¹⁸ Who is a God^(A) like you,
    who pardons sin^(B) and forgives^(C) the transgression
    of the remnant^(D) of his inheritance?^(E)
You do not stay angry^(F) forever
    but delight to show mercy.^(G)
19 You will again have compassion on us;
    you will tread our sins underfoot
    and hurl all our iniquities^(H) into the depths of the sea.^(I)
20 You will be faithful to Jacob,
    and show love to Abraham,^(J)
as you pledged on oath to our ancestors^(K)
    in days long ago.^(L)

¹⁰ Writhe in agony, Daughter Zion,
    like a woman in labor,
for now you must leave the city
    to camp in the open field.
You will go to Babylon;^(A)
    there you will be rescued.
There the Lord will redeem^(B) you
    out of the hand of your enemies.

¹¹ But now many nations
    are gathered against you.
They say, “Let her be defiled,
    let our eyes gloat^(C) over Zion!”
¹² But they do not know
    the thoughts of the Lord;
they do not understand his plan,^(D)
    that he has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
¹³ “Rise and thresh,^(E) 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.”^(F)
You will devote their ill-gotten gains to the Lord,^(G)
    their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

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)