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Hosea 4-5; 2 Kings 14:24-28; Jonah 1-4; 2 Kings 14:29; 2 Kings 15:8-16; Isaiah 1-4
(Hosea 4-5; 2 Kings 14:24-28; Jonah 1-4; 2 Kings 14:29; 2 Kings 15:8-16; Isaiah 1-4)
  • Hosea 4:1-5:15
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 4 Hear the word of Jehovah, O people of Israel,

      For Jehovah has a legal case against the inhabitants of the land,+

      Because there is no truth nor loyal love nor knowledge of God in the land.+

       2 False oaths and lying+ and murder+

      And stealing and adultery+ are widespread,

      And one act of bloodshed follows another act of bloodshed.+

       3 That is why the land will mourn+

      And every inhabitant in it will waste away;

      The wild animals of the field and the birds of the heavens,

      Even the fish of the sea, will perish.

       4 “However, let no man contend or reprove,+

      For your people are like those who contend against a priest.+

       5 So you will stumble in broad daylight,

      And the prophet will stumble with you, as if it were night.

      And I will silence* your mother.

       6 My people will be silenced,* because there is no knowledge.

      Because you have rejected knowledge,+

      I will also reject you from serving as my priest;

      And because you have forgotten the law* of your God,+

      I myself will forget your sons.

       7 The more they increased, the more they sinned against me.+

      I will change their glory into disgrace.*

       8 They feed on the sin of my people,

      And they are greedy for* their error.

       9 It will be the same for the people as for the priest;

      I will call them to account for their ways,

      And I will bring on them the consequences of their actions.+

      10 They will eat but not be satisfied.+

      They will be promiscuous,* but they will not increase,+

      Because they have shown no regard for Jehovah.

      11 Prostitution* and wine and new wine

      Take away the motivation to do what is right.*+

      12 My people consult their wooden idols,

      Doing what their staff* tells them;

      Because the spirit of prostitution* causes them to go astray,

      And by their prostitution* they refuse to submit to their God.

      13 On the tops of the mountains they sacrifice,+

      And on the hills they make sacrifices smoke,

      Under oak trees and storax trees and every big tree,+

      Because their shade is good.

      That is why your daughters commit prostitution*

      And your daughters-in-law commit adultery.

      14 I will not hold an accounting against your daughters because of their prostitution,*

      And against your daughters-in-law because of their adultery.

      For the men go off with the harlots

      And sacrifice with the temple prostitutes;

      Such a people without understanding+ will come to ruin.

      15 Although you are committing prostitution,* O Israel,+

      Let not Judah become guilty.+

      Do not come to Gilʹgal+ or to Beth-aʹven,+

      And do not swear, ‘As surely as Jehovah is alive!’+

      16 For like a stubborn cow, Israel has become stubborn.+

      Will Jehovah now shepherd them like a young ram in an open pasture?*

      17 Eʹphra·im is joined to idols.+

      Let him alone!

      18 When their beer* is finished,

      They become promiscuous.*

      And her rulers* dearly love dishonor.+

      19 The wind will wrap her* in its wings,

      And they will be ashamed of their sacrifices.”

      5 “Hear this, you priests,+

      Pay attention, O house of Israel,

      Listen, O house of the king,

      For the judgment involves you;

      Because you are a trap to Mizʹpah

      And a net spread over Taʹbor.+

       2 And those falling away* have sunk deep* in slaughter,

      And I am warning* all of them.

       3 I know Eʹphra·im,

      And Israel is not hidden from me.

      For now, O Eʹphra·im, you have acted promiscuously;*

      Israel has defiled itself.+

       4 Their dealings do not permit them to return to their God,

      Because there is a spirit of prostitution* among them;+

      And Jehovah they do not acknowledge.

       5 The pride of Israel has testified against him;*+

      Both Israel and Eʹphra·im have stumbled in their error,

      And Judah has stumbled with them.+

       6 With their flock and their herd they went to look for Jehovah,

      But they could not find him.

      He had drawn away from them.+

       7 They have betrayed Jehovah,+

      For they have fathered foreign sons.

      Now a month will devour them* and their portions.*

       8 Blow a horn+ in Gibʹe·ah, a trumpet in Raʹmah!+

      Shout a war cry at Beth-aʹven+—after you, O Benjamin!

       9 O Eʹphra·im, you will become an object of horror in the day of punishment.+

      I have made known what will surely happen among the tribes of Israel.

      10 The princes of Judah are like those moving a boundary.+

      I will pour out my fury on them like water.

      11 Eʹphra·im is oppressed, crushed by judgment,

      For he was determined to follow after his adversary.+

      12 So I was like a moth to Eʹphra·im

      And like rottenness to the house of Judah.

      13 When Eʹphra·im saw his sickness, and Judah his ulcer,

      Eʹphra·im went to As·syrʹi·a+ and sent to a great king.

      But he was unable to heal you,

      And he could not cure your ulcer.

      14 For I will be like a young lion to Eʹphra·im,

      And like a strong lion* to the house of Judah.

      I myself will tear to pieces and go away;+

      I will carry them off, and no one will rescue them.+

      15 I will go away and return to my place until they bear the consequences of their guilt,

      And then they will seek my favor.*+

      When they are in distress, they will seek me.”+

  • 2 Kings 14:24-28
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 24 He continued to do what was bad in Jehovah’s eyes. He did not depart from all the sins that Jer·o·boʹam the son of Neʹbat had caused Israel to commit.+ 25 He restored the boundary of Israel from Leʹbo-haʹmath*+ clear to the Sea of the Arʹa·bah,*+ according to the word that Jehovah the God of Israel spoke through his servant Joʹnah+ the son of A·mitʹtai, the prophet from Gath-heʹpher.+ 26 For Jehovah had seen the very bitter affliction of Israel.+ There was no one left to help Israel, not even the helpless or the weak. 27 But Jehovah had promised not to wipe out the name of Israel from under the heavens.+ So he saved them by the hand of Jer·o·boʹam the son of Je·hoʹash.+

      28 As for the rest of the history of Jer·o·boʹam, all that he did and his mightiness, how he fought and how he restored Damascus+ and Haʹmath+ to Judah in Israel, is it not written in the book of the history of the times of the kings of Israel?

  • Jonah 1:1-4:11
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 1 The word of Jehovah came to Joʹnah*+ the son of A·mitʹtai, saying: 2 “Get up, go to Ninʹe·veh+ the great city, and proclaim judgment against her, for their wickedness has come to my attention.”

      3 But Joʹnah got up to run away from Jehovah to Tarʹshish; he went down to Jopʹpa and found a ship going to Tarʹshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to go with them to Tarʹshish, away from Jehovah.

      4 Then Jehovah hurled a strong wind at the sea, and there was such a violent storm on the sea that the ship was about to be wrecked. 5 The mariners were so frightened that each of them began to call on his god for help. And they began throwing the articles of the ship into the sea, to make it lighter.+ But Joʹnah had gone down into the inner part of the ship,* where he lay down and fell fast asleep. 6 The ship captain approached and said to him: “Why are you sleeping? Get up, call out to your god! Perhaps the true God will show his concern for us, and we will not perish.”+

      7 Then they said to one another: “Come, let us cast lots+ to find out who is to blame for this calamity.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell to Joʹnah.+ 8 They said to him: “Please tell us, who is to blame for this calamity that has come upon us? What is your work, and where do you come from? What is your country, and from what people are you?”

      9 He replied: “I am a Hebrew, and I fear* Jehovah the God of the heavens, the One who made the sea and the dry land.”

      10 At this the men became even more afraid, and they asked him: “What have you done?” (The men learned that he was running away from Jehovah, because he had told them.) 11 So they said to him: “What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?” For the sea was growing more and more stormy. 12 He replied: “Lift me up and throw me into the sea, and the sea will calm down for you; for I know that it is because of me that this violent storm has come upon you.” 13 However, the men rowed hard* to bring the ship back to dry land, but they could not, because the sea grew more and more stormy around them.

      14 Then they called out to Jehovah and said: “Ah, now, O Jehovah, please, may we not perish because of this man!* Do not hold us responsible for innocent blood, since you have done as you pleased, O Jehovah.” 15 Then they lifted Joʹnah up and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased its raging. 16 Then the men were struck with great fear of Jehovah,+ and they offered a sacrifice to Jehovah and made vows.

      17 Jehovah now sent a huge fish to swallow Joʹnah, so that Joʹnah came to be in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights.+

      2 Then Joʹnah prayed to Jehovah his God from the belly of the fish,+ 2 and he said:

      “Out of my distress I called out to Jehovah, and he answered me.+

      Out of the depths* of the Grave* I cried for help.+

      You heard my voice.

       3 When you threw me to the depths, into the heart of the open sea,

      Then the currents engulfed me.+

      All your breakers and waves swept over me.+

       4 And I said, ‘I have been driven away from your sight!

      How will I gaze again upon your holy temple?’

       5 Waters engulfed me and threatened my life;*+

      The watery deep closed in on me.

      Weeds were wrapped around my head.

       6 To the bottoms of the mountains I sank down.

      The bars of the earth were closing upon me forever.

      But out of the pit you brought up my life, O Jehovah my God.+

       7 When my life* was ebbing away, Jehovah was the One whom I remembered.+

      Then my prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.+

       8 Those who are devoted to the worthless idols forsake their source of loyal love.*

       9 But as for me, with the voice of thanksgiving I will sacrifice to you.

      What I have vowed, I will pay.+

      Salvation is from Jehovah.”+

      10 In time Jehovah commanded the fish, and it vomited Joʹnah out onto the dry land.

      3 Then the word of Jehovah came to Joʹnah a second time, saying:+ 2 “Get up, go to Ninʹe·veh+ the great city, and proclaim to her the message that I tell you.”

      3 So Joʹnah got up and went to Ninʹe·veh+ in obedience to the word of Jehovah.+ Now Ninʹe·veh was a very large city*—a walking distance of three days. 4 Then Joʹnah entered the city, and walking a day’s journey, he was proclaiming: “In just 40 days more, Ninʹe·veh will be overthrown.”

      5 And the men of Ninʹe·veh put faith in God,+ and they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them. 6 When the message reached the king of Ninʹe·veh, he rose up from his throne and took off his royal garment and covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the ashes. 7 Furthermore, he issued a proclamation throughout Ninʹe·veh,

      “By the decree of the king and his nobles: No man or beast, herd or flock, should eat anything at all. They should not take food, nor should they drink any water. 8 Let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and beast; and let them call out earnestly to God and turn from their evil ways and from the violence they practice. 9 Who knows whether the true God may reconsider* what he intends to do and turn from his burning anger, so that we may not perish?”

      10 When the true God saw what they did, how they had turned back from their evil ways,+ he reconsidered* the calamity that he said he would bring on them, and he did not bring it.+

      4 But this was highly displeasing to Joʹnah, and he became hot with anger. 2 So he prayed to Jehovah: “Ah, now, Jehovah, was this not my concern when I was in my own land? That is why I tried to flee to Tarʹshish+ in the first place; for I knew that you are a compassionate* and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in loyal love,+ one who feels grieved over calamity. 3 Now, O Jehovah, please take away my life,* for it is better for me to die than to live.”+

      4 Jehovah asked: “Is it right for you to be so angry?”

      5 Joʹnah then went out of the city and sat down east of the city. He made a shelter for himself there and sat in its shade to see what would happen to the city.+ 6 Jehovah God then provided a bottle-gourd plant* to grow up over Joʹnah, to give him shade for his head and to relieve his misery. And Joʹnah was very pleased with the bottle-gourd plant.

      7 But the true God sent a worm at the break of dawn on the next day, and it attacked the bottle-gourd plant, and it withered. 8 When the sun began to shine, God also sent a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Joʹnah’s head, and he grew faint. He kept asking to die,* and he kept saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”+

      9 God asked Joʹnah: “Is it right for you to be so angry over the bottle-gourd plant?”+

      At that he said: “I have a right to be angry, so angry that I want to die.” 10 But Jehovah said: “You felt sorry for the bottle-gourd plant, which you did not work for, nor did you make it grow; it grew in one night and perished in one night. 11 Should I not also feel sorry for Ninʹe·veh the great city,+ in which there are more than 120,000 men who do not even know right from wrong,* as well as their many animals?”+

  • 2 Kings 14:29
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 29 Then Jer·o·boʹam was laid to rest with his forefathers, with the kings of Israel; and his son Zech·a·riʹah+ became king in his place.

  • 2 Kings 15:8-16
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 8 In the 38th year of King Az·a·riʹah+ of Judah, Zech·a·riʹah+ the son of Jer·o·boʹam became king over Israel in Sa·marʹi·a, and he reigned for six months. 9 He did what was bad in Jehovah’s eyes, just as his forefathers had done. He did not depart from the sins that Jer·o·boʹam the son of Neʹbat had caused Israel to commit.+ 10 Then Shalʹlum the son of Jaʹbesh conspired against him and struck him down+ at Ibʹle·am.+ After putting him to death, he became king in his place. 11 As for the rest of the history of Zech·a·riʹah, it is written in the book of the history of the times of the kings of Israel. 12 That fulfilled Jehovah’s word spoken to Jeʹhu: “Four generations of your sons+ will sit on the throne of Israel.”+ And that is how it happened.

      13 Shalʹlum the son of Jaʹbesh became king in the 39th year of King Uz·ziʹah+ of Judah, and he reigned for a full month in Sa·marʹi·a. 14 Then Menʹa·hem the son of Gaʹdi came up from Tirʹzah+ to Sa·marʹi·a and struck down Shalʹlum+ the son of Jaʹbesh in Sa·marʹi·a. After putting him to death, he became king in his place. 15 As for the rest of the history of Shalʹlum and the conspiracy that he formed, it is written in the book of the history of the times of the kings of Israel. 16 It was then that Menʹa·hem came from Tirʹzah and struck down Tiphʹsah and all who were in it and its territory, because it did not open its gates to him. He struck it down and ripped open its pregnant women.

  • Isaiah 1:1-4:6
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 1 The vision that Isaiah*+ the son of Aʹmoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uz·ziʹah,+ Joʹtham,+ Aʹhaz,+ and Hez·e·kiʹah,+ kings of Judah:+

       2 Hear, O heavens, and pay attention, O earth,+

      For Jehovah has spoken:

      “Sons I have brought up and raised,+

      But they have revolted against me.+

       3 A bull well knows its buyer,

      And a donkey the manger of its owner;

      But Israel does not know me,*+

      My own people do not behave with understanding.”

       4 Woe to the sinful nation,+

      The people weighed down with error,

      A brood of wicked men, corrupt children!

      They have abandoned Jehovah;+

      They have treated the Holy One of Israel with disrespect;

      They have turned their backs on him.

       5 Where will you be struck next as you add to your rebellion?+

      The whole head is sick,

      And the whole heart is diseased.+

       6 From the sole of the foot to the head, nothing is healthy.

      There are wounds and bruises and open sores

      —They have not been treated* or bound up or softened with oil.+

       7 Your land is desolate.

      Your cities are burned with fire.

      Foreigners devour your land right in front of you.+

      It is like a wasteland overthrown by foreigners.+

       8 The daughter of Zion has been left like a shelter* in a vineyard,

      Like a hut in a cucumber field,

      Like a city under siege.+

       9 Unless Jehovah of armies had left us a few survivors,

      We should have become just like Sodʹom,

      And we should have resembled Go·morʹrah.+

      10 Hear the word of Jehovah, you dictators* of Sodʹom.+

      Pay attention to the law* of our God, you people of Go·morʹrah.+

      11 “Of what benefit to me are your many sacrifices?”+ says Jehovah.

      “I have had enough of your burnt offerings of rams+ and the fat of well-fed animals,+

      And I have no delight in the blood+ of young bulls+ and lambs and goats.+

      12 When you come to appear before me,+

      Who has required this from you,

      This trampling of my courtyards?+

      13 Stop bringing in any more worthless grain offerings.

      Your incense is detestable to me.+

      New moons,+ sabbaths,+ the calling of conventions+

      —I cannot put up with the use of magical power+ along with your solemn assembly.

      14 I have* hated your new moons and your festivals.

      They have become a burden to me;

      I am tired of bearing them.

      15 And when you spread out your palms,

      I hide my eyes from you.+

      Although you offer many prayers,+

      I am not listening;+

      Your hands are filled with blood.+

      16 Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;+

      Remove your evil deeds from my sight;

      Stop doing bad.+

      17 Learn to do good, seek justice,+

      Correct the oppressor,

      Defend the rights of the fatherless child,*

      And plead the cause of the widow.”+

      18 “Come, now, and let us set matters straight between us,” says Jehovah.+

      “Though your sins are like scarlet,

      They will be made as white as snow;+

      Though they are as red as crimson cloth,

      They will become like wool.

      19 If you show willingness and listen,

      You will eat the good things of the land.+

      20 But if you refuse and rebel,

      You will be devoured by the sword,+

      For the mouth of Jehovah has spoken it.”

      21 How the faithful city+ has become a prostitute!+

      She was full of justice;+

      Righteousness used to lodge in her,+

      But now murderers.+

      22 Your silver has become dross,+

      And your beer* is diluted with water.

      23 Your princes are stubborn and partners with thieves.+

      Every one of them loves a bribe and chases after gifts.+

      They do not grant justice to the fatherless,*

      And the legal case of the widow never reaches them.+

      24 Therefore the true Lord, Jehovah of armies,

      The Powerful One of Israel, declares:

      “Ah! I will rid myself of my adversaries,

      And I will take revenge on my enemies.+

      25 I will turn my hand against you,

      I will smelt away your dross as with lye,

      And I will remove all your impurities.+

      26 I will restore your judges as in the beginning

      And your advisers as at the start.+

      After this you will be called City of Righteousness, Faithful Town.+

      27 With justice Zion will be redeemed,+

      And her people who return, with righteousness.

      28 The rebels and the sinners will be broken together,+

      And those leaving Jehovah will come to their finish.+

      29 For they will be ashamed of the mighty trees that you desired,+

      And you will be disgraced because of the gardens* that you chose.+

      30 For you will become like a big tree with withering leaves,+

      And like a garden without water.

      31 The strong man will become tow,*

      And his work a spark;

      Both of them will go up in flames together,

      With no one to extinguish them.”

      2 This is what Isaiah the son of Aʹmoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:+

       2 In the final part of the days,*

      The mountain of the house of Jehovah

      Will become firmly established above the top of the mountains,+

      And it will be raised up above the hills,

      And to it all the nations will stream.+

       3 And many peoples will go and say:

      “Come, let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah,

      To the house of the God of Jacob.+

      He will instruct us about his ways,

      And we will walk in his paths.”+

      For law* will go out of Zion,

      And the word of Jehovah out of Jerusalem.+

       4 He will render judgment among the nations

      And set matters straight* respecting many peoples.

      They will beat their swords into plowshares

      And their spears into pruning shears.+

      Nation will not lift up sword against nation,

      Nor will they learn war anymore.+

       5 O house of Jacob, come,

      Let us walk in the light of Jehovah.+

       6 For you have forsaken your people, the house of Jacob,+

      Because they have become full of things from the East;

      They practice magic+ like the Phi·lisʹtines,

      And they abound with the children of foreigners.

       7 Their land is filled with silver and gold,

      And there is no limit to their treasures.

      Their land is filled with horses,

      And there is no limit to their chariots.+

       8 Their land is filled with worthless gods.+

      They bow down to the work of their own hands,

      To what their own fingers have made.

       9 So man bows down, he becomes low,

      And you cannot possibly pardon them.

      10 Enter into the rock and hide yourself in the dust

      Because of the terrifying presence of Jehovah

      And his majestic splendor.+

      11 The haughty eyes of man will be brought low,

      And the arrogance of men will bow down.*

      Jehovah alone will be exalted in that day.

      12 For it is the day belonging to Jehovah of armies.+

      It is coming upon everyone who is haughty and lofty,

      Upon everyone, whether exalted or lowly,+

      13 Upon all the cedars of Lebʹa·non that are lofty and exalted

      And upon all the oaks of Baʹshan,

      14 Upon all the lofty mountains

      And upon all the high hills,

      15 Upon every high tower and every fortified wall,

      16 Upon all the ships of Tarʹshish+

      And upon all desirable boats.

      17 Man’s haughtiness will be brought down,

      And the arrogance of men will bow low.*

      Jehovah alone will be exalted in that day.

      18 The worthless gods will completely disappear.+

      19 And people will enter into the caves of the rocks

      And into the holes in the ground,+

      Because of the terrifying presence of Jehovah

      And his majestic splendor,+

      When he arises to make the earth tremble in terror.

      20 In that day men will take their worthless gods of silver and of gold

      That they had made for themselves to bow down to

      And throw them away to the shrewmice* and to the bats,+

      21 In order to enter into the holes in the rocks

      And into the clefts of the crags,

      Because of the terrifying presence of Jehovah

      And his majestic splendor,

      When he arises to make the earth tremble in terror.

      22 For your own sakes, quit trusting in mere man,

      Who is only the breath in his nostrils.*

      Why should he be taken into account?

      3 For look! the true Lord, Jehovah of armies,

      Is removing from Jerusalem and Judah every kind of support and supply,

      All support of bread and water,+

       2 Mighty man and warrior,

      Judge and prophet,+ diviner and elder,

       3 Chief of 50,+ dignitary, and adviser,

      The expert magician and the skilled charmer.+

       4 I will make boys their princes,

      And the unstable* will rule over them.

       5 The people will oppress one another,

      Each one his fellow man.+

      The boy will assault the old man,

      And the lightly esteemed one will defy the respected one.+

       6 Each one will take hold of his brother in his father’s house and say:

      “You have a cloak—you be our commander.

      Take charge of this overthrown pile of ruins.”

       7 But he will protest in that day:

      “I will not be your wound dresser;*

      I have no food or clothing in my house.

      Do not make me commander over the people.”

       8 For Jerusalem has stumbled,

      And Judah has fallen,

      Because in word and deed they are against Jehovah;

      They behave defiantly in his glorious presence.*+

       9 The expression of their faces testifies against them,

      And they proclaim their sin like Sodʹom;+

      They do not try to hide it.

      Woe to them,* for they are bringing disaster on themselves!

      10 Tell the righteous that it will go well for them;

      They will be rewarded for what they do.*+

      11 Woe to the wicked one!

      Disaster will befall him,

      For what his hands have done will be done to him!

      12 As for my people, their taskmasters are abusive,

      And women rule over them.

      My people, your leaders are causing you to wander,

      And they confuse the direction of your paths.+

      13 Jehovah is taking his position to accuse;

      He is standing up to pass sentence on peoples.

      14 Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders and princes of his people.

      “You have burned down the vineyard,

      And what you have stolen from the poor is in your houses.+

      15 How dare you crush my people

      And grind the faces of the poor in the dirt?”+ declares the Sovereign Lord, Jehovah of armies.

      16 Jehovah says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty,

      Walking with their heads high,*

      Flirting with their eyes, skipping along,

      Making a tinkling sound with their anklets,

      17 Jehovah will also strike the head of the daughters of Zion with scabs,

      And Jehovah will make their forehead bare.+

      18 In that day Jehovah will take away the beauty of their bangles,

      The headbands and the crescent-shaped ornaments,+

      19 The earrings,* the bracelets, and the veils,

      20 The headdresses, the ankle chains, and the breastbands,*

      The perfume receptacles* and the charms,*

      21 The finger rings and the nose rings,

      22 The ceremonial robes, the overtunics, the cloaks, and the purses,

      23 The hand mirrors+ and the linen garments,*

      The turbans and the veils.

      24 Instead of balsam oil,+ there will be a rotten smell;

      Instead of a belt, a rope;

      Instead of a beautiful hairstyle, baldness;+

      Instead of a rich garment, a garment of sackcloth;+

      And a brand mark instead of beauty.

      25 By the sword your men will fall,

      And your mighty men in battle.+

      26 Her entrances will mourn and grieve,+

      And she will sit on the ground desolate.”+

      4 And seven women will grab hold of one man in that day,+ saying:

      “We will eat our own bread

      And wear our own clothing;

      Only let us be called by your name

      To take away our disgrace.”*+

      2 In that day what Jehovah makes sprout will be splendid and glorious, and the fruitage of the land will be the pride and beauty of the survivors of Israel.+ 3 Whoever remains in Zion and is left over in Jerusalem will be called holy, all of those in Jerusalem written down for life.+

      4 When Jehovah washes away the filth* of the daughters of Zion+ and rinses away the bloodshed of Jerusalem from her midst by the spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning,*+ 5 Jehovah will also create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over the place of her conventions a cloud and smoke by day and a bright flaming fire by night;+ for over all the glory there will be a shelter. 6 And there will be a booth for shade by day from the heat,+ and for refuge and protection from storms and the rain.+

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