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For your devastated and desolate places and your destroyed land—Surely now you will be too cramped for the inhabitants,And those who swallowed you will be far away.

The children of whom you were bereaved will yet say in your ears,‘The place is too cramped for me;Make room for me that I may live here.'

Then you will say in your heart,‘Who has borne these for me?Indeed, I have been bereaved of my childrenAnd am barren, an exile and a wanderer.And who has reared these?Behold, I remained alone;From where did these come?'"

Surely, thus says Yahweh,"Even the captives of the mighty man will be taken away,And the prey of the tyrant will be granted escape;For I will contend with the one who contends with you,And I will save your sons.

Thus says Yahweh,"Where is the certificate of divorceBy which I have sent your mother away?Or to which of My creditors did I sell you?Behold, you were sold for your iniquities,And for your transgressions your mother was sent away.

Why was there no man when I came?When I called, why was there none to answer?Is My hand so short that it cannot ransom?Or have I no power to deliver?Behold, I dry up the sea with My rebuke;I make the rivers a wilderness;Their fish stink for lack of waterAnd die of thirst.

"Pay attention to Me, O My people,And give ear to Me, O My nation;For a law will go forth from Me,And I will set My justice for a light of the peoples.

My righteousness is near, My salvation has gone forth,And My arms will judge the peoples;The coastlands will hope in Me,And for My arm they will wait expectantly.

Lift up your eyes to the sky,Then look to the earth beneath;For the sky will vanish like smoke,And the earth will wear out like a garment,And its inhabitants will die in like manner;But My salvation will be forever,And My righteousness will not be dismayed.

For the moth will eat them like a garment,And the grub will eat them like wool.But My righteousness will be forever,And My salvation to all generations."

For I am Yahweh your God, who stirs up the sea, and its waves roar—Yahweh of hosts is His name.

Thus says your Lord, Yahweh, even your GodWho contends for His people,"Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of reeling,The chalice of My wrath;You will never drink it again.

I will set it into the hand of those who cause you grief,Who have said to you, ‘Lie down that we may walk over you.'You have even set your back down like the groundAnd like the street for those who walk over it."

Awake, awake,Clothe yourself in your strength, O Zion;Clothe yourself in your glorious garments,O Jerusalem, the holy city;For the uncircumcised and the uncleanWill no longer come into you.

For thus says Yahweh, "You were sold for nothing, and you will be redeemed without money."

For thus says Lord Yahweh, "My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there; then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

So now, what do I have here," declares Yahweh, "since My people have been taken away for nothing?" Yahweh declares, "Those who rule over them howl, and My name is continually blasphemed all day long.

The voice of Your watchmen! They lift up their voices;They shout joyfully together;For they will see with their own eyesWhen Yahweh returns to Zion.

Break forth, shout joyfully together,You waste places of Jerusalem;For Yahweh has comforted His people;He has redeemed Jerusalem.

But you will not go out in haste,Nor will you go as those who flee;For Yahweh will go before you,And the God of Israel will be your rear guard.