Thus says Jehovah: In a favorable time I have answered You, and in a day of salvation I have helped You; and I will preserve You, and give You as a covenant to the people, to establish the earth, to cause them to inherit the desolate possessions;

to proclaim the acceptable year of Jehovah and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;

When I passed by you again and looked upon you, indeed your time was the time of love; so I spread the edge of My garment over you and covered your nakedness. Yes, I swore an oath to you and entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord Jehovah.

to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.

saying, If you had known, even you, at least in this your day, the things that make for your peace. But now they are hidden from your eyes.

and tear you down, and your children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.

Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: Today, if you will hear His voice,

but exhort one another daily, while it is called Today, that not any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

again He designates a certain day, saying in David, Today, after such a long time, as it has been said: Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.