<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> will continually lead you;p> <p class="poetry">he will feed you even in parched regions.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">He will give you renewed strength,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and you will be like a well-watered garden,p> <p class="poetry">like a spring that continually produces water.p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1493; (<i>Vavi>)p> <p class="poetry">He destroyed his temple<n id="1" /> as if it were a vineyard;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he destroyed his appointed meeting place.p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> has made those in Zion forgetp> <p class="poetry">both the festivals and the Sabbaths.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">In his fierce anger<n id="4" /> he has spurned<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">both king and priest.p>

They will say, &#8220;This desolate land has become like the garden of Eden; the ruined, desolate, and destroyed cities are now fortified and inhabited.&#8221;

<p class="poetry">Like fire they devour everything in their path;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">a flame blazes behind them.p> <p class="poetry">The land looks like the Garden of Eden<n id="2" /> before them,p> <p class="poetry">but behind them there is only a desolate wilderness &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">for nothing escapes them!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Lot looked up and saw<n id="1" /> the whole region<n id="2" /> of the Jordan. He noticed<n id="3" /> that all of it was well-watered (before the <sc>Lordsc> obliterated<n id="4" /> Sodom and Gomorrah)<n id="5" /> like the garden of the <sc>Lordsc>, like the land of Egypt,<n id="6" /> all the way to Zoar.

For the land where you are headed<n id="1" /> is not like the land of Egypt from which you came, a land where you planted seed and which you irrigated by hand<n id="2" /> like a vegetable garden.

<p class="poetry">Certainly the <sc>Lordsc> will console Zion;p> <p class="poetry">he will console all her ruins.p> <p class="poetry">He will make her wilderness like Eden,p> <p class="poetry">her desert like the Garden of the <sc>Lordsc>.p> <p class="poetry">Happiness and joy will be restored to<n id="1" /> her,p> <p class="poetry">thanksgiving and the sound of music.p>

<p class="poetry">They will come and shout for joy on Mount Zion.p> <p class="poetry">They will be radiant with joy<n id="1" /> over the good things the <sc>Lordsc> provides,p> <p class="poetry">the grain, the fresh wine, the olive oil,p> <p class="poetry">the young sheep and calves he has given to them.p> <p class="poetry">They will be like a well-watered gardenp> <p class="poetry">and will not grow faint or weary any more.p>