Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord,

I offered my back to those who attacked, my jaws to those who tore out my beard; I did not hide my face from insults and spitting.

Why do you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor?” The sovereign Lord who commands armies has spoken.

Seraphs stood over him; each one had six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and they used the remaining two to fly.

So this is what the Lord, the one who delivered Abraham, says to the family of Jacob: “Jacob will no longer be ashamed; their faces will no longer show their embarrassment.

They panic – cramps and pain seize hold of them like those of a woman who is straining to give birth. They look at one another in astonishment; their faces are flushed red.

He was despised and rejected by people, one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness; people hid their faces from him; he was despised, and we considered him insignificant.

he will swallow up death permanently. The sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from every face, and remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth. Indeed, the Lord has announced it!

The look on their faces testifies to their guilt; like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. Too bad for them! For they bring disaster on themselves.

Kings will be your children’s guardians; their princesses will nurse your children. With their faces to the ground they will bow down to you and they will lick the dirt on your feet. Then you will recognize that I am the Lord; those who wait patiently for me are not put to shame.

I will wait patiently for the Lord, who has rejected the family of Jacob; I will wait for him.

These people continually and blatantly offend me as they sacrifice in their sacred orchards and burn incense on brick altars.

But the sovereign Lord helps me, so I am not humiliated. For that reason I am steadfastly resolved; I know I will not be put to shame.

In a burst of anger I rejected you momentarily, but with lasting devotion I will have compassion on you,” says your protector, the Lord.

But your sinful acts have alienated you from your God; your sins have caused him to reject you and not listen to your prayers.

Prepare to execute his sons for the sins their ancestors have committed. They must not rise up and take possession of the earth, or fill the surface of the world with cities.”

At the end of seventy years the Lord will revive Tyre. She will start making money again by selling her services to all the earth’s kingdoms.

No one invokes your name, or makes an effort to take hold of you. For you have rejected us and handed us over to our own sins.

Look, the Lord is ready to devastate the earth and leave it in ruins; he will mar its surface and scatter its inhabitants.

I was angry because of their sinful greed; I attacked them and angrily rejected them, yet they remained disobedient and stubborn.