⁵ Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger –
the staff in their hands is my wrath.

¹⁰ On that day the root of Jesse^(A)
will stand as a banner for the peoples.^(B)
The nations will look to him for guidance,^(C)
and his resting place will be glorious.^(D)

¹² He will lift up a banner for the nations
and gather the dispersed of Israel;^(A)
he will collect the scattered of Judah
from the four corners of the earth.^(B)

² Lift up a banner on a barren mountain.^(A)
Call out to them.
Signal with your hand, and they will go
through the gates of the nobles.

³ All you inhabitants of the world
and you who live on the earth,
when a banner is raised on the mountains, look!
When a ram’s horn sounds, listen!