At that time<n id="1" /> every place where there had been a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels will be overrun<n id="2" /> with thorns and briers.

<p class="poetry">Egypt will not be able to do a thing,p> <p class="poetry">head or tail, shoots and stalk.<n id="1" />p>

At that time there will be an altar for the <sc>Lordsc> in the middle of the land of Egypt, as well as a sacred pillar<n id="1" /> dedicated to the <sc>Lordsc> at its border.

At that time Israel will be the third member of the group, along with Egypt and Assyria, and will be a recipient of blessing<n id="1" /> in the earth.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">At that time<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies will become a beautiful crownp> <p class="poetry">and a splendid diadem for the remnant of his people.p>

<p class="poetry">The least of you will multiply into<n id="1" /> a thousand;p> <p class="poetry">the smallest of you will become a large nation.p> <p class="poetry">When the right time comes, I the <sc>Lordsc> will quickly do this!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">In the future<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the mountain of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple will endure<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">as the most important of mountains,p> <p class="poetry">and will be the most prominent of hills.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">All the nations will stream to it,p>

<t /><p class="poetry">At that time<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the crops given by the <sc>Lordsc> will bring admiration and honor;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the produce of the land will be a source of pride and delightp> <p class="poetry">to those who remain in Israel.<n id="3" />p>

For though your people, Israel, are as numerous as<n id="1" /> the sand on the seashore, only a remnant will come back.<n id="2" /> Destruction has been decreed;<n id="3" /> just punishment<n id="4" /> is about to engulf you.<n id="5" />

<p class="poetry">For before the harvest, when the bud has sprouted,p> <p class="poetry">and the ripening fruit appears,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he will cut off the unproductive shoots<n id="2" /> with pruning knives;p> <p class="poetry">he will prune the tendrils.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">At that time<n id="1" /> the Egyptians<n id="2" /> will be like women.<n id="3" /> They will tremble and fear because the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies brandishes his fist against them.<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">At that time<n id="1" /> Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years,<n id="2" /> the typical life span of a king.<n id="3" /> At the end of seventy years Tyre will try to attract attention again, like the prostitute in the popular song:<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">This is what will happen throughout<n id="1" /> the earth,p> <p class="poetry">among the nations.p> <p class="poetry">It will be like when they beat an olive tree,p> <p class="poetry">and just a few olives are left at the end of the harvest.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">So this sin will become your downfall.p> <p class="poetry">You will be like a high wallp> <p class="poetry">that bulges and cracks and is ready to collapse;p> <p class="poetry">it crumbles suddenly, in a flash.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">You will singp> <p class="poetry">as you do in the evening when you are celebrating a festival.p> <p class="poetry">You will be happy like one who plays a flutep> <p class="poetry">as he goes to the mountain of the <sc>Lordsc>, the Rock who shelters Israel.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">No lions will be there,p> <p class="poetry">no ferocious wild animals will be on it<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">they will not be found there.p> <p class="poetry">Those delivered from bondage will travel on it,p>

Hezekiah said to Isaiah, &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s word which you have announced is appropriate.&#8221;<n id="1" /> Then he thought,<n id="2" /> &#8220;For<n id="3" /> there will be peace and stability during my lifetime.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Your sun will no longer set;p> <p class="poetry">your moon will not disappear;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> will be your permanent source of light;p> <p class="poetry">your time<n id="2" /> of sorrow will be over.p>

<p class="poetry">A putrid stench will replace the smell of spices,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">a rope will replace a belt,p> <p class="poetry">baldness will replace braided locks of hair,p> <p class="poetry">a sackcloth garment will replace a fine robe,p> <p class="poetry">and a prisoner&#8217;s brand will replace beauty.p>

<p class="poetry">Therefore, as flaming fire<n id="1" /> devours straw,p> <p class="poetry">and dry grass disintegrates in the flames,p> <p class="poetry">so their root will rot,p> <p class="poetry">and their flower will blow away like dust.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For they have rejected the law of the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies,p> <p class="poetry">they have spurned the commands<n id="3" /> of the Holy One of Israel.<n id="4" />p>