Isaiah:51

---

Seeker Overlay ON

* Hearken unto me , Ye that pursue righteousness , Ye that seek Yahweh , Look well unto the rock whence ye were hewn , And unto the quarry whence ye were digged : * Look well unto Abraham your father , And unto Sarah who gave you birth , For he was , alone , when called I him , And , I blessed him that I might make him , many . * For Yahweh hath comforted Zion , He hath comforted all her waste places , And hath made her wilderness like Eden , And her waste plain like the garden of Yahweh , Joy and gladness , shall be found in her , Thanksgiving , and the voice of melody . * Attend unto me , O my people , And , O , my nation unto me give ear , For , instruction , from me , shall go forth , And , my justicefor a light of peoples , will I establish : * At hand is my righteousness . Gone forth hath my salvation , And , mine own arms , unto the peoples , shall give justice , Upon me , Coastlands , shall wait , And for mine arm , shall they hope . * Lift upto the heavensyour eyes , And look around to the earth beneath Though , the heavens , like smoke , should have vanished And , the earth , like a garment , should fall to pieces , And , her inhabitants , in like manner , should die , Yet , my salvation , unto times age-abiding , shall continue , And , my righteousness , shall not be broken down . * Hearken unto me ye who discern righteousness , The people in whose heart is my law , Do not fear the reproach of frail men , Nor at their revilings , be dismayed ; * For like a garment , shall they be eaten of the moth , And like wool , shall they he eaten of the larva ; But , my righteousness , unto times age-abiding shall continue , And , my salvation , unto the remotest generation . * Awake , awake put on strength , O arm of Yahweh , Awake , As in days of old , The generations of bygone ages : Art not thou that which Hewed down Rahab , Piercing the Crocodile ? * Art not thou that which dried up The Sea , The waters of the mighty Deep , That which made of the abysses of the sea a road for the passing over of the redeemed ? * Therefore , the ransomed of Yahweh , shall again come unto Zion , with shouts of triumph , With gladness age-abiding on their head , Joy , and gladness , shall overtake . Sorrow and sighing have fled away . * II , am he that comforteth you , Who art , thou , that thou hast feared Frail man that dieth , and A son of the earthborn , who , as grass , shall be delivered up ? * That thou hast forgotten Yahweh thy maker , Who stretched out the heavens And founded the earth ? That thou hast dreaded continually , all the day , by reason of the fury of the oppressor , in that he was ready to destroy ? Where then is the fury of the oppressor ? * The captive hath hastened to be loosed , That be might not die in the pit . Neither should , his bread , be cut off . * But , IYahweh , am thy God , Who threw into commotion the sea And the waves thereof roared , Yahweh of hosts , is his name . * Therefore have I put my words in thy mouth , And with the shadow of my hand , have I covered thee , To plant the heavens , and To lay the foundations of the earth , and To say unto Zion My people , thou art ! * Rouse theerouse , thee stand up , O Jerusalem , Who hast drunk , at the hand of Yahweh , his cup of indignation : The goblet-cup of confusion , hast thou drunkhast thou drained . * There is none to guide her , Among all the sons she hath borne , There is none to grasp her hand , Among all the sons she hath brought up . * Twain , are the things befalling thee , Who will lament for thee ? Wasting and destruction and f famine and sword By whom shall I comfort thee ? * Thy sons , have fainted , They lie at the head of all the streets like a gazelle in a net , Who , indeed , are full of The indignation of Yahweh The rebuke of thy God . * Therefore , hear , I pray thee , this , thou humbled one , And drunken but not with wine : * Thus , saith Thy Lord , Yahweh , Even thy God who pleadeth the cause of his people : Lo ! I have taken , out of thy hand , the cup of confusion , As for the goblet-cup of mine indignation , Thou shalt not again drink it , any more ; * But I will put it into the hand of thy tormentors , Who said to thy soul , Bow down thus we may pass over , And so thou didst place as the ground , thy back , Yea as the street to such as were passing along .

---