Month: February 2020

1 “Wake up, wake up;

put on your strength, Zion!

Put on your beautiful garments,

Jerusalem, the Holy City!

For the uncircumcised and the unclean

will no longer enter you.

2 Stand up, shake the dust off yourself!

Take your seat, Jerusalem.

Remove the bondsfrom your neck,

captive Daughter Zion.”

3 For this is what theLordsays:

“You were sold for nothing,

and you will be redeemed without silver.”

4 For this is what the LordGodsays:

“At first My people went down to Egypt to live there,

then Assyria oppressed them without cause.

5 So now what have I here” —

this is theLord’s declaration —

“that My people are taken away for nothing?

Its rulers wail” —

this is theLord’s declaration —

“and My name is continually blasphemed all day long.

6 Therefore My people will know My name;

therefore they will know on that day

that I am He who says:

Here I am.”

7 How beautiful on the mountains

are the feet of the herald,

who proclaims peace,

who brings news of good things,

who proclaims salvation,

who says to Zion, “Your God reigns! ”

8 The voices of your watchmen—

they lift up their voices,

shouting for joy together;

for every eye will see

when theLordreturns to Zion.

9 Be joyful, rejoice together,

you ruins of Jerusalem!

For theLordhas comforted His people;

He has redeemed Jerusalem.

10 TheLordhas displayed His holy arm

in the sight of all the nations;

all the ends of the earth will see

the salvation of our God.

11 Leave, leave, go out from there!

Do not touch anything unclean;

go out from her, purify yourselves,

you who carry the vessels of theLord.

12 For you will not leave in a hurry,

and you will not have to take flight;

because theLordis going before you,

and the God of Israel is your rear guard.

The Servant’s Suffering and Exaltation

13 See, My Servantwill act wisely;

He will be raised and lifted up and greatly exalted.

14 Just as many were appalled at You—

His appearance was so disfigured

that He did not look like a man,

and His form did not resemble a human being —

15 so He will sprinklemany nations.

Kings will shut their mouths because of Him,

For they will see what had not been told them,

and they will understand what they had not heard.

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1 Who has believed what we have heard?

And who has the arm of theLordbeen revealed to?

2 He grew up before Him like a young plant

and like a root out of dry ground.

He didn’t have an impressive form

or majesty that we should look at Him,

no appearance that we should desire Him.

3 He was despised and rejected by men,

a man of suffering who knew what sickness was.

He was like someone people turned away from;

He was despised, and we didn’t value Him.

4 Yet He Himself bore our sicknesses,

and He carried our pains;

but we in turn regarded Him stricken,

struck down by God,and afflicted.

5 But He was pierced because of our transgressions,

crushed because of our iniquities;

punishmentfor our peace was on Him,

and we are healed by His wounds.

6 We all went astray like sheep;

we all have turned to our own way;

and theLordhas punished Him

forthe iniquityof us all.

7 He was oppressed and afflicted,

yet He did not open His mouth.

Like a lamb led to the slaughter

and like a sheep silent before her shearers,

He did not open His mouth.

8 He was taken away because of oppression and judgment;

and who considered His fate?

For He was cut off from the land of the living;

He was struck because of my people’s rebellion.

9 Theymade His grave with the wicked

and with a rich man at His death,

although He had done no violence

and had not spoken deceitfully.

10 Yet theLordwas pleasedto crush Him severely.

WhenYou make Him a restitution offering,

He will see His seed, He will prolong His days,

and by His hand, theLord’s pleasure will be accomplished.

11 He will see itout of His anguish,

and He will be satisfied with His knowledge.

My righteousServantwill justify many,

and He will carry their iniquities.

12 Therefore I will give Himthe many as a portion,

and He will receivethe mighty as spoil,

because He submitted Himself to death,

and was counted among the rebels;

yet He bore the sin of many

and interceded for the rebels.

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Future Glory for Israel

1 “Rejoice, childless one, who did not give birth;

burst into song and shout,

you who have not been in labor!

For the children of the forsaken one will be more

than the children of the married woman,”

says theLord.

2 “Enlarge the site of your tent,

and let your tent curtains be stretched out;

do not hold back;

lengthen your ropes,

and drive your pegs deep.

3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left,

and your descendants will dispossess nations

and inhabit the desolate cities.

4 “Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame;

don’t be humiliated, for you will not be disgraced.

For you will forget the shame of your youth,

and you will no longer remember

the disgrace of your widowhood.

5 Indeed, your husband is your Maker—

His name is Yahweh of Hosts —

and the Holy One of Israelis your Redeemer;

He is called the God of all the earth.

6 For theLordhas called you,

like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit,

a wife of one’s youthwhen she is rejected,”

says your God.

7 “I deserted you for a brief moment,

but I will take you back with great compassion.

8 In a surge of anger

I hid My facefrom you for a moment,

but I will have compassion on you

with everlasting love,”

says theLordyour Redeemer.

9 “For this is like the daysof Noah to Me:

when I swore that the waters of Noah

would never flood the earth again,

so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you

or rebuke you.

10 Though the mountains move

and the hills shake,

My love will not be removed from you

and My covenant of peacewill not be shaken,”

says your compassionateLord.

11 “Poor Jerusalem, storm-tossed, and not comforted,

I will set your stones in black mortar,

and lay your foundations in sapphires.

12 I will make your fortificationsout of rubies,

your gates out of sparkling stones,

and all your walls out of precious stones.

13 Then all your children will be taught by theLord,

their prosperity will be great,

14 and you will be established

on a foundation of righteousness.

You will be far from oppression,

you will certainly not be afraid;

you will be far from terror,

it will certainly not come near you.

15 If anyone attacks you,

it is not from Me;

whoever attacks you

will fall before you.

16 Look, I have created the craftsman

who blows on the charcoal fire

and produces a weapon suitable for its task;

and I have created the destroyer to cause havoc.

17 No weapon formed against you will succeed,

and you will refute any accusation

raised against you in court.

This is the heritage of theLord’s servants,

and their righteousness is from Me.”

This is theLord’s declaration.

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Come to the Lord

1 “Come, everyone who is thirsty,

come to the waters;

and you without money,

come, buy, and eat!

Come, buy wine and milk

without money and without cost!

2 Why do you spend money on what is not food,

and your wages on what does not satisfy?

Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,

and you will enjoy the choicest of foods.

3 Pay attention and come to Me;

listen, so that you will live.

I will make an everlasting covenant with you,

the promises assured to David.

4 Since I have made him a witness to the peoples,

a leader and commander for the peoples,

5 so you will summon a nation you do not know,

and nations who do not know you will run to you.

For theLordyour God,

even the Holy One of Israel,

has glorified you.”

6 Seek theLordwhile He may be found;

call to Him while He is near.

7 Let the wicked one abandon his way

and the sinful one his thoughts;

let him return to theLord,

so He may have compassion on him,

and to our God, for He will freely forgive.

8 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts,

and your ways are not My ways.”

This is theLord’s declaration.

9 “For as heaven is higher than earth,

so My ways are higher than your ways,

and My thoughts than your thoughts.

10 For just as rain and snow fall from heaven

and do not return there

without saturating the earth

and making it germinate and sprout,

and providing seed to sow

and food to eat,

11 so My word that comes from My mouth

will not return to Me empty,

but it will accomplish what I please

and will prosper in what I send it to do.”

12 You will indeed go out with joy

and be peacefully guided;

the mountains and the hills will break into singing before you,

and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

13 Instead of the thornbush, a cypress will come up,

and instead of the brier, a myrtle will come up;

it will make a name for Yahweh

as an everlasting sign that will not be destroyed.

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A House of Prayer for All

1 This is what theLordsays:

Preserve justice and do what is right,

for My salvation is coming soon,

and My righteousness will be revealed.

2 Happy is the man who does this,

anyone who maintains this,

who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it,

and keeps his hand from doing any evil.

3 No foreigner who has joined himself to theLord

should say,

“TheLordwill exclude me from His people”;

and the eunuch should not say,

“Look, I am a dried-up tree.”

4 For theLordsays this:

“For the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths,

and choose what pleases Me,

and hold firmly to My covenant,

5 I will give them, in My house and within My walls,

a memorial and a name

better than sons and daughters.

I will give each of them an everlasting name

that will never be cut off.

6 And the foreigners who join themselves to theLord

minister to Him, love the name of Yahweh

and become His servants,

all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it

and who hold firmly to My covenant —

7 I will bring them to My holy mountain

and let them rejoice in My house of prayer.

Their burnt offerings and sacrifices

will be acceptable on My altar,

for My house will be called a house of prayer

for all nations.”

8 This is the declaration of the LordGod,

who gathers the dispersed of Israel:

“I will gather to them still others

besides those already gathered.”

Unrighteous Leaders Condemned

9 All you animals of the field and forest,

come and eat!

10 Israel’swatchmen are blind, all of them,

they know nothing;

all of them are mute dogs,

they cannot bark;

they dream, lie down,

and love to sleep.

11 These dogs have fierce appetites;

they never have enough.

And they are shepherds

who have no discernment;

all of them turn to their own way,

every last one for his own gain.

12 “Come, let me get some wine,

let’s guzzle some beer;

and tomorrow will be like today,

only far better! ”

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1 The righteous one perishes,

and no one takes it to heart;

faithful men are swept away,

with no one realizing

that the righteous one is swept away

from the presenceof evil.

2 He will enter into peace —

they will rest on their beds—

everyone who lives uprightly.

Pagan Religion Denounced

3 But come here,

you sons of a sorceress,

offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute!

4 Who is it you are mocking?

Who is it you are opening your mouth

and sticking out your tongue at?

Isn’t it you, you rebellious children,

you race of liars,

5 who burn with lust among the oaks,

under every green tree,

who slaughter children in the wadis

below the clefts of the rocks?

6 Your portion is among the smooth stones of the wadi;

indeed, they are your lot.

You have even poured out a drink offering to them;

you have offered a grain offering;

should I be satisfied with these?

7 You have placed your bed

on a high and lofty mountain;

you also went up there to offer sacrifice.

8 You have set up your memorial

behind the door and doorpost.

For away from Me, you stripped,

went up, and made your bed wide,

and you have made a bargainfor yourself with them.

You have loved their bed;

you have gazed on their genitals.

9 You went to the king with oil

and multiplied your perfumes;

you sent your couriers far away

and sent them down even to Sheol.

10 You became weary on your many journeys,

but you did not say, “I give up! ”

You found a renewal of your strength;

therefore you did not grow weak.

11 Who was it you dreaded and feared,

so that you lied and didn’t remember Me

or take it to heart?

Have I not kept silent for such a long time

and you do not fear Me?

12 I will expose your righteousness,

and your works — they will not profit you.

13 When you cry out,

let your collection of idols deliver you!

The wind will carry all of them off,

a breath will take them away.

But whoever takes refuge in Me

will inherit the land

and possess My holy mountain.

Healing and Peace

14 He said,

“Build it up, build it up, prepare the way,

remove every obstacle from My people’s way.”

15 For the High and Exalted One

who lives forever, whose name is Holysays this:

“I live in a high and holy place,

and with the oppressed and lowly of spirit,

to revive the spirit of the lowly

and revive the heart of the oppressed.

16 For I will not accuse you forever,

and I will not always be angry;

for then the spirit would grow weak before Me,

even the breath of man, which I have made.

17 Because of his sinful greed I was angry,

so I struck him; I was angry and hid;

but he went on turning back to the desires of his heart.

18 I have seen his ways, but I will heal him;

I will lead him and restore comfort

to him and his mourners,

19 creating words of praise.”

TheLordsays,

“Peace, peace to the one who is far or near,

and I will heal him.

20 But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea,

for it cannot be still,

and its waters churn up mire and muck.

21 There is no peace for the wicked,”

says my God.

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True Fasting

1 “Cry out loudly,don’t hold back!

Raise your voice like a trumpet.

Tell My people their transgression

and the house of Jacob their sins.

2 They seek Me day after day

and delight to know My ways,

like a nation that does what is right

and does not abandon the justice of their God.

They ask Me for righteous judgments;

they delight in the nearness of God.”

3 “Why have we fasted, but You have not seen?

We have denied ourselves, but You haven’t noticed! ”

“Look, you do as you please on the day of your fast,

and oppress all your workers.

4 You fast with contention and strife

to strike viciously with your fist.

You cannot fast as you do today,

hoping to make your voice heard on high.

5 Will the fast I choose be like this:

A day for a person to deny himself,

to bow his head like a reed,

and to spread out sackcloth and ashes?

Will you call this a fast

and a day acceptable to theLord?

6 Isn’t the fast I choose:

To break the chains of wickedness,

to untie the ropes of the yoke,

to set the oppressed free,

and to tear off every yoke?

7 Is it not to share your bread with the hungry,

to bring the poor and homeless into your house,

to clothe the naked when you see him,

and not to ignoreyour own flesh and blood?

8 Then your light will appear like the dawn,

and your recovery will come quickly.

Your righteousness will go before you,

and theLord’s glory will be your rear guard.

9 At that time, when you call, theLordwill answer;

when you cry out, He will say, ‘Here I am.’

If you get rid of the yoke among you,

the finger-pointing and malicious speaking,

10 and if you offer yourselfto the hungry,

and satisfy the afflicted one,

then your light will shine in the darkness,

and your night will be like noonday.

11 TheLordwill always lead you,

satisfy you in a parched land,

and strengthen your bones.

You will be like a watered garden

and like a spring whose waters never run dry.

12 Some of you will rebuild the ancient ruins;

you will restore the foundations laid long ago;

you will be called the repairer of broken walls,

the restorer of streets where people live.

13 “If you keep from desecratingthe Sabbath,

from doing whatever you want on My holy day;

if you call the Sabbath a delight,

and the holy day of theLordhonorable;

if you honor it, not going your own ways,

seeking your own pleasure, or talking too much;

14 then you will delight yourself in theLord,

and I will make you ride over the heights of the land,

and let you enjoy the heritage of your father Jacob.”

For the mouth of theLordhas spoken.

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Sin and Redemption

1 Indeed, theLord’s hand is not too short to save,

and His ear is not too deaf to hear.

2 But your iniquitieshave built barriers

between you and your God,

and your sins have made Him hide His face from you

so that He does not listen.

3 For your hands are defiled with blood

and your fingers, with iniquity;

your lips have spoken lies,

and your tongues mutter injustice.

4 No one makes claims justly;

no one pleads honestly.

They trust in empty and worthless words;

they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.

5 They hatch viper’s eggs

and weave spider’s webs.

Whoever eats their eggs will die;

crack one open, and a viper is hatched.

6 Their webs cannot become clothing,

and they cannot cover themselves with their works.

Their works are sinful works,

and violent acts are in their hands.

7 Their feet run after evil,

and they rush to shed innocent blood.

Their thoughts are sinful thoughts;

ruin and wretchedness are in their paths.

8 They have not known the path of peace,

and there is no justice in their ways.

They have made their roads crooked;

no one who walks on them will know peace.

9 Therefore justice is far from us,

and righteousness does not reach us.

We hope for light, but there is darkness;

for brightness, but we live in the night.

10 We grope along a wall like the blind;

we grope like those without eyes.

We stumble at noon as though it were twilight;

we are like the dead among those who are healthy.

11 We all growl like bears

and moan like doves.

We hope for justice, but there is none;

for salvation, but it is far from us.

12 For our transgressions have multiplied before You,

and our sins testify against us.

For our transgressions are with us,

and we know our iniquities:

13 transgression and deception against theLord,

turning away from following our God,

speaking oppression and revolt,

conceiving and uttering lying words from the heart.

14 Justice is turned back,

and righteousness stands far off.

For truth has stumbled in the public square,

and honesty cannot enter.

15 Truth is missing,

and whoever turns from evil is plundered.

TheLordsaw that there was no justice,

and He was offended.

16 He saw that there was no man —

He was amazed that there was no one interceding;

so His own arm brought salvation,

and His own righteousness supported Him.

17 He put on righteousness like a breastplate,

and a helmet of salvation on His head;

He put on garments of vengeance for clothing,

and He wrapped Himself in zeal as in a cloak.

18 So He will repay according to their deeds:

fury to His enemies,

retribution to His foes,

and He will repay the coastlands.

19 They will fear the name of Yahweh in the west

and His glory in the east;

for He will come like a rushing stream

driven by the wind of theLord.

20 “The Redeemerwill come to Zion,

and to those in Jacob who turn from transgression.”

This is theLord’s declaration.

21 “As for Me, this is My covenant with them,”says theLord: “My Spirit who is on you, and My words that I have put in your mouth,will not depart from your mouth, or from the mouth of your children, or from the mouth of your children’s children, from now on and forever,” says theLord.

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The Lord’s Glory in Zion

1 Arise, shine, for your light has come,

and the glory of theLordshines over you.

2 For look, darkness covers the earth,

and total darkness the peoples;

but theLordwill shine over you,

and His glory will appear over you.

3 Nations will come to your light,

and kings to the brightness of your radiance.

4 Raise your eyes and look around:

they all gather and come to you;

your sons will come from far away,

and your daughters will be carried on the hip.

5 Then you will see and be radiant,

and your heart will tremble and rejoice,

because the riches of the sea will become yours

and the wealth of the nations will come to you.

6 Caravans of camels will cover your land—

young camels of Midian and Ephah —

all of them will come from Sheba.

They will carry gold and frankincense

and proclaim the praises of theLord.

7 All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you;

the rams of Nebaioth will serve you

and go up on My altar as an acceptable sacrifice.

I will glorify My beautiful house.

8 Who are these who fly like a cloud,

like doves to their shelters?

9 Yes, the islands will wait for Me

with the ships of Tarshish in the lead,

to bring your children from far away,

their silver and gold with them,

for the honor of theLordyour God,

the Holy One of Israel,

who has glorified you.

10 Foreigners will build up your walls,

and their kings will serve you.

Although I struck you in My wrath,

yet I will show mercy to you with My favor.

11 Your gates will always be open;

they will never be shut day or night

so that the wealth of the nations

may be brought into you,

with their kings being led in procession.

12 For the nation and the kingdom

that will not serve you will perish;

those nations will be annihilated.

13 The glory of Lebanon will come to you—

its pine, fir, and cypress together—

to beautify the place of My sanctuary,

and I will glorify My dwelling place.

14 The sons of your oppressors

will come and bow down to you;

all who reviled you

will fall facedown at your feet.

They will call you the City of theLord,

Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

15 Instead of your being deserted and hated,

with no one passing through,

I will make you an object of eternal pride,

a joy from age to age.

16 You will nurse on the milk of nations,

and nurse at the breast of kings;

you will know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior

and Redeemer,the Mighty One of Jacob.

17 I will bring gold instead of bronze;

I will bring silver instead of iron,

bronze instead of wood,

and iron instead of stones.

I will appoint peace as your guard

and righteousness as your ruler.

18 Violence will never again be heard of in your land;

devastation and destruction

will be gone from your borders.

But you will name your walls salvation

and your gates, praise.

19 The sun will no longer be your light by day,

and the brightness of the moon will not shine on you;

but theLordwill be your everlasting light,

and your God will be your splendor.

20 Your sun will no longer set,

and your moon will not fade;

for theLordwill be your everlasting light,

and the days of your sorrow will be over.

21 Then all your people will be righteous;

they will possess the land forever;

they are the branch I planted,

the work of Myhands,

so that I may be glorified.

22 The least will become a thousand,

the smallest a mighty nation.

I am Yahweh;

I will accomplish it quickly in its time.

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Messiah’s Jubilee

1 The Spirit of the LordGodis on Me,

because theLordhas anointed Me

to bring good news to the poor.

He has sent Me to healthe brokenhearted,

to proclaim liberty to the captives

and freedom to the prisoners;

2 to proclaim the year of theLord’s favor,

and the day of our God’s vengeance;

to comfortall who mourn,

3 to provide for those who mourn in Zion;

to give them a crown of beauty instead of ashes,

festive oil instead of mourning,

and splendid clothes instead of despair.

And they will be called righteous trees,

planted by theLord

to glorify Him.

4 They will rebuild the ancient ruins;

they will restore the former devastations;

they will renew the ruined cities,

the devastations of many generations.

5 Strangers will stand and feed your flocks,

and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.

6 But you will be called theLord’s priests;

they will speak of you as ministers of our God;

you will eat the wealth of the nations,

and you will boast in their riches.

7 Because your shame was double,

and they cried out, “Disgrace is their portion,”

therefore, they will possess double in their land,

and eternal joy will be theirs.

8 For I Yahweh love justice;

I hate robbery and injustice;

I will faithfully reward them

and make an everlasting covenantwith them.

9 Their descendants will be known among the nations,

and their posterity among the peoples.

All who see them will recognize

that they are a people theLordhas blessed.

10 I greatly rejoice in theLord,

I exult in my God;

for He has clothed me with the garments of salvation

and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness,

as a groom wears a turban

and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

11 For as the earth produces its growth,

and as a garden enables what is sown to spring up,

so the LordGodwill cause righteousness and praise

to spring up before all the nations.

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