Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, Be not afraid, My people who dwell in Zion, of the Assyrians, because he shall smite you with a rod; for I am bringing a stroke upon you, that [you] may see the way of Egypt.

Exalt and rejoice, you that dwell in Zion; for the Holy One of Israel is exalted in the midst of her.

I have brought near My righteousness, and I will not be slow with the salvation that is from Me; I have given salvation in Zion to Israel for glory.

And I will lead forth the seed [that came] of Jacob and of Judah, and they shall inherit My holy mountain; and My elect and My servants shall inherit it, and shall dwell there.

For it is a day when those that plead on the mountains of Ephraim shall call, [saying], Arise, and go up to Zion to the Lord your God.

And they shall come, and shall rejoice in the mount of Zion, and shall come to the good things of the Lord, to a land of wheat, and wine, and fruits, and cattle, and sheep. And their soul shall be as a fruitful tree; and they shall hunger no more.

In those days, and at that time, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall proceed, weeping as they go, seeking the Lord their God.

They shall ask the way till [they come to] Zion, for that way shall they set their face; and they shall come and flee for refuge to the Lord their God; for the everlasting covenant shall not be forgotten.

A voice of men fleeing and escaping from the land of Babylon, to declare to Zion the vengeance [that comes] from the Lord our God.

The Lord has brought forth His judgment. Come, and let us declare in Zion the works of the Lord our God.

For upon My holy mountain, on the high mountain, says the Lord, [even] the Lord, there shall all the house of Israel serve Me forever. And there will I accept [you], and there will I have respect to your firstfruits, and the firstfruits of your offerings, in all your holy things.

And they shall dwell in their land, which I have given to My servant Jacob, where their fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell upon it; and David My servant [shall be their] prince forever.

And My tabernacle shall be among them; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be My people.

Rejoice, O daughter of Zion; cry aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem; rejoice and delight yourself with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.

At that time the Lord shall say to Jerusalem, Be of good courage, Zion; let not your hands be slack.

And I will gather your afflicted ones. Alas! Who has taken up a reproach against her?

And [their enemies] shall be ashamed at that time, when I shall deal well with you, and at the time when I shall receive you: for I will make you honored and a praise among all the nations of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before you, says the Lord.

Therefore thus says the Lord: I will return to Jerusalem with compassion; and My house shall be rebuilt in her, says the Lord Almighty, and a measuring line shall yet be stretched out over Jerusalem.

And the angel that spoke with me said to me, Cry yet, and say, Thus says the Lord Almighty; Yet shall cities be spread abroad through prosperity; and the Lord shall yet have mercy upon Zion, and shall choose Jerusalem.

and spoke to him, saying, Run and speak to that young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be fully inhabited by reason of the abundance of men and cattle in the midst of her.

Up, up! Flee from the land of the north, says the Lord; for I will gather you from the four winds of heaven, says the Lord,

Thus says the Lord; I will return to Zion, and dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a true city, and the mountain of the Lord Almighty a holy mountain.

And the broad places of the city shall be filled with boys and girls playing in its streets.

Thus says the Lord Almighty; Behold, I [will] save My people from the east country, and the west country;

And so all Israel shall be saved, as it is written: "The Deliverer shall come out of Zion, and He shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob;

Therefore draw water with joy out of the wells of salvation.

Sing praise to the name of the Lord; for He has done great [things]; declare this in all the earth.

Death has prevailed and swallowed [men] up; but again the Lord God has taken away every tear from every face. He has taken away the reproach of [His] people from all the earth; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it.

and shall return, and come to Zion with joy, and everlasting joy [shall be] over their head; for on their head [shall be] praise and exaltation, and joy shall take possession of them; sorrow and pain, and groaning have fled away.

Comfort, yes, comfort My people, says [your] God.

Speak, you priests, to the heart of Jerusalem; comfort her, for her humiliation is accomplished, her sin is put away; for she has received of the Lord's hand double [for] her sins.

The Lord has not called you as a deserted and faint-hearted woman, nor as a woman hated from [her] youth, says your God.

In a little wrath I turned away My face from you; but with everlasting mercy will I have compassion upon you, says the Lord that delivers you.

shall the mountains depart, nor shall your hills be removed; so neither shall My mercy fail you, nor shall the covenant of your peace be at all removed; for the Lord [who is] gracious to you has spoken [it].

and I will make your buttresses jasper, and your gates crystal, and your border precious stones.

And you shall be built in righteousness; abstain from injustice, and you shall not fear; and trembling shall not come near to you.

For the sun shall no more set, nor shall the moon be eclipsed; for the Lord shall be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be completed.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me; He has sent Me to preach the gospel to the poor, to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind;

that there should be given to them that mourn in Zion glory instead of ashes, the oil of joy to the mourners, the garment of glory for the spirit of heaviness; and they shall be called generations of righteousness, the planting of the Lord for glory.

But they shall find in her joy and exaltation; for behold, I make Jerusalem a rejoicing, and My people a joy.

Thus says the Lord: I have brought on [you] destruction. Your stroke is painful.

They went forth with weeping, and I will bring them back with consolation, causing them to lodge by the channels of waters in a straight way, and they shall not err in it: for I have become a father to Israel, and Ephraim is My firstborn.

And now, why have you known calamities? Is there no king in you? Or has your counsel perished that pangs as of a woman in labor have seized upon you?

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

And I began to weep much, because no one was found worthy to open the scroll, nor to look at it.

because the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shepherds them, and He leads them to [the] springs of [the] waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."

Then shall you cry, and God shall hearken to you; while you are yet speaking He will say, Behold, I am here. If you remove from you the band, and the stretching forth of the hands, and murmuring speech;

And it shall come to pass, [that] before they call, I will hearken to them; while they are yet speaking, I will say, What is it?

And call upon Me in the day of affliction; and I shall deliver you, and you shall glorify Me. Pause.

And I will devise for you a plan of peace, and not evil, to bestow upon you these [good things].

for you shall seek Me with your whole heart.

Cry out to Me, and I will answer you, and I will declare to you great and mighty things, which you know not.

Thus says the Lord God: Yet [for] this will I be sought by the house of Israel, to establish them; I will multiply them, [even] men as sheep;

"Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.

Or what man is there among you who, if his son should ask for bread, will give to him a stone?

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, by how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly more than all the things which we ask or think, according to the power which is working in us,

And this is the confidence that we have toward Him, that if we should ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

And if we know that He hears us, whatever we may ask, we know that we have the requests that we have requested from Him.