<p class="poetry">No weapon forged to be used against you will succeed;p> <p class="poetry">you will refute everyone who tries to accuse you.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">This is what the <sc>Lordsc> will do for his servants &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">I will vindicate them,&#8221;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">says the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="poetry">My hand made them;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">that is how they came to be,&#8221;<n id="2" /> says the <sc>Lordsc>.p> <p class="poetry">I show special favor<n id="3" /> to the humble and contrite,p> <p class="poetry">who respect what I have to say.<n id="4" />p>

They will bring back all your countrymen<n id="1" /> from all the nations as an offering to the <sc>Lordsc>. They will bring them<n id="2" /> on horses, in chariots, in wagons, on mules, and on camels<n id="3" /> to my holy hill Jerusalem,&#8221; says the <sc>Lordsc>, &#8220;just as the Israelites bring offerings to the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple in ritually pure containers.

<p class="poetry">Your officials are rebels,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they associate with<n id="2" /> thieves.p> <p class="poetry">All of them love bribery,p> <p class="poetry">and look for<n id="3" /> payoffs.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">They do not take up the cause of the orphan,<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">or defend the rights of the widow.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">In the future<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the mountain of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple will endure<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">as the most important of mountains,p> <p class="poetry">and will be the most prominent of hills.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">All the nations will stream to it,p>

They called out to one another, &#8220;Holy, holy, holy<n id="1" /> is the Lord who commands armies!<n id="2" /> His majestic splendor fills the entire earth!&#8221;

From the abundance of milk they produce,<n id="1" /> he will have sour milk for his meals. Indeed, everyone left in the heart of the land will eat sour milk and honey.

At that time<n id="1" /> every place where there had been a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels will be overrun<n id="2" /> with thorns and briers.

They will stay away from all the hills that were cultivated, for fear of the thorns and briers.<n id="1" /> Cattle will graze there and sheep will trample on them.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Do not say, &#8216;Conspiracy,&#8217; every time these people say the word.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Don&#8217;t be afraid of what scares them; don&#8217;t be terrified.p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed every boot that marches and shakes the earth<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and every garment dragged through bloodp> <p class="poetry">is used as fuel for the fire.p>

<p class="poetry">You will have no place to go, except to kneel with the prisoners,p> <p class="poetry">or to fall among those who have been killed.<n id="1" />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">They will no longer injure or destroyp> <p class="poetry">on my entire royal mountain.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">For there will be universal submission to the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s sovereignty,p> <p class="poetry">just as the waters completely cover the sea.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Don&#8217;t be so happy, all you Philistines,p> <p class="poetry">just because the club that beat you has been broken!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">For a viper will grow out of the serpent&#8217;s root,p> <p class="poetry">and its fruit will be a darting adder.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Wail, O city gate!p> <p class="poetry">Cry out, O city!p> <p class="poetry">Melt with fear,<n id="1" /> all you Philistines!p> <p class="poetry">For out of the north comes a cloud of smoke,p> <p class="poetry">and there are no stragglers in its ranks.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They will all be left<n id="1" /> for the birds of the hillsp> <p class="poetry">and the wild animals;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the birds will eat them during the summer,p> <p class="poetry">and all the wild animals will eat them during the winter.p>

<p class="poetry">The fishermen will mourn and lament,p> <p class="poetry">all those who cast a fishhook into the river,p> <p class="poetry">and those who spread out a net on the water&#8217;s surface will grieve.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> has made them undiscerning;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they lead Egypt astray in all she does,p> <p class="poetry">so that she is like a drunk sliding around in his own vomit.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I have received a distressing message:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;The deceiver deceives,p> <p class="poetry">the destroyer destroys.p> <p class="poetry">Attack, you Elamites!p> <p class="poetry">Lay siege, you Medes!p> <p class="poetry">I will put an end to all the groaning!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Then the guard<n id="1" /> cries out:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;On the watchtower, O sovereign master,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I stand all day long;p> <p class="poetry">at my postp> <p class="poetry">I am stationed every night.p>