Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

Your rulers are rebels, partners with thieves; they all love bribes and chase after gifts. They do not defend the cause of the fatherless; the widow’s case does not come before them.

I will restore your leaders as in days of old, your rulers as at the beginning. Afterward you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.”

The Lord has broken the rod of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,

Send lambs as tribute to the ruler of the land, from Sela, across the desert, to the mount of Daughter Zion.

The fields of Heshbon wither, the vines of Sibmah also. The rulers of the nations have trampled down the choicest vines, which once reached Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots spread out and went as far as the sea.

The Kingdom of Righteousness

See, a king will reign in righteousness and rulers will rule with justice.

He brings princes to naught and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.

“I have stirred up one from the north, and he comes— one from the rising sun who calls on my name. He treads on rulers as if they were mortar, as if he were a potter treading the clay.

This is what the Lord says— the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel— to him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the servant of rulers: “Kings will see you and stand up, princes will see and bow down, because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

See, I have made him a witness to the peoples, a ruler and commander of the peoples.

Instead of bronze I will bring you gold, and silver in place of iron. Instead of wood I will bring you bronze, and iron in place of stones. I will make peace your governor and well-being your ruler.