^68 (A)“Blessed be the Lord ^(B)God of Israel,
    for he has ^(C)visited and ^(D)redeemed his people
⁶⁹ and ^(E)has raised up ^(F)a horn of salvation for us
    ^(G)in the house of his servant David,
^70 (H)as ^(I)he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,
^71 (J)that we should be saved from our enemies
    and from the hand of all who hate us;
^72 (K)to show the mercy promised to our fathers
    and ^(L)to remember his holy ^(M)covenant,
^73 (N)the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
⁷⁴     that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
might serve him ^(O)without fear,
^{75     (P)}in holiness and righteousness before him ^(Q)all our days.
⁷⁶ And you, child, will be called ^(R)the prophet of ^(S)the Most High;
    for ^(T)you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
⁷⁷ to give knowledge of salvation to his people
    ^(U)in the forgiveness of their sins,
⁷⁸ because of the ^(V)tender mercy of our God,
    whereby ^(W)the sunrise shall ^(X)visit us^{[a] (Y)}from on high
⁷⁹ to ^(Z)give light to ^(AA)those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
    to guide our feet into ^(AB)the way of ^(AC)peace.”

^(A)“They shall not lament for him, saying,
    ^(B)‘Ah, my brother!’ or ‘Ah, sister!’
They shall not lament for him, saying,
    ^(C)‘Ah, lord!’ or ‘Ah, his majesty!’
¹⁹ With the burial of a donkey ^(D)he shall be buried,
    dragged and dumped beyond the gates of Jerusalem.”

²⁰ “Go up to Lebanon, and cry out,
    and lift up your voice in Bashan;
cry out from ^(E)Abarim,
    for all ^(F)your lovers are destroyed.
²¹ I spoke to you in your prosperity,
    but you said, ‘I will not listen.’
^(G)This has been your way from ^(H)your youth,
    that you have not obeyed my voice.
^22 (I)The wind shall shepherd all your shepherds,
    and ^(J)your lovers shall go into captivity;
^(K)then you will be ashamed and confounded
    because of all your evil.
²³ O inhabitant of ^(L)Lebanon,
    nested among the cedars,
how you will be pitied when pangs come upon you,
    ^(M)pain as of a woman in labor!”

²⁸ Is this man ^(T)Coniah a despised, broken pot,
    a ^(U)vessel no one cares for?
Why are he and his children hurled and cast
    into a ^(V)land that they do not know?
^29 (W)O land, land, land,
    hear the word of the Lord!
³⁰ Thus says the Lord:
“Write this man down as ^(X)childless,
    a man who shall not succeed in his days,
^(Y)for none of his offspring shall succeed
    ^(Z)in sitting on the throne of David
    and ruling again in Judah.”