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ISAIAH
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- And stay upon his God.
- 11Behold, all ye that kindle a fire,
- That gird yourselves with firebrands,
- Begone in the flame of your fire,
- And among the brands that ye have kindled.
- This shall ye have of My hand;
- Ye shall lie down in sorrow.
- 51Hearken to Me, ye that follow after righteousness,
- Ye that seek the Lord;
- Look unto the rock whence ye were hewn,
- And to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged.
- 2Look unto Abraham your father,
- And unto Sarah that bore you;
- For when he was but one I called him,
- And I blessed him, and made him many.
- 3For the Lord hath comforted Zion;
- He hath comforted all her waste places,
- And hath made her wilderness like Eden,
- And her desert like the garden of the Lord;
- Joy and gladness shall be found therein,
- Thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
- 4Attend unto Me, O My people,
- And give ear unto Me, O My nation;
- For instruction shall go forth from Me,
- And My right on a sudden for a light of the peoples.
- 5My favour is near,
- My salvation is gone forth,
- And Mine arms shall judge the peoples;
- The isles shall wait for Me,
- And on Mine arm shall they trust.
- 6Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
- And look upon the earth beneath;
- For the heavens shall vanish away like smoke,
- And the earth shall wax old like a garment,
- And they that dwell therein shall die in like manner;
- But My salvation shall be for ever,
- And My favour shall not be abolished.
- 7Hearken unto Me, ye that know righteousness,
- The people in whose heart is My law;
- Fear ye not the taunt of men,
- Neither be ye dismayed at their revilings.
- 8For the moth shall eat them up like a garment,
- And the worm shall eat them like wool;
- But My favour shall be for ever,
- And My salvation unto all generations.
- 9Awake, awake, put on strength,
- O arm of the Lord;
- Awake, as in the days of old,
- The generations of ancient times.
- Art thou not it that hewed Rahab in pieces,
- That pierced the dragon?
- 10Art thou not it that dried up the sea,
- The waters of the great deep;
- That made the depths of the sea a way
- For the redeemed to pass over?
- 11And the ransomed of the Lord shall return,
- And come with singing unto Zion,
- And everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
- They shall obtain gladness and joy,
- And sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
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