1Woe[H1945] unto them that decree[H2710]unrighteous[H205]decrees[H2711], and that write[H3789]grievousness[H5999] which they have prescribed[H3789];
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To turn aside[H5186] the needy[H1800] from judgment[H1779], and to take away[H1497] the right[H4941] from the poor[H6041] of my people[H5971], that widows[H490] may be their prey[H7998], and that they may rob[H962] the fatherless[H3490]!
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And what will ye do[H6213] in the day[H3117] of visitation[H6486], and in the desolation[H7722] which shall come[H935] from far?[H4801] to whom will ye flee[H5127] for help?[H5833] and where will ye leave[H5800] your glory?[H3519]
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Without me they shall[H1115] bow down[H3766] under the prisoners[H616], and they shall[H1115]fall[H5307] under the slain[H2026]. For all this his anger[H639] is not turned away[H7725], but his hand[H3027] is stretched out still[H5186].
5O[H1945]Assyrian[H804], the rod[H7626] of mine anger[H639], and the staff[H4294] in their hand[H3027] is mine indignation[H2195].
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I will send[H7971] him against an hypocritical[H2611]nation[H1471], and against the people[H5971] of my wrath[H5678] will I give him a charge[H6680], to take[H7997] the spoil[H7998], and to take[H962] the prey[H957], and to tread them down[H7760] like the mire[H2563] of the streets[H2351].
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Howbeit he meaneth[H1819] not so, neither doth his heart[H3824]think[H2803] so; but it is in his heart[H3824] to destroy[H8045] and cut off[H3772]nations[H1471] not a few[H4592].
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For he saith[H559], Are not my princes[H8269]altogether[H3162]kings?[H4428]
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Is not Calno[H3641] as Carchemish?[H3751] is not Hamath[H2574] as Arpad?[H774] is not Samaria[H8111] as Damascus?[H1834]
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As my hand[H3027] hath found[H4672] the kingdoms[H4467] of the idols[H457], and whose graven images[H6456] did excel them of Jerusalem[H3389] and of Samaria[H8111];
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Shall I not, as I have done[H6213] unto Samaria[H8111] and her idols[H457], so do[H6213] to Jerusalem[H3389] and her idols?[H6091]
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Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord[H136] hath performed[H1214] his whole work[H4639] upon mount[H2022]Zion[H6726] and on Jerusalem[H3389], I will punish[H6485] the fruit[H6529] of the stout[H1433]heart[H3824] of the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804], and the glory[H8597] of his high[H7312]looks[H5869].
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For he saith[H559], By the strength[H3581] of my hand[H3027] I have done[H6213] it, and by my wisdom[H2451]; for I am prudent[H995]: and I have removed[H5493] the bounds[H1367] of the people[H5971], and have robbed[H8154] their treasures[H6259], and I have put down[H3381] the inhabitants[H3427] like a valiant[H47] man:
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And my hand[H3027] hath found[H4672] as a nest[H7064] the riches[H2428] of the people[H5971]: and as one gathereth[H622]eggs[H1000] that are left[H5800], have I gathered[H622] all the earth[H776]; and there was none that moved[H5074] the wing[H3671], or opened[H6475] the mouth[H6310], or peeped[H6850].
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Shall the axe[H1631]boast[H6286] itself against him that heweth[H2672] therewith? or shall the saw[H4883]magnify[H1431] itself against him that shaketh[H5130] it? as if the rod[H7626] should shake[H5130] itself against them that lift it up[H7311], or as if the staff[H4294] should lift up[H7311] itself, as if it were no wood[H6086].
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Therefore shall the Lord[H113], the Lord[H136] of hosts[H6635], send[H7971] among his fat ones[H4924]leanness[H7332]; and under his glory[H3519] he shall kindle[H3344] a burning[H3350] like the burning[H3350] of a fire[H784].
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And the light[H216] of Israel[H3478] shall be for a fire[H784], and his Holy One[H6918] for a flame[H3852]: and it shall burn[H1197] and devour[H398] his thorns[H7898] and his briers[H8068] in one[H259]day[H3117];
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And shall consume[H3615] the glory[H3519] of his forest[H3293], and of his fruitful field[H3759], both soul[H5315] and body[H1320]: and they shall be as when a standardbearer[H5263]fainteth[H4549].
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And the rest[H7605] of the trees[H6086] of his forest[H3293] shall be few[H4557], that a child[H5288] may write[H3789] them.
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And it shall come to pass in that day[H3117], that the remnant[H7605] of Israel[H3478], and such as are escaped[H6413] of the house[H1004] of Jacob[H3290], shall no more again[H3254]stay[H8172] upon him that smote[H5221] them; but shall stay[H8172] upon the LORD[H3068], the Holy One[H6918] of Israel[H3478], in truth[H571].
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The remnant[H7605] shall return[H7725], even the remnant[H7605] of Jacob[H3290], unto the mighty[H1368]God[H410].
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For though thy people[H5971]Israel[H3478] be as the sand[H2344] of the sea[H3220], yet a remnant[H7605] of them shall return[H7725]: the consumption[H3631]decreed[H2782] shall overflow[H7857] with righteousness[H6666].
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For the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069] of hosts[H6635] shall make[H6213] a consumption[H3617], even determined[H2782], in the midst[H7130] of all the land[H776].
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Therefore thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069] of hosts[H6635], O my people[H5971] that dwellest[H3427] in Zion[H6726], be not afraid[H3372] of the Assyrian[H804]: he shall smite[H5221] thee with a rod[H7626], and shall lift up[H5375] his staff[H4294] against thee, after the manner[H1870] of Egypt[H4714].
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For yet a very[H4213] little while[H4592], and the indignation[H2195] shall cease[H3615], and mine anger[H639] in their destruction[H8399].
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And the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635] shall stir up[H5782] a scourge[H7752] for him according to the slaughter[H4347] of Midian[H4080] at the rock[H6697] of Oreb[H6159]: and as his rod[H4294] was upon the sea[H3220], so shall he lift it up[H5375] after the manner[H1870] of Egypt[H4714].
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And it shall come to pass in that day[H3117], that his burden[H5448] shall be taken away[H5493] from off thy shoulder[H7926], and his yoke[H5923] from off thy neck[H6677], and the yoke[H5923] shall be destroyed[H2254]because[H6440] of the anointing[H8081].
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He is come[H935] to Aiath[H5857], he is passed[H5674] to Migron[H4051]; at Michmash[H4363] he hath laid up[H6485] his carriages[H3627]:
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They are gone over[H5674] the passage[H4569]: they have taken up their lodging[H4411] at Geba[H1387]; Ramah[H7414] is afraid[H2729]; Gibeah[H1390] of Saul[H7586] is fled[H5127].
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Lift up[H6670] thy voice[H6963], O daughter[H1323]of[H1530]Gallim[H1554]: cause it to be heard[H7181] unto Laish[H3919], O poor[H6041]Anathoth[H6068].
31Madmenah[H4088] is removed[H5074]; the inhabitants[H3427] of Gebim[H1374] gather themselves to flee[H5756].
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As yet shall he remain[H5975] at Nob[H5011] that day[H3117]: he shall shake[H5130] his hand[H3027] against the mount[H2022] of the daughter[H1323] of Zion[H6726], the hill[H1389] of Jerusalem[H3389].
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Behold, the Lord[H113], the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], shall lop[H5586] the bough[H6288] with terror[H4637]: and the high ones[H7311] of stature[H6967] shall be hewn down[H1438], and the haughty[H1364] shall be humbled[H8213].
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And he shall cut down[H5362] the thickets[H5442] of the forest[H3293] with iron[H1270], and Lebanon[H3844] shall fall[H5307] by a mighty one[H117].