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And foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister to you: for in my wrath I smote you, but in my favor I have had mercy on you.

For that nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; yes, those nations shall be completely wasted.

For bronze I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood bronze, and for stones iron. I will also make your officers peace, and your exactors righteousness.

The sun shall no more be your light by day; neither shall the moon give light to you for brightness: but Yahweh will be to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory.

Your sun shall no more go down, neither shall your moon withdraw itself; for Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended.

to appoint to those that mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.

For I, Yahweh, love justice, I hate robbery with burnt-offerings; and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

For as the earth brings forth its bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord Yahweh will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

For Zion's sake I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burns.

You shall no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall your land anymore be termed Desolate: but you shall be called Hephzi-bah, and your land Beulah; for Yahweh delights in you, and your land shall be married.

For as a young man takes possession of a virgin, so shall your sons take possession of you; and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.

Yahweh has sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give your grain to be food for your enemies; and foreigners shall not drink your new wine, for which you have labored:

Go through, go through the gates; prepare the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up an ensign for the peoples.

For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed has come.

For he said, Surely, they are my people, sons that will not deal falsely: so he was their Savior.

For you are our Father, though Abraham does not know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us: you, O Yahweh, are our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is your name.

O Yahweh, why do you make us to err from your ways, and harden our heart from your fear? Return for your slaves' sake, the tribes of your inheritance.

When you did awesome things which we didn't look for, you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence.

For from of old men haven't heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen a God besides you, who works for him that waits for him.