5 Adonai is exalted, for He dwells on high! He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
6 It will be your time of faithfulness, a wealth of salvation, wisdom and knowledge— the fear of Adonai is His treasure.
7 Behold, heroes cry outside. Ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
8 Highways are desolate; travel has ceased; covenant is broken; cities are despised; there is no regard for humanity.
9 The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is shamed and withers; Sharon is like a wilderness; Bashan and Carmel are shaken bare.
10 “Now I will arise,” says Adonai. “Now I will be exalted. Now I will lift Myself up.
11 You conceive chaff, you will give birth to stubble. My breath is a fire that will consume you.