Zion will be freed by justice, and her returnees by righteousness.

You Israelites! Return to the one against whom you have so blatantly rebelled!

A remnant will come back, a remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.

So King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and went on his way. He went home and stayed in Nineveh.

Remember this, so you can be brave! Think about it, you rebels!

“A protector comes to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their rebellious deeds,” says the Lord.

I will attack you; I will purify your metal with flux. I will remove all your slag.

The people did not return to the one who struck them, they did not seek reconciliation with the Lord who commands armies.

At that time you will say: “I praise you, O Lord, for even though you were angry with me, your anger subsided, and you consoled me.

Indeed, the Lord who commands armies has a plan, and who can possibly frustrate it? His hand is ready to strike, and who can possibly stop it?

The Lord will strike Egypt, striking and then healing them. They will turn to the Lord and he will listen to their prayers and heal them.

The watchman replies, “Morning is coming, but then night. If you want to ask, ask; come back again.”

He will give discernment to the one who makes judicial decisions, and strength to those who defend the city from attackers.

In just a very short time Lebanon will turn into an orchard, and the orchard will be considered a forest.

Look, I will take control of his mind; he will receive a report and return to his own land. I will cut him down with a sword in his own land.”’”

He will go back the way he came – he will not enter this city,’ says the Lord.

I look, but there is no one, among them there is no one who serves as an adviser, that I might ask questions and receive answers.

From this day forward I am he; no one can deliver from my power; I will act, and who can prevent it?”

I remove the guilt of your rebellious deeds as if they were a cloud, the guilt of your sins as if they were a cloud. Come back to me, for I protect you.”

who frustrates the omens of the empty talkers and humiliates the omen readers, who overturns the counsel of the wise men and makes their advice seem foolish,