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“Pay attention to me, my people!
    Listen to me, my nation!
For instruction[a] will go out from me,
    and my justice will become a light for the nations.[b]
I will quickly bring my deliverance near;
    my salvation is on the way.
His arm[c] will bring justice to[d] the nations;[e]
    the coastlands will hope for him,[f]
        and they will wait for his arm.[g]

“Lift up your eyes, you[h] heavens
    and look to the earth beneath;
        and see who created these.[i]
Its inhabitants will die just like this;[j]
    but my salvation will be forever,
        and my deliverance will never fail.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 51:4 Or For the Law
  2. Isaiah 51:4 Lit. peoples
  3. Isaiah 51:5 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab reads My arms; or My arm; MT LXX read My arms
  4. Isaiah 51:5 The verb is pl. in 1QIsaa MT
  5. Isaiah 51:5 Lit. peoples
  6. Isaiah 51:5 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read me
  7. Isaiah 51:5 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read my arm
  8. Isaiah 51:6 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read to the
  9. Isaiah 51:6 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read for the heavens will vanish like smoke, and the earth will wear out like a garment
  10. Isaiah 51:6 Or like gnats

“Listen to me, my people;(A)
    hear me,(B) my nation:
Instruction(C) will go out from me;
    my justice(D) will become a light to the nations.(E)
My righteousness draws near speedily,
    my salvation(F) is on the way,(G)
    and my arm(H) will bring justice to the nations.
The islands(I) will look to me
    and wait in hope(J) for my arm.
Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
    look at the earth beneath;
the heavens will vanish like smoke,(K)
    the earth will wear out like a garment(L)
    and its inhabitants die like flies.
But my salvation(M) will last forever,(N)
    my righteousness will never fail.(O)

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