Obadiah Cross References - Leeser

¹ The vision of ‘Obadiah: Thus hath said the Lord Eternal concerning Edom, A rumor have we heard from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her to war. ² Behold, I make thee small among the nations: thou shalt be greatly despised. ³ The presumption of thy heart hath beguiled thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? ⁴ Though thou wert to rise as high as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord. ⁵ How? are thieves come to thee? or night-prowling robbers? how destroyed art thou! would they not have stolen till they had enough? if grape-gatherers had come to thee, would they not have left some gleanings? ⁶ How are the treasures of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things laid open! ⁷ Up to the border have accompanied thee all the men of thy confederacy; beguiled, overcome thee have the men that were at peace with thee: they that eat thy bread have struck thee secretly a wound. There is no understanding in him. ⁸ Shall I not on that same day, saith the Lord, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? ⁹ And thy mighty men, O Theman, shall be dismayed, in order that every one from the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter. ¹⁰ Because of thy violence against thy brother Jacob shall shame cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. ¹¹ On the day that thou stoodest on the other side, on the day that strangers carried away captive his army, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots over Jerusalem, also thou wast as any one of them. ¹² But thou shouldst not have looked on pleased at the day of thy brother, on the day that he was delivered up to strangers; neither shouldst thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah on the day of their destruction; nor should thou have spoken proudly on the day of distress. ¹³ Thou shouldst not have entered into the gate of my people on the day of their calamity; yea, thou too shouldst not have looked pleased on their affliction on the day of their calamity; nor have laid hands on their army on the day of their calamity; ¹⁴ Neither shouldst thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldst thou have delivered up those of his that did remain on the day of distress. ¹⁵ For near is the day of the Lord over all the nations: as thou hast done, shall it be done unto thee; thy deeds shall return upon thy own head. ¹⁶ For as ye have drunk upon my holy mount, so shall all the nations drink continually; yea, they shall drink, and they shall reel about, and they shall be as though they had not been. ¹⁷ But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and it shall be holy: and the house of Jacob shall again possess their inheritances. ¹⁸ And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau become stubble, and they shall set them on fire, and devour them; and there shall not be any one remaining of the house of Esau; for the Lord hath spoken it. ¹⁹ And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the lowlands, the Philistines; and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gil’ad. ²⁰ And the exiles of this host of the children of Israel that are with the Canaanites, as far as Zarephath, and the exiles of Jerusalem, who are in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south. ²¹ And deliverers shall go up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau: and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.

¹¹ And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:

⁴¹ And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father had blessed him; and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father will be at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

³ And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el: and I will make there an altar unto the God who answered me on the day of my distress, and was with me on the way which I went.

¹¹ And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Ga’tam, and Kenaz.

¹⁴ And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus hath said thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the hardship that hath befallen us. ¹⁵ How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt many days; and the Egyptians did evil to us, and to our fathers: ¹⁶ And we cried unto the Lord, and he heard our voice, and he sent a messenger, and caused us to go forth out of Egypt; and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city at the outmost end of thy border. ¹⁷ Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy country; we will not pass through field, or through vineyard, and we will not drink the water of the wells: by the king’s highway will we go, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy border. ¹⁸ And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass through my land, lest I come against thee with the sword. ¹⁹ And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the highway: and if we drink of thy water, I and my cattle, then will I pay its value; I will do thee no injury, only on foot will I pass through. ²⁰ And he said, Thou shalt not pass through; and Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand. ²¹ And as Edom thus refused to permit Israel to pass through his border, Israel turned away from him.

¹⁸ And Edom shall be a conquest, and Seir shall be a conquest for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.

¹⁸ And Edom shall be a conquest, and Seir shall be a conquest for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly. ¹⁹ And there shall rule the one from Jacob, and he shall destroy whatever escapeth out of the city.

⁵ Do not contend with them; for I will not give unto you of their land, even so much as a foot’s breadth; because unto Esau have I given mount Seir for an inheritance.

²¹ When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean the small fruit afterward; for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow shall it be.

² This is the land that yet remaineth: All the circles of the Philistines, and all the land of the Geshurites, ³ From the Shichor, which runneth before Egypt, even unto the boundary of ‘Ekron northward, is counted to the Canaanites; the five lords of the Philistines; the Gazzathites, and the Ashdodites, the Eshkelonites, the Gittites, and the ‘Ekronites; also the ‘Avvim;

²⁵ And their territory was Ya’zer, and all the cities of Gil’ad, and half the land of the children of ‘Ammon, up to ‘Aro’er that is before Rabbah;

³¹ And half Gil’ad and ‘Ashtaroth, and Edre’i, the cities of the kingdom of ‘Og in Bashan, belonged unto the children of Machir the son of Menasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir after their families.

²¹ And the cities of the boundary line of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the border of Edom, on the south, were Kabzeel, and ‘Eder, and Yagur,

³³ And in the lowlands, Eshtaol, and Zor’ah, and Ashnah.

⁴⁵ ‘Ekron, with its towns and its villages: ⁴⁶ From ‘Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay alongside of Ashdod, with their villages.

²¹ Now these were the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families, Jericho, and Beth-choglah, and ‘Emekkeziz, ²² And Beth-ha’arabah, and Zemarayim, and Beth-el, ²³ And Avvim, and Parah, and ‘Ophrah, ²⁴ And Kephar-ha’ammonah, and ‘Ophni, and Geba’: twelve cities with their villages. ²⁵ Gib’on, and Ramah, and Beeroth, ²⁶ And Mizpeh, and Kephirah, and Mozah, ²⁷ And Rekem, and Yirpeel, and Taralah, ²⁸ And Zela’, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gib’ath, and Kiryath: fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

⁷ And Adoni-bezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered food under my table: as I have done, so hath God requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

¹⁸ And Judah captured Gazzah with its territory, and Ashkelon with its territory, and ‘Ekron with its territory. ¹⁹ And the Lord was with Judah; and he took possession of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.

¹⁶ And the Lord raised up judges, and they delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.

⁹ And the children of Israel cried then unto the Lord, and the Lord raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, namely, ‘Othniel the son of Kenaz, the younger brother of Caleb.

³ Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogance come out of your mouth; for a God of knowledge is the Lord, and by him are actions weighed.

⁷ The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich: he bringeth low and also lifteth up. ⁸ He raiseth up out of the dust the poor, from the dunghill he lifteth up the needy, to set them among nobles, and he assigneth them the throne of glory; for the Lord’s are the pillars of the earth, on which he hath set the world.

¹⁹ O beauty of Israel! upon the high places slain: how are the mighty fallen!

¹² Perhaps the Lord will look on my affliction, and the Lord will requite me good instead of his cursing this day.

^{20 (19:21)} For thy servant doth know that I have indeed sinned; and, behold, I am come this day the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my Lord the king.

⁹ Arise, go unto Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and remain there: behold, I have ordained there a widow-woman to sustain thee. ¹⁰ So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, there was there a widow-woman gathering sticks of wood: and he called her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

⁵ (And the Lord gave Israel a deliverer, so that they came out from under the power of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as in times past.

⁷ He it was that smote of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand men, and seized Sela’ in the war, and called its name Yoktheel until this day.

²⁴ And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from ‘Avva, and from Chamath, and from Sepharvayim, and settled them in the cities of Samaria in the room of the children of Israel: and they took possession of Samaria, and dwelt in its cities.

¹⁰ At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was put in a state of siege. ¹¹ And Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came against the city, while his servants were besieging it. ¹² And Jehoyachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his court-officers: and the king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign. ¹³ And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon the king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, as the Lord had spoken. ¹⁴ And he led away as exiles all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand exiles, and all the craftsmen and locksmiths: there was none left, save the poorest sort of the people of the land. ¹⁵ And he led away Jehoyachin as exile to Babylon; and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his court-officers, and the mighty men of the land, he led into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. ¹⁶ And all the men of might, seven thousand in number, and the craftsmen and the locksmiths a thousand in number, all strong men, apt for war; and the king of Babylon brought them into exile to Babylon.

¹¹ And the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the deserters that had run over to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebusaradan the captain of the guard lead away into exile;

⁴⁵ And Jobab died, and there reigned in his stead Chusham of the land of Theman.

²⁶ And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul the king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilnesser the king of Assyria, and he carried them into exile, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Menasseh, and brought them unto Chalach, and Chabor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, even until this day.

¹² And ten thousand did the children of Judah take captive alive, and brought them to the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, so that they all were crushed.

² Then came they near to Zerubbabel, and to the chiefs of the divisions, and said unto them, Let us build with you; for like you will we seek your God; and unto him do we sacrifice since the days of Essar-chaddon the king of Asshur, who hath brought us up hither.

⁷ And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes the king of Persia: and the writing of the letter was written in Aramic, and interpreted in Aramic. ⁸ Rechum the counsellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a certain letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king, as followeth: ⁹ Then wrote Rechum the counsellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions, from Din, and Apharsathach, Tarpel, Apharass, Erech, Babylon, Shushan, Dehav, and ‘Elam, ¹⁰ And the rest of the nations whom the great and honored Assnapper had brought into exile, and settled in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and so forth.

¹⁷ Then sent the king a reply unto Rechum the counsellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest of those beyond the river, Peace, and so forth.

¹¹ When now the three friends of Job had heard of all this evil that was come over him, they came every one from his own place, Eliphaz the Themanite, and Bildad the Shuchite, and Zophar the Na’amthite; and they met together to come to condole with him and to comfort him.

¹² But who frustrateth the plans of the crafty, so that their hands cannot execute their well-devised counsel; ¹³ Who catcheth the wise in their own craftiness; and the advise of the perverse is hastened on headlong; ¹⁴ By day they meet with darkness, and as though it were night they grope about in the noon of day;

⁶ Though his exaltation should mount up to the heavens, and his head should reach unto the clouds; ⁷ Yet when he but turneth round will he vanish for ever; those who have seen him will say, Where is he?

²⁹ If ever I rejoiced at the downfall of him that hated me, or was elated when evil befell him;—

²⁵ For the reason that he knoweth their deeds: therefore he overturneth them in the night, and they are crushed. ²⁶ Among wicked men doth he strike them, in the place where many see them: ²⁷ Because they have departed from following him, and have not considered all his ways. ²⁸ Bringing before them the cry of the indigent, and the cry of the afflicted which he had to hear. ²⁹ When he now granteth rest, who will condemn him! and when he hideth his face, who can behold him? whether it be against a nation, or against one man, it is the same:

²⁷ Or is it by your order that the eagle doth mount upward, and buildeth high up his nest? ²⁸ On a rock he dwelleth, and spendeth his nights, on a rocky crag and mountain fastness.

⁶ Saying, Yet have I appointed my king upon Zion my holy mount. ⁷ I will announce the decree, the Lord hath said unto me, “My son art thou: I have indeed this day begotten thee. ⁸ Ask it of me, and I will give thee nations for an inheritance, and for thy possession the uttermost ends of the earth. ⁹ Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; like a potter’s vessel shalt thou dash them in pieces.”

^{17 (22:18)} I may number all my bones: while they stare and look upon me.

^{28 (22:29)} For the kingdom is the Lord’s, and he governeth the nations.

^{8 (31:9)} And thou hast not surrendered me into the hand of the enemy: thou hast caused my feet to stand on an ample space.

^{18 (31:19)} Let the lying lips be made dumb, which speak hard things against the righteous, with pride and contempt.

¹⁰ The Lord frustrateth the resolves of the nations: he bringeth to nought the thoughts of the people.

¹³ The Lord will laugh at him; for he seeth that his day is coming.

^{9 (41:10)} Yea, even the man that should have sought my welfare, in whom I trusted, who eateth my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

¹⁸ When thou seest a thief, then art thou pleased with him, and with adulterers hast thou thy portion.

^{7 (54:9)} For out of all distress hath he delivered me: and my eye hath seen its desire on my enemies.

^{12 (55:13)} For it is not an enemy that reproached me; then I could bear it: not he that hateth me hath magnified himself against me; then I would have hidden myself from him; ^{13 (55:14)} But it is thou, a man my equal, my guide, and my acquaintance;

^{10 (59:11)} The God who showeth me kindness will go before me: God will let me see my desire upon those who regard me with envy.

^{7 (69:8)} Because for thy sake have I borne reproach, hath confusion covered my face.

^{35 (69:36)} For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may abide there, and have it in possession:

^{8 (75:9)} For there is a cup in the hand of the Lord, and the wine foameth, it is full of mixture: and he poureth out of the same; but its lees they drain, they drink—all the wicked of the earth. ^{9 (75:10)} But I will declare for ever, I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

^{5 (76:6)} Bereft of reason are the stouthearted, they slumber their sleep: and none of the men of might have found the use of their hands. ^{6 (76:7)} From thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, lie in deep sleep both chariot and horse.

^{5 (83:6)} For they have consulted cordially together; against thee they make a covenant: ^{6 (83:7)} The tents of Edom, and the Ishmaelites: Moab, and the Hagarenes;

^{6 (83:7)} The tents of Edom, and the Ishmaelites: Moab, and the Hagarenes; ^{7 (83:8)} Gebal, and ‘Ammon, and ‘Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;

^{7 (83:8)} Gebal, and ‘Ammon, and ‘Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre; ^{8 (83:9)} Also Asshur is joined with them; they have become an arm unto the children of Lot. Selah.

^{8 (83:9)} Also Asshur is joined with them; they have become an arm unto the children of Lot. Selah. ^{9 (83:10)} Do unto them as unto Midian; as to Sissera, as to Jabin, at the brook Kishon:

^{9 (83:10)} Do unto them as unto Midian; as to Sissera, as to Jabin, at the brook Kishon: ^{10 (83:11)} Who were annihilated at ‘En-dor; they became as dung for the ground. ^{11 (83:12)} Render them, their nobles, like ‘Oreb, and like Zeeb; yea, like Zebach and like Zalmunna’ all their princes; ^{12 (83:13)} Who said, Let us conquer for ourselves the dwellings of God, ^{13 (83:14)} O my God, render them like the thistle-down, like stubble before the wind. ^{14 (83:15)} As the fire burneth up a forest, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire: ^{15 (83:16)} So pursue them with thy storm, and with thy whirlwind do thou terrify them.

^{45 (89:46)} Thou hast shortened the days of his youth: thou hast enshrouded him with shame. Selah.

^{11 (92:12)} And my eye looketh on the punishment of those that regard me with envy: of the evildoers that rise up against me my ears shall bear it.

^{15 (102:16)} Then shall nations fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory:

³⁹ They were also diminished and bowed low through oppression, misfortune, and sorrow: ⁴⁰ He then poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in a pathless wilderness.

²⁹ Let my accusers be clothed with confusion, and let them wrap themselves, as with a mantle, in their own shame.

⁵ The Lord at thy right hand crusheth kings on the day of his wrath. ⁶ He will judge among the nations—there shall be a fulness of corpses—he crusheth heads on a wide-spread land.

¹⁸ His enemies will I clothe with shame; but upon himself shall his crown shine brilliantly.

⁷ Remember, O Lord, unto the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze it, raze it, even to her very foundation. ⁸ O daughter of Babylon, who art wasted: happy he, that repayeth thee thy recompense for what thou hast done to us.

¹ To the chief musician, by David, a psalm. O Lord! thou hast searched me through, and thou knowest me.

⁵ Let the pious be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their couches. ⁶ The exalted praises of God are in their mouth, and a two-edged sword is in their hand; ⁷ To execute vengeance on the nations, and chastisements on the people: ⁸ To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron: ⁹ To execute upon them the judgment which is written: this is an honor for all his pious servants. Hallelujah.

¹⁸ Before downfall goeth pride, and before stumbling, haughtiness of spirit.

⁵ Whoso mocketh the poor blasphemeth his Maker: he that is glad at calamities will not remain unpunished.

¹² Before downfall the heart of man becometh haughty, and before honor goeth humility.

¹⁷ At the fall of thy enemy do not rejoice; and at his stumbling let not thy heart be glad: ¹⁸ Lest the Lord see it and it be displeasing in his eyes, and he turn away from him his wrath.

²³ The pride of a man will humble him; but the humble in spirit will attain to honor.

²⁷ Zion shall be redeemed through justice, and her converts through righteousness.

³ And it shall come to pass, that whoever is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, every one that is written down unto life in Jerusalem: ⁴ When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have scoured away the blood-guiltiness of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of destruction.

²⁴ Therefore as the tongue of the fire devoureth the stubble, and dry hay sinketh before the flame: so shall their root be as rotten things, and their blossom shall fly up as the dust; because they have despised the law of the Lord of hosts, and the word of the Holy One of Israel they have rejected.

⁹ Associate yourselves, O ye people, yet shall ye be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of the far portions of the earth: gird yourselves, yet shall ye be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, yet shall ye be broken in pieces. ¹⁰ Take counsel together, yet shall it come to naught; speak the word, and it shall not stand firm; for with us is God.

^{6 (9:5)} For a child is born unto us, a son hath been given unto us, and the government is placed on his shoulders; and his name is called, Wonderful, counsellor of the mighty God, of the everlasting Father, the prince of peace, ^{7 (9:6)} For promoting the increase of the government, and for peace without end, upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom, to establish it and to support it through justice and righteousness, from henceforth and unto eternity: the zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

¹³ For he hath said, “By the strength of my hand have I done it, and by my wisdom, for I have intelligence; and I have removed the boundaries of nations, and their laid-up treasures have I plundered, and brought down low those that were powerfully seated. ¹⁴ And my hand hath reached, as a bird’s nest, the wealth of the people: and as one gathereth up eggs that are forsaken, have I myself gathered up all the earth: and there was not one that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or chirped.”

¹⁴ And my hand hath reached, as a bird’s nest, the wealth of the people: and as one gathereth up eggs that are forsaken, have I myself gathered up all the earth: and there was not one that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or chirped.” ¹⁵ Shall the axe boast itself over him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that swingeth it? as if the rod should swing about those that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up him who is no wood. ¹⁶ Therefore will the Lord, the Eternal of hosts, send forth among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory shall be kindled a burning like the burning of a fire. ¹⁷ And the light of Israel shall become a fire, and his Holy One a flame; and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers on one day.

¹³ And then shall depart the envy of Ephraim, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not assail Ephraim. ¹⁴ But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; together shall they spoil the children of the east: upon Edom and Moab shall they lay their hands; and the children of ‘Ammon shall obey them.

¹ For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will again make choice of Israel, and replace them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined unto them, and they shall attach themselves to the house of Jacob. ² And nations shall take them, and bring them to their own place; but the house of Israel shall obtain possession of them in the land of the Lord for men-servants and for maid-servants; and they shall take captive their captors, and they shall rule over their oppressors.

¹² How art thou fallen from heaven, O morning-star, son of the dawn! how art thou hewn down to the ground, crusher of nations!

¹² How art thou fallen from heaven, O morning-star, son of the dawn! how art thou hewn down to the ground, crusher of nations! ¹³ And thou—thou hadst said in thy heart, “Into heaven will I ascend, above the stars of God will I exalt my throne; and I will sit also upon the mount of the assembly, in the farthest end of the north; ¹⁴ I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be equal to the Most High.” ¹⁵ But into the nether world shalt thou be brought down, into the lowest depth.

⁶ We have heard of the pride of Moab; that he is very proud: of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath, his groundless lies.

⁶ And there shall be left on it gleaning-fruit, as one shaketh an olive-tree, two or three berries on the top of the uppermost bough, four or five on the outmost branches of a fruitful tree, saith the Lord the God of Israel.

² That sendeth on the sea ambassadors, and in vessels of bulrushes messengers over the face of the waters. Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation pulled and torn, to a people terrible from their beginning and onward; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled! ³ All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, when the ensign is lifted up on the mountains, see ye; and when the cornet is blown, hear ye.

³ And the spirit of Egypt shall be emptied out in its inward parts, and its counsel will I frustrate; and they will inquire of the idols, and of the charmers, and of those that have familiar spirits, and of the wizards.

¹¹ Surely fools are the princes of Zo’an, the wise of the counsellors of Pharaoh impart silly counsel: how can ye say unto Pharaoh, I am a son of the wise, a son of the ancient kings? ¹² Where are they, these, thy wise men? that they may tell thee now, that they know what the Lord of hosts hath resolved on over Egypt. ¹³ The princes of Zo’an are become fools, deceived are the princes of Noph; and Egypt is led astray by the chiefs of its tribes. ¹⁴ The Lord hath poured out in the midst thereof a spirit of perverseness: and they have led Egypt astray in all its work, as a drunkard reeleth astray in his vomit.

¹⁶ On that day shall Egypt be like the women: and it shall tremble and be in dread because of the waving of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which he waveth over it. ¹⁷ And the land of Judah shall become unto Egypt a terror, every one that maketh mention thereof shall be in dread, because of the counsel of the Lord of hosts, which he hath resolved against it.

²⁰ And it shall be for a sign and for a testimony unto the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they shall cry unto the Lord because of the oppressors, and he will send them a helper, and a chief, and he shall deliver them.

¹¹ The doom of Dumah. Unto me one calleth out of Se’ir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

⁹ The Lord hath resolved it, to dishonor the pride of all ornament, to make of light esteem all the honorable of the earth.

¹³ For thus shall it be in the midst of the land among the nations, as at the shaking of an olive-tree, as at the gleaning of grains when the vintage is done.

¹¹ When its boughs are withered, they shall be broken off; women will come and set them on fire; for it is not a people of understanding; therefore he that made it will not have mercy on it, and he that formed it will show it no favor.

⁷ And as a dream of a night-vision shall be the multitude of all the nations that go to war against Ariel, even all that fight against her and raise towers against her, and that distress her. ⁸ And it shall even be as when a hungry man dreameth, that, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty; or as when a thirsty man dreameth, that, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul yet longeth: so shall it be with the multitude of all the nations, that go to war against mount Zion.

¹⁴ Therefore, behold, I will do yet farther a marvelous work with this people, doing wonder on wonder; so that the wisdom of their wise men shall be lost, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden.

⁴ For his princes were at Zo’an, and his ambassadors had reached Chanes.

⁹ And his stronghold shall pass away for fear, and his princes shall be terrified because of the ensign, saith the Lord, who hath a fire in Zion, and a furnace in Jerusalem.

¹ Come near, ye nations, to hear; and ye people, hearken: let the earth hear, and all that filleth it; the world, and all things that spring forth of it. ² For the indignation of the Lord is enkindled over all the nations, and his fury over all their army: he hath devoted them, he hath given them up to the slaughter: ³ And their slain also shall be cast out, and as regardeth their carcasses their stench shall ascend upward, and the mountains shall be melted through their blood. ⁴ And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together like a book: and all their host shall wither, as the leaf withereth from the vine, and as withering fruit from the fig-tree. ⁵ For my sword is sated in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people I have devoted to punishment.

⁵ For my sword is sated in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people I have devoted to punishment. ⁶ The sword of the Lord is full of blood, it is enriched with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for the Lord hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

⁶ The sword of the Lord is full of blood, it is enriched with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for the Lord hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom. ⁷ And wild oxen shall sink down with them, and steers with bullocks; and their land shall be sated with blood, and their dust enriched with fat.

⁷ And wild oxen shall sink down with them, and steers with bullocks; and their land shall be sated with blood, and their dust enriched with fat. ⁸ For it is the day of vengeance unto the Lord, and the year of recompense for the controversy of Zion.

⁸ For it is the day of vengeance unto the Lord, and the year of recompense for the controversy of Zion. ⁹ And its brooks shall be changed into pitch, and its dust into sulfur, and its land shall become burning pitch. ¹⁰ Night and day shall it not be quenched; for ever shall ascend the smoke thereof: from generation to generation shall it lie waste; no one shall for ever and ever pass through it. ¹¹ But pelican and hedgehog shall take possession of it; night-owl also and raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out over it the line of destruction, and the weights of desolation. ¹² Their nobles—no one is there they could call to the kingdom, and all its princes shall be no more. ¹³ And thorns shall spring up in its palaces, nettles and brambles in its fortresses: and it shall be a habitation of monsters, and a court for ostriches. ¹⁴ And the martens shall meet with the jackals, and one goat shall call to his fellow; only the screech-owl shall rest there, and find for herself a place of repose. ¹⁵ There shall nestle the arrow-snake, and lay eggs, and hatch, and gather its young under its shadow: only vultures shall assemble there, every one with her mate. ¹⁶ Inquire out of the book of the Lord, and read: not one of these shall be absent, not one shall miss her mate; for my mouth it is that hath ordained it, and its breath it is that hath gathered them. ¹⁷ And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it out unto them by the measuring line: for ever shall they possess it, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.

³ And they said unto him, Thus hath said Hezekiah, A day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of derision is this day; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

²⁴ Through thy servants hast thou blasphemed the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I indeed come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down its tall cedars, the choice of its fir-trees: and I will enter into the height of its summit, the forest of its fruitful soil.

¹⁴ I have a long time held my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now like a travailing woman will I cry; I will destroy and devour all together.

³ And I will give unto thee the treasures of darkness, and riches hidden in secret places; in order that thou mayest know that I am the Lord, who call thee by thy name, the God of Israel;

¹³ I have brought near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will grant unto Zion salvation, unto Israel my glory.

⁷ And thou saidst, For ever shall I be mistress; until that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, thou didst not call to mind the result thereof. ⁸ And now hear this, luxurious one, that dwellest in security, that sayest in thy heart, I am, and there is nothing else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:

¹⁴ Behold, they are become as stubble; the fire burneth them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: not a coal shall be left to warm at, no blaze to sit before it.

²⁵ For thus hath said the Lord, Also the captive of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the powerful shall escape; and with those who contend against thee will I contend, and thy children will I indeed save. ²⁶ And I will feed thy oppressors with their own flesh; and as with new wine shall they be made drunken with their own blood: and all flesh shall know that I the Eternal am thy Saviour, and thy Redeemer the Mighty One of Jacob.

²² Thus hath said thy Lord, the Eternal, and thy God, who will ever plead for his people, Behold, I have taken out of thy hand the cup of confusion, the deep cup of my fury: thou shalt never more drink it again. ²³ And I will place it in the hand of those who have tortured thee, that have said to thy soul, Bend thee down, that we may pass over; and thou madest like the earth thy back, and like the street for those that passed over.

²¹ And thy people—they all will be righteous, for ever shall they possess the land, the sprout of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may glorify myself.

¹ Who is this that cometh from Edom, dyed red in his garments from Bozrah? this—glorious in his apparel, moving along in the greatness of his strength? “I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”

¹ Who is this that cometh from Edom, dyed red in his garments from Bozrah? this—glorious in his apparel, moving along in the greatness of his strength? “I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.” ² Why is redness on thy apparel, and why are thy garments as of one that treadeth the wine-press?

² Why is redness on thy apparel, and why are thy garments as of one that treadeth the wine-press? ³ “I have trodden the vat alone, and of the nations there was no man with me; and I trod them down in my anger, and I trampled on them in my fury; and their blood was sprinkled on my garments, and all my raiments have I stained.

³ “I have trodden the vat alone, and of the nations there was no man with me; and I trod them down in my anger, and I trampled on them in my fury; and their blood was sprinkled on my garments, and all my raiments have I stained. ⁴ For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed was come. ⁵ And I looked, and there was no one to help, and I was astonished, and there was no one to support; and then my own arm aided me, and my fury—this it was that upheld me. ⁶ And I stamped down nations in my anger, and I made them drunken with my fury, and brought down to the earth their victorious strength.”

¹⁸ In those days shall the house of Judah walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north unto the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.

²⁵ We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us; for against the Lord our God have we sinned, we and our fathers, from our youth even until this day; and we have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God.”

³⁰ And thou, O wasted one, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothe thyself with scarlet, though thou adorn thyself with ornaments of gold, though thou encircle with paint thy eyes: in vain shalt thou make thyself beautiful; the adulterers will despise thee, thy life will they seek.

⁴ Prepare ye war against her! “Arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day waneth, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out. ⁵ Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.”

^{25 (9:24)} Behold, days are coming, saith the Lord, that I will send punishment on all the circumcised who are yet uncircumcised; ^{26 (9:25)} On Egypt, and on Judah, and on Edom, and on the children of ‘Ammon, and on Moab, and all who have the locks of their hair cut off round that dwell in the wilderness; for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.

¹⁹ The cities of the south are shut up, and there is no one to open them: Judah is carried away into exile altogether, it is carried into exile completely.

¹⁰ For I heard the defaming of many, angry assemblies on every side, “Tell, and we will tell of him.” All the men who ought to seek my welfare, watch for my fall; saying, “Peradventure he may he enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we will then take our revenge on him.”

¹⁵ For thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel unto me, Take the cup of the wine of this fury out of my hand, and cause all the nations to whom I send thee to drink it.

¹⁵ For thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel unto me, Take the cup of the wine of this fury out of my hand, and cause all the nations to whom I send thee to drink it. ¹⁶ And they shall drink, and reel about, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

¹⁶ And they shall drink, and reel about, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. ¹⁷ And I took the cup out of the hand of the Lord, and caused to drink all the nations, unto whom the Lord had sent me:

¹⁷ And I took the cup out of the hand of the Lord, and caused to drink all the nations, unto whom the Lord had sent me: ¹⁸ Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and its kings, and its princes, to make them a ruin, an astonishment, a derision, and a curse; as it is this day; ¹⁹ Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; ²⁰ And all the confederated nations, and all the kings of the land of ‘Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Gazzah, and ‘Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod; ²¹ Edom, and Moab, and the children of ‘Ammon;

²¹ Edom, and Moab, and the children of ‘Ammon; ²² And all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isle which is beyond the sea; ²³ Dedan, and Thema, and Buz, and all those that have their hair cut round; ²⁴ And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the confederated nations that dwell in the wilderness; ²⁵ And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of ‘Elam, and all the kings of Media; ²⁶ And all the kings of the north, that are far and that are near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth; and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them. ²⁷ And thou shalt say unto them, Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Drink ye, and become drunken, and vomit, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword, which I am sending among you. ²⁸ And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup of thy hand to drink, that thou shalt say unto them, Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, Ye must certainly drink; ²⁹ For lo, on the city which is called by my name, I begin to inflict evil, and ye will remain utterly unpunished? Ye shall not remain unpunished; for a sword am I calling up over all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord of hosts.

⁷ Alas, for that day is great, there is none like it; and a time of distress it is unto Jacob; yet out of it shall he be saved.

¹⁴ All thy lovers have forgotten thee; thee they seek not; for with the blow of an enemy have I smitten thee, with cruel chastisement, for the multitude of thy iniquity, because thy sins were so numerous.

^{4 (31:3)} Yet again will I build thee up, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: yet again shalt thou adorn thy timbrels, and go forth in the dances of those that make merry. ^{5 (31:4)} Yet again shalt thou plant vineyards upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall redeem the fruit. ^{6 (31:5)} For there cometh a day, that the watchers call out upon the mountain of Ephraim, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the Lord our God.

⁴⁴ Men shall buy fields for money, and write it in deeds, and seal it, and certify it by witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the environs of Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountain, and in the cities of the lowlands, and in the cities of the south; for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the Lord.

¹³ In the cities of the mountain, in the cities of the lowlands, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the environs of Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks yet pass again under the hands of him that counteth them, saith the Lord.

²⁶ Then also will I reject the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so as not to take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.

²² And behold, all the women that are left in the house of the king of Judah shall be led forth to the princes of the king of Babylon; and these women shall say, “They have enticed, and have overpersuaded thee—thy men that should have sought thy welfare; thy feet are now sunk in the mire, and they have withdrawn themselves backward.”

¹⁴ So that there shall be no one that escapeth or remaineth of the remnant of Judah, who are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, that they should return into the land of Judah, to which they direct the desire of their soul to return thither to dwell there; for they shall not return, but such as shall escape.

²⁸ Yet some that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, but few in number; and all the remnant of Judah, that are come into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand firm, mine, or theirs.

²⁸ Thou,—fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the Lord; for I am with thee: and although I make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee, yet of thee will I not make a full end; and I will correct thee in measure; yet wholly will I not leave thee unpunished.

²⁹ We have heard the pride of Moab, who is so exceedingly proud, his haughtiness, and his pride, and his arrogance, and the overbearingness of his heart. ³⁰ I will know, saith the Lord, his wrath, and how causeless it is: his liars have done what is not right.

¹ Against the children of ‘Ammon, Thus hath said the Lord, Hath Israel no sons? or hath he no heir? why then doth Malcolm possess Gad, and why do his people dwell in his cities?

⁴ Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys? thy valley floweth with blood, O backsliding daughter, that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who can come unto me?

⁷ Concerning Edom, thus hath said the Lord of hosts, Is there no more wisdom in Theman? is counsel vanished from the prudent? is their wisdom become corrupt?

⁷ Concerning Edom, thus hath said the Lord of hosts, Is there no more wisdom in Theman? is counsel vanished from the prudent? is their wisdom become corrupt? ⁸ They flee, turn round, seek their abode in deep places,—the inhabitants of Dedan; for the calamity of Esau do I bring upon him, the time when I visit him with punishment. ⁹ If grape-gatherers had come to thee, would they not have left some gleanings? if thieves by night, they would destroy only till they had satisfied themselves;

⁹ If grape-gatherers had come to thee, would they not have left some gleanings? if thieves by night, they would destroy only till they had satisfied themselves; ¹⁰ But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret haunts, so that he will not be able to hide himself: his seed is wasted, and his brethren, and his neighbors, and he is no more.

¹⁰ But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret haunts, so that he will not be able to hide himself: his seed is wasted, and his brethren, and his neighbors, and he is no more. ¹¹ Leave thy fatherless children, I will have to preserve them alive: and thy widows must trust in me. ¹² For thus hath said the Lord, Behold, they whose right it was not to drink the cup have been compelled to drink it, and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink it.

¹² For thus hath said the Lord, Behold, they whose right it was not to drink the cup have been compelled to drink it, and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink it. ¹³ For by myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a disgrace, a ruin, and a curse; and all its cities shall become perpetual ruins.

¹³ For by myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a disgrace, a ruin, and a curse; and all its cities shall become perpetual ruins. ¹⁴ A report have I heard from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, Gather yourselves together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle. ¹⁵ For, lo, I render thee small among the nations, despised among men. ¹⁶ Thy hastiness hath deceived thee, the presumption of thy heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldst make thy nest as high as the eagle, thence would I bring thee down, saith the Lord.

¹⁶ Thy hastiness hath deceived thee, the presumption of thy heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldst make thy nest as high as the eagle, thence would I bring thee down, saith the Lord. ¹⁷ And Edom shall become an object of astonishment: every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all its wounds.

¹⁷ And Edom shall become an object of astonishment: every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all its wounds. ¹⁸ Like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors, saith the Lord, so shall no man dwell there, nor shall a son of man sojourn therein.

¹⁸ Like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors, saith the Lord, so shall no man dwell there, nor shall a son of man sojourn therein. ¹⁹ Behold, like a lion will he come up from the overflow of the Jordan against the strong habitation; for I will hasten him, and make him suddenly prevail against her; and him who is chosen will I array against her; for who is like me? and who will challenge me to battle? and who is that shepherd that can stand before me?

¹⁹ Behold, like a lion will he come up from the overflow of the Jordan against the strong habitation; for I will hasten him, and make him suddenly prevail against her; and him who is chosen will I array against her; for who is like me? and who will challenge me to battle? and who is that shepherd that can stand before me? ²⁰ Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord, that he hath resolved against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath devised against the inhabitants of Theman: Surely the least of the flocks shall drag them away; surely he will devastate over them their habitation.

²⁰ Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord, that he hath resolved against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath devised against the inhabitants of Theman: Surely the least of the flocks shall drag them away; surely he will devastate over them their habitation.

²⁰ Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord, that he hath resolved against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath devised against the inhabitants of Theman: Surely the least of the flocks shall drag them away; surely he will devastate over them their habitation. ²¹ At the noise of their fall the earth quaketh: there is an outcry,—at the Red Sea their voice is heard. ²² Behold, like the eagle shall he come up and fly along, and spread out his wings over Bozrah: and the heart of the mighty men of Edom shall be on that day as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

²² Behold, like the eagle shall he come up and fly along, and spread out his wings over Bozrah: and the heart of the mighty men of Edom shall be on that day as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

⁹ For, lo, I will awaken and cause to come up against Babylon an assemblage of great nations from the north country; and they shall set themselves in battle-array against her; from there shall she be captured: their arrows are as those of a skilful mighty one, none of which ever returneth in vain. ¹⁰ And Chaldea shall be given up to spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the Lord. ¹¹ Though ye rejoice, though ye be glad, O ye plunderers of my heritage, though ye be grown fat as the heifer at grass, and neigh as stud-horses: ¹² Your mother is made greatly ashamed; she that bore you is put to the blush; behold, the end of nations shall be wilderness, dry land, and desert. ¹³ Because of the wrath of the Lord shall it not be inhabited, and it shall be wholly desolate: every one that passeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss over all her wounds. ¹⁴ Put yourselves in battle-array against Babylon round about, all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare not the arrows: for against the Lord hath she sinned. ¹⁵ Shout against her round about; she hath stretched out her hand: fallen are her foundations, thrown down are her walls; for it is the vengeance of the Lord; take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, so do unto her.

²³ How is cut asunder and broken the hammer of all the earth! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!

²⁹ Call together the archers against Babylon; all ye that bend the bow, encamp against her round about; let there be no escape for her: recompense her according to her work; in accordance with all that she hath done, do unto her; for against the Lord hath she acted presumptuously, against the Holy One of Israel.

³⁶ The sword is against the lying soothsayers, and they shall be made foolish: the sword is against her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed. ³⁷ The sword is against their horses, and against their chariots, and against all the confederates that are in the midst of her, and they shall become as women: the sword is against her treasures, and they shall be plundered.

³⁷ The sword is against their horses, and against their chariots, and against all the confederates that are in the midst of her, and they shall become as women: the sword is against her treasures, and they shall be plundered.

²⁷ Lift ye up a standard in the land, blow ye the cornet among the nations, make ready against her nations, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; appoint against her a commander; cause the horses to come up like the hairy locusts. ²⁸ Make ready against her the nations with the kings of Media, its governors, and all its rulers, and all the land of their dominion.

⁴⁶ And so that your heart may not faint, and ye fear at the report that is heard in the land: when the report cometh in one year, and after that in another year cometh another report, and when violence be done in the land, by ruler against ruler.

⁵¹ “We had been made ashamed, because we had heard reproach: confusion had covered our faces; because strangers were come into the sanctuaries of the Lord’s house.”

⁵³ Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength; yet from me should destroyers come unto her, saith the Lord.

²⁸ This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away into exile: in the seventh year, three thousand and twenty and three Jews; ²⁹ In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar from Jerusalem, eight hundred thirty and two persons; ³⁰ In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away into exile of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons; all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.

¹ Oh how doth she sit solitary—the city that was full of people is become like a widow! she that was so great among the nations, the princess among the provinces, is become tributary!

¹⁹ I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and my elders perished in the city; for they sought food for themselves to refresh their soul.

²¹ Be glad and rejoice, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of ‘Uz: also unto thee shall the cup pass; thou wilt be drunken, and make thyself naked.

²¹ Be glad and rejoice, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of ‘Uz: also unto thee shall the cup pass; thou wilt be drunken, and make thyself naked. ²² Brought to an end is thy iniquity, O daughter of Zion; He will no more carry thee away into exile: He visiteth thy iniquity, O daughter of Edom; He layeth open thy sins.

¹⁶ But they that escape of them shall escape, and they shall be on the mountains like the doves of the valleys, all of which are moaning, every one in his iniquity.

¹⁸ And people gird themselves with sackcloth, and shuddering covereth them: and upon all faces there is shame, and upon all their heads there is baldness.

²² Therefore, O Aholibah, thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Behold, I will wake up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy soul hath torn itself away, and I will bring them against thee from every side; ²³ The sons of Babylon, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa and Koa, and all the sons of Asshur with them, attractive youths, governors and rulers all of them, commanders and chiefs, riding upon horses all of them. ²⁴ And they shall come over thee with weapons, chariots, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, buckler and shield and helmet shall they set up against thee round about: and I will give up before them the right to judge, and they shall judge thee according to their ordinances. ²⁵ And I will set my zealousness against thee, and they shall deal with thee in fury; thy nose and thy ears shall they cut off; and what is left of thee shall fall by the sword: thy sons and thy daughters shall they take away; and what is left of thee shall be devoured by the fire.

⁶ For thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Whereas thou didst clap thy hands, and stamp with thy feet, and rejoice with all thy derision in the soul over the land of Israel: ⁷ Therefore, behold, will I stretch out my hand over thee, and will give thee up for a spoil to the nations; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries; I will destroy thee, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

¹² Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Because the Edomites have acted revengefully against the house of Judah, and have greatly offended, and have taken vengeance on them: ¹³ Therefore thus hath said the Lord Eternal, I will also stretch out my hand against Edom, and cut off from it man and beast; and I will make it a ruined land from Theman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.

¹³ Therefore thus hath said the Lord Eternal, I will also stretch out my hand against Edom, and cut off from it man and beast; and I will make it a ruined land from Theman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword. ¹⁴ And I will display my vengeance on Edom by the hand of my people Israel; and they shall do in Edom according to my anger and according to my fury: and they shall feel my vengeance, saith the Lord Eternal.

¹⁶ Therefore thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Behold, I will stretch out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Kerethim, and destroy the remnant of the dwellers of the sea-coast.

¹⁵ Among the kingdoms it shall be the lowest; neither shall it raise itself any more above the nations: and I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.

³ For nigh is the day, yea nigh is the day of the Lord; a cloudy day; the time of the nations’ misfortune shall it be.

¹² As a shepherd searcheth for his flock on the day that he is among his flocks that are scattered: so will I search for my flocks; and I will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered on the day of clouds and tempestuous darkness. ¹³ And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and I will bring them to their own land; and I will feed them upon the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the country.

³ And say unto it, Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Behold, I will be against thee, O mountain of Se’ir, and I will stretch out my hand over thee, and I will render thee desolate and wasted. ⁴ Thy cities will I lay in ruins, and thou thyself shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord. ⁵ Because thou hast had an undying hatred, and didst surrender the children of Israel to the power of the sword, at the time of their calamity, at the time of the iniquity of the end:

⁵ Because thou hast had an undying hatred, and didst surrender the children of Israel to the power of the sword, at the time of their calamity, at the time of the iniquity of the end:

⁵ Because thou hast had an undying hatred, and didst surrender the children of Israel to the power of the sword, at the time of their calamity, at the time of the iniquity of the end: ⁶ Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord Eternal, I will surely let thy blood flow, and blood shall pursue thee; since thou didst not hate blood-shedding, so shall blood pursue thee.

⁶ Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord Eternal, I will surely let thy blood flow, and blood shall pursue thee; since thou didst not hate blood-shedding, so shall blood pursue thee. ⁷ Thus will I change the mountain of Se’ir into a desolate land and a waste, and I will cut off from it him that travelleth forward and backward.

⁷ Thus will I change the mountain of Se’ir into a desolate land and a waste, and I will cut off from it him that travelleth forward and backward. ⁸ And I will fill his mountains with his slain: as regardeth thy hills, and thy valleys, and all thy ravines, in them shall fall those that are slain by the sword. ⁹ Into perpetual desolations will I change thee, and thy cities shall not be restored: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

⁹ Into perpetual desolations will I change thee, and thy cities shall not be restored: and ye shall know that I am the Lord. ¹⁰ Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall indeed be mine, and we will take possession thereof; whereas the Lord was there:

¹⁰ Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall indeed be mine, and we will take possession thereof; whereas the Lord was there: ¹¹ Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, I will even do according to thy anger, and according to thy envy which thou didst use out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I judge thee. ¹² And thou shalt know that I am the Lord: I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given unto us to consume them. ¹³ And ye boasted greatly against me with your mouth, and have multiplied against me your words: I have indeed heard them. ¹⁴ Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate. ¹⁵ As thou didst rejoice over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was made desolate: so will I do unto thee; desolate shalt thou be, O mountain of Se’ir, and all Idumea—altogether; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

¹⁵ As thou didst rejoice over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was made desolate: so will I do unto thee; desolate shalt thou be, O mountain of Se’ir, and all Idumea—altogether; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

⁶ Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the ravines, and to the valleys, Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Behold, In my zealousness and in my fury have I spoken, because ye have borne the reproach of the nations: ⁷ Therefore thus hath said the Lord Eternal, I have indeed lifted up my hand, that the nations who are round about you—these shall bear their shame. ⁸ But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall send forth your boughs, and your fruit shall ye bear for my people Israel, for they are near at hand to come. ⁹ For, behold, I will be for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and ye shall be sown; ¹⁰ And I will multiply upon you men, all the house of Israel—altogether; and the cities shall be inhabited again, and the ruins shall be rebuilt; ¹¹ And I will multiply upon you men and beast, and they shall increase and be fruitful; and I will cause you to be inhabited after your old estates, and will do more good unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the Lord. ¹² Yea, I will cause to walk upon you men, even my people Israel, and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be unto them as an inheritance, and thou shalt not any more henceforth cast them out.

²⁸ And ye shall dwell in the land which I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be unto me for a people, and I truly will be unto you as a God.

¹⁶ But thou, son of man, take unto thyself one stick of wood, and write upon it, “For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions;” then take another stick, and write upon it, “For Joseph,—the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:”

¹⁹ Then speak unto them, Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph,—which is in the hand of Ephraim,—and the tribes of Israel his companions, and will lay them upon him, even the stick of Judah, and make them into one stick, and they shall be one in my hand.

²¹ And speak unto them, Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, whither they are gone, and I will gather them from every side, and bring them unto their own land; ²² And I will make them into one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be to them all for king; and they shall not be any more two nations, nor shall they at any time be divided into two kingdoms any more: ²³ Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, and with their detestable things, and with all their transgressions; but I will save them out of all their dwelling-places, wherein they have sinned, and I will cleanse them, and they shall be unto me for a people, and I will be to them for a God. ²⁴ And my servant David shall be king over them; and one shepherd shall be for them all: and in my ordinances shall they walk, and my statutes shall they observe, and do them. ²⁵ And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto my servant, unto Jacob, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and David my servant shall be prince unto them for ever.

¹³ Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, This shall be the boundary, whereby ye shall divide out the land unto the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions. ¹⁴ And ye shall inherit it, every one like the other, the land concerning which I lifted up my hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for an inheritance. ¹⁵ And this shall be the boundary of the land: On the north side, from the great sea, the road to Chethlon, as far as to Zedad; ¹⁶ Chamath, Berothah, Sibrayim, which is between the boundary of Damascus and the boundary of Chamath; Chazar-hattichon, which is by the boundary of Chavran. ¹⁷ And the boundary shall be from the sea to Chazar-’enon, the boundary of Damascus, and the northern part on the north, and the boundary of Chamath. And this is the north side. ¹⁸ And the east side shall ye measure between Chavran and Damascus on the one side, and between Gil’ad and the land of Israel on the other side by the Jordan, from the north boundary unto the east sea. And this is the east side. ¹⁹ And the south side; on the south, from Thamar even to the waters of contention at Kadesh, toward the brook flowing into the Great Sea. And this is the south side on the south. ²⁰ And the west side shall be the great sea from the southern boundary, as far as straight up to Chamath. This is the west side. ²¹ And ye shall divide this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel.

¹ Now these are the names of the tribes: At the edge, on the north side, along the road on the way to Chethlon, as far as Chamath, Chazar-’enan, the boundary of Damascus northward, alongside of Chamath, there shall be from the east side to the west for Dan one portion. ² And by the boundary of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, for Asher one portion. ³ And by the boundary of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, for Naphtali one portion. ⁴ And by the boundary of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, for Menasseh one portion. ⁵ And by the boundary of Menasseh, from the east side unto the west side, for Ephraim one portion. ⁶ And by the boundary of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, for Reuben one portion. ⁷ And by the boundary of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, for Judah one portion. ⁸ And by the boundary of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the oblation which ye shall set aside of five and twenty thousand rods in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it. ⁹ The oblation that ye shall set aside unto the Lord shall be in length five and twenty thousand rods, and in breadth ten thousand.

²² He it is that revealeth what is deep and secret; he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.

³⁵ Then were the iron, the clay, the copper, the silver, and the gold ground up together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors; and the wind carried them away, that no trace was found of them; and the stone that had stricken the image became a mighty mountain, and filled the whole earth.

⁴⁴ But in the days of these kings will the God of heaven set up a kingdom: which shall to eternity not be destroyed, and its rule shall not be transferred to any other people; but it will grind up and make an end of all these kingdoms, while it will itself endure for ever.

¹⁴ And there were given him dominion, and dignity, and government, and all people, nations, and languages had to serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom is one which shall never be destroyed.

²⁷ And the kingdom and the dominion, and the power over the kingdoms under the whole heaven, will be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all governments are to worship and obey him.

³ And the intelligent shall shine brilliantly like the brilliance of the expanse of the sky; and they that bring many to righteousness shall be like the stars, for ever and ever.

^{10 (2:1)} Yet shall the number of the children of Israel once be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that instead that people say of them, Ye are not my people [Lo-’ammi], shall they call them, The sons of the living God. ^{11 (2:2)} Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one head, and they shall go up out of the land, for great shall be the day of Yizre’el.

¹³ The pains of a travailing woman shall come upon him; he is an unwise son; for he will not remain steadfast at the time of the breaking forth of the child.

¹⁵ Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and like destruction from the Almighty will it come.

⁵ Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains do they leap; they are like the noise of a flame of fire consuming the stubble, as a strong people arrayed for a battle.

^{32 (3:5)} And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall escape; for on mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and among the remnant whom the Lord calleth.

^{3 (4:3)} And for my people did they cast lots; and gave a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, and drank it.

^{7 (4:7)} Behold, I will awaken them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and I will bring back your recompense upon your own head; ^{8 (4:8)} And I will deliver your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a nation far off; for the Lord hath spoken it.

^{11 (4:11)} Assemble hastily together, and come, all ye nations from every side, and gather yourselves together: there doth the Lord strike down thy mighty ones. ^{12 (4:12)} Let the nations awake, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the nations from every side. ^{13 (4:13)} Put forth the sickle; for the harvest is ripe: come, tread down the grapes; for the press is full; the vats overflow; for great is their wickedness. ^{14 (4:14)} Multitudes, multitudes are in the valley of decision; for near is the day of the Lord in the valley of decision.

^{17 (4:17)} So shall ye know that I am the Lord your God, dwelling on Zion, my holy mount: and Jerusalem shall be holy, and strangers shall not pass through her any more.

^{19 (4:19)} Egypt shall become a desolate land, and Edom shall become a desolate wilderness; because of the violence against the children of Judah, in whose land they have shed innocent blood.

^{19 (4:19)} Egypt shall become a desolate land, and Edom shall become a desolate wilderness; because of the violence against the children of Judah, in whose land they have shed innocent blood. ^{20 (4:20)} But Judah shall be inhabited for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. ^{21 (4:21)} And I will avenge their blood that I have not yet avenged; for the Lord dwelleth in Zion.

⁶ Thus hath said the Lord, For three transgressions of Gazzah, and for four, will I not turn away their punishment; because they carried away exiles in full numbers, to deliver them up to Edom;

⁸ And I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn my hand against ‘Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord Eternal. ⁹ Thus hath said the Lord, For three transgressions of Tyre, and for four, will I not turn away their punishment; because they delivered up the exiles in full numbers to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant;

¹¹ Thus hath said the Lord, For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, will I not turn away their punishment; because he pursued with the sword his brother, and disregarded his mercy, and his anger tore in pieces continually, and he kept his wrath for ever:

¹¹ Thus hath said the Lord, For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, will I not turn away their punishment; because he pursued with the sword his brother, and disregarded his mercy, and his anger tore in pieces continually, and he kept his wrath for ever: ¹² And I will send out a fire against Theman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.

¹² And I will send out a fire against Theman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. ¹³ Thus hath said the Lord, For three transgressions of the children of ‘Ammon, and for four, will I not turn away their punishment; because they have ripped up the pregnant women of Gil’ad, in order to enlarge their own territory;

¹⁶ And he that is most courageous hearted among the mighty shall flee away naked on that day, saith the Lord.

¹⁵ Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice firmly in the gate: perhaps the Lord the God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

⁶ That drink out of wine-bowls, and anoint themselves with the costliest of ointments; but who feel no pain for the wound of Joseph.

² Though they were to creep down into the nether world, thence would my hand fetch them; and though they were to climb up to the heavens, thence would I bring them down;

⁸ Behold, the eyes of the Lord Eternal are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; save only that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the Lord.

¹¹ On that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David which is fallen; and I will close up its breaches; and its ruins will I raise up, and I will rebuild it as in days of old: ¹² In order that they may take possession of the remnant of Edom, and of all the nations, which are called by my name, saith the Lord that doth this.

¹² In order that they may take possession of the remnant of Edom, and of all the nations, which are called by my name, saith the Lord that doth this. ¹³ Behold, days are coming, saith the Lord, when the ploughman shall come close up to the harvester, and the treader of the grapes to the one that scattereth the seed: and the mountains shall drop with sweet new wine, and all the hills shall melt away. ¹⁴ And I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel, and they shall build the wasted cities, and dwell therein; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink their wine; and they shall lay out gardens, and eat their fruit. ¹⁵ And I will plant them upon their own soil, and they shall not be pulled up any more out of their land which I have given unto them, saith the Lord thy God.

⁹ And thy mighty men, O Theman, shall be dismayed, in order that every one from the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter. ¹⁰ Because of thy violence against thy brother Jacob shall shame cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

¹² But thou shouldst not have looked on pleased at the day of thy brother, on the day that he was delivered up to strangers; neither shouldst thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah on the day of their destruction; nor should thou have spoken proudly on the day of distress.

¹⁶ For as ye have drunk upon my holy mount, so shall all the nations drink continually; yea, they shall drink, and they shall reel about, and they shall be as though they had not been.

²¹ And deliverers shall go up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau: and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.

¹³ The wall-breaker cometh up before them; they break in and pass through the gate, and go out by it: and their king passeth on before them, and the Lord at their head.

¹¹ And now many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look with pleasure on Zion.

^{4 (5:3)} And he shall stand forward and feed Israel through the strength of the Lord, through the excellency of the name of the Lord his God: and they shall abide safely; for now shall he be great even unto the ends of the earth. ^{5 (5:4)} And in this manner shall there be peace: If Asshur should come into our land; and if he should tread in our palaces, then will we raise up against him seven shepherds, and eight anointed men. ^{6 (5:5)} And they shall lay waste the land of Asshur with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the gates of its cities: thus will he deliver us from Asshur, if he should come into our land, and if he should tread within our borders. ^{7 (5:6)} And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people like dew from the Lord, like showers upon the herbs, that wait not for man, nor hope for the sons of man. ^{8 (5:7)} And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many people, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep: who, if he break in, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, while none can deliver.

^{8 (5:7)} And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many people, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep: who, if he break in, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, while none can deliver. ^{9 (5:8)} High shall thy hand be lifted up above thy adversaries, and all thy enemies shall be cut off.

^{15 (5:14)} And I will in anger and in fury execute vengeance upon the nations, upon those that have not hearkened.

¹ Woe is me! for I am as in the gathering of the summer-fruits, as in the grape-gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat, no first-ripe fruit for which my soul longeth.

⁸ Rejoice not, O my enemy, over me: though I am fallen, I rise again: though I should sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light unto me. ⁹ The indignation of the Lord will I bear, because I have sinned against him; until that he plead my cause, and execute justice for me: when he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness. ¹⁰ Then she that is my enemy will see it, and shame shall cover her, who said unto me, Where is the Lord thy God? My eyes shall complacently see her suffer: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.

¹⁰ Then she that is my enemy will see it, and shame shall cover her, who said unto me, Where is the Lord thy God? My eyes shall complacently see her suffer: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.

¹⁴ Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thy heritage, which dwell in solitude in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gil’ad, as in the days of old.

¹⁰ For they, like thorns interwoven, and as men made drunken in their drinking bout, shall be entirely consumed as dry stubble.

¹⁰ Yet also she was exiled, was carried away into captivity; also her young children were dashed in pieces at the corners of all streets: and for her honorable men they cast lots, and all her great ones were bound with chains.

¹³ Behold, thy people are become women in the midst of thee: unto thy enemies are the gates of thy land set wide open; the fire hath devoured thy bars.

⁹ They all will come for violence: the front of their faces is like the east wind, and they gather captives as the sand.

⁸ Because thou hast despoiled many nations will all the remnant of the people despoil thee; because of the blood of men, and the violence against the land, the town, and all that dwell therein. ⁹ Woe to him that obtaineth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the grasp of the wicked!

⁴ For Gazzah shall become forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolate place: Ashdod shall they drive out at the noon of day, and Ekron shall be rooted up. ⁵ Woe unto the inhabitants of the district by the sea, the nation of the Kerethites! the word of the Lord is against you, O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that no inhabitant shall remain. ⁶ And the district by the sea shall become places for pens of shepherds, and folds for flocks. ⁷ And this district shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; thereupon shall they feed their flocks: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening; for the Lord their God will think of them, and bring back their captivity.

¹⁵ This is the joyful city that dwelt in security, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none else beside me: how is she become desolate, a resting-place for beasts! every one that passeth by her will hiss, and shake his hand.

¹⁵ And with a great anger will I be angry with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little angry with Zion, and they helped forward the mischief.

³ Thus hath said the Lord, I return unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called, The city of truth; and the mount of the Lord of hosts, The holy mount.

⁵ Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gazzah also, and tremble greatly: and ‘Ekron, for her trust will be made ashamed: and the king shall vanish from Gazzah, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. ⁶ And aliens shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. ⁷ And I will remove their bloody-sacrifices out of their mouth, and their abominations from between their teeth; and their land also shall be left for our God, and it shall be as a prince’s dwelling in Judah, and ‘Ekron shall be like Jebusi.

¹¹ As for thee also, because of the blood of thy covenant, do I send forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein there is no water. ¹² Return you to the strong-hold, ye hopeful prisoners: even today do I declare, that I will recompense twofold good unto thee. ¹³ For I do bend Judah for me, grasp Ephraim as a bow; and I will stir up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Javan, and I will render thee as the sword of a mighty man. ¹⁴ And the Lord will appear over them, and then will go forth like the lightning his arrow: and the Lord Eternal will blow on the cornet, and he will go along in the tempests of the south. ¹⁵ The Lord of hosts will be a shield over them; and they shall devour the prey, and subdue the sling-stones; and they shall drink, make a noise as one drunken with wine; and they shall be filled like the offering-bowls, like the corners of the altar. ¹⁶ And the Lord their God will save them on that day as the flock of his people; for like the stones of a crown, will they elevate themselves over his land. ¹⁷ For how great will be that generation’s happiness, and how great its beauty! corn shall make the young men sing joyfully, and new wine the virgins.

⁵ And they shall be like mighty men, treading down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle, and they shall fight, because the Lord is with them: and the riders on horses shall be made ashamed. ⁶ And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and the house of Joseph will I save, and I will bring them again to their own homes; for I have mercy upon them, and they shall be as though I had never cast them off; for I am the Lord their God, and I will answer their prayer.

⁶ And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and the house of Joseph will I save, and I will bring them again to their own homes; for I have mercy upon them, and they shall be as though I had never cast them off; for I am the Lord their God, and I will answer their prayer. ⁷ And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as though from wine: and their children shall see it, and be rejoiced; their heart shall be glad in the Lord.

⁷ And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as though from wine: and their children shall see it, and be rejoiced; their heart shall be glad in the Lord. ⁸ I will call for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased formerly.

⁸ I will call for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased formerly. ⁹ And when I shall have scattered them among the people, they will remember me in the far-off countries: therefore shall they live with their children, and return again.

⁹ And when I shall have scattered them among the people, they will remember me in the far-off countries: therefore shall they live with their children, and return again. ¹⁰ And I will bring them back again out of the land of Egypt, and out of Assyria will I gather them; and into the land of Gil’ad and Lebanon will I bring them, and it shall not be sufficient for them.

¹⁰ And I will bring them back again out of the land of Egypt, and out of Assyria will I gather them; and into the land of Gil’ad and Lebanon will I bring them, and it shall not be sufficient for them. ¹¹ And he will pass through the sea with distress, and he will smite in the sea the waves, and there shall dry up all the deeps of the stream: and there shall be brought down the pride of Assyria, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away. ¹² And I will strengthen them in the Lord, and in his name shall they ever walk, saith the Lord.

⁶ On that day will I make the chiefs of Judah like a fire-hearth among the wood, and like a torch of fire among sheaves; and they shall devour on the right hand and on the left all the people round about; and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.

⁹ And the Lord will be king over all the earth: on that day shall the Lord be acknowledged one, and his name be one.

¹⁴ And also Judah will have to fight against Jerusalem: and there shall be gathered together the wealth of all the nations round about, gold, and silver, and garments, in great abundance. ¹⁵ And thus shall be the plague of the horses, of the mules, of the camels, and of the asses, and of all the beasts that will be in these camps, just like this plague. ¹⁶ And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left out of all the nations who will have come against Jerusalem, yea, these shall go up year by year to bow down before the King, the Lord of hosts, and to celebrate the feast of tabernacles. ¹⁷ And it shall happen, that whoso will not come up out of the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to bow down before the King, the Lord of hosts,—even upon these there shall be no rain. ¹⁸ And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, then shall not any rain fall upon them also: this shall be the plague, wherewith the Lord will afflict the nations that will not come up to celebrate the feast of tabernacles.

²⁰ On that day shall every thing, even to the bells of the horses, be holy unto the Lord; and the pots in the Lord’s house shall be like the bowls before the altar. ²¹ And every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holy unto the Lord of hosts; and all those that sacrifice will come and take some of them, and seethe therein: and on that day there shall be no more any trader in the house of the Lord of host.

³ And Esau I hated; and I rendered his mountains a desert, and his heritage a dwelling for the monsters of the wilderness. ⁴ Should Edom even say, We are impoverished; but we will return and build the ruined places: thus hath said the Lord of hosts, They may indeed build, but I will surely throw down; and men shall call them, The territory of wickedness, and, The people against whom the Lord hath indignation to eternity.

⁴ Should Edom even say, We are impoverished; but we will return and build the ruined places: thus hath said the Lord of hosts, They may indeed build, but I will surely throw down; and men shall call them, The territory of wickedness, and, The people against whom the Lord hath indignation to eternity.

⁴ Should Edom even say, We are impoverished; but we will return and build the ruined places: thus hath said the Lord of hosts, They may indeed build, but I will surely throw down; and men shall call them, The territory of wickedness, and, The people against whom the Lord hath indignation to eternity. ⁵ And your eyes shall see it; and ye shall then say, The Lord will be magnified beyond the territory of Israel.