<p class="poetry">Indeed,<n id="1" /> he says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Are not my officials all kings?p>

<p class="poetry">All rebellious sinners will be shattered,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">those who abandon the <sc>Lordsc> will perish.p>

<p class="poetry">The powerful will be like<n id="1" /> a thread of yarn,p> <p class="poetry">their deeds like a spark;p> <p class="poetry">both will burn together,p> <p class="poetry">and no one will put out the fire.p>

<p class="poetry">A cow and a bear will graze together,p> <p class="poetry">their young will lie down together.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">A lion, like an ox, will eat straw.p>

<n id="1" /><p class="poetry">All your leaders ran away together &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">they fled to a distant place;p> <p class="poetry">all your refugees<n id="2" /> were captured together &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">they were captured without a single arrow being shot.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The splendor<n id="1" /> of the <sc>Lordsc> will be revealed,p> <p class="poetry">and all people<n id="2" /> will see it at the same time.p> <p class="poetry">For<n id="3" /> the <sc>Lordsc> has decreed it.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Listen to me in silence, you coastlands!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Let the nations find renewed strength!p> <p class="poetry">Let them approach and then speak;p> <p class="poetry">let us come together for debate!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">the one who led chariots and horses to destruction,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">together with a mighty army.p> <p class="poetry">They fell down,<n id="2" /> never to rise again;p> <p class="poetry">they were extinguished, put out like a burning wick: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">Together they bend low and kneel down;p> <p class="poetry">they are unable to rescue the images;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they themselves<n id="2" /> head off into captivity.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Yes, my hand founded the earth;p> <p class="poetry">my right hand spread out the sky.p> <p class="poetry">I summon them;p> <p class="poetry">they stand together.p>

<p class="poetry">In unison give a joyful shout,p> <p class="poetry">O ruins of Jerusalem!p> <p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> consoles his people;p> <p class="poetry">he protects<n id="1" /> Jerusalem.p>

<p class="poetry">A wolf will reside<n id="1" /> with a lamb,p> <p class="poetry">and a leopard will lie down with a young goat;p> <p class="poetry">an ox and a young lion will graze together,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">as a small child leads them along.p>

<p class="poetry">They will swoop down<n id="1" /> on the Philistine hills to the west;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">together they will loot the people of the east.p> <p class="poetry">They will take over Edom and Moab,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and the Ammonites will be their subjects.p>

<p class="poetry">They will all be left<n id="1" /> for the birds of the hillsp> <p class="poetry">and the wild animals;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the birds will eat them during the summer,p> <p class="poetry">and all the wild animals will eat them during the winter.p>

<p class="poetry">I will make cedars, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees grow in the wilderness;p> <p class="poetry">I will make evergreens, firs, and cypresses grow together in the desert.p>

<p class="poetry">I will do this so<n id="1" /> people<n id="2" /> will observe and recognize,p> <p class="poetry">so they will pay attention and understandp> <p class="poetry">that the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s power<n id="3" /> has accomplished this,p> <p class="poetry">and that the Holy One of Israel has brought it into being.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Predict how future events will turn out,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so we might know you are gods.p> <p class="poetry">Yes, do something good or bad,p> <p class="poetry">so we might be frightened and in awe.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">All nations gather together,p> <p class="poetry">the peoples assemble.p> <p class="poetry">Who among them announced this?p> <p class="poetry">Who predicted earlier events for us?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Let them produce their witnesses to testify they were right;p> <p class="poetry">let them listen and affirm, &#8216;It is true.&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">Gather together and come!p> <p class="poetry">Approach together, you refugees from the nations!p> <p class="poetry">Those who carry wooden idols know nothing,p> <p class="poetry">those who pray to a god that cannot deliver.p>