<p class="poetry">Jerusalem certainly stumbles,p> <p class="poetry">Judah falls,p> <p class="poetry">for their words and their actions offend the <sc>Lordsc>;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they rebel against his royal authority.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">At that time<n id="1" /> the sovereign master<n id="2" /> will wash the excrement<n id="3" /> from Zion&#8217;s women,p> <p class="poetry">he will rinse the bloodstains from Jerusalem&#8217;s midst,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">as he comes to judgep> <p class="poetry">and to bring devastation.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">He will become a sanctuary,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but a stone that makes a person trip,p> <p class="poetry">and a rock that makes one stumble &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">to the two houses of Israel.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">He will become<n id="3" /> a trap and a snarep> <p class="poetry">to the residents of Jerusalem.<n id="4" />p>

I will put your robe on him, tie your belt around him, and transfer your authority to him.<n id="1" /> He will become a protector of<n id="2" /> the residents of Jerusalem and of the people<n id="3" /> of Judah.

<p class="poetry">The full moon will be covered up,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the bright sun<n id="2" /> will be darkened;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">for the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies will rule<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">on Mount Zion in Jerusalem<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">in the presence of his assembly, in majestic splendor.<n id="6" />p>

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 people will live in Zion;p> <p class="poetry">in Jerusalem<n id="1" /> you will weep no more.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">When he hears your cry of despair, he will indeed show you mercy;p> <p class="poetry">when he hears it, he will respond to you.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">They will surrender their stronghold<n id="1" /> because of fear;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">their officers will be afraid of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s battle flag.&#8221;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">the one whose fire is in Zion,p> <p class="poetry">whose firepot is in Jerusalem.<n id="4" />p>

Who among all the gods of these lands have rescued their lands from my power? So how can the <sc>Lordsc> rescue Jerusalem from my power?&#8217;&#8221;<n id="1" />

this is what the <sc>Lordsc> says about him:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;The virgin daughter Zion<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">despises you &#8211; she makes fun of you;p> <p class="poetry">daughter Jerusalemp> <p class="poetry">shakes her head after you.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">who fulfills the oracles of his prophetic servants<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and brings to pass the announcements<n id="2" /> of his messengers,p> <p class="poetry">who says about Jerusalem,<n id="3" /> &#8216;She will be inhabited,&#8217;p> <p class="poetry">and about the towns of Judah, &#8216;They will be rebuilt,p> <p class="poetry">her ruins I will raise up,&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">Wake up! Wake up!p> <p class="poetry">Get up, O Jerusalem!p> <p class="poetry">You drank from the cup the <sc>Lordsc> passed to you,p> <p class="poetry">which was full of his anger!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You drained dryp> <p class="poetry">the goblet full of intoxicating wine.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;For the sake of Zion I will not be silent;p> <p class="poetry">for the sake of Jerusalem<n id="1" /> I will not be quiet,p> <p class="poetry">until her vindication shines brightly<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and her deliverance burns like a torch.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">I<n id="1" /> post watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem;p> <p class="poetry">they should keep praying all day and all night.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">You who pray to<n id="3" /> the <sc>Lordsc>, don&#8217;t be silent!p>

<p class="poetry">But be happy and rejoice forevermorep> <p class="poetry">over what I am about to create!p> <p class="poetry">For look, I am ready to create Jerusalem<n id="1" /> to be a source of joy,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and her people to be a source of happiness.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Be happy for Jerusalemp> <p class="poetry">and rejoice with her, all you who love her!p> <p class="poetry">Share in her great joy,p> <p class="poetry">all you who have mourned over her!p>

<p class="poetry">many peoples will come and say,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Come, let us go up to the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s mountain,p> <p class="poetry">to the temple of the God of Jacob,p> <p class="poetry">so<n id="1" /> he can teach us his requirements,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and<n id="3" /> we can follow his standards.&#8221;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">For Zion will be the center for moral instruction;<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> will issue edicts from Jerusalem.<n id="6" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">During<n id="1" /> the reign of Ahaz son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel marched up to Jerusalem<n id="2" /> to do battle, but they were unable to prevail against it.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">But when<n id="1" /> the sovereign master<n id="2" /> finishes judging<n id="3" /> Mount Zion and Jerusalem, then I<n id="4" /> will punish the king of Assyria for what he has proudly planned and for the arrogant attitude he displays.<n id="5" />

<p class="poetry">Look at Zion, the city where we hold religious festivals!p> <p class="poetry">You<n id="1" /> will see Jerusalem,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">a peaceful settlement,p> <p class="poetry">a tent that stays put;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">its stakes will never be pulled up;p> <p class="poetry">none of its ropes will snap in two.p>