Isaiah 51:7-9

New International Reader's Version

⁷ “Listen to me, you who know what is right.
    Pay attention, you who have taken my instruction to heart.
Do not be afraid when mere human beings make fun of you.
    Do not be terrified when they laugh at you.
⁸ They will be like clothes that moths have eaten up.
    They will be like wool that worms have chewed up.
But my saving power will last forever.
    I will save you for all time to come.”

⁹ Wake up, arm of the Lord! Wake up!
    Dress yourself with strength as if it were your clothes!
Wake up, just as you did in the past.
    Wake up, as you did long ago.
Didn’t you cut Rahab to pieces?
    Didn’t you stab that sea monster to death?