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[1]WoeH1945 unto them that decreeH2710[H8802] unrighteousH205 decreesH2711, and that writeH3789[H8764] grievousnessH5999 H3789which they have prescribedH8765
[2]To turn asideH5186[H8687] the needyH1800 from judgmentH1779, and to take awayH1497[H8800] the rightH4941 from the poorH6041 of my peopleH5971, that widowsH490 may be their preyH7998, and that they may robH962[H8799] the fatherlessH3490!
[3]And what will ye doH6213[H8799] in the dayH3117 of visitationH6486, and in the desolationH7722 which shall comeH935[H8799] from farH4801? to whom will ye fleeH5127[H8799] for helpH5833? and where will ye leaveH5800[H8799] your gloryH3519?
[4]Without me they shallH1115 bow downH3766[H8804] under the prisonersH616, and they shall fallH5307[H8799] under the slainH2026[H8803]. For all this his angerH639 is not turned awayH7725[H8804], but his handH3027 is stretched out stillH5186.[H8803]
[5]OH1945 AssyrianH804, the rodH7626 of mine angerH639, and the staffH4294 in their handH3027 is mine indignationH2195.
[6]I will sendH7971[H8762] him against an hypocriticalH2611 nationH1471, and against the peopleH5971 of my wrathH5678 will I give him a chargeH6680[H8762], to takeH7997[H8800] the spoilH7998, and to takeH962[H8800] the preyH957, and to tread them downH7760[H8800][H4823] like the mireH2563 of the streetsH2351.
[7]Howbeit he meanethH1819[H8762] not so, neither doth his heartH3824 thinkH2803[H8799] so; but it is in his heartH3824 to destroyH8045[H8687] and cut offH3772[H8687] nationsH1471 not a fewH4592.
[8]For he saithH559[H8799], Are not my princesH8269 altogetherH3162 kingsH4428?
[9]Is not CalnoH3641 as CarchemishH3751? is not HamathH2574 as ArpadH774? is not SamariaH8111 as DamascusH1834?
[10]As my handH3027 hath foundH4672[H8804] the kingdomsH4467 of the idolsH457, and whose graven imagesH6456 did excel them of JerusalemH3389 and of SamariaH8111;
[11]Shall I not, as I have doneH6213[H8804] unto SamariaH8111 and her idolsH457, so doH6213[H8799] to JerusalemH3389 and her idolsH6091?
[12]Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the LordH136 hath performedH1214[H8762] his whole workH4639 upon mountH2022 ZionH6726 and on JerusalemH3389, I will punishH6485[H8799] the fruitH6529 of the stoutH1433 heartH3824 of the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804, and the gloryH8597 of his highH7312 looksH5869.
[13]For he saithH559[H8804], By the strengthH3581 of my handH3027 I have doneH6213[H8804] it, and by my wisdomH2451; for I am prudentH995[H8738]: and I have removedH5493[H8686] the boundsH1367 of the peopleH5971, and have robbedH8154[H8782] their treasuresH6259[H8675][H6264], and I have put downH3381[H8686] the inhabitantsH3427[H8802] like a valiantH47 manH3524:
[14]And my handH3027 hath foundH4672[H8799] as a nestH7064 the richesH2428 of the peopleH5971: and as one gatherethH622[H8800] eggsH1000 that are leftH5800[H8803], have I gatheredH622[H8804] all the earthH776; and there was none that movedH5074[H8802] the wingH3671, or openedH6475[H8802] the mouthH6310, or peepedH6850.[H8772]
[15]Shall the axeH1631 boastH6286[H8691] itself against him that hewethH2672[H8802] therewith? or shall the sawH4883 magnifyH1431[H8691] itself against him that shakethH5130[H8688] it? as if the rodH7626 should shakeH5130[H8687] itself against them that lift it upH7311[H8688], or as if the staffH4294 should lift upH7311[H8687] itself, as if it were no woodH6086.
[16]Therefore shall the LordH113, the LordH136[H8676][H3068] of hostsH6635, sendH7971[H8762] among his fat onesH4924 leannessH7332; and under his gloryH3519 he shall kindleH3344[H8799] a burningH3350 like the burning of a fireH784.
[17]And the lightH216 of IsraelH3478 shall be for a fireH784, and his Holy OneH6918 for a flameH3852: and it shall burnH1197[H8804] and devourH398[H8804] his thornsH7898 and his briersH8068 in oneH259 dayH3117;
[18]And shall consumeH3615[H8762] the gloryH3519 of his forestH3293, and of his fruitful fieldH3759, both soulH5315 and bodyH1320: and they shall be as when a standardbearerH5263[H8802] faintethH4549.[H8800]
[19]And the restH7605 of the treesH6086 of his forestH3293 shall be fewH4557, that a childH5288 may writeH3789 themH8799.
[20]And it shall come to pass in that dayH3117, that the remnantH7605 of IsraelH3478, and such as are escapedH6413 of the houseH1004 of JacobH3290, shall no more againH3254[H8686] stayH8172[H8736] upon him that smoteH5221[H8688] them; but shall stayH8172[H8738] upon the LORDH3068, the Holy OneH6918 of IsraelH3478, in truthH571.
[21]The remnantH7605 shall returnH7725[H8799], even the remnantH7605 of JacobH3290, unto the mightyH1368 GodH410.
[22]For though thy peopleH5971 IsraelH3478 be as the sandH2344 of the seaH3220, yet a remnantH7605 of them shall returnH7725[H8799]: the consumptionH3631 decreedH2782[H8803] shall overflowH7857[H8802] with righteousnessH6666.
[23]For the LordH136 GODH3069 of hostsH6635 shall makeH6213[H8802] a consumptionH3617, even determinedH2782[H8737], in the midstH7130 of all the landH776.
[24]Therefore thus saithH559[H8804] the LordH136 GODH3069 of hostsH6635, O my peopleH5971 that dwellestH3427[H8802] in ZionH6726, be not afraidH3372[H8799] of the AssyrianH804: he shall smiteH5221[H8686] thee with a rodH7626, and shall lift upH5375[H8799] his staffH4294 against thee, after the mannerH1870 of EgyptH4714.
[25]For yet a veryH4213 little whileH4592, and the indignationH2195 shall ceaseH3615[H8804], and mine angerH639 in their destructionH8399.
[26]And the LORDH3068 of hostsH6635 shall stir upH5782[H8790] a scourgeH7752 for him according to the slaughterH4347 of MidianH4080 at the rockH6697 of OrebH6159: and as his rodH4294 was upon the seaH3220, so shall he lift it upH5375[H8804] after the mannerH1870 of EgyptH4714.
[27]And it shall come to pass in that dayH3117, that his burdenH5448 shall be taken awayH5493[H8799] from off thy shoulderH7926, and his yokeH5923 from off thy neckH6677, and the yokeH5923 shall be destroyedH2254[H8795] becauseH6440 of the anointingH8081.
[28]He is comeH935[H8804] to AiathH5857, he is passedH5674[H8804] to MigronH4051; at MichmashH4363 he hath laid upH6485[H8686] his carriagesH3627:
[29]They are gone overH5674[H8804] the passageH4569: they have taken up their lodgingH4411 at GebaH1387; RamahH7414 is afraidH2729[H8804]; GibeahH1390 of SaulH7586 is fledH5127.[H8804]
[30]Lift upH6670[H8761] thy voiceH6963, O daughterH1323 ofH1530 GallimH1554: cause it to be heardH7181[H8685] unto LaishH3919, O poorH6041 AnathothH6068.
[31]MadmenahH4088 is removedH5074[H8804]; the inhabitantsH3427[H8802] of GebimH1374 gather themselves to fleeH5756.[H8689]
[32]As yet shall he remainH5975[H8800] at NobH5011 that dayH3117: he shall shakeH5130[H8787] his handH3027 against the mountH2022 of the daughterH1323[H8675][H1004] of ZionH6726, the hillH1389 of JerusalemH3389.
[33]Behold, the LordH113, the LORDH3068 of hostsH6635, shall lopH5586[H8764] the boughH6288 with terrorH4637: and the high onesH7311[H8802] of statureH6967 shall be hewn downH1438[H8803], and the haughtyH1364 shall be humbledH8213.[H8799]
[34]And he shall cut downH5362[H8765] the thicketsH5442 of the forestH3293 with ironH1270, and LebanonH3844 shall fallH5307[H8799] by a mighty oneH117.
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