1 “Listen to me, you who pursue godliness,who seek the Lord!Look at the rock from which you were chiseled,at the quarry from which you were dug!
2 Look at Abraham, your father,and Sarah, who gave you birth.When I summoned him, he was a lone individual,but I blessed him and gave him numerous descendants.
3 Certainly the Lord will console Zion;he will console all her ruins.He will make her wilderness like Eden,her desert like the Garden of the Lord.Happiness and joy will be restored to her,thanksgiving and the sound of music.
4 Pay attention to me, my people!Listen to me, my people!For I will issue a decree,I will make my justice a light to the nations.
5 I am ready to vindicate,I am ready to deliver,I will establish justice among the nations.The coastlands wait patiently for me;they wait in anticipation for the revelation of my power.
6 Look up at the sky!Look at the earth below!For the sky will dissipate like smoke,and the earth will wear out like clothes;its residents will die like gnats.But the deliverance I give is permanent;the vindication I provide will not disappear.