2 to guide the needy away from legal claims,Hebrew "claim"
and to rob the justice from the poor of my people,
to make widows their spoil;
and they plunder orphans.
3 And what will you do at the day of punishment,
and at calamity? It comes from afar!
To whom will you flee for help,
and where will you leave your wealth,
4 save that they bow down under the prisoners
and fall under the slain?Literally "except he will bow down under a prisoner and under slain they will fall"; "under" could also mean "in the place of"
In all of this his anger has not turned away,
and still his hand is stretched out.
Judgment on Assyria’s Arrogance
5 Ah! Assyria, the rod of my anger,
and a staff is in their hand: my wrath!
6 I send him against a godless nation,
and I command him against the people of my wrath,
to capture spoil
and to carry off plunder,
and to make themHebrew "him"a trampling place,
like the clay of the streets.
7 But he does not think this,Or "so"
and his heart does not plan this.
For it is in his heart to destroy
and to cut off not a few nations.
8 For he says, "Are not my commanders altogether kings?
9 Is not Calnolike Carchemish?
Is not Hamathlike Arpad?
Is not Samarialike Damascus?
10 As my hand has reached to the kingdoms of the idolsHebrew "idol"
—and their images were greater than those ofLiterally "from"Jerusalemand Samaria—
11 shall I not do to Jerusalemand its idols
what I have done to Samariaand her idols?"
12 And this shall happen: when the Lord has finished all his work against Mount ZionLiterally "the mountain of Zion"and Jerusalem, "I will punish the arroganceLiterally "fruit of the greatness of the heart"of the king of Assyriaand his haughtiness."Literally "the pride of the height of his eyes"
13 For he says,
"I have done it by the strength of my hand
and by my wisdom, for I have understanding,
and I have removed the boundaries of peoples,
and I have plundered their stores,
and like a bull I have brought down the inhabitants.Or, "those sitting," that is, rulers sitting on thrones
14 And my hand has found, like a nest, the wealth of the peoples,
and like the gathering of forsaken eggs, I myself have gathered all the earth.
And there was no fluttering wing or open mouth or chirp."
15 Does the ax boast against the one who cuts with it,
or the saw magnify itself against the one who moves it to and fro?
As if a rod should move the one who lifts it!Literally "As a rod waving even the one who lifts it up"
As if a staff should lift up that which is not wood!Literally "As a staff lifting up not wood"
16 Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, will send leanness among his sturdy warriors,
and a burning like the burning of fire will burn under his glory.
17 And the light of Israel will become like a fire,
and his holy one like a flame,
and it will burn and devour his thornsHebrew "thorn"and briersHebrew "brier"in one day.
18 And he will destroy the glory of his forest and orchard completely,Literally "from soul and to body"
and it will be like the wasting away of one who is sick.
19 And the rest of the treesHebrew "tree"of his forest will be a small number,
and a boy can write them down.
The Return of the Remnant
20 And this shall happen: on that day, the remnant of Israeland the survivorsHebrew "survivor"of the house of Jacobwill not continue to lean on the one who struck it
but will lean on Yahweh, the holy one of Israel, in truth.
21 A remnant will return—
the remnant of Jacob—to the mighty God.
22 For though your people Israel was like the sand of the sea,
only a remnant of it will return.
Annihilation is determined,
overflowing with righteousness.
23 For the Lord Yahweh of hosts is about to make a complete destruction
and a determined end in the midst of all the earth.
24 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh of hosts:
"My people who live in Zion,
you must not be afraid of Assyria.
It beats you with the rod,
and it lifts up its staff against you as the Egyptiansdid.Literally "in the way of Egypt"
25 My indignation will come to an end in just a very little while,Literally "for still a little a trifle"
and my anger will be directed to their destruction."
26 And Yahweh of hosts is going to swing a whip against him,
as when Midianwas defeated at the rock of Oreb;
and his staff will be over the sea,
and he will lift him up as he did in Egypt.Literally "in the way of Egypt"
27 And this shall happen: on that day,
he will remove his burden from your shoulder
and his yoke from your neck,
and a yoke will be destroyed because of fat.The meaning of this phrase is uncertain, leading to the conjecture that it belongs with the next verse and by a different word division could mean "he has gone up from Jeshimon"; alternatively, "fat" could be a metaphor for prosperity
28 He has come to Aiath,
he has passed through Migron;
at Micmashhe deposited his baggage.
29 They crossed over the pass;
Gebais a place of overnight lodging for us.
Ramahtrembles;
Gibeahof Saul has fled.
30 Daughter of Gallim, cry out with your voice;
Laishah, listen!
Anathothis poor.Or with different vocalization, "Answer her, Anathoth!" which fits the parallelism better
31 Madmenahflees!
The inhabitants of Gebimbring themselves into safety!
32 This dayLiterally "Yet today"taking a standLiterally "to stand"at Nob,
he will shake his fist at the mountain of the daughterFollowing the reading tradition (Qere); the consonantal text has "house"of Zion,
at the hill of Jerusalem.
33 Look! The Lord Yahweh of hosts is about to lop off the branchesHebrew "branch"with great power,
and the towering treesLiterally "the haughty of the height"will be felled,
and the tall treesLiterally "height"will be brought low.
34 And he will cut down the thickets of the forest with the axe,
and Lebanonwill fall by the mighty one.
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Região / Território
Assyria
Hoje: Northern Mesopotamia (Iraq)
אַשּׁוּרashshur
Assyria is the land whose kings took Galilee and Naphtali, besieged Samaria for three years, and deported Israel to Halah, Habor, and Gozan. Sennacherib, its king, sent servants to Hezekiah in Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 32:9).
Carchemish is the city by the Euphrates River where the army of Neco king of Egypt was defeated by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim king of Judah (Jeremiah 46:2).
Hamath is a land where Riblah was located, the place where Zedekiah was brought to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who pronounced sentence on him (Jeremiah 39:5).
Damascus is a city of the Arameans, with its own king, captured by the king of Assyria. Saul went there with letters to take as prisoners those who belonged to the Way (Acts 9:2).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Assyria is the land whose kings took Galilee and Naphtali, besieged Samaria for three years, and deported Israel to Halah, Habor, and Gozan. Sennacherib, its king, sent servants to Hezekiah in Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 32:9).
Jacob, son of Isaac, bought the birthright from Esau, wrestled with God at Penuel, and received the name Israel; his twelve sons gave rise to the tribes (Genesis 32:28).
Significado: “One who takes by the heel (supplanter)”
Jacob, son of Isaac, bought the birthright from Esau, wrestled with God at Penuel, and received the name Israel; his twelve sons gave rise to the tribes (Genesis 32:28).
Significado: “One who takes by the heel (supplanter)”
Jacob, son of Isaac, bought the birthright from Esau, wrestled with God at Penuel, and received the name Israel; his twelve sons gave rise to the tribes (Genesis 32:28).
Significado: “One who takes by the heel (supplanter)”
Zion is the fortress David captured, which became the City of David; the people of the Lord live there, and it was foretold that Zion would be plowed like a field (2 Samuel 5:7).
Assyria is the land whose kings took Galilee and Naphtali, besieged Samaria for three years, and deported Israel to Halah, Habor, and Gozan. Sennacherib, its king, sent servants to Hezekiah in Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 32:9).
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
Midian is the land of Jethro, priest and father-in-law of Moses, and of the Midianites, who raided the crops of Israel until they were pursued by Gideon and his men (Judges 7:25).
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
Ramah was the place that Baasha king of Israel fortified to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah; Asa carried away its stones and timber and built Geba and Mizpah (1 Kings 15:22).
Anathoth is the town in the land of Benjamin where the priest Jeremiah son of Hilkiah was. Jeremiah bought the property there from his cousin Hanamel for seventeen shekels of silver (Jeremiah 32:9).
Nob was the town of the priests where David went to Ahimelech the priest and where Saul had the inhabitants put to the sword, including men, women, and children (1 Samuel 22:19).
Zion is the fortress David captured, which became the City of David; the people of the Lord live there, and it was foretold that Zion would be plowed like a field (2 Samuel 5:7).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Lebanon is a land of mountains and cedars, where timber was cut with the help of the Sidonians and where Solomon built whatever he desired, as he did in Jerusalem and throughout the rest of his realm (1 Kings 9:19).