12. The peoples will be burned to ashes,like thorns cut down and burned in a fire.
13. You who are far off, hear what I have done;you who are near, know My strength.”
14. The sinners in Zion are afraid;trembling seizes the ungodly:“Who among us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who among us can dwell with ever-burning flames? ”
15. The one who lives righteouslyand speaks rightly, who refuses gain from extortion,whose hand never takes a bribe,who stops his ears from listening to murderous plots and shuts his eyes to avoid endorsing evil —
16. he will dwell on the heights;his refuge will be the rocky fortresses,his food provided, his water assured.
17. Your eyes will see the King in His beauty; you will see a vast land.
18. Your mind will meditate on the past terror:“Where is the accountant? Where is the tribute collector? Where is the one who spied out our defenses? ”
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.
20. Look at Zion, the city of our festival times.Your eyes will see Jerusalem,a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander;its tent pegs will not be pulled upnor will any of its cords be loosened.
21. For the majestic One, our Lord, will be there, a place of rivers and broad streamswhere ships that are rowed will not go,and majestic vessels will not pass.
22. For the Lord is our Judge,the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our King.He will save us.
23. Your ropes are slack;they cannot hold the base of the mastor 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 therewill be forgiven their iniquity.