Go up on a high mountain, O herald Zion! Shout out loudly, O herald Jerusalem! Shout, don't be afraid! Say to the towns of Judah, "Here is your God!"

I first decreed to Zion, 'Look, here's what will happen!' I sent a herald to Jerusalem.

Then the herald made a loud proclamation: "To you, O peoples, nations, and language groups, the following command is given:

Look! A herald is running on the mountains! A messenger is proclaiming deliverance: "Celebrate your sacred festivals, O Judah! Fulfill your sacred vows to praise God! For never again will the wicked Assyrians invade you, they have been completely destroyed."

and if he did not spare the ancient world, but did protect Noah, a herald of righteousness, along with seven others, when God brought a flood on an ungodly world,

For messengers are coming, heralding disaster, from the city of Dan and from the hills of Ephraim.