Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
Woe to
those
who
enact
unjust
statutes
and
issue
oppressive
decrees,
Woe unto
them
that
decree
unrighteous
decrees, and
to
the
writers
that
write
perverseness;
to deprive
the poor
of
fair
treatment
and
withhold
justice
from the oppressed
of My people, to
make
widows their prey
and orphans
their plunder.
to turn
aside
the needy
from justice,
and
to
rob
the poor
of my people of
their
right
, that
widows may
be
their spoil,
and that
they
may
make
the
fatherless
their prey!
What will you
do on
the day of reckoning
when
devastation
comes
from afar
? To whom will you
flee for help? Where will you
leave your wealth
?
And
what will ye
do in
the day of visitation,
and
in
the
desolation
which
shall
come
from far
? to whom will ye
flee for help? and
where will ye
leave your glory
?
Nothing
will
remain
but
to
crouch
among
the captives
or
fall among
the slain. Despite
all this ,
His anger is not turned away ;
His hand is still upraised
.
They
shall
only
bow
down
under
the prisoners,
and
shall
fall under
the slain. For
all this his anger is not turned away ,
but
his hand is stretched
out
still.
Woe
to
Assyria
, the rod of My
anger ;
the staff in their
hands
is My
wrath.
Ho
Assyrian
, the rod of mine
anger ,
the staff in whose
hand
is mine
indignation!
I will send him against a godless
nation ;
I
will
dispatch
him
against a
people destined
for
My rage
, to take spoils
and seize
plunder
, and to trample
them down like clay
in
the streets.
I will send him against a profane
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.
But
this
is
not his intention
; this
is
not
his
plan.
For
it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many
nations.
Howbeit
he
meaneth
not so,
neither
doth
his heart
think
so
; but
it is in his heart to destroy ,
and to
cut off nations not
a
few
.
“
Are not all
my commanders
kings? ”
he
says.
For
he
saith,
Are not my princes
all
of
them
kings?
“
Is not Calno like
Carchemish? Is not Hamath like
Arpad? Is not Samaria like
Damascus?
Is not Calno as
Carchemish? is not Hamath as
Arpad? is not Samaria as
Damascus?
As my hand seized
the idolatrous
kingdoms whose images surpassed
those
of Jerusalem and Samaria ,
As my hand hath
found
the kingdoms of
the
idols,
whose graven
images did
excel
them
of Jerusalem and of
Samaria ;
and
as I have done to
Samaria and its
idols, will
I
not
also
do to Jerusalem and her idols? ”
shall
I
not,
as I have done unto
Samaria and her
idols, so
do to Jerusalem and her idols?
So
when the Lord has
completed
all
His work against
Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He
will
say,
“
I will punish the king
of
Assyria
for
the
fruit of his
arrogant
heart and the proud
look
in
his eyes
.
Wherefore
it
shall
come
to
pass,
that,
when the Lord hath
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
.
For he says:
‘
By the strength of my hand I have done this
, and by my wisdom ,
for I am
clever.
I have removed the boundaries
of nations
and plundered
their treasures ;
like a mighty
one
I subdued
their
rulers.
For he hath
said,
By the strength of my hand I have done it
, and by my wisdom ;
for I have
understanding:
and
I have removed the bounds
of the
peoples,
and have
robbed
their treasures ,
and
like a valiant
man
I have
brought
down
them
that
sit
`on
thrones':
My hand reached
as into
a nest to
seize
the wealth
of the nations.
Like
one gathering
abandoned
eggs, I gathered all the earth .
No
wing fluttered
, no
beak
opened or chirped. ’”
and
my hand hath
found
as a nest the riches
of the peoples;
and
as
one gathereth
eggs that
are
forsaken
, have
I gathered all the earth :
and
there
was
none
that
moved
the
wing, or
that
opened the
mouth,
or chirped.
Does
an
axe raise
itself above
the
one
who
swings
it
? Does
a
saw boast
over
him who
saws
with
it? It
would
be
like
a rod waving
the
one
who
lifts
it, or a staff lifting
him who
is not wood !
Shall
the
axe boast
itself against
him
that
heweth
therewith
? shall
the
saw magnify
itself
against
him that
wieldeth
it? as
if
a rod should
wield
them
that
lift
it up
, `
or '
as
if
a staff should
lift
up
`
him that
is '
not wood .
Therefore the Lord GOD
of Hosts will
send a
wasting
disease
among Assyria’s
stout
warriors,
and under his pomp
will
be kindled a fire
like a
burning flame
.
Therefore will
the Lord ,
Jehovah
of hosts ,
send among his
fat
ones
leanness;
and under his glory
there
shall
be kindled a burning
like the
burning of
fire
.
And the Light of Israel will become
a fire, and its
Holy One a flame .
In
a
single
day
it will burn and devour Assyria’s
thorns and thistles
.
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
.
The splendor
of its
forests
and orchards
, both soul and body ,
it will
completely
destroy,
as a
sickness
consumes
a man
.
And
he
will
consume
the glory
of his
forest,
and of
his
fruitful
field
, both soul and body :
and
it shall
be
as when
a standard-bearer
fainteth
.
The remaining
trees of its
forests
will
be so
few that a child could
count
them.
And
the remnant
of
the
trees of his
forest
shall
be few ,
so
that a child may
write
them.
On
that day the remnant of Israel and the
survivors
of the house of Jacob will
no longer
depend
on
him who
struck
them, but they
will
truly
rely
on
the
LORD
, the Holy One of Israel.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass
in
that day ,
that
the remnant of Israel ,
and they
that
are
escaped
of the house of Jacob ,
shall
no more
again
lean
upon
him that
smote
them, but shall
lean
upon
Jehovah
, the Holy One of Israel ,
in
truth
.
A remnant will
return —a
remnant of Jacob —
to
the Mighty God.
A remnant shall
return ,
`even'
the
remnant of Jacob ,
unto
the mighty God.
Though your
people, O
Israel, be like
the sand of the sea, only a remnant will
return .
Destruction has
been
decreed
, overflowing with righteousness.
For
though thy
people, Israel, be as
the sand of the sea, `
only '
a remnant of
them
shall
return :
a
destruction `is'
determined
, overflowing with righteousness.
For the Lord GOD
of Hosts will
carry
out
the destruction
decreed
upon
the whole
land
.
For a
full
end,
and
that
determined,
will
the Lord ,
Jehovah
of hosts ,
make
in
the midst
of
all
the earth
.
Therefore this
is
what
the Lord GOD
of Hosts says:
“
O My people who
dwell
in Zion, do
not fear
Assyria
, who
strikes
you
with a
rod and lifts
his staff against you
as
the Egyptians
did
.
Therefore thus
saith
the Lord ,
Jehovah
of hosts ,
O my people that
dwellest
in Zion, be
not afraid
of
the
Assyrian
, though
he
smite
thee
with the
rod ,
and lift
up
his staff against thee,
after
the manner
of
Egypt
.
For in
just
a little while My
fury
against you
will
subside
, and My
anger will
turn
to their
destruction. ”
For yet
a very
little while ,
and
the
indignation
`
against thee'
shall
be
accomplished
, and mine
anger `shall
be
directed'
to his
destruction.
And the
LORD
of Hosts will brandish
a
whip
against them
, as when
He
struck
Midian at the rock of Oreb .
He
will
raise
His staff
over the sea, as
He did
in
Egypt.
And Jehovah
of hosts will stir
up
against him
a
scourge
, as in
the
slaughter
of
Midian at the rock of Oreb :
and
his rod
will
be
over the sea, and
he will
lift
it
up
after
the
manner
of
Egypt.
On
that day the
burden will
be
lifted
from your
shoulders
, and the
yoke from your
neck .
The yoke will
be
broken
because
your
neck
will
be too
large
.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass
in
that day ,
that
his
burden shall
depart
from off
thy
shoulder
, and his
yoke from off
thy
neck ,
and
the yoke shall
be destroyed
by
reason
of
fatness
.
Assyria
has
entered
Aiath and
passed through Migron ,
storing
their
supplies
at Michmash .
He
is
come
to
Aiath ,
he
is
passed through Migron ;
at Michmash he
layeth
up
his
baggage;
They have
crossed
at
the
ford:
“We
will
spend
the night
at Geba .”
Ramah trembles
; Gibeah of Saul flees
.
they are
gone
over
the pass;
they
have
taken
up
their
lodging
at Geba ;
Ramah trembleth
; Gibeah of Saul is
fled
.
Cry aloud, O Daughter of Gallim! Listen
, O Laishah! O wretched
Anathoth!
Cry aloud with
thy
voice
, O daughter of Gallim! hearken
, O Laishah! O thou
poor
Anathoth!
Madmenah flees
; the people
of Gebim take
refuge
.
Madmenah is
a
fugitive
; the inhabitants
of Gebim flee
for
safety
.
Yet
today
they
will
halt at Nob ,
shaking
a
fist
at the mount of Daughter Zion, at
the hill of Jerusalem.
This
very
day
shall
he
halt at Nob :
he
shaketh
his
hand
at the mount of the
daughter of
Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
Behold, the Lord GOD
of Hosts will lop off
the branches
with terrifying
power.
The tall
trees
will
be cut
down, the lofty ones
will
be felled
.
Behold, the Lord ,
Jehovah
of hosts ,
will lop the boughs
with terror:
and
the high
of
stature
shall
be hewn
down, and
the lofty shall
be brought
low
.
He will clear
the forest
thickets with an
axe
, and Lebanon will
fall before
the
Mighty One.
And
he will cut
down
the thickets of
the
forest
with iron
, and Lebanon shall
fall by
a
mighty one.
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