H3027H3013H559H5315H7812H5674H7760H1460H776H2351H5674


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