For I will then restore pure speech to the peoples so that all of them may call on the name of Yahweh and serve Him with a single purpose.
From beyond the rivers of Cush My supplicants, My dispersed people, will bring an offering to Me.
On that day you will not be put to shame because of everything you have done in rebelling against Me. For then I will remove your boastful braggarts from among you, and you will never again be haughty on My holy mountain.
I will leave a meek and humble people among you, and they will trust in the name of Yahweh.
The remnant of Israel will no longer do wrong or tell lies; a deceitful tongue will not be found in their mouths. But they will pasture and lie down, with nothing to make [them] afraid.
Sing for joy, Daughter Zion; shout loudly, Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all [your] heart, Daughter Jerusalem!
The Lord has removed your punishment; He has turned back your enemy. The King of Israel, the Lord, is among you; you need no longer fear harm.
On that day it will be said to Jerusalem: "Do not fear; Zion, do not let your hands grow weak.
The Lord your God is among you, a warrior who saves. He will rejoice over you with gladness. He will bring [you] quietness with His love. He will delight in you with shouts of joy."
I will gather those who have been driven from the appointed festivals; [They will be] a tribute from you, and reproach [on her].
Yes, at that time I will deal with all who afflict you. I will save the lame and gather the scattered; I will make those who were disgraced throughout the earth receive praise and fame.
At that time I will bring you back, yes, at the time I will gather you. I will make you famous and praiseworthy among all the peoples of the earth, when I restore your fortunes before your eyes. Yahweh has spoken.
This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Write on a scroll all the words that I have spoken to you, for look, the days are coming”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“when I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel and Judah,” says the Lord. “I will restore them to the land I gave to their ancestors and they will possess it.
Now this is what the Lord says— the one who created you, Jacob, and the one who formed you, Israel—
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are mine.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and the rivers will not overwhelm you.
When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, and the flame will not burn you.
For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, and your Savior.
I have given Egypt as a ransom for you, Cush and Seba in your place.
Because you are precious in my sight and honored, and I love you, I will give people in exchange for you and nations instead of your life.
Do not fear, for I am with you; I will bring your descendants from the east, and gather you from the west.
I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’
Bring my sons from far away, and my daughters from the ends of the earth—
everyone who bears my name and is created for my glory.
I have formed them; indeed, I have made them.”
Bring out a people who are blind, yet have eyes,
and are deaf, yet have ears.
All the nations are gathered together, and the peoples are assembled.
Who among them can declare this, and tell us the former things?
Let them present their witnesses to vindicate themselves,
so that people may hear and say, “It is true.”
“You are my witnesses”— this is the Lord’s declaration—
“and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me
and understand that I am he. No god was formed before me,
and there will be none after me.
I am the Lord. Besides me, there is no Savior.
I alone declared, saved, and proclaimed— and not some foreign god among you.
So you are my witnesses”— this is the Lord’s declaration—
“and I am God. Also, from today on I am he alone,
and none can rescue from my power.
I act, and who can reverse it?”
This is what the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says:
Because of you, I will send an army to Babylon and bring all of them as fugitives,
even the Chaldeans in the ships in which they rejoice.
I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.
This is what the Lord says— who makes a way in the sea,
and a path through raging water, who brings out the chariot and horse,
the army and the mighty one together (they lie down, they do not rise again;
they are extinguished, put out like a wick)—
“Do not remember the past events; pay no attention to things of old.
Look, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it?
Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.
Wild animals— jackals and ostriches—will honor me,
because I provide water in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert,
to give drink to my chosen people. The people I formed for myself
will declare my praise.