The Lord Comforts Zion

51 “Listen to Me, ayou who 1follow after righteousness,

You who seek the Lord:

Look to the rock from which you were hewn,

And to the hole of the pit from which you were dug.

2 bLook to Abraham your father,

And to Sarah who bore you;

cFor I called him alone,

And dblessed him and increased him.”

3 For the Lord will ecomfort Zion,

He will comfort all her waste places;

He will make her wilderness like Eden,

And her desert flike the garden of the Lord;

Joy and gladness will be found in it,

Thanksgiving and the voice of melody.

4 “Listen to Me, My people;

And give ear to Me, O My nation:

gFor law will proceed from Me,

And I will make My justice rest

hAs a light of the peoples.

5 iMy righteousness is near,

My salvation has gone forth,

jAnd My arms will judge the peoples;

kThe coastlands will wait upon Me,

And lon My arm they will trust.

6 mLift up your eyes to the heavens,

And look on the earth beneath.

For nthe heavens will vanish away like smoke,

oThe earth will grow old like a garment,

And those who dwell in it will die in like manner;

But My salvation will be pforever,

And My righteousness will not be 2abolished.