O descendants of Jacob, come, let us walk in the Lord’s guiding light.

The Lord says, “The women of Zion are proud. They walk with their heads high and flirt with their eyes. They skip along and the jewelry on their ankles jingles.

Nations come to your light, kings to your bright light.

who led them through the deep water? Like a horse running on flat land they did not stumble.

Yet do not depart quickly or leave in a panic. For the Lord goes before you; the God of Israel is your rear guard.

So King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and went on his way. He went home and stayed in Nineveh.

Those who live uprightly enter a place of peace; they rest on their beds.

many peoples will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the Lord’s mountain, to the temple of the God of Jacob, so he can teach us his requirements, and we can follow his standards.” For Zion will be the center for moral instruction; the Lord will issue edicts from Jerusalem.

“Hey, all who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come! Buy and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk without money and without cost!

For this is what the sovereign master has told me: “Go, post a guard! He must report what he sees.

They travel down to Egypt without seeking my will, seeking Pharaoh’s protection, and looking for safety in Egypt’s protective shade.

“I thought, ‘In the middle of my life I must walk through the gates of Sheol, I am deprived of the rest of my years.’

“I will go before you and level mountains. Bronze doors I will shatter and iron bars I will hack through.

They will all be ashamed and embarrassed; those who fashion idols will all be humiliated.

Together they bend low and kneel down; they are unable to rescue the images; they themselves head off into captivity.

They do not thirst as he leads them through dry regions; he makes water flow out of a rock for them; he splits open a rock and water flows out.’

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

the one who made his majestic power available to Moses, who divided the water before them, gaining for himself a lasting reputation,

At that time the Lord announced through Isaiah son of Amoz: “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and take your sandals off your feet.” He did as instructed and walked around in undergarments and barefoot.

Come, let’s consider your options,” says the Lord. “Though your sins have stained you like the color red, you can become white like snow; though they are as easy to see as the color scarlet, you can become white like wool.