8“As for you, tower of the flock,
         Hill of the daughter of Zion,
         To you it will come—
         Even the former dominion will come,
         The kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.

9“Now, why do you cry out loudly?
         Is there no king among you,
         Or has your counselor perished,
         That agony has gripped you like a woman in childbirth?

10“Writhe and labor to give birth,
         Daughter of Zion,
         Like a woman in childbirth;
         For now you will go out of the city,
         Dwell in the field,
         And go to Babylon.
         There you will be rescued;
         There the LORD will redeem you
         From the hand of your enemies.

11“And now many nations have been assembled against you
         Who say, ‘Let her be polluted,
         And let our eyes gloat over Zion.’

12“But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD,
         And they do not understand His purpose;
         For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

13“Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion,
         For your horn I will make iron
         And your hoofs I will make bronze,
         That you may pulverize many peoples,
         That you may devote to the LORD their unjust gain
         And their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

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