18. Your mind will recall the terror you experienced,and you will ask yourselves, “Where is the scribe?Where is the one who weighs the money?Where is the one who counts the towers?”
19. You will no longer see a defiant peoplewhose language you do not comprehend,whose derisive speech you do not understand.
20. Look at Zion, the city where we hold religious festivals!You will see Jerusalem,a peaceful settlement,a tent that stays put;its stakes will never be pulled up;none of its ropes will snap in two.
21. Instead the Lord will rule there as our mighty king.Rivers and wide streams will flow through it;no war galley will enter;no large ships will sail through.