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)

⁶ For to us a child is born,^(A)
    to us a son is given,^(B)
    and the government^(C) will be on his shoulders.^(D)
And he will be called
    Wonderful Counselor,^(E) Mighty God,^(F)
    Everlasting^(G) Father,^(H) Prince of Peace.^(I)
7 Of the greatness of his government^(J) and peace^(K)
    there will be no end.^(L)
He will reign^(M) on David’s throne
    and over his kingdom,
establishing and upholding it
    with justice^(N) and righteousness^(O)
    from that time on and forever.^(P)
The zeal^(Q) of the Lord Almighty
    will accomplish this.

“As a lion^(A) growls,
    a great lion over its prey—
and though a whole band of shepherds^(B)
    is called together against it,
it is not frightened by their shouts
    or disturbed by their clamor^(C)—
so the Lord Almighty will come down^(D)
    to do battle on Mount Zion and on its heights.
⁵ Like birds hovering^(E) overhead,
    the Lord Almighty will shield^(F) Jerusalem;
he will shield it and deliver^(G) it,
    he will ‘pass over’^(H) it and will rescue it.”

⁸ “Assyria^(N) will fall by no human sword;
    a sword, not of mortals, will devour^(O) them.
They will flee before the sword
    and their young men will be put to forced labor.^(P)
9 Their stronghold^(Q) will fall because of terror;
    at the sight of the battle standard^(R) their commanders will panic,^(S)”
declares the Lord,
    whose fire^(T) is in Zion,
    whose furnace^(U) is in Jerusalem.

⁷ How beautiful on the mountains^(A)
    are the feet of those who bring good news,^(B)
who proclaim peace,^(C)
    who bring good tidings,
    who proclaim salvation,
who say to Zion,
    “Your God reigns!”^(D)

¹² For the nation or kingdom that will not serve^(A) you will perish;
    it will be utterly ruined.^(B)

¹³ “The glory of Lebanon^(C) will come to you,
    the juniper, the fir and the cypress together,^(D)
to adorn my sanctuary;^(E)
    and I will glorify the place for my feet.^(F)
14 The children of your oppressors^(G) will come bowing before you;
    all who despise you will bow down^(H) at your feet
and will call you the City^(I) of the Lord,
    Zion^(J) of the Holy One^(K) of Israel.

¹⁵ See, the Lord is coming with fire,^(A)
    and his chariots^(B) are like a whirlwind;^(C)
he will bring down his anger with fury,
    and his rebuke^(D) with flames of fire.
¹⁶ For with fire^(E) and with his sword^(F)
    the Lord will execute judgment^(G) on all people,
    and many will be those slain^(H) by the Lord.