And when he is carried to the tombs, and watch is kept ¹  over the funeral mound, ² 

I should have been as though I had never existed; ¹  I should have been carried right from the womb to the grave!

that the evil man is spared from the day of his misfortune, that he is delivered ¹  from the day of God’s wrath?

They are bubbling with joy as they walk in procession and enter the royal palace. ¹ 

as you come out of your temple in Jerusalem! ¹  Kings bring tribute to you.

From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, ¹  those who pray to me ²  will bring me tribute.

In embroidered robes she is escorted to the king. Her attendants, the maidens of honor who follow her, are led before you. ¹ 

Who will lead me into the fortified city? Who will bring me to Edom? ¹ 

Make vows to the Lord your God and repay them! Let all those who surround him ¹  bring tribute to the awesome one!

Who will lead me into the fortified city? Who will bring me to Edom? ¹ 

Is this really your boisterous city ¹  whose origins are in the distant past, ²  and whose feet led her to a distant land to reside?

He was treated harshly and afflicted, ¹  but he did not even open his mouth. Like a lamb led to the slaughtering block, like a sheep silent before her shearers, he did not even open his mouth. ² 

Indeed you will go out with joy; you will be led along in peace; the mountains and hills will give a joyful shout before you, and all the trees in the field will clap their hands.

Even the calf idol ¹  will be carried to Assyria, as tribute for the great king. ²  Ephraim will be disgraced; Israel will be put to shame because ³  of its wooden idol. ⁴ 

Ephraim continually feeds on the wind; he chases the east wind all day; he multiplies lies and violence. They make treaties ¹  with Assyria, and send olive oil as tribute ²  to Egypt.

At that time tribute will be brought to the Lord who commands armies, by a people that are tall and smooth-skinned, a people that are feared far and wide, a nation strong and victorious, whose land rivers divide. ¹  The tribute ²  will be brought to the place where the Lord who commands armies has chosen to reside, on Mount Zion. ³ 

Before this I had been like a docile lamb ready to be led to the slaughter. I did not know they were making plans to kill me. ¹  I did not know they were saying, ²  “Let’s destroy the tree along with its fruit! ³  Let’s remove Jeremiah ⁴  from the world of the living so people will not even be reminded of him any more.” ⁵ 

They will come back shedding tears of contrition. I will bring them back praying prayers of repentance. ¹  I will lead them besides streams of water, along smooth paths where they will never stumble. ²  I will do this because I am Israel’s father; Ephraim ³  is my firstborn son.’”