<p class="poetry">Citizens of Zion,<n id="1" /> rejoice!p> <p class="poetry">Be glad because of what the <sc>Lordsc> your God has done!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For he has given to you the early rains<n id="3" /> as vindication.p> <p class="poetry">He has sent<n id="4" /> to you the rains &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">both the early and the late rains<n id="5" /> as formerly.p>

<p class="poetry">Rush forth with<n id="1" /> the sickle, for the harvest is ripe!p> <p class="poetry">Come, stomp the grapes,<n id="2" /> for the winepress is full!p> <p class="poetry">The vats overflow.p> <p class="poetry">Indeed, their evil is great!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Then I will gather all the nations,p> <p class="poetry">and bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will enter into judgment<n id="2" /> against them therep> <p class="poetry">concerning my people Israel who are my inheritance,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">whom they scattered among the nations.p> <p class="poetry">They partitioned my land,p>