⁵ Do not be afraid,^(A) for I am with you;^(B)
    I will bring your children^(C) from the east
    and gather^(D) you from the west.^(E)
6 I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’
    and to the south,^(F) ‘Do not hold them back.’
Bring my sons from afar
    and my daughters^(G) from the ends of the earth^(H)—
⁷ everyone who is called by my name,^(I)
    whom I created^(J) for my glory,^(K)
    whom I formed and made.^(L)”

¹ Why do the nations conspire^[a]
    and the peoples plot^(A) in vain?
² The kings^(B) of the earth rise up
    and the rulers band together
    against the Lord and against his anointed,^(C) saying,
³ “Let us break their chains^(D)
    and throw off their shackles.”^(E)