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51 Listen closely, you who diligently work for justice
    and look for the Eternal One, for what is fair and true.
It would be good for you to look back, look to the place from where you came,
    the rock out of which you were shaped and the quarry from where you were mined.
Look to your spiritual ancestors
    Abraham, your father, and Sarah, who birthed you.
Abraham was only one person when I called him.
    But with generous goodness, I made from him a numerous people.

The Eternal One will relieve the troubles and worries of Zion
    and bring comfort to the rubble of its destruction.
God will turn deserted places into a flourishing garden like Eden of old;
    happy voices will ring out in the Eternal’s garden;
Buoyant music and thanksgiving will fill the air.

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Everlasting Salvation for Zion

51 “Listen(A) to me, you who pursue righteousness(B)
    and who seek(C) the Lord:
Look to the rock(D) from which you were cut
    and to the quarry from which you were hewn;
look to Abraham,(E) your father,
    and to Sarah, who gave you birth.
When I called him he was only one man,
    and I blessed him and made him many.(F)
The Lord will surely comfort(G) Zion(H)
    and will look with compassion on all her ruins;(I)
he will make her deserts like Eden,(J)
    her wastelands(K) like the garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness(L) will be found in her,
    thanksgiving(M) and the sound of singing.

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