²¹     Do not be afraid,^(A) land of Judah;
    be glad and rejoice.^(B)
Surely the Lord has done great things!^(C)

⁴ “Do not be afraid;^(A) you will not be put to shame.^(B)
    Do not fear disgrace;^(C) you will not be humiliated.
You will forget the shame of your youth^(D)
    and remember no more the reproach^(E) of your widowhood.^(F)

¹⁶ On that day
    they will say to Jerusalem,
“Do not fear, Zion;
    do not let your hands hang limp.^(A)
17 The Lord your God is with you,
    the Mighty Warrior who saves.^(B)
He will take great delight^(C) in you;
    in his love he will no longer rebuke you,^(D)
    but will rejoice over you with singing.”^(E)

¹⁰ So do not fear,^(A) for I am with you;^(B)
    do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen^(C) you and help^(D) you;
    I will uphold you^(E) with my righteous right hand.^(F)

²⁰ “I will drive the northern horde^(A) far from you,
    pushing it into a parched and barren land;
its eastern ranks will drown in the Dead Sea
    and its western ranks in the Mediterranean Sea.
And its stench^(B) will go up;
    its smell will rise.”

Surely he has done great things!

⁹ Instead, they will serve the Lord their God
    and David^(A) their king,^(B)
    whom I will raise up for them.

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