<p class="poetry">Those who make clothes from combed flax will be embarrassed;p> <p class="poetry">those who weave will turn pale.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look, all his associates<n id="1" /> will be put to shame;p> <p class="poetry">the craftsmen are mere humans.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Let them all assemble and take their stand!p> <p class="poetry">They will panic and be put to shame.p>

Those who put their hope in Cush and took pride in Egypt will be afraid and embarrassed.<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">Indeed, they<n id="1" /> will be ashamed of the sacred treesp> <p class="poetry">you<n id="2" /> find so desirable;p> <p class="poetry">you will be embarrassed because of the sacred orchards<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">where you choose to worship.p>

<p class="poetry">Look, all who were angry at you will be ashamed and humiliated;p> <p class="poetry">your adversaries<n id="1" /> will be reduced to nothing<n id="2" /> and perish.p>

<p class="poetry">Those who trust in idolsp> <p class="poetry">will turn back and be utterly humiliated,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">those who say to metal images, &#8216;You are our gods.&#8217;&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">They will all be ashamed and embarrassed;p> <p class="poetry">those who fashion idols will all be humiliated.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Israel will be delivered once and for all by the <sc>Lordsc>;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you will never again be ashamed or humiliated.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">they will say about me,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Yes, the <sc>Lordsc> is a powerful deliverer.&#8221;&#8217;&#8221;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">All who are angry at him will cower before him.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Be ashamed, O Sidon,p> <p class="poetry">for the sea<n id="1" /> says this, O fortress of the sea:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I have not gone into laborp> <p class="poetry">or given birth;p> <p class="poetry">I have not raised young menp> <p class="poetry">or brought up young women.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The full moon will be covered up,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the bright sun<n id="2" /> will be darkened;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">for the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies will rule<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">on Mount Zion in Jerusalem<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">in the presence of his assembly, in majestic splendor.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, you are ready to act,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but they don&#8217;t even notice.p> <p class="poetry">They will see and be put to shame by your angry judgment against humankind,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">yes, fire will consume your enemies.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Their residents are powerless;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they are terrified and ashamed.p> <p class="poetry">They are as short-lived as plants in the fieldp> <p class="poetry">or green vegetation.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They are as short-lived as grass on the rooftops<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">when it is scorched by the east wind.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">All who form idols are nothing;p> <p class="poetry">the things in which they delight are worthless.p> <p class="poetry">Their witnesses cannot see;p> <p class="poetry">they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame.p>

<p class="poetry">But the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> helps me,p> <p class="poetry">so I am not humiliated.p> <p class="poetry">For that reason I am steadfastly resolved;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I know I will not be put to shame.p>

<p class="poetry">Hear the word of the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">you who respect what he has to say!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Your countrymen,<n id="2" /> who hate youp> <p class="poetry">and exclude you, supposedly for the sake of my name,p> <p class="poetry">say, &#8220;May the <sc>Lordsc> be glorified,p> <p class="poetry">then we will witness your joy.&#8221;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">But they will be put to shame.p>

<p class="poetry">So this is what the <sc>Lordsc>, the one who delivered Abraham, says to the family of Jacob:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Jacob will no longer be ashamed;p> <p class="poetry">their faces will no longer show their embarrassment.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Kings will be your children&#8217;s<n id="1" /> guardians;p> <p class="poetry">their princesses will nurse your children.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">With their faces to the ground they will bow down to youp> <p class="poetry">and they will lick the dirt on<n id="3" /> your feet.p> <p class="poetry">Then you will recognize that I am the <sc>Lordsc>;p> <p class="poetry">those who wait patiently for me are not put to shame.p>

<p class="poetry">Don&#8217;t be afraid, for you will not be put to shame!p> <p class="poetry">Don&#8217;t be intimidated,<n id="1" /> for you will not be humiliated!p> <p class="poetry">You will forget about the shame you experienced in your youth;p> <p class="poetry">you will no longer remember the disgrace of your abandonment.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">So this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Look, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry!p> <p class="poetry">Look, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty!p> <p class="poetry">Look, my servants will rejoice, but you will be humiliated!p>