<p class="poetry">Shout for joy, Daughter Zion!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Shout out, Israel!p> <p class="poetry">Be happy and boast with all your heart, Daughter Jerusalem!p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> has removed the judgment against you;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he has turned back your enemy.p> <p class="poetry">Israel&#8217;s king, the <sc>Lordsc>, is in your midst!p> <p class="poetry">You no longer need to fear disaster.p>

<p class="poetry">Therefore, as surely as I live,&#8221; says the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies, the God of Israel,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;be certain that Moab will become like Sodomp> <p class="poetry">and the Ammonites like Gomorrah.p> <p class="poetry">They will be overrun by weeds,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">filled with salt pits,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and permanently desolate.p> <p class="poetry">Those of my people who are left<n id="3" /> will plunder their belongings;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">those who are left in Judah<n id="5" /> will take possession of their land.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">The Israelites who remain<n id="1" /> will not act deceitfully.p> <p class="poetry">They will not lie,p> <p class="poetry">and a deceitful tongue will not be found in their mouth.p> <p class="poetry">Indeed, they will graze peacefully like sheep<n id="2" /> and lie down;p> <p class="poetry">no one will terrify them.&#8221;p>