<p class="poetry">The nations will respect the reputation of the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and all the kings of the earth will respect<n id="2" /> his splendor,p>

<p class="poetry">It<n id="1" /> furiously struck down nationsp> <p class="poetry">with unceasing blows.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">It angrily ruled over nations,p> <p class="poetry">oppressing them without restraint.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look how you have fallen from the sky,p> <p class="poetry">O shining one, son of the dawn!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You have been cut down to the ground,p> <p class="poetry">O conqueror<n id="2" /> of the nations!<n id="3" />p>

the deep waters!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Grain from the Shihor region,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">crops grown near the Nile<n id="3" /> she receives;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">she is the trade center<n id="5" /> of the nations.p>

<p class="poetry">So a strong nation will extol you;p> <p class="poetry">the towns of<n id="1" /> powerful nations will fear you.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Come near, you nations, and listen!p> <p class="poetry">Pay attention, you people!p> <p class="poetry">The earth and everything it contains must listen,p> <p class="poetry">the world and everything that lives in it.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look, the nations are like a drop in a bucket;p> <p class="poetry">they are regarded as dust on the scales.p> <p class="poetry">He lifts<n id="1" /> the coastlands<n id="2" /> as if they were dust.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;I, the <sc>Lordsc>, officially commission you;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I take hold of your hand.p> <p class="poetry">I protect you<n id="2" /> and make you a covenant mediator for people,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and a light<n id="4" /> to the nations,<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">For you will spread out to the right and to the left;p> <p class="poetry">your children will conquer<n id="1" /> nationsp> <p class="poetry">and will resettle desolate cities.p>

<p class="poetry">You must be truthful, honest and uprightp> <p class="poetry">when you take an oath saying, &#8216;As surely as the <sc>Lordsc> lives!&#8217;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">If you do,<n id="2" /> the nations will pray to be as blessed by him as you arep> <p class="poetry">and will make him the object of their boasting.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">But Babylonia will be put to great shame.p> <p class="poetry">The land where you were born<n id="1" /> will be disgraced.p> <p class="poetry">Indeed,<n id="2" /> Babylonia will become the least important of all nations.p> <p class="poetry">It will become a dry and barren desert.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Babylon,<n id="1" /> you are my war club,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">my weapon for battle.p> <p class="poetry">I used you to smash nations.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I used you to destroy kingdoms.p>

I will bring the most wicked of the nations and they will take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the arrogance of the strong, and their sanctuaries<n id="1" /> will be desecrated.

<p class="poetry">The nations heard about him; he was trapped in their pit.p> <p class="poetry">They brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The nations &#8211; the surrounding regions &#8211; attacked him.p> <p class="poetry">They threw their net over him; he was caught in their pit.p>

I will do these things to you<n id="1" /> because you engaged in prostitution with the nations, polluting yourself with their idols.

<p class="poetry">For the day is near,p> <p class="poetry">the day of the <sc>Lordsc> is near;p> <p class="poetry">it will be a day of storm clouds,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">it will be a time of judgment<n id="2" /> for the nations.p>

I gave it over to the leader of the nations. He has judged it thoroughly,<n id="1" /> as its sinfulness deserves. I have thrown it out.

I will exalt and magnify myself; I will reveal myself before many nations. Then they will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">Many nations have now assembled against you.p> <p class="poetry">They say, &#8220;Jerusalem must be desecrated,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so we can gloat over Zion!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>