<p class="poetry">Look, the nations are like a drop in a bucket;p> <p class="poetry">they are regarded as dust on the scales.p> <p class="poetry">He lifts<n id="1" /> the coastlands<n id="2" /> as if they were dust.p>

<p class="poetry">Look, the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> helps me.p> <p class="poetry">Who dares to condemn me?p> <p class="poetry">Look, all of them will wear out like clothes;p> <p class="poetry">a moth will eat away at them.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Look, a king will promote fairness;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">officials will promote justice.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look, ambassadors<n id="1" /> cry out in the streets;p> <p class="poetry">messengers sent to make peace<n id="2" /> weep bitterly.p>

<p class="poetry">Look, you are nothing, and your accomplishments are nonexistent;p> <p class="poetry">the one who chooses to worship you is disgusting.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look, all of them are nothing,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">their accomplishments are nonexistent;p> <p class="poetry">their metal images lack any real substance.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look, I have inscribed your name<n id="1" /> on my palms;p> <p class="poetry">your walls are constantly before me.p>

<p class="poetry">Look, I made him a witness to nations,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">a ruler and commander of nations.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Look, all who were angry at you will be ashamed and humiliated;p> <p class="poetry">your adversaries<n id="1" /> will be reduced to nothing<n id="2" /> and perish.p>

<p class="poetry">If anyone dares to<n id="1" /> challenge you, it will not be my doing!p> <p class="poetry">Whoever tries to challenge you will be defeated.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Look, the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s hand is not too weak<n id="1" /> to deliver you;p> <p class="poetry">his ear is not too deaf to hear you.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look at the land of the Chaldeans,p> <p class="poetry">these people who have lost their identity!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The Assyrians have made it a home for wild animals.p> <p class="poetry">They erected their siege towers,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">demolished<n id="3" /> its fortresses,p> <p class="poetry">and turned it into a heap of ruins.<n id="4" />p>

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Here is my servant whom I support,p> <p class="poetry">my chosen one in whom I take pleasure.p> <p class="poetry">I have placed my spirit on him;p> <p class="poetry">he will make just decrees<n id="2" /> for the nations.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look, all his associates<n id="1" /> will be put to shame;p> <p class="poetry">the craftsmen are mere humans.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Let them all assemble and take their stand!p> <p class="poetry">They will panic and be put to shame.p>

<p class="poetry">Look, all of you who start a firep> <p class="poetry">and who equip yourselves with<n id="1" /> flaming arrows,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">walk<n id="3" /> in the light<n id="4" /> of the fire you startedp> <p class="poetry">and among the flaming arrows you ignited!<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">This is what you will receive from me:<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">you will lie down in a place of pain.<n id="7" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look, I create the craftsman,p> <p class="poetry">who fans the coals into a firep> <p class="poetry">and forges a weapon.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I create the destroyer so he might devastate.p>

<p class="poetry">Look, you will summon nations<n id="1" /> you did not previously know;p> <p class="poetry">nations<n id="2" /> that did not previously know you will run to you,p> <p class="poetry">because of the <sc>Lordsc> your God,p> <p class="poetry">the Holy One of Israel,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">for he bestows honor on you.p>

<p class="poetry">They lament,<n id="1" /> &#8216;Why don&#8217;t you notice when we fast?p> <p class="poetry">Why don&#8217;t you pay attention when we humble ourselves?&#8217;p> <p class="poetry">Look, at the same time you fast, you satisfy your selfish desires,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">you oppress your workers.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look, your fasting is accompanied by<n id="1" /> arguments, brawls,p> <p class="poetry">and fistfights.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Do not fast as you do today,p> <p class="poetry">trying to make your voice heard in heaven.p>

<p class="poetry">You assist<n id="1" /> those who delight in doing what is right,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">who observe your commandments.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Look, you were angry because we violated them continually.p> <p class="poetry">How then can we be saved?<n id="4" />p>