8  But you, Israel, ^hmy servant,

Jacob, whom I have ⁱchosen,

the offspring of Abraham, ^jmy friend;

9  you whom I took from the ends of the earth,

and called from its farthest corners,

saying to you, “You are ^kmy servant,

I have chosen you and not cast you off”;

10  ^lfear not, for I am with you;

be not dismayed, for I am your God;

I will strengthen you, I will help you,

I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

11  Behold, ^mall who are incensed against you

shall be put to shame and confounded;

those who strive against you

shall be as nothing and shall perish.

12  ⁿYou shall seek those who contend with you,

but you shall not find them;

those who war against you

shall be as nothing at all.

13  For I, the Lord your God,

hold your right hand;

it is I who say to you, “Fear not,

I am the one who helps you.”

14  Fear not, you worm Jacob,

you men of Israel!

I am the one who helps you, declares the Lord;

^oyour Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

15  Behold, I make of you a ^pthreshing sledge,

new, sharp, and having teeth;

you shall thresh the mountains and crush them,

and you shall make the hills like chaff;

16  you shall winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away,

and the tempest shall scatter them.

And you shall rejoice in the Lord;

in the Holy One of Israel you shall ^qglory.

3  For I am the Lord your God,

the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.

I give ^wEgypt as your ransom,

Cush and Seba in exchange for you.

4  Because you are precious in my eyes,

and honored, and I ^xlove you,

I give men in return for you,

peoples in exchange for your life.

5  ^yFear not, for I am with you;

I will bring your offspring ^zfrom the east,

and from the west I will gather you.

6  I will say to the north, Give up,

and to the south, Do not withhold;

^abring my sons from afar

^band my daughters from the end of the earth,

7  everyone who is ^ccalled by my name,

whom I created for my glory,

whom I formed and made.”

1  ^wArise, shine, for your light has come,

and the glory of the Lord has ^xrisen upon you.

2  For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,

and thick darkness the peoples;

but the Lord will arise upon you,

and his glory will be seen upon you.

3  ^yAnd nations shall come to your light,

and kings to the brightness of your rising.

4  ^zLift up your eyes all around, and see;

they all gather together, they come to you;

^ayour sons shall come from afar,

^band your daughters shall be carried on the hip.

5  Then you shall see and be radiant;

your heart shall thrill and exult,¹

because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you,

the wealth of the nations ^cshall come to you.

6  A multitude of camels shall cover you,

the young camels of Midian and Ephah;

all those from Sheba shall come.

They shall bring gold and frankincense,

and shall bring good news, the praises of the Lord.

7  All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered to you;

the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you;

they shall come up ^dwith acceptance on my altar,

and I will beautify my beautiful house.

8  Who are these that fly like a cloud,

and like doves to their windows?

9  For ^ethe coastlands shall hope for me,

the ^fships of Tarshish first,

to bring your children from afar,

their silver and gold with them,

for the name of the Lord your God,

and for the Holy One of Israel,

because he has made you beautiful.

10  ^gForeigners shall build up your walls,

and their kings shall minister to you;

for ^hin my wrath I struck you,

but in my favor I have had mercy on you.

11  ⁱYour gates shall be open continually;

day and night they shall not be shut,

that people may bring to you the wealth of the nations,

with their kings led in procession.

12  For the nation and kingdom

that will not serve you shall perish;

those nations shall be utterly laid waste.

13  The glory of Lebanon shall come to you,

the ^jcypress, the plane, and the pine,

to beautify the place of my sanctuary,

and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

14  The sons of those who afflicted you

shall come bending low to you,

and all who despised you

shall ^kbow down at your feet;

they shall ^lcall you the ^mCity of the Lord,

the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

15  Whereas you have been forsaken and hated,

with no one passing through,

I will make you majestic forever,

ⁿa joy from age to age.

16  You shall suck the milk of nations;

you shall ^onurse at the breast of kings;

and you shall know that I, the Lord, am ^pyour Savior

and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

17  Instead of bronze I will bring gold,

and instead of iron I will bring silver;

instead of wood, bronze,

instead of stones, iron.

I will make your overseers peace

and your taskmasters righteousness.

18  Violence shall no more be heard in your land,

devastation or destruction within your borders;

you shall call your ^qwalls Salvation,

and your gates Praise.

19  The sun shall be no more

your light by day,

nor for brightness shall the moon

give you light;²

but ^rthe Lord will be your everlasting light,

and your God will be your glory.³

20  Your sun shall no more go down,

nor your moon withdraw itself;

for the Lord will be your everlasting light,

and ^syour days of mourning shall be ended.

21  Your people shall all be righteous;

they shall possess the land forever,

the branch of my ^tplanting, the work of my hands,

that I might be glorified.⁴

22  The least one shall become a clan,

and the smallest one a mighty nation;

I am the Lord;

in its time I will hasten it.