¹⁷ Is it not yet a very little while
    ^(A)until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field,
    and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest?

^20 (C)“And ^(D)a Redeemer will come to Zion,
    to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the Lord.

^4 (J)Lift up your eyes all around, and see;
    they all gather together, they come to you;
^(K)your sons shall come from afar,
    and your daughters shall be carried on the hip.
⁵ Then you shall see and ^(L)be radiant;
    your heart shall thrill and exult,^[b]
because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you,
    ^(M)the wealth of the nations shall come to you.
⁶ A multitude of camels shall cover you,
    the young camels of ^(N)Midian and ^(O)Ephah;
    all those from ^(P)Sheba shall come.
^(Q)They shall bring gold and frankincense,
    and shall bring good news, the praises of the Lord.
⁷ All the flocks of ^(R)Kedar shall be gathered to you;
    the rams of ^(S)Nebaioth shall minister to you;
^(T)they shall come up with acceptance on my altar,
    ^(U)and I will beautify my beautiful house.

⁸ Who are these that fly like a cloud,
    and ^(V)like doves to their windows?
⁹ For ^(W)the coastlands shall hope for me,
    ^(X)the ships of Tarshish first,
^(Y)to bring your children from afar,
    their silver and gold with them,
for the name of the Lord your God,
    and for the Holy One of Israel,
    because ^(Z)he has made you beautiful.

^10 (AA)Foreigners shall build up your walls,
    and ^(AB)their kings shall minister to you;
for in my wrath I struck you,
    but in my favor I have had mercy on you.
^11 (AC)Your gates shall be open continually;
    day and night they shall not be shut,
^(AD)that people may bring to you the wealth of the nations,
    with their kings led in procession.
^12 (AE)For the nation and kingdom
    that will not serve you shall perish;
    those nations shall be utterly laid waste.
^13 (AF)The glory of Lebanon shall come to you,
    the cypress, the plane, and ^(AG)the pine,
to beautify the place of my sanctuary,
    and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
^14 (AH)The sons of those who afflicted you
    shall come bending low to you,
^(AI)and all who despised you
    shall bow down at your feet;
^(AJ)they shall call you the City of the Lord,
    the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

^15 (AK)Whereas you have been forsaken and hated,
    with no one passing through,
^(AL)I will make you majestic forever,
    a joy from age to age.
^16 (AM)You shall suck the milk of nations;
    you shall nurse at the breast of kings;
and you shall know that ^(AN)I, the Lord, am your Savior
    and your Redeemer, ^(AO)the Mighty One of Jacob.

¹⁷ Instead of bronze I will bring gold,
    and instead of iron I will bring silver;
instead of wood, bronze,
    instead of stones, iron.
I will make your overseers peace
    ^(AP)and your taskmasters righteousness.
^18 (AQ)Violence shall no more be heard in your land,
    devastation or destruction within your borders;
^(AR)you shall call your walls Salvation,
    and your gates Praise.

^19 (AS)The sun shall be no more
    your light by day,
nor for brightness shall the moon
    give you light;^[c]
but the Lord will be your everlasting light,
    and your God will be your glory.^[d]
20 Your sun shall no more go down,
    nor your moon withdraw itself;
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,
    and ^(AT)your days of mourning shall be ended.
^21 (AU)Your people shall all be righteous;
    ^(AV)they shall possess the land forever,
^(AW)the branch of my planting, the work of my hands,
    that I might be glorified.^[e]
22 (AX)The least one shall become a clan,
    and the smallest one a mighty nation;
^(AY)I am the Lord;
    in its time I will hasten it.