10:1 Woe to them that write wickedness; for
when they write they do write wickedness,
10:2 perverting the cause of the poor, violently wresting the judgement of
the needy ones of my people, that the widow may be a prey to them, and the
orphan a spoil.
10:3 And what will they do in the day of visitation? for affliction shall
come to you from afar: and to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye
leave your glory,
10:4 that ye may not fall into captivity? For all this [his] wrath is not
turned away, but [his] hand is yet exalted.
10:5 Woe to the Assyrians; the rod of my wrath, and anger are in their
hands.
10:6 I will send my wrath against a sinful nation, and I will charge my
people to take plunder and spoil, and to trample the cities, and to make
them dust.
10:7 But he meant not thus, neither did he devise thus in his soul: but his
mind shall change, and [that] to destroy nations not a few.
10:8 And if they should say to him, Thou alone art ruler;
10:9 then shall he say, Have I not taken the country above Babylon and
Chalanes, where the tower was built? and have I [not] taken Arabia, and
Damascus, and Samaria?
10:10 As I have taken them, I will also take all the kingdoms: howl, ye
idols in Jerusalem, and in Samaria.
10:11 For as I did to Samaria and her idols, so will I do also to Jerusalem
and her idols.
10:12 And it shall come to pass, when Yehovah shall have finished doing all
things on Mount Zion and Jerusalem, [that] I will visit upon the proud
heart, [even] upon the ruler of the Assyrians, and upon the boastful
haughtiness of his eyes.
10:13 For he said, I will act in strength, and in the wisdom of [my]
understanding I will remove the boundaries of nations, and will spoil their
strength.
10:14 And I will shake the inhabited cities: and I will take with my hand
all the world as a nest: and I will even take them as eggs that have been
left; and there is none that shall escape me, or contradict me.
10:15 Shall the axe glorify itself without him that hews with it? or shall
the saw lift up itself without him that uses it, as if one should lift a rod
or staff? but it shall not be so;
10:16 but Yehovah of hosts shall send dishonour upon thine honour, and
burning fire shall be kindled upon thy glory.
10:17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and he shall sanctify him
with burning fire, and it shall devour the wood as grass.
10:18 In that day the mountains shall be consumed, and the hills, an the
forests, and [fire] shall devour [both] soul and body: and he that flees
shall be as one fleeing from burning flame.
10:19 And they that are left of them shall be a [small] number, and a child
shall write them.
10:20 And it shall come to pass in that day [that] the remnant of Israel
shall no more join themselves with, and the saved of Jacob shall no more
trust in, them that injured them; but they shall trust in the Holy Elohim of
Israel, in truth.
10:21 And the remnant of Jacob shall [trust] on the mighty Elohim.
10:22 And though the people of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant
of them shall be saved.
10:23 He will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because
Yehovah will make a short work in all the world.
10:24 Therefore thus saith Yehovah of hosts, Be not afraid, my people who
dwell in Zion, of the Assyrians, because he shall smite thee with a rod: for
I am bringing a stroke upon thee, that [thou] mayest see the way of Egypt.
10:25 For yet a little while, and the indignation shall cease: but my wrath
shall be against their council.
10:26 And Elohim will stir up [enemies] against them, according to the stroke
of Madiam in the place of affliction: and his wrath shall be by the way of
the sea, [even] to the way that leads to Egypt.
10:27 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] his yoke shall be taken
away from thy shoulder, and his fear from thee, and the yoke shall be
destroyed from off your shoulders.
10:28 For he shall arrive at the city of Angai, and shall pass on to Maggedo,
and shall lay up his stores in Machmas.
10:29 And he shall pass by the valley, and shall arrive at Angai: fear shall
seize upon Rama, the city of Saul.
10:30 The daughter of Gallim shall flee; Laisa shall hear; one shall hear in
Anathoth.
10:31 Madebena also is amazed, and the inhabitants of Gibbir.
10:32 Exhort ye [them] to-day to remain in the way: exhort ye [beckoning]
with the hand the mountain, the daughter of Zion, even ye hills that are in
Jerusalem.
10:33 Behold, Yehovah, Yehovah of hosts, will mightily confound the
glorious ones; and the haughty in pride shall be crushed, and the lofty
shall be brought low:
10:34 and the lofty ones shall fall by the sword, and the Libanus shall fall
with his lofty ones. |
10:1 Woe unto them that decree unrighteous
decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
10:2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from
the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob
the fatherless!
10:3 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?
10:4 Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall
under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is
stretched out still.
10:5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine
indignation.
10:6 I will send him against an hypocritical 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.
10:7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is
in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
10:8 For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?
10:9 Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as
Damascus?
10:10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven
images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
10:11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to
Jerusalem and her idols?
10:12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when Yehovah 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.
10:13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my
wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and
have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a
valiant man:
10:14 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one
gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was
none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
10:15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall
the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should
shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up
itself, as if it were no wood.
10:16 Therefore shall Yehovah, Yehovah of hosts, send among his fat ones
leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of
a fire.
10:17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a
flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;
10:18 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field,
both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth.
10:19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may
write them.
10:20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and
such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him
that smote them; but shall stay upon Yehovah, the Holy One of Israel, in
truth.
10:21 The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty
Elohim.
10:22 For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant
of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with
righteousness.
10:23 For Yehovah GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined,
in the midst of all the land.
10:24 Therefore thus saith Yehovah GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest
in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and
shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.
10:25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine
anger in their destruction.
10:26 And Yehovah of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the
slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so
shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
10:27 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken
away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke
shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
10:28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid
up his carriages:
10:29 They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at
Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.
10:30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto
Laish, O poor Anathoth.
10:31 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to
flee.
10:32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand
against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
10:33 Behold, Yehovah, Yehovah of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror:
and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be
humbled.
10:34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and
Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one. |