Study Desk

"Whereas you have been ^(C1)forsaken and ^(C2)hated With no one passing through, I will make you an ^(C3)object of pride forever, A joy from generation to generation.

-"You will also ^(C1)suck the milk of nations, And suck the breast of kings; Then you will know that I, the LORD, am your ^(C2)Savior And your ^(C3)Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

-"Instead of bronze I will bring gold, And instead of iron I will bring silver, And instead of wood, bronze, And instead of stones, iron. And I will make peace your administrators, And righteousness your overseers.

-"^(C1)Violence will not be heard again in your land, Nor ^(C2)devastation or destruction within your borders; But you will call your ^(C3)walls salvation, and your ^(C4)gates praise.

-"No longer will you have the ^(C1)sun for light by day, Nor will the moon give you light for brightness; But you will have the ^(C2)LORD as an everlasting light, And your ^(C3)God as your ^(F1)glory.

-"Your ^(C1)sun will no longer set, Nor will your moon wane; For you will have the LORD as an everlasting light, And the days of your ^(C2)mourning will be over.

-"Then all your ^(C1)people will be righteous; They will ^(C2)possess the land forever, The branch of ^(F1)My planting, The ^(C3)work of My hands, That I may be ^(C4)glorified.

-"The ^(C1)smallest one will become a thousand, And the least one a mighty nation. I, the LORD, will bring it about quickly in its time."