Hearken to me, ye thatfollowafterrighteousness, ye thatseek the LORD: lookunto the rockwhence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.
For the LORDshallcomfortZion: he willcomfort all her wasteplaces; and he willmake her wildernesslikeEden, and her desertlike the garden of the LORD; joy and gladnessshall be foundtherein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Hearkenunto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shallproceedfrom me, and I willmake my judgment to rest for a light of the people.
Lift up youreyes to the heavens, and lookupon the earthbeneath: for the heavensshallvanishawaylikesmoke, and the earthshall wax old like a garment, and theythatdwellthereinshall die in likemanner: but my salvationshall be for ever, and my righteousnessshall not be abolished.
For the mothshall eat them up like a garment, and the wormshall eat themlikewool: but my righteousnessshall be for ever, and my salvationfromgeneration to generation.
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancientdays, in the generations of old. Art thou not it thathath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
Therefore the redeemed of the LORDshallreturn, and comewithsinginguntoZion; and everlasting joy shall be upontheirhead: theyshallobtaingladness and joy; and sorrow and mourningshallfleeaway.
I, even I, am he thatcomforteth you: who art thou, thatthoushouldest be afraid of a man thatshall die, and of the son of man whichshall be made as grass;
And forgettest the LORD thy maker, thathathstretchedforth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hastfearedcontinuallyevery day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he wereready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I havecoveredthee in the shadow of minehand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say untoZion, Thou art my people.
Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, whichhastdrunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thouhastdrunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrungthem out.
There is none to guide her among all the sonswhom she hathbroughtforth; neither is there any thattaketh her by the hand of all the sonsthat she hathbrought up.
These two things are comeuntothee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whomshall I comfortthee?
Thussaith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God thatpleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I havetaken out of thinehand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thoushalt no moredrink it again:
But I will put it into the hand of themthatafflictthee; whichhavesaid to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thouhastlaid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to themthatwentover.