⁵ Now look what has happened. Another nation has taken my people,” says the Lord. “That country did not pay to take my people, but they rule over them and laugh at them, and they say bad things about me all the time.” The Lord is the one saying these things.

⁶ “This happened so that my people will learn about me. My people will know who I am. My people will know my name, and they will know that I Am He^[a] is speaking to them.”

⁷ How wonderful it is to see someone coming over the hills to tell good news. How wonderful to hear him announce, “There is peace! We have been saved!” and to hear him say to Zion, “Your God is the king!”