<p class="poetry">&#8220;Don&#8217;t remember these earlier events;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">don&#8217;t recall these former events.p>

<p class="poetry">Remind me of what happened! Let&#8217;s debate!p> <p class="poetry">You, prove to me that you are right!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Remember this, so you can be brave!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Think about it, you rebels!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Take the harp,p> <p class="poetry">go through the city,p> <p class="poetry">forgotten prostitute!p> <p class="poetry">Play it well,p> <p class="poetry">play lots of songs,p> <p class="poetry">so you&#8217;ll be noticed!&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, our God,p> <p class="poetry">masters other than you have ruled us,p> <p class="poetry">but we praise your name alone.p>

<p class="poetry">I, I am the one who blots out your rebellious deeds for my sake;p> <p class="poetry">your sins I do not remember.p>

<p class="poetry">Remember what I accomplished in antiquity!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Truly I am God, I have no peer;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I am God, and there is none like me,p>

<p class="poetry">At that time<n id="1" /> you will say:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">Ask him for help!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Publicize his mighty acts among the nations!p> <p class="poetry">Make it known that he is unique!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For you ignore<n id="1" /> the God who rescues you;p> <p class="poetry">you pay no attention to your strong protector.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">So this is what happens:p> <p class="poetry">You cultivate beautiful plantsp> <p class="poetry">and plant exotic vines.<n id="3" />p>

Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went out to meet him.p>

<p class="poetry">Remember these things, O Jacob,p> <p class="poetry">O Israel, for you are my servant.p> <p class="poetry">I formed you to be my servant;p> <p class="poetry">O Israel, I will not forget you!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">You said,p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;I will rule forever as permanent queen!&#8217;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You did not think about these things;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">you did not consider how it would turn out.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Listen to me, you coastlands!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Pay attention, you people who live far away!p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> summoned me from birth;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he commissioned me when my mother brought me into the world.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">I<n id="1" /> post watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem;p> <p class="poetry">they should keep praying all day and all night.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">You who pray to<n id="3" /> the <sc>Lordsc>, don&#8217;t be silent!p>

<p class="poetry">His people remembered the ancient times.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Where is the one who brought them up out of the sea,p> <p class="poetry">along with the shepherd of<n id="2" /> his flock?p> <p class="poetry">Where is the one who placed his holy Spirit among them,<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">You assist<n id="1" /> those who delight in doing what is right,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">who observe your commandments.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Look, you were angry because we violated them continually.p> <p class="poetry">How then can we be saved?<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry"><sc>Lordsc>, do not be too angry!p> <p class="poetry">Do not hold our sins against us continually!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Take a good look at your people, at all of us!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For look, I am ready to createp> <p class="poetry">new heavens and a new earth!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The former ones<n id="2" /> will not be remembered;p> <p class="poetry">no one will think about them anymore.<n id="3" />p>

The land of Judah will humiliate Egypt. Everyone who hears about Judah will be afraid because of what the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies is planning to do to them.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn in grief<n id="1" /> and reported to him what the chief adviser had said.