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Shout for joy, O heavens, for Yahweh has done it!Make a loud shout, you lower parts of the earth;Break forth into a shout of joy, you mountains,O forest, and every tree in it;For Yahweh has redeemed JacobAnd in Israel He shows forth His beautiful glory.

For the sake of Jacob My servant,And Israel My chosen one,I have also called you by your name;I have given you a title of honorThough you have not known Me.

For thus says Yahweh, who created the heavens (He is the God who formed the earth and made it; He established it and did not create it a formless place, but formed it to be inhabited),"I am Yahweh, and there is none else.

Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth;For I am God, and there is no other.

Bel has bowed down, Nebo stoops over;Their images are on the beasts and the cattle.The things that you carry are burdensome,A load for the weary beast.

Remember the former things long past,For I am God, and there is no other;I am God, and there is no one like Me,

I bring near My righteousness, it is not far off;And My salvation will not delay.And I will grant salvation in Zion,And My glory for Israel.

"Come down and sit in the dust,O virgin daughter of Babylon;Sit on the ground without a throne,O daughter of the Chaldeans!For you shall no longer be called tender and delicate.

"Sit silently, and go into darkness,O daughter of the Chaldeans,For you will no longer be calledThe queen of kingdoms.

Thus they have become for you, those among whom you have labored,Who have traded with you from your youth;Each has wandered in his own way;There is none to save you.

For they call themselves after the holy cityAnd are supported by the God of Israel;Yahweh of hosts is His name.

For the sake of My name I delay My anger,And for My praise I restrain it for you,In order not to cut you off.

For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act;For how can My name be profaned?And My glory I will not give to another.

And they did not thirst when He led them through the waste places.He made the water flow out of the rock for them;He split the rock, and the water gushed forth.

"There is no peace for the wicked," says Yahweh.

But I said, "I have toiled in vain;I have spent My might for nothing and vanity;Yet surely the justice due to Me is with Yahweh,And My reward with My God."

So now says Yahweh, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant,To return Jacob back to Him, so that Israel might be gathered to Him(For I am glorified in the sight of Yahweh,And My God is My strength),

Thus says Yahweh,"In an acceptable time I have answered You,And in a day of salvation I have helped You;And I will guard You and give You for a covenant of the people,To establish the land, to make them inherit the desolate inheritance;

They will not hunger or thirst,Nor will the scorching heat or sun strike them down;For He who has compassion on them will guide themAnd will lead them to springs of water.

Shout for joy, O heavens! And rejoice, O earth!Break forth into joyful shouting, O mountains!For Yahweh has comforted His peopleAnd will have compassion on His afflicted.