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Hope in the Messiah
aNevertheless, that time of darkness and despair will not go on forever. The land of Zebulun and Naphtali will be humbled, but there will be a time in the future when Galilee of the Gentiles, which lies along the road that runs between the Jordan and the sea, will be filled with glory.
aNevertheless, that time of darkness and despair will not go on forever. The land of Zebulun and Naphtali will be humbled, but there will be a time in the future when Galilee of the Gentiles, which lies along the road that runs between the Jordan and the sea, will be filled with glory.
You will enlarge the nation of Israel,
and its people will rejoice.
They will rejoice before you
as people rejoice at the harvest
and like warriors dividing the plunder.
and its people will rejoice.
They will rejoice before you
as people rejoice at the harvest
and like warriors dividing the plunder.
You have multiplied the nation;
you have increased its joy;
they rejoice before you
as with joy at the harvest,
as they are glad when they divide the spoil.
you have increased its joy;
they rejoice before you
as with joy at the harvest,
as they are glad when they divide the spoil.
For you will break the yoke of their slavery
and lift the heavy burden from their shoulders.
You will break the oppressor’s rod,
just as you did when you destroyed the army of Midian.
and lift the heavy burden from their shoulders.
You will break the oppressor’s rod,
just as you did when you destroyed the army of Midian.
For the yoke of his burden,
and the staff for his shoulder,
the rod of his oppressor,
you have broken as on the day of Midian.
and the staff for his shoulder,
the rod of his oppressor,
you have broken as on the day of Midian.
The boots of the warrior
and the uniforms bloodstained by war
will all be burned.
They will be fuel for the fire.
and the uniforms bloodstained by war
will all be burned.
They will be fuel for the fire.
For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle tumult
and every garment rolled in blood
will be burned as fuel for the fire.
and every garment rolled in blood
will be burned as fuel for the fire.
His government and its peace
will never end.
He will rule with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestor David
for all eternity.
The passionate commitment of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies
will make this happen!
The LORD’s Anger against Israel
will never end.
He will rule with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestor David
for all eternity.
The passionate commitment of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies
will make this happen!
The LORD’s Anger against Israel
Of the increase of his government and of peace
there will be no end,
on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
to establish it and to uphold it
with justice and with righteousness
from this time forth and forevermore.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
there will be no end,
on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
to establish it and to uphold it
with justice and with righteousness
from this time forth and forevermore.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
The Lord has spoken out against Jacob;
his judgment has fallen upon Israel.
his judgment has fallen upon Israel.
Judgment on Arrogance and Oppression
The Lord has sent a word against Jacob,
and it will fall on Israel;
The Lord has sent a word against Jacob,
and it will fall on Israel;
and all the people will know,
Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria,
who say in pride and in arrogance of heart:
Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria,
who say in pride and in arrogance of heart:
They said, “We will replace the broken bricks of our ruins with finished stone,
and replant the felled sycamore-fig trees with cedars.”
and replant the felled sycamore-fig trees with cedars.”
“The bricks have fallen,
but we will build with dressed stones;
the sycamores have been cut down,
but we will put cedars in their place.”
but we will build with dressed stones;
the sycamores have been cut down,
but we will put cedars in their place.”
But the LORD will bring Rezin’s enemies against Israel
and stir up all their foes.
and stir up all their foes.
But the Lord raises the adversaries of Rezin against him,
and stirs up his enemies.
and stirs up his enemies.
The Syrians on the east and the Philistines on the west
devour Israel with open mouth.
For all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.
devour Israel with open mouth.
For all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.
For after all this punishment, the people will still not repent.
They will not seek the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
They will not seek the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
The people did not turn to him who struck them,
nor inquire of the Lord of hosts.
nor inquire of the Lord of hosts.
Therefore, in a single day the LORD will destroy both the head and the tail,
the noble palm branch and the lowly reed.
the noble palm branch and the lowly reed.
So the Lord cut off from Israel head and tail,
palm branch and reed in one day —
palm branch and reed in one day —
The leaders of Israel are the head,
and the lying prophets are the tail.
and the lying prophets are the tail.
the elder and honored man is the head,
and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail;
and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail;
For the leaders of the people have misled them.
They have led them down the path of destruction.
They have led them down the path of destruction.
for those who guide this people have been leading them astray,
and those who are guided by them are swallowed up.
and those who are guided by them are swallowed up.
That is why the Lord takes no pleasure in the young men
and shows no mercy even to the widows and orphans.
For they are all wicked hypocrites,
and they all speak foolishness.
But even then the LORD’s anger will not be satisfied.
His fist is still poised to strike.
and shows no mercy even to the widows and orphans.
For they are all wicked hypocrites,
and they all speak foolishness.
But even then the LORD’s anger will not be satisfied.
His fist is still poised to strike.
This wickedness is like a brushfire.
It burns not only briers and thorns
but also sets the forests ablaze.
Its burning sends up clouds of smoke.
It burns not only briers and thorns
but also sets the forests ablaze.
Its burning sends up clouds of smoke.
For wickedness burns like a fire;
it consumes briers and thorns;
it kindles the thickets of the forest,
and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
it consumes briers and thorns;
it kindles the thickets of the forest,
and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
The land will be blackened
by the fury of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
The people will be fuel for the fire,
and no one will spare even his own brother.
by the fury of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
The people will be fuel for the fire,
and no one will spare even his own brother.
Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts
the land is scorched,
and the people are like fuel for the fire;
no one spares another.
the land is scorched,
and the people are like fuel for the fire;
no one spares another.
They slice meat on the right, but are still hungry,
and they devour on the left, but are not satisfied;
each devours the flesh of his own arm,
and they devour on the left, but are not satisfied;
each devours the flesh of his own arm,
Manasseh will feed on Ephraim,
Ephraim will feed on Manasseh,
and both will devour Judah.
But even then the LORD’s anger will not be satisfied.
His fist is still poised to strike.
Ephraim will feed on Manasseh,
and both will devour Judah.
But even then the LORD’s anger will not be satisfied.
His fist is still poised to strike.
Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim devours Manasseh;
together they are against Judah.
For all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.
together they are against Judah.
For all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.