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1. "Listen to me, you who pursue godliness, who seek the LORD! Look at the rock from which you were chiseled, at the quarry from which you were dug!
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1. Hearken H8085 to H413 me , ye that follow after H7291 righteousness H6664 , ye that seek H1245 the LORD H3068 : look H5027 unto H413 the rock H6697 whence ye are hewn H2672 , and to H413 the hole H4718 of the pit H953 whence ye are digged H5365 .
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2. Look at Abraham, your father, and Sarah, who gave you birth. When I summoned him, he was a lone individual, but I blessed him and gave him numerous descendants.
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2. Look H5027 unto H413 Abraham H85 your father H1 , and unto H413 Sarah H8283 that bore H2342 you: for H3588 I called H7121 him alone H259 , and blessed H1288 him , and increased H7235 him.
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3. Certainly the LORD will console Zion; he will console all her ruins. He will make her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the Garden of the LORD. Happiness and joy will be restored to her, thanksgiving and the sound of music.
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3. For H3588 the LORD H3068 shall comfort H5162 Zion H6726 : he will comfort H5162 all H3605 her waste places H2723 ; and he will make H7760 her wilderness H4057 like Eden H5731 , and her desert H6160 like the garden H1588 of the LORD H3068 ; joy H8342 and gladness H8057 shall be found H4672 therein, thanksgiving H8426 , and the voice H6963 of melody H2172 .
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4. Pay attention to me, my people! Listen to me, my people! For I will issue a decree, I will make my justice a light to the nations.
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4. Hearken H7181 unto H413 me , my people H5971 ; and give ear H238 unto H413 me , O my nation H3816 : for H3588 a law H8451 shall proceed H3318 from H4480 H854 me , and I will make my judgment H4941 to rest H7280 for a light H216 of the people H5971 .
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5. I am ready to vindicate, I am ready to deliver, I will establish justice among the nations. The coastlands wait patiently for me; they wait in anticipation for the revelation of my power.
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5. My righteousness H6664 is near H7138 ; my salvation H3468 is gone forth H3318 , and mine arms H2220 shall judge H8199 the people H5971 ; the isles H339 shall wait H6960 upon H413 me , and on H413 mine arm H2220 shall they trust H3176 .
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6. Look up at the sky! Look at the earth below! For the sky will dissipate like smoke, and the earth will wear out like clothes; its residents will die like gnats. But the deliverance I give is permanent; the vindication I provide will not disappear.
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6. Lift up H5375 your eyes H5869 to the heavens H8064 , and look H5027 upon H413 the earth H776 beneath H4480 H8478 : for H3588 the heavens H8064 shall vanish away H4414 like smoke H6227 , and the earth H776 shall wax old H1086 like a garment H899 , and they that dwell H3427 therein shall die H4191 in like manner H3644 H3651 : but my salvation H3444 shall be H1961 forever H5769 , and my righteousness H6666 shall not H3808 be abolished H2865 .
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7. Listen to me, you who know what is right, you people who are aware of my law! Don't be afraid of the insults of men; don't be discouraged because of their abuse!
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7. Hearken H8085 unto H413 me , ye that know H3045 righteousness H6664 , the people H5971 in whose heart H3820 is my law H8451 ; fear H3372 ye not H408 the reproach H2781 of men H582 , neither H408 be ye afraid H2865 of their revilings H4480 H1421 .
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8. For a moth will eat away at them like clothes; a clothes moth will devour them like wool. But the vindication I provide will be permanent; the deliverance I give will last."
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8. For H3588 the moth H6211 shall eat them up H398 like a garment H899 , and the worm H5580 shall eat H398 them like wool H6785 : but my righteousness H6666 shall be H1961 forever H5769 , and my salvation H3444 from generation H1755 to generation H1755 .
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9. Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O arm of the LORD! Wake up as in former times, as in antiquity! Did you not smash the Proud One? Did you not wound the sea monster?
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9. Awake H5782 , awake H5782 , put on H3847 strength H5797 , O arm H2220 of the LORD H3068 ; awake H5782 , as in the ancient H6924 days H3117 , in the generations H1755 of old H5769 . Art thou H859 not H3808 it H1931 that hath cut H2672 Rahab H7293 , and wounded H2490 the dragon H8577 ?
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10. Did you not dry up the sea, the waters of the great deep? Did you not make a path through the depths of the sea, so those delivered from bondage could cross over?
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10. Art thou H859 not H3808 it H1931 which hath dried H2717 the sea H3220 , the waters H4325 of the great H7227 deep H8415 ; that hath made H7760 the depths H4615 of the sea H3220 a way H1870 for the ransomed H1350 to pass over H5674 ?
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11. Those whom the LORD has ransomed will return; they will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear.
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11. Therefore the redeemed H6299 of the LORD H3068 shall return H7725 , and come H935 with singing H7440 unto Zion H6726 ; and everlasting H5769 joy H8057 shall be upon H5921 their head H7218 : they shall obtain H5381 gladness H8342 and joy H8057 ; and sorrow H3015 and mourning H585 shall flee away H5127 .
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12. "I, I am the one who consoles you. Why are you afraid of mortal men, of mere human beings who are as short-lived as grass?
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12. I H595 , even I H595 , am he H1931 that comforteth H5162 you: who H4310 art thou H859 , that thou shouldest be afraid H3372 of a man H4480 H582 that shall die H4191 , and of the son H4480 H1121 of man H120 which shall be made H5414 as grass H2682 ;
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13. Why do you forget the LORD, who made you, who stretched out the sky and founded the earth? Why do you constantly tremble all day long at the anger of the oppressor, when he makes plans to destroy? Where is the anger of the oppressor?
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13. And forgettest H7911 the LORD H3068 thy maker H6213 , that hath stretched forth H5186 the heavens H8064 , and laid the foundations H3245 of the earth H776 ; and hast feared H6342 continually H8548 every H3605 day H3117 because H4480 H6440 of the fury H2534 of the oppressor H6693 , as H834 if he were ready H3559 to destroy H7843 ? and where H346 is the fury H2534 of the oppressor H6693 ?
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14. The one who suffers will soon be released; he will not die in prison, he will not go hungry.
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14. The captive exile H6808 hasteneth H4116 that he may be loosed H6605 , and that he should not H3808 die H4191 in the pit H7845 , nor H3808 that his bread H3899 should fail H2637 .
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15. I am the LORD your God, who churns up the sea so that its waves surge. The LORD who commands armies is his name!
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15. But I H595 am the LORD H3068 thy God H430 , that divided H7280 the sea H3220 , whose waves H1530 roared H1993 : The LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 is his name H8034 .
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16. I commission you as my spokesman; I cover you with the palm of my hand, to establish the sky and to found the earth, to say to Zion, 'You are my people.'"
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16. And I have put H7760 my words H1697 in thy mouth H6310 , and I have covered H3680 thee in the shadow H6738 of mine hand H3027 , that I may plant H5193 the heavens H8064 , and lay the foundations H3245 of the earth H776 , and say H559 unto Zion H6726 , Thou H859 art my people H5971 .
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17. Wake up! Wake up! Get up, O Jerusalem! You drank from the cup the LORD passed to you, which was full of his anger! You drained dry the goblet full of intoxicating wine.
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17. Awake H5782 , awake H5782 , stand up H6965 , O Jerusalem H3389 , which H834 hast drunk H8354 at the hand H4480 H3027 of the LORD H3068 H853 the cup H3563 of his fury H2534 ; thou hast drunken H8354 H853 the dregs H6907 of the cup H3563 of trembling H8653 , and wrung them out H4680 .
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18. There was no one to lead her among all the children she bore; there was no one to take her by the hand among all the children she raised.
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18. There is none H369 to guide H5095 her among all H4480 H3605 the sons H1121 whom she hath brought forth H3205 ; neither H369 is there any that taketh H2388 her by the hand H3027 of all H4480 H3605 the sons H1121 that she hath brought up H1431 .
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19. These double disasters confronted you. But who feels sorry for you? Destruction and devastation, famine and sword. But who consoles you?
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19. These H2007 two H8147 things are come H7122 unto thee; who H4310 shall be sorry H5110 for thee? desolation H7701 , and destruction H7667 , and the famine H7458 , and the sword H2719 : by whom H4310 shall I comfort H5162 thee?
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20. Your children faint; they lie at the head of every street like an antelope in a snare. They are left in a stupor by the LORD's anger, by the battle cry of your God.
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20. Thy sons H1121 have fainted H5968 , they lie H7901 at the head H7218 of all H3605 the streets H2351 , as a wild bull H8377 in a net H4364 : they are full H4392 of the fury H2534 of the LORD H3068 , the rebuke H1606 of thy God H430 .
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21. So listen to this, oppressed one, who is drunk, but not from wine!
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21. Therefore H3651 hear H8085 now H4994 this H2063 , thou afflicted H6041 , and drunken H7937 , but not H3808 with wine H4480 H3196 :
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22. This is what your sovereign master, the LORD your God, says: "Look, I have removed from your hand the cup of intoxicating wine, the goblet full of my anger. You will no longer have to drink it.
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22. Thus H3541 saith H559 thy Lord H113 the LORD H3068 , and thy God H430 that pleadeth the cause H7378 of his people H5971 , Behold H2009 , I have taken H3947 out of thine hand H4480 H3027 H853 the cup H3563 of trembling H8653 , even H853 the dregs H6907 of the cup H3563 of my fury H2534 ; thou shalt no H3808 more H3254 drink H8354 it again H5750 :
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23. I will put it into the hand of your tormentors who said to you, 'Lie down, so we can walk over you.' You made your back like the ground, and like the street for those who walked over you."
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23. But I will put H7760 it into the hand H3027 of them that afflict H3013 thee; which H834 have said H559 to thy soul H5315 , Bow down H7812 , that we may go over H5674 : and thou hast laid H7760 thy body H1460 as the ground H776 , and as the street H2351 , to them that went over H5674 .
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