"Thenyour lightwill breakout like the dawn,And your recoverywill speedilyspringforth;And your righteousnesswill gobeforeyou; The gloryof the LORDwill be your rearguard.
"Your lifewould be brighterthannoonday;Darknesswould be like the morning.
Lightarisesin the darknessfor the upright;[He is] graciousand compassionateand righteous.
He will bringforthyour righteousnessas the lightAnd your judgmentas the noonday.
Righteousnesswill gobeforeHim And will makeHis footstepsinto a way.
Lightis sown[like seed] for the righteousAnd gladnessfor the uprightin heart.
The angelof God,who had been goingbeforethe campof Israel,movedand wentbehindthem; and the pillarof cloudmovedfrom beforethem and stoodbehindthem.
The mercifulmandoeshimselfgood,But the cruelmandoeshimselfharm.
The generousmanwill be prosperous,And he who waterswill himselfbe watered.
But the pathof the righteousis like the lightof dawn,That shinesbrighterand brighteruntilthe fullday.
"Openthe gates,that the righteousnationmay enter,The one that remainsfaithful.
The lightof the moonwill be as the lightof the sun,and the lightof the sunwill be seventimes[brighter], like the lightof sevendays,on the daythe LORDbindsup the fractureof His peopleand healsthe bruiseHe has inflicted.
And noresidentwill say,"I am sick";The peoplewho dwellthere will be forgiven[their] iniquity.
But you will not goout in haste,Norwill you goas fugitives;For the LORDwill gobeforeyou, And the Godof Israel[will be] your rearguard.
"I have seenhis ways,but I will healhim; I will leadhim and restorecomfortto him and to his mourners,
"Arise,shine;for your lighthas come,And the gloryof the LORDhas risenupon you.
"For behold,darknesswill coverthe earthAnd deepdarknessthe peoples;But the LORDwill riseupon you And His glorywill appearupon you.
For Zion'ssakeI will not keepsilent,And for Jerusalem'ssakeI will not keepquiet,Untilher righteousnessgoesforthlike brightness,And her salvationlike a torchthat is burning.
For I will restoreyou to healthAnd I will healyou of your wounds,'declaresthe LORD,'Becausethey have calledyou an outcast,saying: "It is Zion;noonecaresfor her."'
Behold,I will bringto it healthand healing,and I will healthem; and I will revealto them an abundanceof peaceand truth.
I will healtheir apostasy,I will lovethem freely,For My angerhas turnedawayfrom them.
"But for you who fearMy name,the sunof righteousnesswill risewith healingin its wings;and you will goforthand skipaboutlike calvesfrom the stall.
FOR THE HEARTOF THISPEOPLEHAS BECOME DULL,WITH THEIR EARSTHEY SCARCELYHEAR,AND THEY HAVE CLOSEDTHEIR EYES,OTHERWISETHEY WOULD SEEWITH THEIR EYES,HEARWITH THEIR EARS,AND UNDERSTANDWITH THEIR HEARTAND RETURN,AND I WOULD HEALTHEM.'
and he said,'Cornelius,your prayerhas been heardand your almshave been rememberedbeforeGod.
but in everynationthe man who fearsHim and doeswhat is rightis welcometo Him.
And fixing his gazeon him and beingmuch alarmed,he said,"Whatis it, Lord?"And he saidto him, "Your prayersand almshave ascendedas a memorialbeforeGod.
