[Instrumental] [Verse] Take courage, my children; call out to God! The one who brought this upon you will remember you. As your hearts have been disposed to stray from God, so turn now ten times the more to seek him; For the one who has brought disaster upon you will, in saving you, bring you eternal joy.” Take courage, Jerusalem! The one who gave you your name will console you. [Chorus] Wretched shall be those who harmed you, who rejoiced at your downfall; Wretched shall be the cities where your children were enslaved, wretched the city that received your children. As that city rejoiced at your collapse, and made merry at your downfall, so shall she grieve over her own desolation. [Instrumental] [Verse] I will take from her the rejoicing crowds, and her exultation shall be turned to mourning: For fire shall come upon her from the Eternal One, for many a day, to be inhabited by demons for a long time. Look to the east, Jerusalem; see the joy that comes to you from God! Here come your children whom you sent away, gathered in from east to west By the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the glory of God. [Chorus] Wretched shall be those who harmed you, who rejoiced at your downfall; Wretched shall be the cities where your children were enslaved, wretched the city that received your children. As that city rejoiced at your collapse, and made merry at your downfall, so shall she grieve over her own desolation. [Instrumental] [Verse] Jerusalem, take off your robe of mourning and misery; put on forever the splendor of glory from God: Wrapped in the mantle of justice from God, place on your head the diadem of the glory of the Eternal One. For God will show your splendor to all under the heavens; you will be named by God forever: the peace of justice, the glory of God’s worship. Rise up, Jerusalem! stand upon the heights; look to the east and see your children Gathered from east to west at the word of the Holy One, rejoicing that they are remembered by God. Led away on foot by their enemies they left you: but God will bring them back to you carried high in glory as on royal thrones. For God has commanded that every lofty mountain and the age-old hills be made low, That the valleys be filled to make level ground, that Israel may advance securely in the glory of God. The forests and every kind of fragrant tree have overshadowed Israel at God’s command; For God is leading Israel in joy by the light of his glory, with the mercy and justice that are his. [Chorus] Wretched shall be those who harmed you, who rejoiced at your downfall; Wretched shall be the cities where your children were enslaved, wretched the city that received your children. As that city rejoiced at your collapse, and made merry at your downfall, so shall she grieve over her own desolation. [Instrumental] [End]
