⁶ In days to come Jacob will take root,^(A)
    Israel will bud and blossom^(B)
    and fill all the world with fruit.^(C)

⁷ Has the Lord struck her
    as he struck^(D) down those who struck her?
Has she been killed
    as those were killed who killed her?
⁸ By warfare^[a] and exile^(E) you contend with her—
    with his fierce blast he drives her out,
    as on a day the east wind^(F) blows.