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13 Shout for help, if you like.
    See if your group of idols can help you!
The wind will blow them all away.
    Even a breath will carry them away.
But if people trust me to help them,
    this land will belong to them.
They will worship me on my holy mountain.’[a]

The Lord promises to help his people

14 The Lord says,

‘Build a road! Make it ready for my people to travel on!
Remove everything that would cause them to fall.’

15 The Mighty God is far higher than all others. He rules from above and he lives for ever. His name is holy. He says,

‘I live in a high and holy place.
But I am also with anyone who is humble
    and who is sorry when he does wrong things.
I will comfort people who are like that,
    and I will give them hope.

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Footnotes

  1. 57:13 ‘my holy mountain’ means Mount Zion in Jerusalem, where Solomon built God's temple.

13 When you cry out(A) for help,
    let your collection of idols save(B) you!
The wind will carry all of them off,
    a mere breath will blow(C) them away.
But whoever takes refuge(D) in me
    will inherit the land(E)
    and possess my holy mountain.”(F)

Comfort for the Contrite

14 And it will be said:

“Build up, build up, prepare the road!(G)
    Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people.”(H)
15 For this is what the high and exalted(I) One says—
    he who lives forever,(J) whose name is holy:
“I live in a high(K) and holy place,
    but also with the one who is contrite(L) and lowly in spirit,(M)
to revive the spirit of the lowly
    and to revive the heart of the contrite.(N)

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