<p class="poetry">They confiscate the fields they desire,p> <p class="poetry">and seize the houses they want.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They defraud people of their homes,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and deprive people of the land they have inherited.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">In the future<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s Temple Mount will be the most important mountain of all;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">it will be more prominent than other hills.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">People will stream to it.p>

<p class="poetry">You implement the regulations of Omri,p> <p class="poetry">and all the practices of Ahab&#8217;s dynasty;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you follow their policies.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Therefore I will make you an appalling sight,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">the city&#8217;s<n id="4" /> inhabitants will be taunted derisively,<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">and nations will mock all of you.&#8221;<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">I must endure<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s anger,p> <p class="poetry">for I have sinned against him.p> <p class="poetry">But then<n id="2" /> he will defend my cause,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and accomplish justice on my behalf.p> <p class="poetry">He will lead me out into the light;p> <p class="poetry">I will experience firsthand<n id="4" /> his deliverance.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">There is no other God like you!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You<n id="2" /> forgive sinp> <p class="poetry">and pardon<n id="3" /> the rebellionp> <p class="poetry">of those who remain among your people.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">You do not remain angry forever,<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">but delight in showing loyal love.p>

<p class="poetry">In that day people will sing this taunt song to you &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">they will mock you with this lament:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;We are completely destroyed;p> <p class="poetry">they sell off<n id="2" /> the property of my people.p> <p class="poetry">How they remove it from me!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">They assign our fields to the conqueror.&#8217;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">He will arbitrate<n id="1" /> between many peoplesp> <p class="poetry">and settle disputes between many<n id="2" /> distant nations.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">They will beat their swords into plowshares,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and their spears into pruning hooks.<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">Nations will not use weapons<n id="6" /> against other nations,p> <p class="poetry">and they will no longer train for war.p>