⁴ Then they will ^(A)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 (B)Strangers will stand and pasture your flocks,
And ^[a]foreigners will be your farmers and your vinedressers.
⁶ But you will be called the ^(C)priests of Yahweh;
You will be spoken of as ^(D)ministers of our God.
You will eat the ^(E)wealth of nations,
And in their glories you will boast.
⁷ Instead of your ^(F)shame you will have a ^(G)double portion,
And instead of dishonor they will shout for joy over their portion.
Therefore they will possess a double portion in their land;
^(H)Everlasting gladness will be theirs.
⁸ For I, Yahweh, ^(I)love justice,
I hate robbery ^[b]in the burnt offering;
And in truth I will give them their recompense
And cut an ^(J)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 ^(K)seed whom Yahweh has blessed.