<p class="poetry">Those who see you stare at you,p> <p class="poetry">they look at you carefully, thinking:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Is this the man who shook the earth,p> <p class="poetry">the one who made kingdoms tremble?p>

<p class="poetry">All of them respond to you, saying:p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;You too have become weak like us!p> <p class="poetry">You have become just like us!p>

<p class="poetry">You will be reestablished when I vindicate you.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You will not experience oppression;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">indeed, you will not be afraid.p> <p class="poetry">You will not be terrified,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">for nothing frightening<n id="4" /> will come near you.p>

<p class="poetry">Look, you will summon nations<n id="1" /> you did not previously know;p> <p class="poetry">nations<n id="2" /> that did not previously know you will run to you,p> <p class="poetry">because of the <sc>Lordsc> your God,p> <p class="poetry">the Holy One of Israel,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">for he bestows honor on you.p>

<p class="poetry">Your gates will remain open at all times;p> <p class="poetry">they will not be shut during the day or at night,p> <p class="poetry">so that the wealth of nations may be delivered,p> <p class="poetry">with their kings leading the way.<n id="1" />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">They say, &#8216;Keep to yourself!p> <p class="poetry">Don&#8217;t get near me, for I am holier than you!&#8217;p> <p class="poetry">These people are like smoke in my nostrils,p> <p class="poetry">like a fire that keeps burning all day long.p>

Isaiah the prophet visited King Hezekiah and asked him, &#8220;What did these men say? Where do they come from?&#8221; Hezekiah replied, &#8220;They come from the distant land of Babylon.&#8221;

<t /><p class="poetry">This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;The profit<n id="1" /> of Egypt and the revenue<n id="2" /> of Ethiopia,p> <p class="poetry">along with the Sabeans, those tall men,p> <p class="poetry">will be brought to you<n id="3" /> and become yours.p> <p class="poetry">They will walk behind you, coming along in chains.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">They will bow down to youp> <p class="poetry">and pray to you:<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;Truly God is with<n id="6" /> you; he has no peer;<n id="7" />p> <p class="poetry">there is no other God!&#8217;&#8221;p>