~ Listen and Hear ~

"Listen to Me, My people; hear Me, My nation:
The law will go out from Me;
My justice will become a light to the nations.
My righteousness draws near speedily,
My salvation is on the way  . . ..

"Hear Me, you who know what is right,
you people who have My law in your hearts:
Do not fear the reproach of men
or be terrified by their insults.
For the moth will devour them like wool.
But My righteousness will last forever,
My salvation through all generations.

. . . "For I am the Lord your God,
who churns up the sea so that its waves roar --
the Lord Almighty is His name.
I have put My words in your mouth
and covered you with the shadow of My hand --
I who set the heavens in place,
who laid the foundations of the earth,
and who say to Zion,
'You are my people.'"

(Isaiah 51:4-5, 7-8, 15-16)