<p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> will restore<n id="1" /> the majesty<n id="2" /> of Jacob,p> <p class="poetry">as well as<n id="3" /> the majesty of Israel,p> <p class="poetry">though<n id="4" /> their enemies have plundered them<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">and have destroyed their fields.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Surely they will be totally consumed<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">like<n id="2" /> entangled thorn bushes,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">like the drink of drunkards,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">like very<n id="5" /> dry stubble.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> has issued a decree against you:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Your dynasty will come to an end.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I will destroy the idols and images in the temples of your gods.p> <p class="poetry">I will desecrate<n id="3" /> your grave &#8211; because you are accursed!&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Your destruction is like an incurable wound;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">your demise is like a fatal injury!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">All who hear what has happened to you<n id="3" /> will clap their hands for joy,<n id="4" />p> <p class="bodytext">for no one ever escaped your endless cruelty!<n id="5" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry"><v id="(2:1)" /><n id="1" /> Look! A herald is running<n id="2" /> on the mountains!p> <p class="poetry">A messenger is proclaiming deliverance:<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Celebrate your sacred festivals, O Judah!p> <p class="poetry">Fulfill your sacred vows to praise God!<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">For never again<n id="5" /> will the wicked<n id="6" /> Assyrians<n id="7" /> invade<n id="8" /> you,p> <p class="poetry">they<n id="9" /> have been completely destroyed.&#8221;<n id="10" />p>