I will pelt you with filth; I will treat you with contempt; I will make you a public spectacle.

When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and will cover you with my hand while I pass by.

You were once abandoned and despised, with no one passing through, but I will make you a permanent source of pride and joy to coming generations.

I will bend Judah as my bow; I will load the bow with Ephraim, my arrow! I will stir up your sons, Zion, against yours, Greece, and I will make you, Zion, like a warrior’s sword.

On that day,’ says the Lord who rules over all, ‘I will take you, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, my servant,’ says the Lord, ‘and I will make you like a signet ring, for I have chosen you,’ says the Lord who rules over all.”