Just a handful of archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be left.” Indeed, the Lord God of Israel has spoken.

So in the east extol the Lord, along the seacoasts extol the fame of the Lord God of Israel.

The fortified city (along with the very tops of your walls) he will knock down, he will bring it down, he will throw it down to the dusty ground.

If the wicked are shown mercy, they do not learn about justice. Even in a land where right is rewarded, they act unjustly; they do not see the Lord’s majesty revealed.

The time is coming when Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and grow branches. The produce will fill the surface of the world.

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

This also comes from the Lord who commands armies, who gives supernatural guidance and imparts great wisdom.

those who bear false testimony against a person, who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.

Turn aside from the way, stray off the path. Remove from our presence the Holy One of Israel.”

you will be blessed, you who plant seed by all the banks of the streams, you who let your ox and donkey graze.

He is your constant source of stability; he abundantly provides safety and great wisdom; he gives all this to those who fear him.

“For a remnant will leave Jerusalem; survivors will come out of Mount Zion. The intense devotion of the Lord who commands armies will accomplish this.

I will shield this city and rescue it for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant.”’”

The splendor of the Lord will be revealed, and all people will see it at the same time. For the Lord has decreed it.”

Like a shepherd he tends his flock; he gathers up the lambs with his arm; he carries them close to his heart; he leads the ewes along.

For I am the Lord your God, the one who takes hold of your right hand, who says to you, ‘Don’t be afraid, I am helping you.’

Those who trust in idols will turn back and be utterly humiliated, those who say to metal images, ‘You are our gods.’”

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

who commissions Cyrus, the one I appointed as shepherd to carry out all my wishes and to decree concerning Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and concerning the temple, ‘It will be reconstructed.’”

Together they bend low and kneel down; they are unable to rescue the images; they themselves head off into captivity.