<p class="poetry">Daughter Zion<n id="1" /> is left isolated,p> <p class="poetry">like a hut in a vineyard,p> <p class="poetry">or a shelter in a cucumber field;p> <p class="poetry">she is a besieged city.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Your chosen<n id="1" /> cities have become a desert;p> <p class="poetry">Zion has become a desert,p> <p class="poetry">Jerusalem<n id="2" /> is a desolate ruin.p>

<p class="poetry">Each of them<n id="1" /> will be like a shelter from the windp> <p class="poetry">and a refuge from a rainstorm;p> <p class="poetry">like streams of water in a dry regionp> <p class="poetry">and like the shade of a large cliff in a parched land.p>

<p class="poetry">He will become a sanctuary,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but a stone that makes a person trip,p> <p class="poetry">and a rock that makes one stumble &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">to the two houses of Israel.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">He will become<n id="3" /> a trap and a snarep> <p class="poetry">to the residents of Jerusalem.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">A putrid stench will replace the smell of spices,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">a rope will replace a belt,p> <p class="poetry">baldness will replace braided locks of hair,p> <p class="poetry">a sackcloth garment will replace a fine robe,p> <p class="poetry">and a prisoner&#8217;s brand will replace beauty.p>

At that time<n id="1" /> a man will keep alive a young cow from the herd and a couple of goats.

<t /><p class="poetry">Here is a message about Damascus:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Look, Damascus is no longer a city,p> <p class="poetry">it is a heap of ruins!p>

<p class="poetry">For you are a protector for the poor,p> <p class="poetry">a protector for the needy in their distress,p> <p class="poetry">a shelter from the rainstorm,p> <p class="poetry">a shade from the heat.p> <p class="poetry">Though the breath of tyrants<n id="1" /> is like a winter rainstorm,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look, I made him a witness to nations,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">a ruler and commander of nations.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed, they will hear meaningless gibberish,p> <p class="poetry">senseless babbling,p> <p class="poetry">a syllable here, a syllable there.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">As a young man marries a young woman,p> <p class="poetry">so your sons<n id="1" /> will marry you.p> <p class="poetry">As a bridegroom rejoices over a bride,p> <p class="poetry">so your God will rejoice over you.p>

A remnant will come back, a remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="poetry">I<n id="1" /> will sing to my love &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">a song to my lover about his vineyard.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">My love had a vineyardp> <p class="poetry">on a fertile hill.<n id="3" />p>

until I come and take you to a land just like your own &#8211; a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.

<p class="poetry">A wolf will reside<n id="1" /> with a lamb,p> <p class="poetry">and a leopard will lie down with a young goat;p> <p class="poetry">an ox and a young lion will graze together,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">as a small child leads them along.p>

<p class="poetry">All the stars in the sky will fade away,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the sky will roll up like a scroll;p> <p class="poetry">all its stars will wither,p> <p class="poetry">like a leaf withers and falls from a vinep> <p class="poetry">or a fig withers and falls from a tree.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Certainly<n id="1" /> caraway seed is not threshed with a sledge,p> <p class="poetry">nor is the wheel of a cart rolled over cumin seed.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Certainly caraway seed is beaten with a stick,p> <p class="poetry">and cumin seed with a flail.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">In just a very short time<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Lebanon will turn into an orchard,p> <p class="poetry">and the orchard will be considered a forest.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look, the sovereign master<n id="1" /> sends a strong, powerful one.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">With the force of a hailstorm or a destructive windstorm,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">with the might of a driving, torrential rainstorm,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">he will knock that crown<n id="5" /> to the ground with his hand.<n id="6" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">A shoot will grow out of Jesse&#8217;s<n id="1" /> root stock,p> <p class="poetry">a bud will sprout<n id="2" /> from his roots.p>