Dual Panel1Hearken <08085> (8798) to me, ye that follow after <07291> (8802) righteousness <06664>_, ye that seek <01245> (8764) the LORD <03068>_: look <05027> (8685) unto the rock <06697> [whence] ye are hewn <02672> (8795)_, and to the hole <04718> of the pit <0953> [whence] ye are digged <05365> (8795)_.
2Look <05027> (8685) unto Abraham <085> your father <01>_, and unto Sarah <08283> [that] bare <02342> (8787) you: for I called <07121> (8804) him alone <0259>_, and blessed <01288> (8762) him, and increased <07235> (8686) him.
3For the LORD <03068> shall comfort <05162> (8765) Zion <06726>_: he will comfort <05162> (8765) all her waste places <02723>_; and he will make <07760> (8799) her wilderness <04057> like Eden <05731>_, and her desert <06160> like the garden <01588> of the LORD <03068>_; joy <08342> and gladness <08057> shall be found <04672> (8735) therein, thanksgiving <08426>_, and the voice <06963> of melody <02172>_.
4Hearken <07181> (8685) unto me, my people <05971>_; and give ear <0238> (8685) unto me, O my nation <03816>_: for a law <08451> shall proceed <03318> (8799) from me, and I will make my judgment <04941> to rest <07280> (8686) for a light <0216> of the people <05971>_.
5My righteousness <06664> [is] near <07138>_; my salvation <03468> is gone forth <03318> (8804)_, and mine arms <02220> shall judge <08199> (8799) the people <05971>_; the isles <0339> shall wait <06960> (8762) upon me, and on mine arm <02220> shall they trust <03176> (8762)_.
6Lift up <05375> (8798) your eyes <05869> to the heavens <08064>_, and look <05027> (8685) upon the earth <0776> beneath: for the heavens <08064> shall vanish away <04414> (8738) like smoke <06227>_, and the earth <0776> shall wax old <01086> (8799) like a garment <0899>_, and they that dwell <03427> (8802) therein shall die <04191> (8799) in like <03644> manner <03654>_: but my salvation <03444> shall be for ever <05769>_, and my righteousness <06666> shall not be abolished <02865> (8735)_.
7Hearken <08085> (8798) unto me, ye that know <03045> (8802) righteousness <06664>_, the people <05971> in whose heart <03820> [is] my law <08451>_; fear <03372> (8799) ye not the reproach <02781> of men <0582>_, neither be ye afraid <02865> (8735) of their revilings <01421>_.
8For the moth <06211> shall eat them up <0398> (8799) like a garment <0899>_, and the worm <05580> shall eat <0398> (8799) them like wool <06785>_: but my righteousness <06666> shall be for ever <05769>_, and my salvation <03444> from generation <01755> to generation <01755>_.
9Awake <05782> (8798)_, awake <05782> (8798)_, put on <03847> (8798) strength <05797>_, O arm <02220> of the LORD <03068>_; awake <05782> (8798)_, as in the ancient <06924> days <03117>_, in the generations <01755> of old <05769>_. [Art] thou not it that hath cut <02672> (8688) Rahab <07294>_, [and] wounded <02490> (8781) the dragon <08577>_?
10[Art] thou not it which hath dried <02717> (8688) the sea <03220>_, the waters <04325> of the great <07227> deep <08415>_; that hath made <07760> (8804) the depths <04615> of the sea <03220> a way <01870> for the ransomed <01350> (8803) to pass over <05674> (8800)_?
11Therefore the redeemed <06299> (8803) of the LORD <03068> shall return <07725> (8799)_, and come <0935> (8804) with singing <07440> unto Zion <06726>_; and everlasting <05769> joy <08057> [shall be] upon their head <07218>_: they shall obtain <05381> (8686) gladness <08342> and joy <08057>_; [and] sorrow <03015> and mourning <0585> shall flee away <05127> (8804)_.
12I, [even] I, [am] he that comforteth <05162> (8764) you: who [art] thou, that thou shouldest be afraid <03372> (8799) of a man <0582> [that] shall die <04191> (8799)_, and of the son <01121> of man <0120> [which] shall be made <05414> (8735) [as] grass <02682>_;
13And forgettest <07911> (8799) the LORD <03068> thy maker <06213> (8802)_, that hath stretched forth <05186> (8802) the heavens <08064>_, and laid the foundations <03245> (8801) of the earth <0776>_; and hast feared <06342> (8762) continually <08548> every day <03117> because <06440> of the fury <02534> of the oppressor <06693> (8688)_, as if <0834> he were ready <03559> (8790) to destroy <07843> (8687)_? and where [is] the fury <02534> of the oppressor <06693> (8688)_? {were...: or, made himself ready}
14The captive exile <06808> (8802) hasteneth <04116> (8765) that he may be loosed <06605> (8736)_, and that he should not die <04191> (8799) in the pit <07845>_, nor that his bread <03899> should fail <02637> (8799)_.
15But I [am] the LORD <03068> thy God <0430>_, that divided <07280> (8802) the sea <03220>_, whose waves <01530> roared <01993> (8799)_: The LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> [is] his name <08034>_.
16And I have put <07760> (8799) my words <01697> in thy mouth <06310>_, and I have covered <03680> (8765) thee in the shadow <06738> of mine hand <03027>_, that I may plant <05193> (8800) the heavens <08064>_, and lay the foundations <03245> (8800) of the earth <0776>_, and say <0559> (8800) unto Zion <06726>_, Thou [art] my people <05971>_.
17Awake <05782> (8708)_, awake <05782> (8708)_, stand up <06965> (8798)_, O Jerusalem <03389>_, which hast drunk <08354> (8804) at the hand <03027> of the LORD <03068> the cup <03563> of his fury <02534>_; thou hast drunken <08354> (8804) the dregs <06907> of the cup <03563> of trembling <08653>_, [and] wrung [them] out <04680> (8804)_.
18[There is] none to guide <05095> (8764) her among all the sons <01121> [whom] she hath brought forth <03205> (8804)_; neither [is there any] that taketh <02388> (8688) her by the hand <03027> of all the sons <01121> [that] she hath brought up <01431> (8765)_.
19These two <08147> [things] are come <07122> (8802) unto thee; who shall be sorry <05110> (8799) for thee? desolation <07701>_, and destruction <07667>_, and the famine <07458>_, and the sword <02719>_: by whom shall I comfort <05162> (8762) thee? {are...: Heb. happened} {destruction: Heb. breaking}
20Thy sons <01121> have fainted <05968> (8795)_, they lie <07901> (8804) at the head <07218> of all the streets <02351>_, as a wild bull <08377> in a net <04364>_: they are full <04392> of the fury <02534> of the LORD <03068>_, the rebuke <01606> of thy God <0430>_.
21Therefore hear <08085> (8798) now this, thou afflicted <06041>_, and drunken <07937> (8803)_, but not with wine <03196>_:
22Thus saith <0559> (8804) thy Lord <0113> the LORD <03068>_, and thy God <0430> [that] pleadeth <07378> (8799) the cause of his people <05971>_, Behold, I have taken out <03947> (8804) of thine hand <03027> the cup <03563> of trembling <08653>_, [even] the dregs <06907> of the cup <03563> of my fury <02534>_; thou shalt no more <03254> (8686) drink it again <08354> (8800)_:
23But I will put <07760> (8804) it into the hand <03027> of them that afflict <03013> (8688) thee; which have said <0559> (8804) to thy soul <05315>_, Bow down <07812> (8798)_, that we may go over <05674> (8799)_: and thou hast laid <07760> (8799) thy body <01460> as the ground <0776>_, and as the street <02351>_, to them that went over <05674> (8802)_.