² Nations will take them
    and bring^(A) them to their own place.
And Israel will take possession of the nations^(B)
    and make them male and female servants in the Lord’s land.
They will make captives^(C) of their captors
    and rule over their oppressors.^(D)

⁵ Strangers^(A) will shepherd your flocks;
    foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.

¹⁴ The children of your oppressors^(A) will come bowing before you;
    all who despise you will bow down^(B) at your feet
and will call you the City^(C) of the Lord,
    Zion^(D) of the Holy One^(E) of Israel.

¹⁶ “‘But all who devour^(A) you will be devoured;
    all your enemies will go into exile.^(B)
Those who plunder^(C) you will be plundered;
    all who make spoil of you I will despoil.

⁹ Surely the islands^(A) look to me;
    in the lead are the ships of Tarshish,^[a](B)
bringing^(C) your children from afar,
    with their silver and gold,^(D)
to the honor^(E) of the Lord your God,
    the Holy One^(F) of Israel,
    for he has endowed you with splendor.^(G)

¹⁰ “Foreigners^(H) will rebuild your walls,
    and their kings^(I) will serve you.
Though in anger I struck you,
    in favor^(J) I will show you compassion.^(K)
11 Your gates^(L) will always stand open,
    they will never be shut, day or night,
so that people may bring you the wealth of the nations^(M)—
    their kings^(N) led in triumphal procession.
¹² For the nation or kingdom that will not serve^(O) you will perish;
    it will be utterly ruined.^(P)

²⁰ “Rejoice over her, you heavens!^(A)
    Rejoice, you people of God!
    Rejoice, apostles and prophets!
For God has judged her
    with the judgment she imposed on you.”^(B)

“With such violence
    the great city^(E) of Babylon will be thrown down,
    never to be found again.
²² The music of harpists and musicians, pipers and trumpeters,
    will never be heard in you again.^(F)
No worker of any trade
    will ever be found in you again.
The sound of a millstone
    will never be heard in you again.^(G)
23 The light of a lamp
    will never shine in you again.
The voice of bridegroom and bride
    will never be heard in you again.^(H)
Your merchants were the world’s important people.^(I)
    By your magic spell^(J) all the nations were led astray.
²⁴ In her was found the blood of prophets and of God’s holy people,^(K)
    of all who have been slaughtered on the earth.”^(L)

²³ Kings^(A) will be your foster fathers,
    and their queens your nursing mothers.^(B)
They will bow down^(C) before you with their faces to the ground;
    they will lick the dust^(D) at your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord;^(E)
    those who hope^(F) in me will not be disappointed.^(G)”