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look at the earth!The heavens will disappear like smoke;the earth will wear out like old clothing,and all its people will die like flies.But the deliverance I bring will last forever;my victory will be final.7“Listen to me, you that know what is right,who have my teaching fixed in your hearts.Do not be afraid when people taunt and insult you;8they will vanish like moth-eaten clothing!But the deliverance I bring will last forever;my victory will endure for all time.”9Wake up, Lord, and help us!Use your power and save us;use it as you did in ancient times.It was you that cut the sea monster Rahab<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.51.9!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> to pieces.10It was you also who dried up the seaand made a path through the water,so that those you were saving could cross.11Those whom you have rescuedwill reach Jerusalem with gladness,singing and shouting for joy.They will be happy forever,forever free from sorrow and grief.12The Lord says,“I am the one who strengthens you.Why should you fear mortals,who are no more enduring than grass?13Have you forgotten the Lord who made you,who stretched out the heavensand laid the earth's foundations?Why should you live in constant fearof the fury of those who oppress you,of those who are ready to destroy you?Their fury can no longer touch you.14Those who are prisoners will soon be set free;they will live a long lifeand have all the food they need.15“I am the Lord your God;I stir up the seaand make its waves roar.My name is the Lord Almighty!16I stretched out<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.51.16!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> the heavensand laid the earth's foundations;I say to Jerusalem, ‘You are my people!I have given you my teaching,and I protect you with my hand.’”<h3 class="s">The End of Jerusalem's Suffering</h3>17<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.51.17!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> Jerusalem, wake up!Rouse yourself and get up!You have drunk the cup of punishmentthat the Lord in his anger gave you to drink;you drank it down, and it made you stagger.18There is no one to lead you,no one among your peopleto take you by the hand.19A double disaster has fallen on you:your land has been devastated by war,and your people have starved.There is no one to show you sympathy.20At the corner of every streetyour people collapse from weakness;they are like deer caught in a hunter's net.They have felt the force of God's anger.21You suffering people of Jerusalem,you that stagger as though you were drunk,22the Lord your God defends you and says,“I am taking away the cupthat I gave you in my anger.You will no longer have to drinkthe wine that makes you stagger.23I will give it to those who oppressed you,to those who made you lie down in the streetsand trampled on you as if you were dirt.”<a name="fn"></a> Footnotes: <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">51.9: </char><char style="fk" closed="false">Rahab: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">A legendary sea monster, which represented the forces of chaos and evil, was sometimes a symbol of Egypt.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">51.16: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One ancient translation </char><char style="fq" closed="false">stretched out; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">planted.</char></note></div></div> <div align="center">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition) © 1992 American Bible Society. 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