Men bow down to them in homage, they lie flat on the ground in worship. Don’t spare them!

for all the tall mountains, for all the high hills,

They lift their voices and shout joyfully; they praise the majesty of the Lord in the west.

“Now I will rise up,” says the Lord. “Now I will exalt myself; now I will magnify myself.

He will not cry out or shout; he will not publicize himself in the streets.

“Look, my servant will succeed! He will be elevated, lifted high, and greatly exalted –

I hate your new moon festivals and assemblies; they are a burden that I am tired of carrying.

Indeed, the Lord who commands armies has planned a day of judgment, for all the high and mighty, for all who are proud – they will be humiliated;

for all the cedars of Lebanon, that are so high and mighty, for all the oaks of Bashan;

captains of groups of fifty, the respected citizens, advisers and those skilled in magical arts, and those who know incantations.

He lifts a signal flag for a distant nation, he whistles for it to come from the far regions of the earth. Look, they come quickly and swiftly.

The leaders and the highly respected people are the head, the prophets who teach lies are the tail.

He will lift a signal flag for the nations; he will gather Israel’s dispersed people and assemble Judah’s scattered people from the four corners of the earth.

you will taunt the king of Babylon with these words: “Look how the oppressor has met his end! Hostility has ceased!

For this reason what they have made and stored up, they carry over the Stream of the Poplars.

All you who live in the world, who reside on the earth, you will see a signal flag raised on the mountains; you will hear a trumpet being blown.

The Elamites picked up the quiver, and came with chariots and horsemen; the men of Kir prepared the shield.

No resident of Zion will say, “I am ill”; the people who live there will have their sin forgiven.

Isaiah ordered, “Let them take a fig cake and apply it to the ulcerated sore and he will get well.”

Every valley must be elevated, and every mountain and hill leveled. The rough terrain will become a level plain, the rugged landscape a wide valley.