For tyrants will disappear, those who taunt will vanish, and all those who love to do wrong will be eliminated –

My people will live in peaceful settlements, in secure homes, and in safe, quiet places.

Highways are empty, there are no travelers. Treaties are broken, witnesses are despised, human life is treated with disrespect.

You conceive straw, you give birth to chaff; your breath is a fire that destroys you.

Her nobles will have nothing left to call a kingdom and all her officials will disappear.

Let the desert and dry region be happy; let the wilderness rejoice and bloom like a lily!

The living person, the living person, he gives you thanks, as I do today. A father tells his sons about your faithfulness.

A craftsman casts an idol; a metalsmith overlays it with gold and forges silver chains for it.

This is what the Lord says, the one who made a road through the sea, a pathway through the surging waters,

I, I am the one who blots out your rebellious deeds for my sake; your sins I do not remember.

who says to the deep sea, ‘Be dry! I will dry up your sea currents,’

Israel will be delivered once and for all by the Lord; you will never again be ashamed or humiliated.

Let your private parts be exposed! Your genitals will be on display! I will get revenge; I will not have pity on anyone,”

I did this because I know how stubborn you are. Your neck muscles are like iron and your forehead like bronze.

Listen to me, O Jacob, Israel, whom I summoned! I am the one; I am present at the very beginning and at the very end.

The one who suffers will soon be released; he will not die in prison, he will not go hungry.

For this is what the Lord says: “For the eunuchs who observe my Sabbaths and choose what pleases me and are faithful to my covenant,

I will denounce your so-called righteousness and your deeds, but they will not help you.

I have seen their behavior, but I will heal them and give them rest, and I will once again console those who mourn.

Look, the Lord’s hand is not too weak to deliver you; his ear is not too deaf to hear you.