45:17 Israel will be delivered once and for all by the Lord; 1
you will never again be ashamed or humiliated. 2
51:6 Look up at the sky!
Look at the earth below!
For the sky will dissipate 3 like smoke,
and the earth will wear out like clothes;
its residents will die like gnats.
But the deliverance I give 4 is permanent;
the vindication I provide 5 will not disappear. 6
51:1 “Listen to me, you who pursue godliness, 7
who seek the Lord!
Look at the rock from which you were chiseled,
at the quarry 8 from which you were dug! 9
1:3 An ox recognizes its owner,
a donkey recognizes where its owner puts its food; 10
but Israel does not recognize me, 11
my people do not understand.”
1:4 12 The sinful nation is as good as dead, 13
the people weighed down by evil deeds.
They are offspring who do wrong,
children 14 who do wicked things.
They have abandoned the Lord,
and rejected the Holy One of Israel. 15
They are alienated from him. 16
1:2 Listen, O heavens,
pay attention, O earth! 17
For the Lord speaks:
“I raised children, 18 I brought them up, 19
but 20 they have rebelled 21 against me!
2:13 for all the cedars of Lebanon,
that are so high and mighty,
for all the oaks of Bashan; 22
2:14 for all the tall mountains,
for all the high hills, 23