17 Your eyes will see the king(A) in his beauty(B)
    and view a land that stretches afar.(C)
18 In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror:(D)
    “Where is that chief officer?
Where is the one who took the revenue?
    Where is the officer in charge of the towers?(E)
19 You will see those arrogant people(F) no more,
    people whose speech is obscure,
    whose language is strange and incomprehensible.(G)

20 Look on Zion,(H) the city of our festivals;
    your eyes will see Jerusalem,
    a peaceful abode,(I) a tent(J) that will not be moved;(K)
its stakes will never be pulled up,
    nor any of its ropes broken.
21 There the Lord will be our Mighty(L) One.
    It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams.(M)
No galley with oars will ride them,
    no mighty ship(N) will sail them.
22 For the Lord is our judge,(O)
    the Lord is our lawgiver,(P)
the Lord is our king;(Q)
    it is he who will save(R) us.

23 Your rigging hangs loose:
    The mast is not held secure,
    the sail is not spread.
Then an abundance of spoils will be divided
    and even the lame(S) will carry off plunder.(T)
24 No one living in Zion will say, “I am ill”;(U)
    and the sins of those who dwell there will be forgiven.(V)

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17 (A)Your eyes will behold the king in his beauty;
    (B)they will see a land that stretches afar.
18 (C)Your heart will muse on the terror:
    “Where is he who counted, where is (D)he who weighed the tribute?
    Where is (E)he who counted the towers?”
19 (F)You will see no more the insolent people,
    the people (G)of an obscure speech that you cannot comprehend,
    stammering in a tongue that you cannot understand.
20 Behold Zion, the city of our appointed feasts!
    (H)Your eyes will see Jerusalem,
    an untroubled habitation, an (I)immovable tent,
whose stakes will never be plucked up,
    nor will any of its cords be broken.
21 But there the Lord in majesty will be for us
    a place of (J)broad rivers and streams,
(K)where no galley with oars can go,
    nor majestic ship can pass.
22 For the Lord is our (L)judge; the Lord is our (M)lawgiver;
    the Lord is our (N)king; he will save us.

23 Your cords hang loose;
    they cannot hold the mast firm in its place
    or keep the sail spread out.
(O)Then prey and spoil in abundance will be divided;
    even (P)the lame will take the prey.
24 And no inhabitant will say, (Q)“I am sick”;
    (R)the people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity.

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