<p class="poetry">For calamity,<n id="1" /> there is derisionp> <p class="poetry">(according to the ideas of the fortunate<n id="2" />) &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">a fate<n id="3" /> for those whose feet slip!p>

<p class="poetry">We have had our fill<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">of the taunts of the self-assured,p> <p class="poetry">of the contempt of the proud.p>

<p class="poetry">My people will live in peaceful settlements,p> <p class="poetry">in secure homes,p> <p class="poetry">and in safe, quiet places.<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">You complacent<n id="1" /> women,p> <p class="poetry">get up and listen to me!p> <p class="poetry">You carefree<n id="2" /> daughters,p> <p class="poetry">pay attention to what I say!p>

<p class="poetry">Tremble, you complacent ones!p> <p class="poetry">Shake with fear, you carefree ones!p> <p class="poetry">Strip off your clothes and expose yourselves &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">put sackcloth on your waist!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Because you rage against me,p> <p class="poetry">and the uproar you create has reached my ears;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will put my hook in your nose,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and my bridle between your lips,p> <p class="poetry">and I will lead you back the wayp> <p class="poetry">you came.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Because you rage against mep> <p class="poetry">and the uproar you create has reached my ears,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will put my hook in your nose,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and my bridle between your lips,p> <p class="poetry">and I will lead you backp> <p class="poetry">the way you came.&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Woe<n id="1" /> to those who live in ease in Zion,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">to those who feel secure on Mount Samaria.p> <p class="poetry">They think of themselves as<n id="3" /> the elite class of the best nation.p> <p class="poetry">The family<n id="4" /> of Israel looks to them for leadership.<n id="5" />p>

But I am greatly displeased with the nations that take my grace for granted.<n id="1" /> I was a little displeased with them, but they have only made things worse for themselves.p>

<p class="poetry">Look at Zion, the city where we hold religious festivals!p> <p class="poetry">You<n id="1" /> will see Jerusalem,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">a peaceful settlement,p> <p class="poetry">a tent that stays put;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">its stakes will never be pulled up;p> <p class="poetry">none of its ropes will snap in two.p>