8  ^pFor the Lord has a ^qday of vengeance,

a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

2  to proclaim ^athe year of the Lord’s favor,

and the ^bday of vengeance of our God;

to ^ccomfort all who mourn;

4  For the ^fday of vengeance was in my heart,

and my year of redemption¹ had come.

10  That day is the ^oday of the Lord God of hosts,

a ^pday of vengeance,

to avenge himself on his foes.

The sword shall devour and be sated

and drink its fill of their blood.

For the Lord God of hosts holds a ^qsacrifice

in the north country by the river Euphrates.