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Judah’s Worthless Treaty with Egypt
“What sorrow awaits my rebellious children,”
says the LORD.
“You make plans that are contrary to mine.
You make alliances not directed by my Spirit,
thus piling up your sins.
“What sorrow awaits my rebellious children,”
says the LORD.
“You make plans that are contrary to mine.
You make alliances not directed by my Spirit,
thus piling up your sins.
For without consulting me,
you have gone down to Egypt for help.
You have put your trust in Pharaoh’s protection.
You have tried to hide in his shade.
you have gone down to Egypt for help.
You have put your trust in Pharaoh’s protection.
You have tried to hide in his shade.
Who walk to go down to Egypt,
And have not asked My advice,
To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh,
And to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
And have not asked My advice,
To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh,
And to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
But by trusting Pharaoh, you will be humiliated,
and by depending on him, you will be disgraced.
and by depending on him, you will be disgraced.
Therefore the strength of Pharaoh
Shall be your shame,
And trust in the shadow of Egypt
Shall be your humiliation.
Shall be your shame,
And trust in the shadow of Egypt
Shall be your humiliation.
For though his power extends to Zoan
and his officials have arrived in Hanes,
and his officials have arrived in Hanes,
For his princes were at Zoan,
And his ambassadors came to Hanes.
And his ambassadors came to Hanes.
all who trust in him will be ashamed.
He will not help you.
Instead, he will disgrace you.”
He will not help you.
Instead, he will disgrace you.”
They were all ashamed of a people who could not benefit them,
Or be help or benefit,
But a shame and also a reproach.”
Or be help or benefit,
But a shame and also a reproach.”
This message came to me concerning the animals in the Negev:
The caravan moves slowly
across the terrible desert to Egypt —
donkeys weighed down with riches
and camels loaded with treasure —
all to pay for Egypt’s protection.
They travel through the wilderness,
a place of lionesses and lions,
a place where vipers and poisonous snakes live.
All this, and Egypt will give you nothing in return.
The caravan moves slowly
across the terrible desert to Egypt —
donkeys weighed down with riches
and camels loaded with treasure —
all to pay for Egypt’s protection.
They travel through the wilderness,
a place of lionesses and lions,
a place where vipers and poisonous snakes live.
All this, and Egypt will give you nothing in return.
Now go and write down these words.
Write them in a book.
They will stand until the end of time
as a witness
Write them in a book.
They will stand until the end of time
as a witness
A Rebellious People
Now go, write it before them on a tablet,
And note it on a scroll,
That it may be for time to come,
Forever and ever:
Now go, write it before them on a tablet,
And note it on a scroll,
That it may be for time to come,
Forever and ever:
that these people are stubborn rebels
who refuse to pay attention to the LORD’s instructions.
who refuse to pay attention to the LORD’s instructions.
That this is a rebellious people,
Lying children,
Children who will not hear the law of the Lord;
Lying children,
Children who will not hear the law of the Lord;
They tell the seers,
“Stop seeing visions!”
They tell the prophets,
“Don’t tell us what is right.
Tell us nice things.
Tell us lies.
“Stop seeing visions!”
They tell the prophets,
“Don’t tell us what is right.
Tell us nice things.
Tell us lies.
Who say to the seers, “Do not see,”
And to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us right things;
Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits.
And to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us right things;
Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits.
Forget all this gloom.
Get off your narrow path.
Stop telling us about your
‘Holy One of Israel.’”
Get off your narrow path.
Stop telling us about your
‘Holy One of Israel.’”
Get out of the way,
Turn aside from the path,
Cause the Holy One of Israel
To cease from before us.”
Turn aside from the path,
Cause the Holy One of Israel
To cease from before us.”
This is the reply of the Holy One of Israel:
“Because you despise what I tell you
and trust instead in oppression and lies,
“Because you despise what I tell you
and trust instead in oppression and lies,
Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel:
“Because you despise this word,
And trust in oppression and perversity,
And rely on them,
“Because you despise this word,
And trust in oppression and perversity,
And rely on them,
calamity will come upon you suddenly —
like a bulging wall that bursts and falls.
In an instant it will collapse
and come crashing down.
like a bulging wall that bursts and falls.
In an instant it will collapse
and come crashing down.
Therefore this iniquity shall be to you
Like a breach ready to fall,
A bulge in a high wall,
Whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant.
Like a breach ready to fall,
A bulge in a high wall,
Whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant.
You will be smashed like a piece of pottery —
shattered so completely that
there won’t be a piece big enough
to carry coals from a fireplace
or a little water from the well.”
shattered so completely that
there won’t be a piece big enough
to carry coals from a fireplace
or a little water from the well.”
This is what the Sovereign LORD,
the Holy One of Israel, says:
“Only in returning to me
and resting in me will you be saved.
In quietness and confidence is your strength.
But you would have none of it.
the Holy One of Israel, says:
“Only in returning to me
and resting in me will you be saved.
In quietness and confidence is your strength.
But you would have none of it.
For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel:
“In returning and rest you shall be saved;
In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.”
But you would not,
“In returning and rest you shall be saved;
In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.”
But you would not,
You said, ‘No, we will get our help from Egypt.
They will give us swift horses for riding into battle.’
But the only swiftness you are going to see
is the swiftness of your enemies chasing you!
They will give us swift horses for riding into battle.’
But the only swiftness you are going to see
is the swiftness of your enemies chasing you!
And you said, “No, for we will flee on horses” —
Therefore you shall flee!
And, “We will ride on swift horses” —
Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift!
Therefore you shall flee!
And, “We will ride on swift horses” —
Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift!
One of them will chase a thousand of you.
Five of them will make all of you flee.
You will be left like a lonely flagpole on a hill
or a tattered banner on a distant mountaintop.”
Blessings for the LORD’s People
Five of them will make all of you flee.
You will be left like a lonely flagpole on a hill
or a tattered banner on a distant mountaintop.”
Blessings for the LORD’s People
So the LORD must wait for you to come to him
so he can show you his love and compassion.
For the LORD is a faithful God.
Blessed are those who wait for his help.
so he can show you his love and compassion.
For the LORD is a faithful God.
Blessed are those who wait for his help.
God Will Be Gracious
Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you;
And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
Blessed are all those who wait for Him.
Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you;
And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
Blessed are all those who wait for Him.
O people of Zion, who live in Jerusalem,
you will weep no more.
He will be gracious if you ask for help.
He will surely respond to the sound of your cries.
you will weep no more.
He will be gracious if you ask for help.
He will surely respond to the sound of your cries.
For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem;
You shall weep no more.
He will be very gracious to you at the sound of your cry;
When He hears it, He will answer you.
You shall weep no more.
He will be very gracious to you at the sound of your cry;
When He hears it, He will answer you.
Though the Lord gave you adversity for food
and suffering for drink,
he will still be with you to teach you.
You will see your teacher with your own eyes.
and suffering for drink,
he will still be with you to teach you.
You will see your teacher with your own eyes.
Your own ears will hear him.
Right behind you a voice will say,
“This is the way you should go,”
whether to the right or to the left.
Right behind you a voice will say,
“This is the way you should go,”
whether to the right or to the left.
Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying,
“This is the way, walk in it,”
Whenever you turn to the right hand
Or whenever you turn to the left.
“This is the way, walk in it,”
Whenever you turn to the right hand
Or whenever you turn to the left.
Then you will destroy all your silver idols
and your precious gold images.
You will throw them out like filthy rags,
saying to them, “Good riddance!”
and your precious gold images.
You will throw them out like filthy rags,
saying to them, “Good riddance!”
You will also defile the covering of your images of silver,
And the ornament of your molded images of gold.
You will throw them away as an unclean thing;
You will say to them, “Get away!”
And the ornament of your molded images of gold.
You will throw them away as an unclean thing;
You will say to them, “Get away!”
Then the LORD will bless you with rain at planting time. There will be wonderful harvests and plenty of pastureland for your livestock.
The oxen and donkeys that till the ground will eat good grain, its chaff blown away by the wind.
Likewise the oxen and the young donkeys that work the ground
Will eat cured fodder,
Which has been winnowed with the shovel and fan.
Will eat cured fodder,
Which has been winnowed with the shovel and fan.
In that day, when your enemies are slaughtered and the towers fall, there will be streams of water flowing down every mountain and hill.
There will be on every high mountain
And on every high hill
Rivers and streams of waters,
In the day of the great slaughter,
When the towers fall.
And on every high hill
Rivers and streams of waters,
In the day of the great slaughter,
When the towers fall.
The moon will be as bright as the sun, and the sun will be seven times brighter — like the light of seven days in one! So it will be when the LORD begins to heal his people and cure the wounds he gave them.
Moreover the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun,
And the light of the sun will be sevenfold,
As the light of seven days,
In the day that the Lord binds up the bruise of His people
And heals the stroke of their wound.
And the light of the sun will be sevenfold,
As the light of seven days,
In the day that the Lord binds up the bruise of His people
And heals the stroke of their wound.
Look! The LORD is coming from far away,
burning with anger,
surrounded by thick, rising smoke.
His lips are filled with fury;
his words consume like fire.
burning with anger,
surrounded by thick, rising smoke.
His lips are filled with fury;
his words consume like fire.
Judgment on Assyria
Behold, the name of the Lord comes from afar,
Burning with His anger,
And His burden is heavy;
His lips are full of indignation,
And His tongue like a devouring fire.
Behold, the name of the Lord comes from afar,
Burning with His anger,
And His burden is heavy;
His lips are full of indignation,
And His tongue like a devouring fire.
His hot breath pours out like a flood
up to the neck of his enemies.
He will sift out the proud nations for destruction.
He will bridle them and lead them away to ruin.
up to the neck of his enemies.
He will sift out the proud nations for destruction.
He will bridle them and lead them away to ruin.
His breath is like an overflowing stream,
Which reaches up to the neck,
To sift the nations with the sieve of futility;
And there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people,
Causing them to err.
Which reaches up to the neck,
To sift the nations with the sieve of futility;
And there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people,
Causing them to err.
But the people of God will sing a song of joy,
like the songs at the holy festivals.
You will be filled with joy,
as when a flutist leads a group of pilgrims
to Jerusalem, the mountain of the LORD —
to the Rock of Israel.
like the songs at the holy festivals.
You will be filled with joy,
as when a flutist leads a group of pilgrims
to Jerusalem, the mountain of the LORD —
to the Rock of Israel.
And the LORD will make his majestic voice heard.
He will display the strength of his mighty arm.
It will descend with devouring flames,
with cloudbursts, thunderstorms, and huge hailstones.
He will display the strength of his mighty arm.
It will descend with devouring flames,
with cloudbursts, thunderstorms, and huge hailstones.
The Lord will cause His glorious voice to be heard,
And show the descent of His arm,
With the indignation of His anger
And the flame of a devouring fire,
With scattering, tempest, and hailstones.
And show the descent of His arm,
With the indignation of His anger
And the flame of a devouring fire,
With scattering, tempest, and hailstones.
At the LORD’s command, the Assyrians will be shattered.
He will strike them down with his royal scepter.
He will strike them down with his royal scepter.
And in every place where the staff of punishment passes,
Which the Lord lays on him,
It will be with tambourines and harps;
And in battles of brandishing He will fight with it.
Which the Lord lays on him,
It will be with tambourines and harps;
And in battles of brandishing He will fight with it.
Topheth — the place of burning —
has long been ready for the Assyrian king;
the pyre is piled high with wood.
The breath of the LORD, like fire from a volcano,
will set it ablaze.
has long been ready for the Assyrian king;
the pyre is piled high with wood.
The breath of the LORD, like fire from a volcano,
will set it ablaze.
For Tophet was established of old,
Yes, for the king it is prepared.
He has made it deep and large;
Its pyre is fire with much wood;
The breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone,
Kindles it.
Yes, for the king it is prepared.
He has made it deep and large;
Its pyre is fire with much wood;
The breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone,
Kindles it.