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"^(C1)Listen to Me, you who ^(C2)pursue righteousness, Who seek the LORD: Look to the ^(C3)rock from which you were cut, And to the ^(F1)quarry from which you were dug.

-"Look to ^(C1)Abraham your father And to Sarah who gave birth to you in pain; When he ^(C2)was only one I called him, Then I blessed him and multiplied him."

Indeed, ^(C1)the LORD will comfort Zion; He will comfort all her ^(C2)ruins. And He will make her ^(C3)wilderness like ^(C4)Eden, And her desert like the ^(C5)garden of the LORD. ^(C6)Joy and gladness will be found in her, Thanksgiving and the sound of a melody.

"^(C1)Pay attention to Me, My people, And listen to Me, My ^(F1)nation; For a ^(C2)law will go out from Me, And I will bring My ^(C3)justice as a ^(C4)light of the peoples.

-"My ^(C1)righteousness is near, My salvation has gone forth, And My ^(C2)arms will judge the peoples; The ^(C3)coastlands will wait for Me, And they will wait expectantly for My ^(C4)arm.

-"^(C1)Raise your eyes to the sky, Then look to the earth beneath; For the ^(C2)sky will vanish like smoke, And the ^(C2)earth will wear out like a garment And its inhabitants will die ^(F1)in the same way. But My ^(C3)salvation will be forever, And My righteousness will not fail.

-"^(C1)Listen to Me, you who know righteousness, A people in whose ^(C2)heart is My Law; Do not fear the ^(C3)taunting of ^(F1)people, Nor be terrified of their abuses.

-"For the ^(C1)moth will eat them like a garment; Yes, the ^(C2)moth will eat them like wool. But My ^(C3)righteousness will be forever, And My salvation to all generations."