8"Drip down, heavens, from above,And let the clouds pour down righteousness;Let the earth open up and salvation bear fruit,And righteousness sprout with it.I, the Lord, have created it.
17Israel has been saved by the LordWith an everlasting salvation;You will not be put to shame or humiliatedTo all eternity.
20"Gather yourselves and come;Come together, you survivors of the nations!They have no knowledge,Who carry around 45:20 Lit the wood of their carved imagetheir wooden idolAnd pray to a god who cannot save.
4"Harness the horses,And 46:4 Or go up, you horsemenmount the steeds,Take your stand with helmets on!Polish the spears,Put on the coats of armor!
11Go up to Gilead and obtain balm,Virgin daughter of Egypt!You have used many 46:11 Lit healingsremedies in vain;There is no healing for you.
27"But as for you, Jacob My servant, do not fear,Nor be dismayed, Israel!For, see, I am going to save you from far away,And your descendants from the land of their captivity;And Jacob will return and be undisturbedAnd secure, with no one making him afraid.
1For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet,Until her righteousness goes forth like brightness,And her salvation like a torch that is burning.
6On your walls, Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen;All day and all night they will never keep silent.You who profess the Lord, take no rest for yourselves;
10Go through, go through the gates,Clear a way 62:10 Lit offor the people!Build up, build up the highway,Remove the stones, lift up a flag over the peoples.
11… daughter of Zion, "Behold, your salvation is coming; …
1150:1 Or Hallelujah!Praise 150:1 Heb Yahthe Lord!Praise God in His sanctuary;Praise Him in His mighty 150:1 Or firmament; i.e., atmosphere and spaceexpanse.
4Praise Him with tambourine and dancing;Praise Him with stringed instruments and flute.
6Everything that has breath shall praise 150:6 Heb Yahthe Lord.150:6 Or Hallelujah!Praise 150:6 Heb Yahthe Lord!
7He then blinded Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him in shackles of bronze to bring him to Babylon.
14they even sent word and took Jeremiah out of the courtyard of the guardhouse and entrusted him to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him home. So he stayed among the people.
18For I will assuredly rescue you, and you will not fall by the sword; but you will have your own life as plunder, because you have trusted in Me," declares the Lord.’ "
3And many peoples will come and say,"Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the Lord,To the house of the God of Jacob;So that He may teach us 2:3 Or some ofabout His ways,And that we may walk in His paths."For 2:3 Or instructionthe law will go out from ZionAnd the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
4And He will judge between the nations,And will mediate for many peoples;And they will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning knives.Nation will not lift up a sword against nation,And never again will they learn war.
5Come, house of Jacob, and let’s walk in the light of the Lord.
164:1 Ch 63:19b in HebOh, that You would tear open the heavens and come down,That the mountains would quake at Your presence—
5You meet him who rejoices in doing righteousness,Who remembers You in Your ways.Behold, You were angry, for we sinned,We continued in 64:5 Lit themour sins for a long time;Yet shall we be saved?
9Do not be angry beyond measure, Lord,Nor remember wrongdoing forever.Behold, please look, all of us are Your people.
6Your righteousness is like the 36:6 Or mighty mountainsmountains of God;Your judgments are like the great deep.Lord, You 36:6 Or helpprotect mankind and animals.
7How precious is Your mercy, God!And the sons of mankind take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.
10Prolong Your mercy to those who know You,And Your righteousness to the upright of heart.