Come now, and let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are as scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they will white be as wool. (1:18)
Fear not; for I am with you: do not be dismayed; for I am your God: I will strengthen you; yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of My righteousness. (41:10)
For I, the LORD your God, will hold your right hand. I say unto you, Do not fear, for I will help you. Fear not, O Israel; I will help you, for I am the LORD, and your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. (41:13-14)
But now the LORD who created you, O Israel, says: Do not fear: for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name; you belong to Me. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not
drown you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and the flames will not consume you. For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour. (43:1-3a)
You are precious in My sight, and I have honored you and loved you: therefore, I have given other lives for yours. Others have died, that you might live. (43:4)
You are My witnesses, says the LORD, and My servants whom I have chosen: so that you may know Me and believe in Me, and understand that I am He: before Me there was no God formed, neither will there be any after Me. I, even I, am the LORD; and besides Me there is no Saviour. (43:10-11)
I, yes, even I, am the One who blots out your transgressions for My own sake, and will not remember your sins. (43:25)
This is what the LORD, the King of Israel, and His Redeemer the LORD of hosts, says: I am the first, and I am the last; and beside Me there is no God. (44:6)
I am the LORD, and there is no one else. There is no God beside me. I strengthened you, even when you did not know me: so that everyone from the east to the west might know that there is none beside Me. I am the LORD, and there is no one else. (45:5-6)
Let all the world look unto Me, and be saved, for I am God, and there is no one else. I have sworn this by Myself; I have said it, and because I am righteous, I will never go back on My word: That unto Me every knee will bow, every tongue will swear allegiance to Me. (45:22-23)
Listen to me, O Israel, and all who are left: I have created you in the belly, and carried you from out of the womb. And even to your old age, even when your hair turns white I will carry you. I made you, and I will tend to you; I will carry you, and will be your Deliverer. (46:3-4)
For the sake of My name I will defer My anger, and for My own glory, I will not forsake you. (48:9)
Listen to me, O My chosen ones! I am God; I am the first, I also am the last. It was My hand that laid the foundation of the earth; My right hand hath spanned the heavens. I spoke, and it came to be. (48:12-13)
This is what the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, says: "I am the LORD your God, who corrects you for your own good, and shows you the way that you should go. If only you would have listened to My commandments! Then You would have peace like a gentle river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea." (48:17-18)
I will never forget My chosen people. Can a mother forget her baby, and not have compassion on her own child? Yet, even if a mother could forget her child, I will not forget you. Just look: I have engraved you on the palms of My hands; your picture is always before Me. (48:15-16)
Listen to me, my people; and heed what I say, O my nation: I will give you a new law; I will establish My righteous law as a light of the people. My righteousness is very near; My salvation is coming soon, and I will rule the people; the nations will wait upon Me, and they will trust My mighty arm. (51:4-5)
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens will vanish away like smoke, and the earth will become like an old garment, and they that dwell therein will likewise die: but My salvation will be for ever, and My righteousness will never end. (51:6)
And I have put My words in your mouth, and I have covered you with the shadow of My hand. I plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and it is I who says to Israel, "You are My people". (51:16)
Therefore My people will know My name; therefore they will know in that day that I am He that speaks: behold, it is I. (52:6)
For the mountains will depart, and the hills be removed; but My kindness will never depart from you, and neither will the promise of My peace be taken from you, says the LORD who has mercy on you. (54:10)
In My righteousness you will be established: you will not be oppressed. You will not fear, for terror will not come near you. (54:14)
No weapon that is formed against you will succeed; and you will condemn every tongue that lies about you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD. Your righteousness is from Me, declares the LORD. (54:17)
Is anyone of you thirsty? Then come to the waters, even if you have no money. Yes, come, buy and eat; yes, come and buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend money for food that does not nourish you? and your labour for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul take great pleasure in it's fatness.
Listen, and come unto Me: hear, and your soul will live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even extending to you the sure mercies I gave to My son David. (55:1-3)
Seek the LORD while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near: Let the wicked forsake his wicked ways; let the unrighteous man forsake his unrighteous thoughts. Let them return to the LORD, and He will have mercy on them. Return to our God, for He will abundantly pardon. (55:6-7)
For the Lord says, "My thoughts are not your thoughts, and My ways are not your ways. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts higher than your thoughts. (55:8-9)
This is what the LORD says: Do what is righteous, and just, for My salvation is coming soon, and My righteousness will be revealed. The man who does this is blessed; that is the man who grasps this priciple: keep the Sabbath holy, and keep from doing any evil. (56:1-2)
To them will I give in My house and within My walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, one that will never be cut off. (56:5)
And to the Gentiles, who join themselves to the LORD, to serve Him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be His servants; to every one that keeps the sabbath pure, and takes hold of My promise; I will bring even them to My holy mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer: their offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted upon My altar; for My house will be called an house of prayer for all people. (56:6-7)
This is what is said by the high and lofty One that inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place with those who have a contrite and humble spirit. I refresh the spirit of the humble, and revive the heart of the contrite ones. (57:15)
I have seen his ways, and will heal him. I will lead him as well, and restore comforts to him and to those who mourn with him. I create the fruit of his lips. Peace, peace, to both Gentile and Jew; to he who is far off and he who is near, says the LORD; I will heal them all. (57:18-19)
This is the fast that I have chosen: loose the bands of wickedness, ease the heavy burdens of others, and let the oppressed go free. Break every yoke that binds you. Share your bread with the hungry, and provide shelter for the poor who are without.
Clothe the naked; and be ready to help your own family. (58:6-7)
And the LORD will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul even in drought, and make fat your bones: and you will be like a well-watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters never fail. (58:11)
Look, and listen! The LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither is His ear deaf, that it cannot hear. (59:1)
As for Me, this is My covenant with them, says the LORD: My Holy Spirit will never leave you, and My words, which I have put in your mouth, will never leave your mouth, nor the mouths of your children, nor the mouths of your children's children, from now and forevermore. (59:21)
p>Arise, My people! Let your light shine for all to see, for the glory of the LORD is upon you. (60:1)
The sun will no longer be your light by day, nor will the moon give you light at night, but the LORD will be an everlasting light to you, and will be your glory. The sun will never set, and the moon will nevermore go down, for the LORD shall be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended.(60:19-20)
All of My people will be righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, for they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, that I may be glorified. (60:21)
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