<p class="poetry">I will speak,<n id="1" /> so that I may find relief;p> <p class="poetry">I will open my lips, so that I may answer.p>

<p class="poetry">But<n id="1" /> no stranger had to spend the night outside,p> <p class="poetry">for I opened my doors to the traveler<n id="2" /> &#8211;p>

<p class="poetry">I am silent and cannot open my mouthp> <p class="poetry">because of what you have done.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will learn a song that imparts wisdom;p> <p class="poetry">I will then sing my insightful song to the accompaniment of a harp.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will make streams flow down the slopesp> <p class="poetry">and produce springs in the middle of the valleys.p> <p class="poetry">I will turn the desert into a pool of waterp> <p class="poetry">and the arid land into springs.p>

<p class="poetry">This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says to his chosen<n id="1" /> one,p> <p class="poetry">to Cyrus, whose right hand I hold<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">in order to subdue nations before him,p> <p class="poetry">and disarm kings,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">to open doors before him,p> <p class="poetry">so gates remain unclosed:p>

But when I speak with you, I will loosen your tongue<n id="1" /> and you must say to them, &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says.&#8217; Those who listen will listen, but the indifferent will refuse,<n id="2" /> for they are a rebellious house.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Bring the entire tithe into the storehouse<n id="1" /> so that there may be food in my temple. Test me in this matter,&#8221; says the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all, &#8220;to see if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until there is no room for it all.