21:6 For this is what the sovereign master
“Go, post a guard!
He must report what he sees.
21:12 The watchman replies,
“Morning is coming, but then night.
If you want to ask, ask;
come back again.”
28:12 In the past he said to them,
“This is where security can be found.
Provide security for the one who is exhausted!
This is where rest can be found.”
But they refused to listen.
43:6 I will say to the north, ‘Hand them over!’
and to the south, ‘Don’t hold any back!’
Bring my sons from distant lands,
and my daughters from the remote regions of the earth,
43:16 This is what the Lord says,
the one who made a road through the sea,
a pathway through the surging waters,
45:24 they will say about me,
“Yes, the Lord is a powerful deliverer.”’”
All who are angry at him will cower before him.
52:3 For this is what the Lord says:
“You were sold for nothing,
and you will not be redeemed for money.”
54:8 In a burst
but with lasting devotion I will have compassion on you,”
says your protector,
57:19 I am the one who gives them reason to celebrate.
Complete prosperity
says the Lord, “and I will heal them.
66:9 “Do I bring a baby to the birth opening and then not deliver it?”
asks the Lord.
“Or do I bring a baby to the point of delivery and then hold it back?”
asks your God.