4. So will I choose their delusions,And bring their fears on them;Because, when I called, no one answered,When I spoke they did not hear;But they did evil before My eyes,And chose that in which I do not delight.”
5. Hear the word of the Lord,You who tremble at His word:“Your brethren who hated you,Who cast you out for My name’s sake, said,‘Let the Lord be glorified,That we may see your joy.’But they shall be ashamed.”
6. The sound of noise from the city!A voice from the temple!The voice of the Lord,Who fully repays His enemies!
7. “Before she was in labor, she gave birth;Before her pain came,She delivered a male child.
8. Who has heard such a thing?Who has seen such things?Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day?Or shall a nation be born at once?For as soon as Zion was in labor,She gave birth to her children.
9. Shall I bring to the time of birth, and not cause delivery?” says the Lord.“Shall I who cause delivery shut up the womb?” says your God.
10. “Rejoice with Jerusalem,And be glad with her, all you who love her;Rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn for her;
11. That you may feed and be satisfiedWith the consolation of her bosom,That you may drink deeply and be delightedWith the abundance of her glory.”
12. For thus says the Lord:“Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river,And the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream.Then you shall feed;On her sides shall you be carried,And be dandled on her knees.
13. As one whom his mother comforts,So I will comfort you;And you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.”
14. When you see this, your heart shall rejoice,And your bones shall flourish like grass;The hand of the Lord shall be known to His servants,And His indignation to His enemies.
15. For behold, the Lord will come with fireAnd with His chariots, like a whirlwind,To render His anger with fury,And His rebuke with flames of fire.
16. For by fire and by His swordThe Lord will judge all flesh;And the slain of the Lord shall be many.
17. “Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves,To go to the gardensAfter an idol in the midst,Eating swine’s flesh and the abomination and the mouse,Shall be consumed together,” says the Lord.
18. “For I know their works and their thoughts. It shall be that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and see My glory.