<p class="poetry">when you deliver<n id="1" /> my life from death.p> <p class="poetry">You keep my feet from stumbling,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">so that I might serve<n id="3" /> God as I enjoy life.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">From the soles of your feet to your head,p> <p class="poetry">there is no spot that is unharmed.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">There are only bruises, cuts,p> <p class="poetry">and open wounds.p> <p class="poetry">They have not been cleansed<n id="2" /> or bandaged,p> <p class="poetry">nor have they been treated<n id="3" /> with olive oil.<n id="4" />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>

Seraphs<n id="1" /> stood over him; each one had six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet,<n id="2" /> and they used the remaining two to fly.

At that time<n id="1" /> the sovereign master will use a razor hired from the banks of the Euphrates River,<n id="2" /> the king of Assyria, to shave the head and the pubic hair;<n id="3" /> it will also shave off the beard.

<p class="poetry">Who stirs up this one from the east?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Who<n id="2" /> officially commissions him for service?<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">He hands nations over to him,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and enables him to subdue<n id="5" /> kings.p> <p class="poetry">He makes them like dust with his sword,p> <p class="poetry">like windblown straw with his bow.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">How delightful it is to see approaching over the mountains<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the feet of a messenger who announces peace,p> <p class="poetry">a messenger who brings good news, who announces deliverance,p> <p class="poetry">who says to Zion, &#8220;Your God reigns!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They are eager to do evil,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">quick to shed innocent blood.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Their thoughts are sinful;p> <p class="poetry">they crush and destroy.<n id="3" />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="poetry">The children of your oppressors will come bowing to you;p> <p class="poetry">all who treated you with disrespect will bow down at your feet.p> <p class="poetry">They will call you, &#8216;The City of the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">Zion of the Holy One of Israel.&#8217;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;The heavens are my thronep> <p class="poetry">and the earth is my footstool.p> <p class="poetry">Where then is the house you will build for me?p> <p class="poetry">Where is the place where I will rest?p>

<p class="poetry">Do not chase after other gods until your shoes wear outp> <p class="poetry">and your throats become dry.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">But you say, &#8216;It is useless for you to try and stop mep> <p class="poetry">because I love those foreign gods<n id="2" /> and want to pursue them!&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">Show the <sc>Lordsc> your God the respect that is due him.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Do it before he brings the darkness of disaster.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Do it before you stumble<n id="3" /> into distressp> <p class="poetry">like a traveler on the mountains at twilight.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Do it before he turns the light of deliverance you hope forp> <p class="poetry">into the darkness and gloom of exile.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Let cries of terror be heard in their housesp> <p class="poetry">when you send bands of raiders unexpectedly to plunder them.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">For they have virtually dug a pit to capture mep> <p class="poetry">and have hidden traps for me to step into.p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1502; (<i>Memi>)p> <p class="poetry">He sent down fire<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">into my bones, and it overcame<n id="2" /> them.p> <p class="poetry">He spread out a trapper&#8217;s net<n id="3" /> for my feet;p> <p class="poetry">he made me turn back.p> <p class="poetry">He has made me desolate;p> <p class="poetry">I am faint all day long.p>

<t /><p class="lamhebrew">&#1488; (<i>Alefi>)p> <p class="poetry">Alas!<n id="1" /> The Lord<n id="2" /> has coveredp> <p class="poetry">Daughter Zion<n id="3" /> with his anger.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">He has thrown down the splendor of Israelp> <p class="poetry">from heaven to earth;p> <p class="poetry">he did not protect<n id="5" /> his temple<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">when he displayed his anger.<n id="7" />p>

As he spoke to me,<n id="1" /> a wind<n id="2" /> came into me and stood me on my feet, and I heard the one speaking to me.p>

<p class="bodytext">Then a wind<n id="1" /> came into me and stood me on my feet. The <sc>Lordsc><n id="2" /> spoke to me and said, &#8220;Go shut yourself in your house.

At the head of every street you erected your pavilion and you disgraced<n id="1" /> your beauty when you spread<n id="2" /> your legs to every passerby and multiplied your promiscuity.

Your turbans will be on your heads and your sandals on your feet; you will not mourn or weep, but you will rot<n id="1" /> for your iniquities<n id="2" /> and groan among yourselves.