¹⁷ Your eyes will see the King in his beauty;^(A)
you will see a vast land.^(B)
18 Your mind will meditate on the past terror:
“Where is the accountant?^[a]
Where is the tribute collector?^[b]
Where is the one who spied out our defenses?” ^[c]
19 You will no longer see the barbarians,
a people whose speech is difficult to comprehend—
who stammer in a language that is not understood.^(C)
20 Look at Zion, the city of our festival times.
Your eyes will see Jerusalem,
a peaceful pasture,^(D) a tent that does not wander;
its tent pegs will not be pulled up
nor will any of its cords be loosened.^(E)
21 For the majestic one, our Lord, will be there,^(F)
a place of rivers and broad streams
where ships that are rowed will not go,
and majestic vessels will not pass.^(G)
22 For the Lord is our Judge,
the Lord is our Lawgiver,^(H)
the Lord is our King.
He will save us.^(I)
23 Your ropes are slack;
they cannot hold the base of the mast
or spread out the flag.
Then abundant spoil will be divided,
the lame will plunder it,
²⁴ and none there will say, “I am sick.”
The people who dwell there
will be forgiven^(J) their iniquity.^(K)