⁷ Oh how terrible! That time^[a] will be worse
    than any like it.
It will be a time of trouble for Jacob,
    but he will be rescued from it.
⁸ On that day,’ declares the Lord
    of the Heavenly Armies,
‘I’ll break the yoke^[b] from your neck
    and will tear off your restraints.^[c]
        Foreigners will no longer make you^[d] serve them.^[e]
9 Rather, they will serve the Lord their God
    and David their king,
        whom I will raise up for them.