18 Your mind will meditate on the past terror:

“Where is the accountant?A

Where is the tribute collector?B

Where is the one who spied out our defenses?”C

19 You will no longer see the barbarians,

a people whose speech is difficult to comprehend—

who stammer in a language that is not understood.d

20 Look at Zion, the city of our festival times.

Your eyes will see Jerusalem,

a peaceful pasture,e a tent that does not wander;

its tent pegs will not be pulled up

nor will any of its cords be loosened.f