He who eats of those eggs will die,
And if one is crushed, it hatches out a viper.
6Their webs will not serve as a garment,
What they make cannot serve as clothing;
Their deeds are deeds of mischief,
Their hands commit lawless acts,
7Their feet run after evil,
They hasten to shed the blood of the innocent.
Their plans are plans of mischief,
Destructiveness and injury are on their roads.
8They do not care for the way of integrity,
There is no justice on their paths.
They make their courses crooked,
No one who walks in them cares for integrity.
9“That is why redress is far from us,
And vindication does not reach us.
We hope for light, and lo! there is darkness;
For a gleam, and we must walk in gloom.
10We grope, like blind men along a wall;
Like those without eyes we grope.
We stumble at noon, as if in darkness;
b-Among the sturdy, we are-b like the dead.
11We all growl like bears
And moan like doves.
We hope for redress, and there is none;
For victory, and it is far from us.
12For our many sins are before You,
Our guilt testifies against us.
We are aware of our sins,
And we know well our iniquities:
13Rebellion, faithlessness to the LORD,
And turning away from our God,
Planning fraud and treachery,
Conceiving lies and uttering them with the throat.c
14And so redress is turned back
And vindication stays afar,
Because honesty stumbles in the public square
And uprightness cannot enter.
15Honesty has been lacking,
He who turns away from evil is despoiled.”
The LORD saw and was displeased
That there was no redress.
16He saw that there was no man,
He gazed long, but no one intervened.
Then His own arm won Him triumph,
His victorious right handd supported Him.
17He donned victory like a coat of mail,
With a helmet of triumph on His head;
He clothed Himself with garments of retribution,
Wrapped himself in zeal as in a robe.
18e-According to their deserts,
So shall He repay-e fury to His foes;
He shall make requital to His enemies,
Requital to the distant lands.
19From the west, they shall reveref the name of the LORD,f
And from the east, His Presence.
For He shall come like a hemmed-in stream
Which the wind of the LORD drives on;
20He shall come as redeemer to Zion,
To those in Jacob who turn back from sin
—declares the LORD.
21And this shall be My covenant with them, said the LORD: My spiritg which is upon you, and the words which I have placed in your mouth, shall not be absent from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your children, nor from the mouth of your children’s children—said the LORD— from now on, for all time.h
60 Arise, shine, for your light has dawned;
The Presence of the LORD has shone upon you!
2Behold! Darkness shall cover the earth,
And thick clouds the peoples;
But upon you the LORD will shine,
And His Presence be seen over you.
3And nations shall walk by your light,
Kings, by your shining radiance.
4Raise your eyes and look about:
They have all gathered and come to you.
Your sons shall be brought from afar,
Your daughters like babes on shoulders.
5As you behold, you will glow;
Your heart will throb and thrill—
For the wealth of the seaa shall pass on to you,
The riches of nations shall flow to you.
6Dust clouds of camels shall cover you,
Dromedaries of Midian and Ephah.
They all shall come from Sheba;
They shall bear gold and frankincense,
And shall herald the glories of the LORD.
7All the flocks of Kedar shall be assembled for you,
The rams of Nebaioth shall serve your needs;
They shall be welcome offerings on My altar,
And I will add glory to My glorious House.
8Who are these that float like a cloud,
Like doves to their cotes?
9b-Behold, the coastlands await me,-b
With c-ships of Tarshish-c in the lead,
To bring your sons from afar,
And theird silver and gold as well—
For the name of the LORD your God,
For the Holy One of Israel, who has glorified you.
10Aliens shall rebuild your walls,
Their kings shall wait upon you—
For in anger I struck you down,
But in favor I take you back.
11Your gates shall always stay open—
Day and night they shall never be shut—
To let in the wealth of the nations,
With their kings in procession.
12For the nation or the kingdom
That does not serve you shall perish;
Such nations shall be destroyed.
13The majesty of Lebanon shall come to you—
Cypress and pine and box—
To adorn the site of My Sanctuary,
To glorify the place where My feet rest.
14Bowing before you, shall come
The children of those who tormented you;
Prostrate at the soles of your feet
Shall be all those who reviled you;
And you shall be called
“City of the LORD,
Zion of the Holy One of Israel.”
15Whereas you have been forsaken,
Rejected, with none passing through,
I will make you a pride everlasting,
A joy for age after age.
16You shall suck the milk of the nations,
Suckle at royal breasts.e
And you shall know
That I the LORD am your Savior,
I, The Mighty One of Jacob, am your Redeemer.
17Instead of copper I will bring gold,
Instead of iron I will bring silver;
Instead of wood, copper;
And instead of stone, iron.
And I will appoint Well-being as your government,
Prosperity as your officials.
18The cry “Violence!”
Shall no more be heard in your land,
Nor “Wrack and ruin!”
Within your borders.
And you shall name your walls “Victory”
And your gates “Renown.”
19No longer shall you need the sun
For light by day,
Nor the shining of the moon
For radiance [by nightf];
For the LORD shall be your light everlasting,
Your God shall be your glory.
20Your sun shall set no more,
Your moon no more withdraw;
For the LORD shall be a light to you forever,
And your days of mourning shall be ended.
21And your people, all of them righteous,
Shall possess the land for all time;
They are the shoot that I planted,
My handiwork in which I glory.
22The smallest shall become a clan;
The least, a mighty nation.
I the LORD will speed it in due time.
61 The spirit of the LORD GOD is upon me,
Because the LORD has anointed me;
He has sent me as a herald of joy to the humble,
To bind up the wounded of heart,
To proclaim release to the captives,
Liberation to the imprisoned;
2To proclaim a year of the LORD’s favor
And a day of vindication by our God;
To comfort all who mourn—
3a-To provide for-a the mourners in Zion—
To give them a turban instead of ashes,
The festive ointment instead of mourning,
A garment of splendor instead of a drooping spirit.
They shall be called terebinths of victory,
Planted by the LORD for His glory.
4And they shall build the ancient ruins,
Raise up the desolations of old,
And renew the ruined cities,
The desolations of many ages.
5Strangers shall stand and pasture your flocks,
Aliens shall be your plowmen and vine-trimmers;
6While you shall be called “Priests of the LORD,”
And termed “Servants of our God.”
You shall enjoy the wealth of nations
And revela in their riches.
7Because your shame was double—
b-Men cried, “Disgrace is their portion”-b—
Assuredly,
They shall have a double share in their land,
Joy shall be theirs for all time.
8For I the LORD love justice,
I hate c-robbery with a burnt offering.-c
I will pay them their wages faithfully,
And make a covenant with them for all time.
9Their offspring shall be known among the nations,
Their descendants in the midst of the peoples.
All who see them shall recognize
That they are a stock the LORD has blessed.
10I greatly rejoice in the LORD,
My whole being exults in my God.
For He has clothed me with garments of triumph,
Wrapped me in a robe of victory,
Like a bridegroom adorned with a turban,
Like a bride bedecked with her finery.
11For as the earth brings forth her growth
And a garden makes the seed shoot up,
So the Lord GOD will make
Victory and renown shoot up
In the presence of all the nations.
62 For the sake of Zion I will not be silent,
For the sake of Jerusalem I will not be still,
Till her victory emerge resplendent
And her triumph like a flaming torch.
2Nations shall see your victory,
And every king your majesty;
And you shall be called by a new name
Which the LORD Himself shall bestow.
3You shall be a glorious crown
In the hand of the LORD,
And a royal diadem
In the palm of your God.
4Nevermore shall you be called “Forsaken,”
Nor shall your land be called “Desolate”;
But you shall be called “I delight in her,”
And your land “Espoused.”
For the LORD takes delight in you,
And your land shall be espoused.
5As a youth espouses a maiden,
a-Your sons-a shall espouse you;
And as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride,
So will your God rejoice over you.
6Upon your walls, O Jerusalem,
I have set watchmen,
Who shall never be silent
By day or by night.
O you, the LORD’s remembrancers,b
Take no rest
7And give no rest to Him,
Until He establish Jerusalem
And make her renowned on earth.
8The LORD has sworn by His right hand,
By His mighty arm:
Nevermore will I give your new grain
To your enemies for food,
Nor shall foreigners drink the new wine
For which you have labored.
9But those who harvest it shall eat it
And give praise to the LORD;
And those who gather it shall drink it
In My sacred courts.
10Pass through, pass through the gates!
Clear the road for the people;
Build up, build up the highway,
Remove the rocks!
Raise an ensign over the peoples!
11See, the LORD has proclaimed
To the end of the earth:
Announce to Fair Zion,
Your Deliverer is coming!
See, his reward is with Him,
His recompense before Him.c
12And they shall be called, “The Holy People,
The Redeemed of the LORD,”
And you shall be called, “Sought Out,
A City Not Forsaken.”
63 Who is this coming from Edom,
In crimsoned garments from Bozrah—
Who is this, majestic in attire,
a-Pressing forward-a in His great might?
“It is I, who contend victoriously,
Powerful to b-give triumph.”-b
2Why is your clothing so red,
Your garments like his who treads grapes?c
3“I trod out a vintage alone;
d-Of the peoples-d no man was with Me.
I trod them down in My anger,
Trampled them in My rage;
Their life-bloode bespattered My garments,
And all My clothing was stained.
4For I had planned a day of vengeance,
And My year of redemption arrived.
5Then I looked, but there was none to help;
I stared, but there was none to aid—
So My own arm wrought the triumph,
And f-My own rage-f was My aid.
6I trampled peoples in My anger,
g-I
