Stand by the roadways and look.
Ask about the ancient paths,^(A)
‘Which is the way to what is good? ’
Then take it
and find rest for yourselves.^(B)
But they protested, ‘We won’t! ’

⁹ Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!
Shout in triumph, Daughter Jerusalem!
Look, your King is coming to you;
he is righteous and victorious,^[a]
humble and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.^(A)

⁷ Instead he emptied himself^(A)
by assuming the form of a servant,^(B)
taking on the likeness of humanity.^(C)
And when he had come as a man,
⁸ he humbled himself by becoming obedient
to the point of death –
even to death on a cross.^(D)