32 What answer shall be given

to the envoys of that nation?

“The Lord has established Zion,

and in her his afflicted people will find refuge.”

32 What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord hath founded Zion, And the poor of his people shall trust in it.

32 What should we tell the Philistine messengers? Tell them,

“The Lord has built Jerusalem;

its walls will give refuge to his oppressed people.”

32 What will they answer the messengers of the nation?

That the Lord has founded Zion,

And the poor of His people shall take refuge in it.

32 What shall we tell the messengers from Philistia?

Say that the Lord has made Jerusalem strong

and that his poor people will go there for safety.

32 What then shall one answer the messengers of the nation? That Jehovah hath founded Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of his people take refuge.

32 And what shall be answered to the messengers of the nation? That Jehovah hath founded Zion, and the afflicted of his people find refuge in it.

32 How should we answer the messengers from the nations? 

⸤Tell them that⸥ the Lord has laid Zion’s foundation, 

and his humble people will find refuge in it. 

32 What answer will be given to the messengers from that nation?

The Lord has founded Zion,

and His afflicted people find refuge in her.

32 What will one answer the messengers of the nation?

“The Lord has founded Zion,

and the needy among his people

will find refuge in her.”

32 And what will one answer the messengers of the nation?

That Yahweh has founded Zion,

and the needy of his people will take refuge in it.

32 What answer should be given

to the messengers from that nation?

Tell them, ‘The Lord has made Zion secure.

His suffering people will find safety there.’ ”

32 “How then will one answer the messengers of the nation?

That the Lord has founded Zion,

And the afflicted of His people will seek refuge in it.”