Isaiah 51:2-11

Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave birth to you. When I called him, he was only one; I blessed him and made him many.  For the LORD will comfort Zion;  he will comfort all her waste places, and he will make her wilderness like Eden,  and her desert like the garden of the  LORD.  Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song. Pay attention to me, my people, and listen to me, my nation; for instruction will come from me, and my justice for a light to the nations.  I will bring it about quickly. My righteousness is near,  my salvation appears, and my arms will bring justice to the nations.  The coasts and islands will put their hope in me, and they will look to my strength.  Look up to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its inhabitants will die like gnats.  , But my salvation will last forever,  and my righteousness will never be shattered. Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my instruction:  do not fear disgrace by men, and do not be shattered by their taunts. For moths will devour them like a garment,  and worms will eat them like wool.  But my righteousness will last forever, and my salvation for all generations. Wake up, wake up! Arm of the  LORD, clothe yourself with strength. Wake up as in days past, as in generations long ago. Wasn’t it you who hacked Rahab to pieces,  who pierced the sea monster?  Wasn’t it you who dried up the sea,  the waters of the great deep, who made the sea-bed into a road for the redeemed to pass over?  And the ransomed of the  LORD will return  and come to Zion with singing, crowned with unending joy. Joy and gladness will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.