<p class="poetry">This also comes from the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies,p> <p class="poetry">who gives supernatural guidance and imparts great wisdom.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">For these are rebellious people &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">they are lying children,p> <p class="poetry">children unwilling to obey the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s law.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Just as birds hover over a nest,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies will protect Jerusalem.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">He will protect and deliver it;p> <p class="poetry">as he passes over<n id="3" /> he will rescue it.p>

<p class="poetry"><sc>Lordsc>, be merciful to us! We wait for you.p> <p class="poetry">Give us strength each morning!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Deliver us when distress comes.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> is exalted,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">indeed,<n id="2" /> he lives in heaven;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">he fills Zion with justice and fairness.p>

<p class="poetry">He is your constant source of stability;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he abundantly provides safety and great wisdom;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he gives all this to those who fear him.<n id="3" />p>

When King Hezekiah heard this,<n id="1" /> he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple.

It is true, <sc>Lordsc>, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the nations<n id="1" /> and their lands.

<p class="poetry">&#8220;For a remnant will leave Jerusalem;p> <p class="poetry">survivors will come out of Mount Zion.p> <p class="poetry">The intense devotion of the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies<n id="1" /> will accomplish this.p>

<p class="poetry">He will go back the way he came &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">he will not enter this city,&#8217; says the <sc>Lord.sc>p>

<p class="poetry">A voice cries out,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;In the wilderness clear a way for the <sc>Lordsc>;p> <p class="poetry">construct in the desert a road for our God.p>

<p class="poetry">The grass dries up,p> <p class="poetry">the flowers wither,p> <p class="poetry">when the wind sent by the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> blows on them.p> <p class="poetry">Surely humanity<n id="2" /> is like grass.p>

<p class="poetry">For I am the <sc>Lordsc> your God,p> <p class="poetry">the one who takes hold of your right hand,p> <p class="poetry">who says to you, &#8216;Don&#8217;t be afraid, I am helping you.&#8217;p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Present your argument,&#8221; says the <sc>Lordsc>.p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Produce your evidence,&#8221;<n id="1" /> says Jacob&#8217;s king.<n id="2" />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>

<t /><p class="poetry">I am the <sc>Lordsc>! That is my name!p> <p class="poetry">I will not share my glory with anyone else,p> <p class="poetry">or the praise due me with idols.p>

<p class="poetry">This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says,p> <p class="poetry">the one who made a road through the sea,p> <p class="poetry">a pathway through the surging waters,p>

<p class="poetry">I am the <sc>Lordsc>, I have no peer,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">there is no God but me.p> <p class="poetry">I arm you for battle,<n id="2" /> even though you do not recognize<n id="3" /> me.p>

<p class="poetry">I do this<n id="1" /> so people<n id="2" /> will recognize from east to westp> <p class="poetry">that there is no God but me;p> <p class="poetry">I am the <sc>Lordsc>, I have no peer.p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed, they live in the holy city;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they trust in<n id="2" /> the God of Israel,p> <p class="poetry">whose name is the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies.p>