Isaiah:10
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Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees ,
and that write grievousness which they have prescribed ;
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To turn aside the needy from judgment ,
and to take away the right from the poor of my people ,
that widows may be their prey ,
and that they may rob the fatherless !
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And what will ye do in the day of visitation ,
and in the desolation which shall come from far ?
to whom will ye flee for help ?
and where will ye leave your glory ?
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Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners ,
and they shall fall under the slain .
For all this his anger is not turned away ,
but his hand is stretched out still .
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O Assyrian ,
the rod of mine anger ,
and the staff in their hand is mine indignation za #
am #.
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I will send him against an hypocritical nation ,
and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge ,
to take the spoil ,
and to take the prey ,
and to tread them down like the mire of the streets .
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Howbeit he meaneth not so ,
neither doth his heart think so ;
but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few m @#
at #.
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For he saith ,
Are not my princes altogether kings ?
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Is not Calno as Carchemish ?
is not Hamath as Arpad ?
is not Samaria as Damascus ?
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As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols ,
and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria ;
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Shall I not ,
as I have done unto Samaria and her idols ,
so do to Jerusalem and her idols ?
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Wherefore it shall come to pass ,
that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem ,
I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria ,
and the glory of his high looks .
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For he saith ,
By the strength of my hand I have done it ,
and by my wisdom ;
for I am prudent :
and I have removed the bounds of the people ,
and have robbed their treasures #,
and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant #
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And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people :
and as one gathereth eggs that are left ,
have I gathered all the earth ;
and there was none that moved the wing ,
or opened the mouth ,
or peeped .
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Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith ?
or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it ?
as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up ,
or as if the staff should lift up itself ,
as if it were no wood .
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Therefore shall the Lord ,
the Lord #
A of hosts ,
send among his fat ones leanness ;
and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire .
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And the light of Israel shall be for a fire ,
and his Holy One for a flame :
and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day ;
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And shall consume the glory of his forest ya #
ar #,
and of his fruitful field ,
both soul and body :
and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth .
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And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few ,
that a child may write them .
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And it shall come to pass in that day ,
that the remnant of Israel Yisra #
el #,
and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob Ya #
aqob #,
shall no more again stay upon him that smote them ;
but shall stay upon the LORD ,
the Holy One of Israel Yisra #
el #,
in truth .
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The remnant shall return ,
even the remnant of Jacob Ya #
aqob #,
unto the mighty God .
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For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea ,
yet a remnant of them shall return :
the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness .
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For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption ,
even determined ,
in the midst of all the land .
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts ,
O my people that dwellest in Zion ,
be not afraid of the Assyrian :
he shall smite thee with a rod ,
and shall lift up his staff against thee ,
after the manner of Egypt .
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For yet a very little while m @#
at #,
and the indignation shall cease ,
and mine anger in their destruction .
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And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb :
and as his rod was upon the sea ,
so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt .
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And it shall come to pass in that day ,
that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder ,
and his yoke from off thy neck tsavva #
r #,
and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing .
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He is come to Aiath ,
he is passed to Migron ;
at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages :
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They are gone over the passage ma #
abar #:
they have taken up their lodging at Geba ;
Ramah is afraid ;
Gibeah of Saul is fled .
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Lift up thy voice ,
O daughter of Gallim :
cause it to be heard unto Laish ,
O poor Anathoth .
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Madmenah is removed ;
the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee .
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As yet shall he remain at Nob that day :
he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion ,
the hill of Jerusalem .
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Behold ,
the Lord ,
the LORD of hosts ,
shall lop the bough with terror ma #
aratsah #:
and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down ,
and the haughty shall be humbled .
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And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron ,
and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one .