⁴ “In those days, at that time,”
    declares the Lord,
“the people of Israel and the people of Judah together^(A)
    will go in tears^(B) to seek^(C) the Lord their God.
⁵ They will ask the way^(D) to Zion
    and turn their faces toward it.
They will come^(E) and bind themselves to the Lord
    in an everlasting covenant^(F)
    that will not be forgotten.

⁶ There will be a day when watchmen^(A) cry out
    on the hills of Ephraim,
‘Come, let us go up to Zion,
    to the Lord our God.’”^(B)

“Sing^(C) with joy for Jacob;
    shout for the foremost^(D) of the nations.
Make your praises heard, and say,
    ‘Lord, save^(E) your people,
    the remnant^(F) of Israel.’

¹⁰ “‘The Lord has vindicated^(A) us;
    come, let us tell in Zion
    what the Lord our God has done.’^(B)

¹¹ “Sharpen the arrows,^(C)
    take up the shields!^(D)
The Lord has stirred up the kings^(E) of the Medes,^(F)
    because his purpose^(G) is to destroy Babylon.
The Lord will take vengeance,^(H)
    vengeance for his temple.^(I)