²⁵ Woe to you who are well fed now,
    for you will go hungry.^(A)
Woe to you who laugh now,
    for you will mourn and weep.^(B)

²¹ Blessed are you who hunger now,
    for you will be satisfied.^(A)
Blessed are you who weep now,
    for you will laugh.^(B)

⁴     a time to weep and a time to laugh,
    a time to mourn and a time to dance,

⁵ Those who sow with tears^(A)
    will reap^(B) with songs of joy.^(C)
6 Those who go out weeping,^(D)
    carrying seed to sow,
will return with songs of joy,
    carrying sheaves with them.

⁵ For his anger^(A) lasts only a moment,^(B)
    but his favor lasts a lifetime;^(C)
weeping^(D) may stay for the night,
    but rejoicing comes in the morning.^(E)

⁷ Give her as much torment and grief
    as the glory and luxury she gave herself.^(A)
In her heart she boasts,
    ‘I sit enthroned as queen.
I am not a widow;^[a]
    I will never mourn.’^(B)

¹⁷ For the Lamb at the center of the throne
    will be their shepherd;^(A)
‘he will lead them to springs of living water.’^[a](B)
    ‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’^[b]”^(C)