Dual Panel1“Listen <08085> to <0413> me, you who pursue <07291> godliness <06664>, who seek <01245> the Lord <03068>! Look <05027> at the rock <06697> from <0413> which you were chiseled <02672>, at the quarry <0953> <04718> from <0413> which you were dug <05365>!
2Look <05027> at <0413> Abraham <085>, your father <01>, and Sarah <08283>, who gave <02342> you birth <02342>. When I summoned <07121> him, he was a lone individual <0259>, but I blessed <01288> him and gave <07235> him numerous <07235> descendants.
3Certainly <03588> the Lord <03068> will console <05162> Zion <06726>; he will console <05162> all <03605> her ruins <02723>. He will make <07760> her wilderness <04057> like Eden <05731>, her desert <06160> like the Garden <01588> of the Lord <03068>. Happiness <08342> and joy <08057> will be restored <04672> to her, thanksgiving <08426> and the sound <06963> of music <02172>.
4Pay attention <07181> to <0413> me, my people <05971>! Listen <0238> to <0413> me, my people <03816>! For <03588> I will issue <03318> a decree <08451>, I will make <07280> my justice <04941> a light <0216> to the nations <05971>.
5I am ready <07138> to vindicate <06664>, I am ready <03318> to deliver <03468>, I will establish justice <08199> among <0413> the nations <05971>. The coastlands <0339> wait <06960> patiently for me; they wait in anticipation <03176> for <0413> the revelation of my power <02220>.
6Look up <05375> at the sky <08064>! Look <05027> at <0413> the earth <0776> below <08478>! For <03588> the sky <08064> will dissipate <04414> like smoke <06227>, and the earth <0776> will wear out <01086> like clothes <0899>; its residents <03427> will die <04191> like <03644> gnats. But the deliverance <03444> I give is permanent <05769>; the vindication <06666> I provide will not <03808> disappear <02865>.
7Listen <08085> to <0413> me, you who know <03045> what is right <06664>, you people <05971> who are aware of my law <08451>! Don’t <0408> be afraid <03372> of the insults <02781> of men <0582>; don’t <0408> be discouraged <02865> because of their abuse <01421>!
8For <03588> a moth <06211> will eat <0398> away at them like clothes; a clothes <0899> moth <05580> will devour <0398> them like wool <06785>. But the vindication <06666> I provide will be <01961> permanent <05769>; the deliverance <03444> I give will last.”
9Wake up <05782>! Wake up <05782>! Clothe <03847> yourself with strength <05797>, O arm <02220> of the Lord <03069>! Wake up <05782> as in former <06924> times <03117>, as in antiquity <05769> <01755>! Did you <0859> not <03808> smash <02672> the Proud One <07294>? Did you not wound <02490> the sea monster <08577>?
10Did you <0859> not <03808> dry up <02717> the sea <03220>, the waters <04325> of the great <07227> deep <08415>? Did you not make <07760> a path <01870> through the depths <04615> of the sea <03220>, so those delivered from bondage <01350> could cross over <05674>?
11Those whom the Lord <03068> has ransomed <06299> will return <07725>; they will enter <0935> Zion <06726> with a happy <08057> shout <07440>. Unending <05769> joy will crown <07218> them, happiness <08342> and joy <08057> will overwhelm <05381> them; grief <03015> and suffering <0585> will disappear <05127>.
12“I <0595>, I <0595> am the one <01931> who <04310> consoles <05162> you <0859>. Why are you afraid <03372> of mortal <04191> men <0582>, of mere human beings <0120> <01121> who are as short-lived <05414> as grass <02682>?
13Why do you forget <07911> the Lord <03068>, who made <06213> you, who stretched <05186> out the sky <08064> and founded <03245> the earth <0776>? Why do you constantly <08548> tremble <06342> all <03605> day <03117> long at the anger <02534> of the oppressor <06693>, when he makes <03559> plans to destroy <07843>? Where <0346> is the anger <02534> of the oppressor <06693>?
14The one who suffers <06808> will soon <04116> be released <06605>; he will not <03808> die <04191> in prison <07845>, he will not <03808> go hungry <03899> <02637>.
15I <0595> am the Lord <03068> your God <0430>, who churns up <07280> the sea <03220> so that its waves <01530> surge <01993>. The Lord <03068> who commands armies <06635> is his name <08034>!
16I commission <07760> you as my spokesman <06310> <01697>; I cover <03680> you with the palm <06738> of my hand <03027>, to establish <05193> the sky <08064> and to found <03245> the earth <0776>, to say <0559> to Zion <06726>, ‘You <0859> are my people <05971>.’”
17Wake up <05782>! Wake up <05782>! Get up <06965>, O Jerusalem <03389>! You drank <08354> from the cup <03563> the Lord <03068> passed to you, which was full of his anger <02534>! You drained dry <04680> <08354> the goblet <03563> <06907> full of intoxicating <08653> wine.
18There was no one <0369> to lead <05095> her among all <03605> the children <01121> she bore <03205>; there was no one <0369> to take <02388> her by the hand <03027> among all <03605> the children <01121> she raised <01431>.
19These <02007> double <08147> disasters confronted <07122> you. But who <04310> feels sorry <05110> for you? Destruction <07701> and devastation <07667>, famine <07458> and sword <02719>. But who <04310> consoles <05162> you?
20Your children <01121> faint <05968>; they lie <07901> at the head <07218> of every <03605> street <02351> like an antelope <08377> in a snare. They are left <04390> in a stupor <04364> by the Lord’s <03068> anger <02534>, by the battle cry <01606> of your God <0430>.
21So <03651> listen <08085> to this <02063>, oppressed <06041> one, who is drunk <07937>, but not <03808> from wine <03196>!
22This is what <03541> your sovereign master <0136>, the Lord <03068> your God <0430>, says <0559>: “Look <02009>, I have removed <03947> from your hand <03027> the cup <03563> of intoxicating wine <08653>, the goblet <03563> full of my anger <02534>. You will no <03808> longer <05750> have to drink <08354> it.
23I will put <07760> it into the hand <03027> of your tormentors <03013> who <0834> said <0559> to you <05315>, ‘Lie down <07812>, so we can walk over <05674> you.’ You made <07760> your back <01460> like the ground <0776>, and like the street <02351> for those who walked over <05674> you.”