7. I said, ‘Maybe now Jerusalem will respect me.Maybe now my people will let me teach them to do right.’Then the place where they lived would not be destroyed.Then I would not have punished them.They got up early in order to do evil.Everything they did was bad.
8. Just wait,” says the Lord.“Some day I will hold court and be the judge.I will gather nations.I will assemble kingdoms.I will pour out my anger on them.My anger will be very strong.My anger will be like fire.And the whole world will be burned up.
9. “Then I will make the people of all nations speak a pure language.All of them will speak the name of the Lord.And they will worship me together.
10. People will come from where the Nile River begins.My scattered people will come with gifts for me.
11. Then Jerusalem will not be ashamedof the wrongs done against me.I will remove from this citythose who like to brag.There will never be any more proud peopleon my holy mountain in Jerusalem.
12. Only the meek and humble willstay in my city.And they will trust in the Lord.
13. Those who are left alive of Israel won’t do wrong.They won’t tell lies.They won’t trick people with their words.They will be like sheep that eat and lie down.No one will bother them.”
14. Sing, Jerusalem.Israel, shout for joy!Jerusalem, be happy.Rejoice with all your heart.