1Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord:
2Look unto Abraham your father,
3For the Lord shall comfort Zion:
4Hearken unto me, my people;
5My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth,
6Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
7Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness,
8For the moth shall eat them up like a garment,
9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord;
10Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep;
11Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return,
12I, even I, am he that comforteth you:
13And forgettest the Lord thy Maker,
14The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed,
15But I am the Lord thy God,
16And I have put my words in thy mouth,
17Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem,
18There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth;
19These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee?
20Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net:
21Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted,
22Thus saith thy Lord the Lord,
23But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee;