Do You Feel Like a Lowly Worm? 1 “Quiet down, far-flung ocean islands. Listen! Sit down and rest, everyone. Recover your strength. Gather around me. Say what’s on your heart….

God’s Servant Will Set Everything Right 1-4 “Take a good look at my servant. I’m backing him to the hilt. He’s the one I chose, and I couldn’t be more…

When You’re Between a Rock and a Hard Place 1-4 But now,God’s Message, the God who made you in the first place, Jacob, the One who got you started, Israel:…

Proud to Be Called Israel 1-5 “But for now, dear servant Jacob, listen— yes, you, Israel, my personal choice. Godwho made you has something to say to you; the God…

The God Who Forms Light and Darkness 1-7 God’s Message to his anointed, to Cyrus, whom he took by the hand To give the task of taming the nations, of…

This Is Serious Business, Rebels 1-2 The god Bel falls down, god Nebo slumps. The no-god hunks of wood are loaded on mules And have to be hauled off, wearing…

The Party’s Over 1-3 “Get off your high horse and sit in the dirt, virgin daughter of Babylon. No more throne for you—sit on the ground, daughter of the Chaldeans….

Tested in the Furnace of Affliction 1-11 “And now listen to this, family of Jacob, you who are called by the name Israel: Who got you started in the loins…

A Light for the Nations 1-3 Listen, far-flung islands, pay attention, faraway people: Godput me to work from the day I was born. The moment I entered the world he…

Who Out There Fears God? 1-3 Godsays: “Can you produce your mother’s divorce papers proving I got rid of her? Can you produce a receipt proving I sold you? Of…