⁷ How awful that day^(A) will be!
    No other will be like it.
It will be a time of trouble^(B) for Jacob,
    but he will be saved^(C) out of it.

⁸ “‘In that day,’ declares the Lord Almighty,
    ‘I will break the yoke^(D) off their necks
and will tear off their bonds;^(E)
    no longer will foreigners enslave them.^(F)
9 Instead, they will serve the Lord their God
    and David^(G) their king,^(H)
    whom I will raise up for them.

¹⁰ “‘So do not be afraid,^(I) Jacob my servant;^(J)
    do not be dismayed, Israel,’
declares the Lord.
‘I will surely save^(K) you out of a distant place,
    your descendants from the land of their exile.
Jacob will again have peace and security,^(L)
    and no one will make him afraid.^(M)