51 “Listen to me, all who hope for deliverance— the quarry from which you were mined. 2 Yes, think about Abraham, your ancestor, But when I blessed him, he became a great nation.” 3 The LORD will comfort Israel again Songs of thanksgiving will fill the air. 4 “Listen to me, my people. and my justice will become a light to the nations. 5 My mercy and justice are coming soon. and wait in hope for my powerful arm. 6 Look up to the skies above, My righteous rule will never end! 7 “Listen to me, you who know right from wrong, nor fear their insults. 8 For the moth will devour them as it devours clothing. My salvation will continue from generation to generation.” 9 Wake up, wake up, O LORD! Clothe yourself with strength! when you slew Egypt, the dragon of the Nile. 10 Are you not the same today, so that your people could cross over? 11 Those who have been ransomed by the LORD will return. and they will be filled with joy and gladness. 12 “I, yes I, am the one who comforts you. who wither like the grass and disappear? 13 Yet you have forgotten the LORD, your Creator, It is gone! 14 Soon all you captives will be released! Imprisonment, starvation, and death will not be your fate! 15 For I am the LORD your God, My name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. 16 And I have put my words in your mouth ‘You are my people!’” 17 Wake up, wake up, O Jerusalem! tipping out its last drops. 18 Not one of your children is left alive to take your hand and guide you. 19 These two calamities have fallen on you: Who is left to comfort you? 20 For your children have fainted and lie in the streets, God has rebuked them. 21 But now listen to this, you afflicted ones though not from drinking wine. 22 This is what the Sovereign LORD, You will drink no more of my fury. 23 Instead, I will hand that cup to your tormentors, and walk on your backs.’”