1 ‘Be silent before me, you islands! Let the nations renew their strength! Let them come forward and speak; let us meet together at the place of judgment. 2 ‘Who…

1 ‘Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will bring justice to the nations….

1 But now, this is what the Lordsays – he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: ‘Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned…

1 ‘But now listen, Jacob, my servant, Israel, whom I have chosen. 2 This is what the Lordsays – he who made you, who formed you in the womb, and…

1 ‘This is what the Lordsays to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I take hold of to subdue nations before him and to strip kings of their armour,…

1 Bel bows down, Nebo stoops low; their idols are borne by beasts of burden. The images that are carried about are burdensome, a burden for the weary. 2 They…

1 ‘Go down, sit in the dust, Virgin Daughter Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, queen city of the Babylonians. No more will you be called tender or…

1 ‘Listen to this, you descendants of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel and come from the line of Judah, you who take oaths in the…

1 Listen to me, you islands; hear this, you distant nations: before I was born the Lordcalled me; from my mother’s womb he has spoken my name. 2 He made…

1 This is what the Lordsays: ‘Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Because…