1 Cursed are those who make evil decisions, and the writers who make the records of their cruel acts:
2 Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.
3 And what will you do in the day of punishment, and in the destruction which is coming from far? to whom will you go for help, and what will become of your glory?
4 ... For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
5 Ho! Assyrian, the rod of my wrath, the instrument of my punishment!
6 I will send him against a nation of wrongdoers, and against the people of my wrath I will give him orders, to take their wealth in war, crushing them down like the dust in the streets.
7 But this is not what is in his mind, and this is not his design; but his purpose is destruction, and the cutting off of more and more nations.
8 For he says, Are not all my captains kings?
9 Will not the fate of Calno be like that of Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
10 As my hand has come on the kingdoms of the images, whose pictured images were more in number than those of Jerusalem and Samaria;
11 So, as I have done to Samaria and her images, I will do to Jerusalem and her images.
12 For this cause it will be that, when the purpose of the Lord against Mount Zion and Jerusalem is complete, I will send punishment on the pride of the heart of the king of Assyria, and on the glory of his uplifted eyes.
13 For he has said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my knowledge, for I am wise: and I have taken away the limits of the peoples' lands, and the stores of their wealth have become mine; and I have made towns low in the dust, sending destruction on those living in them;
14 And I have put my hands on the wealth of the peoples, as on the place where a bird has put her eggs; and as a man may take the eggs from which a bird has gone, so I have taken all the earth for myself: and not a wing was moved, and not a mouth gave out a sound.
15 Will the axe say high-sounding words against him who is using it, or the blade be full of pride against him who is cutting with it? As if a rod had the power of shaking him who is using it, or as if a stick might take up him who is not wood.
16 For this cause the Lord, the Lord of armies, will make his fat become wasted; and in his inner parts a fire will be lighted like a burning flame.
17 And the light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: wasting and burning up his thorns in one day.
18 And he will put an end to the glory of his woods and of his planted fields, soul and body together; and it will be as when a man is wasted by disease.
19 And the rest of the trees of his wood will be small in number, so that a child may put them down in writing.
20 And it will be in that day that the rest of Israel, and those of Jacob who have come safely through these troubles, will no longer go for help to him whose rod was on their back, but their faith will be in the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
21 The rest, even the rest of Jacob, will come back to the Strong God.
22 For though your people, O Israel, are as the sand of the sea, only a small number will come back: for the destruction is fixed, overflowing in righteousness.
23 For the Lord, the Lord of armies, is about to make destruction complete in all the land.
24 For this cause the Lord, the Lord of armies, says, O my people living in Zion, have no fear of the Assyrian, even if his rod comes on your back, and his stick is lifted up as in Egypt.
25 For in a very short time my passion will be over, and my wrath will be turned to their destruction.
26 And the Lord of armies will be shaking a whip against him, as when he overcame Midian at the rock of Oreb: and his rod will be lifted up against them as it was against the Egyptians.
27 And in that day the weight which he put on your back will be taken away, and his yoke broken from off your neck.
28 He has gone up from Pene-Rimmon, he has come to Aiath; he has gone past Migron, at Michmash he puts his forces in order.
29 They have gone across the mountain; Geba will be our resting-place tonight, they say: Ramah is shaking with fear; Gibeah of Saul has gone in flight.
30 Give a loud cry, daughter of Gallim; let Laishah give ear; let Anathoth give answer to her.
31 Madmenah has gone; the men of Gebim are putting their goods in a safe place.
32 This very day he is stopping at Nob; he is shaking his hand against the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
33 See, the Lord, the Lord of armies, is cutting off his branches with a great noise, and his strong ones are falling and his high ones are coming down.
34 And he is cutting down the thick places of the wood with an axe, and Lebanon with its tall trees is coming down.
1 那些制定奸恶律例的， 和那些记录诡诈判语的， 有祸了！
2 他们想借此屈枉穷乏人的公义， 剥夺我子民中困苦人的权利， 使寡妇作了他们的掠物， 使孤儿作了他们的掳物。
3 到降罚的日子， 有灾祸从远方来到， 那时你们要怎样行呢？你们可以向谁逃奔求助呢？你们可以把你们的财宝撇在哪里呢？
4 你们只能屈身在被掳的人中间， 或是仆倒在被杀的人中间。虽然这样， 耶和华的怒气还没有转消， 他的手仍然伸出。
5 亚述啊！ 我怒气的棍子， 有祸了。他们手中拿着我忿怒的杖。
6 我要差派他去攻击一个不敬虔的国， 吩咐他去攻击我恼怒的子民， 掳去掠物， 抢夺掳物， 把他们践踏， 像街上的泥土一样。
7 但亚述并没有这样想过， 他心里也没有这样打算； 他心里倒想毁灭、剪除多国。
8 因为他说： "在我手下的众领袖不都是王吗？
9 迦勒挪不是像迦基米施吗？哈玛不是像亚珥拔吗？撒玛利亚不是像大马士革吗？
10 我的手伸展到这些充满偶像的国， 他们雕刻的像比耶路撒冷和撒玛利亚的还多。
11 我怎样对待撒玛利亚和其中的偶像， 不也照样对待耶路撒冷和其中的偶像吗？"
12 主在锡安山和耶路撒冷成全了他一切工作的时候， 他必说： 我要惩罚亚述王自大的心所结的果子， 和他眼目高傲的态度。
13 因为他说： "我靠着我手的能力和我的智慧行事， 因为我很聪明； 我挪移了列国的地界， 抢夺了他们积蓄的财宝， 并且我像个勇士般使他们的居民全都俯伏下来。
14 我的手伸到列国的财宝那里， 好像抓到鸟窝一样； 我取得了全地， 好像人拾起被弃的雀蛋； 没有动翅膀的， 没有张嘴的， 也没有鸣叫的。"
15 斧头怎可以向用斧头砍木的人自夸呢？锯子怎可以向拉锯的人自大呢？好比棍能挥动那举起棍的， 又好比杖举起那不是木头的。
16 因此， 主万军之耶和华必打发令人消瘦的病临到亚述王肥壮的军人中间， 在他的荣耀之下必燃起火焰， 如同火烧一样。
17 以色列的光必变成火， 他的圣者必成为火焰； 在一日之间把亚述王的荆棘和蒺藜焚烧与吞灭。
18 又把他树林和丰盛果园的荣美全部灭尽， 好像一个患病的人渐渐虚弱一样。
19 他林中剩下的树， 数目必定稀少， 连小孩子也能把它们的数目写下来。
20 到那日， 以色列的余民和雅各家逃脱的人， 必不再倚靠那击打他们的， 却要诚实地倚靠耶和华以色列的圣者。
21 那些余民， 就是雅各家的余民， 必回转归向大能的 神。
22 以色列啊！ 你的人民虽然像海沙那样多， 却只有余剩的人可以归回， 因为灭绝的事已经定了， 公义必如洪水泛滥。
23 主万军之耶和华必在全地之中， 作成已定的毁灭之事。
24 因此， 主万军之耶和华这样说： "我的子民、锡安的居民哪！ 亚述人虽然用棍击打你们， 又像埃及一样举杖攻击你们， 你们却不要怕他们。
25 因为还有短暂的时候， 我向你们发的恼怒就要完结， 我的怒气要转向他们， 使他们灭亡。"
26 万军之耶和华必兴起鞭子攻击他们， 好像在俄立磐石那里击杀米甸人一样； 他的杖要伸到海上， 他必把杖举起， 像在埃及一样。
27 到那日， 亚述人的重压必从你们的肩头上挪开， 他们的轭必离开你们的颈项； 那轭必因肥壮的缘故折断。
28 亚述人来到亚叶， 经过米矶仑； 在密抹存放军队行装。
29 他们过了隘口， 在迦巴住宿； 拉玛人战兢， 扫罗的基比亚人逃跑。
30 迦琳的居民哪， 高声叫喊吧！ 莱煞人和可怜的亚拿突啊， 留心听吧！
31 玛得米那人逃跑， 基柄的居民避难。
32 就在今日， 亚述王要停留在挪伯； 他要挥拳攻击锡安居民（"居民"原文作"女子"）的山， 就是耶路撒冷的山。
33 看哪！ 主万军之耶和华在可怕的震撼声中， 把树枝削去； 身量高的必被砍下， 高大的必被伐倒。
34 树林中的密丛， 他必用铁器砍下； 黎巴嫩的树木必被大能者伐倒。