<p class="poetry">You must<n id="1" /> actively help the hungryp> <p class="poetry">and feed the oppressed.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Then your light will dispel the darkness,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and your darkness will be transformed into noonday.<n id="4" />p>

headdresses, ankle ornaments, sashes, sachets,<n id="1" /> amulets,

<p class="poetry">Those who make cloth<n id="1" /> will be demoralized;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">all the hired workers will be depressed.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">I hate your new moon festivals and assemblies;p> <p class="poetry">they are a burdenp> <p class="poetry">that I am tired of carrying.p>

<p class="poetry">The splendor of his forest and his orchardp> <p class="poetry">will be completely destroyed,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">as when a sick man&#8217;s life ebbs away.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Yes, as your judgments unfold,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, we wait for you.p> <p class="poetry">We desire your fame and reputation to grow.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">What can I say?p> <p class="poetry">He has decreed and acted.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Since you are precious and special in my sight,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and I love you,p> <p class="poetry">I will hand over people in place of you,p> <p class="poetry">nations in place of your life.p>

<p class="poetry">Together they bend low and kneel down;p> <p class="poetry">they are unable to rescue the images;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they themselves<n id="2" /> head off into captivity.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Having suffered, he will reflect on his work,p> <p class="poetry">he will be satisfied when he understands what he has done.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;My servant<n id="2" /> will acquit many,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">for he carried their sins.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">It will be like a hungry man dreaming that he is eating,p> <p class="poetry">only to awaken and find that his stomach is empty.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">It will be like a thirsty man dreaming that he is drinking,p> <p class="poetry">only to awaken and find that he is still weak and his thirst unquenched.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">So it will be for the horde from all the nationsp> <p class="poetry">that fight against Mount Zion.p>

<p class="poetry">The look on their faces<n id="1" /> testifies to their guilt;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Too bad for them!<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">For they bring disaster on themselves.p>

<p class="poetry">So Death<n id="1" /> will open up its throat,p> <p class="poetry">and open wide its mouth;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Zion&#8217;s dignitaries and masses will descend into it,p> <p class="poetry">including those who revel and celebrate within her.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The people of<n id="1" /> Heshbon and Elealeh cry out,p> <p class="poetry">their voices are heard as far away as Jahaz.p> <p class="poetry">For this reason Moab&#8217;s soldiers shout in distress;p> <p class="poetry">their courage wavers.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I<n id="1" /> look for<n id="2" /> you during the night,p> <p class="poetry">my spirit within me seeks you at dawn,p> <p class="poetry">for when your judgments come upon the earth,p> <p class="poetry">those who live in the world learn about justice.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You delivered me<n id="2" /> from the pit of oblivion.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">For you removed all my sins from your sight.<n id="4" />p>

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Here is my servant whom I support,p> <p class="poetry">my chosen one in whom I take pleasure.p> <p class="poetry">I have placed my spirit on him;p> <p class="poetry">he will make just decrees<n id="2" /> for the nations.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">He feeds on ashes;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">his deceived mind misleads him.p> <p class="poetry">He cannot rescue himself,p> <p class="poetry">nor does he say, &#8216;Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?&#8217;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look, they are like straw,p> <p class="poetry">which the fire burns up;p> <p class="poetry">they cannot rescue themselvesp> <p class="poetry">from the heat<n id="1" /> of the flames.p> <p class="poetry">There are no coals to warm them,p> <p class="poetry">no firelight to enjoy.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will put it into the hand of your tormentors<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">who said to you, &#8216;Lie down, so we can walk over you.&#8217;p> <p class="poetry">You made your back like the ground,p> <p class="poetry">and like the street for those who walked over you.&#8221;p>