Give strength to hands that are tired and to knees that tremble with weakness.

Tell everyone who is discouraged, "Be strong and don't be afraid! God is coming to your rescue, coming to punish your enemies."

Jerusalem, go up on a high mountain and proclaim the good news! Call out with a loud voice, Zion; announce the good news! Speak out and do not be afraid. Tell the towns of Judah that their God is coming!

Do not be afraid---I am with you! I am your God---let nothing terrify you! I will make you strong and help you; I will protect you and save you.

I am the LORD your God; I strengthen you and tell you, 'Do not be afraid; I will help you.' "

The LORD says, "Small and weak as you are, Israel, don't be afraid; I will help you. I, the holy God of Israel, am the one who saves you.

Israel, the LORD who created you says, "Do not be afraid---I will save you. I have called you by name---you are mine.

When you pass through deep waters, I will be with you; your troubles will not overwhelm you. When you pass through fire, you will not be burned; the hard trials that come will not hurt you.

I am the LORD who created you; from the time you were born, I have helped you. Do not be afraid; you are my servant, my chosen people whom I love.

Do not be afraid---you will not be disgraced again; you will not be humiliated. You will forget your unfaithfulness as a young wife, and your desperate loneliness as a widow.

"My people, do not be afraid, people of Israel, do not be terrified. I will rescue you from that faraway land, from the land where you are prisoners. You will come back home and live in peace; you will be secure, and no one will make you afraid.

I will come to you and save you. I will destroy all the nations where I have scattered you, but I will not destroy you. I will not let you go unpunished; but when I punish you, I will be fair. I, the LORD, have spoken."

But now don't be discouraged, any of you. Do the work, for I am with you.

When you came out of Egypt, I promised that I would always be with you. I am still with you, so do not be afraid.

But now I am planning to bless the people of Jerusalem and Judah. So don't be afraid.

The next day the large crowd that had come to the Passover Festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.

Lift up your tired hands, then, and strengthen your trembling knees!

God in his mercy has given us this work to do, and so we do not become discouraged.

So let us not become tired of doing good; for if we do not give up, the time will come when we will reap the harvest.

I beg you, then, not to be discouraged because I am suffering for you; it is all for your benefit.

Think of what he went through; how he put up with so much hatred from sinners! So do not let yourselves become discouraged and give up.

Have you forgotten the encouraging words which God speaks to you as his children? "My child, pay attention when the Lord corrects you, and do not be discouraged when he rebukes you.

You are patient, you have suffered for my sake, and you have not given up.