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1 Woe to them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness [which] they have prescribed;
2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and [that] they may rob the fatherless!
3 And what will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation [which] will come from far? to whom will you flee for help? and where will you leave your glory?
4 Without me they will bow down under the prisoners, and they will fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand [is] stretched out still.
5 O Assyrian, the rod of my anger, and the staff in their hand is my indignation.
6 I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
7 Howbeit he means not so, neither does his heart think so; but [it is] in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
8 For he says, [Are] not my princes altogether kings?
9 [Is] not Calno as Carchemish? [is] not Hamath as Arpad? [is] not Samaria as Damascus?
10 As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images excelled them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
11 Will I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
12 Therefore it will come to pass, [that] when the Lord has performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
13 For he says, By the strength of my hand I have done [it], and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant [man]:
14 And my hand has found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathers eggs [that are] left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
15 Will the axe boast itself against him that hews with it? [or] will the saw magnify itself against him that shakes it? as if the rod should shake [itself] against them that lift it up, [or] as if the staff should lift up [itself, as if it were] no wood.
16 Therefore will the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he will kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
17 And the light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it will burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;
18 And will consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they will be as when a standardbearer faints.
19 And the rest of the trees of his forest will be few, that a child may write them.
20 And it will come to pass in that day, [that] the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, will no more again stay upon him that smote them; but will stay upon the LORD [Yahweh], the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
21 The remnant will return, [even] the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.
22 For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, [yet] a remnant of them will return: the consumption decreed will overflow with righteousness.
23 For the Lord GOD of hosts will make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.
24 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwell in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he will smite you with a rod, and will lift up his staff against you, after the manner of Egypt.
25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation will cease, and my anger in their destruction.
26 And the LORD [Yahweh] of hosts will stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and [as] his rod [was] upon the sea, so will he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
27 And it will come to pass in that day, [that] his burden will be taken away from off your shoulder, and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke will be destroyed because of the anointing.
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28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he has laid up his carriages:
29 They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.
30 Lift up your voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard to Laish, O poor Anathoth.
31 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.
32 As yet will he remain at Nob that day: he will shake his hand [against] the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
33 Behold, the Lord, the LORD [Yahweh] of hosts, will lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature [will be] hewn down, and the haughty will be humbled.
34 And he will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon will fall by a mighty one.