<p class="poetry">I will do this so<n id="1" /> people<n id="2" /> will observe and recognize,p> <p class="poetry">so they will pay attention and understandp> <p class="poetry">that the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s power<n id="3" /> has accomplished this,p> <p class="poetry">and that the Holy One of Israel has brought it into being.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">All who form idols are nothing;p> <p class="poetry">the things in which they delight are worthless.p> <p class="poetry">Their witnesses cannot see;p> <p class="poetry">they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame.p>

<p class="poetry">Listen,<n id="1" /> your watchmen shout;p> <p class="poetry">in unison they shout for joy,p> <p class="poetry">for they see with their very own eyes<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s return to Zion.p>

<p class="poetry">Let it richly bloom;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">let it rejoice and shout with delight!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">It is given the grandeur<n id="3" /> of Lebanon,p> <p class="poetry">the splendor of Carmel and Sharon.p> <p class="poetry">They will see the grandeur of the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">the splendor of our God.p>

<p class="poetry">This is what the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">the protector<n id="1" /> of Israel, their Holy One,<n id="2" /> saysp> <p class="poetry">to the one who is despised<n id="3" /> and rejected<n id="4" /> by nations,<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">a servant of rulers:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Kings will see and rise in respect,<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">princes will bow down,p> <p class="poetry">because of the faithful <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.&#8221;p>