Isaiah 51:11-13

Contemporary English Version

¹¹ Now those you have rescued
will return to Jerusalem,
    singing on their way.
They will be crowned
    with great happiness,
never again to be burdened
    with sadness and sorrow.

¹² I am the Lord, the one
    who encourages you.
Why are you afraid
    of mere humans?
They dry up and die like grass.