At that time there will be an altar for the <sc>Lordsc> in the middle of the land of Egypt, as well as a sacred pillar<n id="1" /> dedicated to the <sc>Lordsc> at its border.

<p class="poetry">Let them give the <sc>Lordsc> the honor he deserves;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">let them praise his deeds in the coastlands.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">One will say, &#8216;I belong to the <sc>Lordsc>,&#8217;p> <p class="poetry">and another will use<n id="1" /> the name &#8216;Jacob.&#8217;p> <p class="poetry">One will write on his hand, &#8216;The <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s,&#8217;p> <p class="poetry">and use the name &#8216;Israel.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will wait patiently for the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">who has rejected the family of Jacob;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will wait for him.p>

<p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> has planned a day of revenge,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">a time when he will repay Edom for her hostility toward Zion.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed, the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies has planned a day of judgment,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for<n id="2" /> all the high and mighty,p> <p class="poetry">for all who are proud &#8211; they will be humiliated;p>

<p class="poetry">Sing to the <sc>Lordsc> a brand new song!p> <p class="poetry">Praise him<n id="1" /> from the horizon of the earth,p> <p class="poetry">you who go down to the sea, and everything that lives in it,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">you coastlands<n id="3" /> and those who live there!p>

<p class="poetry">to announce the year when the <sc>Lordsc> will show his favor,p> <p class="poetry">the day when our God will seek vengeance,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">to console all who mourn,p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s sword is dripping with blood,p> <p class="poetry">it is covered<n id="1" /> with fat;p> <p class="poetry">it drips<n id="2" /> with the blood of young rams and goatsp> <p class="poetry">and is covered<n id="3" /> with the fat of rams&#8217; kidneys.p> <p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> is holding a sacrifice<n id="4" /> in Bozrah,<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">a bloody<n id="6" /> slaughter in the land of Edom.p>

<p class="poetry">At that time<n id="1" /> you will say:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">Ask him for help!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Publicize his mighty acts among the nations!p> <p class="poetry">Make it known that he is unique!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">At that time five cities<n id="1" /> in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies. One will be called the City of the Sun.<n id="2" />

It<n id="1" /> will become a visual reminder in the land of Egypt of<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies. When they cry out to the <sc>Lordsc> because of oppressors, he will send them a deliverer and defender<n id="3" /> who will rescue them.

The <sc>Lordsc> will reveal himself to the Egyptians, and they<n id="1" /> will acknowledge the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s authority<n id="2" /> at that time.<n id="3" /> They will present sacrifices and offerings; they will make vows to the <sc>Lordsc> and fulfill them.

At that time<n id="1" /> a large<n id="2" /> trumpet will be blown, and the ones lost<n id="3" /> in the land of Assyria will come, as well as the refugees in<n id="4" /> the land of Egypt. They will worship the <sc>Lordsc> on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> is angry at all the nationsp> <p class="poetry">and furious with all their armies.p> <p class="poetry">He will annihilate them and slaughter them.p>

<p class="poetry">Evergreens will grow in place of thorn bushes,p> <p class="poetry">firs will grow in place of nettles;p> <p class="poetry">they will be a monument to the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">a permanent reminder that will remain.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">At that timep> <p class="poetry">tribute will be brought to the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies,p> <p class="poetry">by a people that are tall and smooth-skinned,p> <p class="poetry">a people that are feared far and wide,p> <p class="poetry">a nation strong and victorious,p> <p class="poetry">whose land rivers divide.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The tribute<n id="2" /> will be brought to the place where the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies has chosen to reside, on Mount Zion.<n id="3" />p>

Her profits and earnings will be set apart for the <sc>Lordsc>. They will not be stored up or accumulated, for her profits will be given to those who live in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s presence and will be used to purchase large quantities of food and beautiful clothes.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Is this really the kind of fasting I want?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Do I want a day when people merely humble themselves,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">bowing their heads like a reedp> <p class="poetry">and stretching out<n id="3" /> on sackcloth and ashes?p> <p class="poetry">Is this really what you call a fast,p> <p class="poetry">a day that is pleasing to the <sc>Lordsc>?p>

They will bring back all your countrymen<n id="1" /> from all the nations as an offering to the <sc>Lordsc>. They will bring them<n id="2" /> on horses, in chariots, in wagons, on mules, and on camels<n id="3" /> to my holy hill Jerusalem,&#8221; says the <sc>Lordsc>, &#8220;just as the Israelites bring offerings to the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple in ritually pure containers.