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.”

⁹ Their stronghold^(A) will fall because of terror;
    at the sight of the battle standard^(B) their commanders will panic,^(C)”
declares the Lord,
    whose fire^(D) is in Zion,
    whose furnace^(E) is in Jerusalem.

“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.

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.

⁵ The Lord has broken the rod^(A) of the wicked,^(B)
    the scepter^(C) of the rulers,