Dual Panel1“The rebellious <05637> children <01121> are as good as dead,” says <05002> the Lord <03068>, “those who make <06213> plans <06098> without <04480> <03808> consulting me, who form <05258> alliances <04541> without <03808> consulting my Spirit <07307>, and thereby <04616> compound <05595> their sin <02403>.
2They travel <01980> down <03381> to Egypt <04714> without <03808> seeking <07592> my will, seeking Pharaoh’s <06547> protection <04581>, and looking for safety <02620> in Egypt’s <04714> protective shade <06738>.
3But Pharaoh’s <06547> protection <04581> will bring you nothing but shame <01322>, and the safety of Egypt’s <04714> protective <02622> shade <06738> nothing but humiliation <03639>.
4Though <03588> his officials <08269> are <01961> in Zoan <06814> and his messengers <04397> arrive <05060> at Hanes <02609>,
5all <03605> will be put to shame <0887> because <05921> of a nation <05971> that cannot <03808> help <03276> them, who cannot <03808> give <05828> them aid <05828> or <03808> help <03276>, but only <03588> shame <01322> and <01571> disgrace <02781>.”
6This is a message <04853> about the animals <0929> in the Negev <05045>: Through a land <0776> of distress <06695> and danger <06869>, inhabited by lionesses <03833> and roaring lions <03918>, by snakes <0660> and darting <05774> adders <08314>, they <01992> transport <05375> their wealth <02428> on <05921> the backs <03802> of donkeys <05895>, their riches <0214> on <05921> the humps <01707> of camels <01581>, to a nation <05971> that cannot <03808> help <03276> them.
7Egypt <04714> is totally incapable of helping <05826>. For this <02063> reason <03651> I call <07121> her ‘Proud <07293> one who is silenced <07674>.’”
8Now <06258> go <0935>, write <03789> it down <03789> on <05921> a tablet <03871> in their presence <0854>, inscribe <02710> it on <05921> a scroll <05612>, so that it might be preserved <0314> for a future time <03117> as an enduring <05769> <05704> witness <05707>.
9For <03588> these <01931> are rebellious <04805> people <05971>– they are lying <03586> children <01121>, children <01121> unwilling <014> <03808> to obey <08085> the Lord’s <03068> law <08451>.
10They say <0559> to the visionaries <07200>, “See <07200> no <03808> more visions!” and to the seers <02374>, “Don’t <03808> relate <02372> messages to us about what is right <05229>! Tell <01696> us nice things <02513>, relate <02372> deceptive <04123> messages.
11Turn aside <05493> from <04480> the way <01870>, stray <05186> off <04480> the path <0734>. Remove <07673> from our presence <06440> the Holy One <06918> of Israel <03478>.”
12For this reason <03651> this is what <03541> the Holy One <06918> of Israel <03478> says <0559>: “You have rejected <03988> this <02088> message <01697>; you trust <0982> instead in your ability to oppress <06233> and trick <03868>, and rely <08172> on <05921> that kind of behavior.
13So <03651> this <02088> sin <05771> will become <01961> your downfall <06556>. You will be like a high <07682> wall <02346> that <0834> bulges <01158> and cracks <05307> and is ready to collapse <0935>; it crumbles <07667> suddenly <06597>, in a flash <06621>.
14It shatters <07665> in pieces <07667> like a clay <03335> jar <05035>, so shattered to bits <03807> that none <03808> of it can be salvaged <02550>. Among its fragments <04386> one cannot <03808> find <04672> a shard <02789> large enough to scoop <02846> a hot coal <0784> from a fire <03344> or to skim off <02834> water <04325> from a cistern <01360>.”
15For <03588> this is what <03541> the master <0136>, the Lord <03069>, the Holy One <06918> of Israel <03478> says <0559>: “If you repented <07729> and patiently waited <05183> for me, you would be <01961> delivered <03467>; if you calmly <08252> trusted <0985> in me you would find strength <01369>, but you are unwilling <014> <03808>.
16You say <0559>, ‘No <03808>, we will flee <05127> on <05921> horses <05483>,’ so <03651> you will indeed flee <05127>. You say, ‘We will ride <07392> on <05921> fast <07031> horses,’ so <03651> your pursuers <07291> will be fast <07043>.
17One <0259> thousand <0505> will scurry at the battle cry <01606> of one <0259> enemy soldier; at the battle cry <01606> of five <02568> enemy soldiers you will all run away <05127>, until <05704> the remaining few are as isolated <03498> as a flagpole <08650> on <05921> a mountaintop <02022> <07218> or a signal flag <05251> on <05921> a hill <01389>.”
18For this reason <03651> the Lord <03068> is ready <02442> to show <02603> you mercy <02603>; he sits on <07311> his throne <07311>, ready to have compassion <07355> on you. Indeed <03588>, the Lord <03068> is a just <04941> God <0430>; all <03605> who wait <02442> for him in faith will be blessed <0835>.
19For <03588> people <05971> will live <03427> in Zion <06726>; in Jerusalem <03389> you will weep <01058> no <03808> more. When he hears your cry <06963> of despair <02201>, he will indeed show <02603> <02603> you mercy <02603> <02603>; when he hears <08085> it, he will respond <06030> to you.
20The sovereign master <0136> will give <05414> you distress <06862> to eat <03899> and suffering <03906> to drink <04325>; but your teachers <03384> will no <03808> longer <05750> be <01961> hidden <03670>; your eyes <05869> will see <07200> them <03384>.
21You will hear <08085> a word <01697> spoken behind <0310> you, saying <0559>, “This <02088> is the correct way <01870>, walk in <01980> it,” whether you are heading to the right <0541> or the left <08041>.
22You will desecrate <02930> your silver-plated <03701> <06826> idols <06456> and your gold-plated <02091> <0642> images <04541>. You will throw <02219> them away <02219> as if <03644> they were a menstrual rag <01739>, saying <0559> to them, “Get out <03318>!”
23He will water <04306> <05414> the seed <02233> you plant <02232> in the ground <0127>, and the ground <0127> will <01961> produce crops <08393> <03899> in abundance <08082> <01879>. At that time <03117> your cattle <04735> will graze <07462> in wide <07337> pastures <03733>.
24The oxen <0504> and donkeys <05895> used in plowing <0127> <05647> will eat <0398> seasoned <02548> feed <01098> winnowed <02219> with <0834> a shovel <07371> and pitchfork <04214>.
25On <05921> every <03605> high <01364> mountain <02022> and every <03605> high <05375> hill <01389> there will be streams <06388> flowing <02988> with water <04325>, at the time <03117> of great <07227> slaughter <02027> when the fortified towers <04026> collapse <05307>.
26The light <0216> of the full moon <03842> will be <01961> like the sun’s <02535> glare <0216> and the sun’s <02535> glare <0216> will be <01961> seven times <07659> brighter, like the light <0216> of seven <07651> days <03117>, when <03117> the Lord <03068> binds up <02280> his people’s <05971> fractured <04273> bones and heals <07495> their severe wound <04347>.
27Look <02009>, the name <08034> of the Lord <03068> comes <0935> from a distant place <04801> in raging <01197> anger <0639> and awesome <03514> splendor <04858>. He speaks <08193> angrily <02195> <04390> and his word <03956> is like destructive <0398> fire <0784>.
28His battle cry <07307> overwhelms like a flooding <07857> river <05158> that reaches <05704> one’s neck <06677>. He shakes <05130> the nations <01471> in a sieve <05299> that isolates <02673> the chaff <07723>; he puts a bit <07448> into <05921> the mouth <03895> of the nations <05971> and leads <08582> them to destruction <08582>.
29You will sing <07892> as you do in the evening <03915> when <01961> you are celebrating <08057> a festival <02282> <06942>. You will be happy <03824> like one who plays <01980> a flute <02485> as he goes <0935> to <0413> the mountain <02022> of the Lord <03068>, the Rock <06697> who shelters Israel <03478>.
30The Lord <03068> will give a mighty <01935> shout <06963> and intervene <05183> in power <02220>, with furious <02197> anger <0639> and flaming <03851>, destructive <0398> fire <0784>, with a driving <05311> rainstorm <02230> and hailstones <01259> <068>.
31Indeed <03588>, the Lord’s <03068> shout <06963> will shatter <02865> Assyria <0804>; he will beat <05221> them with a club <07626>.
32Every <03605> blow <04569> from his punishing <04145> cudgel <04294>, with which <0834> the Lord <03068> will beat <05117> them, will be accompanied by music from <05921> the tambourine <08596> and harp <03658>, and he will attack <03898> them with his weapons <04421>.
33For <03588> the burial place <08613> is already <0865> prepared <06186>; it <01931> has been made <03559> deep <06009> and wide <07337> for the king <04428>. The firewood <06086> <0784> is piled <04071> high <07235> on it. The Lord’s <03068> breath <05397>, like a stream <05158> flowing with brimstone <01614>, will ignite <01197> it.