behold obscurity; for brightness, butwe walk in darkness.
10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we hadno eyes: we stumble at
noonday as in the night; we arein desolate places as dead men.
11 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there isnone;
for salvation, butit is far off from us.
12 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our
transgressions arewith us; and as forour iniquities, we know them;
13 In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking
oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in
the street, and equity cannot enter.
15 Yea, truth faileth; and he thatdeparteth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw
it, and it displeased him that there wasno judgment.
16 And he saw that there wasno man, and wondered that there wasno intercessor: therefore
his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.
17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and
he put on the garments of vengeance forclothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.
18 According to theirdeeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to
his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.
19 So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the
sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard
against him.
20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob,
saith the LORD.
21 As for me, this ismy covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that isupon thee, and
my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth
of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for
ever.
1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD
shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
4 Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to
thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thyside.
5 Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because
the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come
unto thee.
6 The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from
Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the
LORD.
7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall
minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the
house of my glory.
8 Who arethese thatfly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far,
their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of
Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
10 And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee:
for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.

11 Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men
may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and thattheir kings may bebrought.
12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, thosenations shall be
utterly wasted.
13 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together,
to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
14 The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that
despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The
city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
15 Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make
thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.
16 Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou
shalt know that I the LORD amthy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
17 For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for
stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but
thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light
unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
20 Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be
thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
21 Thy people also shall beall righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my
planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
22 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten
it in his time.
1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD isupon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good
tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the
captives, and the opening of the prison to them that arebound;
2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort
all that mourn;
3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for
mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of
righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall
repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall beyour
plowmen and your vinedressers.
6 But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: menshall call you the Ministers of our God: ye
shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
7 For your shame ye shall havedouble; and forconfusion they shall rejoice in their portion:
therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
8 For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in
truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
9 And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all
that see them shall acknowledge them, that they arethe seed whichthe LORD hath blessed.
10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me
with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a
bridegroom decketh himselfwith ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herselfwith her jewels.
11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown

in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before
all the nations.
1 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the
righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp thatburneth.
2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called
by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.
3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of
thy God.
4 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate:
but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy
land shall be married.
5 For asa young man marrieth a virgin, soshall thy sons marry thee: and asthe bridegroom
rejoiceth over the bride, soshall thy God rejoice over thee.
6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, whichshall never hold their peace day nor
night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
7 And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
8 The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more
give thy corn to bemeat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy
wine, for the which thou hast laboured:
9 But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it
together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.
10 Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the
highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.
11 Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion,
Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward iswith him, and his work before him.
12 And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be
called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
1 Who isthis that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that isglorious in
his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to
save.
2 Wherefore art thoured in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the
winefat?
3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there wasnone with me: for I will tread
them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my
garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
4 For the day of vengeance isin mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
5 And I looked, and there wasnone to help; and I wondered that there wasnone to uphold:
therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.
6 And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will
bring down their strength to the earth.
7 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, andthe praises of the LORD, according to all
that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he
hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his
lovingkindnesses.
8 For he said, Surely they aremy people, children thatwill not lie: so he was their Saviour.
9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love
and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
10 But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and
he fought against them.