Yesaya 51:3

51:3 Certainly the Lord will console Zion;

he will console all her ruins.

He will make her wilderness like Eden,

her desert like the Garden of the Lord.

Happiness and joy will be restored to ¹  her,

thanksgiving and the sound of music.

Yesaya 51:19

51:19 These double disasters confronted you.

But who feels sorry for you?

Destruction and devastation,

famine and sword.

But who consoles you? ² 

Yesaya 57:18

57:18 I have seen their behavior, ³ 

but I will heal them and give them rest,

and I will once again console those who mourn. ⁴ 

Yesaya 61:2

61:2 to announce the year when the Lord will show his favor,

the day when our God will seek vengeance, ⁵ 

to console all who mourn,

Yesaya 66:13

66:13 As a mother consoles a child, ⁶ 

so I will console you,

and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”

[51:3]  ¹ tn Heb “found in” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[51:19]  ² tc The Hebrew text has אֲנַחֲמֵךְ (’anakhamekh), a first person form, but the Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a reads correctly יִנַחֲמֵךְ (yinakhamekh), a third person form.

[57:18]  ³ tn Heb “his ways” (so KJV, NASB, NIV); TEV “how they acted.”

[57:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “and I will restore consolation to him, to his mourners.”

[61:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “to announce the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of our God’s vengeance.

[66:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “like a man whose mother comforts him.”