{"book":"2-nephi","chapter":8,"edition":"1830","verses":[{"number":1,"content":"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."},{"number":2,"content":"Look unto Abraham, your father; and unto Sarah, she that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him."},{"number":3,"content":"For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste plaees; 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."},{"number":4,"content":"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 thing of the people."},{"number":5,"content":"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."},{"number":6,"content":"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."},{"number":7,"content":"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:"},{"number":8,"content":"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."},{"number":9,"content":"Awake, awake! Put on strength O arm of the Lord: awake as in the ancient days. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?"},{"number":10,"content":"Art thou not it which 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?"},{"number":11,"content":"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."},{"number":12,"content":"I am he; yea, I am he that comforteth you: Behold, who art thou, that thou shouldst be afraid of man, which shall die, and of the Son of man, which shall be made like unto grass;"},{"number":13,"content":"and forgetest 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?"},{"number":14,"content":"The captive exile hasteneth, that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.—"},{"number":15,"content":"But I am the Lord thy God, whose waves roared: the Lord of Hosts is my name."},{"number":16,"content":"And I have put my words in thy mouth, and hath 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."},{"number":17,"content":"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 rung out;"},{"number":18,"content":"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."},{"number":19,"content":"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?"},{"number":20,"content":"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."},{"number":21,"content":"Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, and not with wine:"},{"number":22,"content":"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."},{"number":23,"content":"But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which I 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."},{"number":24,"content":"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."},{"number":25,"content":"Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck; O captive daughter of Zion."}],"influences":[{"verse":1,"startIndex":0,"endIndex":150,"citation":"Isaiah 51:1 (KJV)","description":"Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged."},{"verse":2,"startIndex":0,"endIndex":107,"citation":"Isaiah 51:2 (KJV)","description":"Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him."},{"verse":3,"startIndex":0,"endIndex":236,"citation":"Isaiah 51:3 (KJV)","description":"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."},{"verse":4,"startIndex":0,"endIndex":164,"citation":"Isaiah 51:4 (KJV)","description":"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 of the people."},{"verse":5,"startIndex":0,"endIndex":154,"citation":"Isaiah 51:5 (KJV)","description":"My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust."},{"verse":6,"startIndex":0,"endIndex":291,"citation":"Isaiah 51:6 (KJV)","description":"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 for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished."},{"verse":7,"startIndex":0,"endIndex":167,"citation":"Isaiah 51:7 (KJV)","description":"Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings."},{"verse":8,"startIndex":0,"endIndex":172,"citation":"Isaiah 51:8 (KJV)","description":"For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation."},{"verse":9,"startIndex":0,"endIndex":139,"citation":"Isaiah 51:9 (KJV)","description":"Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?"},{"verse":10,"startIndex":0,"endIndex":145,"citation":"Isaiah 51:10 (KJV)","description":"Art thou not it which 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?"},{"verse":11,"startIndex":0,"endIndex":219,"citation":"Isaiah 51:11 (KJV)","description":"Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away."},{"verse":12,"startIndex":0,"endIndex":178,"citation":"Isaiah 51:12 (KJV)","description":"I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;"},{"verse":13,"startIndex":0,"endIndex":260,"citation":"Isaiah 51:13 (KJV)","description":"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?"},{"verse":14,"startIndex":0,"endIndex":123,"citation":"Isaiah 51:14 (KJV)","description":"The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail."},{"verse":15,"startIndex":0,"endIndex":76,"citation":"Isaiah 51:15 (KJV)","description":"But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name."},{"verse":16,"startIndex":0,"endIndex":201,"citation":"Isaiah 51:16 (KJV)","description":"And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I 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, Thou art my people."},{"verse":17,"startIndex":0,"endIndex":160,"citation":"Isaiah 51:17 (KJV)","description":"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, and wrung them out."},{"verse":18,"startIndex":0,"endIndex":138,"citation":"Isaiah 51:18 (KJV)","description":"There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up."},{"verse":19,"startIndex":0,"endIndex":159,"citation":"Isaiah 51:19 (KJV)","description":"These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?"},{"verse":20,"startIndex":0,"endIndex":166,"citation":"Isaiah 51:20 (KJV)","description":"Thy sons have fainted, 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."},{"verse":21,"startIndex":0,"endIndex":72,"citation":"Isaiah 51:21 (KJV)","description":"Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:"},{"verse":22,"startIndex":0,"endIndex":204,"citation":"Isaiah 51:22 (KJV)","description":"Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:"},{"verse":23,"startIndex":0,"endIndex":201,"citation":"Isaiah 51:23 (KJV)","description":"But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which 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."},{"verse":24,"startIndex":0,"endIndex":187,"citation":"Isaiah 52:1 (KJV)","description":"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."},{"verse":25,"startIndex":0,"endIndex":128,"citation":"Isaiah 52:2 (KJV)","description":"Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion."}]}