Isaiah:10

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* Woe unto those that decree decrees of unrighteousness , and the writers who write down wrongful things ; * To turn aside from judgment the needy , and to rob the just due of the poor of my people , that widows may be their prey , and they may plunder the fatherless ! * And what will ye do on the day of the visitation , and at the desolation which will come from afar ? to whom will ye flee for help ? and where will ye leave your glory ? * Without me they shall kneel down under the prisoners , and under the slain shall they fall . For all this his anger is not turned away , but his hand still remaineth stretched out . * Woe over Asshur , the rod of my anger ; and a staff is in their hand my indignation . * Against a hypocritical nation will I send him , and against the people of my fury will I give him a charge , to take the spoil , and to carry off the prey , and to render them trodden down like the mire of the streets . * But he deemeth it not so , and his heart doth not think so ; but to destroy is in his heart , and to cut off nations not a few . * For he saith , "Are not my princes altogether kings ? * Is not Calno like Karkemish ? is not Chamath like Arpad ? is not Samaria like Damascus ? * As my hand hath reached the kingdoms of the idols , whose graven images exceeded in number those of Jerusalem and of Samaria : * Shall I not , as I have done unto Samaria and her idols , do so unto Jerusalem and unto her idols ?" * Wherefore shall it come to pass , that when the Lord hath completed all his work on mount Zion and in Jerusalem , I will punish the fruit of the haughtiness of the king of Asshur , and the vain –glory of his proud looks . * 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 . * 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 ." * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * And the glory of his forest , and of his fruitful field , both soul and body , will he destroy : and he shall be as eaten to powder by the worms . * And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few in number , so that a boy may write them down . * And it shall come to pass on that day , that the remnant of Israel , and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob , shall not farther lean for support upon him that smiteth them ; but they shall lean upon the Lord , the Holy one of Israel , in truth . * The remnant shall return , the remnant of Jacob , unto the mighty God . * For though thy people Israel should be as the sand of the sea , a remnant of them shall return : destruction is decreed , it overfloweth with righteousness . * For it is completed and decreed : the Lord , the Eternal of hosts will do it in the midst of all the land . * Therefore thus hath said the Lord the Eternal of hosts , Be not afraid , O my people that dwellest in Zion , of Asshur , who will smite thee with the rod , and lift up his staff against thee , after the manner of Egypt . * For yet but a very little while more , and the indignation shall cease , and my anger shall be for their destruction . * And the Lord shall lift up a scourge over him like the smiting of Midian at the rock of ‘Oreb : and as his staff was lifted over the sea , so will he carry him off after the manner of Egypt . * And it shall come to pass in that day , that his burden shall be removed from off thy shoulder , and his yoke from off thy neck , and the yoke shall be broken because of the fatness . * He cometh to ‘Ayath , he passeth on to Migron ; at Michmash he layeth up his baggage ; * They go through the pass ; they take up their lodging at Geba ’; Ramah trembleth ; Gib ’ah of Saul fleeth . * Let thy voice resound , O daughter of Gallim ; listen Layshah ; O poor ‘Anathoth ! * Madmenah is in motion ; the inhabitants of Gebim are assembled to flee . * As yet today will he remain at Nob : then will he swing his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion , the hill of Jerusalem . * Behold , the Lord , the Eternal of hosts , will lop off the fruitful bough with terrific might : and those of towering growth shall be hewn down , and the high shall be laid low . * And he will cut down the thickets of the forests with iron , and the Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one .

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