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Salvation for Zion
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# Chapter 51
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1. Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness,
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you who seek
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the Lord:
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Look to the rock from which you were cut,
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and to the quarry from which you were dug.
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2. Look to Abraham your father,
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and to Sarah who gave birth to you.
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When I called him, he was only one;
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I blessed him and made him many.
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3. For
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the Lord will comfort Zion;
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he will comfort all her waste places,
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and he will make her wilderness like Eden,
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and her desert like the garden of
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the Lord.
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Joy and gladness will be found in her,
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thanksgiving and melodious song.
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4. Pay attention to me, my people,
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and listen to me, my nation;
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for instruction will come from me,
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and my justice for a light to the nations.
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I will bring it about quickly.
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5. My righteousness is near,
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my salvation appears,
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and my arms will bring justice to the nations.
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The coasts and islands will put their hope in me,
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and they will look to my strength.
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6. Look up to the heavens,
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and look at the earth beneath;
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for the heavens will vanish like smoke,
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the earth will wear out like a garment,
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and its inhabitants will die like gnats.
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But my salvation will last forever,
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and my righteousness will never be shattered.
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7. Listen to me, you who know righteousness,
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the people in whose heart is my instruction:
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do not fear disgrace by men,
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and do not be shattered by their taunts.
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8. For moths will devour them like a garment,
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and worms will eat them like wool.
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But my righteousness will last forever,
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and my salvation for all generations.
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9. Wake up, wake up!
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Arm of
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the Lord, clothe yourself with strength.
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Wake up as in days past,
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as in generations long ago.
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Wasn't it you who hacked Rahab to pieces,
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who pierced the sea monster?
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10. Wasn't it you who dried up the sea,
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the waters of the great deep,
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who made the sea-bed into a road
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for the redeemed to pass over?
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11. And the ransomed of
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the Lord will return
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and come to Zion with singing,
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crowned with unending joy.
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Joy and gladness will overtake them,
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and sorrow and sighing will flee.
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12. I--I am the one who comforts you.
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Who are you that you should fear humans who die,
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or a son of man who is given up like grass?
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13. But you have forgotten
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the Lord, your Maker,
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who stretched out the heavens
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and laid the foundations of the earth.
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You are in constant dread all day long
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because of the fury of the oppressor,
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who has set himself to destroy.
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But where is the fury of the oppressor?
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14. The prisoner is soon to be set free;
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he will not die and go to the Pit,
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and his food will not be lacking.
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15. For I am
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the Lord your God
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who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar--
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his name is
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the Lord of Armies.
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16. I have put my words in your mouth,
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and covered you in the shadow of my hand,
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in order to plant the heavens,
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to found the earth,
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and to say to Zion, "You are my people."
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17. Wake yourself, wake yourself up!
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Stand up, Jerusalem,
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you who have drunk the cup of his fury
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from
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the Lord's hand;
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you who have drunk the goblet to the dregs--
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the cup that causes people to stagger.
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18. There is no one to guide her
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among all the children she has raised;
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there is no one to take hold of her hand
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among all the offspring she has brought up.
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19. These two things have happened to you:
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devastation and destruction,
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famine and sword.
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Who will grieve for you?
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How can I comfort you?
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20. Your children have fainted;
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they lie at the head of every street
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like an antelope in a net.
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They are full of
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the Lord's fury,
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the rebuke of your God.
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21. So listen to this, suffering
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and drunken one--but not with wine.
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22. This is what your Lord says--
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the Lord, even your God,
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who defends his people--
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"Look, I have removed from your hand
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the cup that causes staggering;
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that goblet, the cup of my fury.
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You will never drink it again.
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23. I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,
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who said to you,
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'Lie down, so we can walk over you.'
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You made your back like the ground,
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and like a street for those who walk on it.
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