1442 - Isaiah 51 part 1

Isaiah Chapter 51 part 1


“Listen to me, all you who hope for deliverance—all you who seek the Lord!


Consider the rock, from which you were cut, the quarry, from which you were mined.


Yes, think about Abraham, your ancestor, and Sarah, who gave birth to your nation.


Abraham was only one man, when I called him.


But when I blessed him, he became a great nation.”


The Lord will comfort Israel again, and He will have pity, on her ruins.


Her desert will blossom, like Eden, ….her barren wilderness will blossom, like the garden of the Lord.


Joy and gladness will be found there.


Songs, of thanksgiving, will fill the air.


“Listen to me, my people.


Hear me, Israel, …my law will be proclaimed, and my justice will become a light to all the nations.


My mercy and justice are coming soon.


My salvation is on the way.


My strong arm will bring justice to the nations.


All distant lands will look to me, and wait in hope, for my powerful arm.


Look up, to the skies above, and gaze down, on the earth below.


For the skies will disappear, like smoke, and the earth will wear out, like a piece of clothing.


The people of the earth will die like flies, but my salvation lasts forever.


My righteous rule will never end!


“Listen to me, you who know right from wrong, …you who cherish my law, in your hearts.


Do not be afraid of people’s scorn, nor fear their insults.


For the moth will devour them, as it devours clothing.


The worm will eat at them, just as it eats wool.


But my righteousness will last forever.


My salvation will continue from generation to generation.”


Wake up, wake up, O Lord! 


Clothe yourself with strength!


Flex your mighty right arm!


Rouse yourself, as You did in the days of old, when you slew Egypt, the dragon of the Nile.


Are you not the same today, …the one who dried up the sea, making a path of escape through the depths, so that your people could cross over?


Those who have been ransomed, by the Lord, will return.


They will enter Jerusalem, singing, and crowned with everlasting joy.


Sorrow and mourning will disappear, and they will be filled with joy and gladness.”


The Holy Bible 

New Living Translation 


Isaiah 51:1–12a


Praise be to God!



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