Salvation for Zion
“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, Isa 51:7Psa 94:15Heb 12:14Psa 105:3-4Rom 14:19Rom 9:30-322Ti 2:22Amo 5:6
you who seek the LORD:
Look to the rock from which you were cut,
and to the quarry from which you were hewn.
Look to Abraham your father, Ezk 33:24Gal 3:9-14Rom 4:1-5Heb 11:8-12Gen 18:11-13Gen 24:1Isa 29:22Gen 12:1-3
and to Sarah who gave you birth.
When I called him, he was but one;
then I blessed him and multiplied him.
For the LORD will comfort Zion Isa 49:13Isa 52:9Jol 2:31Pe 1:8Gen 13:10Jer 31:12-14Jer 31:25Jer 33:11-13
and will look with compassion on all her ruins;
He will make her wilderness like Eden
and her desert like the garden of the LORD.
Joy and gladness will be found in her,
thanksgiving and melodious song.
Pay attention to Me, My people, 1Pe 2:91Co 9:21Isa 2:3Isa 42:6Isa 49:6Mic 4:2Psa 78:1Exo 19:6
and listen to Me, My nation;
for a law will go out from Me,
and My justice will become a light to the nations;
I will bring it about quickly.
My righteousness draws near, Rom 10:17-18Isa 46:13Isa 42:4Isa 60:9Rom 10:6-102Co 5:10Jol 3:12Luk 24:47
My salvation is on the way,
and My arms will bring justice to the nations.
The islands 1will look for Me
and wait in hope for My arm.
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, Mat 24:35Psa 102:25-26Heb 1:10-12Isa 34:4Rev 6:12-14Jhn 3:15-162Pe 3:10-12Jhn 10:27-29
and look at the earth below;
for the heavens will vanish like smoke,
the earth will wear out like a garment,
and its people will die like gnats.
But My salvation will last forever,
and My righteousness will never fail.
Listen to Me, you who know what is right, Mat 5:11Ezk 2:6Psa 37:311Pe 4:14Act 5:41Isa 51:11Pe 4:42Co 3:3
you people with My law in your hearts:
Do not fear the scorn of men;
do not be broken by their insults.
For the moth will devour them like a garment, Isa 51:6Isa 50:9Isa 66:24Hos 5:12Job 4:19Luk 1:50Isa 45:17Isa 46:13
and the worm will eat them like wool.
But My righteousness will last forever,
My salvation through all generations.”
Awake, awake, Psa 74:13-14Isa 52:1Psa 89:10Isa 27:1Isa 30:7Ezk 29:3Isa 51:17Job 26:12
put on strength, O arm of the LORD.
Wake up as in days past,
as in generations of old.
Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces,
who pierced through the dragon?
Was it not You who dried up the sea, Isa 43:16Exo 14:21-22Exo 15:13Isa 50:2Isa 63:11-12Isa 42:15Psa 74:13
the waters of the great deep,
who made a road in the depths of the sea
for the redeemed to cross over?
So the redeemed of the LORD will return Isa 25:8Rev 21:4Rev 7:17Isa 35:102Th 2:16Isa 61:7Jer 33:11Isa 60:19-20
and enter Zion with singing,
crowned with everlasting joy.
Gladness and joy will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee.
“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Psa 118:61Pe 1:24Isa 2:22Jhn 14:26-272Co 1:3-5Jhn 14:18Jas 1:10-11Isa 66:13
Why should you be afraid of mortal man,
of a son of man who withers like grass?
But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, Isa 17:10Isa 40:22Isa 45:12Psa 104:21Co 1:20Dan 3:19Isa 44:24Isa 48:13
who stretched out the heavens
and laid the foundations of the earth.
You live in terror all day long
because of the fury of the oppressor
who is bent on destruction.
But where is the fury of the oppressor?
The captive will soon be freed; Isa 48:20Zec 9:11Isa 52:2Act 12:7-8Isa 49:10Ezr 1:5Jer 38:6-13Jer 37:16
he will not die in the dungeon,
and his bread will not be lacking.
For I am the LORD your God Jer 31:35Isa 54:5Amo 9:5-6Isa 47:4Isa 51:10Jer 10:16Psa 114:3-5Psa 136:13
who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—
the LORD of Hosts is His name.
I have put My words in your mouth, Isa 59:21Isa 49:2Jhn 17:8Deu 18:18Jer 31:33Isa 66:22Isa 48:13Isa 50:4
and covered you with the shadow of My hand,
to establish 2the heavens, to found the earth,
and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”
God’s Fury Removed
Awake, awake! Isa 52:1Rev 14:101Co 15:34Eph 5:14Isa 51:9Job 21:20Psa 60:3Psa 11:6
Rise up, O Jerusalem,
you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD
the cup of His fury;
you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—
the cup that makes men stagger.
Among all the sons she bore, Isa 49:21Psa 88:18Isa 41:13Isa 45:1Mat 15:14Mat 9:36Mrk 8:23Psa 142:4
there is no one to guide her;
among all the sons she brought up,
there is no one to take her hand.
These pairs have befallen you: Amo 7:2Isa 47:92Co 7:132Co 7:6-7Ecc 4:1Ezk 14:21Isa 14:30Isa 22:4
devastation and destruction,
famine and sword.
Who will grieve for you?
Who can comfort you? 3
Your sons have fainted; Lam 2:11-12Rev 16:9-11Deu 14:5Ezk 12:13Ezk 17:20Ezk 39:19Isa 29:9Isa 49:26
they lie at the head of every street,
like an antelope in a net.
They are full of the wrath of the LORD,
the rebuke of your God.
Therefore now hear this, you afflicted one, Isa 29:9Isa 51:17Isa 54:11
drunken, but not with wine.
Thus says your Lord, the LORD, Pro 22:23Isa 51:17Isa 62:8Jer 50:34Isa 49:25Psa 35:11Sa 25:39Jol 3:2
even your God, who defends His people:
“See, I have removed from your hand
the cup of staggering.
From that goblet, the cup of My fury,
you will never drink again.
I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, Jos 10:24Zec 12:2Isa 49:25-26Jer 25:15-29Pro 11:8Pro 21:18Psa 65:11-12Rev 11:2
who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’
so that you made your back like the ground,
like a street to be traversed.”