24
Pause and be quiet, my people, because your rest will come.
25
Good nurse, nourish your sons, and strengthen their feet.
26
Not one of the servants whom I have given you will perish, for I will require them from among your number.
27
Do not be anxious, for when the day of tribulation and anguish comes, others shall weep and be sorrowful, but you shall rejoice and have abundance.
28
The nations shall envy you but they shall not be able to do anything against you, says the Lord.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.