<p class="poetry">For this reason my people will know my name,p> <p class="poetry">for this reason they will know<n id="1" /> at that time<n id="2" /> that I am the one who says,p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;Here I am.&#8217;&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">So listen to this, oppressed one,p> <p class="poetry">who is drunk, but not from wine!p>

<p class="poetry">Therefore, the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the powerful ruler of Israel,<n id="2" /> says this:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Ah, I will seek vengeance<n id="3" /> against my adversaries,p> <p class="poetry">I will take revenge against my enemies.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Therefore my<n id="1" /> people will be deported<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">because of their lack of understanding.p> <p class="poetry">Their<n id="3" /> leaders will have nothing to eat,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">their<n id="5" /> masses will have nothing to drink.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">So Moab wails over its demise<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">they all wail!p> <p class="poetry">Completely devastated, they moanp> <p class="poetry">about what has happened to the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Therefore, listen to the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s word,p> <p class="poetry">you who mock,p> <p class="poetry">you rulers of these peoplep> <p class="poetry">who reside in Jerusalem!<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">So Death<n id="1" /> will open up its throat,p> <p class="poetry">and open wide its mouth;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Zion&#8217;s dignitaries and masses will descend into it,p> <p class="poetry">including those who revel and celebrate within her.<n id="3" />p>

For this reason the sovereign master himself will give you a confirming sign.<n id="1" /> Look, this<n id="2" /> young woman<n id="3" /> is about to conceive<n id="4" /> and will give birth to a son. You, young woman, will name him<n id="5" /> Immanuel.<n id="6" />

<p class="poetry">For this reason<n id="1" /> the sovereign master, the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies, will make his healthy ones emaciated.<n id="2" /> His majestic glory will go up in smoke.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The dead do not come back to life,p> <p class="poetry">the spirits of the dead do not rise.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">That is because<n id="2" /> you came in judgment<n id="3" /> and destroyed them,p> <p class="poetry">you wiped out all memory of them.p>

<p class="poetry">Therefore, this is what the sovereign master, the <sc>Lord,sc> says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Look, I am laying<n id="1" /> a stone in Zion,p> <p class="poetry">an approved<n id="2" /> stone,p> <p class="poetry">set in place as a precious cornerstone for the foundation.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">The one who maintains his faith will not panic.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Therefore I will again do an amazing thing for these people &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">an absolutely extraordinary deed.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Wise men will have nothing to say,p> <p class="poetry">the sages will have no explanations.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For this reason this is what the Holy One of Israel says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;You have rejected this message;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you trust instead in your ability to oppress and trick,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and rely on that kind of behavior.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">So this sin will become your downfall.p> <p class="poetry">You will be like a high wallp> <p class="poetry">that bulges and cracks and is ready to collapse;p> <p class="poetry">it crumbles suddenly, in a flash.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Instead of shame, you will get a double portion;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">instead of humiliation, they will rejoice over the land they receive.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Yes,<n id="3" /> they will possess a double portion in their landp> <p class="poetry">and experience lasting joy.p>

<p class="poetry">Therefore, as flaming fire<n id="1" /> devours straw,p> <p class="poetry">and dry grass disintegrates in the flames,p> <p class="poetry">so their root will rot,p> <p class="poetry">and their flower will blow away like dust.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For they have rejected the law of the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies,p> <p class="poetry">they have spurned the commands<n id="3" /> of the Holy One of Israel.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="bodytext">So<n id="1" /> here is what the sovereign master, the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies, says: &#8220;My people who live in Zion, do not be afraid of Assyria, even though they beat you with a club and lift their cudgel against you as Egypt did.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">So in this way Jacob&#8217;s sin will be forgiven,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and this is how they will show they are finished sinning:<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They will make all the stones of the altars<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">like crushed limestone,p> <p class="poetry">and the Asherah poles and the incense altars will no longer stand.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">So this is what the <sc>Lordsc>, the one who delivered Abraham, says to the family of Jacob:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Jacob will no longer be ashamed;p> <p class="poetry">their faces will no longer show their embarrassment.<n id="2" />p>