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Woe to those who make unjust laws,
to those who issue oppressive decrees,
to those who issue oppressive decrees,
Assyria Is God’s Instrument
Woe to those who enact evil statutes
And to those who constantly record unjust decisions,
Woe to those who enact evil statutes
And to those who constantly record unjust decisions,
to deprive the poor of their rights
and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people,
making widows their prey
and robbing the fatherless.
and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people,
making widows their prey
and robbing the fatherless.
So as to deprive the needy of justice
And rob the poor of My people of their rights,
So that widows may be their spoil
And that they may plunder the orphans.
And rob the poor of My people of their rights,
So that widows may be their spoil
And that they may plunder the orphans.
What will you do on the day of reckoning,
when disaster comes from afar?
To whom will you run for help?
Where will you leave your riches?
when disaster comes from afar?
To whom will you run for help?
Where will you leave your riches?
Now what will you do in the day of punishment,
And in the devastation which will come from afar?
To whom will you flee for help?
And where will you leave your wealth?
And in the devastation which will come from afar?
To whom will you flee for help?
And where will you leave your wealth?
Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives
or fall among the slain.
Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
his hand is still upraised.
or fall among the slain.
Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
his hand is still upraised.
Nothing remains but to crouch among the captives
Or fall among the slain.
In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.
Or fall among the slain.
In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.
God’s Judgment on Assyria
“Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger,
in whose hand is the club of my wrath!
“Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger,
in whose hand is the club of my wrath!
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger
And the staff in whose hands is My indignation,
And the staff in whose hands is My indignation,
I send him against a godless nation,
I dispatch him against a people who anger me,
to seize loot and snatch plunder,
and to trample them down like mud in the streets.
I dispatch him against a people who anger me,
to seize loot and snatch plunder,
and to trample them down like mud in the streets.
I send it against a godless nation
And commission it against the people of My fury
To capture booty and to seize plunder,
And to trample them down like mud in the streets.
And commission it against the people of My fury
To capture booty and to seize plunder,
And to trample them down like mud in the streets.
But this is not what he intends,
this is not what he has in mind;
his purpose is to destroy,
to put an end to many nations.
this is not what he has in mind;
his purpose is to destroy,
to put an end to many nations.
Yet it does not so intend,
Nor does it plan so in its heart,
But rather it is its purpose to destroy
And to cut off many nations.
Nor does it plan so in its heart,
But rather it is its purpose to destroy
And to cut off many nations.
‘Has not Kalno fared like Carchemish?
Is not Hamath like Arpad,
and Samaria like Damascus?
Is not Hamath like Arpad,
and Samaria like Damascus?
“Is not Calno like Carchemish,
Or Hamath like Arpad,
Or Samaria like Damascus?
Or Hamath like Arpad,
Or Samaria like Damascus?
As my hand seized the kingdoms of the idols,
kingdoms whose images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria —
kingdoms whose images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria —
“As my hand has reached to the kingdoms of the idols,
Whose graven images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
Whose graven images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
shall I not deal with Jerusalem and her images
as I dealt with Samaria and her idols?’ ”
as I dealt with Samaria and her idols?’ ”
Shall I not do to Jerusalem and her images
Just as I have done to Samaria and her idols?”
Just as I have done to Samaria and her idols?”
When the Lord has finished all his work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the willful pride of his heart and the haughty look in his eyes.
So it will be that when the Lord has completed all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the pomp of his haughtiness.”
For he has said,
“By the power of my hand and by my wisdom I did this,
For I have understanding;
And I removed the boundaries of the peoples
And plundered their treasures,
And like a mighty man I brought down their inhabitants,
“By the power of my hand and by my wisdom I did this,
For I have understanding;
And I removed the boundaries of the peoples
And plundered their treasures,
And like a mighty man I brought down their inhabitants,
As one reaches into a nest,
so my hand reached for the wealth of the nations;
as people gather abandoned eggs,
so I gathered all the countries;
not one flapped a wing,
or opened its mouth to chirp.’ ”
so my hand reached for the wealth of the nations;
as people gather abandoned eggs,
so I gathered all the countries;
not one flapped a wing,
or opened its mouth to chirp.’ ”
And my hand reached to the riches of the peoples like a nest,
And as one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth;
And there was not one that flapped its wing or opened its beak or chirped.”
And as one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth;
And there was not one that flapped its wing or opened its beak or chirped.”
Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it,
or the saw boast against the one who uses it?
As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up,
or a club brandish the one who is not wood!
or the saw boast against the one who uses it?
As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up,
or a club brandish the one who is not wood!
Is the axe to boast itself over the one who chops with it?
Is the saw to exalt itself over the one who wields it?
That would be like a club wielding those who lift it,
Or like a rod lifting him who is not wood.
Is the saw to exalt itself over the one who wields it?
That would be like a club wielding those who lift it,
Or like a rod lifting him who is not wood.
Therefore, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
will send a wasting disease upon his sturdy warriors;
under his pomp a fire will be kindled
like a blazing flame.
will send a wasting disease upon his sturdy warriors;
under his pomp a fire will be kindled
like a blazing flame.
Therefore the Lord, the GOD of hosts, will send a wasting disease among his stout warriors;
And under his glory a fire will be kindled like a burning flame.
And under his glory a fire will be kindled like a burning flame.
The Light of Israel will become a fire,
their Holy One a flame;
in a single day it will burn and consume
his thorns and his briers.
their Holy One a flame;
in a single day it will burn and consume
his thorns and his briers.
And the light of Israel will become a fire and his Holy One a flame,
And it will burn and devour his thorns and his briars in a single day.
And it will burn and devour his thorns and his briars in a single day.
The splendor of his forests and fertile fields
it will completely destroy,
as when a sick person wastes away.
it will completely destroy,
as when a sick person wastes away.
And He will destroy the glory of his forest and of his fruitful garden, both soul and body,
And it will be as when a sick man wastes away.
And it will be as when a sick man wastes away.
And the remaining trees of his forests will be so few
that a child could write them down.
that a child could write them down.
And the rest of the trees of his forest will be so small in number
That a child could write them down.
That a child could write them down.
The Remnant of Israel
In that day the remnant of Israel,
the survivors of Jacob,
will no longer rely on him
who struck them down
but will truly rely on the Lord,
the Holy One of Israel.
In that day the remnant of Israel,
the survivors of Jacob,
will no longer rely on him
who struck them down
but will truly rely on the Lord,
the Holy One of Israel.
A Remnant Will Return
Now in that day the remnant of Israel, and those of the house of Jacob who have escaped, will never again rely on the one who struck them, but will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.
Though your people be like the sand by the sea, Israel,
only a remnant will return.
Destruction has been decreed,
overwhelming and righteous.
only a remnant will return.
Destruction has been decreed,
overwhelming and righteous.
For though your people, O Israel, may be like the sand of the sea,
Only a remnant within them will return;
A destruction is determined, overflowing with righteousness.
Only a remnant within them will return;
A destruction is determined, overflowing with righteousness.
The Lord, the Lord Almighty, will carry out
the destruction decreed upon the whole land.
the destruction decreed upon the whole land.
For a complete destruction, one that is decreed, the Lord GOD of hosts will execute in the midst of the whole land.
Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says:
“My people who live in Zion,
do not be afraid of the Assyrians,
who beat you with a rod
and lift up a club against you, as Egypt did.
“My people who live in Zion,
do not be afraid of the Assyrians,
who beat you with a rod
and lift up a club against you, as Egypt did.
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD of hosts, “O My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear the Assyrian who strikes you with the rod and lifts up his staff against you, the way Egypt did.
Very soon my anger against you will end
and my wrath will be directed to their destruction.”
and my wrath will be directed to their destruction.”
“For in a very little while My indignation against you will be spent and My anger will be directed to their destruction.”
The Lord Almighty will lash them with a whip,
as when he struck down Midian at the rock of Oreb;
and he will raise his staff over the waters,
as he did in Egypt.
as when he struck down Midian at the rock of Oreb;
and he will raise his staff over the waters,
as he did in Egypt.
The LORD of hosts will arouse a scourge against him like the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and His staff will be over the sea and He will lift it up the way He did in Egypt.
So it will be in that day, that his burden will be removed from your shoulders and his yoke from your neck, and the yoke will be broken because of fatness.
They enter Aiath;
they pass through Migron;
they store supplies at Mikmash.
they pass through Migron;
they store supplies at Mikmash.
He has come against Aiath,
He has passed through Migron;
At Michmash he deposited his baggage.
He has passed through Migron;
At Michmash he deposited his baggage.
They go over the pass, and say,
“We will camp overnight at Geba.”
Ramah trembles;
Gibeah of Saul flees.
“We will camp overnight at Geba.”
Ramah trembles;
Gibeah of Saul flees.
They have gone through the pass, saying,
“Geba will be our lodging place.”
Ramah is terrified, and Gibeah of Saul has fled away.
“Geba will be our lodging place.”
Ramah is terrified, and Gibeah of Saul has fled away.
Cry out, Daughter Gallim!
Listen, Laishah!
Poor Anathoth!
Listen, Laishah!
Poor Anathoth!
Cry aloud with your voice, O daughter of Gallim!
Pay attention, Laishah and wretched Anathoth!
Pay attention, Laishah and wretched Anathoth!
Madmenah is in flight;
the people of Gebim take cover.
the people of Gebim take cover.
Madmenah has fled.
The inhabitants of Gebim have sought refuge.
The inhabitants of Gebim have sought refuge.
This day they will halt at Nob;
they will shake their fist
at the mount of Daughter Zion,
at the hill of Jerusalem.
they will shake their fist
at the mount of Daughter Zion,
at the hill of Jerusalem.
Yet today he will halt at Nob;
He shakes his fist at the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
He shakes his fist at the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
See, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
will lop off the boughs with great power.
The lofty trees will be felled,
the tall ones will be brought low.
will lop off the boughs with great power.
The lofty trees will be felled,
the tall ones will be brought low.
Behold, the Lord, the GOD of hosts, will lop off the boughs with a terrible crash;
Those also who are tall in stature will be cut down
And those who are lofty will be abased.
Those also who are tall in stature will be cut down
And those who are lofty will be abased.