<p class="poetry">You must recognize the authority of the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">He is the one you must respect;p> <p class="poetry">he is the one you must fear.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The leaders and the highly respected people<n id="1" /> are the head,p> <p class="poetry">the prophets who teach lies are the tail.p>

<p class="poetry">For this reason my people will know my name,p> <p class="poetry">for this reason they will know<n id="1" /> at that time<n id="2" /> that I am the one who says,p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;Here I am.&#8217;&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">When that time comes,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">sing about a delightful vineyard!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">At that time<n id="1" /> the Egyptians<n id="2" /> will be like women.<n id="3" /> They will tremble and fear because the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies brandishes his fist against them.<n id="4" />

<t /><p class="poetry">Assyria, the club I use to vent my anger, is as good as dead,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">a cudgel with which I angrily punish.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;At that time<n id="1" /> I will summon my servant Eliakim, son of Hilkiah.

<p class="poetry">An honorable man makes honorable plans;p> <p class="poetry">his honorable character gives him security.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Proud men will be brought low,p> <p class="poetry">arrogant men will be humiliated;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> alone will be exalted<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">in that day.p>

<p class="poetry">Proud men will be humiliated,p> <p class="poetry">arrogant men will be brought low;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> alone will be exalted<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">in that day.p>

<p class="poetry">Stop trusting in human beings,p> <p class="poetry">whose life&#8217;s breath is in their nostrils.p> <p class="poetry">For why should they be given special consideration?p>

<n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">At that time<n id="2" /> the sovereign master will remove their beautiful ankle jewelry,<n id="3" /> neck ornaments, crescent shaped ornaments,

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

<p class="poetry">At that time<n id="1" /> you will say:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I praise you, O <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">for even though you were angry with me,p> <p class="poetry">your anger subsided, and you consoled me.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;At that time<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Jacob&#8217;s splendor will be greatly diminished,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and he will become skin and bones.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">At that time<n id="1" /> men will trust in their creator;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they will depend on<n id="3" /> the Holy One of Israel.<n id="4" />p>

At that time there will be an altar for the <sc>Lordsc> in the middle of the land of Egypt, as well as a sacred pillar<n id="1" /> dedicated to the <sc>Lordsc> at its border.

At that time Israel will be the third member of the group, along with Egypt and Assyria, and will be a recipient of blessing<n id="1" /> in the earth.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">They<n id="1" /> removed the defenses<n id="2" /> of Judah.p> <p class="poetry">At that time<n id="3" /> you lookedp> <p class="poetry">for the weapons in the House of the Forest.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">At that time the sovereign master, the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies, called for weeping and mourning,p> <p class="poetry">for shaved heads and sackcloth.<n id="1" />p>