Isaiah 50:6–51:16

6  I wgave my back to the smiters,

And xymy cheeks to zthem that plucked off the hair:

I hid not my face from shame and xaspitting.

7  For the Lord God will help me;

Therefore shall I not be confounded:

Therefore have bI set my face like ca flint,

And dI know that I shall not be ashamed.

8  eHe is near that justifieth me;

fWho will contend with me? let us stand together:

Who is †mine adversary? let him come near to me.

9  Behold, the Lord God will help me;

Who is he that shall condemn me?

Lo, ghthey all shall wax old as a garment; githe moth shall eat them up.

10  Who is among you that feareth the Lord,

That obeyeth the voice of his servant,

kThat walketh in darkness, and hath no light?

Let him trust in the name of the Lord,

And lstay upon his God.

11  Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with msparks:

Walk in nthe light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye ohave kindled.

pThis shall ye have of mine hand;

Ye shall lie down qin sorrow.

51 aHearken to me, bye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord:

cLook unto the rock whence ye are hewn,

And to the hole of dthe pit whence ye are digged.

2  Look unto eAbraham your father,

And unto fSarah that bare you:

gFor I called him halone,

And giblessed him, and gincreased him.

3  For the Lord kshall comfort Zion:

He will comfort all lher waste places;

And he will make her wilderness like mEden,

And her desert nlike the garden of the Lord;

Joy and gladness shall be found therein,

Thanksgiving, and othe voice of melody.

4  aHearken unto me, my people;

And pgive ear unto me, O my nation:

For qa law shall proceed from me,

And I will rmake my judgment to rest sfor a light of the people.

5  tMy righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth,

And umine arms shall judge the people;

vThe isles shall wait upon me,

And on mine arm shall they trust.

6  wLift up your eyes to the heavens,

And look upon the earth beneath:

For xthe heavens shall vanish away like smoke,

And ythe earth shall wax old like a garment,

And they that dwell therein shall die zin like manner:

But my salvation shall be for ever,

And my righteousness shall not be abolished.

7  aHearken unto me, ye that know righteousness,

The people bin whose heart is my law;

cFear ye not the reproach of men,

Neither be ye afraid of their revilings.

8  For dthe moth shall eat them up like a garment,

And the worm shall eat them like wool:

But my righteousness shall be for ever,

And my salvation from generation to generation.

9  eAwake, awake, fput on strength, gO arm of the Lord;

Awake, as hin the ancient days, in the generations of old.

Art thou not it ithat hath cut kRahab, and wounded lthe dragon?

10  Art thou not it which hath mdried the sea, the waters of the great deep;

That hath made the depths of the sea a way for nthe ransomed to pass over?

11  oTherefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return,

oAnd come with singing unto Zion;

oAnd everlasting joy shall be upon their head:

oThey shall obtain gladness and joy;

oAnd sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

12  I, even I, am phe that comforteth you:

ppWho art thou, that thou shouldest qbe afraid of a man that shall die,

And of the son of man which shall be made ras grass;

13  ppAnd sforgettest the Lord tthy maker,

uThat hath stretched forth the heavens, and vlaid the foundations of the earth;

And hast feared continually every day because of the fury of wthe oppressor,

As if he ||were ready to destroy?

And xwhere is the fury of the oppressor?

14  yThe captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed,

And zthat he should not die ain the pit,

Nor that his bread should fail.

15  But I am the Lord thy God,

bThat cdivided the sea, whose waves roared:

bThe Lord of hosts is his name.

16  And dI have put my words in thy mouth,

And eI have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand,

That I may plant the heavens, and flay the foundations of the earth,

And say unto Zion, gThou art my people.