He will go back the way he came – he will not enter this city,’ says the Lord.

He will not grow dim or be crushed before establishing justice on the earth; the coastlands will wait in anticipation for his decrees.”

I am the Lord! That is my name! I will not share my glory with anyone else, or the praise due me with idols.

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

They do not comprehend or understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see; their minds do not discern.

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

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

For my sake alone I will act, for how can I allow my name to be defiled? I will not share my glory with anyone else!

Your descendants would have been as numerous as sand, and your children like its granules. Their name would not have been cut off and eliminated from my presence.

Can a woman forget her baby who nurses at her breast? Can she withhold compassion from the child she has borne? Even if mothers were to forget, I could never forget you!

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.

“O afflicted one, driven away, and unconsoled! Look, I am about to set your stones in antimony and I lay your foundation with lapis-lazuli.

“Indeed, my plans are not like your plans, and my deeds are not like your deeds,

But the wicked are like a surging sea that is unable to be quiet; its waves toss up mud and sand.

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

Indeed, nations or kingdoms that do not serve you will perish; such nations will be totally destroyed.

They will be called, “The Holy People, the Ones Protected by the Lord.” You will be called, “Sought After, City Not Abandoned.”

He said, “Certainly they will be my people, children who are not disloyal.” He became their deliverer.

When you performed awesome deeds that took us by surprise, you came down, and the mountains trembled before you.

Look, I have decreed: I will not keep silent, but will pay them back; I will pay them back exactly what they deserve,