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14 Those who are prisoners will soon be set free;
    they will live a long life
    and have all the food they need.

15 “I am the Lord your God;
    I stir up the sea
    and make its waves roar.
My name is the Lord Almighty!
16 I stretched out[a] the heavens
    and laid the earth's foundations;
I say to Jerusalem, ‘You are my people!
    I have given you my teaching,
    and I protect you with my hand.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 51:16 One ancient translation stretched out; Hebrew planted.

14     The cowering prisoners will soon be set free;(A)
they will not die in their dungeon,
    nor will they lack bread.(B)
15 For I am the Lord your God,
    who stirs up the sea(C) so that its waves roar(D)
    the Lord Almighty(E) is his name.
16 I have put my words in your mouth(F)
    and covered you with the shadow of my hand(G)
I who set the heavens in place,
    who laid the foundations of the earth,(H)
    and who say to Zion, ‘You are my people.(I)’”

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