Isaiah 51:1–5

Israel Exhorted

1 “aListen to me, you who bpursue righteousness,

Who seek the Lord:

Look to the crock from which you were hewn

And to the 1quarry from which you were dug.

2 “Look to aAbraham your father

And to Sarah who gave birth to you in pain;

When he bwas but one I called him,

Then I blessed him and multiplied him.”

3 Indeed, athe Lord will comfort Zion;

He will comfort all her bwaste places.

And her cwilderness He will make like dEden,

And her desert like the egarden of the Lord;

fJoy and gladness will be found in her,

Thanksgiving and sound of a melody.

4 “aPay attention to Me, O My people,

And give ear to Me, O My 1nation;

For a blaw will go forth from Me,

And I will 2set My cjustice for a dlight of the peoples.

5 “My arighteousness is near, My salvation has gone forth,

And My barms will judge the peoples;

The ccoastlands will wait for Me,

And for My darm they will wait expectantly.