Look, the Lord announces to the entire earth: “Say to Daughter Zion, ‘Look, your deliverer comes! Look, his reward is with him and his reward goes before him!’”

Look, the sovereign Lord comes as a victorious warrior; his military power establishes his rule. Look, his reward is with him; his prize goes before him.

Look, the Lord will throw you far away, you mere man! He will wrap you up tightly.

I first decreed to Zion, ‘Look, here’s what will happen!’ I sent a herald to Jerusalem.

Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you in the furnace of misery.

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

But approach, you sons of omen readers, you offspring of adulteresses and prostitutes!

So this is what the sovereign Lord says: “Look, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry! Look, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty! Look, my servants will rejoice, but you will be humiliated!

Look, the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, is ready to cut off the branches with terrifying power. The tallest trees will be cut down, the loftiest ones will be brought low.

Here is a message about Damascus: “Look, Damascus is no longer a city, it is a heap of ruins!

Look, the Lord is ready to devastate the earth and leave it in ruins; he will mar its surface and scatter its inhabitants.

He says, “Indeed, my sword has slaughtered heavenly powers. Look, it now descends on Edom, on the people I will annihilate in judgment.”

Certainly you have heard how the kings of Assyria have annihilated all lands. Do you really think you will be rescued?

Look, my earlier predictive oracles have come to pass; now I announce new events. Before they begin to occur, I reveal them to you.”

Now they come into being, not in the past; before today you did not hear about them, so you could not say, ‘Yes, I know about them.’

Look, they come from far away! Look, some come from the north and west, and others from the land of Sinim!

These double disasters confronted you. But who feels sorry for you? Destruction and devastation, famine and sword. But who consoles you?

“O afflicted one, driven away, and unconsoled! Look, I am about to set your stones in antimony and I lay your foundation with lapis-lazuli.

Look, I have decreed: I will not keep silent, but will pay them back; I will pay them back exactly what they deserve,

Look, my servants will shout for joy as happiness fills their hearts! But you will cry out as sorrow fills your hearts; you will wail because your spirits will be crushed.