²⁷ And I will appoint him to be my firstborn,^(A)
    the most exalted^(B) of the kings^(C) of the earth.

²² “Return,^(A) faithless people;
    I will cure^(B) you of backsliding.”^(C)

“Yes, we will come to you,
    for you are the Lord our God.

¹⁸ “I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning:
    ‘You disciplined^(A) me like an unruly calf,^(B)
    and I have been disciplined.
Restore^(C) me, and I will return,
    because you are the Lord my God.

¹¹ Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power^(A)
    and the glory and the majesty and the splendor,
    for everything in heaven and earth is yours.^(B)
Yours, Lord, is the kingdom;
    you are exalted as head over all.^(C)

²⁷ The eternal^(A) God is your refuge,^(B)
    and underneath are the everlasting^(C) arms.
He will drive out your enemies before you,^(D)
    saying, ‘Destroy them!’^(E)

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)

²³ By myself I have sworn,^(A)
    my mouth has uttered in all integrity^(B)
    a word that will not be revoked:^(C)
Before me every knee will bow;^(D)
    by me every tongue will swear.^(E)

“‘As surely as I live,’^(A) says the Lord,
‘every knee will bow before me;
    every tongue will acknowledge God.’”^[a](B)