²⁶ I will restore your leaders as in days of old,^(A)
    your rulers as at the beginning.
Afterward you will be called^(B)
    the City of Righteousness,^(C)
    the Faithful City.^(D)”

²⁷ Zion will be delivered with justice,
    her penitent^(E) ones with righteousness.^(F)

“Come, let us go^(B) up to the mountain^(C) 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^(D) will go out from Zion,
    the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.^(E)
4 He will judge^(F) between the nations
    and will settle disputes^(G) for many peoples.
They will beat their swords into plowshares
    and their spears into pruning hooks.^(H)
Nation will not take up sword against nation,^(I)
    nor will they train for war anymore.

“Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;^(B)
    make known among the nations^(C) what he has done,
    and proclaim that his name is exalted.^(D)
5 Sing^(E) to the Lord, for he has done glorious things;^(F)
    let this be known to all the world.
⁶ Shout aloud and sing for joy,^(G) people of Zion,
    for great^(H) is the Holy One of Israel^(I) among you.^(J)”

from a people tall and smooth-skinned,^(B)
    from a people feared^(C) far and wide,
an aggressive nation of strange speech,
    whose land is divided by rivers^(D)—

²³ The moon will be dismayed,
    the sun^(A) ashamed;
for the Lord Almighty will reign^(B)
    on Mount Zion^(C) and in Jerusalem,
    and before its elders—with great glory.^(D)

“See, I lay a stone in Zion,^(A) a tested stone,^(B)
    a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation;^(C)
the one who relies on it
    will never be stricken with panic.^(D)