⁷ I form the light and create darkness,^(A)
    I bring prosperity and create disaster;^(B)
    I, the Lord, do all these things.

“Heaven is my throne,^(A)
    and the earth is my footstool.^(B)
Where is the house^(C) you will build for me?
    Where will my resting place be?
² Has not my hand made all these things,^(D)
    and so they came into being?”
declares the Lord.

“These are the ones I look on with favor:
    those who are humble and contrite in spirit,^(E)
    and who tremble at my word.^(F)
3 But whoever sacrifices a bull^(G)
    is like one who kills a person,
and whoever offers a lamb
    is like one who breaks a dog’s neck;
whoever makes a grain offering
    is like one who presents pig’s^(H) blood,
and whoever burns memorial incense^(I)
    is like one who worships an idol.
They have chosen their own ways,^(J)
    and they delight in their abominations;^(K)
4 so I also will choose harsh treatment for them
    and will bring on them what they dread.^(L)
For when I called, no one answered,^(M)
    when I spoke, no one listened.
They did evil^(N) in my sight
    and chose what displeases me.”^(O)

⁵ Hear the word of the Lord,
    you who tremble at his word:^(P)
“Your own people who hate^(Q) you,
    and exclude you because of my name, have said,
‘Let the Lord be glorified,
    that we may see your joy!’
    Yet they will be put to shame.^(R)
6 Hear that uproar from the city,
    hear that noise from the temple!
It is the sound^(S) of the Lord
    repaying^(T) his enemies all they deserve.

⁷ “Before she goes into labor,^(U)
    she gives birth;
before the pains come upon her,
    she delivers a son.^(V)
8 Who has ever heard of such things?
    Who has ever seen^(W) things like this?
Can a country be born in a day^(X)
    or a nation be brought forth in a moment?
Yet no sooner is Zion in labor
    than she gives birth to her children.^(Y)
9 Do I bring to the moment of birth^(Z)
    and not give delivery?” says the Lord.
“Do I close up the womb
    when I bring to delivery?” says your God.
¹⁰ “Rejoice^(AA) with Jerusalem and be glad for her,
    all you who love^(AB) her;
rejoice greatly with her,
    all you who mourn^(AC) over her.
¹¹ For you will nurse^(AD) and be satisfied
    at her comforting breasts;^(AE)
you will drink deeply
    and delight in her overflowing abundance.”^(AF)

“I will extend peace^(AG) to her like a river,^(AH)
    and the wealth^(AI) of nations like a flooding stream;
you will nurse and be carried^(AJ) on her arm
    and dandled on her knees.
¹³ As a mother comforts her child,^(AK)
    so will I comfort^(AL) you;
    and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.”

¹⁴ When you see this, your heart will rejoice^(AM)
    and you will flourish^(AN) like grass;
the hand^(AO) of the Lord will be made known to his servants,^(AP)
    but his fury^(AQ) will be shown to his foes.
¹⁵ See, the Lord is coming with fire,^(AR)
    and his chariots^(AS) are like a whirlwind;^(AT)
he will bring down his anger with fury,
    and his rebuke^(AU) with flames of fire.
¹⁶ For with fire^(AV) and with his sword^(AW)
    the Lord will execute judgment^(AX) on all people,
    and many will be those slain^(AY) by the Lord.

the mountain^(D) of the Lord’s temple will be established
    as the highest of the mountains;^(E)
it will be exalted^(F) above the hills,
    and all nations will stream to it.^(G)

“Come, let us go^(I) up to the mountain^(J) of the Lord,
    to the temple of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us his ways,
    so that we may walk in his paths.”
The law^(K) will go out from Zion,
    the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.^(L)
4 He will judge^(M) between the nations
    and will settle disputes^(N) for many peoples.
They will beat their swords into plowshares
    and their spears into pruning hooks.^(O)
Nation will not take up sword against nation,^(P)
    nor will they train for war anymore.

⁵ Come, descendants of Jacob,^(Q)
    let us walk in the light^(R) of the Lord.

¹⁰ Go into the rocks, hide^(AJ) in the ground
    from the fearful presence of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty!^(AK)
11 The eyes of the arrogant^(AL) will be humbled^(AM)
    and human pride^(AN) brought low;^(AO)
the Lord alone will be exalted^(AP) in that day.^(AQ)

¹² The Lord Almighty has a day^(AR) in store
    for all the proud^(AS) and lofty,^(AT)
for all that is exalted^(AU)
    (and they will be humbled),^(AV)
13 for all the cedars of Lebanon,^(AW) tall and lofty,^(AX)
    and all the oaks of Bashan,^(AY)
14 for all the towering mountains
    and all the high hills,^(AZ)
15 for every lofty tower^(BA)
    and every fortified wall,^(BB)
16 for every trading ship^[b](BC)
    and every stately vessel.
¹⁷ The arrogance of man will be brought low^(BD)
    and human pride humbled;^(BE)
the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,^(BF)
18     and the idols^(BG) will totally disappear.^(BH)

¹⁹ People will flee to caves^(BI) in the rocks
    and to holes in the ground^(BJ)
from the fearful presence^(BK) of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,^(BL)
    when he rises to shake the earth.^(BM)
20 In that day^(BN) people will throw away
    to the moles and bats^(BO)
their idols of silver and idols of gold,^(BP)
    which they made to worship.^(BQ)
21 They will flee to caverns in the rocks^(BR)
    and to the overhanging crags
from the fearful presence of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,^(BS)
    when he rises^(BT) to shake the earth.^(BU)

²² Stop trusting in mere humans,^(BV)
    who have but a breath^(BW) in their nostrils.
    Why hold them in esteem?^(BX)

¹¹ “You are worthy, our Lord and God,
    to receive glory and honor and power,^(A)
for you created all things,
    and by your will they were created
    and have their being.”^(B)