Bible in 90 Days

⁴ Woe to the sinful nation,
    a people whose guilt is great,^(P)
a brood of evildoers,^(Q)
    children given to corruption!^(R)
They have forsaken^(S) the Lord;
    they have spurned the Holy One^(T) of Israel
    and turned their backs^(U) on him.

⁵ Why should you be beaten^(V) anymore?
    Why do you persist^(W) in rebellion?^(X)
Your whole head is injured,
    your whole heart^(Y) afflicted.^(Z)
6 From the sole of your foot to the top of your head^(AA)
    there is no soundness^(AB)—
only wounds and welts^(AC)
    and open sores,
not cleansed or bandaged^(AD)
    or soothed with olive oil.^(AE)

⁷ Your country is desolate,^(AF)
    your cities burned with fire;^(AG)
your fields are being stripped by foreigners^(AH)
    right before you,
    laid waste as when overthrown by strangers.^(AI)
8 Daughter Zion^(AJ) is left^(AK)
    like a shelter in a vineyard,
like a hut^(AL) in a cucumber field,
    like a city under siege.
⁹ Unless the Lord Almighty
    had left us some survivors,^(AM)
we would have become like Sodom,
    we would have been like Gomorrah.^(AN)

¹⁰ Hear the word of the Lord,^(AO)
    you rulers of Sodom;^(AP)
listen to the instruction^(AQ) of our God,
    you people of Gomorrah!^(AR)
11 “The multitude of your sacrifices—
    what are they to me?” says the Lord.
“I have more than enough of burnt offerings,
    of rams and the fat of fattened animals;^(AS)
I have no pleasure^(AT)
    in the blood of bulls^(AU) and lambs and goats.^(AV)
12 When you come to appear before me,
    who has asked this of you,^(AW)
    this trampling of my courts?
¹³ Stop bringing meaningless offerings!^(AX)
    Your incense^(AY) is detestable^(AZ) to me.
New Moons,^(BA) Sabbaths and convocations^(BB)—
    I cannot bear your worthless assemblies.
¹⁴ Your New Moon^(BC) feasts and your appointed festivals^(BD)
    I hate with all my being.^(BE)
They have become a burden to me;^(BF)
    I am weary^(BG) of bearing them.
¹⁵ When you spread out your hands^(BH) in prayer,
    I hide^(BI) my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers,
    I am not listening.^(BJ)

Your hands^(BK) are full of blood!^(BL)

¹⁶ Wash^(BM) and make yourselves clean.
    Take your evil deeds out of my sight;^(BN)
    stop doing wrong.^(BO)
17 Learn to do right;^(BP) seek justice.^(BQ)
    Defend the oppressed.^[a](BR)
Take up the cause of the fatherless;^(BS)
    plead the case of the widow.^(BT)

¹⁸ “Come now, let us settle the matter,”^(BU)
    says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
    they shall be as white as snow;^(BV)
though they are red as crimson,
    they shall be like wool.^(BW)
19 If you are willing and obedient,^(BX)
    you will eat the good things of the land;^(BY)
20 but if you resist and rebel,^(BZ)
    you will be devoured by the sword.”^(CA)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.^(CB)

²¹ See how the faithful city
    has become a prostitute!^(CC)
She once was full of justice;
    righteousness^(CD) used to dwell in her—
    but now murderers!^(CE)
22 Your silver has become dross,^(CF)
    your choice wine is diluted with water.
²³ Your rulers are rebels,^(CG)
    partners with thieves;^(CH)
they all love bribes^(CI)
    and chase after gifts.
They do not defend the cause of the fatherless;
    the widow’s case does not come before them.^(CJ)

²⁴ Therefore the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    the Mighty One^(CK) of Israel, declares:
“Ah! I will vent my wrath on my foes
    and avenge^(CL) myself on my enemies.^(CM)
25 I will turn my hand against you;^[b](CN)
    I will thoroughly purge^(CO) away your dross^(CP)
    and remove all your impurities.^(CQ)
26 I will restore your leaders as in days of old,^(CR)
    your rulers as at the beginning.
Afterward you will be called^(CS)
    the City of Righteousness,^(CT)
    the Faithful City.^(CU)”

²⁷ Zion will be delivered with justice,
    her penitent^(CV) ones with righteousness.^(CW)
28 But rebels and sinners^(CX) will both be broken,
    and those who forsake^(CY) the Lord will perish.^(CZ)

²⁹ “You will be ashamed^(DA) because of the sacred oaks^(DB)
    in which you have delighted;
you will be disgraced because of the gardens^(DC)
    that you have chosen.
³⁰ You will be like an oak with fading leaves,^(DD)
    like a garden without water.
³¹ The mighty man will become tinder
    and his work a spark;
both will burn together,
    with no one to quench the fire.^(DE)”

the mountain^(DI) of the Lord’s temple will be established
    as the highest of the mountains;^(DJ)
it will be exalted^(DK) above the hills,
    and all nations will stream to it.^(DL)

“Come, let us go^(DN) up to the mountain^(DO) of the Lord,
    to the temple of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us his ways,
    so that we may walk in his paths.”
The law^(DP) will go out from Zion,
    the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.^(DQ)
4 He will judge^(DR) between the nations
    and will settle disputes^(DS) for many peoples.
They will beat their swords into plowshares
    and their spears into pruning hooks.^(DT)
Nation will not take up sword against nation,^(DU)
    nor will they train for war anymore.

⁵ Come, descendants of Jacob,^(DV)
    let us walk in the light^(DW) of the Lord.

¹⁰ Go into the rocks, hide^(EO) in the ground
    from the fearful presence of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty!^(EP)
11 The eyes of the arrogant^(EQ) will be humbled^(ER)
    and human pride^(ES) brought low;^(ET)
the Lord alone will be exalted^(EU) in that day.^(EV)

¹² The Lord Almighty has a day^(EW) in store
    for all the proud^(EX) and lofty,^(EY)
for all that is exalted^(EZ)
    (and they will be humbled),^(FA)
13 for all the cedars of Lebanon,^(FB) tall and lofty,^(FC)
    and all the oaks of Bashan,^(FD)
14 for all the towering mountains
    and all the high hills,^(FE)
15 for every lofty tower^(FF)
    and every fortified wall,^(FG)
16 for every trading ship^[d](FH)
    and every stately vessel.
¹⁷ The arrogance of man will be brought low^(FI)
    and human pride humbled;^(FJ)
the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,^(FK)
18     and the idols^(FL) will totally disappear.^(FM)

¹⁹ People will flee to caves^(FN) in the rocks
    and to holes in the ground^(FO)
from the fearful presence^(FP) of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,^(FQ)
    when he rises to shake the earth.^(FR)
20 In that day^(FS) people will throw away
    to the moles and bats^(FT)
their idols of silver and idols of gold,^(FU)
    which they made to worship.^(FV)
21 They will flee to caverns in the rocks^(FW)
    and to the overhanging crags
from the fearful presence of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,^(FX)
    when he rises^(FY) to shake the earth.^(FZ)

²² Stop trusting in mere humans,^(GA)
    who have but a breath^(GB) in their nostrils.
    Why hold them in esteem?^(GC)

⁴ “I will make mere youths their officials;
    children will rule over them.”^(GN)

⁵ People will oppress each other—
    man against man, neighbor against neighbor.^(GO)
The young will rise up against the old,
    the nobody against the honored.

⁶ A man will seize one of his brothers
    in his father’s house, and say,
“You have a cloak, you be our leader;
    take charge of this heap of ruins!”
⁷ But in that day^(GP) he will cry out,
    “I have no remedy.^(GQ)
I have no food^(GR) or clothing in my house;
    do not make me the leader of the people.”^(GS)

⁸ Jerusalem staggers,
    Judah is falling;^(GT)
their words^(GU) and deeds^(GV) are against the Lord,
    defying^(GW) his glorious presence.
⁹ The look on their faces testifies^(GX) against them;
    they parade their sin like Sodom;^(GY)
    they do not hide it.
Woe to them!
    They have brought disaster^(GZ) upon themselves.

¹⁰ Tell the righteous it will be well^(HA) with them,
    for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.^(HB)
11 Woe to the wicked!^(HC)
    Disaster^(HD) is upon them!
They will be paid back^(HE)
    for what their hands have done.^(HF)

¹² Youths^(HG) oppress my people,
    women rule over them.
My people, your guides lead you astray;^(HH)
    they turn you from the path.

¹³ The Lord takes his place in court;^(HI)
    he rises to judge^(HJ) the people.
¹⁴ The Lord enters into judgment^(HK)
    against the elders and leaders of his people:
“It is you who have ruined my vineyard;
    the plunder^(HL) from the poor^(HM) is in your houses.
¹⁵ What do you mean by crushing my people^(HN)
    and grinding^(HO) the faces of the poor?”^(HP)
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.^(HQ)

¹⁶ The Lord says,
    “The women of Zion^(HR) are haughty,
walking along with outstretched necks,^(HS)
    flirting with their eyes,
strutting along with swaying hips,
    with ornaments jingling on their ankles.
¹⁷ Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion;
    the Lord will make their scalps bald.^(HT)”

²⁴ Instead of fragrance^(ID) there will be a stench;^(IE)
    instead of a sash,^(IF) a rope;
instead of well-dressed hair, baldness;^(IG)
    instead of fine clothing, sackcloth;^(IH)
    instead of beauty,^(II) branding.^(IJ)
25 Your men will fall by the sword,^(IK)
    your warriors in battle.^(IL)
26 The gates^(IM) of Zion will lament and mourn;^(IN)
    destitute,^(IO) she will sit on the ground.^(IP)

³ “Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah,
    judge between me and my vineyard.^(JX)
4 What more could have been done for my vineyard
    than I have done for it?^(JY)
When I looked for good grapes,
    why did it yield only bad?^(JZ)
5 Now I will tell you
    what I am going to do to my vineyard:
I will take away its hedge,
    and it will be destroyed;^(KA)
I will break down its wall,^(KB)
    and it will be trampled.^(KC)
6 I will make it a wasteland,^(KD)
    neither pruned nor cultivated,
    and briers and thorns^(KE) will grow there.
I will command the clouds
    not to rain^(KF) on it.”

⁷ The vineyard^(KG) of the Lord Almighty
    is the nation of Israel,
and the people of Judah
    are the vines he delighted in.
And he looked for justice,^(KH) but saw bloodshed;
    for righteousness,^(KI) but heard cries of distress.^(KJ)

“Surely the great houses will become desolate,^(KO)
    the fine mansions left without occupants.
¹⁰ A ten-acre vineyard will produce only a bath^[h] of wine;
    a homer^[i] of seed will yield only an ephah^[j] of grain.”^(KP)

¹¹ Woe^(KQ) to those who rise early in the morning
    to run after their drinks,
who stay up late at night
    till they are inflamed with wine.^(KR)
12 They have harps and lyres at their banquets,
    pipes^(KS) and timbrels^(KT) and wine,
but they have no regard^(KU) for the deeds of the Lord,
    no respect for the work of his hands.^(KV)
13 Therefore my people will go into exile^(KW)
    for lack of understanding;^(KX)
those of high rank^(KY) will die of hunger
    and the common people will be parched with thirst.^(KZ)
14 Therefore Death^(LA) expands its jaws,
    opening wide its mouth;^(LB)
into it will descend their nobles and masses
    with all their brawlers and revelers.^(LC)
15 So people will be brought low^(LD)
    and everyone humbled,^(LE)
    the eyes of the arrogant^(LF) humbled.
¹⁶ But the Lord Almighty will be exalted^(LG) by his justice,^(LH)
    and the holy God will be proved holy^(LI) by his righteous acts.
¹⁷ Then sheep will graze as in their own pasture;^(LJ)
    lambs will feed^[k] among the ruins of the rich.

¹⁸ Woe^(LK) to those who draw sin along with cords^(LL) of deceit,
    and wickedness^(LM) as with cart ropes,
¹⁹ to those who say, “Let God hurry;
    let him hasten^(LN) his work
    so we may see it.
The plan of the Holy One^(LO) of Israel—
    let it approach, let it come into view,
    so we may know it.”^(LP)

²⁰ Woe^(LQ) to those who call evil good^(LR)
    and good evil,^(LS)
who put darkness for light
    and light for darkness,^(LT)
who put bitter for sweet
    and sweet for bitter.^(LU)

²¹ Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes^(LV)
    and clever in their own sight.

²² Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine^(LW)
    and champions at mixing drinks,^(LX)
23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe,^(LY)
    but deny justice^(LZ) to the innocent.^(MA)
24 Therefore, as tongues of fire^(MB) lick up straw^(MC)
    and as dry grass sinks down in the flames,
so their roots will decay^(MD)
    and their flowers blow away like dust;^(ME)
for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty
    and spurned the word^(MF) of the Holy One^(MG) of Israel.
²⁵ Therefore the Lord’s anger^(MH) burns against his people;
    his hand is raised and he strikes them down.
The mountains shake,^(MI)
    and the dead bodies^(MJ) are like refuse^(MK) in the streets.^(ML)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,^(MM)
    his hand is still upraised.^(MN)

²⁶ He lifts up a banner^(MO) for the distant nations,
    he whistles^(MP) for those at the ends of the earth.^(MQ)
Here they come,
    swiftly and speedily!
²⁷ Not one of them grows tired^(MR) or stumbles,
    not one slumbers or sleeps;
not a belt^(MS) is loosened at the waist,^(MT)
    not a sandal strap is broken.^(MU)
28 Their arrows are sharp,^(MV)
    all their bows^(MW) are strung;
their horses’ hooves^(MX) seem like flint,
    their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.^(MY)
29 Their roar is like that of the lion,^(MZ)
    they roar like young lions;
they growl as they seize^(NA) their prey
    and carry it off with no one to rescue.^(NB)
30 In that day^(NC) they will roar over it
    like the roaring of the sea.^(ND)
And if one looks at the land,
    there is only darkness^(NE) and distress;^(NF)
    even the sun will be darkened^(NG) by clouds.

“Holy, holy^(NP), holy is the Lord Almighty;^(NQ)
    the whole earth^(NR) is full of his glory.”^(NS)

“Until the cities lie ruined^(OP)
    and without inhabitant,
until the houses are left deserted^(OQ)
    and the fields ruined and ravaged,^(OR)
12 until the Lord has sent everyone far away^(OS)
    and the land is utterly forsaken.^(OT)
13 And though a tenth remains^(OU) in the land,
    it will again be laid waste.^(OV)
But as the terebinth and oak
    leave stumps^(OW) when they are cut down,
    so the holy^(OX) seed will be the stump in the land.”^(OY)

“‘It will not take place,
    it will not happen,^(PS)
8 for the head of Aram is Damascus,^(PT)
    and the head of Damascus is only Rezin.^(PU)
Within sixty-five years
    Ephraim will be too shattered^(PV) to be a people.
⁹ The head of Ephraim is Samaria,^(PW)
    and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah’s son.
If you do not stand^(PX) firm in your faith,^(PY)
    you will not stand at all.’”^(PZ)

⁶ “Because this people has rejected^(RY)
    the gently flowing waters of Shiloah^(RZ)
and rejoices over Rezin
    and the son of Remaliah,^(SA)
7 therefore the Lord is about to bring against them
    the mighty floodwaters^(SB) of the Euphrates—
    the king of Assyria^(SC) with all his pomp.^(SD)
It will overflow all its channels,
    run over all its banks^(SE)
8 and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it,^(SF)
    passing through it and reaching up to the neck.
Its outspread wings^(SG) will cover the breadth of your land,
    Immanuel^[u]!”^(SH)

⁹ Raise the war cry,^[v](SI) you nations, and be shattered!^(SJ)
    Listen, all you distant lands.
Prepare^(SK) for battle, and be shattered!
    Prepare for battle, and be shattered!
¹⁰ Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted;^(SL)
    propose your plan, but it will not stand,^(SM)
    for God is with us.^[w](SN)

¹² “Do not call conspiracy^(SQ)
    everything this people calls a conspiracy;
do not fear what they fear,^(SR)
    and do not dread it.^(SS)
13 The Lord Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy,^(ST)
    he is the one you are to fear,^(SU)
    he is the one you are to dread.^(SV)
14 He will be a holy place;^(SW)
    for both Israel and Judah he will be
a stone^(SX) that causes people to stumble^(SY)
    and a rock that makes them fall.^(SZ)
And for the people of Jerusalem he will be
    a trap and a snare.^(TA)
15 Many of them will stumble;^(TB)
    they will fall and be broken,
    they will be snared and captured.”

¹⁶ Bind up this testimony of warning^(TC)
    and seal^(TD) up God’s instruction among my disciples.
¹⁷ I will wait^(TE) for the Lord,
    who is hiding^(TF) his face from the descendants of Jacob.
I will put my trust in him.^(TG)

² The people walking in darkness^(TZ)
    have seen a great light;^(UA)
on those living in the land of deep darkness^(UB)
    a light has dawned.^(UC)
3 You have enlarged the nation^(UD)
    and increased their joy;^(UE)
they rejoice before you
    as people rejoice at the harvest,
as warriors rejoice
    when dividing the plunder.^(UF)
4 For as in the day of Midian’s defeat,^(UG)
    you have shattered^(UH)
the yoke^(UI) that burdens them,
    the bar across their shoulders,^(UJ)
    the rod of their oppressor.^(UK)
5 Every warrior’s boot used in battle
    and every garment rolled in blood
will be destined for burning,^(UL)
    will be fuel for the fire.
⁶ For to us a child is born,^(UM)
    to us a son is given,^(UN)
    and the government^(UO) will be on his shoulders.^(UP)
And he will be called
    Wonderful Counselor,^(UQ) Mighty God,^(UR)
    Everlasting^(US) Father,^(UT) Prince of Peace.^(UU)
7 Of the greatness of his government^(UV) and peace^(UW)
    there will be no end.^(UX)
He will reign^(UY) on David’s throne
    and over his kingdom,
establishing and upholding it
    with justice^(UZ) and righteousness^(VA)
    from that time on and forever.^(VB)
The zeal^(VC) of the Lord Almighty
    will accomplish this.

Yet for all this, his anger^(VO) is not turned away,
    his hand is still upraised.^(VP)

¹³ But the people have not returned^(VQ) to him who struck^(VR) them,
    nor have they sought^(VS) the Lord Almighty.
¹⁴ So the Lord will cut off from Israel both head and tail,
    both palm branch and reed^(VT) in a single day;^(VU)
15 the elders^(VV) and dignitaries^(VW) are the head,
    the prophets^(VX) who teach lies^(VY) are the tail.
¹⁶ Those who guide^(VZ) this people mislead them,
    and those who are guided are led astray.^(WA)
17 Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men,^(WB)
    nor will he pity^(WC) the fatherless and widows,
for everyone is ungodly^(WD) and wicked,^(WE)
    every mouth speaks folly.^(WF)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
    his hand is still upraised.^(WG)

¹⁸ Surely wickedness burns like a fire;^(WH)
    it consumes briers and thorns,^(WI)
it sets the forest thickets ablaze,^(WJ)
    so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.
¹⁹ By the wrath^(WK) of the Lord Almighty
    the land will be scorched^(WL)
and the people will be fuel for the fire;^(WM)
    they will not spare one another.^(WN)
20 On the right they will devour,
    but still be hungry;^(WO)
on the left they will eat,^(WP)
    but not be satisfied.
Each will feed on the flesh of their own offspring^[y]:
²¹     Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, and Ephraim on Manasseh;^(WQ)
    together they will turn against Judah.^(WR)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
    his hand is still upraised.^(WS)

10 Woe^(WT) to those who make unjust laws,
    to those who issue oppressive decrees,^(WU)
2 to deprive^(WV) the poor of their rights
    and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people,^(WW)
making widows their prey
    and robbing the fatherless.^(WX)
3 What will you do on the day of reckoning,^(WY)
    when disaster^(WZ) comes from afar?
To whom will you run for help?^(XA)
    Where will you leave your riches?
⁴ Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives^(XB)
    or fall among the slain.^(XC)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,^(XD)
    his hand is still upraised.

“‘By the strength of my hand^(YD) I have done this,^(YE)
    and by my wisdom, because I have understanding.
I removed the boundaries of nations,
    I plundered their treasures;^(YF)
    like a mighty one I subdued^[z] their kings.^(YG)
14 As one reaches into a nest,^(YH)
    so my hand reached for the wealth^(YI) of the nations;
as people gather abandoned eggs,
    so I gathered all the countries;^(YJ)
not one flapped a wing,
    or opened its mouth to chirp.^(YK)’”

¹⁵ Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it,
    or the saw boast against the one who uses it?^(YL)
As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up,
    or a club^(YM) brandish the one who is not wood!
¹⁶ Therefore, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will send a wasting disease^(YN) upon his sturdy warriors;^(YO)
under his pomp^(YP) a fire^(YQ) will be kindled
    like a blazing flame.
¹⁷ The Light of Israel will become a fire,^(YR)
    their Holy One^(YS) a flame;
in a single day it will burn and consume
    his thorns^(YT) and his briers.^(YU)
18 The splendor of his forests^(YV) and fertile fields
    it will completely destroy,^(YW)
    as when a sick person wastes away.
¹⁹ And the remaining trees of his forests^(YX) will be so few^(YY)
    that a child could write them down.

“My people who live in Zion,^(ZN)
    do not be afraid^(ZO) of the Assyrians,
who beat^(ZP) you with a rod^(ZQ)
    and lift up a club against you, as Egypt did.
²⁵ Very soon^(ZR) my anger against you will end
    and my wrath^(ZS) will be directed to their destruction.^(ZT)”

²⁶ The Lord Almighty will lash^(ZU) them with a whip,
    as when he struck down Midian^(ZV) at the rock of Oreb;
and he will raise his staff^(ZW) over the waters,^(ZX)
    as he did in Egypt.
²⁷ In that day^(ZY) their burden^(ZZ) will be lifted from your shoulders,
    their yoke^(AAA) from your neck;^(AAB)
the yoke^(AAC) will be broken
    because you have grown so fat.^[ab]

²⁸ They enter Aiath;
    they pass through Migron;^(AAD)
    they store supplies^(AAE) at Mikmash.^(AAF)
29 They go over the pass, and say,
    “We will camp overnight at Geba.^(AAG)”
Ramah^(AAH) trembles;
    Gibeah^(AAI) of Saul flees.^(AAJ)
30 Cry out, Daughter Gallim!^(AAK)
    Listen, Laishah!
    Poor Anathoth!^(AAL)
31 Madmenah is in flight;
    the people of Gebim take cover.
³² This day they will halt at Nob;^(AAM)
    they will shake their fist^(AAN)
at the mount of Daughter Zion,^(AAO)
    at the hill of Jerusalem.

³³ See, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will lop off^(AAP) the boughs with great power.
The lofty trees will be felled,^(AAQ)
    the tall^(AAR) ones will be brought low.^(AAS)
34 He will cut down^(AAT) the forest thickets with an ax;
    Lebanon^(AAU) will fall before the Mighty One.^(AAV)

He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,^(ABF)
    or decide by what he hears with his ears;^(ABG)
4 but with righteousness^(ABH) he will judge the needy,^(ABI)
    with justice^(ABJ) he will give decisions for the poor^(ABK) of the earth.
He will strike^(ABL) the earth with the rod of his mouth;^(ABM)
    with the breath^(ABN) of his lips he will slay the wicked.^(ABO)
5 Righteousness will be his belt^(ABP)
    and faithfulness^(ABQ) the sash around his waist.^(ABR)

⁶ The wolf will live with the lamb,^(ABS)
    the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling^[ac] together;
    and a little child will lead them.
⁷ The cow will feed with the bear,
    their young will lie down together,
    and the lion will eat straw like the ox.^(ABT)
8 The infant^(ABU) will play near the cobra’s den,
    and the young child will put its hand into the viper’s^(ABV) nest.
⁹ They will neither harm nor destroy^(ABW)
    on all my holy mountain,^(ABX)
for the earth^(ABY) will be filled with the knowledge^(ABZ) of the Lord
    as the waters cover the sea.

¹² He will raise a banner^(ACQ) for the nations
    and gather^(ACR) the exiles of Israel;^(ACS)
he will assemble the scattered people^(ACT) of Judah
    from the four quarters of the earth.^(ACU)
13 Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish,
    and Judah’s enemies^[af] will be destroyed;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
    nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim.^(ACV)
14 They will swoop down on the slopes of Philistia^(ACW) to the west;
    together they will plunder the people to the east.^(ACX)
They will subdue Edom^(ACY) and Moab,^(ACZ)
    and the Ammonites^(ADA) will be subject to them.^(ADB)
15 The Lord will dry up^(ADC)
    the gulf of the Egyptian sea;
with a scorching wind^(ADD) he will sweep his hand^(ADE)
    over the Euphrates River.^(ADF)
He will break it up into seven streams
    so that anyone can cross over in sandals.^(ADG)
16 There will be a highway^(ADH) for the remnant^(ADI) of his people
    that is left from Assyria,^(ADJ)
as there was for Israel
    when they came up from Egypt.^(ADK)

“I will praise^(ADM) you, Lord.
    Although you were angry with me,
your anger has turned away^(ADN)
    and you have comforted^(ADO) me.
² Surely God is my salvation;^(ADP)
    I will trust^(ADQ) and not be afraid.
The Lord, the Lord himself,^(ADR) is my strength^(ADS) and my defense^[ag];
    he has become my salvation.^(ADT)”
³ With joy you will draw water^(ADU)
    from the wells^(ADV) of salvation.

“Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;^(ADX)
    make known among the nations^(ADY) what he has done,
    and proclaim that his name is exalted.^(ADZ)
5 Sing^(AEA) to the Lord, for he has done glorious things;^(AEB)
    let this be known to all the world.
⁶ Shout aloud and sing for joy,^(AEC) people of Zion,
    for great^(AED) is the Holy One of Israel^(AEE) among you.^(AEF)”

² Raise a banner^(AEK) on a bare hilltop,
    shout to them;
beckon to them
    to enter the gates^(AEL) of the nobles.
³ I have commanded those I prepared for battle;
    I have summoned my warriors^(AEM) to carry out my wrath^(AEN)—
    those who rejoice^(AEO) in my triumph.

⁴ Listen, a noise on the mountains,
    like that of a great multitude!^(AEP)
Listen, an uproar^(AEQ) among the kingdoms,
    like nations massing together!
The Lord Almighty^(AER) is mustering^(AES)
    an army for war.
⁵ They come from faraway lands,
    from the ends of the heavens^(AET)—
the Lord and the weapons^(AEU) of his wrath^(AEV)—
    to destroy^(AEW) the whole country.

⁶ Wail,^(AEX) for the day^(AEY) of the Lord is near;
    it will come like destruction^(AEZ) from the Almighty.^[ah](AFA)
7 Because of this, all hands will go limp,^(AFB)
    every heart will melt with fear.^(AFC)
8 Terror^(AFD) will seize them,
    pain and anguish will grip^(AFE) them;
    they will writhe like a woman in labor.^(AFF)
They will look aghast at each other,
    their faces aflame.^(AFG)

⁹ See, the day^(AFH) of the Lord is coming
    —a cruel^(AFI) day, with wrath^(AFJ) and fierce anger^(AFK)—
to make the land desolate
    and destroy the sinners within it.
¹⁰ The stars of heaven and their constellations
    will not show their light.^(AFL)
The rising sun^(AFM) will be darkened^(AFN)
    and the moon will not give its light.^(AFO)
11 I will punish^(AFP) the world for its evil,
    the wicked^(AFQ) for their sins.
I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty^(AFR)
    and will humble^(AFS) the pride of the ruthless.^(AFT)
12 I will make people^(AFU) scarcer than pure gold,
    more rare than the gold of Ophir.^(AFV)
13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble;^(AFW)
    and the earth will shake^(AFX) from its place
at the wrath^(AFY) of the Lord Almighty,
    in the day of his burning anger.^(AFZ)

¹⁴ Like a hunted^(AGA) gazelle,
    like sheep without a shepherd,^(AGB)
they will all return to their own people,
    they will flee^(AGC) to their native land.^(AGD)
15 Whoever is captured will be thrust through;
    all who are caught will fall^(AGE) by the sword.^(AGF)
16 Their infants^(AGG) will be dashed to pieces before their eyes;
    their houses will be looted and their wives violated.^(AGH)

¹⁷ See, I will stir up^(AGI) against them the Medes,^(AGJ)
    who do not care for silver
    and have no delight in gold.^(AGK)
18 Their bows^(AGL) will strike down the young men;^(AGM)
    they will have no mercy^(AGN) on infants,
    nor will they look with compassion on children.^(AGO)
19 Babylon,^(AGP) the jewel of kingdoms,^(AGQ)
    the pride and glory^(AGR) of the Babylonians,^[ai]
will be overthrown^(AGS) by God
    like Sodom and Gomorrah.^(AGT)
20 She will never be inhabited^(AGU)
    or lived in through all generations;
there no nomads^(AGV) will pitch their tents,
    there no shepherds will rest their flocks.
²¹ But desert creatures^(AGW) will lie there,
    jackals^(AGX) will fill her houses;
there the owls^(AGY) will dwell,
    and there the wild goats^(AGZ) will leap about.
²² Hyenas^(AHA) will inhabit her strongholds,^(AHB)
    jackals^(AHC) her luxurious palaces.
Her time is at hand,^(AHD)
    and her days will not be prolonged.^(AHE)