Your sins drag you down.
(Isaiah 1:4, Good News Bible)
I have no pleasure in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
(Isaiah 1:11)
Stop doing wrong, learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed.
(Isaiah 1:17)
Come now, let us reason together.
(Isaiah 1:18)
I will wash you as white as snow.
(Isaiah 1:18, Good News Bible)
Powerful people will be destroyed by their own evil deeds.
(Isaiah 1:31, Good News Bible)
Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.
(Isaiah 2:4)
Let us walk in the light which the Lord gives us!
(Isaiah 2:5, Good News Bible)
pride will be ended, and human arrogance will be destroyed.
(Isaiah 2:17-18)
Stop trusting in man, who has but a breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
(Isaiah 2:22)
Their prejudices will be held against them.
(Isaiah 3:9)
Your leaders are misleading you, so that you don’t know which way to turn.
(Isaiah 3:12, Good News Bible)
My people will go into exile for lack of understanding.
(Isaiah 5:13)
The haughty shall be brought down to the dust; the proud shall be humbled.
(Isaiah 5:15, Living Bible)
The Lord Almighty shows his greatness by doing what is right, and he reveals his holiness by judging his people.
(Isaiah 5:16)
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil.
(Isaiah 5:20)
If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.
(Isaiah 7:9)
If you want me to protect you, you must learn to believe what I say.
(Isaiah 7:9, Living Bible)
If your faith is not enduring, you will not endure.
(Isaiah 7:9, Good News Bible)
God, the light of Israel, will become a fire.
(Isaiah 10:17, Good News Bible)
Wolves and sheep will lie together in peace,
And leopards will lie down with young goats.
Calves and lion cubs will feed together,
And little children will take care of them,
Cows and bears will eat together,
And their calves and cubs will lie down in peace.
Lions will eat straw as cattle do.
Even a baby will not be harmed if it plays near a poisonous snake.
(Isaiah 11:6-8, Good News Bible)
The land will be as full of knowledge of the Lord as the seas are full of water.
(Isaiah 11:9, Good News Bible)
God is my savior;
I will trust him and not be afraid.
The Lord gives me power and strength;
He is my savior.
As fresh water brings joy to the thirsty,
God’s people rejoice when he saves them.
(Isaiah 12:2-3, Good News Bible)
I will humble everyone who is proud and punish everyone who is arrogant and cruel.
(Isaiah 13:11)
When one snake dies, a worse one comes in its place.
(Isaiah 14:29, Good News Bible)
The Lord will be a shepherd to the poor of his people.
(Isaiah 14:30)
You have forgotten God.
(Isaiah 17:10)
I will look down from heaven as quietly as the dew forms in the warm nights of harvest time, as serenely as the sun shines in the heat of the day.
(Isaiah 18:4)
Where are your wise men now?
(Isaiah 19:12)
Disaster will come from a terrifying land.
(Isaiah 21:1, Good News Bible)
Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
(Isaiah 22:13)
You may be important, but the Lord will pick you up and throw you away.
(Isaiah 22:17, Good News Bible)
The land suffers for the sin of its people.
(Isaiah 24:4, Living Bible)
The people have defiled he earth by breaking God’s laws and by violating the covenant he made to last forever.
(Isaiah 24:5)
The poor and the helpless have fled to you and have been safe in times of trouble.
(Isaiah 25:4)
You silence the shouts of cruel people, as a cloud cools a hot day.
(Isaiah 25:5, Good News Bible)
He will swallow up death in victory - He will abolish death forever; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces.
(Isaiah 25:8)
God will bring down their pride despite the cleverness of their hands.
(Isaiah 25:11)
Trust in the Lord - commit yourself to Him, lean on Him, hope confidently in Him - for ever; for the Lord God is an everlasting rock - the Rock of ages.
(Isaiah 26:4)
Everything we achieve is the result of what you do.
(Isaiah 26:12)
Those of our people who have died will live again! Their bodies will come back to life. All those sleeping in their graves will wake up and sing for joy. As the sparkling dew refreshes the earth, the Lord will revive those who have long been dead.
(Isaiah 26:19)
Wrath is not in me.
(Isaiah 27:4)
The Lord will gather his people one by one.
(Isaiah 27:12, Good News Bible)
The Lord is the one who is powerful and strong.
(Isaiah 28:2)
Faith that is firm is also patient.
(Isaiah 28:16)
I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the plumb line.
(Isaiah 28:17)
Strange as his actions may seem, He will complete his work, his mysterious work.
(Isaiah 28:21, Good News Bible)
The prophets should be the eyes of the people.
(Isaiah 29:10)
These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is made up only of rules taught by men.
(Isaiah 29:13)
Those who are wise will turn out to be fools, and all their cleverness will be useless.
(Isaiah 29:14, Good News Bible)
God will destroy those who slander others, those who prevent the punishment of criminals, and those who tell lies to keep honest people from getting justice.
(Isaiah 29:21, Good News Bible)
“Come back and quietly trust in me.”
(Isaiah 30:15)
The Lord longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice.
(Isaiah 30:18)
“Here is the road. Follow it.”
(Isaiah 30:21)
“You have sinned against me and opposed me. But now come back to me.”
(Isaiah 31:6)
A stupid person is evil.
(Isaiah 32:7)
An honorable person acts honestly and stands firm for what is right.
(Isaiah 32:8)
Once more God will send us his spirit.
(Isaiah 32:15)
God’s people will be free for worries, and their homes peaceful and safe.
(Isaiah 32:18, Good News Bible)
Lord, have mercy on us. We have put our hope in you. Protect us day by day and save us in times of trouble,
(Isaiah 33:2, Good News Bible)
My spirit is like a fire that will destroy you.
(Isaiah 33:11)
Don’t use your power to cheat the poor.
(Isaiah 33:15, Good News Bible)
The Lord is our judge, the Lord is our law-giver, the Lord is our king; He will save us.
(Isaiah 33:22)
The glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all people will see it.
(Isaiah 40:5, Good News Bible)
The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
(Isaiah 40:8)
Can anyone tell the Lord what to do? Who can teach him or give him advice? With whom does God consult in order to know and understand and to learn how things should be done?
(Isaiah 40:13-14)
All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.
(Isaiah 40:17, New Revised Standard Version)
To whom can the holy God be compared? Is there anyone else like him?
(Isaiah 40:25, Good News Bible)
Those who trust in the Lord for help will find their strength renewed.
(Isaiah 40:31, Good News Bible)
Who has determined the course of history? I, the Lord, was there at the beginning, and I, the Lord, will be there at the end.
(Isaiah 41:4)
Do not be afraid - I am with you! I am your God - let nothing terrify you.
(Isaiah 41:10, Good News Bible)
I am the Lord, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.
(Isaiah 41:13)
I, the holy one of Israel, am the one who saves you.
(Isaiah 41:14, Good News Bible)
I am the Lord; that is My name, and My glory I will not give to another, nor My praise to graven images.
(Isaiah 42:8)
The Lord is a God who is eager to save.
(Isaiah 42:21)
I am the Lord your God, the holy God of Israel, who saves you.
(Isaiah 43:3, Good News Bible)
You are precious to me.
(Isaiah 43:4, Good News Bible)
Before me no god was formed.
(Isaiah 43:10)
You are my witnesses, says the Lord, that I am God.
(Isaiah 43:12)
Do not cling to events of the past or dwell on what happened long ago. Watch for the new thing I am going to do.
(Isaiah 43:18-19)
I have made Israel for myself, and these my people will some day honor me before the world.
(Isaiah 43:21, Living Bible)
I am the God who forgives your sins, and I do this because of who I am. I will not hold your sins against you.
(Isaiah 43:25)
Let us plead and argue together.
(Isaiah 43:26)
I am the Lord who created you from the time you were born.
(Isaiah 44:2, Good News Bible)
One by one, people will say,
“I am the Lord’s.’”
They will come to join the people of Israel.
(Isaiah 44:5, Good News Bible)
I am the first, the last, the only God; there is no other god but me.
(Isaiah 44:6)
It does no good to make a metal image to worship as a god!
(Isaiah 44:10, Good News Bible)
Come back to me; I am the one who saves you.
(Isaiah 44:22)
I am the Lord, your savior;
I am the one who created you.
I am the Lord, the Creator of all things.
I along stretched out the heavens;
When I made the earth no one helped me.
I make fools of fortunetellers
And frustrate the predictions of astrologers.
The words of the wise I refute
And show that their wisdom is foolishness.
(Isaiah 44:24-25, Good News Bible)
I bring both blessing and disaster.
(Isaiah 45:7)
Let righteousness germinate and spring up like plants do.
(Isaiah 45:8)
You have no right to question me about my children, or to tell me what I ought to do. I am the one who made the earth and created human beings to live there.
(Isaiah 45:11-12, Good News Bible)
Truly you are a God who hides himself.
(Isaiah 45:15)
The God of Israel, who saves his people, is a God who conceals himself.
(Isaiah 45:15, Good News Bible)
For Jehovah created the heavens and earth and put everything in place, and he made the world to be lived in, not to be an empty chaos
(Isaiah 45:18, Living Bible)
I make known what is right.
(Isaiah 45:19)
Turn to me now and be saved, people all over the world! I am the only God there is.
(Isaiah 45:22)
I have cared for you from the time you were born.
I am your God and will take care of you until you are old and your hair is gray.
I made you and will care for you;
I will give you help and rescue you.
(Isaiah 46:3-4, Good News Bible)
Acknowledge that I alone am God and that there is no one else like me.
(Isaiah 46:9, Good News Bible)
I am offering you my deliverance; not in the distant future, but right now!
(Isaiah 46:13, Living Bible)
The holy God of Israel sets us free.
(Isaiah 47:4)
Your wisdom and knowledge mislead you when you say to yourself, ‘I am, and there is no other.’
(Isaiah 47:10)
What I do is done for my own sake - I will not let my name be dishonored or let anyone else share the glory that should be mine and mine alone.
(Isaiah 48:11)
From the beginning I have spoken openly and have always made my words come true.
(Isaiah 48:16, Good News Bible)
I am the Lord your God,
the one who wants to teach you for your own good
and direct you in the way you should go.
(Isaiah 48:17, Good News Bible)
There is no peace for the wicked, says the Lord.
(Isaiah 48:22 / 57:21)
I will make you a Light to the nations of the world to bring my salvation to them too.
(Isaiah 49:6, Living Bible)
To those who are bound, Come forth; to those who are in spiritual darkness, Show yourselves - come into the light of the Son of righteousness.
(Isaiah 49:9)
The Lord will comfort his people;
He will have pity on his suffering people.
(Isaiah 49:13, Good News Bible)
Those who hope in me will not be disappointed.
(Isaiah 49:23)
No one who waits for me will be disappointed.
(Isaiah 49:23, Good News Bible)
All mankind will know that I am the \Lord, the one who saves you and sets you free.
(Isaiah 49:26)
I am the one who sends the darkness out across the skies.
(Isaiah 50:3, Living Bible)
God is near.
(Isaiah 50:8, Good News Bible)
He who vindicates me is near.
(Isaiah 50:8, New Revised Standard Version)
The path you walk may be dark indeed,
But trust in the Lord,
Rely on your God.
(Isaiah 50:10, Good News Bible)
You who live in your own light, and warm yourselves from your own first and not from God’s; you will live among sorrows.
(Isaiah 50:11, Living Bible)
I give my teaching to the nations; my laws will bring them light.
(Isaiah 51:4)
The deliverance I bring will last forever.
(Isaiah 51:6,8)
I am the one who strengthens you.
Why should you fear mortals,
Who are no more enduring than grass?
(Isaiah 51:12, Good News Bible)
I will reveal my name to my people and they shall know the power in that name.
(Isaiah 52:6, Living Bible)
My devoted servant, with whom I am pleased,
Will bear the punishment of many
And for his sake I will forgive them.
(Isaiah 53:11, Good News Bible)
The holy God of Israel will save you - he is the ruler of all the world.
(Isaiah 54:5, Good News Bible)
With deep love I will take you back.
(Isaiah 54:7)
The mountains and hills may crumble, but my love for you will never end.
(Isaiah 54:10)
Justice and right will make you strong.
(Isaiah 54:14)
Listen to me and do what I say, and you will enjoy the best food of all.
(Isaiah 55:2, Good News Bible)
Listen now, my people, and come to me; come to me, and you will have life!
(Isaiah 55:3)
Seek the Lord while you can find him. Call upon him now while he is near.
(Isaiah 55:6, Living Bible)
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to the Lord, and He will have love, pity and mercy for him; and to our God, for He will multiply to him His abundant pardon.
(Isaiah 55:7)
My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways.”
(Isaiah 55:8)
Do what is just and right.
(Isaiah 56:1)
Let not the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. For thus says the Lord: To the eunuchs who keep My sabbaths and choose the things which please Me and hold firmly to My covenant, to them I will give in My house and within My walls a memorial and a name better and more enduring than of sons and daughters; I will give t hem an everlasting name that shall not be cut off.
(Isaiah 56:3-5)
My house will be called a house of prayer for all.
(Isaiah 56:7)
My Temple will be called a house of prayer for the people of all nations.
(Isaiah 56:7, Good News Bible)
Good people die, and no one understands or even cares. But when they die, no calamity can hurt them. Those who live good lives find peace and rest in death.
(Isaiah 57:1-2, Good News Bible)
The godly who die shall rest in peace.
(Isaiah 57:2, Living Bible)
I live in a high and holy place, but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit.
(Isaiah 57:15)
I offer peace to all, both near and far.
(Isaiah 57:19)
There is no safety for sinners.
(Isaiah 57:21, Good News Bible)
Fasting as you do today will not cause your voice to be heard on high.
(Isaiah 58:4)
The kind of fasting I want is this: Remove the chains of oppression and the yoke of injustice, and let the oppressed go free. Share your food with the hungry and open your homes to the homeless poor. Give clothes to those who have nothing to wear, and do not refuse to help your own relatives.
(Isaiah 58:6-7)
I will always be with you to save you; my presence will protect you on every side. When you pray, I will answer you. When you call to me, I will respond.
(Isaiah 58-8-9, Good News Bible)
Feed the hungry! Help those in trouble! Then your light will shine out from the darkness, and the darkness around you shall be as bright as day.
(Isaiah 58:10, Living Bible)
If you give food to the hungry and satisfy those who are in need, then the darkness around you will turn to the brightness of noon.
(Isaiah 58:10, Good News Bible)
Your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you.
(Isaiah 59:2)
It is your sins that separate you from God when you try to worship him.
(Isaiah 59:2, Good News Bible)
You walk a crooked path, and no one who walks that path will ever be safe.
(Isaiah 59:8, Good News Bible)
He will wear justice like a coat of armor and saving power like a helmet. He will clothe himself with the strong desire to set things right and to punish and avenge the wrongs that people suffer. He will punish his enemies according to what they have done, even those who live in distant lands.
(Isaiah 59:17-18, Good News Bible)
People will tell the good news of what the Lord has done!
(Isaiah 60:6, Good News Bible)
Though I destroyed you in my anger, I will have mercy on you through my grace.
(Isaiah 60:10, Living Bible)
The mighty God of Israel sets you free.
(Isaiah 60:16)
Your rulers will no longer oppress you;
I will make them rule with justice and peace.
The sounds of violence will be heard no more.
(Isaiah 60:17-18, Good News Bible)
I, the Lord, will be your eternal light.
(Isaiah 60:19)
No longer will the sun be your light by day
Or the moon be your light by night;
I, the Lord, will be your eternal light;
The light of my glory will shine on you.
Your days of grief will come to an end.
I, the Lord, will be your eternal light,.
More lasting than the sun and moon.
(Isaiah 60:19-20, Good News Bible)
He has chosen me and sent me
To bring good news to the poor,
to heal the broken-hearted,
to announce release to captives
and freedom to those in prison.
(Isaiah 61:1, Good News Bible)
God will be praised for what he has done.
(Isaiah 61:3, Good News Bible)
The Lord says, “I love justice and I hate oppression and crime.”
(Isaiah 61:8)
The Lord will show the nations of the world his justice; all will praise him. His righteousness shall be like a budding tree, or like a garden in early spring, full of young plants springing up everywhere.
(Isaiah 61:11, Living Bible)
The Lord is coming to save you.
(Isaiah 62:11, Good News Bible)
They were given rest by the Spirit of the Lord.
(Isaiah 63:14)
O Lord, why have You made us able to err from Your ways, and hardened our hearts to reverential fear of You?
(Isaiah 63:17)
No one has ever seen or heard of a God like you, who does such deeds for those who put their hope in him. You welcome those who find joy in doing what is right, those who remember how you want them to live.
(Isaiah 64:4-5)
O Lord, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are our potter, and we wall are the work of Your hand.
(Isaiah 64:8)
We are all Your people.
(Isaiah 64:9)
I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me.
(Isaiah 65:1)
I have always been ready to welcome my people, who stubbornly do what is wrong and go their own way.
(Isaiah 65:2, Good News Bible)
I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind.
(Isaiah 65:17)
Be glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create.
(Isaiah 65:18)
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
(Isaiah 65:25)
This is the one I esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit.
(Isaiah 66:2)
I am pleased with those who are humble and repentant, who fear me and obey me.
(Isaiah 66:2, Good News Bible)
The acts of the hypocrite’s worship are as abominable to God as if they were offered to idols.
(Isaiah 66:3)
When I called no one answered.
(Isaiah 66:4)
As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you.
(Isaiah 66:13)
I am coming to gather the people of all the nations.
(Isaiah 66:18, Good News Bible)
All flesh shall come to worship before Me.
(Isaiah 66:23)
People of every nation will come to worship me here in Jerusalem.
(Isaiah 66:23, Good News Bible)