<p class="poetry">&#8216;What right do you have to be here? What relatives do you have buried here?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Why<n id="2" /> do you chisel out a tomb for yourself here?p> <p class="poetry">He chisels out his burial site in an elevated place,p> <p class="poetry">he carves out his tomb on a cliff.p>

<p class="poetry">Sheol<n id="1" /> below is stirred up about you,p> <p class="poetry">ready to meet you when you arrive.p> <p class="poetry">It rouses<n id="2" /> the spirits of the dead for you,p> <p class="poetry">all the former leaders of the earth;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">it makes all the former kings of the nationsp> <p class="poetry">rise from their thrones.<n id="4" />p>

Now make a deal with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, provided you can find enough riders for them.

this is what the <sc>Lordsc> says about him:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;The virgin daughter Zion<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">despises you &#8211; she makes fun of you;p> <p class="poetry">daughter Jerusalemp> <p class="poetry">shakes her head after you.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The sun will no longer supply light for you by day,p> <p class="poetry">nor will the moon&#8217;s brightness shine on you;p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> will be your permanent source of light &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">the splendor of your God will shine upon you.<n id="1" />p>

&#8220;Ask for a confirming sign from the <sc>Lordsc> your God. You can even ask for something miraculous.&#8221;<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">The evergreens also rejoice over your demise,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">as do the cedars of Lebanon, singing,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;Since you fell asleep,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">no woodsman comes up to chop us down!&#8217;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">For this is what the sovereign master<n id="1" /> has told me:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Go, post a guard!p> <p class="poetry">He must report what he sees.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Here is a message about the Valley of Vision:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">What is the reason<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">that all of you go up to the rooftops?p>

<p class="poetry"><sc>Lordsc>, be merciful to us! We wait for you.p> <p class="poetry">Give us strength each morning!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Deliver us when distress comes.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For I am the <sc>Lordsc> your God,p> <p class="poetry">the one who takes hold of your right hand,p> <p class="poetry">who says to you, &#8216;Don&#8217;t be afraid, I am helping you.&#8217;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">They will disappoint you,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">those you have so faithfully dealt with since your youth.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Each strays off in his own direction,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">leaving no one to rescue you.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">For the sake of my reputation<n id="1" /> I hold back my anger;p> <p class="poetry">for the sake of my prestige<n id="2" /> I restrain myself from destroying you.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">These double disasters confronted you.p> <p class="poetry">But who feels sorry for you?p> <p class="poetry">Destruction and devastation,p> <p class="poetry">famine and sword.p> <p class="poetry">But who consoles you?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">You will no longer be called, &#8220;Abandoned,&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">and your land will no longer be called &#8220;Desolate.&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">Indeed,<n id="1" /> you will be called &#8220;My Delight is in Her,&#8221;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and your land &#8220;Married.&#8221;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> will take delight in you,p> <p class="poetry">and your land will be married to him.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will reestablish honest judges as in former times,p> <p class="poetry">wise advisers as in earlier days.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Then you will be called, &#8216;The Just City,p> <p class="poetry">Faithful Town.&#8217;&#8221;p>

He said, &#8220;Go and tell these people:p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;Listen continually, but don&#8217;t understand!p> <p class="poetry">Look continually, but don&#8217;t perceive!&#8217;p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> told me, &#8220;Take a large tablet<n id="1" /> and inscribe these words<n id="2" /> on it with an ordinary stylus:<n id="3" /> &#8216;Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.&#8217;<n id="4" />

When the <sc>Lordsc> gives you relief from your suffering and anxiety,<n id="1" /> and from the hard labor which you were made to perform,