Dual Panel1Woe <01945> to the rebellious <05637> (8802) children <01121>_, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>_, that take <06213> (8800) counsel <06098>_, but not of me; and that cover <05258> (8800) with a covering <04541>_, but not of my spirit <07307>_, that they may add <05595> (8800) sin <02403> to sin <02403>_:
2That walk <01980> (8802) to go down <03381> (8800) into Egypt <04714>_, and have not asked <07592> (8804) at my mouth <06310>_; to strengthen <05810> (8800) themselves in the strength <04581> of Pharaoh <06547>_, and to trust <02620> (8800) in the shadow <06738> of Egypt <04714>_!
3Therefore shall the strength <04581> of Pharaoh <06547> be your shame <01322>_, and the trust <02622> in the shadow <06738> of Egypt <04714> [your] confusion <03639>_.
4For his princes <08269> were at Zoan <06814>_, and his ambassadors <04397> came <05060> (8686) to Hanes <02609>_.
5They were all ashamed <03001> (8689) of a people <05971> [that] could not profit <03276> (8686) them, nor be an help <05828> nor profit <03276> (8687)_, but a shame <01322>_, and also a reproach <02781>_.
6The burden <04853> of the beasts <0929> of the south <05045>_: into the land <0776> of trouble <06869> and anguish <06695>_, from whence [come] the young <03833> and old lion <03918>_, the viper <0660> and fiery <08314> (0) flying <05774> (8789) serpent <08314>_, they will carry <05375> (8799) their riches <02428> upon the shoulders <03802> of young asses <05895>_, and their treasures <0214> upon the bunches <01707> of camels <01581>_, to a people <05971> [that] shall not profit <03276> (8686) [them].
7For the Egyptians <04714> shall help <05826> (8799) in vain <01892>_, and to no purpose <07385>_: therefore have I cried <07121> (8804) concerning this <02063>_, Their <01992> strength <07293> [is] to sit still <07674>_. {concerning...: or, to her}
8Now go <0935> (8798)_, write <03789> (8798) it before them in a table <03871>_, and note <02710> (8798) it in a book <05612>_, that it may be for the time <03117> to come <0314> for <05704> ever <05703> and ever <05769>_: {the...: Heb. the latter day}
9That this [is] a rebellious <04805> people <05971>_, lying <03586> children <01121>_, children <01121> [that] will <014> (8804) not hear <08085> (8800) the law <08451> of the LORD <03068>_:
10Which say <0559> (8804) to the seers <07200> (8802)_, See <07200> (8799) not; and to the prophets <02374>_, Prophesy <02372> (8799) not unto us right things <05229>_, speak <01696> (8761) unto us smooth things <02513>_, prophesy <02372> (8798) deceits <04123>_:
11Get you out <05493> (8798) of the way <01870>_, turn aside <05186> (8685) out of the path <0734>_, cause the Holy One <06918> of Israel <03478> to cease <07673> (8685) from before <06440> us.
12Wherefore thus saith <0559> (8804) the Holy One <06918> of Israel <03478>_, Because ye despise <03988> (8800) this word <01697>_, and trust <0982> (8799) in oppression <06233> and perverseness <03868> (8737)_, and stay <08172> (8735) thereon: {oppression: or, fraud}
13Therefore this iniquity <05771> shall be to you as a breach <06556> ready to fall <05307> (8802)_, swelling out <01158> (8737) in a high <07682> (8737) wall <02346>_, whose breaking <07667> cometh <0935> (8799) suddenly <06597> at an instant <06621>_.
14And he shall break <07665> (8804) it as the breaking <07667> of the potters <03335> (8802)_' vessel <05035> that is broken in pieces <03807> (8800)_; he shall not spare <02550> (8799)_: so that there shall not be found <04672> (8735) in the bursting <04386> of it a sherd <02789> to take <02846> (8800) fire <0784> from the hearth <03344> (8803)_, or to take <02834> (8800) water <04325> [withal] out of the pit <01360>_. {the potters'...: Heb. the bottle of potters}
15For thus saith <0559> (8804) the Lord <0136> GOD <03069>_, the Holy One <06918> of Israel <03478>_; In returning <07729> and rest <05183> shall ye be saved <03467> (8735)_; in quietness <08252> (8687) and in confidence <0985> shall be your strength <01369>_: and ye would <014> (8804) not.
16But ye said <0559> (8799)_, No; for we will flee <05127> (8799) upon horses <05483>_; therefore shall ye flee <05127> (8799)_: and, We will ride <07392> (8799) upon the swift <07031>_; therefore shall they that pursue <07291> (8802) you be swift <07043> (8735)_.
17One <0259> thousand <0505> [shall flee] at <06440> the rebuke <01606> of one <0259>_; at <06440> the rebuke <01606> of five <02568> shall ye flee <05127> (8799)_: till ye be left <03498> (8738) as a beacon <08650> upon the top <07218> of a mountain <02022>_, and as an ensign <05251> on an hill <01389>_. {a beacon: or, a tree bereft of branches, or, boughs: or, a mast}
18And therefore will the LORD <03068> wait <02442> (8762)_, that he may be gracious <02603> (8800) unto you, and therefore will he be exalted <07311> (8799)_, that he may have mercy <07355> (8763) upon you: for the LORD <03068> [is] a God <0430> of judgment <04941>_: blessed <0835> [are] all they that wait <02442> (8802) for him.
19For the people <05971> shall dwell <03427> (8799) in Zion <06726> at Jerusalem <03389>_: thou shalt weep <01058> (8799) no more <01058> (8800)_: he will be very <02603> (8800) gracious <02603> (8799) unto thee at the voice <06963> of thy cry <02199> (8800)_; when he shall hear <08085> (8800) it, he will answer <06030> (8804) thee.
20And [though] the Lord <0136> give <05414> (8804) you the bread <03899> of adversity <06862>_, and the water <04325> of affliction <03906>_, yet shall not thy teachers <03384> (8688) be removed into a corner <03670> (8735) any more, but thine eyes <05869> shall see <07200> (8802) thy teachers <03384> (8688)_: {affliction: or, oppression}
21And thine ears <0241> shall hear <08085> (8799) a word <01697> behind <0310> thee, saying <0559> (8800)_, This [is] the way <01870>_, walk ye in it <03212> (8798)_, when ye turn to the right hand <0541> (8686)_, and when ye turn to the left <08041> (8686)_.
22Ye shall defile <02930> (8765) also the covering <06826> of thy graven images <06456> of silver <03701>_, and the ornament <0642> of thy molten images <04541> of gold <02091>_: thou shalt cast them away <02219> (8799) as a menstruous cloth <01739>_; thou shalt say <0559> (8799) unto it, Get thee hence <03318> (8798)_. {thy graven...: Heb. the graven images of thy silver} {cast: Heb. scatter}
23Then shall he give <05414> (8804) the rain <04306> of thy seed <02233>_, that thou shalt sow <02232> (8799) the ground <0127> withal; and bread <03899> of the increase <08393> of the earth <0127>_, and it shall be fat <01879> and plenteous <08082>_: in that day <03117> shall thy cattle <04735> feed <07462> (8799) in large <07337> (8737) pastures <03733>_.
24The oxen <0504> likewise and the young asses <05895> that ear <05647> (8802) the ground <0127> shall eat <0398> (8799) clean <02548> provender <01098>_, which hath been winnowed <02219> (8802) with the shovel <07371> and with the fan <04214>_. {clean: or, savoury: Heb. leavened}
25And there shall be upon every high <01364> mountain <02022>_, and upon every high <05375> (8737) hill <01389>_, rivers <06388> [and] streams <02988> of waters <04325> in the day <03117> of the great <07227> slaughter <02027>_, when the towers <04026> fall <05307> (8800)_. {high hill: Heb. lifted up, etc}
26Moreover the light <0216> of the moon <03842> shall be as the light <0216> of the sun <02535>_, and the light <0216> of the sun <02535> shall be sevenfold <07659>_, as the light <0216> of seven <07651> days <03117>_, in the day <03117> that the LORD <03068> bindeth up <02280> (8800) the breach <07667> of his people <05971>_, and healeth <07495> (8799) the stroke <04273> of their wound <04347>_.
27Behold, the name <08034> of the LORD <03068> cometh <0935> (8804) from far <04801>_, burning <01197> (8802) [with] his anger <0639>_, and the burden <04858> [thereof is] heavy <03514>_: his lips <08193> are full <04390> (8804) of indignation <02195>_, and his tongue <03956> as a devouring <0398> (8802) fire <0784>_: {burden...: or, grievousness of flame} {heavy: Heb. heaviness}
28And his breath <07307>_, as an overflowing <07857> (8802) stream <05158>_, shall reach to the midst <02673> (8799) of the neck <06677>_, to sift <05130> (8687) the nations <01471> with the sieve <05299> of vanity <07723>_: and [there shall be] a bridle <07448> in the jaws <03895> of the people <05971>_, causing [them] to err <08582> (8688)_.
29Ye shall have a song <07892>_, as in the night <03915> [when] a holy <06942> (0) solemnity <02282> is kept <06942> (8692)_; and gladness <08057> of heart <03824>_, as when one goeth <01980> (8802) with a pipe <02485> to come <0935> (8800) into the mountain <02022> of the LORD <03068>_, to the mighty One <06697> of Israel <03478>_. {mighty...: Heb. Rock}
30And the LORD <03068> shall cause his glorious <01935> voice <06963> to be heard <08085> (8689)_, and shall shew <07200> (8686) the lighting down <05183> of his arm <02220>_, with the indignation <02197> of [his] anger <0639>_, and [with] the flame <03851> of a devouring <0398> (8802) fire <0784>_, [with] scattering <05311>_, and tempest <02230>_, and hailstones <068> <01259>_. {his glorious...: Heb. the glory of his voice}
31For through the voice <06963> of the LORD <03068> shall the Assyrian <0804> be beaten down <02865> (8735)_, [which] smote <05221> (8686) with a rod <07626>_.
32And [in] every place <03605> where the grounded <04145> staff <04294> shall pass <04569>_, which the LORD <03068> shall lay <05117> (8686) upon him, [it] shall be with tabrets <08596> and harps <03658>_: and in battles <04421> of shaking <08573> will he fight <03898> (8738) with it. {in every...: Heb. every passing of the rod founded} {lay...: Heb. cause to rest upon} {with it: or, against them}
33For Tophet <08613> [is] ordained <06186> (8803) of old <0865>_; yea, for the king <04428> it is prepared <03559> (8717)_; he hath made [it] deep <06009> (8689) [and] large <07337> (8689)_: the pile <04071> thereof [is] fire <0784> and much <07235> (8687) wood <06086>_; the breath <05397> of the LORD <03068>_, like a stream <05158> of brimstone <01614>_, doth kindle <01197> (8802) it. {of old: Heb. from yesterday}