Study Desk

Look on Zion, the city of our appointed festivals! Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an undisturbed settlement, a tent that is not moved. No one will ever pull out its tent pegs, and none of its ropes will be torn in two.

It shall blossom abundantly, and it shall rejoice indeed with rejoicing and exulting. The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the majesty of Carmel and Sharon. They are the ones who shall see the glory of Yahweh, the majesty of our God.

Yahweh, extend your ear and hear! Yahweh, open your eyes and see, and hear all the words of Sennacherib that he has sent to taunt the living God!

I said, "I shall not see Yah! Yah in the land of the living! I shall no more look at humankind among the inhabitants of the world.

And the glory of Yahweh shall be revealed, and all humankind together shall see it, for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken."

Lift your eyes up on high, and see! Who created these? The one who brings out their host by number. He calls all them by name. Because he is great of power and mighty of power, no man is missing.

so that they may see and know, and take to heart and understand together that the hand of Yahweh has done this, and the holy one of Israel has created it."

tell us the things coming hereafter, that we may know that you are gods. Indeed, do good or do evil, that we may be afraid and see together.

Deaf people, listen! And blind people, look to see!

You see many things, but you do not observe. His ears are open, but he does not hear.

All those who form an idol are nothing, and their delightful things do not profit. And their witnesses do not see or know, so they will be ashamed.

He burns half of it in the fire; he eats meat over half of it; he roasts a roast and is satisfied. Also he grows warm and says, "Ah! I am warm! I see the fire!"

They do not know, and they do not understand, for their eyes are besmeared so that they cannot see, their minds so that they have no insight.

You struggle with your many consultations; let them stand, now, and save you— those who see the stars, divide the celestial sphere, who inform by new moons— from those things that are coming upon you.

You have heard; see it all. And will you not declare it? I announce new things to you from this time and hidden things that you have not known.

Thus says Yahweh, the redeemer of Israel, his holy one, to the one who despises life, to the one who abhors the nation, to the slave of rulers: "Kings shall see and stand up; princes, and they shall bow down, for the sake of Yahweh, who is faithful, the holy one of Israel, and he has chosen you."

Lift your eyes up all around and see; all of them gather; they come to you. As surely as I live, declares Yahweh, surely you shall put on all of them like an ornament, and you shall bind them on like a bride.

The voices of your watchmen! They lift up their voices; together they sing for joy; for they clearly see Yahweh's return to Zion.

Yahweh has bared his holy arm to the eyes of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

so he shall sprinkle many nations; because of him, kings shall shut their mouths. For they shall see what has not been told them, and they shall consider with full attention what they have not heard.