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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.51.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.51.1"><span class="content">and who seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.51.1"><span class="content">Look to the rock from which you were cut</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.51.1"><span class="content">and to the quarry from which you were hewn;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.51.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.51.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">look to Abraham, your father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.51.2"><span class="content">and to Sarah, who gave you birth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.51.2"><span class="content">When I called him he was only one man,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.51.2"><span class="content">and I blessed him and made him many.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.51.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.51.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will surely comfort Zion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.51.3"><span class="content">and will look with compassion on all her ruins;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.51.3"><span class="content">he will make her deserts like Eden,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.51.3"><span class="content">her wastelands like the garden of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.51.3"><span class="content">Joy and gladness will be found in her,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.51.3"><span class="content">thanksgiving and the sound of singing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.51.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.51.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Listen to me, my people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.51.4"><span class="content">hear me, my nation:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.51.4"><span class="content">Instruction will go out from me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.51.4"><span class="content">my justice will become a light to the nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.51.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.51.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">My righteousness draws near speedily,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.51.5"><span class="content">my salvation is on the way,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.51.5"><span class="content">and my arm will bring justice to the nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.51.5"><span class="content">The islands will look to me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.51.5"><span class="content">and wait in hope for my arm.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.51.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.51.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Lift up your eyes to the heavens,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.51.6"><span class="content">look at the earth beneath;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.51.6"><span class="content">the heavens will vanish like smoke,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.51.6"><span class="content">the earth will wear out like a garment</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.51.6"><span class="content">and its inhabitants die like flies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.51.6"><span class="content">But my salvation will last forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.51.6"><span class="content">my righteousness will never fail.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch51" data-usfm="ISA.51.11+ISA.51.12+ISA.51.13+ISA.51.14+ISA.51.15+ISA.51.16">
         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.51.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Those the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has rescued will return.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.51.11"><span class="content">They will enter Zion with singing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.51.11"><span class="content">everlasting joy will crown their heads.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.51.11"><span class="content">Gladness and joy will overtake them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.51.11"><span class="content">and sorrow and sighing will flee away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.51.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.51.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;I, even I, am he who comforts you.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.51.12"><span class="content">Who are you that you fear mere mortals,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.51.12"><span class="content">human beings who are but grass,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.51.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.51.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">that you forget the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your Maker,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.51.13"><span class="content">who stretches out the heavens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.51.13"><span class="content">and who lays the foundations of the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.51.13"><span class="content">that you live in constant terror every day</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.51.13"><span class="content">because of the wrath of the oppressor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.51.13"><span class="content">who is bent on destruction?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.51.13"><span class="content">For where is the wrath of the oppressor?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.51.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.51.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The cowering prisoners will soon be set free;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.51.14"><span class="content">they will not die in their dungeon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.51.14"><span class="content">nor will they lack bread.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.51.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.51.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">For I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.51.15"><span class="content">who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.51.15"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty is his name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.51.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.51.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I have put my words in your mouth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.51.16"><span class="content">and covered you with the shadow of my hand&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.51.16"><span class="content">I who set the heavens in place,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.51.16"><span class="content">who laid the foundations of the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.51.16"><span class="content">and who say to Zion, &#8216;You are my people.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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