<p class="poetry">He will take delight in obeying the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">He will not judge by mere appearances,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">or make decisions on the basis of hearsay.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">those who bear false testimony against a person,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.<n id="3" />p>

<n id="1" /><p class="poetry">Come, let&#8217;s consider your options,&#8221;<n id="2" /> says the <sc>Lordsc>.p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Though your sins have stained you like the color red,p> <p class="poetry">you can become<n id="3" /> white like snow;p> <p class="poetry">though they are as easy to see as the color scarlet,p> <p class="poetry">you can become<n id="4" /> white like wool.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">He will treat the poor fairly,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and make right decisions<n id="2" /> for the downtrodden of the earth.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and order the wicked to be executed.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">He will judge disputes between nations;p> <p class="poetry">he will settle cases for many peoples.p> <p class="poetry">They will beat their swords into plowshares,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and their spears into pruning hooks.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Nations will not take up the sword against other nations,p> <p class="poetry">and they will no longer train for war.p>

Perhaps the <sc>Lordsc> your God will hear all these things the chief adviser has spoken on behalf of his master, the king of Assyria, who sent him to taunt the living God.<n id="1" /> When the <sc>Lordsc> your God hears, perhaps he will punish him for the things he has said.<n id="2" /> So pray for this remnant that remains.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="3" />p>