² The people walking in darkness^(A)
    have seen a great light;^(B)
on those living in the land of deep darkness^(C)
    a light has dawned.^(D)
3 You have enlarged the nation^(E)
    and increased their joy;^(F)
they rejoice before you
    as people rejoice at the harvest,
as warriors rejoice
    when dividing the plunder.^(G)

⁶ Herds of camels^(A) will cover your land,
    young camels of Midian^(B) and Ephah.^(C)
And all from Sheba^(D) will come,
    bearing gold and incense^(E)
    and proclaiming the praise^(F) of the Lord.
⁷ All Kedar’s^(G) flocks will be gathered to you,
    the rams of Nebaioth will serve you;
they will be accepted as offerings^(H) on my altar,^(I)
    and I will adorn my glorious temple.^(J)

⁴ “Lift up your eyes and look about you:
    All assemble^(D) and come to you;
your sons come from afar,^(E)
    and your daughters^(F) are carried on the hip.^(G)
5 Then you will look and be radiant,^(H)
    your heart will throb and swell with joy;^(I)
the wealth^(J) on the seas will be brought to you,
    to you the riches of the nations will come.
⁶ Herds of camels^(K) will cover your land,
    young camels of Midian^(L) and Ephah.^(M)
And all from Sheba^(N) will come,
    bearing gold and incense^(O)
    and proclaiming the praise^(P) of the Lord.
⁷ All Kedar’s^(Q) flocks will be gathered to you,
    the rams of Nebaioth will serve you;
they will be accepted as offerings^(R) on my altar,^(S)
    and I will adorn my glorious temple.^(T)

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.

³ “I have trodden the winepress^(A) alone;
    from the nations no one was with me.
I trampled^(B) them in my anger
    and trod them down in my wrath;^(C)
their blood spattered my garments,^(D)
    and I stained all my clothing.
⁴ It was for me the day of vengeance;^(E)
    the year for me to redeem had come.
⁵ I looked, but there was no one^(F) to help,
    I was appalled that no one gave support;
so my own arm^(G) achieved salvation for me,
    and my own wrath sustained me.^(H)
6 I trampled^(I) the nations in my anger;
    in my wrath I made them drunk^(J)
    and poured their blood^(K) on the ground.”

³¹ The voice of the Lord will shatter Assyria;^(A)
    with his rod he will strike^(B) them down.

²⁷ See, the Name^(A) of the Lord comes from afar,
    with burning anger^(B) and dense clouds of smoke;
his lips are full of wrath,^(C)
    and his tongue is a consuming fire.^(D)
28 His breath^(E) is like a rushing torrent,^(F)
    rising up to the neck.^(G)
He shakes the nations in the sieve^(H) of destruction;
    he places in the jaws of the peoples
    a bit^(I) that leads them astray.
²⁹ And you will sing
    as on the night you celebrate a holy festival;^(J)
your hearts will rejoice^(K)
    as when people playing pipes^(L) go up
to the mountain^(M) of the Lord,
    to the Rock^(N) of Israel.
³⁰ The Lord will cause people to hear his majestic voice^(O)
    and will make them see his arm^(P) coming down
with raging anger^(Q) and consuming fire,^(R)
    with cloudburst, thunderstorm^(S) and hail.^(T)
31 The voice of the Lord will shatter Assyria;^(U)
    with his rod he will strike^(V) them down.