2 NephiChapter8

Hearken unto me, ye that follow after righteousness. Look unto the rock from whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit from whence ye are digged.

Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness.Look to the rock from which you were cut,and to the hole of the pit from which you were dug.

Look unto Abraham, your father, and unto Sarah, she that bare you; for I called him alone, and blessed him.

Look to Abraham your father,and to Sarah, who gave you birth;for I called him when he was alone,and I blessed him.

For the Lord shall comfort Zion, he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody.

For the Lord will comfort Zion;he will comfort all her ruins.He will make her wilderness like Eden,and her desert like the garden of the Lord.Joy and gladness will be found there,thanksgiving and the voice of song.

Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation; for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light for the people.

Listen to me, my people,and give ear to me, O my nation;for a law will go out from me,and I will make my judgment restas a light for the people.

My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arm shall judge the people. The isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.

My righteousness is near; my salvation has gone out,and my arm will judge the people.The islands will wait for me,and they will trust in my arm.

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner. But my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

Lift up your eyes to the heavens,and look at the earth beneath;for the heavens will vanish away like smoke,the earth will wear out like a garment,and those who live in it will die in the same way.But my salvation will last forever,and my righteousness will not be abolished.

Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart I have written my law, fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.

Listen to me, you who know righteousness,the people in whose heart I have written my law:do not fear the reproach of others,and do not be afraid of their insults.

For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool. But my righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

For the moth will eat them up like a garment,and the worm will eat them like wool.But my righteousness will last forever,and my salvation from generation to generation.

Awake, awake! Put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake as in the ancient days. Art thou not he that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

Awake, awake! Put on strength, O arm of the Lord;awake as in the ancient days.Are you not the one who cut Rahab apartand wounded the dragon?

Art thou not he who hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?

Are you not the one who dried up the sea,the waters of the great deep,and made the depths of the sea a roadfor the ransomed to cross over?

Therefore, the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy and holiness shall be upon their heads; and they shall obtain gladness and joy; sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

Therefore the redeemed of the Lord will return,and come with singing to Zion;everlasting joy and holiness will be upon their heads;they will obtain gladness and joy,and sorrow and mourning will flee away.

I am he; yea, I am he that comforteth you. Behold, who art thou, that thou shouldst be afraid of man, who shall die, and of the son of man, who shall be made like unto grass?

I am he; yes, I am he who comforts you.Who are you, that you should be afraid of man, who will die,and of the son of man, who will be made like grass?

And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth, and hast feared continually every day, because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? And where is the fury of the oppressor?

And you forget the Lord your maker,who stretched out the heavensand laid the foundations of the earth?You have feared continually, every day,because of the fury of the oppressor,as if he were ready to destroy.And where is the fury of the oppressor?

The captive exile hasteneth, that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.

The captive exile hurries to be set free,so that he will not die in the pitand his bread will not fail.

But I am the Lord thy God, whose waves roared; the Lord of Hosts is my name.

But I am the Lord your God, whose waves roared;the Lord of Hosts is my name.

And I have put my words in thy mouth, and have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion: Behold, thou art my people.

And I have put my words in your mouth,and covered you in the shadow of my hand,so that I may plant the heavensand lay the foundations of the earth,and say to Zion: You are my people.

Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his fury—thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling wrung out—

Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem,you who have drunk from the hand of the Lordthe cup of his fury;you have drunk the dregs of the cup of tremblingand wrung them out.

And none to guide her among all the sons she hath brought forth; neither that taketh her by the hand, of all the sons she hath brought up.

There is no one to guide heramong all the sons she has borne;no one takes her by the handof all the sons she has brought up.

These two sons are come unto thee, who shall be sorry for thee—thy desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword—and by whom shall I comfort thee?

These two sons have come to you, and they will grieve for you:your desolation and destruction, the famine and the sword.And by whom will I comfort you?

Thy sons have fainted, save these two; they lie at the head of all the streets; as a wild bull in a net, they are full of the fury of the Lord, the rebuke of thy God.

Your sons have fainted, except these two;they lie at the head of every street,like a wild bull in a net;they are full of the fury of the Lord,the rebuke of your God.

Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, and not with wine:

Therefore hear this now, you afflicted one,drunk, but not with wine:

Thus saith thy Lord, the Lord and thy God pleadeth the cause of his people; behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again.

Thus says your Lord, the Lord and your God,who pleads the cause of his people:See, I have taken out of your hand the cup of trembling,the dregs of the cup of my fury;you will never drink it again.

But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; who have said to thy soul: Bow down, that we may go over—and thou hast laid thy body as the ground and as the street to them that went over.

But I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you,who have said to your soul: Bow down, so that we may walk over you.And you laid your body down like the ground,like a street beneath those who walked over.

Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.

Awake, awake, put on your strength, O Zion;put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city;for from now on the uncircumcised and the uncleanwill no longer come into you.

Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit down, O Jerusalem; loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

Shake yourself from the dust;arise, and take your seat, O Jerusalem;free yourself from the bonds around your neck,O captive daughter of Zion.