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20 
“Your sun will no longer set,
Nor will your moon wane;
For the Lord will be your everlasting light,
And the days of your mourning will be over.
21 
“Then all your people will be [uncompromisingly and consistently] righteous;
They will possess the land forever,
The branch of My planting,
The work of My hands,
That I may be glorified.
22 
“The smallest one will become a thousand (a clan),
And the least one a mighty nation.
I, the Lord, will quicken it in its [appointed] time.”

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20 Your sun(A) will never set again,
    and your moon will wane no more;
the Lord will be your everlasting light,
    and your days of sorrow(B) will end.
21 Then all your people will be righteous(C)
    and they will possess(D) the land forever.
They are the shoot I have planted,(E)
    the work of my hands,(F)
    for the display of my splendor.(G)
22 The least of you will become a thousand,
    the smallest a mighty nation.(H)
I am the Lord;
    in its time I will do this swiftly.”(I)

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