I am the Lord, your Holy One, the one who created Israel, your king.”

“Listen, you deaf ones! Take notice, you blind ones!

They help one another; one says to the other, ‘Be strong!’

Grain is crushed, though one certainly does not thresh it forever. The wheel of one’s wagon rolls over it, but his horses do not crush it.

The godly perish, but no one cares. Honest people disappear, when no one minds that the godly disappear because of evil.

From one month to the next and from one Sabbath to the next, all people will come to worship me,” says the Lord.

“To whom can you compare me? Whom do I resemble?” says the Holy One.

says our protector – the Lord who commands armies is his name, the Holy One of Israel.

I look, but there is no one, among them there is no one who serves as an adviser, that I might ask questions and receive answers.

The light of Israel will become a fire, their Holy One will become a flame; it will burn and consume the Assyrian king’s briers and his thorns in one day.

Tremble, you complacent ones! Shake with fear, you carefree ones! Strip off your clothes and expose yourselves – put sackcloth on your waist!

You must recognize the authority of the Lord who commands armies. He is the one you must respect; he is the one you must fear.

I am the one who forms light and creates darkness; the one who brings about peace and creates calamity. I am the Lord, who accomplishes all these things.

No one is concerned about justice; no one sets forth his case truthfully. They depend on false words and tell lies; they conceive of oppression and give birth to sin.

At that time the Lord will shake the tree, from the Euphrates River to the Stream of Egypt. Then you will be gathered up one by one, O Israelites.

For look, I am ready to create new heavens and a new earth! The former ones will not be remembered; no one will think about them anymore.

This is what the Lord, the protector of Israel, their Holy One, says to the one who is despised and rejected by nations, a servant of rulers: “Kings will see and rise in respect, princes will bow down, because of the faithful Lord, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.”

Cry out and shout for joy, O citizens of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel acts mightily among you!”

At that time men will trust in their creator; they will depend on the Holy One of Israel.

Turn aside from the way, stray off the path. Remove from our presence the Holy One of Israel.”