¹⁸ But be glad and rejoice^(A) forever
    in what I will create,
for I will create Jerusalem^(B) to be a delight
    and its people a joy.
¹⁹ I will rejoice^(C) over Jerusalem
    and take delight^(D) in my people;
the sound of weeping and of crying^(E)
    will be heard in it no more.

54 “Sing, barren woman,^(A)
    you who never bore a child;
burst into song, shout for joy,^(B)
    you who were never in labor;^(C)
because more are the children^(D) of the desolate^(E) woman
    than of her who has a husband,^(F)”
says the Lord.

⁹ Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!^(A)
    Shout,^(B) Daughter Jerusalem!
See, your king comes to you,^(C)
    righteous and victorious,^(D)
lowly and riding on a donkey,^(E)
    on a colt, the foal of a donkey.^(F)
10 I will take away the chariots from Ephraim
    and the warhorses from Jerusalem,
    and the battle bow will be broken.^(G)
He will proclaim peace^(H) to the nations.
    His rule will extend from sea to sea
    and from the River^[a] to the ends of the earth.^(I)

¹ Come,^(A) let us sing for joy^(B) to the Lord;
    let us shout aloud^(C) to the Rock^(D) of our salvation.
² Let us come before him^(E) with thanksgiving^(F)
    and extol him with music^(G) and song.