⁴ Then they will ^(L)rebuild the ancient waste places;
They will raise up the former desolations;
And they will make new the ruined cities,
The desolations from generation to generation.
^5 (M)Strangers will stand and pasture your flocks,
And ^[d]foreigners will be your farmers and your vinedressers.
⁶ But you will be called the ^(N)priests of Yahweh;
You will be spoken of as ^(O)ministers of our God.
You will eat the ^(P)wealth of nations,
And in their glories you will boast.
⁷ Instead of your ^(Q)shame you will have a ^(R)double portion,
And instead of dishonor they will shout for joy over their portion.
Therefore they will possess a double portion in their land;
^(S)Everlasting gladness will be theirs.
⁸ For I, Yahweh, ^(T)love justice,
I hate robbery ^[e]in the burnt offering;
And in truth I will give them their recompense
And cut an ^(U)everlasting covenant with them.
⁹ Then their seed will be known among the nations,
And their offspring in the midst of the peoples.
All who see them will recognize them
Because they are the ^(V)seed whom Yahweh has blessed.

¹⁰ I will ^(W)rejoice greatly in Yahweh;
My soul will rejoice in ^(X)my God,
For He has ^(Y)clothed me with garments of salvation,
He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness,
As a bridegroom decks himself with a headdress,
And ^(Z)as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
¹¹ For as the ^(AA)earth brings forth its branches,
And as a garden causes the things sown in it to branch out,
So Lord Yahweh will ^(AB)cause ^(AC)righteousness and praise
To branch out before all the nations.