<p class="poetry">Pay attention and listen to my message!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Be attentive and listen to what I have to say!<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Come near, you nations, and listen!p> <p class="poetry">Pay attention, you people!p> <p class="poetry">The earth and everything it contains must listen,p> <p class="poetry">the world and everything that lives in it.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">You have heard; now look at all the evidence!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Will you not admit that what I say is true?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">From this point on I am announcing to you new eventsp> <p class="poetry">that are previously unrevealed and you do not know about.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">If you have a willing attitude and obey,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">then you will again eat the good crops of the land.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Listen, you deaf ones!p> <p class="poetry">Take notice,<n id="1" /> you blind ones!p>

<p class="poetry">Listen to me, you stubborn people,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you who distance yourself from doing what is right.<n id="2" />p>

He said, &#8220;Go and tell these people:p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;Listen continually, but don&#8217;t understand!p> <p class="poetry">Look continually, but don&#8217;t perceive!&#8217;p>

The king<n id="1" /> heard that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia<n id="2" /> was marching out to fight him.<n id="3" /> He again sent<n id="4" /> messengers to Hezekiah, ordering them:

Pay attention, <sc>Lordsc>, and hear! Open your eyes, <sc>Lordsc>, and observe! Listen to this entire message Sennacherib sent and how he taunts the living God!<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">Who decreed this from the beginning, so we could know?p> <p class="poetry">Who announced it<n id="1" /> ahead of time, so we could say, &#8216;He&#8217;s correct&#8217;?p> <p class="poetry">Indeed, none of them decreed it!p> <p class="poetry">Indeed, none of them announced it!p> <p class="poetry">Indeed, no one heard you say anything!p>

<p class="poetry">All nations gather together,p> <p class="poetry">the peoples assemble.p> <p class="poetry">Who among them announced this?p> <p class="poetry">Who predicted earlier events for us?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Let them produce their witnesses to testify they were right;p> <p class="poetry">let them listen and affirm, &#8216;It is true.&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">How delightful it is to see approaching over the mountains<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the feet of a messenger who announces peace,p> <p class="poetry">a messenger who brings good news, who announces deliverance,p> <p class="poetry">who says to Zion, &#8220;Your God reigns!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Why pay money for something that will not nourish you?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Why spend<n id="2" /> your hard-earned money<n id="3" /> on something that will not satisfy?p> <p class="poetry">Listen carefully<n id="4" /> to me and eat what is nourishing!<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">Enjoy fine food!<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Eyes<n id="1" /> will no longer be blind<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and ears<n id="3" /> will be attentive.p>

<p class="poetry">You who are far away, listen to what I have done!p> <p class="poetry">You who are close by, recognize my strength!&#8221;p>

Isaiah said to Hezekiah, &#8220;Listen to the word of the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies:

<p class="poetry">He will not cry out or shout;p> <p class="poetry">he will not publicize himself in the streets.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">You see<n id="1" /> many things, but don&#8217;t comprehend;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">their ears are open, but do not hear.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Who among you will pay attention to this?p> <p class="poetry">Who will listen attentively in the future?<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Now, listen, Jacob my servant,p> <p class="poetry">Israel whom I have chosen!&#8221;p>