¹All the things concerning me, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow slave in the Lord, will make known to you,

Whom I have sent to you for this very thing, that you might know the things concerning us and that he might comfort your hearts;

With Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you all the things here.

Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, greets you, as well as Mark, the cousin of Barnabas, (concerning whom you received commandments, If he comes to you, receive him),

And Jesus, who is called Justus; these alone of the circumcision are my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, ones who have become a consolation to me.

Epaphras, who is one of you, a slave of Christ Jesus, greets you, always struggling on your behalf in his prayers that you may  ¹stand  ²mature and fully assured in all the  ³will of God.

For I testify of him that he labors much for you and for those in Laodicea and for those in Hierapolis.

Luke, the beloved physician, greets you, as well as Demas.

Greet the brothers in Laodicea, as well as Nymphas and the  ¹church, which is in  ²his house.

And when this letter is read among you, cause that it be read in the church of the Laodiceans also, and that you also read the one from Laodicea.

And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it.

The greeting in my own hand — Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you.

Thus says Jehovah,
Where is the bill of your mother's divorce
With which I have put her away?
Or to which of My creditors
Have I sold you?
Indeed, for your iniquities you were sold,
And for your transgressions your mother was put away.

Why when I came was there no man?
And when I called why was there no one to answer?
Is My hand so short that it cannot redeem?
Or do I have no power to deliver?
Indeed, at My rebuke I dry up the sea;
I make the rivers a wilderness;
Their fish stink because there is no water,
And die of thirst.

I clothe the heavens with blackness,
And make sackcloth their covering.

The Lord Jehovah has given  ¹me
The tongue of the instructed,
That I should know how to sustain the weary with a word.
He awakens me morning by morning;
He awakens my ear
To hear as an instructed one.

The Lord Jehovah has opened my ear;
And I was not rebellious,
Nor did I turn back.

 ¹I gave my back to those who strike me
And my cheeks to those who pluck out the hair;
I did not hide my face
From humiliation and spitting.

The Lord Jehovah helps me;
Therefore I have not been dishonored;
Therefore I have set my face like a flint,
And I know that I will not be put to shame.

The One who justifies me is near; who will contend with me?
Let us stand up together!
Who is my adversary in judgment?
Let him come near to me.

Indeed, the Lord Jehovah helps me,
Who is the one who condemns me?
Indeed, they will all wear out like a garment;
The moth will consume them.

Who among you fears Jehovah;
Who hears the voice of His servant;
Who walks in darkness
And has no light?
Let him trust in the name of Jehovah,
And rely on his God.

Indeed, all of you who kindle a fire,
Who surround yourselves with firebrands,
Walk into the light of your fire
And into the firebrands which you have lit.
You will have this from My hand:
You will lie down in torment.

Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness,
Who seek after Jehovah,
Look to the  ¹rock from which you were hewn,
And to the excavation of the quarry from which you were dug.

Look to Abraham your father,
And to Sarah who travailed with you;
For I called him when he was one person,
And blessed him and multiplied him.

For Jehovah has comforted Zion;
He has comforted all her waste places,
And made her wilderness like Eden,
And her desert like the garden of Jehovah.
Gladness and joy will be found in her,
Thanksgiving and the voice of song.

Hearken to Me, O My people;
Give ear to Me, O My nation;
For instruction will go out from Me;
And I will set My judgment as a light for the peoples.

My righteousness is near; My salvation has gone forth;
My arms will judge the peoples;
The coastlands will wait for Me
And place their hope in My arm.

Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
And look upon the earth beneath;
For the heavens will vanish away like smoke,
And the earth will wear out like a garment,
And those who dwell there will die in like manner;
But My salvation will be forever,
And My righteousness will not be abolished.

Listen to Me, you who know righteousness,
A people in whose heart is My instruction,
Do not fear the reproach of man;
Do not be terrified at their revilings.

For the moth will eat them up like a garment,
And the worm will eat them like wool;
But My righteousness will be forever,
And My salvation from generation to generation.

Awake, awake! Put on strength,
O  ¹arm of Jehovah;
Awake as in the days of old,
As in the generations of past ages.
Was it not You who cut Rahab in pieces,
Who pierced through the dragon?

Was it not You who dried up the sea,
The waters of the great deep;
Who made the depths of the sea into a way
For the redeemed to pass through?

Therefore the  ¹ransomed of Jehovah will return
And will come to Zion with a ringing shout,
And eternal joy will be upon their heads.
They will lay hold on gladness and joy,
And sorrow and sighing will flee away.

I, even I, am He who will comfort you.
Who are you that you are afraid of man who will die,
And of the son of man who will be made like grass,

That you have forgotten Jehovah who made you,
Who stretched out the heavens
And laid the foundations of the earth,
That you have been continually afraid every day,
Because of the fury of the oppressor
When he sets himself up to destroy you?
But where is the fury of the oppressor?

The one who is bowed down will soon be released
And will not die in the pit,
Nor will his bread be lacking.

I am Jehovah your God,
Who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar,
Jehovah of hosts is His name.

And I have put My words in your mouth,
And I have covered you in the shadow of My hand,
To  ¹plant the heavens and lay the foundations of the earth,
And to say to Zion, You are My people.

Wake yourself up, wake yourself up;
Stand up, O Jerusalem,
You who have drunk from the hand of Jehovah
The cup of His wrath;
The bowl of the cup of staggering
You have drunk; you have drained it out.

There is no one to guide her
Among all the children whom she has brought forth;
There is no one to take her by the hand
Among all the children she has raised up.

These two things have happened to you;
Who will lament for you?
Desolation and destruction, and famine and sword.
How will I comfort you?

Your sons have fainted;
They lie at the head of every street like an antelope in a net,
Full of the wrath of Jehovah,
The rebuke of your God.

Therefore hear this now, O afflicted one,
You who are drunk but not with wine:

Thus says your Lord Jehovah and your God
Who pleads the cause of His people,
Indeed, I have taken from your hand
The cup of staggering;
You will no longer need to drink
The bowl of the cup of My wrath anymore;

And I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you,
Who have said to your soul, Bow down
That we may walk over you;
And you have made your back like the ground,
Like the street for them to cross over.

Awake! Awake! Put on
Your strength, O Zion;
Put on your beautiful garments,
O Jerusalem, O holy city;
For the uncircumcised and the unclean
Will no longer come into you.

Shake yourself from the dust; arise,
Sit down, O Jerusalem;
Loose yourself from the bonds on your neck,
O captive daughter of Zion.

For thus says Jehovah, You are those who have been sold for nothing, and you will be redeemed without money.

For thus says the Lord Jehovah, At first My people went down to Egypt to sojourn there; then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

Now then what do I have here, declares Jehovah, since My people have been taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them howl, declares Jehovah, and My name is continually blasphemed all day long.

Therefore My people will know My name; therefore in that day they will know that I am He who speaks; here I am.

How beautiful on the mountains
Are the feet of him who brings good news,
Of him who announces peace, who brings news of good things,
Who announces salvation;
Of him who says to Zion,  ¹Your God reigns!

The voice of your watchmen! They lift up their voice;
They give a ringing shout together;
For they will see with their very own eyes
When Jehovah restores Zion.

Break forth, give a ringing shout together,
You wasted places of Jerusalem,
For Jehovah has comforted His people,
He has redeemed Jerusalem.

Jehovah has bared His holy  ¹arm
In the sight of all the nations,
And all the ends of the earth will see
The salvation of our God.

Depart! Depart! Go out from  ¹there!
Do not touch any unclean thing!
Go out from the midst of her! Cleanse yourselves,
You who bear the  ²vessels of Jehovah!

For you will not go out in haste,
And you will not go in flight;
For Jehovah will go before you,
And the God of Israel will be your rear guard.