<p class="lamhebrew">&#1489; (<i>Beti>)p> <p class="poetry">The precious sons of Zionp> <p class="poetry">were worth their weight in gold &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">Alas! &#8211; but now they are treated like<n id="1" /> broken clay pots,p> <p class="poetry">made by a potter.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1499; (<i>Kafi>)p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> fully vented<n id="1" /> his wrath;p> <p class="poetry">he poured out his fierce anger.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">He started a fire in Zion;p> <p class="poetry">it consumed her foundations.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">But on Mount Zion there will be a remnant of those who escape,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and it will be a holy place once again.p> <p class="poetry">The descendants<n id="2" /> of Jacob will conquer<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">those who had conquered them.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Those who have been delivered<n id="1" /> will go up on Mount Zionp> <p class="poetry">in order to rule over<n id="2" /> Esau&#8217;s mountain.p> <p class="bodytext">Then the <sc>Lordsc> will reign as King!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Therefore, because of you,<n id="1" /> Zion will be plowed up like<n id="2" /> a field,p> <p class="poetry">Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins,p> <p class="poetry">and the Temple Mount<n id="3" /> will become a hill overgrown with brush!<n id="4" />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>

<p class="poetry">Shout for joy, Daughter Zion!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Shout out, Israel!p> <p class="poetry">Be happy and boast with all your heart, Daughter Jerusalem!p>

<p class="poetry">On that day they will say<n id="1" /> to Jerusalem,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid, Zion!p> <p class="poetry">Your hands must not be paralyzed from panic!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Sing out and be happy, Zion my daughter!<n id="1" /> For look, I have come; I will settle in your midst,&#8221; says the <sc>Lordsc>.

&#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all says, &#8216;I am very much concerned for Zion; indeed, I am so concerned for her that my rage will fall on those who hurt her.&#8217;

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, she makes fun of you;p> <p class="poetry">Daughter Jerusalemp> <p class="poetry">shakes her head after you.<n id="3" />p>

The residents of Jebus said to David, &#8220;You cannot invade this place!&#8221; But David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).

<p class="poetry">I wish the deliverance<n id="1" /> of Israel would come from Zion!p> <p class="poetry">When the <sc>Lordsc> restores the well-being of his people,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">may Jacob rejoice,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">may Israel be happy!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">It is lofty and pleasing to look at,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">a source of joy to the whole earth.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Mount Zion resembles the peaks of Zaphon;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">it is the city of the great king.p>

<p class="poetry">I wish the deliverance<n id="1" /> of Israel would come from Zion!p> <p class="poetry">When God restores the well-being of his people,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">may Jacob rejoice,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">may Israel be happy!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">It is like the dew of Hermon,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">which flows down upon the hills of Zion.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Indeed<n id="3" /> that is where the <sc>Lordsc> has decreedp> <p class="poetry">a blessing will be available &#8211; eternal life.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Come out, O maidens of Zion,p> <p class="poetry">and gaze upon King Solomon!p> <p class="poetry">He is wearing the crown with which his mother crowned himp> <p class="poetry">on his wedding day,p> <p class="poetry">on the most joyous day of his life!<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> says,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;The women<n id="1" /> of Zion are proud.p> <p class="poetry">They walk with their heads high<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and flirt with their eyes.p> <p class="poetry">They skip along<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and the jewelry on their ankles jingles.<n id="4" />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">Look, I and the sons whom the <sc>Lordsc> has given me<n id="1" /> are reminders and object lessons<n id="2" /> in Israel, sent from the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies, who lives on Mount Zion.p>