<p class="poetry">You will see a king in his splendor;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you will see a wide land.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">A voice cries out,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;In the wilderness clear a way for the <sc>Lordsc>;p> <p class="poetry">construct in the desert a road for our God.p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed,<n id="1" /> you have made the city<n id="2" /> into a heap of rubble,p> <p class="poetry">the fortified town into a heap of ruins;p> <p class="poetry">the fortress of foreigners<n id="3" /> is no longer a city,p> <p class="poetry">it will never be rebuilt.p>

<p class="poetry">When that time comes,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">sing about a delightful vineyard!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed, a large vineyard<n id="1" /> will produce just a few gallons,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and enough seed to yield several bushels<n id="3" /> will produce less than a bushel.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Look, a king will promote fairness;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">officials will promote justice.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Can spoils be taken from a warrior,p> <p class="poetry">or captives be rescued from a conqueror?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">A crushed reed he will not break,p> <p class="poetry">a dim wick he will not extinguish;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he will faithfully make just decrees.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">A craftsman casts<n id="1" /> an idol;p> <p class="poetry">a metalsmith overlays it with goldp> <p class="poetry">and forges silver chains for it.p>

<p class="poetry">A fool will no longer be called honorable;p> <p class="poetry">a deceiver will no longer be called principled.p>

<p class="poetry">They hatch the eggs of a poisonous snakep> <p class="poetry">and spin a spider&#8217;s web.p> <p class="poetry">Whoever eats their eggs will die,p> <p class="poetry">a poisonous snake is hatched.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He built a hedge around it,<n id="1" /> removed its stones,p> <p class="poetry">and planted a vine.p> <p class="poetry">He built a tower in the middle of it,p> <p class="poetry">and constructed a winepress.p> <p class="poetry">He waited for it to produce edible grapes,p> <p class="poetry">but it produced sour ones instead.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Now go, write it<n id="1" /> down on a tablet in their presence,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">inscribe it on a scroll,p> <p class="poetry">so that it might be preserved for a future timep> <p class="poetry">as an enduring witness.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">They will be imprisoned in a pit,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">locked up in a prison,p> <p class="poetry">and after staying there for a long time,<n id="2" /> they will be punished.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">One thousand will scurry at the battle cry of one enemy soldier;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">at the battle cry of five enemy soldiers you will all run away,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">until the remaining few are as isolated<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">as a flagpole on a mountaintopp> <p class="poetry">or a signal flag on a hill.&#8221;p>

I will fasten him like a peg into a solid place;<n id="1" /> he will bring honor and respect to his father&#8217;s family.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says,p> <p class="poetry">the one who made a road through the sea,p> <p class="poetry">a pathway through the surging waters,p>

<p class="poetry">For a short time your special<n id="1" /> nation possessed a land,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but then our adversaries knocked down<n id="3" /> your holy sanctuary.p>

<p class="poetry">Then the <sc>Lordsc> will createp> <p class="poetry">over all of Mount Zion<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and over its convocationsp> <p class="poetry">a cloud and smoke by dayp> <p class="poetry">and a bright flame of fire by night;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">indeed a canopy will accompany the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s glorious presence.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The earth will stagger around<n id="1" /> like a drunk;p> <p class="poetry">it will sway back and forth like a hut in a windstorm.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Its sin will weigh it down,p> <p class="poetry">and it will fall and never get up again.p>