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ISAIAH 50
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As surely as I live,” says the Lord,
“they will be like jewels or bridal
ornaments for you to display.
Promises of Israel’s Restoration
8 This is what the Lord says:
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“At just the right time, I will respond to you.*
On the day of salvation I will help you.
I will protect you and give you to the people
as my covenant with them.
Through you I will reestablish the land
of Israel
and assign it to its own people again.
I will say to the prisoners, ‘Come out in
freedom,’
and to those in darkness, ‘Come into
the light.’
They will be my sheep, grazing in green
pastures
and on hills that were previously bare.
They will neither hunger nor thirst.
The searing sun will not reach them
anymore.
For the Lord in his mercy will lead them;
he will lead them beside cool waters.
And I will make my mountains into level
paths for them.
The highways will be raised above the
valleys.
See, my people will return from far away,
from lands to the north and west,
and from as far south as Egypt.*”
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Sing for joy, O heavens!
Rejoice, O earth!
Burst into song, O mountains!
For the Lord has comforted his people
and will have compassion on them in
their suffering.
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Yet Jerusalem* says, “The Lord has
deserted us;
the Lord has forgotten us.”
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“Never! Can a mother forget her nursing
child?
Can she feel no love for the child she
has borne?
But even if that were possible,
I would not forget you!
See, I have written your name on the
palms of my hands.
Always in my mind is a picture of
Jerusalem’s walls in ruins.
Soon your descendants will come back,
and all who are trying to destroy you
will go away.
Look around you and see,
for all your children will come back
to you.
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49:8 Greek version reads I heard you. Compare 2 Cor 6:2.
49:12 As in Dead Sea Scrolls, which read from the region of
Aswan, which is in southern Egypt. Masoretic Text reads from
the region of Sinim. 49:14 Hebrew Zion. 49:24 As in Dead
Sea Scrolls, Syriac version, and Latin Vulgate (also see 49:25);
Masoretic Text reads a righteous person. 49:26 Hebrew of
Jacob. See note on 14:1.
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“Even the most desolate parts of your
abandoned land
will soon be crowded with your people.
Your enemies who enslaved you
will be far away.
The generations born in exile will return
and say,
‘We need more room! It’s crowded here!’
Then you will think to yourself,
‘Who has given me all these
descendants?
For most of my children were killed,
and the rest were carried away into exile.
I was left here all alone.
Where did all these people come from?
Who bore these children?
Who raised them for me?’”
This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“See, I will give a signal to the godless
nations.
They will carry your little sons back to you
in their arms;
they will bring your daughters on their
shoulders.
Kings and queens will serve you
and care for all your needs.
They will bow to the earth before you
and lick the dust from your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord.
Those who trust in me will never be
put to shame.”
Who can snatch the plunder of war from
the hands of a warrior?
Who can demand that a tyrant* let his
captives go?
But the Lord says,
“The captives of warriors will be released,
and the plunder of tyrants will be
retrieved.
For I will fight those who fight you,
and I will save your children.
I will feed your enemies with their own flesh.
They will be drunk with rivers of their
own blood.
All the world will know that I, the Lord,
am your Savior and your Redeemer,
the Mighty One of Israel.*”
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This is what the Lord says:
“Was your mother sent away because
I divorced her?
Did I sell you as slaves to my creditors?
No, you were sold because of your sins.
And your mother, too, was taken because
of your sins.