“1 Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write
grievousness [which] they have prescribed; 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! 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? 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.”
“5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is
mine indignation. 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. 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. 8 For
he saith, [Are] not my princes altogether kings? 9 [Is] not Calno as
Carchemish? [is] not Hamath as Arpad? [is] not Samaria as Damascus? 10
As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images
did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; 11 Shall I not, as I have
done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols? 12
Wherefore it shall come to pass, [that] when the Lord 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.
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]: 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. 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. 16
Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones
leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning
of a fire. 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; 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
standardbearer fainteth. 19 And the rest of the trees of his forest
shall be few, that a child may write them.”
“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 the LORD, the
Holy One of Israel, in truth. 21 The remnant shall return, [even] the
remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God. 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. 23 For the Lord
GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of
all the land.”
“24 Therefore thus saith the Lord 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. 25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall
cease, and mine anger in their destruction. 26 And the LORD 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. 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. 28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at
Michmash he hath laid up his carriages: 29 They are gone over the
passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid;
Gibeah of Saul is fled. 30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim:
cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth. 31 Madmenah is
removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee. 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. 33 Behold, the
Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high
ones of stature [shall be] hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and
Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.” (Isaiah 10:1-34 AV)