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What sorrow awaits the unjust judges
and those who issue unfair laws.
and those who issue unfair laws.
Woe to those who make unjust laws,
to those who issue oppressive decrees,
to those who issue oppressive decrees,
They deprive the poor of justice
and deny the rights of the needy among my people.
They prey on widows
and take advantage of orphans.
and deny the rights of the needy among my people.
They prey on widows
and take advantage of orphans.
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.
What will you do when I punish you,
when I send disaster upon you from a distant land?
To whom will you turn for help?
Where will your treasures be safe?
when I send disaster upon you from a distant land?
To whom will you turn for help?
Where will your treasures be safe?
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?
You will stumble along as prisoners
or lie among the dead.
But even then the LORD’s anger will not be satisfied.
His fist is still poised to strike.
Judgment against Assyria
or lie among the dead.
But even then the LORD’s anger will not be satisfied.
His fist is still poised to strike.
Judgment against Assyria
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.
“What sorrow awaits Assyria, the rod of my anger.
I use it as a club to express my anger.
I use it as a club to express my anger.
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!
I am sending Assyria against a godless nation,
against a people with whom I am angry.
Assyria will plunder them,
trampling them like dirt beneath its feet.
against a people with whom I am angry.
Assyria will plunder them,
trampling them like dirt beneath its feet.
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.
But the king of Assyria will not understand that he is my tool;
his mind does not work that way.
His plan is simply to destroy,
to cut down nation after nation.
his mind does not work that way.
His plan is simply to destroy,
to cut down nation after nation.
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.
He will say,
‘Each of my princes will soon be a king.
‘Each of my princes will soon be a king.
‘Are not my commanders all kings?’ he says.
We destroyed Calno just as we did Carchemish.
Hamath fell before us as Arpad did.
And we destroyed Samaria just as we did Damascus.
Hamath fell before us as Arpad did.
And we destroyed Samaria just as we did Damascus.
‘Has not Kalno fared like Carchemish?
Is not Hamath like Arpad,
and Samaria like Damascus?
Is not Hamath like Arpad,
and Samaria like Damascus?
Yes, we have finished off many a kingdom
whose gods were greater than those in Jerusalem and Samaria.
whose gods were greater than those in Jerusalem and Samaria.
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 —
So we will defeat Jerusalem and her gods,
just as we destroyed Samaria with hers.’”
just as we destroyed Samaria with hers.’”
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?’ ”
After the Lord has used the king of Assyria to accomplish his purposes on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, he will turn against the king of Assyria and punish him — for he is proud and arrogant.
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.
He boasts,
“By my own powerful arm I have done this.
With my own shrewd wisdom I planned it.
I have broken down the defenses of nations
and carried off their treasures.
I have knocked down their kings like a bull.
“By my own powerful arm I have done this.
With my own shrewd wisdom I planned it.
I have broken down the defenses of nations
and carried off their treasures.
I have knocked down their kings like a bull.
I have robbed their nests of riches
and gathered up kingdoms as a farmer gathers eggs.
No one can even flap a wing against me
or utter a peep of protest.”
and gathered up kingdoms as a farmer gathers eggs.
No one can even flap a wing against me
or utter a peep of protest.”
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.’ ”
But can the ax boast greater power than the person who uses it?
Is the saw greater than the person who saws?
Can a rod strike unless a hand moves it?
Can a wooden cane walk by itself?
Is the saw greater than the person who saws?
Can a rod strike unless a hand moves it?
Can a wooden cane walk by itself?
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!
Therefore, the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,
will send a plague among Assyria’s proud troops,
and a flaming fire will consume its glory.
will send a plague among Assyria’s proud troops,
and a flaming fire will consume its glory.
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 LORD, the Light of Israel, will be a fire;
the Holy One will be a flame.
He will devour the thorns and briers with fire,
burning up the enemy in a single night.
the Holy One will be a flame.
He will devour the thorns and briers with fire,
burning up the enemy in a single night.
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.
The LORD will consume Assyria’s glory
like a fire consumes a forest in a fruitful land;
it will waste away like sick people in a plague.
like a fire consumes a forest in a fruitful land;
it will waste away like sick people in a plague.
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.
Of all that glorious forest, only a few trees will survive —
so few that a child could count them!
Hope for the LORD’s People
so few that a child could count them!
Hope for the LORD’s People
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.
In that day the remnant left in Israel,
the survivors in the house of Jacob,
will no longer depend on allies
who seek to destroy them.
But they will faithfully trust the LORD,
the Holy One of Israel.
the survivors in the house of Jacob,
will no longer depend on allies
who seek to destroy them.
But they will faithfully trust the LORD,
the Holy One of Israel.
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.
But though the people of Israel are as numerous
as the sand of the seashore,
only a remnant of them will return.
The LORD has rightly decided to destroy his people.
as the sand of the seashore,
only a remnant of them will return.
The LORD has rightly decided to destroy his people.
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.
The Lord, the Lord Almighty, will carry out
the destruction decreed upon the whole land.
the destruction decreed upon the whole land.
So this is what the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, says: “O my people in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrians when they oppress you with rod and club as the Egyptians did long ago.
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.
In a little while my anger against you will end, and then my anger will rise up to destroy them.”
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.”
The LORD of Heaven’s Armies will lash them with his whip, as he did when Gideon triumphed over the Midianites at the rock of Oreb, or when the LORD’s staff was raised to drown the Egyptian army in the sea.
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.
Look, the Assyrians are now at Aiath.
They are passing through Migron
and are storing their equipment at Micmash.
They are passing through Migron
and are storing their equipment at Micmash.
They enter Aiath;
they pass through Migron;
they store supplies at Mikmash.
they pass through Migron;
they store supplies at Mikmash.
They are crossing the pass
and are camping at Geba.
Fear strikes the town of Ramah.
All the people of Gibeah, the hometown of Saul,
are running for their lives.
and are camping at Geba.
Fear strikes the town of Ramah.
All the people of Gibeah, the hometown of Saul,
are running for their lives.
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.
Scream in terror,
you people of Gallim!
Shout out a warning to Laishah.
Oh, poor Anathoth!
you people of Gallim!
Shout out a warning to Laishah.
Oh, poor Anathoth!
Cry out, Daughter Gallim!
Listen, Laishah!
Poor Anathoth!
Listen, Laishah!
Poor Anathoth!
There go the people of Madmenah, all fleeing.
The citizens of Gebim are trying to hide.
The citizens of Gebim are trying to hide.
Madmenah is in flight;
the people of Gebim take cover.
the people of Gebim take cover.
The enemy stops at Nob for the rest of that day.
He shakes his fist at beautiful Mount Zion, the mountain of Jerusalem.
He shakes his fist at beautiful Mount Zion, the mountain of Jerusalem.
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.
But look! The Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,
will chop down the mighty tree of Assyria with great power!
He will cut down the proud.
That lofty tree will be brought down.
will chop down the mighty tree of Assyria with great power!
He will cut down the proud.
That lofty tree will be brought down.
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.