Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and all its fullness;

let the field be joyful, and all that is in it. Then all the trees of the forests shall rejoice before Jehovah.

For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into praise, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

Instead of the thorn, the fir tree shall come up; and instead of the brier, the myrtle tree shall come up; and it shall be to Jehovah for a name, for a perpetual sign that shall not be cut off.

Jehovah makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up.

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap, to set them among princes and make them inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's, and He set the world upon them.

He sets the lowly on high, and those who mourn are exalted to safety;

Look upon everyone who is proud, and humble him; tread down the wicked in their place.

For exaltation comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.

But God is the Judge; He puts down one and exalts another.

But You have cast off and rejected, You have passed over Your anointed.

The days of his youth You have shortened; You have covered him with shame. Selah

and upon all the cedars of Lebanon, high and lifted up; and upon all the oaks of Bashan;

and upon all the high mountains; and upon all the lifted up hills;

For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder; and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Strong and Mighty God, The Eternal Father, The Prince of Peace.

Of the increase of His government and peace upon the throne of David there will be no end; and upon His kingdom, to order it and to establish it with judgment and with justice from now on, even forever. The zeal of Jehovah of Hosts will accomplish this.

And a Branch shall go out from the trunk of Jesse, and a Shoot shall grow out of his roots.

And He shall savor the fear of Jehovah. And He shall not judge according to the sight of His eyes, nor decide by the hearing of His ears.

And righteousness shall be the waistband of His loins, and faithfulness the waistband of His heart.

And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.

For He brings down those who dwell on high; He lays low the lofty city; He lays it low, even to the ground; He brings it down to the dust.

In that day I will raise up the covert of David that has fallen, and I will wall up its breaks. And I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old;

And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.

He puts down the mighty from their thrones, and exalts the lowly.

He fills the hungry with good things, and the rich He sends away empty.

But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are mighty;

and the low-born of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are,

For I, Jehovah, speak, and the Word which I speak will come to pass; it will no more be drawn out. For in your days, O rebellious house, I will say the word and perform it, declares the Lord Jehovah.

Can your heart endure, or can your hands remain strong, in the days when I shall deal with you? I, Jehovah, have spoken, and will do it.

I, Jehovah, have spoken it; it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not hold back, nor will I spare, nor will I have compassion; according to your ways and according to your deeds they will judge you, declares the Lord Jehovah.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My Words will by no means pass away.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.