⁴ For this is what the Lord has said to me: I will be quiet, watching from my place; like the clear heat when the sun is shining, like a mist of dew in the heat of summer.

¹⁵ I will go back to my place till they are made waste; in their trouble they will go after me early and will make search for me.

²¹ For the Lord is coming out of his place to send punishment on the people of the earth for their evil-doing: the earth will let the blood drained out on her be seen, and will keep her dead covered no longer.

⁷ In that time an offering will be made to the Lord of armies from a people tall and smooth, causing fear through all their history; a strong nation, crushing down its haters, whose land is cut through by rivers, an offering taken to the place of the name of the Lord of armies, even Mount Zion.

⁴ It is as the light of the morning, when the sun comes up, a morning without clouds; making young grass come to life from the earth.

¹⁷ Let the nations be awake, and come to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there I will be seated as judge of all the nations round about.

⁵ I will put right their errors; freely will my love be given to them, for my wrath is turned away from him.

¹³ My righteousness is near, it is not far off; salvation will come quickly; and I will make Zion free, and give Israel my glory.

⁹ And his rock will come to nothing because of fear, and his chiefs will go in flight from the flag, says the Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and his altar in Jerusalem.

¹⁹ Your dead will come back; their dead bodies will come to life again. Those in the dust, awaking from their sleep, will send out a song; for your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the shades.

³² What answer, then, will my people give to the representatives of the nation? That the Lord is the builder of Zion, and she will be a safe place for the poor of his people.

⁶ Let your voice be sounding in a cry of joy, O daughter of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel among you.

¹³ For the Lord's heart is on Zion, desiring it for his resting-place.

¹⁴ This is my rest for ever: here will I ever be; for this is my desire.

⁶ May he come down like rain on the cut grass; like showers watering the earth.