<p class="poetry">He says,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Build it! Build it! Clear a way!p> <p class="poetry">Remove all the obstacles out of the way of my people!&#8221;p>

You are still exalting<n id="1" /> yourself against my people by<n id="2" /> not releasing them.

<p class="poetry">Esteem her highly<n id="1" /> and she will exalt you;p> <p class="poetry">she will honor you if you embrace her.p>

<p class="poetry">Come through! Come through the gates!p> <p class="poetry">Prepare the way for the people!p> <p class="poetry">Build it! Build the roadway!p> <p class="poetry">Remove the stones!p> <p class="poetry">Lift a signal flag for the nations!p>

<p class="poetry">The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but the path of the upright is like<n id="2" /> a highway.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">His troops<n id="1" /> advance together;p> <p class="poetry">they throw up<n id="2" /> a siege ramp against me,p> <p class="poetry">and they camp around my tent.p>

<p class="poetry">On my right the young rabble<n id="1" /> rise up;p> <p class="poetry">they drive me from place to place,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and build up siege ramps<n id="3" /> against me.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Sing to God! Sing praises to his name!p> <p class="poetry">Exalt the one who rides on the clouds!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> is his name!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Rejoice before him!p>

<p class="poetry">Yet my people have forgotten mep> <p class="poetry">and offered sacrifices to worthless idols!p> <p class="poetry">This makes them stumble along in the way they livep> <p class="poetry">and leave the old reliable path of their fathers.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They have left them to walk in bypaths,p> <p class="poetry">in roads that are not smooth and level.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Come from far away and attack Babylonia!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Open up the places where she stores her grain!p> <p class="poetry">Pile her up in ruins!<n id="2" /> Destroy her completely!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Do not leave anyone alive!<n id="4" />p>