¹⁷ In a very short time,^(A) will not Lebanon^(B) be turned into a fertile field^(C)
    and the fertile field seem like a forest?^(D)

¹⁹ From the west,^(A) people will fear the name of the Lord,
    and from the rising of the sun,^(B) they will revere his glory.^(C)
For he will come like a pent-up flood
    that the breath^(D) of the Lord drives along.^[a]

²⁰ “The Redeemer^(E) will come to Zion,^(F)
    to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,”^(G)
declares the Lord.

⁴ “Lift up your eyes and look about you:
    All assemble^(T) and come to you;
your sons come from afar,^(U)
    and your daughters^(V) are carried on the hip.^(W)
5 Then you will look and be radiant,^(X)
    your heart will throb and swell with joy;^(Y)
the wealth^(Z) on the seas will be brought to you,
    to you the riches of the nations will come.
⁶ Herds of camels^(AA) will cover your land,
    young camels of Midian^(AB) and Ephah.^(AC)
And all from Sheba^(AD) will come,
    bearing gold and incense^(AE)
    and proclaiming the praise^(AF) of the Lord.
⁷ All Kedar’s^(AG) flocks will be gathered to you,
    the rams of Nebaioth will serve you;
they will be accepted as offerings^(AH) on my altar,^(AI)
    and I will adorn my glorious temple.^(AJ)

⁸ “Who are these^(AK) that fly along like clouds,^(AL)
    like doves to their nests?
⁹ Surely the islands^(AM) look to me;
    in the lead are the ships of Tarshish,^[b](AN)
bringing^(AO) your children from afar,
    with their silver and gold,^(AP)
to the honor^(AQ) of the Lord your God,
    the Holy One^(AR) of Israel,
    for he has endowed you with splendor.^(AS)

¹⁰ “Foreigners^(AT) will rebuild your walls,
    and their kings^(AU) will serve you.
Though in anger I struck you,
    in favor^(AV) I will show you compassion.^(AW)
11 Your gates^(AX) will always stand open,
    they will never be shut, day or night,
so that people may bring you the wealth of the nations^(AY)—
    their kings^(AZ) led in triumphal procession.
¹² For the nation or kingdom that will not serve^(BA) you will perish;
    it will be utterly ruined.^(BB)

¹³ “The glory of Lebanon^(BC) will come to you,
    the juniper, the fir and the cypress together,^(BD)
to adorn my sanctuary;^(BE)
    and I will glorify the place for my feet.^(BF)
14 The children of your oppressors^(BG) will come bowing before you;
    all who despise you will bow down^(BH) at your feet
and will call you the City^(BI) of the Lord,
    Zion^(BJ) of the Holy One^(BK) of Israel.

¹⁵ “Although you have been forsaken^(BL) and hated,
    with no one traveling^(BM) through,
I will make you the everlasting pride^(BN)
    and the joy^(BO) of all generations.
¹⁶ You will drink the milk of nations
    and be nursed^(BP) at royal breasts.
Then you will know^(BQ) that I, the Lord, am your Savior,^(BR)
    your Redeemer,^(BS) the Mighty One of Jacob.^(BT)
17 Instead of bronze I will bring you gold,^(BU)
    and silver in place of iron.
Instead of wood I will bring you bronze,
    and iron in place of stones.
I will make peace^(BV) your governor
    and well-being your ruler.^(BW)
18 No longer will violence^(BX) be heard in your land,
    nor ruin or destruction^(BY) within your borders,
but you will call your walls Salvation^(BZ)
    and your gates Praise.^(CA)
19 The sun will no more be your light by day,
    nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you,
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,^(CB)
    and your God will be your glory.^(CC)
20 Your sun^(CD) will never set again,
    and your moon will wane no more;
the Lord will be your everlasting light,
    and your days of sorrow^(CE) will end.
²¹ Then all your people will be righteous^(CF)
    and they will possess^(CG) the land forever.
They are the shoot I have planted,^(CH)
    the work of my hands,^(CI)
    for the display of my splendor.^(CJ)
22 The least of you will become a thousand,
    the smallest a mighty nation.^(CK)
I am the Lord;
    in its time I will do this swiftly.”^(CL)