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.

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,

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.

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: 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,

For God says,“ At just the right time, I heard you. On the day of salvation, I helped you.” Indeed, the“ right time” is now. Today is the day of salvation.

“ I, the Lord, have called you to demonstrate my righteousness. I will take you by the hand and guard you, and I will give you to my people, Israel, as a symbol of my covenant with them. And you will be a light to guide the nations.

But I keep praying to you, Lord, hoping this time you will show me favor. In your unfailing love, O God, answer my prayer with your sure salvation.

They will rebuild the ancient ruins, repairing cities destroyed long ago. They will revive them, though they have been deserted for many generations.

The Lord will comfort Israel again and have pity on her ruins. Her desert will blossom like Eden, her barren wilderness like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness will be found there. Songs of thanksgiving will fill the air.

While Jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could rescue him from death. And God heard his prayers because of his deep reverence for God.

You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!

You have come to Jesus, the one who mediates the new covenant between God and people, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks of forgiveness instead of crying out for vengeance like the blood of Abel.

Because the Sovereign Lord helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore, I have set my face like a stone, determined to do his will. And I know that I will not be put to shame.He who gives me justice is near. Who will dare to bring charges against me now? Where are my accusers? Let them appear!See, the Sovereign Lord is on my side! Who will declare me guilty? All my enemies will be destroyed like old clothes that have been eaten by moths!

And I have put my words in your mouth and hidden you safely in my hand. I stretched out the sky like a canopy and laid the foundations of the earth. I am the one who says to Israel,‘ You are my people!’”

In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from citizenship among the people of Israel, and you did not know the covenant promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope.But now you have been united with Christ Jesus. Once you were far away from God, but now you have been brought near to him through the blood of Christ.For Christ himself has brought peace to us. He united Jews and Gentiles into one people when, in his own body on the cross, he broke down the wall of hostility that separated us.He did this by ending the system of law with its commandments and regulations. He made peace between Jews and Gentiles by creating in himself one new people from the two groups.Together as one body, Christ reconciled both groups to God by means of his death on the cross, and our hostility toward each other was put to death.He brought this Good News of peace to you Gentiles who were far away from him, and peace to the Jews who were near.Now all of us can come to the Father through the same Holy Spirit because of what Christ has done for us.So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family.

When the earth quakes and its people live in turmoil, I am the one who keeps its foundations firm. Interlude

“ Look at my servant, whom I strengthen. He is my chosen one, who pleases me. I have put my Spirit upon him. He will bring justice to the nations.

So they rolled the stone aside. Then Jesus looked up to heaven and said,“ Father, thank you for hearing me.You always hear me, but I said it out loud for the sake of all these people standing here, so that they will believe you sent me.”

“ Even the most desolate parts of your abandoned land will soon be crowded with your people. Your enemies who enslaved you will be far away.

Only ask, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the whole earth as your possession.

But I carry out the predictions of my prophets! By them I say to Jerusalem,‘ People will live here again,’ and to the towns of Judah,‘ You will be rebuilt; I will restore all your ruins!’

For you will soon be bursting at the seams. Your descendants will occupy other nations and resettle the ruined cities.

So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son.

Some of you will rebuild the deserted ruins of your cities. Then you will be known as a rebuilder of walls and a restorer of homes.

But God released him from the horrors of death and raised him back to life, for death could not keep him in its grip.King David said this about him:‘ I see that the Lord is always with me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me.No wonder my heart is glad, and my tongue shouts his praises! My body rests in hope.For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your Holy One to rot in the grave.You have shown me the way of life, and you will fill me with the joy of your presence.’“ Dear brothers, think about this! You can be sure that the patriarch David wasn’t referring to himself, for he died and was buried, and his tomb is still here among us.But he was a prophet, and he knew God had promised with an oath that one of David’s own descendants would sit on his throne.David was looking into the future and speaking of the Messiah’s resurrection. He was saying that God would not leave him among the dead or allow his body to rot in the grave.“ God raised Jesus from the dead, and we are all witnesses of this.

for this is my blood, which confirms the covenant between God and his people. It is poured out as a sacrifice to forgive the sins of many.

But now Jesus, our High Priest, has been given a ministry that is far superior to the old priesthood, for he is the one who mediates for us a far better covenant with God, based on better promises.