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Woe to those who make unjust laws,
to those who issue oppressive decrees,
to those who issue oppressive decrees,
Assyria Shall Be Broken
“Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees,
Who write misfortune,
Which they have prescribed
“Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees,
Who write misfortune,
Which they have prescribed
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.
To rob the needy of justice,
And to take what is right from the poor of My people,
That widows may be their prey,
And that they may rob the fatherless.
And to take what is right from the poor of My people,
That widows may be their prey,
And that they may rob the fatherless.
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?
What will you do in the day of punishment,
And in the desolation which will come from afar?
To whom will you flee for help?
And where will you leave your glory?
And in the desolation which will come from afar?
To whom will you flee for help?
And where will you leave your glory?
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.
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!
Arrogant Assyria Also Judged
“Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger
And the staff in whose hand is My indignation.
“Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger
And the staff in whose hand 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 will send him against an ungodly nation,
And against the people of My wrath
I will give him charge,
To seize the spoil, to take the prey,
And to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
And against the people of My wrath
I will give him charge,
To seize the spoil, to take the prey,
And to tread them down like the mire of 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 he does not mean so,
Nor does his heart think so;
But it is in his heart to destroy,
And cut off not a few nations.
Nor does his heart think so;
But it is in his heart to destroy,
And cut off not a few 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?
Is not Hamath like Arpad?
Is not Samaria like Damascus?
Is not Hamath like Arpad?
Is not 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 found the kingdoms of the idols,
Whose carved images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
Whose carved images excelled 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?’ ”
As I have done to Samaria and her idols,
Shall I not do also to Jerusalem and her idols?’ ”
Shall I not do also to Jerusalem 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.
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.’ ”
My hand has found like a nest the riches of the people,
And as one gathers eggs that are left,
I have gathered all the earth;
And there was no one who moved his wing,
Nor opened his mouth with even a peep.”
And as one gathers eggs that are left,
I have gathered all the earth;
And there was no one who moved his wing,
Nor opened his mouth with even a peep.”
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!
Shall the ax boast itself against him who chops with it?
Or shall the saw exalt itself against him who saws with it?
As if a rod could wield itself against those who lift it up,
Or as if a staff could lift up, as if it were not wood!
Or shall the saw exalt itself against him who saws with it?
As if a rod could wield itself against those who lift it up,
Or as if a staff could lift up, as if it were 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.
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.
So the Light of Israel will be for a fire,
And his Holy One for a flame;
It will burn and devour
His thorns and his briers in one day.
And his Holy One for a flame;
It will burn and devour
His thorns and his briers in one 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 it will consume the glory of his forest and of his fruitful field,
Both soul and body;
And they will be as when a sick man wastes away.
Both soul and body;
And they 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.
Then the rest of the trees of his forest
Will be so few in number
That a child may write them.
Will be so few in number
That a child may write them.
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.
The remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob,
To the Mighty God.
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, be as the sand of the sea,
A remnant of them will return;
The destruction decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
A remnant of them will return;
The destruction decreed shall overflow 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 the Lord God of hosts
Will make a determined end
In the midst of all the land.
Will make a determined end
In the midst of all the 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 be afraid of the Assyrian. He shall strike you with a rod and lift up his staff against you, in the manner of Egypt.
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 yet a very little while and the indignation will cease, as will My anger in 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.
It shall come to pass in that day
That his burden will be taken away from your shoulder,
And his yoke from your neck,
And the yoke will be destroyed because of the anointing oil.
That his burden will be taken away from your shoulder,
And his yoke from your neck,
And the yoke will be destroyed because of the anointing oil.
They enter Aiath;
they pass through Migron;
they store supplies at Mikmash.
they pass through Migron;
they store supplies at Mikmash.
He has come to Aiath,
He has passed Migron;
At Michmash he has attended to his equipment.
He has passed Migron;
At Michmash he has attended to his equipment.
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.
Cry out, Daughter Gallim!
Listen, Laishah!
Poor Anathoth!
Listen, Laishah!
Poor Anathoth!
Madmenah is in flight;
the people of Gebim take cover.
the people of Gebim take cover.
Madmenah has fled,
The inhabitants of Gebim seek refuge.
The inhabitants of Gebim seek 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.
As yet he will remain at Nob that day;
He will shake his fist at the mount of the daughter of Zion,
The hill of Jerusalem.
He will shake his fist at the mount 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 Lord of hosts,
Will lop off the bough with terror;
Those of high stature will be hewn down,
And the haughty will be humbled.
The Lord of hosts,
Will lop off the bough with terror;
Those of high stature will be hewn down,
And the haughty will be humbled.