1 "Woe to those who Ps. 58:2decree unrighteous decrees,
Who write misfortune,
Which they have prescribed
2 To rob the needy of justice,
And to take what is right from the poor of My people,
That widows may be their prey,
And that they may rob the fatherless.
3 Job 31:14What will you do in Is. 13:6; Jer. 9:9; Hos. 9:7; Luke 19:44the day of punishment,
And in the desolation which will come from Is. 5:26afar?
To whom will you flee for help?
And where will you leave your glory?
4 Without Me they shall bow down among the Is. 24:22prisoners,
And they shall fall among the slain."
Is. 5:25For all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is stretched out still.
Arrogant Assyria Also Judged
5 "Woe to Assyria, Jer. 51:20the rod of My anger
And the staff in whose hand is My indignation.
6 I will send him against Is. 9:17an ungodly nation,
And against the people of My wrath
I will 2 Kin. 17:6; Jer. 34:22give him charge,
To seize the spoil, to take the prey,
And to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
7 Gen. 50:20; Mic. 4:11, 12; Acts 2:23, 24Yet he does not mean so,
Nor does his heart think so;
But itis in his heart to destroy,
And cut off not a few nations.
8 2 Kin. 19:10For he says,
‘Are not my princes altogether kings?
9 Is not Gen. 10:10; Amos 6:2Calno 2 Chr. 35:20like Carchemish?
Is not Hamath like Arpad?
Is not Samaria 2 Kin. 16:9like Damascus?
10 As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols,
Whose carved images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 As I have done to Samaria and her idols,
Shall I not do also to Jerusalem and her idols?’ "
12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Lord has performed all His work 2 Kin. 19:31; Is. 28:21on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, thatHewillsay,2 Kin. 19:35; 2 Chr. 32:21; Jer. 50:18"I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his haughty looks."
13 (2 Kin. 19:22–24); Is. 37:24–27; Ezek. 28:4; Dan. 4:30For he says:
"By the strength of my hand I have done it,
And by my wisdom, for I am prudent;
Also I have removed the boundaries of the people,
And have robbed their treasuries;
So I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man.
14 Job 31:25My hand has found like a nest the riches of the people,
And as one gathers eggs thatare left,
I have gathered all the earth;
And there was no one who moved his wing,
Nor opened his mouth with even a peep."
15 Shall Jer. 51:20the ax boast itself against him who chops with it?
Or shall the saw exalt itself against him who saws with it?
As if a rod could wield itself against those who lift it up,
Or as if a staff could lift up, asifitwere not wood!
16 Therefore the Lord, the Lord of hosts,
Will send leanness among his fat ones;
And under his glory
He will kindle a burning
Like the burning of a fire.
17 So the Light of Israel will be for a fire,
And his Holy One for a flame;
Is. 9:18It will burn and devour
His thorns and his briers in one day.
18 And it will consume the glory of his forest and of 2 Kin. 19:23his fruitful field,
Both soul and body;
And they will be as when a sick man wastes away.
19 Then the rest of the trees of his forest
Will be so few in number
That a child may write them.
The Returning Remnant of Israel
20 And it shall come to pass in that day
That the remnant of Israel,
And such as have escaped of the house of Jacob,
2 Kin. 16:7Will never again depend on him who defeated them,
But will depend on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
21 The remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob,
To the (Is. 9:6)Mighty God.
22 Rom. 9:27, 28For though your people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea,
Is. 6:13A remnant of them will return;
The destruction decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
23 Is. 28:22; Dan. 9:27; Rom. 9:28For the Lord God of hosts
Will make a determined end
In the midst of all the land.
24 Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts: "O My people, who dwell in Zion, Is. 7:4; 12:2do not be afraid of the Assyrian. He shall strike you with a rod and lift up his staff against you, in the manner of Ex. 14Egypt. 25 For yet a very little while Is. 10:5; 26:20; Dan. 11:36and the indignation will cease, as will My anger in their destruction." 26 And the Lord of hosts will stir up 2 Kin. 19:35a scourge for him like the slaughter of Judg. 7:25; Is. 9:4Midian at the rock of Oreb; Ex. 14:26, 27as His rod was on the sea, so will He lift it up in the manner of Egypt.
27 It shall come to pass in that day
That his burden will be taken away from your shoulder,
And his yoke from your neck,
And the yoke will be destroyed because of Ps. 105:15; (1 John 2:20)the anointing oil.
28 He has come to Aiath,
He has passed Migron;
At Michmash he has attended to his equipment.
29 They have gone along 1 Sam. 13:23the ridge,
They have taken up lodging at Geba.
Ramah is afraid,
1 Sam. 11:4Gibeah of Saul has fled.
30 Lift up your voice,
O daughter 1 Sam. 25:44of Gallim!
Cause it to be heard as far as Judg. 18:7Laish—
O poor Anathoth!
31 Josh. 15:31Madmenah has fled,
The inhabitants of Gebim seek refuge.
32 As yet he will remain 1 Sam. 21:1; Neh. 11:32at Nob that day;
He will Is. 13:2shake his fist at the mount of Is. 37:22the daughter of Zion,
The hill of Jerusalem.
33 Behold, the Lord,
The Lord of hosts,
Will lop off the bough with terror;
Is. 37:24, 36–38; Ezek. 31:3; Amos 2:9Those of high stature willbe hewn down,
And the haughty will be humbled.
34 He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron,
And Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.