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The Judgment of God
Woe to you, O destroyer,
While you were not destroyed;
And he who is treacherous, while others did not deal treacherously with him.
As soon as you finish destroying, you will be destroyed;
As soon as you cease to deal treacherously, others will deal treacherously with you.
Woe to you, O destroyer,
While you were not destroyed;
And he who is treacherous, while others did not deal treacherously with him.
As soon as you finish destroying, you will be destroyed;
As soon as you cease to deal treacherously, others will deal treacherously with you.
O LORD, be gracious to us; we have waited for You.
Be their strength every morning,
Our salvation also in the time of distress.
Be their strength every morning,
Our salvation also in the time of distress.
But LORD, be merciful to us,
for we have waited for you.
Be our strong arm each day
and our salvation in times of trouble.
for we have waited for you.
Be our strong arm each day
and our salvation in times of trouble.
At the sound of the tumult peoples flee;
At the lifting up of Yourself nations disperse.
At the lifting up of Yourself nations disperse.
The enemy runs at the sound of your voice.
When you stand up, the nations flee!
When you stand up, the nations flee!
Your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers;
As locusts rushing about men rush about on it.
As locusts rushing about men rush about on it.
Just as caterpillars and locusts strip the fields and vines,
so the fallen army of Assyria will be stripped!
so the fallen army of Assyria will be stripped!
The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high;
He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
And He will be the stability of your times,
A wealth of salvation, wisdom and knowledge;
The fear of the LORD is his treasure.
A wealth of salvation, wisdom and knowledge;
The fear of the LORD is his treasure.
In that day he will be your sure foundation,
providing a rich store of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge.
The fear of the LORD will be your treasure.
providing a rich store of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge.
The fear of the LORD will be your treasure.
Behold, their brave men cry in the streets,
The ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
The ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
But now your brave warriors weep in public.
Your ambassadors of peace cry in bitter disappointment.
Your ambassadors of peace cry in bitter disappointment.
The highways are desolate, the traveler has ceased,
He has broken the covenant, he has despised the cities,
He has no regard for man.
He has broken the covenant, he has despised the cities,
He has no regard for man.
The land mourns and pines away,
Lebanon is shamed and withers;
Sharon is like a desert plain,
And Bashan and Carmel lose their foliage.
Lebanon is shamed and withers;
Sharon is like a desert plain,
And Bashan and Carmel lose their foliage.
The land of Israel wilts in mourning.
Lebanon withers with shame.
The plain of Sharon is now a wilderness.
Bashan and Carmel have been plundered.
Lebanon withers with shame.
The plain of Sharon is now a wilderness.
Bashan and Carmel have been plundered.
“Now I will arise,” says the LORD,
“Now I will be exalted, now I will be lifted up.
“Now I will be exalted, now I will be lifted up.
But the LORD says: “Now I will stand up.
Now I will show my power and might.
Now I will show my power and might.
“You have conceived chaff, you will give birth to stubble;
My breath will consume you like a fire.
My breath will consume you like a fire.
You Assyrians produce nothing but dry grass and stubble.
Your own breath will turn to fire and consume you.
Your own breath will turn to fire and consume you.
“The peoples will be burned to lime,
Like cut thorns which are burned in the fire.
Like cut thorns which are burned in the fire.
Your people will be burned up completely,
like thornbushes cut down and tossed in a fire.
like thornbushes cut down and tossed in a fire.
“You who are far away, hear what I have done;
And you who are near, acknowledge My might.”
And you who are near, acknowledge My might.”
Listen to what I have done, you nations far away!
And you that are near, acknowledge my might!”
And you that are near, acknowledge my might!”
Sinners in Zion are terrified;
Trembling has seized the godless.
“Who among us can live with the consuming fire?
Who among us can live with continual burning?”
Trembling has seized the godless.
“Who among us can live with the consuming fire?
Who among us can live with continual burning?”
The sinners in Jerusalem shake with fear.
Terror seizes the godless.
“Who can live with this devouring fire?” they cry.
“Who can survive this all-consuming fire?”
Terror seizes the godless.
“Who can live with this devouring fire?” they cry.
“Who can survive this all-consuming fire?”
He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity,
He who rejects unjust gain
And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe;
He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed
And shuts his eyes from looking upon evil;
He who rejects unjust gain
And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe;
He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed
And shuts his eyes from looking upon evil;
Those who are honest and fair,
who refuse to profit by fraud,
who stay far away from bribes,
who refuse to listen to those who plot murder,
who shut their eyes to all enticement to do wrong —
who refuse to profit by fraud,
who stay far away from bribes,
who refuse to listen to those who plot murder,
who shut their eyes to all enticement to do wrong —
He will dwell on the heights,
His refuge will be the impregnable rock;
His bread will be given him,
His water will be sure.
His refuge will be the impregnable rock;
His bread will be given him,
His water will be sure.
these are the ones who will dwell on high.
The rocks of the mountains will be their fortress.
Food will be supplied to them,
and they will have water in abundance.
The rocks of the mountains will be their fortress.
Food will be supplied to them,
and they will have water in abundance.
Your eyes will see the King in His beauty;
They will behold a far-distant land.
They will behold a far-distant land.
Your eyes will see the king in all his splendor,
and you will see a land that stretches into the distance.
and you will see a land that stretches into the distance.
Your heart will meditate on terror:
“Where is he who counts?
Where is he who weighs?
Where is he who counts the towers?”
“Where is he who counts?
Where is he who weighs?
Where is he who counts the towers?”
You will think back to this time of terror, asking,
“Where are the Assyrian officers
who counted our towers?
Where are the bookkeepers
who recorded the plunder taken from our fallen city?”
“Where are the Assyrian officers
who counted our towers?
Where are the bookkeepers
who recorded the plunder taken from our fallen city?”
You will no longer see a fierce people,
A people of unintelligible speech which no one comprehends,
Of a stammering tongue which no one understands.
A people of unintelligible speech which no one comprehends,
Of a stammering tongue which no one understands.
You will no longer see these fierce, violent people
with their strange, unknown language.
with their strange, unknown language.
Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts;
Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an undisturbed habitation,
A tent which will not be folded;
Its stakes will never be pulled up,
Nor any of its cords be torn apart.
Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an undisturbed habitation,
A tent which will not be folded;
Its stakes will never be pulled up,
Nor any of its cords be torn apart.
Instead, you will see Zion as a place of holy festivals.
You will see Jerusalem, a city quiet and secure.
It will be like a tent whose ropes are taut
and whose stakes are firmly fixed.
You will see Jerusalem, a city quiet and secure.
It will be like a tent whose ropes are taut
and whose stakes are firmly fixed.
But there the majestic One, the LORD, will be for us
A place of rivers and wide canals
On which no boat with oars will go,
And on which no mighty ship will pass —
A place of rivers and wide canals
On which no boat with oars will go,
And on which no mighty ship will pass —
The LORD will be our Mighty One.
He will be like a wide river of protection
that no enemy can cross,
that no enemy ship can sail upon.
He will be like a wide river of protection
that no enemy can cross,
that no enemy ship can sail upon.
For the LORD is our judge,
The LORD is our lawgiver,
The LORD is our king;
He will save us —
The LORD is our lawgiver,
The LORD is our king;
He will save us —
For the LORD is our judge,
our lawgiver, and our king.
He will care for us and save us.
our lawgiver, and our king.
He will care for us and save us.
Your tackle hangs slack;
It cannot hold the base of its mast firmly,
Nor spread out the sail.
Then the prey of an abundant spoil will be divided;
The lame will take the plunder.
It cannot hold the base of its mast firmly,
Nor spread out the sail.
Then the prey of an abundant spoil will be divided;
The lame will take the plunder.
The enemies’ sails hang loose
on broken masts with useless tackle.
Their treasure will be divided by the people of God.
Even the lame will take their share!
on broken masts with useless tackle.
Their treasure will be divided by the people of God.
Even the lame will take their share!