<vn='1'><sn="1945">Woe</s> unto them that <sn="2710">decree</s><sn="205">unrighteous</s><sn="2711">decrees</s>, and that <sn="3789">write</s><sn="5999">grievousness</s> which they have <sn="3789">prescribed</s>; </v>
<vn='2'>To turn <sn="5186">aside</s> the <sn="1800">needy</s> from <sn="4480 1779">judgment</s>, and to take <sn="1497">away</s> the <sn="4941">right</s> from the <sn="6041">poor</s> of my <sn="5971">people</s>, that <sn="490">widows</s> may <sn="1961">be</s> their <sn="7998">prey</s>, and that they may <sn="962">rob</s> the <sn="3490">fatherless</s>! </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="4100">what</s> will ye <sn="6213">do</s> in the <sn="3117">day</s> of <sn="6486">visitation</s>, and in the <sn="7722">desolation</s> which shall <sn="935">come</s> from <sn="4480 4801">far</s>? <sn="5921">to</s><sn="4310">whom</s> will ye <sn="5127">flee</s> for <sn="5833">help</s>? and <sn="575">where</s> will ye <sn="5800">leave</s> your <sn="3519">glory</s>? </v>
<vn='4'><sn="1115">Without</s> me they shall bow <sn="3766">down</s><sn="8478">under</s> the <sn="616">prisoners</s>, and they shall <sn="5307">fall</s><sn="8478">under</s> the <sn="2026">slain</s>. For <sn="3605">all</s><sn="2063">this</s> his <sn="639">anger</s> is <sn="3808">not</s> turned <sn="7725">away</s>, but his <sn="3027">hand</s> is stretched <sn="5186">out</s><sn="5750">still</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>O <sn="804">Assyrian</s>, the <sn="7626">rod</s> of mine <sn="639">anger</s>, and the <sn="4294">staff</s> in their <sn="3027">hand</s> is mine <sn="2195">indignation</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>I will <sn="7971">send</s> him against a <sn="2611">hypocritical</s><sn="1471">nation</s>, and <sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> of my <sn="5678">wrath</s> will I give him a <sn="6680">charge</s>, to <sn="7997">take</s> the <sn="7998">spoil</s>, and to <sn="962">take</s> the <sn="957">prey</s>, and to tread them <sn="4823">down</s> like the <sn="2563">mire</s> of the <sn="2351">streets</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>Howbeit <sn="1931">he</s><sn="1819">meaneth</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="3651">so</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> doth his <sn="3824">heart</s><sn="2803">think</s><sn="3651">so</s>; <sn="3588">but</s> it is in his <sn="3824">heart</s> to <sn="8045">destroy</s> and cut <sn="3772">off</s><sn="1471">nations</s><sn="3808">not</s> a <sn="4592">few</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="3588">For</s> he <sn="559">saith</s>, Are <sn="3808">not</s> my <sn="8269">princes</s><sn="3162">altogether</s><sn="4428">kings</s>? </v>
<vn='9'> Is <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3641">Calno</s> as <sn="3751">Carchemish</s>? is <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2574">Hamath</s> as <sn="774">Arpad</s>? is <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8111">Samaria</s> as <sn="1834">Damascus</s>? </v>
<vn='10'><sn="834">As</s> my <sn="3027">hand</s> hath <sn="4672">found</s> the <sn="4467">kingdoms</s> of the <sn="457">idols</s>, and whose graven <sn="6456">images</s> did excel them of <sn="4480 3389">Jerusalem</s> and of <sn="4480 8111">Samaria</s>; </v>
<vn='11'>Shall I <sn="3808">not</s>, <sn="834">as</s> I have <sn="6213">done</s> unto <sn="8111">Samaria</s> and her <sn="457">idols</s>, <sn="3651">so</s><sn="6213">do</s> to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> and her <sn="6091">idols</s>? </v>
<vn='12'>Wherefore it shall come to <sn="1961">pass</s>, that <sn="3588">when</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s> hath <sn="1214">performed</s> his <sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">whole</s><sn="4639">work</s> upon <sn="2022">mount</s><sn="6726">Zion</s> and on <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, I will <sn="6485 5921">punish</s> the <sn="6529">fruit</s> of the <sn="1433">stout</s><sn="3824">heart</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s>, <sn="5921">and</s> the <sn="8597">glory</s> of his <sn="7312">high</s><sn="5869">looks</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="3588">For</s> he <sn="559">saith</s>, By the <sn="3581">strength</s> of my <sn="3027">hand</s> I have <sn="6213">done</s> it, and by my <sn="2451">wisdom</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> I am <sn="995">prudent</s>: and I have <sn="5493">removed</s> the <sn="1367">bounds</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s>, and have <sn="8154">robbed</s> their <sn="6259">treasures</s>, and I have put <sn="3381">down</s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> like a <sn="47">valiant</s> man: </v>
<vn='14'>And my <sn="3027">hand</s> hath <sn="4672">found</s> as a <sn="7064">nest</s> the <sn="2428">riches</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s>: and as one <sn="622">gathereth</s><sn="1000">eggs</s> that are <sn="5800">left</s>, have <sn="589">I</s><sn="622">gathered</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="776">earth</s>; and there <sn="1961">was</s><sn="3808">none</s> that <sn="5074">moved</s> the <sn="3671">wing</s>, or <sn="6475">opened</s> the <sn="6310">mouth</s>, or <sn="6850">peeped</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>Shall the <sn="1631">axe</s> boast <sn="6286">itself</s><sn="5921">against</s> him that <sn="2672">heweth</s> therewith? or shall the <sn="4883">saw</s> magnify <sn="1431">itself</s><sn="5921">against</s> him that <sn="5130">shaketh</s> it? as if the <sn="7626">rod</s> should shake itself <sn="5130">against</s><sn="*853"></s> them that lift it <sn="7311">up</s>, or as if the <sn="4294">staff</s> should lift <sn="7311">up</s> itself, as if it were <sn="3808">no</s><sn="6086">wood</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="3651">Therefore</s> shall the <sn="113">Lord</s>, the <sn="3068">Lord</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, <sn="7971">send</s> among his fat <sn="4924">ones</s><sn="7332">leanness</s>; and <sn="8478">under</s> his <sn="3519">glory</s> he shall <sn="3344">kindle</s> a <sn="3350">burning</s> like the <sn="3350">burning</s> of a <sn="784">fire</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And the <sn="216">light</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> for a <sn="784">fire</s>, and his Holy <sn="6918">One</s> for a <sn="3852">flame</s>: and it shall <sn="1197">burn</s> and <sn="398">devour</s> his <sn="7898">thorns</s> and his <sn="8068">briers</s> in <sn="259">one</s><sn="3117">day</s>; </v>
<vn='18'>And shall <sn="3615">consume</s> the <sn="3519">glory</s> of his <sn="3293">forest</s>, and of his fruitful <sn="3759">field</s>, both <sn="4480 5315">soul</s> and <sn="1320">body</s>: and they shall <sn="1961">be</s> as when a <sn="5263">standard</s> -bearer <sn="4549">fainteth</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And the <sn="7605">rest</s> of the <sn="6086">trees</s> of his <sn="3293">forest</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="4557">few</s>, that a <sn="5288">child</s> may <sn="3789">write</s> them. </v>
<vn='20'>And it shall come to <sn="1961">pass</s> in <sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s>, that the <sn="7605">remnant</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and such as are <sn="6413">escaped</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3290">Jacob</s>, shall <sn="3808">no</s><sn="5750">more</s><sn="3254">again</s><sn="8172">stay</s><sn="5921">upon</s> him that <sn="5221">smote</s> them; but shall <sn="8172">stay</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, the Holy <sn="6918">One</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, in <sn="571">truth</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>The <sn="7605">remnant</s> shall <sn="7725">return</s>, even the <sn="7605">remnant</s> of <sn="3290">Jacob</s>, <sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="1368">mighty</s><sn="410">God</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="518">though</s> thy <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="1961">be</s> as the <sn="2344">sand</s> of the <sn="3220">sea</s>, yet a <sn="7605">remnant</s> of them shall <sn="7725">return</s>: the <sn="3631">consumption</s><sn="2782">decreed</s> shall <sn="7857">overflow</s> with <sn="6666">righteousness</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s> shall <sn="6213">make</s> a <sn="3617">consumption</s>, even <sn="2782">determined</s>, in the <sn="7130">midst</s> of <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="776">land</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="3651">Therefore</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, O my <sn="5971">people</s> that <sn="3427">dwellest</s> in <sn="6726">Zion</s>, be <sn="408">not</s><sn="3372">afraid</s> of the <sn="4480 804">Assyrian</s>: he shall <sn="5221">smite</s> thee with a <sn="7626">rod</s>, and shall lift <sn="5375">up</s> his <sn="4294">staff</s><sn="5921">against</s> thee, after the <sn="1870">manner</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="5750">yet</s> a <sn="4213">very</s><sn="4592">little</s> while, and the <sn="2195">indignation</s> shall <sn="3615">cease</s>, and mine <sn="639">anger</s><sn="5921">in</s> their <sn="8399">destruction</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s> shall stir <sn="5782">up</s> a <sn="7752">scourge</s><sn="5921">for</s> him according to the <sn="4347">slaughter</s> of <sn="4080">Midian</s> at the <sn="6697">rock</s> of <sn="6159">Oreb</s>: and as his <sn="4294">rod</s> was <sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="3220">sea</s>, so shall he lift it <sn="5375">up</s> after the <sn="1870">manner</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And it shall come to <sn="1961">pass</s> in <sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s>, that his <sn="5448">burden</s> shall be taken <sn="5493">away</s> from <sn="4480 5921">off</s> thy <sn="7926">shoulder</s>, and his <sn="5923">yoke</s> from <sn="4480 5921">off</s> thy <sn="6677">neck</s>, and the <sn="5923">yoke</s> shall be <sn="2254">destroyed</s><sn="4480 6440">because</s> of the <sn="8081">anointing</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>He is <sn="935">come</s><sn="5921">to</s><sn="5857">Aiath</s>, he is <sn="5674">passed</s> to <sn="4051">Migron</s>; at <sn="4363">Michmash</s> he hath laid <sn="6485">up</s> his <sn="3627">carriages</s>: </v>
<vn='29'>They are gone <sn="5674">over</s> the <sn="4569">passage</s>: they have taken up their <sn="4411">lodging</s> at <sn="1387">Geba</s>; <sn="7414">Ramah</s> is <sn="2729">afraid</s>; <sn="1390">Gibeah</s> of <sn="7586">Saul</s> is <sn="5127">fled</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>Lift <sn="6670">up</s> thy <sn="6963">voice</s>, O <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="1554">Gallim</s>: cause it to be <sn="7181">heard</s> unto <sn="3919">Laish</s>, O <sn="6041">poor</s><sn="6068">Anathoth</s>. </v>
<vn='31'><sn="4088">Madmenah</s> is <sn="5074">removed</s>; the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="1374">Gebim</s> gather themselves to <sn="5756">flee</s>. </v>
<vn='32'>As <sn="5750">yet</s> shall he <sn="5975">remain</s> at <sn="5011">Nob</s> that <sn="3117">day</s>: he shall <sn="5130">shake</s> his <sn="3027">hand</s> against the <sn="2022">mount</s> of the <sn="1004">daughter</s> of <sn="6726">Zion</s>, the <sn="1389">hill</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='33'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, the <sn="113">Lord</s>, the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, shall <sn="5586">lop</s> the <sn="6288">bough</s> with <sn="4637">terror</s>: and the high <sn="7312">ones</s> of <sn="6967">stature</s> shall be hewn <sn="1438">down</s>, and the <sn="1364">haughty</s> shall be <sn="8213">humbled</s>. </v>
<vn='34'>And he shall cut <sn="5362">down</s> the <sn="5442">thickets</s> of the <sn="3293">forest</s> with <sn="1270">iron</s>, and <sn="3844">Lebanon</s> shall <sn="5307">fall</s> by a mighty <sn="117">one</s>. </v>