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You see and recognize what is right but refuse to act on it. You hear with your ears, but you don't really listen."

Who will hear these lessons from the past and see the ruin that awaits you in the future?

For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.

Such stupidity and ignorance! Their eyes are closed, and they cannot see. Their minds are shut, and they cannot think.

See, my people will return from far away, from lands to the north and west, and from as far south as Egypt."

See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands. Always in my mind is a picture of Jerusalem's walls in ruins.

Look around you and see, for all your children will come back to you. As surely as I live," says the Lord , "they will be like jewels or bridal ornaments for you to display.

This is what the Sovereign Lord says: "See, I will give a signal to the godless nations. They will carry your little sons back to you in their arms; they will bring your daughters on their shoulders.

See, the Sovereign Lord is on my side! Who will declare me guilty? All my enemies will be destroyed like old clothes that have been eaten by moths!

This is what the Sovereign Lord , your God and Defender, says: "See, I have taken the terrible cup from your hands. You will drink no more of my fury.

The watchmen shout and sing with joy, for before their very eyes they see the Lord returning to Jerusalem.

The Lord has demonstrated his holy power before the eyes of all the nations. All the ends of the earth will see the victory of our God.

See, my servant will prosper; he will be highly exalted.

And he will startle many nations. Kings will stand speechless in his presence. For they will see what they had not been told; they will understand what they had not heard about.

See how I used him to display my power among the peoples. I made him a leader among the nations.

Let's see if your idols can save you when you cry to them for help. Why, a puff of wind can knock them down! If you just breathe on them, they fall over! But whoever trusts in me will inherit the land and possess my holy mountain."

He was amazed to see that no one intervened to help the oppressed. So he himself stepped in to save them with his strong arm, and his justice sustained him.

"Arise, Jerusalem! Let your light shine for all to see. For the glory of the Lord rises to shine on you.

All nations will come to your light; mighty kings will come to see your radiance.

"Look and see, for everyone is coming home! Your sons are coming from distant lands; your little daughters will be carried home.