17  Instead of bronze I will bring gold,

and instead of iron I will bring silver;

instead of wood, bronze,

instead of stones, iron.

I will make your overseers peace

ⁱand your taskmasters righteousness.

18  ^jViolence shall no more be heard in your land,

devastation or destruction within your borders;

^kyou shall call your walls Salvation,

and your gates Praise.

19  ^lThe sun shall be no more

your light by day,

nor for brightness shall the moon

give you light;¹

but the Lord will be your everlasting light,

and your God will be your glory.²

20  Your sun shall no more go down,

nor your moon withdraw itself;

for the Lord will be your everlasting light,

and ^myour days of mourning shall be ended.

21  ⁿYour people shall all be righteous;

^othey shall possess the land forever,

^pthe branch of my planting, the work of my hands,

that I might be glorified.³

22  ^qThe least one shall become a clan,

and the smallest one a mighty nation;

^rI am the Lord;

in its time I will hasten it.