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.
22 For the Lord, our ruler,the Lord, our commander,the Lord, our king – he will deliver us.
23 Though at this time your ropes are slack,the mast is not secured,and the sail is not unfurled,at that time you will divide up a great quantity of loot;even the lame will drag off plunder.
24 No resident of Zion will say, “I am ill”;the people who live there will have their sin forgiven.