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In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod ,
when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him ,
and he fought against Ashdod and took it ,
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at the same time the LORD spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz ,
saying , "
Go ,
and remove the sackcloth from your body ,
and take your sandals off your feet ."
And he did so ,
walking naked and barefoot .
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Then the LORD said , "
Just as My servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder against Egypt and Ethiopia ,
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so shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians as prisoners and the Ethiopians as captives ,
young and old ,
naked and barefoot ,
with their buttocks uncovered ,
to the shame of Egypt .
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Then they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation and Egypt their glory .
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And the inhabitant of this territory will say in that day , "
Surely such is our expectation ,
wherever we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria ;
and how shall we escape ?"'
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The burden against the Wilderness of the Sea .
As whirlwinds in the South pass through ,
So it comes from the desert ,
from a terrible land .
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A distressing vision is declared to me ;
The treacherous dealer deals treacherously ,
And the plunderer plunders .
Go up ,
O Elam !
Besiege ,
O Media !
All its sighing I have made to cease .
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Therefore my loins are filled with pain ;
Pangs have taken hold of me ,
like the pangs of a woman in labor .
I was distressed when I heard it ;
I was dismayed when I saw it .
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My heart wavered ,
fearfulness frightened me ;
The night for which I longed He turned into fear for me .
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Prepare the table ,
Set a watchman in the tower ,
Eat and drink .
Arise ,
you princes ,
Anoint the shield !
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For thus has the Lord said to me : "
Go ,
set a watchman ,
Let him declare what he sees ."
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And he saw a chariot with a pair of horsemen ,
A chariot of donkeys ,
and a chariot of camels ,
And he listened earnestly with great care .
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Then he cried , "
A lion ,
my Lord !
I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime ;
I have sat at my post every night .
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And look ,
here comes a chariot of men with a pair of horsemen !"
Then he answered and said , "
Babylon is fallen ,
is fallen !
And all the carved images of her gods He has broken to the ground ."
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Oh ,
my threshing and the grain of my floor !
That which I have heard from the LORD of hosts ,
The God of Israel ,
I have declared to you .
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The burden against Dumah .
He calls to me out of Seir , "
Watchman ,
what of the night ?
Watchman ,
what of the night ?"
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The watchman said , "
The morning comes ,
and also the night .
If you will inquire ,
inquire ;
Return !
Come back !"
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The burden against Arabia .
In the forest in Arabia you will lodge ,
O you traveling companies of Dedanites .
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O inhabitants of the land of Tema ,
Bring water to him who is thirsty ;
With their bread they met him who fled .
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For they fled from the swords ,
from the drawn sword ,
From the bent bow ,
and from the distress of war .
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For thus the LORD has said to me : "
Within a year ,
according to the year of a hired man ,
all the glory of Kedar will fail ;
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and the remainder of the number of archers ,
the mighty men of the people of Kedar ,
will be diminished ;
for the LORD God of Israel has spoken it ."
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The burden against the Valley of Vision .
What ails you now ,
that you have all gone up to the housetops ,
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You who are full of noise ,
A tumultuous city ,
a joyous city ?
Your slain men are not slain with the sword ,
Nor dead in battle .
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All your rulers have fled together ;
They are captured by the archers .
All who are found in you are bound together ;
They have fled from afar .
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Therefore I said , "
Look away from me ,
I will weep bitterly ;
Do not labor to comfort me Because of the plundering of the daughter of my people ."
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For it is a day of trouble and treading down and perplexity By the Lord GOD of hosts In the Valley of Vision --
Breaking down the walls And of crying to the mountain .
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Elam bore the quiver With chariots of men and horsemen ,
And Kir uncovered the shield .
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It shall come to pass that your choicest valleys Shall be full of chariots ,
And the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate .
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He removed the protection of Judah .
You looked in that day to the armor of the House of the Forest ;
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You also saw the damage to the city of David ,
That it was great ;
And you gathered together the waters of the lower pool .
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You numbered the houses of Jerusalem ,
And the houses you broke down To fortify the wall .
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You also made a reservoir between the two walls For the water of the old pool .
But you did not look to its Maker ,
Nor did you have respect for Him who fashioned it long ago .
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And in that day the Lord GOD of hosts Called for weeping and for mourning ,
For baldness and for girding with sackcloth .
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But instead ,
joy and gladness ,
Slaying oxen and killing sheep ,
Eating meat and drinking wine : "
Let us eat and drink ,
for tomorrow we die !"
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Then it was revealed in my hearing by the LORD of hosts , "
Surely for this iniquity there will be no atonement for you ,
Even to your death ,"
says the Lord GOD of hosts .
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Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts : "
Go ,
proceed to this steward ,
To Shebna ,
who is over the house ,
and say :
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What have you here ,
and whom have you here ,
That you have hewn a sepulcher here ,
As he who hews himself a sepulcher on high ,
Who carves a tomb for himself in a rock ?
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Indeed ,
the LORD will throw you away violently ,
O mighty man ,
And will surely seize you .
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He will surely turn violently and toss you like a ball Into a large country ;
There you shall die ,
and there your glorious chariots Shall be the shame of your master '
s house .
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So I will drive you out of your office ,
And from your position he will pull you down .
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Then it shall be in that day ,
That I will call My servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah ;
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I will clothe him with your robe And strengthen him with your belt ;
I will commit your responsibility into his hand .
He shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem And to the house of Judah .
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The key of the house of David I will lay on his shoulder ;
So he shall open ,
and no one shall shut ;
And he shall shut ,
and no one shall open .
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I will fasten him as a peg in a secure place ,
And he will become a glorious throne to his father '
s house .
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They will hang on him all the glory of his father '
s house ,
the offspring and the posterity ,
all vessels of small quantity ,
from the cups to all the pitchers .
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In that day ,'
says the LORD of hosts , "
the peg that is fastened in the secure place will be removed and be cut down and fall ,
and the burden that was on it will be cut off ;
for the LORD has spoken ."'
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The burden against Tyre .
Wail ,
you ships of Tarshish !
For it is laid waste ,
So that there is no house ,
no harbor ;
From the land of Cyprus it is revealed to them .