Bible in 90 Days

53 Who has believed our message^(J)
    and to whom has the arm^(K) of the Lord been revealed?^(L)
2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,^(M)
    and like a root^(N) out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
    nothing in his appearance^(O) that we should desire him.
³ He was despised and rejected by mankind,
    a man of suffering,^(P) and familiar with pain.^(Q)
Like one from whom people hide^(R) their faces
    he was despised,^(S) and we held him in low esteem.

⁴ Surely he took up our pain
    and bore our suffering,^(T)
yet we considered him punished by God,^(U)
    stricken by him, and afflicted.^(V)
5 But he was pierced^(W) for our transgressions,^(X)
    he was crushed^(Y) for our iniquities;
the punishment^(Z) that brought us peace^(AA) was on him,
    and by his wounds^(AB) we are healed.^(AC)
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray,^(AD)
    each of us has turned to our own way;^(AE)
and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity^(AF) of us all.

⁷ He was oppressed^(AG) and afflicted,
    yet he did not open his mouth;^(AH)
he was led like a lamb^(AI) to the slaughter,^(AJ)
    and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
    so he did not open his mouth.
⁸ By oppression^[d] and judgment^(AK) he was taken away.
    Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;^(AL)
    for the transgression^(AM) of my people he was punished.^[e]
9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked,^(AN)
    and with the rich^(AO) in his death,
though he had done no violence,^(AP)
    nor was any deceit in his mouth.^(AQ)

¹⁰ Yet it was the Lord’s will^(AR) to crush^(AS) him and cause him to suffer,^(AT)
    and though the Lord makes^[f] his life an offering for sin,^(AU)
he will see his offspring^(AV) and prolong his days,
    and the will of the Lord will prosper^(AW) in his hand.
¹¹ After he has suffered,^(AX)
    he will see the light^(AY) of life^[g] and be satisfied^[h];
by his knowledge^[i] my righteous servant^(AZ) will justify^(BA) many,
    and he will bear their iniquities.^(BB)
12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,^[j](BC)
    and he will divide the spoils^(BD) with the strong,^[k]
because he poured out his life unto death,^(BE)
    and was numbered with the transgressors.^(BF)
For he bore^(BG) the sin of many,^(BH)
    and made intercession^(BI) for the transgressors.

⁴ “Do not be afraid;^(BU) you will not be put to shame.^(BV)
    Do not fear disgrace;^(BW) you will not be humiliated.
You will forget the shame of your youth^(BX)
    and remember no more the reproach^(BY) of your widowhood.^(BZ)
5 For your Maker^(CA) is your husband^(CB)—
    the Lord Almighty is his name—
the Holy One^(CC) of Israel is your Redeemer;^(CD)
    he is called the God of all the earth.^(CE)
6 The Lord will call you back^(CF)
    as if you were a wife deserted^(CG) and distressed in spirit—
a wife who married young,^(CH)
    only to be rejected,” says your God.
⁷ “For a brief moment^(CI) I abandoned^(CJ) you,
    but with deep compassion^(CK) I will bring you back.^(CL)
8 In a surge of anger^(CM)
    I hid^(CN) my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness^(CO)
    I will have compassion^(CP) on you,”
    says the Lord your Redeemer.^(CQ)

⁹ “To me this is like the days of Noah,
    when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.^(CR)
So now I have sworn^(CS) not to be angry^(CT) with you,
    never to rebuke^(CU) you again.
¹⁰ Though the mountains be shaken^(CV)
    and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love^(CW) for you will not be shaken^(CX)
    nor my covenant^(CY) of peace^(CZ) be removed,”
    says the Lord, who has compassion^(DA) on you.

¹¹ “Afflicted^(DB) city, lashed by storms^(DC) and not comforted,^(DD)
    I will rebuild you with stones of turquoise,^[l](DE)
    your foundations^(DF) with lapis lazuli.^(DG)
12 I will make your battlements of rubies,
    your gates^(DH) of sparkling jewels,
    and all your walls of precious stones.
¹³ All your children will be taught by the Lord,^(DI)
    and great will be their peace.^(DJ)
14 In righteousness^(DK) you will be established:^(DL)
Tyranny^(DM) will be far from you;
    you will have nothing to fear.^(DN)
Terror^(DO) will be far removed;
    it will not come near you.
¹⁵ If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing;
    whoever attacks you will surrender^(DP) to you.

¹⁶ “See, it is I who created the blacksmith^(DQ)
    who fans the coals into flame
    and forges a weapon^(DR) fit for its work.
And it is I who have created the destroyer^(DS) to wreak havoc;
¹⁷     no weapon forged against you will prevail,^(DT)
    and you will refute^(DU) every tongue that accuses you.
This is the heritage of the servants^(DV) of the Lord,
    and this is their vindication^(DW) from me,”
declares the Lord.

⁶ Seek^(EQ) the Lord while he may be found;^(ER)
    call^(ES) on him while he is near.
⁷ Let the wicked forsake^(ET) their ways
    and the unrighteous their thoughts.^(EU)
Let them turn^(EV) to the Lord, and he will have mercy^(EW) on them,
    and to our God, for he will freely pardon.^(EX)

⁸ “For my thoughts^(EY) are not your thoughts,
    neither are your ways my ways,”^(EZ)
declares the Lord.
⁹ “As the heavens are higher than the earth,^(FA)
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.^(FB)
10 As the rain^(FC) and the snow
    come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
    without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,^(FD)
    so that it yields seed^(FE) for the sower and bread for the eater,^(FF)
11 so is my word^(FG) that goes out from my mouth:
    It will not return to me empty,^(FH)
but will accomplish what I desire
    and achieve the purpose^(FI) for which I sent it.
¹² You will go out in joy^(FJ)
    and be led forth in peace;^(FK)
the mountains and hills
    will burst into song^(FL) before you,
and all the trees^(FM) of the field
    will clap their hands.^(FN)
13 Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper,
    and instead of briers^(FO) the myrtle^(FP) will grow.
This will be for the Lord’s renown,^(FQ)
    for an everlasting sign,
    that will endure forever.”

“Maintain justice^(FR)
    and do what is right,^(FS)
for my salvation^(FT) is close at hand
    and my righteousness^(FU) will soon be revealed.
² Blessed^(FV) is the one who does this—
    the person who holds it fast,
who keeps the Sabbath^(FW) without desecrating it,
    and keeps their hands from doing any evil.”

³ Let no foreigner^(FX) who is bound to the Lord say,
    “The Lord will surely exclude me from his people.”^(FY)
And let no eunuch^(FZ) complain,
    “I am only a dry tree.”

“To the eunuchs^(GA) who keep my Sabbaths,
    who choose what pleases me
    and hold fast to my covenant^(GB)—
⁵ to them I will give within my temple and its walls^(GC)
    a memorial^(GD) and a name
    better than sons and daughters;
I will give them an everlasting name^(GE)
    that will endure forever.^(GF)
6 And foreigners^(GG) who bind themselves to the Lord
    to minister^(GH) to him,
to love the name^(GI) of the Lord,
    and to be his servants,
all who keep the Sabbath^(GJ) without desecrating it
    and who hold fast to my covenant—
⁷ these I will bring to my holy mountain^(GK)
    and give them joy in my house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices^(GL)
    will be accepted on my altar;
for my house will be called
    a house of prayer for all nations.^(GM)”^(GN)
8 The Sovereign Lord declares—
    he who gathers the exiles of Israel:
“I will gather^(GO) still others to them
    besides those already gathered.”

57 The righteous perish,^(GZ)
    and no one takes it to heart;^(HA)
the devout are taken away,
    and no one understands
that the righteous are taken away
    to be spared from evil.^(HB)
2 Those who walk uprightly^(HC)
    enter into peace;
    they find rest^(HD) as they lie in death.

³ “But you—come here, you children of a sorceress,^(HE)
    you offspring of adulterers^(HF) and prostitutes!^(HG)
4 Who are you mocking?
    At whom do you sneer
    and stick out your tongue?
Are you not a brood of rebels,^(HH)
    the offspring of liars?
⁵ You burn with lust among the oaks^(HI)
    and under every spreading tree;^(HJ)
you sacrifice your children^(HK) in the ravines
    and under the overhanging crags.
⁶ The idols^(HL) among the smooth stones of the ravines are your portion;
    indeed, they are your lot.
Yes, to them you have poured out drink offerings^(HM)
    and offered grain offerings.
    In view of all this, should I relent?^(HN)
7 You have made your bed on a high and lofty hill;^(HO)
    there you went up to offer your sacrifices.^(HP)
8 Behind your doors and your doorposts
    you have put your pagan symbols.
Forsaking me, you uncovered your bed,
    you climbed into it and opened it wide;
you made a pact with those whose beds you love,^(HQ)
    and you looked with lust on their naked bodies.^(HR)
9 You went to Molek^[m](HS) with olive oil
    and increased your perfumes.^(HT)
You sent your ambassadors^[n](HU) far away;
    you descended to the very realm of the dead!^(HV)
10 You wearied^(HW) yourself by such going about,
    but you would not say, ‘It is hopeless.’^(HX)
You found renewal of your strength,^(HY)
    and so you did not faint.

¹¹ “Whom have you so dreaded and feared^(HZ)
    that you have not been true to me,
and have neither remembered^(IA) me
    nor taken this to heart?^(IB)
Is it not because I have long been silent^(IC)
    that you do not fear me?
¹² I will expose your righteousness and your works,^(ID)
    and they will not benefit you.
¹³ When you cry out^(IE) for help,
    let your collection of idols save^(IF) you!
The wind will carry all of them off,
    a mere breath will blow^(IG) them away.
But whoever takes refuge^(IH) in me
    will inherit the land^(II)
    and possess my holy mountain.”^(IJ)

“Build up, build up, prepare the road!^(IK)
    Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people.”^(IL)
15 For this is what the high and exalted^(IM) One says—
    he who lives forever,^(IN) whose name is holy:
“I live in a high^(IO) and holy place,
    but also with the one who is contrite^(IP) and lowly in spirit,^(IQ)
to revive the spirit of the lowly
    and to revive the heart of the contrite.^(IR)
16 I will not accuse^(IS) them forever,
    nor will I always be angry,^(IT)
for then they would faint away because of me—
    the very people^(IU) I have created.
¹⁷ I was enraged by their sinful greed;^(IV)
    I punished them, and hid^(IW) my face in anger,
    yet they kept on in their willful ways.^(IX)
18 I have seen their ways, but I will heal^(IY) them;
    I will guide^(IZ) them and restore comfort^(JA) to Israel’s mourners,
¹⁹     creating praise on their lips.^(JB)
Peace, peace,^(JC) to those far and near,”^(JD)
    says the Lord. “And I will heal them.”
²⁰ But the wicked^(JE) are like the tossing sea,^(JF)
    which cannot rest,
    whose waves cast up mire^(JG) and mud.
²¹ “There is no peace,”^(JH) says my God, “for the wicked.”^(JI)

“Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please^(JT)
    and exploit all your workers.
⁴ Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife,^(JU)
    and in striking each other with wicked fists.
You cannot fast as you do today
    and expect your voice to be heard^(JV) on high.
⁵ Is this the kind of fast^(JW) I have chosen,
    only a day for people to humble^(JX) themselves?
Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed^(JY)
    and for lying in sackcloth and ashes?^(JZ)
Is that what you call a fast,
    a day acceptable to the Lord?

⁶ “Is not this the kind of fasting^(KA) I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice^(KB)
    and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed^(KC) free
    and break every yoke?^(KD)
7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry^(KE)
    and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter^(KF)—
when you see the naked, to clothe^(KG) them,
    and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?^(KH)
8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn,^(KI)
    and your healing^(KJ) will quickly appear;
then your righteousness^[o](KK) will go before you,
    and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.^(KL)
9 Then you will call,^(KM) and the Lord will answer;^(KN)
    you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.

“If you do away with the yoke of oppression,
    with the pointing finger^(KO) and malicious talk,^(KP)
10 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
    and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,^(KQ)
then your light^(KR) will rise in the darkness,
    and your night will become like the noonday.^(KS)
11 The Lord will guide^(KT) you always;
    he will satisfy your needs^(KU) in a sun-scorched land^(KV)
    and will strengthen^(KW) your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,^(KX)
    like a spring^(KY) whose waters never fail.
¹² Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins^(KZ)
    and will raise up the age-old foundations;^(LA)
you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls,^(LB)
    Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.

¹³ “If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath^(LC)
    and from doing as you please on my holy day,
if you call the Sabbath a delight^(LD)
    and the Lord’s holy day honorable,
and if you honor it by not going your own way
    and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,^(LE)
14 then you will find your joy^(LF) in the Lord,
    and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights^(LG) of the land
    and to feast on the inheritance^(LH) of your father Jacob.”
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.^(LI)

⁹ So justice is far from us,
    and righteousness does not reach us.
We look for light, but all is darkness;^(MF)
    for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.
¹⁰ Like the blind^(MG) we grope along the wall,
    feeling our way like people without eyes.
At midday we stumble^(MH) as if it were twilight;
    among the strong, we are like the dead.^(MI)
11 We all growl like bears;
    we moan mournfully like doves.^(MJ)
We look for justice, but find none;
    for deliverance, but it is far away.

¹² For our offenses^(MK) are many in your sight,
    and our sins testify^(ML) against us.
Our offenses are ever with us,
    and we acknowledge our iniquities:^(MM)
13 rebellion^(MN) and treachery against the Lord,
    turning our backs^(MO) on our God,
inciting revolt and oppression,^(MP)
    uttering lies^(MQ) our hearts have conceived.
¹⁴ So justice^(MR) is driven back,
    and righteousness^(MS) stands at a distance;
truth^(MT) has stumbled in the streets,
    honesty cannot enter.
¹⁵ Truth^(MU) is nowhere to be found,
    and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.

The Lord looked and was displeased
    that there was no justice.^(MV)
16 He saw that there was no one,^(MW)
    he was appalled that there was no one to intervene;^(MX)
so his own arm achieved salvation^(MY) for him,
    and his own righteousness^(MZ) sustained him.
¹⁷ He put on righteousness as his breastplate,^(NA)
    and the helmet^(NB) of salvation on his head;
he put on the garments^(NC) of vengeance^(ND)
    and wrapped himself in zeal^(NE) as in a cloak.
¹⁸ According to what they have done,
    so will he repay^(NF)
wrath to his enemies
    and retribution to his foes;
    he will repay the islands^(NG) their due.
¹⁹ From the west,^(NH) people will fear the name of the Lord,
    and from the rising of the sun,^(NI) they will revere his glory.^(NJ)
For he will come like a pent-up flood
    that the breath^(NK) of the Lord drives along.^[p]

²⁰ “The Redeemer^(NL) will come to Zion,^(NM)
    to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,”^(NN)
declares the Lord.

⁴ “Lift up your eyes and look about you:
    All assemble^(OA) and come to you;
your sons come from afar,^(OB)
    and your daughters^(OC) are carried on the hip.^(OD)
5 Then you will look and be radiant,^(OE)
    your heart will throb and swell with joy;^(OF)
the wealth^(OG) on the seas will be brought to you,
    to you the riches of the nations will come.
⁶ Herds of camels^(OH) will cover your land,
    young camels of Midian^(OI) and Ephah.^(OJ)
And all from Sheba^(OK) will come,
    bearing gold and incense^(OL)
    and proclaiming the praise^(OM) of the Lord.
⁷ All Kedar’s^(ON) flocks will be gathered to you,
    the rams of Nebaioth will serve you;
they will be accepted as offerings^(OO) on my altar,^(OP)
    and I will adorn my glorious temple.^(OQ)

⁸ “Who are these^(OR) that fly along like clouds,^(OS)
    like doves to their nests?
⁹ Surely the islands^(OT) look to me;
    in the lead are the ships of Tarshish,^[q](OU)
bringing^(OV) your children from afar,
    with their silver and gold,^(OW)
to the honor^(OX) of the Lord your God,
    the Holy One^(OY) of Israel,
    for he has endowed you with splendor.^(OZ)

¹⁰ “Foreigners^(PA) will rebuild your walls,
    and their kings^(PB) will serve you.
Though in anger I struck you,
    in favor^(PC) I will show you compassion.^(PD)
11 Your gates^(PE) will always stand open,
    they will never be shut, day or night,
so that people may bring you the wealth of the nations^(PF)—
    their kings^(PG) led in triumphal procession.
¹² For the nation or kingdom that will not serve^(PH) you will perish;
    it will be utterly ruined.^(PI)

¹³ “The glory of Lebanon^(PJ) will come to you,
    the juniper, the fir and the cypress together,^(PK)
to adorn my sanctuary;^(PL)
    and I will glorify the place for my feet.^(PM)
14 The children of your oppressors^(PN) will come bowing before you;
    all who despise you will bow down^(PO) at your feet
and will call you the City^(PP) of the Lord,
    Zion^(PQ) of the Holy One^(PR) of Israel.

¹⁵ “Although you have been forsaken^(PS) and hated,
    with no one traveling^(PT) through,
I will make you the everlasting pride^(PU)
    and the joy^(PV) of all generations.
¹⁶ You will drink the milk of nations
    and be nursed^(PW) at royal breasts.
Then you will know^(PX) that I, the Lord, am your Savior,^(PY)
    your Redeemer,^(PZ) the Mighty One of Jacob.^(QA)
17 Instead of bronze I will bring you gold,^(QB)
    and silver in place of iron.
Instead of wood I will bring you bronze,
    and iron in place of stones.
I will make peace^(QC) your governor
    and well-being your ruler.^(QD)
18 No longer will violence^(QE) be heard in your land,
    nor ruin or destruction^(QF) within your borders,
but you will call your walls Salvation^(QG)
    and your gates Praise.^(QH)
19 The sun will no more be your light by day,
    nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you,
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,^(QI)
    and your God will be your glory.^(QJ)
20 Your sun^(QK) will never set again,
    and your moon will wane no more;
the Lord will be your everlasting light,
    and your days of sorrow^(QL) will end.
²¹ Then all your people will be righteous^(QM)
    and they will possess^(QN) the land forever.
They are the shoot I have planted,^(QO)
    the work of my hands,^(QP)
    for the display of my splendor.^(QQ)
22 The least of you will become a thousand,
    the smallest a mighty nation.^(QR)
I am the Lord;
    in its time I will do this swiftly.”^(QS)

⁴ They will rebuild the ancient ruins^(RL)
    and restore the places long devastated;
they will renew the ruined cities
    that have been devastated for generations.
⁵ Strangers^(RM) will shepherd your flocks;
    foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.
⁶ And you will be called priests^(RN) of the Lord,
    you will be named ministers of our God.
You will feed on the wealth^(RO) of nations,
    and in their riches you will boast.

⁷ Instead of your shame^(RP)
    you will receive a double^(RQ) portion,
and instead of disgrace
    you will rejoice in your inheritance.
And so you will inherit^(RR) a double portion in your land,
    and everlasting joy^(RS) will be yours.

⁸ “For I, the Lord, love justice;^(RT)
    I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
In my faithfulness I will reward my people
    and make an everlasting covenant^(RU) with them.
⁹ Their descendants^(RV) will be known among the nations
    and their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will acknowledge
    that they are a people the Lord has blessed.”^(RW)

¹⁰ I delight greatly in the Lord;
    my soul rejoices^(RX) in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
    and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,^(RY)
as a bridegroom adorns his head^(RZ) like a priest,
    and as a bride^(SA) adorns herself with her jewels.
¹¹ For as the soil makes the sprout come up
    and a garden^(SB) causes seeds to grow,
so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness^(SC)
    and praise spring up before all nations.

⁶ I have posted watchmen^(SR) on your walls, Jerusalem;
    they will never be silent day or night.
You who call on the Lord,
    give yourselves no rest,^(SS)
7 and give him no rest^(ST) till he establishes Jerusalem
    and makes her the praise^(SU) of the earth.

⁸ The Lord has sworn^(SV) by his right hand
    and by his mighty arm:
“Never again will I give your grain^(SW)
    as food for your enemies,
and never again will foreigners drink the new wine
    for which you have toiled;
⁹ but those who harvest it will eat^(SX) it
    and praise the Lord,^(SY)
and those who gather the grapes will drink it
    in the courts of my sanctuary.”^(SZ)

¹⁰ Pass through, pass through the gates!^(TA)
    Prepare the way for the people.
Build up, build up the highway!^(TB)
    Remove the stones.
Raise a banner^(TC) for the nations.

¹¹ The Lord has made proclamation
    to the ends of the earth:^(TD)
“Say to Daughter Zion,^(TE)
    ‘See, your Savior comes!^(TF)
See, his reward is with him,
    and his recompense accompanies him.’”^(TG)
12 They will be called^(TH) the Holy People,^(TI)
    the Redeemed^(TJ) of the Lord;
and you will be called Sought After,
    the City No Longer Deserted.^(TK)

“It is I, proclaiming victory,
    mighty to save.”^(TP)

² Why are your garments red,
    like those of one treading the winepress?^(TQ)

³ “I have trodden the winepress^(TR) alone;
    from the nations no one was with me.
I trampled^(TS) them in my anger
    and trod them down in my wrath;^(TT)
their blood spattered my garments,^(TU)
    and I stained all my clothing.
⁴ It was for me the day of vengeance;^(TV)
    the year for me to redeem had come.
⁵ I looked, but there was no one^(TW) to help,
    I was appalled that no one gave support;
so my own arm^(TX) achieved salvation for me,
    and my own wrath sustained me.^(TY)
6 I trampled^(TZ) the nations in my anger;
    in my wrath I made them drunk^(UA)
    and poured their blood^(UB) on the ground.”

¹¹ Then his people recalled^[v] the days of old,
    the days of Moses and his people—
where is he who brought them through the sea,^(UQ)
    with the shepherd of his flock?^(UR)
Where is he who set
    his Holy Spirit^(US) among them,
¹² who sent his glorious arm^(UT) of power
    to be at Moses’ right hand,
who divided the waters^(UU) before them,
    to gain for himself everlasting renown,^(UV)
13 who led^(UW) them through the depths?^(UX)
Like a horse in open country,
    they did not stumble;^(UY)
14 like cattle that go down to the plain,
    they were given rest^(UZ) by the Spirit of the Lord.
This is how you guided your people
    to make for yourself a glorious name.

¹⁵ Look down from heaven^(VA) and see,
    from your lofty throne,^(VB) holy and glorious.
Where are your zeal^(VC) and your might?
    Your tenderness and compassion^(VD) are withheld^(VE) from us.
¹⁶ But you are our Father,^(VF)
    though Abraham does not know us
    or Israel acknowledge^(VG) us;
you, Lord, are our Father,
    our Redeemer^(VH) from of old is your name.
¹⁷ Why, Lord, do you make us wander^(VI) from your ways
    and harden our hearts^(VJ) so we do not revere^(VK) you?
Return^(VL) for the sake of your servants,
    the tribes that are your inheritance.^(VM)
18 For a little while^(VN) your people possessed your holy place,
    but now our enemies have trampled^(VO) down your sanctuary.^(VP)
19 We are yours from of old;
    but you have not ruled over them,
    they have not been called^[w] by your name.^(VQ)

64 ^[x]Oh, that you would rend the heavens^(VR) and come down,^(VS)
    that the mountains^(VT) would tremble before you!
² As when fire sets twigs ablaze
    and causes water to boil,
come down to make your name^(VU) known to your enemies
    and cause the nations to quake^(VV) before you!
³ For when you did awesome^(VW) things that we did not expect,
    you came down, and the mountains trembled^(VX) before you.
⁴ Since ancient times no one has heard,
    no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,^(VY)
    who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.^(VZ)
5 You come to the help of those who gladly do right,^(WA)
    who remember your ways.
But when we continued to sin against them,
    you were angry.^(WB)
    How then can we be saved?
⁶ All of us have become like one who is unclean,^(WC)
    and all our righteous^(WD) acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,^(WE)
    and like the wind our sins sweep us away.^(WF)
7 No one^(WG) calls on your name^(WH)
    or strives to lay hold of you;
for you have hidden^(WI) your face from us
    and have given us over^(WJ) to^[y] our sins.

⁸ Yet you, Lord, are our Father.^(WK)
    We are the clay, you are the potter;^(WL)
    we are all the work of your hand.^(WM)
9 Do not be angry^(WN) beyond measure, Lord;
    do not remember our sins^(WO) forever.
Oh, look on us, we pray,
    for we are all your people.^(WP)
10 Your sacred cities^(WQ) have become a wasteland;
    even Zion is a wasteland, Jerusalem a desolation.^(WR)
11 Our holy and glorious temple,^(WS) where our ancestors praised you,
    has been burned with fire,
    and all that we treasured^(WT) lies in ruins.
¹² After all this, Lord, will you hold yourself back?^(WU)
    Will you keep silent^(WV) and punish us beyond measure?

⁶ “See, it stands written before me:
    I will not keep silent^(XI) but will pay back^(XJ) in full;
    I will pay it back into their laps^(XK)—
⁷ both your sins^(XL) and the sins of your ancestors,”^(XM)
    says the Lord.
“Because they burned sacrifices on the mountains
    and defied me on the hills,^(XN)
I will measure into their laps
    the full payment^(XO) for their former deeds.”

“As when juice is still found in a cluster of grapes^(XP)
    and people say, ‘Don’t destroy it,
    there is still a blessing in it,’
so will I do in behalf of my servants;^(XQ)
    I will not destroy them all.
⁹ I will bring forth descendants^(XR) from Jacob,
    and from Judah those who will possess^(XS) my mountains;
my chosen^(XT) people will inherit them,
    and there will my servants live.^(XU)
10 Sharon^(XV) will become a pasture for flocks,^(XW)
    and the Valley of Achor^(XX) a resting place for herds,
    for my people who seek^(XY) me.

¹¹ “But as for you who forsake^(XZ) the Lord
    and forget my holy mountain,^(YA)
who spread a table for Fortune
    and fill bowls of mixed wine^(YB) for Destiny,
¹² I will destine you for the sword,^(YC)
    and all of you will fall in the slaughter;^(YD)
for I called but you did not answer,^(YE)
    I spoke but you did not listen.^(YF)
You did evil in my sight
    and chose what displeases me.”^(YG)

“My servants will eat,^(YH)
    but you will go hungry;^(YI)
my servants will drink,^(YJ)
    but you will go thirsty;^(YK)
my servants will rejoice,^(YL)
    but you will be put to shame.^(YM)
14 My servants will sing^(YN)
    out of the joy of their hearts,
but you will cry out^(YO)
    from anguish of heart
    and wail in brokenness of spirit.
¹⁵ You will leave your name
    for my chosen ones to use in their curses;^(YP)
the Sovereign Lord will put you to death,
    but to his servants he will give another name.^(YQ)
16 Whoever invokes a blessing^(YR) in the land
    will do so by the one true God;^(YS)
whoever takes an oath in the land
    will swear^(YT) by the one true God.
For the past troubles^(YU) will be forgotten
    and hidden from my eyes.

²⁰ “Never again will there be in it
    an infant^(ZC) who lives but a few days,
    or an old man who does not live out his years;^(ZD)
the one who dies at a hundred
    will be thought a mere child;
the one who fails to reach^[z] a hundred
    will be considered accursed.
²¹ They will build houses^(ZE) and dwell in them;
    they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.^(ZF)
22 No longer will they build houses and others live in them,^(ZG)
    or plant and others eat.
For as the days of a tree,^(ZH)
    so will be the days^(ZI) of my people;
my chosen^(ZJ) ones will long enjoy
    the work of their hands.
²³ They will not labor in vain,^(ZK)
    nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune;^(ZL)
for they will be a people blessed^(ZM) by the Lord,
    they and their descendants^(ZN) with them.
²⁴ Before they call^(ZO) I will answer;^(ZP)
    while they are still speaking^(ZQ) I will hear.
²⁵ The wolf and the lamb^(ZR) will feed together,
    and the lion will eat straw like the ox,^(ZS)
    and dust will be the serpent’s^(ZT) food.
They will neither harm nor destroy
    on all my holy mountain,”^(ZU)
says the Lord.

“Heaven is my throne,^(ZV)
    and the earth is my footstool.^(ZW)
Where is the house^(ZX) you will build for me?
    Where will my resting place be?
² Has not my hand made all these things,^(ZY)
    and so they came into being?”
declares the Lord.

“These are the ones I look on with favor:
    those who are humble and contrite in spirit,^(ZZ)
    and who tremble at my word.^(AAA)
3 But whoever sacrifices a bull^(AAB)
    is like one who kills a person,
and whoever offers a lamb
    is like one who breaks a dog’s neck;
whoever makes a grain offering
    is like one who presents pig’s^(AAC) blood,
and whoever burns memorial incense^(AAD)
    is like one who worships an idol.
They have chosen their own ways,^(AAE)
    and they delight in their abominations;^(AAF)
4 so I also will choose harsh treatment for them
    and will bring on them what they dread.^(AAG)
For when I called, no one answered,^(AAH)
    when I spoke, no one listened.
They did evil^(AAI) in my sight
    and chose what displeases me.”^(AAJ)

⁵ Hear the word of the Lord,
    you who tremble at his word:^(AAK)
“Your own people who hate^(AAL) you,
    and exclude you because of my name, have said,
‘Let the Lord be glorified,
    that we may see your joy!’
    Yet they will be put to shame.^(AAM)
6 Hear that uproar from the city,
    hear that noise from the temple!
It is the sound^(AAN) of the Lord
    repaying^(AAO) his enemies all they deserve.

⁷ “Before she goes into labor,^(AAP)
    she gives birth;
before the pains come upon her,
    she delivers a son.^(AAQ)
8 Who has ever heard of such things?
    Who has ever seen^(AAR) things like this?
Can a country be born in a day^(AAS)
    or a nation be brought forth in a moment?
Yet no sooner is Zion in labor
    than she gives birth to her children.^(AAT)
9 Do I bring to the moment of birth^(AAU)
    and not give delivery?” says the Lord.
“Do I close up the womb
    when I bring to delivery?” says your God.
¹⁰ “Rejoice^(AAV) with Jerusalem and be glad for her,
    all you who love^(AAW) her;
rejoice greatly with her,
    all you who mourn^(AAX) over her.
¹¹ For you will nurse^(AAY) and be satisfied
    at her comforting breasts;^(AAZ)
you will drink deeply
    and delight in her overflowing abundance.”^(ABA)

“I will extend peace^(ABB) to her like a river,^(ABC)
    and the wealth^(ABD) of nations like a flooding stream;
you will nurse and be carried^(ABE) on her arm
    and dandled on her knees.
¹³ As a mother comforts her child,^(ABF)
    so will I comfort^(ABG) you;
    and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.”

¹⁴ When you see this, your heart will rejoice^(ABH)
    and you will flourish^(ABI) like grass;
the hand^(ABJ) of the Lord will be made known to his servants,^(ABK)
    but his fury^(ABL) will be shown to his foes.
¹⁵ See, the Lord is coming with fire,^(ABM)
    and his chariots^(ABN) are like a whirlwind;^(ABO)
he will bring down his anger with fury,
    and his rebuke^(ABP) with flames of fire.
¹⁶ For with fire^(ABQ) and with his sword^(ABR)
    the Lord will execute judgment^(ABS) on all people,
    and many will be those slain^(ABT) by the Lord.