Psa 72:16-17, Isa 2:2-3, 9:7, 49:20-25, 51:2-3, 53:1, 10-54:3 | ESV | STEP | May there be abundance of grain in the land ; on the tops of the mountains may it wave ; may its fruit be like Lebanon ; and may people blossom in the cities like the grass of the field !

16 May there be abundance of grain in the land;
on the tops of the mountains may it wave;
may its fruit be like Lebanon;
and may people ^ablossom in the cities
like the ^bgrass of the field!
17 ^cMay his name endure forever,
his fame continue as long as the sun!
^dMay people be blessed in him,
^eall nations call him blessed!

Isaiah 2:2-3

2 ^fIt shall come to pass in the latter days
that ^gthe mountain of the house of the Lord
shall be established as the highest of the mountains,
and shall be lifted up above the hills;
and ^hall the nations shall flow to it,
3 and ⁱmany peoples shall come, and say:
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob,
that he may teach us his ways
and that we may walk in his paths.”
For ^jout of Zion shall go forth the law, ^{▼▼Or teaching}
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

Isaiah 9:7

7 Of the increase of his government and of peace
^lthere will be no end,
on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
to establish it and to uphold it
^mwith justice and with righteousness
from this time forth and forevermore.
ⁿThe zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

Isaiah 49:20-25

20 ^oThe children of your bereavement
will yet say in your ears:
^p‘The place is too narrow for me;
make room for me to dwell in.’
21 Then you will say in your heart:
‘Who has borne me these?
^qI was bereaved and barren,
exiled and put away,
but who has brought up these?
Behold, I was left alone;
from where have these come?’”
22 Thus says the Lord God:
“Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations,
^rand raise my signal to the peoples;
^sand they shall bring your sons in their arms, ^{▼▼Hebrew in their bosom}
and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
23 ^uKings shall be your foster fathers,
and their queens your nursing mothers.
^vWith their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you,
and ^wlick the dust of your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord;
^xthose who wait for me ^yshall not be put to shame.”
24 Can the prey be taken from the mighty,
or the captives of a tyrant ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll, Syriac, Vulgate (see also verse 25); Masoretic Text of a righteous man} be rescued?
25 For thus says the Lord:
^aa“Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken,
and the prey of the tyrant be rescued,
for I will contend with those who contend with you,
and I will save your children.

Isaiah 51:2-3

2 Look to Abraham your father
and to Sarah who bore you;
for ^abhe was but one when I called him,
that I might bless him and multiply him.
3 For the Lord ^accomforts Zion;
he comforts all her waste places
and makes her wilderness like ^adEden,
her desert like ^aethe garden of the Lord;
^afjoy and gladness will be found in her,
thanksgiving and the voice of song.

Isaiah 53:1

1 ^agWho has believed what he has heard from us? ^{▼▼Or Who has believed what we have heard?}
And to whom has ^aithe arm of the Lord been revealed?

Isaiah 53:10-12

10 Yet ^ajit was the will of the Lord to crush him;
he has put him to grief; ^{▼▼Or he has made him sick}
^alwhen his soul makes ^{▼▼Or when you make his soul} an offering for guilt,
he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days;
^anthe will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see ^{▼▼Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll he shall see light} and be satisfied;
by his knowledge shall ^apthe righteous one, my servant,
^aqmake many to be accounted righteous,
^arand he shall bear their iniquities.
12 ^asTherefore I will divide him a portion with the many, ^{▼▼Or with the great}
^auand he shall divide the spoil with the strong, ^{▼▼Or with the numerous}
because he poured out his soul to death
and was numbered with the transgressors;
^awyet he bore the sin of many,
and makes intercession for the transgressors.

Isaiah 54:1-3

The Eternal Covenant of Peace

1 ^ax“Sing, O barren one, who did not bear;
break forth into singing and cry aloud,
you who have not been in labor!
For the children of ^aythe desolate one ^azwill be more
than the children of her who is married,” says the Lord.
2 ^ba“Enlarge the place of your tent,
and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out;
do not hold back; lengthen your cords
and strengthen your stakes.
3 ^bbFor you will spread abroad to the right and to the left,
and your offspring will possess the nations
and will people the desolate cities.