1 Woe{H1945} unto them that decree{H2710}{(H8802)} unrighteous{H205} decrees{H2711}, and that write{H3789}{(H8764)} grievousness{H5999} which they have prescribed{H3789}{(H8765)};

2 To turn aside{H5186}{(H8687)} the needy{H1800} from judgment{H1779}, and to take away{H1497}{(H8800)} 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}{(H8799)} the fatherless{H3490}!

3 And what will ye do{H6213}{(H8799)} in the day{H3117} of visitation{H6486}, and in the desolation{H7722} which shall come{H935}{(H8799)} from far{H4801}? to whom will ye flee{H5127}{(H8799)} for help{H5833}? and where will ye leave{H5800}{(H8799)} your glory{H3519}?

4 Without me they shall{H1115} bow down{H3766}{(H8804)} under the prisoners{H616}, and they shall fall{H5307}{(H8799)} under the slain{H2026}{(H8803)}. For all this his anger{H639} is not turned away{H7725}{(H8804)}, but his hand{H3027} is stretched out still{H5186}{(H8803)}.

5 O{H1945} Assyrian{H804}, the rod{H7626} of mine anger{H639}, and the staff{H4294} in their hand{H3027} is mine indignation{H2195}.

6 I will send{H7971}{(H8762)} him against an hypocritical{H2611} nation{H1471}, and against the people{H5971} of my wrath{H5678} will I give him a charge{H6680}{(H8762)}, to take{H7997}{(H8800)} the spoil{H7998}, and to take{H962}{(H8800)} the prey{H957}, and to tread them down{H7760}{(H8800)}{H4823} like the mire{H2563} of the streets{H2351}.

7 Howbeit he meaneth{H1819}{(H8762)} not so, neither doth his heart{H3824} think{H2803}{(H8799)} so; but it is in his heart{H3824} to destroy{H8045}{(H8687)} and cut off{H3772}{(H8687)} nations{H1471} not a few{H4592}.

8 For he saith{H559}{(H8799)}, Are not my princes{H8269} altogether{H3162} kings{H4428}?

9 Is not Calno{H3641} as Carchemish{H3751}? is not Hamath{H2574} as Arpad{H774}? is not Samaria{H8111} as Damascus{H1834}?

10 As my hand{H3027} hath found{H4672}{(H8804)} the kingdoms{H4467} of the idols{H457}, and whose graven images{H6456} did excel them of Jerusalem{H3389} and of Samaria{H8111};

11 Shall I not, as I have done{H6213}{(H8804)} unto Samaria{H8111} and her idols{H457}, so do{H6213}{(H8799)} to Jerusalem{H3389} and her idols{H6091}?

12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord{H136} hath performed{H1214}{(H8762)} his whole work{H4639} upon mount{H2022} Zion{H6726} and on Jerusalem{H3389}, I will punish{H6485}{(H8799)} 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}.

13 For he saith{H559}{(H8804)}, By the strength{H3581} of my hand{H3027} I have done{H6213}{(H8804)} it, and by my wisdom{H2451}; for I am prudent{H995}{(H8738)}: and I have removed{H5493}{(H8686)} the bounds{H1367} of the people{H5971}, and have robbed{H8154}{(H8782)} their treasures{H6259}{(H8675)}{H6264}, and I have put down{H3381}{(H8686)} the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} like a valiant{H47}{H3524} man:

14 And my hand{H3027} hath found{H4672}{(H8799)} as a nest{H7064} the riches{H2428} of the people{H5971}: and as one gathereth{H622}{(H8800)} eggs{H1000} that are left{H5800}{(H8803)}, have I gathered{H622}{(H8804)} all the earth{H776}; and there was none that moved{H5074}{(H8802)} the wing{H3671}, or opened{H6475}{(H8802)} the mouth{H6310}, or peeped{H6850}{(H8772)}.

15 Shall the axe{H1631} boast{H6286}{(H8691)} itself against him that heweth{H2672}{(H8802)} therewith? or shall the saw{H4883} magnify{H1431}{(H8691)} itself against him that shaketh{H5130}{(H8688)} it? as if the rod{H7626} should shake{H5130}{(H8687)} itself against them that lift it up{H7311}{(H8688)}, or as if the staff{H4294} should lift up{H7311}{(H8687)} itself, as if it were no wood{H6086}.

16 Therefore shall the Lord{H113}, the Lord{H136}{(H8676)}{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, send{H7971}{(H8762)} among his fat ones{H4924} leanness{H7332}; and under his glory{H3519} he shall kindle{H3344}{(H8799)} a burning{H3350} like the burning of a fire{H784}.

17 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}{(H8804)} and devour{H398}{(H8804)} his thorns{H7898} and his briers{H8068} in one{H259} day{H3117};

18 And shall consume{H3615}{(H8762)} 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}{(H8802)} fainteth{H4549}{(H8800)}.

19 And the rest{H7605} of the trees{H6086} of his forest{H3293} shall be few{H4557}, that a child{H5288} may write{H3789}{(H8799)} them.

20 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}{(H8686)} stay{H8172}{(H8736)} upon him that smote{H5221}{(H8688)} them; but shall stay{H8172}{(H8738)} upon the LORD{H3068}, the Holy One{H6918} of Israel{H3478}, in truth{H571}.

21 The remnant{H7605} shall return{H7725}{(H8799)}, even the remnant{H7605} of Jacob{H3290}, unto the mighty{H1368} God{H410}.

22 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}{(H8799)}: the consumption{H3631} decreed{H2782}{(H8803)} shall overflow{H7857}{(H8802)} with righteousness{H6666}.

23 For the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069} of hosts{H6635} shall make{H6213}{(H8802)} a consumption{H3617}, even determined{H2782}{(H8737)}, in the midst{H7130} of all the land{H776}.

24 Therefore thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069} of hosts{H6635}, O my people{H5971} that dwellest{H3427}{(H8802)} in Zion{H6726}, be not afraid{H3372}{(H8799)} of the Assyrian{H804}: he shall smite{H5221}{(H8686)} thee with a rod{H7626}, and shall lift up{H5375}{(H8799)} his staff{H4294} against thee, after the manner{H1870} of Egypt{H4714}.

25 For yet a very{H4213} little while{H4592}, and the indignation{H2195} shall cease{H3615}{(H8804)}, and mine anger{H639} in their destruction{H8399}.

26 And the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635} shall stir up{H5782}{(H8790)} 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}{(H8804)} after the manner{H1870} of Egypt{H4714}.

27 And it shall come to pass in that day{H3117}, that his burden{H5448} shall be taken away{H5493}{(H8799)} from off thy shoulder{H7926}, and his yoke{H5923} from off thy neck{H6677}, and the yoke{H5923} shall be destroyed{H2254}{(H8795)} because{H6440} of the anointing{H8081}.

28 He is come{H935}{(H8804)} to Aiath{H5857}, he is passed{H5674}{(H8804)} to Migron{H4051}; at Michmash{H4363} he hath laid up{H6485}{(H8686)} his carriages{H3627}:

29 They are gone over{H5674}{(H8804)} the passage{H4569}: they have taken up their lodging{H4411} at Geba{H1387}; Ramah{H7414} is afraid{H2729}{(H8804)}; Gibeah{H1390} of Saul{H7586} is fled{H5127}{(H8804)}.

30 Lift up{H6670}{(H8761)} thy voice{H6963}, O daughter{H1323} of{H1530} Gallim{H1554}: cause it to be heard{H7181}{(H8685)} unto Laish{H3919}, O poor{H6041} Anathoth{H6068}.

31 Madmenah{H4088} is removed{H5074}{(H8804)}; the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Gebim{H1374} gather themselves to flee{H5756}{(H8689)}.

32 As yet shall he remain{H5975}{(H8800)} at Nob{H5011} that day{H3117}: he shall shake{H5130}{(H8787)} his hand{H3027} against the mount{H2022} of the daughter{H1323}{(H8675)}{H1004} of Zion{H6726}, the hill{H1389} of Jerusalem{H3389}.

33 Behold, the Lord{H113}, the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, shall lop{H5586}{(H8764)} the bough{H6288} with terror{H4637}: and the high ones{H7311}{(H8802)} of stature{H6967} shall be hewn down{H1438}{(H8803)}, and the haughty{H1364} shall be humbled{H8213}{(H8799)}.

34 And he shall cut down{H5362}{(H8765)} the thickets{H5442} of the forest{H3293} with iron{H1270}, and Lebanon{H3844} shall fall{H5307}{(H8799)} by a mighty one{H117}.