Isaiah 51:7–16

7 “aListen to Me, you who know righteousness,

A people in whose bheart is My law;

Do not fear the creproach of man,

Nor be dismayed at their revilings.

8 “For the amoth will eat them like a garment,

And the bgrub will eat them like wool.

But My crighteousness will be forever,

And My salvation to all generations.”

9 aAwake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord;

Awake as in the bdays of old, the generations of long ago.

cWas it not You who cut Rahab in pieces,

Who pierced the ddragon?

10 Was it not You who adried up the sea,

The waters of the great deep;

Who made the depths of the sea a pathway

For the bredeemed to cross over?

11 So the aransomed of the Lord will return

And come with joyful shouting to Zion,

And beverlasting joy will be on their heads.

They will obtain gladness and joy,

And csorrow and sighing will flee away.

12 “I, even I, am He who acomforts you.

Who are you that you are afraid of bman who dies

And of the son of man who is made clike grass,

13 That you have aforgotten the Lord your Maker,

Who bstretched out the heavens

And laid the foundations of the earth,

That you cfear continually all day long because of the fury of the oppressor,

As he makes ready to destroy?

But where is the fury of the doppressor?

14 “The 1aexile will soon be set free, and will not die in the dungeon, bnor will his bread be lacking.

15 “For I am the Lord your God, who astirs up the sea and its waves roar (the Lord of hosts is His name).

16 “I have aput My words in your mouth and have bcovered you with the shadow of My hand, to 1cestablish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’ ”