Woe{H1945} unto them that decree{H2710} unrighteous{H205} decrees,{H2711} and to the writers{H3789} that write{H3789} perverseness;{H5999}

to turn aside{H5186} the needy{H1800} from justice,{H1779} and to rob{H1497} the poor{H6041} of my people{H5971} of their right,{H4941} that widows{H490} may be their spoil,{H7998} and that they may make the fatherless{H3490} their prey!{H962}

And what will ye do{H6213} in the day{H3117} of visitation,{H6486} and in the desolation{H7722} which shall come{H935} from far?{H4801} to whom will ye flee{H5127} for help?{H5833} and where will ye leave{H5800} your glory?{H3519}

They shall{H1115} only bow down{H3766} under the prisoners,{H616} and shall fall{H5307} under the slain.{H2026} For all this his anger{H639} is not turned away,{H7725} but his hand{H3027} is stretched out still.{H5186}

Ho Assyrian,{H804} the rod{H7626} of{H1945} mine anger,{H639} the staff{H4294} in whose hand{H3027} is mine indignation!{H2195}

I will send{H7971} him against a profane{H2611} nation,{H1471} and against the people{H5971} of my wrath{H5678} will I give him a charge,{H6680} to take{H7997} the spoil,{H7998} and to take{H962} the prey,{H957} and to tread them down{H7760} like the mire{H2563} of the streets.{H2351}

Howbeit he meaneth{H1819} not so, neither doth his heart{H3824} think{H2803} so; but it is in his heart{H3824} to destroy,{H8045} and to cut off{H3772} nations{H1471} not a few.{H4592}

For he saith,{H559} Are not my princes{H8269} all{H3162} of them kings?{H4428}

Is not Calno{H3641} as Carchemish?{H3751} is not Hamath{H2574} as Arpad?{H774} is not Samaria{H8111} as Damascus?{H1834}

As my hand{H3027} hath found{H4672} the kingdoms{H4467} of the idols,{H457} whose graven images{H6456} did excel them of Jerusalem{H3389} and of Samaria;{H8111}

shall I not, as I have done{H6213} unto Samaria{H8111} and her idols,{H457} so do{H6213} to Jerusalem{H3389} and her idols?{H6091}

Wherefore it shall come to pass, that, when the Lord{H136} hath performed{H1214} his whole work{H4639} upon mount{H2022} Zion{H6726} and on Jerusalem,{H3389} I will punish{H6485} the fruit{H6529} of the stout{H1433} heart{H3824} of the king{H4428} of Assyria,{H804} and the glory{H8597} of his high{H7312} looks.{H5869}

For he hath said,{H559} By the strength{H3581} of my hand{H3027} I have done{H6213} it, and by my wisdom;{H2451} for I have understanding:{H2451} and I have removed{H5493} the bounds{H1367} of the peoples,{H5971} and have robbed{H8154} their treasures,{H6259} and like a valiant{H47} man I have brought down{H3381} them{H3427} that sit [on thrones]:

and my hand{H3027} hath found{H4672} as a nest{H7064} the riches{H2428} of the peoples;{H5971} and as one gathereth{H622} eggs{H1000} that are forsaken,{H5800} have I gathered{H622} all the earth:{H776} and there was none that moved{H5074} the wing,{H3671} or that opened{H6475} the mouth,{H6310} or chirped.{H6850}

Shall the axe{H1631} boast{H6286} itself against him that heweth{H2672} therewith? shall the saw{H4883} magnify{H1431} itself against him that wieldeth{H5130} it? as if a rod{H7626} should wield{H5130} them that lift it up,{H7311} [or] as if a staff{H4294} should lift up{H7311} [him that is] not wood.{H6086}

Therefore will the Lord,{H113} Jehovah{H136} of hosts,{H6635} send{H7971} among his fat ones{H4924} leanness;{H7332} and under his glory{H3519} there shall be kindled{H3344} a burning{H3350} like the burning of fire.{H784}

And the light{H216} of Israel{H3478} will be for a fire,{H784} and his Holy One{H6918} for a flame;{H3852} and it will burn{H1197} and devour{H398} his thorns{H7898} and his briers{H8068} in one{H259} day.{H3117}

And he will consume{H3615} the glory{H3519} of his forest,{H3293} and of his fruitful field,{H3759} both soul{H5315} and body:{H1320} and it shall be as when a standard-bearer{H5263} fainteth.{H4549}

And the remnant{H7605} of the trees{H6086} of his forest{H3293} shall be few,{H4557} so that a child{H5288} may write{H3789} them.

And it shall come to pass in that day,{H3117} that the remnant{H7605} of Israel,{H3478} and they that are escaped{H6413} of the house{H1004} of Jacob,{H3290} shall no more again{H3254} lean{H8172} upon him that smote{H5221} them, but shall lean{H8172} upon Jehovah,{H3068} the Holy One{H6918} of Israel,{H3478} in truth.{H571}

A remnant{H7605} shall return,{H7725} [even] the remnant{H7605} of Jacob,{H3290} unto the mighty{H1368} God.{H410}

For though thy people,{H5971} Israel,{H3478} be as the sand{H2344} of the sea,{H3220} [only] a remnant{H7605} of them shall return:{H7725} a destruction{H3631} [is] determined,{H2782} overflowing{H7857} with righteousness.{H6666}

For a full end,{H3617} and that determined,{H2782} will the Lord,{H136} Jehovah{H3069} of hosts,{H6635} make{H6213} in the midst{H7130} of all the earth.{H776}

Therefore thus saith{H559} the Lord,{H136} Jehovah{H3069} of hosts,{H6635} O my people{H5971} that dwellest{H3427} in Zion,{H6726} be not afraid{H3372} of the Assyrian,{H804} though he smite{H5221} thee with the rod,{H7626} and lift up{H5375} his staff{H4294} against thee, after the manner{H1870} of Egypt.{H4714}

For yet a very{H4213} little while,{H4592} and the indignation{H2195} [against thee] shall be accomplished,{H3615} and mine anger{H639} [shall be directed] to his destruction.{H8399}

And Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} will stir up{H5782} against him a scourge,{H7752} as in the slaughter{H4347} of Midian{H4080} at the rock{H6697} of Oreb:{H6159} and his rod{H4294} will be over the sea,{H3220} and he will lift it up{H5375} after the manner{H1870} of Egypt.{H4714}

And it shall come to pass in that day,{H3117} that his burden{H5448} shall depart from off{H5493} thy shoulder,{H7926} and his yoke{H5923} from off thy neck,{H6677} and the yoke{H5923} shall be destroyed{H2254} by reason{H6440} of fatness.{H8081}

He is come{H935} to Aiath,{H5857} he is passed{H5674} through Migron;{H4051} at Michmash{H4363} he layeth up{H6485} his baggage;{H3627}

they are gone over{H5674} the pass;{H4569} they have taken up their lodging{H4411} at Geba;{H1387} Ramah{H7414} trembleth;{H2729} Gibeah{H1390} of Saul{H7586} is fled.{H5127}

Cry{H6963} aloud{H6670} with thy voice,{H6963} O daughter{H1323} of{H1530} Gallim!{H1554} hearken,{H7181} O Laishah! O thou poor{H6041} Anathoth!{H6068}

Madmenah{H4088} is a fugitive;{H5074} the inhabitants{H3427} of Gebim{H1374} flee{H5756} for safety.

This very day{H3117} shall he halt{H5975} at Nob:{H5011} he shaketh{H5130} his hand{H3027} at the mount{H2022} of the daughter{H1323} of Zion,{H6726} the hill{H1389} of Jerusalem.{H3389}

Behold, the Lord,{H113} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} will lop{H5586} the boughs{H6288} with terror:{H4637} and the high{H7311} of stature{H6967} shall be hewn down,{H1438} and the lofty{H1364} shall be brought low.{H1438}

And he will cut down{H5362} the thickets{H5442} of the forest{H3293} with iron,{H1270} and Lebanon{H3844} shall fall{H5307} by a mighty one.{H117}