<p class="poetry">They will be called, &#8220;The Holy People,p> <p class="poetry">the Ones Protected<n id="1" /> by the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">You will be called, &#8220;Sought After,p> <p class="poetry">City Not Abandoned.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Seek the <sc>Lordsc> while he makes himself available;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">call to him while he is nearby!p>

<p class="poetry">A voice says, &#8220;Cry out!&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">Another asks,<n id="1" /> &#8220;What should I cry out?&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">The first voice responds:<n id="2" /> &#8220;All people are like grass,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and all their promises<n id="4" /> are like the flowers in the field.p>

The sound of their voices shook the door frames,<n id="1" /> and the temple was filled with smoke.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;At that time<n id="1" /> I will summon my servant Eliakim, son of Hilkiah.

<p class="poetry">everyone who belongs to me,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">whom I created for my glory,p> <p class="poetry">whom I formed &#8211; yes, whom I made!p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;But you did not call for me, O Jacob;p> <p class="poetry">you did not long<n id="1" /> for me, O Israel.p>

<p class="poetry">I, I have spoken &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">yes, I have summoned him;p> <p class="poetry">I lead him and he will succeed.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">I have given orders to my chosen soldiers;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I have summoned the warriors through whom I will vent my anger,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">my boasting, arrogant ones.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Here is a message about Dumah:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Someone calls to me from Seir,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Watchman, what is left of the night?p> <p class="poetry">Watchman, what is left of the night?&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">At that time the sovereign master, the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies, called for weeping and mourning,p> <p class="poetry">for shaved heads and sackcloth.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Egypt is totally incapable of helping.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">For this reason I call herp> <p class="poetry">&#8216;Proud one<n id="2" /> who is silenced.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">A fool will no longer be called honorable;p> <p class="poetry">a deceiver will no longer be called principled.p>

<p class="poetry">Her nobles will have nothing left to call a kingdomp> <p class="poetry">and all her officials will disappear.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">A voice cries out,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;In the wilderness clear a way for the <sc>Lordsc>;p> <p class="poetry">construct in the desert a road for our God.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;I, the <sc>Lordsc>, officially commission you;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I take hold of your hand.p> <p class="poetry">I protect you<n id="2" /> and make you a covenant mediator for people,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and a light<n id="4" /> to the nations,<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">For the sake of my servant Jacob,p> <p class="poetry">Israel, my chosen one,p> <p class="poetry">I call you by namep> <p class="poetry">and give you a title of respect, even though you do not recognize<n id="1" /> me.p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed, they live in the holy city;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they trust in<n id="2" /> the God of Israel,p> <p class="poetry">whose name is the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies.p>

<p class="poetry">Listen to me, O Jacob,p> <p class="poetry">Israel, whom I summoned!p> <p class="poetry">I am the one;p> <p class="poetry">I am present at the very beginningp> <p class="poetry">and at the very end.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Yes, my hand founded the earth;p> <p class="poetry">my right hand spread out the sky.p> <p class="poetry">I summon them;p> <p class="poetry">they stand together.p>