²⁶ who carries out the words^(A) of his servants
    and fulfills^(B) the predictions of his messengers,

who says of Jerusalem,^(C) ‘It shall be inhabited,’
    of the towns of Judah, ‘They shall be rebuilt,’
    and of their ruins,^(D) ‘I will restore them,’^(E)

¹⁰ “Foreigners^(A) will rebuild your walls,
    and their kings^(B) will serve you.
Though in anger I struck you,
    in favor^(C) I will show you compassion.^(D)

¹¹ “Afflicted^(A) city, lashed by storms^(B) and not comforted,^(C)
    I will rebuild you with stones of turquoise,^[a](D)
    your foundations^(E) with lapis lazuli.^(F)
12 I will make your battlements of rubies,
    your gates^(G) of sparkling jewels,
    and all your walls of precious stones.

⁹ See, the former things^(A) have taken place,
    and new things I declare;
before they spring into being
    I announce^(B) them to you.”

“‘I saw the Lord always before me.
    Because he is at my right hand,
    I will not be shaken.
²⁶ Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
    my body also will rest in hope,
²⁷ because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
    you will not let your holy one see decay.^(A)
28 You have made known to me the paths of life;
    you will fill me with joy in your presence.’^[a](B)