Behold,I will bringto it healthand healing,and I will healthem; and I will revealto them an abundanceof peaceand truth.
He healsthe brokenheartedAnd bindsup their wounds.
But the humblewill inheritthe landAnd will delightthemselves in abundantprosperity.
That Your waymay be knownon the earth,Your salvationamong allnations.
In his daysmay the righteousflourish,And abundanceof peacetillthe moonis nomore.
Then the LORDpassedby in frontof him and proclaimed,"The LORD,the LORDGod,compassionateand gracious,slowto anger,and aboundingin lovingkindnessand truth;
A timeto killand a timeto heal;A timeto teardownand a timeto buildup.
And He will judgebetweenthe nations,And will renderdecisionsfor manypeoples;And they will hammertheir swordsinto plowsharesand their spearsinto pruninghooks.Nationwill not liftup swordagainstnation,And neveragainwill they learnwar.
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.
Then Hezekiahsaidto Isaiah,"The wordof the LORDwhichyou have spokenis good."For he thought,"For there will be peaceand truthin my days."
"Allyour sonswill be taughtof the LORD;And the well-beingof your sonswill be great.
Let the wickedforsakehis wayAnd the unrighteousmanhis thoughts;And let him returnto the LORD,And He will havecompassionon him, And to our God,For He will abundantlypardon.
"I have seenhis ways,but I will healhim; I will leadhim and restorecomfortto him and to his mourners,
Creatingthe praiseof the lips.Peace,peaceto him who is farand to him who is near,"Saysthe LORD,"and I will healhim."
"Thenyour lightwill breakout like the dawn,And your recoverywill speedilyspringforth;And your righteousnesswill gobeforeyou; The gloryof the LORDwill be your rearguard.
For thussaysthe LORD,"Behold,I extendpeaceto her like a river,And the gloryof the nationslike an overflowingstream;And you will be nursed,you will be carriedon the hipand fondledon the knees.
Healme, O LORD,and I will be healed;Saveme and I will be saved,For You are my praise.
For I knowthe plansthat I havefor you,' declaresthe LORD,'plansfor welfareand not for calamityto giveyou a futureand a hope.
"Return,O faithlesssons,I will healyour faithlessness.""Behold,we cometo You; For You are the LORDour God.
"Come,let us returnto the LORD.For He has torn[us], but He will healus; He has wounded[us], but He will bandageus.
When I would healIsrael,The iniquityof Ephraimis uncovered,And the evildeedsof Samaria,For they dealfalsely;The thiefentersin, Banditsraidoutside,
And He will judgebetweenmanypeoplesAnd renderdecisionsfor mighty,distantnations.Then they will hammertheir swordsinto plowsharesAnd their spearsinto pruninghooks;Nationwill not liftup swordagainstnation,And neveragainwill they trainfor war.
You will givetruthto Jacob[And] unchangingloveto Abraham,WhichYou sworeto our forefathersFrom the daysof old.
"But for you who fearMy name,the sunof righteousnesswill risewith healingin its wings;and you will goforthand skipaboutlike calvesfrom the stall.
"The thiefcomesonlyto stealand killand destroy;I camethat they may havelife,and have[it] abundantly.
Peacebe to the brethren,and lovewith faith,from Godthe Fatherand the LordJesusChrist.
Seenowthat I, I am He, And thereis nogodbesidesMe; It is I who putto deathand givelife.I have woundedand it is I who heal,And thereis noonewho can deliverfrom My hand.
Blessedbe the Godand Fatherof our LordJesusChrist,who accordingto His greatmercyhas caused us to be born againto a livinghopethroughthe resurrectionof JesusChristfrom the dead,
