²³ By myself I have sworn,^(A)
    my mouth has uttered in all integrity^(B)
    a word that will not be revoked:^(C)
Before me every knee will bow;^(D)
    by me every tongue will swear.^(E)
24 They will say of me, ‘In the Lord alone
    are deliverance^(F) and strength.^(G)’”
All who have raged against him
    will come to him and be put to shame.^(H)

¹⁸ No longer will violence^(A) be heard in your land,
    nor ruin or destruction^(B) within your borders,
but you will call your walls Salvation^(C)
    and your gates Praise.^(D)

²¹ Then all your people will be righteous^(A)
    and they will possess^(B) the land forever.
They are the shoot I have planted,^(C)
    the work of my hands,^(D)
    for the display of my splendor.^(E)