Category: Isaiah

1 The visionconcerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiahson of Amoz saw during the reignsof Uzziah,Jotham,Ahaz,and Hezekiah,kings of Judah.

Judah on Trial

2 Listen, heavens, and pay attention, earth,

for theLordhas spoken:

“I have raised childrenand brought them up,

but they have rebelled against Me.

3 The ox knows its owner,

and the donkey its master’s feeding trough,

but Israel does not know;

My people do not understand.”

4 Oh sinful nation,

people weighed down with iniquity,

brood of evildoers,

depraved children!

They have abandonedtheLord;

they have despisedthe Holy One of Israel;

they have turned their backs on Him.

5 Why do you want more beatings?

Why do you keep on rebelling?

The whole head is hurt,

and the whole heart is sick.

6 From the sole of the foot even to the head,

no spot is uninjured—

wounds, welts, and festering sores

not cleansed, bandaged,

or soothed with oil.

7 Your land is desolate,

your cities burned with fire;

foreigners devour your fields

before your very eyes —

a desolation demolished by foreigners.

8 Daughter Zionis abandoned

like a shelter in a vineyard,

like a shack in a cucumber field,

like a besieged city.

9 If theLordof Hosts

had not left us a few survivors,

we would be like Sodom,

we would resemble Gomorrah.

10 Hear the word of theLord,

you rulers of Sodom!

Listen to the instruction of our God,

you people of Gomorrah!

11 “What are all your sacrifices to Me? ”

asks theLord.

“I have had enough of burnt offerings and rams

and the fat of well-fed cattle;

I have no desire for the blood of bulls,

lambs, or male goats.

12 When you come to appear before Me,

who requires this from you —

this trampling of My courts?

13 Stop bringing useless offerings.

Your incense is detestable to Me.

New Moons and Sabbaths,

and the calling of solemn assemblies—

I cannot stand iniquitywith a festival.

14 I hate your New Moons and prescribed festivals.

They have become a burden to Me;

I am tired of putting up with them.

15 When you lift up your hands in prayer,

I will refuse to look at you;

even if you offer countless prayers,

I will not listen.

Your hands are covered with blood.

Purification of Jerusalem

16 “Wash yourselves. Cleanse yourselves.

Remove your evil deeds from My sight.

Stop doing evil.

17 Learn to do what is good.

Seek justice.

Correct the oppressor.

Defend the rights of the fatherless.

Plead the widow’s cause.

18 “Come, let us discuss this,”

says theLord.

“Though your sins are like scarlet,

they will be as white as snow;

though they are as red as crimson,

they will be like wool.

19 If you are willing and obedient,

you will eat the good things of the land.

20 But if you refuse and rebel,

you will be devoured by the sword.”

For the mouth of theLordhas spoken.

21 The faithful city —

what an adulteressshe has become!

She was once full of justice.

Righteousness once dwelt in her —

but now, murderers!

22 Your silver has become dross,

your beeris diluted with water.

23 Your rulers are rebels,

friends of thieves.

They all love graft

and chase after bribes.

They do not defend the rights of the fatherless,

and the widow’s case never comes before them.

24 Therefore the LordGodof Hosts,

the Mighty One of Israel, declares:

“Ah, I will gain satisfaction from My foes;

I will take revenge against My enemies.

25 I will turn My hand against you

and will burn away your drosscompletely;

I will remove all your impurities.

26 I will restore your judgesto what they once were,

and your advisers to their former state.

Afterward you will be called the Righteous City,

a Faithful City.”

27 Zion will be redeemed by justice,

her repentant ones by righteousness.

28 But both rebels and sinners will be destroyed,

and those who abandon theLordwill perish.

29 Indeed, theywill be ashamed of the sacred trees

you desired,

and you will be embarrassed because of the gardens

you have chosen.

30 For you will become like an oak

whose leaves are withered,

and like a garden without water.

31 The strong one will become tinder,

and his work a spark;

both will burn together,

with no one to quench the flames.

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The City of Peace

1 The vision that Isaiahson of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:

2 Inthe last days

the mountain of theLord’s housewill be established

at the top of the mountains

and will be raised above the hills.

All nations will stream to it,

3 and many peoples will come and say,

“Come, let us go up to the mountain of theLord,

to the house of the God of Jacob.

He will teach us about His ways

so that we may walk in His paths.”

For instruction will go out of Zion

and the word of theLordfrom Jerusalem.

4 He will settle disputes among the nations

and provide arbitration for many peoples.

They will turn their swords into plows

and their spears into pruning knives.

Nations will not take up the sword against other nations,

and they will never again train for war.

The Day of the Lord

5 House of Jacob,

come and let us walk in theLord’s light.

6 For You have abandonedYour people,

the house of Jacob,

because they are full of divination from the East

and of fortune-tellerslike the Philistines.

They are in leaguewith foreigners.

7 Theirland is full of silver and gold,

and there is no limit to their treasures;

their land is full of horses,

and there is no limit to their chariots.

8 Their land is full of idols;

they bow down to the work of their hands,

to what their fingers have made.

9 So humanity is brought low,

and man is humbled.

Do not forgive them!

10 Go into the rocks

and hide in the dust

from the terror of theLord

and from His majestic splendor.

11 Human pridewill be humbled,

and the loftiness of men will be brought low;

theLordalone will be exalted on that day.

12 For a day belonging to theLordof Hosts is coming

against all that is proud and lofty,

against all that is lifted up — it will be humbled —

13 against all the cedars of Lebanon,

lofty and lifted up,

against all the oaks of Bashan,

14 against all the high mountains,

against all the lofty hills,

15 against every high tower,

against every fortified wall,

16 against every ship of Tarshish,

and against every splendid sea vessel.

17 So human pride will be brought low,

and the loftiness of men will be humbled;

theLordalone will be exalted on that day.

18 The idols will vanish completely.

19 People will go into caves in the rocks

and holes in the ground,

away from the terror of theLord

and from His majestic splendor,

when He rises to terrify the earth.

20 On that day people will throw

their silver and gold idols,

which they made to worship,

to the moles and the bats.

21 They will go into the caves of the rocks

and the crevices in the cliffs,

away from the terror of theLord

and from His majestic splendor,

when He rises to terrify the earth.

22 Put no more trust in man,

who has only the breath in his nostrils.

What is he really worth?

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Judah’s Leaders Judged

1 Observe this: The LordGodof Hosts

is about to remove from Jerusalem and from Judah

every kind of security:

the entire supply of bread and water,

2 the hero and warrior,

the judge and prophet,

the fortune-teller and elder,

3 the commander of 50 and the dignitary,

the counselor, cunning magician,and necromancer.

4 “I will make youths their leaders,

and the unstablewill govern them.”

5 The people will oppress one another,

man against man, neighbor against neighbor;

the youth will act arrogantly toward the elder,

and the worthless toward the honorable.

6 A man will even seize his brother

in his father’s house, saying:

“You have a cloak — you be our leader!

This heap of rubble will be under your control.”

7 On that day he will cry out, saying:

“I’m not a healer.

I don’t even have food or clothing in my house.

Don’t make me the leader of the people! ”

8 For Jerusalem has stumbled

and Judah has fallen

because they have spoken and acted against theLord,

defying His glorious presence.

9 The look on their faces testifies against them,

and like Sodom,they flaunt their sin.

They do not conceal it.

Woe to them,

for they have brought evil on themselves.

10 Tell the righteous that it will go well for them,

for they will eat the fruit of their labor.

11 Woe to the wicked — it will go badly for them,

for what they have done will be done to them.

12 Youths oppress My people,

and women rule over them.

My people, your leaders mislead you;

they confuse the direction of your paths.

13 TheLordrises to argue the case

and stands to judge the people.

14 TheLordbrings this charge

against the elders and leaders of His people:

“You have devastated the vineyard.

The plunder from the poor is in your houses.

15 Why do you crush My people

and grind the faces of the poor? ”

This is the declaration

of the LordGodof Hosts.

Jerusalem’s Women Judged

16 TheLordalso says:

Because the daughters of Zion are haughty,

walking with heads held high

and seductive eyes,

going along with prancing steps,

jingling their ankle bracelets,

17 the Lord will put scabs on the heads

of the daughters of Zion,

and theLordwill shave their foreheads bare.

18 On that daythe Lord will strip their finery: ankle bracelets, headbands, crescents,

19 pendants, bracelets, veils,

20 headdresses, ankle jewelry, sashes, perfume bottles, amulets,

21 signet rings, nose rings,

22 festive robes, capes, cloaks, purses,

23 garments, linen clothes, turbans, and veils.

24 Instead of perfume there will be a stench;

instead of a belt, a rope;

instead of beautifully styled hair,baldness;

instead of fine clothes, sackcloth;

instead of beauty, branding.

25 Your men will fall by the sword,

your warriors in battle.

26 Then her gateswill lament and mourn;

deserted, she will sit on the ground.

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1 On that day seven women

will seize one man,saying,

“We will eat our own bread

and provide our own clothing.

Just let us be called by your name.

Take away our disgrace.”

Zion’s Future Glory

2 On that day the Branch oftheLordwill be beautiful and glorious,and the fruit of the landwill be the pride and gloryof Israel’s survivors.

3 Whoever remains in Zion and whoever is left in Jerusalemwill be called holy— all in Jerusalem who are destined to live—

4 when the Lord has washed away the filthof the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodguiltfrom the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgmentand a spirit of burning.

5 Then theLordwill createa cloud of smoke by dayand a glowing flame of fire by night over the entire site of Mount Zion and over its assemblies. For there will be a canopy over all the glory,

6 and there will be a booth for shade from heat by day, and a refuge and shelter from storm and rain.

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Song of the Vineyard

1 I will sing about the one I love,

a song about my loved one’s vineyard:

The one I love had a vineyard

on a very fertile hill.

2 He broke up the soil, cleared it of stones,

and planted it with the finest vines.

He built a tower in the middle of it

and even dug out a winepress there.

He expectedit to yield good grapes,

but it yielded worthless grapes.

3 So now, residents of Jerusalem

and men of Judah,

please judge between Me

and My vineyard.

4 What more could I have done for My vineyard

than I did?

Why, when I expected a yield of good grapes,

did it yield worthless grapes?

5 Now I will tell you

what I am about to do to My vineyard:

I will remove its hedge,

and it will be consumed;

I will tear down its wall,

and it will be trampled.

6 I will make it a wasteland.

It will not be pruned or weeded;

thorns and briers will grow up.

I will also give orders to the clouds

that rain should not fall on it.

7 For the vineyard of theLordof Hosts

is the house of Israel,

and the menof Judah,

the plant He delighted in.

He looked for justice

but saw injustice,

for righteousness,

but heard cries of wretchedness.

Judah’s Sins Denounced

8 Woe to those who add house to house

and join field to field

until there is no more room

and you alone are left in the land.

9 I heard theLordof Hosts say:

Indeed, many houseswill become desolate,

grand and lovely ones without inhabitants.

10 For a ten-acrevineyard will yield

only six gallons,

and 10 bushelsof seed will yield

only one bushel.

11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning

in pursuit of beer,

who linger into the evening,

inflamed by wine.

12 At their feasts they have lyre, harp,

tambourine, flute, and wine.

They do not perceive theLord’s actions,

and they do not see the work of His hands.

13 Therefore My people will go into exile

because they lack knowledge;

herdignitaries are starving,

and hermasses are parched with thirst.

14 Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat

and opens wide its enormous jaws,

and down go Zion’s dignitaries, her masses,

her crowds, and those who carouse in her!

15 Humanity is brought low, man is humbled,

and haughty eyes are humbled.

16 But theLordof Hosts is exalted by His justice,

and the holy Godis distinguished by righteousness.

17 Lambs will graze

as if intheir own pastures,

and strangerswill eat

among the ruins of the rich.

18 Woe to those who drag wickedness

with cords of deceit

and pull sin along with cart ropes,

19 to those who say:

“Let Him hurry up and do His work quickly

so that we can see it!

Let the planof the Holy One of Israeltake place

so that we can know it! ”

20 Woe to those who call evil good

and good evil,

who substitute darkness for light

and light for darkness,

who substitute bitter for sweet

and sweet for bitter.

21 Woe to those who are wise in their own opinion

and clever in their own sight.

22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine,

who are fearless at mixing beer,

23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe

and deprive the innocent of justice.

24 Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes straw

and as dry grass shrivels in the flame,

so their roots will become like something rotten

and their blossoms will blow away like dust,

for they have rejected

the instruction of theLordof Hosts,

and they have despised

the word of the Holy One of Israel.

25 Therefore theLord’s anger burnsagainst His people.

He raised His hand against them and struck them;

the mountains quaked,

and their corpses were like garbage in the streets.

In all this, His anger is not removed,

and His hand is still raised to strike.

26 He raises a signal flag for the distant nations

and whistlesfor them from the ends of the earth.

Look — how quickly and swiftly they come!

27 None of them grows weary or stumbles;

no one slumbers or sleeps.

No belt is loose

and no sandal strap broken.

28 Their arrows are sharpened,

and all their bows strung.

Their horses’ hooves are like flint;

their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.

29 Their roaring is like a lion’s;

they roar like young lions;

they growl and seize their prey

and carry it off,

and no one can rescue it.

30 On that day they will roar over it,

like the roaring of the sea.

When one looks at the land,

there will be darkness and distress;

light will be obscured by clouds.

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Isaiah’s Call and Mission

1 In the year that King Uzziahdied, I saw the Lordseated on a high and loftythrone,and His robefilled the temple.

2 Seraphimwere standing above Him; each one had six wings:with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

3 And one called to another:

Holy, holy, holy is theLordof Hosts;

His gloryfills the whole earth.

4 The foundations of the doorways shookat the sound of their voices, and the temple was filled with smoke.

5 Then I said:

Woe is mefor I am ruined

because I am a man of unclean lips

and live among a people of unclean lips,

and because my eyes have seen the King,

theLordof Hosts.

6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken from the altarwith tongs.

7 He touched my mouthwith it and said:

Now that this has touched your lips,

your wickedness is removed

and your sin is atoned for.

8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying:

Who should I send?

Who will go for Us?

I said:

Here I am. Send me.

9 And He replied:

Go! Say to these people:

Keep listening, but do not understand;

keep looking, but do not perceive.

10 Dull the mindsof these people;

deafen their ears and blind their eyes;

otherwise they might see with their eyes

and hear with their ears,

understand with their minds,

turn back, and be healed.

11 Then I said, “Until when, Lord? ”And He replied:

Until cities lie in ruins without inhabitants,

houses are without people,

the land is ruined and desolate,

12 and theLorddrives the people far away,

leaving great emptiness in the land.

13 Though a tenth will remain in the land,

it will be burned again.

Like the terebinth or the oak

that leaves a stump when felled,

the holy seedis the stump.

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The Message to Ahaz

1 This took place during the reign of Ahaz, son of Jotham, son of Uzziah king of Judah:Rezin king of Aram, along with Pekah, son of Remaliah, king of Israel, waged war against Jerusalem,but he could not succeed.

2 When it became known to the house of Davidthat Aram had occupied Ephraim,the heart of Ahazand the hearts of his people trembled like trees of a forest shaking in the wind.

3 Then theLordsaid to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashubto meet Ahaz at the end of the conduit of the upper pool,by the road to the Fuller’s Field.

4 Say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Don’t be afraid or cowardlybecause of these two smoldering stubs of firebrands, the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram, and the son of Remaliah.

5 For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted harm against you. They say,

6 ‘Let us go up against Judah, terrorize it, and conquer it for ourselves. Then we can install Tabeel’s son as king in it.’ ”

7 This is what the LordGodsays:

It will not happen; it will not occur.

8 Thehead of Aram is Damascus,

the head of Damascus is Rezin

(within 65 years

Ephraim will be too shattered to be a people),

9 the head of Ephraim is Samaria,

and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah.

If you do not stand firm in your faith,

then you will not stand at all.

The Immanuel Prophecy

10 Then theLordspoke again to Ahaz:

11 “Ask for a signfrom theLordyour God — from the depths of Sheol to the heights of heaven.”

12 But Ahaz replied, “I will not ask. I will not test theLord.”

13 Isaiahsaid, “Listen, house of David! Is it not enough for you to try the patience of men? Will you also try the patience of my God?

14 Therefore, the Lord Himself will give youa sign: The virgin will conceive,have a son, and name him Immanuel.

15 By the time he learns to reject what is bad and choose what is good,he will be eating butterand honey.

16 For before the boy knows to reject what is bad and choose what is good, the land of the two kings you dread will be abandoned.

17 TheLordwill bring on you, your people, and the house of your father, such a time as has never been since Ephraim separated from Judah— the king of Assyriais coming.”

18 On that day

theLordwill whistleto the fly

that is at the farthest streams of the Nile

and to the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

19 All of them will come and settle

in the steep ravines, in the clefts of the rocks,

in all the thornbushes, and in all the water holes.

20 On that day the Lord will use a razorhired from beyond the Euphrates River — the king of Assyria— to shave the head, the hair on the legs, and to remove the beard as well.

21 On that day

a man will raise a young cow and two sheep,

22 and from the abundant milk they give

he will eat butter,

for every survivor in the land will eat butter and honey.

23 And on that day

every place where there were 1,000 vines,

worth 1,000 pieces of silver,

will become thorns and briers.

24 A man will go there with bow and arrows

because the whole land will be thorns and briers.

25 You will not go to all the hills

that were once tilled with a hoe,

for fear of the thorns and briers.

Those hills will be places for oxen to graze

and for sheep to trample.

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The Coming Assyrian Invasion

1 Then theLordsaid to me, “Take a large piece of parchmentand write on it with an ordinary pen:Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

2 I have appointedtrustworthy witnesses — Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah.”

3 I was then intimate with the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. TheLordsaid to me, “Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz,

4 for before the boy knows how to call out father or mother,the wealth of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria will be carried off to the king of Assyria.”

5 TheLordspoke to me again:

6 Because these people rejected

the slowly flowing waters of Shiloah

and rejoiced withRezin

and the son of Remaliah,

7 the Lord will certainly bring against them

the mighty rushing waters of the Euphrates River —

the king of Assyria and all his glory.

It will overflow its channels

and spill over all its banks.

8 It will pour into Judah,

flood over it, and sweep through,

reaching up to the neck;

and its spreading streams

will fill your entire land, Immanuel!

9 Band together, peoples, and be broken;

pay attention, all you distant lands;

prepare for war, and be broken;

prepare for war, and be broken.

10 Devise a plan; it will fail.

Make a prediction; it will not happen.

For God is with us.

The Lord of Hosts, the Only Refuge

11 For this is what theLordsaid to me with great power, to keepme from going the way of this people:

12 Do not call everything an alliance

these people say is an alliance.

Do not fear what they fear;

do not be terrified.

13 You are to regard only theLordof Hosts as holy.

Only He should be feared;

only He should be held in awe.

14 He will be a sanctuary;

but for the two houses of Israel,

He will be a stoneto stumble over

and a rock to trip over,

and a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

15 Many will stumble over these;

they will fall and be broken;

they will be snared and captured.

16 Bind up the testimony.

Seal up the instructionamong my disciples.

17 I will wait for theLord,

who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob.

I will wait for Him.

18 Here I am with the children theLordhas given meto be signs and wonders in Israel from theLordof Hosts who dwells on Mount Zion.

19 When they say to you, “Consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who chirp and mutter,”shouldn’t a people consult their God?Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?

20 To the law and to the testimony!If they do not speak according to this word, there will be no dawn for them.

21 They will wander through the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged, and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God.

22 They will look toward the earthand see only distress, darkness, and the gloom of affliction, and they will be driven into thick darkness.

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Birth of the Prince of Peace

1 Nevertheless, the gloom of the distressed land will not be like that of the former times when He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali.But in the future He will bring honor to the Way of the Sea, to the land east of the Jordan, and to Galilee of the nations.

2 The people walking in darkness

have seen a great light;

a light has dawned

on those living in the land of darkness.

3 You have enlarged the nation

and increased its joy.

The people have rejoiced before You

as they rejoice at harvest time

and as they rejoice when dividing spoils.

4 For You have shattered their oppressive yoke

and the rod on their shoulders,

the staff of their oppressor,

just as You did on the day of Midian.

5 For the trampling boot of battle

and the bloodied garments of war

will be burned as fuel for the fire.

6 For a child will be born for us,

a son will be given to us,

and the government will be on His shoulders.

He will be named

Wonderful Counselor,Mighty God,

Eternal Father,Prince of Peace.

7 The dominion will be vast,

and its prosperity will never end.

He will reign on the throne of David

and over his kingdom,

to establish and sustain it

with justice and righteousness from now on and forever.

The zeal of theLordof Hosts will accomplish this.

The Hand Raised against Israel

8 The Lord sent a message against Jacob;

it came against Israel.

9 All the people —

Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria— will know it.

They will say with pride and arrogance:

10 “The bricks have fallen,

but we will rebuild with cut stones;

the sycamores have been cut down,

but we will replace them with cedars.”

11 TheLordhas raised up Rezin’s adversaries against him

and stirred up his enemies.

12 Aram from the east and Philistia from the west

have consumed Israel with open mouths.

In all this, His anger is not removed,

and His hand is still raised to strike.

13 The people did not turn to Him who struck them;

they did not seek theLordof Hosts.

14 So theLordcut off Israel’s head and tail,

palm branch and reed in a single day.

15 The head is the elder, the honored one;

the tail is the prophet, the lying teacher.

16 The leaders of the people mislead them,

and those they mislead are swallowed up.

17 Therefore the Lord does not rejoice

overIsrael’s young men

and has no compassion

on its fatherless and widows,

for everyone is a godless evildoer,

and every mouth speaks folly.

In all this, His anger is not removed,

and His hand is still raised to strike.

18 For wickedness burns like a fire

that consumes thorns and briers

and kindles the forest thickets

so that they go up in a column of smoke.

19 The land is scorched

by the wrath of theLordof Hosts,

and the people are like fuel for the fire.

No one has compassion on his brother.

20 They carve meat on the right,

but they are still hungry;

they have eaten on the left,

but they are still not satisfied.

Each one eats the flesh of his own arm.

21 Manasseh is with Ephraim,

and Ephraim with Manasseh;

together, both are against Judah.

In all this, His anger is not removed,

and His hand is still raised to strike.

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1 Woeto those enacting crooked statutes

and writing oppressive laws

2 to keep the poor from getting a fair trial

and to deprive the afflicted among my people of justice,

so that widows can be their spoil

and they can plunder the fatherless.

3 What will you do on the day of punishment

when devastation comes from far away?

Who will you run to for help?

Where will you leave your wealth?

4 There will be nothing to do

except crouch among the prisoners

or fall among the slain.

In all this, His anger is not removed,

and His hand is still raised to strike.

Assyria, the Instrument of Wrath

5 Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger —

the staff in their hands is My wrath.

6 I will send him against a godless nation;

I will command him to go

against a people destined for My rage,

to take spoils, to plunder,

and to trample them down like clayin the streets.

7 But this is not what he intends;

this is not what he plans.

It is his intent to destroy

and to cut off many nations.

8 For he says,

“Aren’t all my commanders kings?

9 Isn’t Calno like Carchemish?

Isn’t Hamath like Arpad?

Isn’t Samarialike Damascus?

10 As my hand seized the idolatrous kingdoms,

whose idols exceeded those of Jerusalem and Samaria,

11 and as I did to Samaria and its idols

will I not also do to Jerusalem and its idols?”

Judgment on Assyria

12 But when the Lord finishes all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “Iwill punish the king of Assyria for his arrogant acts and the proud look in his eyes.”

13 For he said:

I have done this by my own strength

and wisdom, for I am clever.

I abolished the borders of nations

and plundered their treasures;

like a mighty warrior, I subjugated the inhabitants.

14 My hand has reached out, as if into a nest,

to seize the wealth of the nations.

Like one gathering abandoned eggs,

I gathered the whole earth.

No wing fluttered;

no beak opened or chirped.

15 Does an ax exalt itself

above the one who chops with it?

Does a saw magnify itself

above the one who saws with it?

It would be like a staff waving the one who liftsit!

It would be like a rod lifting a man who isn’t wood!

16 Therefore the LordGodof Hosts

will inflict an emaciating disease

on the well-fed of Assyria,

and He will kindle a burning fire

under its glory.

17 Israel’s Light will become a fire,

and its Holy One, a flame.

In one day it will burn up Assyria’s thorns and thistles.

18 He will completely destroy

the glory of its forests and orchards

as a sickness consumes a person.

19 The remaining trees of its forest

will be so few in number

that a child could count them.

The Remnant Will Return

20 On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on the one who struck them, but they will faithfully depend on theLord, the Holy One of Israel.

21 The remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob,

to the Mighty God.

22 Israel, even if your people were as numerous

as the sand of the sea,

only a remnant of them will return.

Destruction has been decreed;

justice overflows.

23 For throughout the land

the LordGodof Hosts

is carrying out a destruction that was decreed.

24 Therefore, the LordGodof Hosts says this: “My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear Assyria, though he strikes you with a rod and raises his staff over you as the Egyptians did.

25 In just a little while My wrath will be spent and My anger will turn to their destruction.”

26 And theLordof Hosts will brandish a whip against him as He did when He struck Midian at the rock of Oreb;and He will raise His staff over the sea as He did in Egypt.

God Will Judge Assyria

27 On that day

his burden will fall from your shoulders,

and his yoke from your neck.

The yoke will be broken because of fatness.

28 Assyria has come to Aiath

and has gone through Migron,

storing his equipment at Michmash.

29 They crossed over at the ford, saying,

“We will spend the night at Geba.”

The people of Ramah are trembling;

those at Gibeah of Saul have fled.

30 Cry aloud, daughter of Gallim!

Listen, Laishah!

Anathoth is miserable.

31 Madmenah has fled.

The inhabitants of Gebim have sought refuge.

32 Today he will stand at Nob,

shaking his fist at the mountain of Daughter Zion,

the hill of Jerusalem.

33 Look, the LordGodof Hosts

will chop off the branches with terrifying power,

and the tall trees will be cut down,

the high trees felled.

34 He is clearing the thickets of the forest with an ax,

and Lebanon with its majesty will fall.

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