<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">The splendor of Lebanon will come to you,p> <p class="poetry">its evergreens, firs, and cypresses together,p> <p class="poetry">to beautify my palace;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will bestow honor on my throne room.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;As for those who consecrate and ritually purify themselves so they can follow their leader and worship in the sacred orchards,<n id="1" /> those who eat the flesh of pigs and other disgusting creatures, like mice<n id="2" /> &#8211; they will all be destroyed together,&#8221;<n id="3" /> says the <sc>Lordsc>.

<p class="poetry">Manasseh fought against<n id="1" /> Ephraim,p> <p class="poetry">and Ephraim against Manasseh;p> <p class="poetry">together they fought against Judah.p> <p class="poetry">Despite all this, his anger does not subside,p> <p class="poetry">and his hand is ready to strike again.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Tell me! Present the evidence!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Let them consult with one another!p> <p class="poetry">Who predicted this in the past?p> <p class="poetry">Who announced it beforehand?p> <p class="poetry">Was it not I, the <sc>Lordsc>?p> <p class="poetry">I have no peer, there is no God but me,p> <p class="poetry">a God who vindicates and delivers;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">there is none but me.p>

<p class="poetry">for your sins and your ancestors&#8217; sins,&#8221;<n id="1" /> says the <sc>Lordsc>.p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Because they burned incense on the mountainsp> <p class="poetry">and offended<n id="2" /> me on the hills,p> <p class="poetry">I will punish them in full measure.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>