Yahweh’s Joy in Restoring Israel
14 Sing for joy, O daughter of Zion!
aMake a loud shout, O Israel!
Be glad and exult with all your heart,
O daughter of Jerusalem!
15 Yahweh has taken away aHis judgments against you;
He has cleared away your enemies.
The King of Israel, Yahweh, is bin your midst;
You will cfear evil no more.
16 aIn that day it will be said to Jerusalem:
“bDo not fear, O Zion;
cDo not let your hands fall limp.
17 Yahweh your God is ain your midst,
A bmighty one who will save.
He will cbe joyful over you with gladness;
He will be quiet in His love;
He will rejoice over you with joyful singing.
18 I will assemble those who agrieve about the appointed feasts—
They were from you, O Zion;
The reproach of exile is a burden on them.
19 Behold, I am going to deal at that time
With all those who aafflict you,
And I will save the blame
And gather the banished,
And I will turn them—in their cshame—into dpraise and a name
In all the earth.
20 At that time I will abring you in,
Even at the time when I gather you together;
Indeed, I will give you to be a bname and praise
Among all the peoples of the earth,
When I crestore your fortunes before your eyes,”
Says Yahweh.