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Thus He will sprinkle many nations,Kings will shut their mouths on account of Him;For what had not been told them they will see,And what they had not heard they will understand.

For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot,And like a root out of parched ground;He has no stately form or majestyThat we should look upon Him,Nor appearance that we should desire Him.

But He was pierced through for our transgressions,He was crushed for our iniquities;The chastening for our peace fell upon Him,And by His wounds we are healed.

By oppression and judgment He was taken away;And as for His generation, who consideredThat He was cut off out of the land of the living,That for the transgression of my people, striking was due to Him?

Therefore, I will divide for Him a portion with the many,And He will divide the spoil with the strong;Because He poured out His soul to death,And was numbered with the transgressors;Yet He Himself bore the sin of many,And interceded for the transgressors.

"Shout for joy, O barren woman, who has not given birth;Break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud, you who have not been in labor;For more numerous are the sons of the desolate oneThan the sons of the married woman," says Yahweh.

For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left.And your seed will possess nationsAnd will resettle the desolate cities.

"Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame;And do not feel dishonored, for you will not be humiliated;But you will forget the shame of your virginity,And the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.

For your husband is your Maker,Whose name is Yahweh of hosts;And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel,Who is called the God of all the earth.

For Yahweh has called you,Like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit,Even like a wife of one's youth when she is rejected,"Says your God.

"For a brief moment I forsook you,But with great compassion I will gather you.

In a flood of furyI hid My face from you for a moment,But with everlasting lovingkindness I will have compassion on you,"Says Yahweh your Redeemer.

"For this is like the days of Noah to Me,When I swore that the waters of NoahWould not overflow the earth again;So I have sworn that I will not be furious with youNor will I rebuke you.

For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake,But My lovingkindness will not be removed from you,And My covenant of peace will not be shaken,"Says Yahweh who has compassion on you.

In righteousness you will be established;You will be far from oppression, for you will not fear,And from terror, for it will not come near you.

Behold, I Myself have created the craftsman who blows the fire of coalsAnd brings out a weapon for its work;And I have created the bringer of ruin to wreak destruction.

Why do you spend money for what is not bread,And your wages for what does not satisfy?Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,And delight your soul in richness.

Behold, I have given him as a witness to the peoples,A ruler and commander for the peoples.

Behold, you will call a nation you do not know,And a nation which knows you not will run to you,Because of Yahweh your God, even the Holy One of Israel;For He has adorned you with beautiful glory."

Let the wicked forsake his wayAnd the unrighteous man his thoughts;And let him return to Yahweh,And He will have compassion on him,And to our God,For He will abundantly pardon.