14 The sinful people of Zion are trembling with fright. They say, “God's judgment is like a fire that burns forever. Can any of us survive a fire like that?”
15 You can survive if you say and do what is right. Don't use your power to cheat the poor and don't accept bribes. Don't join with those who plan to commit murder or to do other evil things.
16 Then you will be safe; you will be as secure as if in a strong fortress. You will have food to eat and water to drink.
17 Once again you will see a king ruling in splendor over a land that stretches in all directions.
18 Your old fears of foreign tax collectors and spies will be only a memory.
19 You will no longer see any arrogant foreigners who speak a language that you can't understand.
20 Look at Zion, the city where we celebrate our religious festivals. Look at Jerusalem! What a safe place it will be to live in! It will be like a tent that is never moved, whose pegs are never pulled up and whose ropes never break.