Isaiah 54:11-55:5

English Standard Version

¹¹^(A)“O afflicted one, storm-tossed and not comforted,
    behold, ^(B)I will set your stones in antimony,
    ^(C)and lay your foundations with sapphires.^[a]
¹²I will make your pinnacles of agate,^[b]
    your gates of carbuncles,^[c]
    and all your wall of precious stones.
¹³^(D)All your children ^(E)shall be taught by the Lord,
    ^(F)and great shall be the peace of your children.
¹⁴In righteousness you shall be established;
    you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear;
    and from terror, for it shall not come near you.
¹⁵^(G)If anyone stirs up strife,
    it is not from me;
whoever stirs up strife with you
    shall fall because of you.
¹⁶Behold, I have created the smith
    who blows the fire of coals
    and produces a weapon for its purpose.
I have also created the ravager to destroy;
¹⁷    no weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed,
    and you shall refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord
    ^(H)and their vindication^[d] from me, declares the Lord.”

The Compassion of the Lord

55 ^(I)“Come, everyone who thirsts,
    come to the waters;
and he who has no money,
    ^(J)come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
    without money and without price.
²^(K)Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread,
    and your labor for that which does not satisfy?
Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good,
    and delight yourselves in rich food.
³Incline your ear, and come to me;
    ^(L)hear, that your soul may live;
^(M)and I will make with you an everlasting covenant,
    ^(N)my steadfast, sure love for ^(O)David.
⁴^(P)Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples,
    ^(Q)a leader and commander for the peoples.
⁵^(R)Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know,
    and ^(S)a nation that did not know you shall run to you,
because of the Lord your God, and of the Holy One of Israel,
    ^(T)for he has glorified you.