Today he will stand at Nob,
shaking his fist at the mountain of Daughter Zion,
the hill of Jerusalem.

They said to him, “This is what Hezekiah says: ‘Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace, for children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to deliver them.

The living, only the living can thank You,
as I do today;
a father will make Your faithfulness known to children.

Also, from today on I am He alone,
and none can deliver from My hand.
I act, and who can reverse it?”

They have been created now, and not long ago;
you have not heard of them before today,
so you could not claim, ‘I already knew them!’

“Come, let me get some wine,
let’s guzzle some beer;
and tomorrow will be like today,
only far better!”

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You fast with contention and strife
to strike viciously with your fist.
You cannot fast as you do today,
hoping to make your voice heard on high.