⁶⁸ “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,^(A)
    because he has come to his people and redeemed them.^(B)
69 He has raised up a horn^[a](C) of salvation for us
    in the house of his servant David^(D)
70 (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),^(E)
71 salvation from our enemies
    and from the hand of all who hate us—
⁷² to show mercy to our ancestors^(F)
    and to remember his holy covenant,^(G)
73     the oath he swore to our father Abraham:^(H)
74 to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,
    and to enable us to serve him^(I) without fear^(J)
75     in holiness and righteousness^(K) before him all our days.

⁷⁶ And you, my child, will be called a prophet^(L) of the Most High;^(M)
    for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,^(N)
77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation
    through the forgiveness of their sins,^(O)
78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
    by which the rising sun^(P) will come to us from heaven
⁷⁹ to shine on those living in darkness
    and in the shadow of death,^(Q)
to guide our feet into the path of peace.”^(R)

“They will not mourn^(A) for him:
    ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’
They will not mourn for him:
    ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’
¹⁹ He will have the burial^(B) of a donkey—
    dragged away and thrown^(C)
    outside the gates of Jerusalem.”

²⁰ “Go up to Lebanon and cry out,^(D)
    let your voice be heard in Bashan,^(E)
cry out from Abarim,^(F)
    for all your allies^(G) are crushed.
²¹ I warned you when you felt secure,^(H)
    but you said, ‘I will not listen!’
This has been your way from your youth;^(I)
    you have not obeyed^(J) me.
²² The wind^(K) will drive all your shepherds^(L) away,
    and your allies^(M) will go into exile.
Then you will be ashamed and disgraced^(N)
    because of all your wickedness.
²³ You who live in ‘Lebanon,^[a](O)’
    who are nestled in cedar buildings,
how you will groan when pangs come upon you,
    pain^(P) like that of a woman in labor!

²⁸ Is this man Jehoiachin^(W) a despised, broken pot,^(X)
    an object no one wants?
Why will he and his children be hurled^(Y) out,
    cast into a land^(Z) they do not know?
²⁹ O land,^(AA) land, land,
    hear the word of the Lord!
³⁰ This is what the Lord says:
“Record this man as if childless,^(AB)
    a man who will not prosper^(AC) in his lifetime,
for none of his offspring^(AD) will prosper,
    none will sit on the throne^(AE) of David
    or rule anymore in Judah.”