The Lord says to his servant,“ When it is time to have mercy on you, I will answer your prayers. When it is time to save you, I will help you. I will keep you safe. You will put into effect my covenant with the people of Israel. Then their land will be made like new again. Each tribe will be sent back to its territory that was left empty.

耶和华如此说：“在悦纳的时候，我应允了你；在拯救的日子，我济助了你。我要保护你，使你作众民的中保；复兴遍地，使人承受荒凉之地为业。

耶和华如此说：“在悦纳的时候，我应允了你；在拯救的日子，我帮助了你。我要保护你，要藉着你与百姓立约，为了复兴遍地，使人承受荒芜之地为业；

耶和华如此说：“在悦纳的时候，我应允了你；在拯救的日子，我帮助了你。我要保护你，要藉着你与百姓立约，为了复兴遍地，使人承受荒芜之地为业；

耶和华说：“在悦纳的时候，我应允了你；在拯救的日子，我帮助了你。我要保护你，使你做我跟民众立约的中保，复兴家园，分配荒凉的产业。

耶和华这样说：“在悦纳的时候，我应允了你，在拯救的日子，我帮助了你；我要保护你，使你作人民的中保，复兴那地，使人承受荒凉之地作产业，

耶和华如此说：“在悦纳的时候，我回应了你；在拯救的日子，我帮助了你。我要守护你，立你作万民之约，为要复兴这地，使荒凉的继业之地得以传承。

耶和華如此說：在悅納的時候，我應允了你；在拯救的日子，我濟助了你。我要保護你，使你作眾民的中保；復興遍地，使人承受荒涼之地為業。

耶和華如此說：「在悅納的時候，我應允了你；在拯救的日子，我幫助了你。我要保護你，要藉着你與百姓立約，為了復興遍地，使人承受荒蕪之地為業；

耶和華如此說：「在悅納的時候，我應允了你；在拯救的日子，我幫助了你。我要保護你，要藉着你與百姓立約，為了復興遍地，使人承受荒蕪之地為業；

耶和華說：「在悅納的時候，我應允了你；在拯救的日子，我幫助了你。我要保護你，使你做我跟民眾立約的中保，復興家園，分配荒涼的產業。

耶和華這樣說：“在悅納的時候，我應允了你，在拯救的日子，我幫助了你；我要保護你，使你作人民的中保，復興那地，使人承受荒涼之地作產業，

永恆主這麼說：『在悅納的時候我應了你，在拯救的日子我濟助了你；我守護着你，使你向萬族之民做立約證，去把大地重立起來，使人承受荒涼的遺產以為業；

耶和華如此說：「在悅納的時候，我回應了你；在拯救的日子，我幫助了你。我要守護你，立你作萬民之約，為要復興這地，使荒涼的繼業之地得以傳承。

耶和華又曰、我曾於見納之時聽爾、於拯救之日助爾、我必護爾、俾與庶民立約、復興斯土、使民得荒蕪之區以為業、

耶和華又曰、納爾之時、我聽爾、救爾之日我祐爾、倍加保護、俾與我民立約、復興斯邦、使荒蕪之區、為民樂土、

主如是云、當施恩之時、我應允爾、當施救之日、我濟助爾、我護祐爾、使爾作與民立約之中保、復興此邦、以荒蕪之地、分賜於民為業、

This is what the Lord says:“ In the time of my favor I will answer you, and in the day of salvation I will help you; I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land and to reassign its desolate inheritances,

Thus says the Lord:“ In a time of favor I have answered you; in a day of salvation I have helped you; I will keep you and give you as a covenant to the people, to establish the land, to apportion the desolate heritages,

This is what the Lord says:“ At just the right time, I will respond to you. On the day of salvation I will help you. I will protect you and give you to the people as my covenant with them. Through you I will reestablish the land of Israel and assign it to its own people again.

This is what the LORD says: I will answer you in a time of favor, and I will help you in the day of salvation. I will keep you, and I will appoint you to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to make them possess the desolate inheritances,

This is what the Lord says:“ At a favorable time I answered You, And on a day of salvation I helped You; And I will watch over You and make You a covenant of the people, To restore the land, to give as inheritances the deserted hereditary lands;

Thus says the Lord:“ In an acceptable time I have heard You, And in the day of salvation I have helped You; I will preserve You and give You As a covenant to the people, To restore the earth, To cause them to inherit the desolate heritages;

Thus saith Jehovah, In an acceptable time have I answered thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritages;

This is what the Lord says: I will answer you in a time of favor, and I will help you in the day of salvation. I will keep you, and I will appoint you to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to make them possess the desolate inheritances,

Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;

This is what the LORD says:“ At the time I decide to show my favor, I will respond to you; in the day of deliverance I will help you; I will protect you and make you a covenant mediator for people, to rebuild the land and to reassign the desolate property.

Yahweh says,“ I have answered you in an acceptable time. I have helped you in a day of salvation. I will preserve you and give you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage,

He says,“ When I had mercy on you, I heard you. On the day I saved you, I helped you.”( Isaiah 49:8) I tell you, now is the time God has mercy. Now is the day he saves.

“ I, the Lord, have chosen you to do what is right. I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you safe. You will put into effect my covenant with the people of Israel. And you will be a light for the Gentiles.

But Lord, I pray to you. May this be the time you help me. God, answer me because you love me so much. Save me, as you always do.

They will rebuild the places that were destroyed long ago. They will repair the buildings that have been broken down for many years. They will make the destroyed cities like new again. They have been broken down for a very long time.

You can be sure that I will comfort Zion’s people. I will look with loving concern on all their destroyed buildings. I will make their deserts like Eden. I will make their dry and empty land like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness will be there. People will sing and give thanks to me.

Jesus prayed while he lived on earth. He made his appeal with sincere cries and tears. He prayed to the God who could save him from death. God answered Jesus because he truly honored God.

Lord, you will give perfect peace to those who commit themselves to be faithful to you. That’s because they trust in you.

You have come to Jesus. He is the go- between of a new covenant. You have come to the sprinkled blood. It promises better things than the blood of Abel.

The Lord and King helps me. He won’t let me be dishonored. So I’ve made up my mind to keep on serving him. I know he won’t let me be put to shame.He is near. He will prove I haven’t done anything wrong. So who will bring charges against me? Let’s face each other in court! Who can bring charges against me? Let him come and face me!The Lord and King helps me. So who will judge me? My enemies will be like clothes that moths have eaten up. My enemies will disappear.

I have put my words in your mouth. I have kept you safe in the palm of my hand. I set the heavens in place. I laid the foundations of the earth. I say to Zion,‘ You are my people.’ ”

Before you believed in Christ, you were separated from him. You were not considered to be citizens of Israel. You were not included in what the covenants promised. You were without hope and without God in the world.At one time you were far away from God. But now you belong to Christ Jesus. He spilled his blood for you. This has brought you near to God.Christ himself is our peace. He has made Jews and Gentiles into one group of people. He has destroyed the hatred that was like a wall between us.Through his body on the cross, Christ set aside the law with all its commands and rules. He planned to create one new people out of Jews and Gentiles. He wanted to make peace between them.He planned to bring both Jews and Gentiles back to God as one body. He planned to do this through the cross. On that cross, Christ put to death their hatred toward one another.He came and preached peace to you who were far away. He also preached peace to those who were near.Through Christ we both come to the Father by the power of one Holy Spirit.So you are no longer outsiders and strangers. You are citizens together with God’s people. You are also members of God’s family.

When the earth and all its people tremble, I keep everything from falling to pieces.

“ Here is my servant. I take good care of him. I have chosen him. I am very pleased with him. I will put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.

So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up. He said,“ Father, I thank you for hearing me.I know that you always hear me. But I said this for the benefit of the people standing here. I said it so they will believe that you sent me.”

“ Zion, you were destroyed. Your land was left empty. It was turned into a dry and empty desert. But now you will be too small to hold all your people. And those who destroyed you will be far away.

Ask me, and I will give the nations to you. All nations on earth will belong to you.

I make the words of my servants the prophets come true. I carry out what my messengers say will happen.“ I say about Jerusalem,‘ My people will live there again.’ I say about the towns of Judah,‘ They will be rebuilt.’ I say about their broken- down buildings,‘ I will make them like new again.’

You will spread out to the right and the left. Your children after you will drive out the nations that are now living in your land. They will make their homes in the deserted cities of those nations.

All those things bring praise to his glorious grace. God freely gave us his grace because of the One he loves.

Your people will rebuild the cities that were destroyed long ago. And you will build again on the old foundations. You will be called One Who Repairs Broken Walls. You will be called One Who Makes City Streets Like New Again.

But God raised him from the dead. He set him free from the suffering of death. It wasn’t possible for death to keep its hold on Jesus.David spoke about him. He said,“‘ I know that the Lord is always with me. Because he is at my right hand, I will always be secure.So my heart is glad and joy is on my tongue. My whole body will be full of hope.You will not leave me in the place of the dead. You will not let your holy one rot away.You always show me the path that leads to life. You will fill me with joy when I am with you.’( Psalm 16:8–11)“ Fellow Israelites, you can be sure that King David died. He was buried. His tomb is still here today.But David was a prophet. He knew that God had made a promise to him. God had promised that he would make someone in David’s family line king after him.David saw what was coming. So he spoke about the Messiah rising from the dead. He said that the Messiah would not be left in the place of the dead. His body wouldn’t rot in the ground.God has raised this same Jesus back to life. We are all witnesses of this.

This is my blood of the covenant. It is poured out to forgive the sins of many people.

But Jesus has been given a greater work to do for God. He is the go- between for the new covenant. This covenant is better than the old one. The new covenant is based on better promises.