⁶ “Behold, ^(K)it is written before Me:
^(L)I will not keep silence, ^(M)but will repay—
Even repay into their bosom—
⁷ Your iniquities and ^(N)the iniquities of your fathers together,”
Says the Lord,
^(O)“Who have burned incense on the mountains
^(P)And blasphemed Me on the hills;
Therefore I will measure their former work into their bosom.”

“As the new wine is found in the cluster,
And one says, ‘Do not destroy it,
For ^(Q)a blessing is in it,’
So will I do for My servants’ sake,
That I may not destroy them ^(R)all.
⁹ I will bring forth descendants from Jacob,
And from Judah an heir of My mountains;
My ^(S)elect shall inherit it,
And My servants shall dwell there.
^10 (T)Sharon shall be a fold of flocks,
And ^(U)the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down,
For My people who have ^(V)sought Me.

¹¹ “But you are those who forsake the Lord,
Who forget ^(W)My holy mountain,
Who prepare ^(X)a table for ^[c]Gad,
And who furnish a drink offering for ^[d]Meni.
¹² Therefore I will number you for the sword,
And you shall all bow down to the slaughter;
^(Y)Because, when I called, you did not answer;
When I spoke, you did not hear,
But did evil before My eyes,
And chose that in which I do not delight.”

“Behold, My servants shall eat,
But you shall be hungry;
Behold, My servants shall drink,
But you shall be thirsty;
Behold, My servants shall rejoice,
But you shall be ashamed;
¹⁴ Behold, My servants shall sing for joy of heart,
But you shall cry for sorrow of heart,
And ^(Z)wail for ^[e]grief of spirit.
¹⁵ You shall leave your name ^(AA)as a curse to ^(AB)My chosen;
For the Lord God will slay you,
And ^(AC)call His servants by another name;
^16 (AD)So that he who blesses himself in the earth
Shall bless himself in the God of truth;
And ^(AE)he who swears in the earth
Shall swear by the God of truth;
Because the former troubles are forgotten,
And because they are hidden from My eyes.

²⁰ “No more shall an infant from there live but a few days,
Nor an old man who has not fulfilled his days;
For the child shall die one hundred years old,
^(AI)But the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed.
^21 (AJ)They shall build houses and inhabit them;
They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
²² They shall not build and another inhabit;
They shall not plant and ^(AK)another eat;
For ^(AL)as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people,
And ^(AM)My elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
²³ They shall not labor in vain,
^(AN)Nor bring forth children for trouble;
For ^(AO)they shall be the descendants of the blessed of the Lord,
And their offspring with them.

²⁴ “It shall come to pass
That ^(AP)before they call, I will answer;
And while they are still speaking, I will ^(AQ)hear.
²⁵ The ^(AR)wolf and the lamb shall feed together,
The lion shall eat straw like the ox,
^(AS)And dust shall be the serpent’s food.
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,”
Says the Lord.

^(AT)“Heaven is My throne,
And earth is My footstool.
Where is the house that you will build Me?
And where is the place of My rest?
² For all those things My hand has made,
And all those things exist,”
Says the Lord.
^(AU)“But on this one will I look:
^(AV)On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit,
And who trembles at My word.

³ “He^(AW) who kills a bull is as if he slays a man;
He who sacrifices a lamb, as if he ^(AX)breaks a dog’s neck;
He who offers a grain offering, as if he offers swine’s blood;
He who burns incense, as if he blesses an idol.
Just as they have chosen their own ways,
And their soul delights in their abominations,
⁴ So will I choose their delusions,
And bring their fears on them;
^(AY)Because, when I called, no one answered,
When I spoke they did not hear;
But they did evil before My eyes,
And chose that in which I do not delight.”

⁶ The sound of noise from the city!
A voice from the temple!
The voice of the Lord,
Who fully repays His enemies!

⁷ “Before she was in labor, she gave birth;
Before her pain came,
She delivered a male child.
⁸ Who has heard such a thing?
Who has seen such things?
Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day?
Or shall a nation be born at once?
For as soon as Zion was in labor,
She gave birth to her children.
⁹ Shall I bring to the time of birth, and not cause delivery?” says the Lord.
“Shall I who cause delivery shut up the womb?” says your God.
¹⁰ “Rejoice with Jerusalem,
And be glad with her, all you who love her;
Rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn for her;
¹¹ That you may feed and be satisfied
With the consolation of her bosom,
That you may drink deeply and be delighted
With the abundance of her glory.”

“Behold, ^(BC)I will extend peace to her like a river,
And the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream.
Then you shall ^(BD)feed;
On her sides shall you be ^(BE)carried,
And be dandled on her knees.
¹³ As one whom his mother comforts,
So I will ^(BF)comfort you;
And you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.”

¹⁷ “Those^(BK) who sanctify themselves and purify themselves,
To go to the gardens
^[g]After an idol in the midst,
Eating swine’s flesh and the abomination and the mouse,
Shall ^[h]be consumed together,” says the Lord.

²² “For as ^(BS)the new heavens and the new earth
Which I will make shall remain before Me,” says the Lord,
“So shall your descendants and your name remain.
²³ And ^(BT)it shall come to pass
That from one New Moon to another,
And from one Sabbath to another,
^(BU)All flesh shall come to worship before Me,” says the Lord.

²⁴ “And they shall go forth and look
Upon the corpses of the men
Who have transgressed against Me.
For their ^(BV)worm does not die,
And their fire is not quenched.
They shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.”

^3 (B)The ^[a]pains of death surrounded me,
And the ^[b]pangs of Sheol ^[c]laid hold of me;
I found trouble and sorrow.
⁴ Then I called upon the name of the Lord:
“O Lord, I implore You, deliver my soul!”

²⁸ A lying tongue hates those who are crushed by it,
And a flattering mouth works ^(A)ruin.