²⁰ “You are my war club,^(A)
    my weapon for battle—
with you I shatter^(B) nations,^(C)
    with you I destroy kingdoms,

¹⁵ “See, I will make you into a threshing sledge,^(A)
    new and sharp, with many teeth.
You will thresh the mountains^(B) and crush them,
    and reduce the hills to chaff.^(C)
16 You will winnow^(D) them, the wind will pick them up,
    and a gale^(E) will blow them away.^(F)
But you will rejoice^(G) in the Lord
    and glory^(H) in the Holy One^(I) of Israel.

¹³ “Rise and thresh,^(A) Daughter Zion,
    for I will give you horns of iron;
I will give you hooves of bronze,
    and you will break to pieces many nations.”^(B)
You will devote their ill-gotten gains to the Lord,^(C)
    their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

²⁶ “Have you not heard?
    Long ago I ordained^(A) it.
In days of old I planned^(B) it;
    now I have brought it to pass,
that you have turned fortified cities
    into piles of stone.^(C)

⁵ The Lord has broken the rod^(A) of the wicked,^(B)
    the scepter^(C) of the rulers,
⁶ which in anger struck down peoples^(D)
    with unceasing blows,
and in fury subdued^(E) nations
    with relentless aggression.^(F)