And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and they that are in darkness, and they that are in mist; the eyes of the blind shall see,

And they that erred in spirit shall know understanding, and the murmurers shall learn obedience, and the stammering tongues shall learn to speak peace.

and your ears shall hear the words of them that went after you to lead you astray, who say, This [is] the way, let us walk in it, whether to the right or to the left.

And they shall no longer trust in men, but they shall incline their ears to hear.

Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall hear.

There shall be there a pure way, and it shall be called a holy way; and there shall not pass by there any unclean person, neither shall there be there an unclean way; but the dispersed shall walk on it, and they shall not go astray.

Thus says the Lord that delivered you, the Holy One of Israel; I am your God, I have shown you how you should find the way in which you should walk.

And [I will cause] all your sons [to be] taught of God, and your children [to be] in great peace.

Be enlightened, be enlightened, O Jerusalem, for your light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon you!

Behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and [there shall be] deep darkness on the nations; but the Lord shall appear upon you, and His glory shall be seen upon you.

And you shall no more have the sun for a light by day, nor shall the rising of the moon lighten your night; but the Lord shall be your everlasting light, and God your glory.

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.

Behold, I bring them from the north, and I will gather them from the end of the earth to the feast of the Passover: and [the people] shall beget a great multitude, and they shall return there.

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.

Therefore, behold, I [will] cause her to err, and will make her as desolate, and will speak comfortably to her.

through the tender mercy of our God, with which the Dayspring from on high has visited us;

to give light to them that sit in darkness and [in] the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light--

And he shall pursue them; the way of his feet shall proceed in peace.

But let there be a distance between you and it; you shall stand as much as two thousand cubits [from it]. Do not draw near to it, that you may know the way which you are to go; for you have not gone the way before.

Therefore, behold, I hedge up her way with thorns, and I will stop the ways, and she shall not find her path.

Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and all the crooked [ways] shall become straight, and the rough [places] smooth.

I will go before you, and will level mountains; I will break to pieces the bronze doors, and burst the iron bars.

That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and what is lacking cannot be numbered.

Behold the works of God; for who shall be able to straighten him whom God has made crooked?

Every valley shall be filled and every mountain and hill shall be humbled; the crooked roads shall become straight, and the rough [roads] shall become smooth;

For the Lord will not cast off His people, neither will He forsake His inheritance;

And I will give them another way, and another heart, to fear Me continually, and [that] for good to them and their children after them.

And I will visit [them] to do them good, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, and with all My heart, and with all [My] soul.

And they shall comfort you, because you shall see their ways and their thoughts; and you shall know that I have not done in vain all that I have done in it, says the Lord.

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

Because whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brothers.

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who [can be] against us?

But we are obligated to give thanks to God always for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth,

to which He called you through our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

who by the power of God [are] being guarded through faith for the salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Let [your] way of life [be] without loving money, being satisfied with what you have. For He Himself has said, "By no means shall I desert you, nor in any way shall I forsake you;"