1 GLT “Listen to me, pursuers of righteousness, seekers of Yahweh: Look to the rock{ from which} you were chiseled and to the mouth of the cistern{ from which} you were quarried. BSB BSB: “Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.
2 GLT Look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who bore you; for I called him{ as} one, and I blessed him and made him many. BSB BSB: Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.
3 GLT For, Yahweh will comfort Zion; he will comfort all her desolate places and her wilderness make like Eden, and her desert plains like the garden of Yahweh; joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving, and the sound of song. BSB BSB: For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.
4 GLT “Listen closely to me, my people; and my nation, to me give ear! For from me law will go out, and my justice as a light of the nations I shall make in an instant. BSB BSB: Pay attention to Me, My people, and listen to Me, My nation; for a law will go out from Me, and My justice will become a light to the nations; I will bring it about quickly.
5 GLT My righteousness is near; my salvation will go out, and my arm will judge the nations; for me the coastlands will wait, and my arm they will anticipate. BSB BSB: My righteousness draws near, My salvation is on the way, and My arms will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look for Me and wait in hope for My arm.
6 GLT Lift up your eyes to the sky, and look to the earth beneath, for the heavens will vanish like smoke, and the earth will wear out like a garment, and its inhabitants will die like flies. But my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will not be dismayed. BSB BSB: Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.
7 GLT “Listen to me, those who know righteousness, people{ with} my law in their heart: Do not fear the insults of men, and by their abuse do not be dismayed, BSB BSB: Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; do not be broken by their insults.
8 GLT for the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will devour them like wool; but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation to generation{ after} generation.” BSB BSB: For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.”
9 GLT Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of Yahweh. Awake as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times.{ Is} it not you who crushed Rahab, who pierced the sea monster? BSB BSB: Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?
10 GLT { Was} it not you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made the depths of the sea{ into} a way{ for} the redeemed to pass through? BSB BSB: Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?
11 GLT And the ransomed of Yahweh will return and come to Zion with cries of joy and with gladness forever on their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake{ them}; sorrow and mourning will flee. BSB BSB: So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
12 GLT “I, I,{ am} he who comforts you. Who{ are} you that you are afraid of men— he will die— and of the sons of mankind, who are given up{ as} grass? BSB BSB: “I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?
13 GLT And you forget Yahweh your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth. And you constantly fear, the whole day from the face of the wrath of the oppressor as he intends to destroy. But where{ is} the wrath of the oppressor? BSB BSB: But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You live in terror all day long because of the fury of the oppressor who is bent on destruction. But where is the fury of the oppressor?
14 GLT He who crouches will hurry to be freed, and he will not die to the pit, and he will not lack his bread. BSB BSB: The captive will soon be freed; he will not die in the dungeon, and his bread will not be lacking.
15 GLT And I{ am} Yahweh your God, who stirs the sea and its waves roar, Yahweh of hosts{ is} his name. BSB BSB: For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
16 GLT And I have placed my words in your mouth, and in the shadow of my hand I have covered you, stretching out the heavens and founding the earth and saying to Zion,‘You{ are} my people.’” BSB BSB: I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”
17 GLT Awake, awake! Rise up, Jerusalem, who drank from the hand of Yahweh the cup of his wrath; you drank the goblet of staggering, you drained{ it} BSB BSB: Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—the cup that makes men stagger.
18 GLT There is no guide for her among all the sons she bore; and there is none to hold her hand among all the sons she raised. BSB BSB: Among all the sons she bore, there is no one to guide her; among all the sons she brought up, there is no one to take her hand.
19 GLT These two happened to you— who will grieve for you?— desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword.{ Who} will comfort you? BSB BSB: These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?
20 GLT Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of all the streets, like an antelope in a net, filled with the anger of Yahweh, the rebuke of your God. BSB BSB: Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street, like an antelope in a net. They are full of the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.
21 GLT But now hear this, oppressed one and drunken one, but not with wine: BSB BSB: Therefore now hear this, you afflicted one, drunken, but not with wine.
22 GLT Thus says your Lord Yahweh, and your God, contending{ for} his people,“Behold, I have taken from your hand the cup of staggering, the goblet of my wrath. You will not continue to drink it again. BSB BSB: Thus says your Lord, the LORD, even your God, who defends His people: “See, I have removed from your hand the cup of staggering. From that goblet, the cup of My fury, you will never drink again.
23 GLT And I will put it into the hand of your tormentors, who said to you,‘Lie down, that we may walk over{ you},’ and you made your back like the ground and like the street for walking over.” BSB BSB: I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”
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