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Yes, think about Abraham, your ancestor,
    and Sarah, who gave birth to your nation.
Abraham was only one man when I called him.
    But when I blessed him, he became a great nation.”

The Lord will comfort Israel[a] again
    and have pity on her ruins.
Her desert will blossom like Eden,
    her barren wilderness like the garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness will be found there.
    Songs of thanksgiving will fill the air.

“Listen to me, my people.
    Hear me, Israel,
for my law will be proclaimed,
    and my justice will become a light to the nations.

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Footnotes

  1. 51:3 Hebrew Zion; also in 51:16.

look to Abraham,(A) 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.(B)
The Lord will surely comfort(C) Zion(D)
    and will look with compassion on all her ruins;(E)
he will make her deserts like Eden,(F)
    her wastelands(G) like the garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness(H) will be found in her,
    thanksgiving(I) and the sound of singing.

“Listen to me, my people;(J)
    hear me,(K) my nation:
Instruction(L) will go out from me;
    my justice(M) will become a light to the nations.(N)

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