TSK · Isaiah 51:12

He altered his behavior in their presence. Since he was in their power, he pretended to be insane, making marks on the doors of the gate and letting his saliva run down his beard.

When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.

The LORD is on my side, I am not afraid! What can people do to me?

Many people seek the face of a ruler, but it is from the LORD that one receives justice.

“Do not say,‘Conspiracy,’ every time these people say the word. Don’t be afraid of what scares them; don’t be terrified.

The Lord Returns to Jerusalem“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God.

The grass dries up, the flowers wither, when the wind sent by the LORD blows on them. Surely humanity is like grass.

Certainly the LORD will console Zion; he will console all her ruins. He will make her wilderness like Eden, her arid rift valley like the Garden of the LORD. Happiness and joy will be restored to her, thanksgiving and the sound of music.

In unison give a joyful shout, O ruins of Jerusalem! For the LORD consoles his people; he protects Jerusalem.

I have seen their behavior, but I will heal them. I will lead them, and I will provide comfort to them and those who mourn with them.

As a mother consoles a child, so I will console you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

“I will not abandon you as orphans, I will come to you.

Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced peace and thus was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, the church increased in numbers.

For even when we came into Macedonia, our body had no rest at all, but we were troubled in every way– struggles from the outside, fears from within.

For all flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of the grass; the grass withers and the flower falls off,