1Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and…
2to deprive the poor of fair treatment and…
3What will you do on the day of…
4Nothing will remain but to crouch among the…
5Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger;…
6I will send him against a godless nation;…
7But this is not his intention; this is…
8“Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.
9“Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath…
10As my hand seized the idolatrous kingdoms whose…
11and as I have done to Samaria and…
12So when the Lord has completed all His…
13For he says: ‘By the strength of my…
14My hand reached as into a nest to…
15Does an axe raise itself above the one…
16Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts will send…
17And the Light of Israel will become a…
18The splendor of its forests and orchards, both…
19The remaining trees of its forests will be…
20On that day the remnant of Israel and…
21A remnant will return—a remnant of Jacob—to the…
22Though your people, O Israel, be like the…
23For the Lord GOD of Hosts will carry…
24Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of…
25For in just a little while My fury…
26And the LORD of Hosts will brandish a…
27On that day the burden will be lifted…
28Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron,…
29They have crossed at the ford: “We will…
30Cry aloud, O Daughter of Gallim! Listen, O…
31Madmenah flees; the people of Gebim take refuge.
32Yet today they will halt at Nob, shaking…
33Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will lop…
34He will clear the forest thickets with an…
