² to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor
    and the day of vengeance of our God,
    to comfort all who mourn,^(A)

¹⁶ You shall suck the milk of nations;
    you shall suck the breasts of kings,
and you shall know that I, the Lord, am your Savior
    and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.^(A)

²⁶ I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh,
    and they shall be drunk with their own blood as with wine.
Then all flesh shall know
    that I am the Lord your Savior
    and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.^(A)

⁴ Say to those who are of a fearful heart,
    “Be strong, do not fear!
Here is your God.
    He will come with vengeance,
with terrible recompense.
    He will come and save you.”^(A)

⁸ therefore her plagues will come in a single day—
    pestilence and mourning and famine—
and she will be burned with fire,
    for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”^(A)

¹⁷ I, too, will strike hand to hand;
    I will satisfy my fury;
    I the Lord have spoken.^(A)