301 "Woe to the rebellious children ," declares the Lord , "Who execute a plan , but not Mine , And make an alliance , but not of My Spirit , In order to add sin to sin ; 2 Who proceed down to Egypt Without consulting Me, To take refuge in the safety of Pharaoh And to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt ! 3 "Therefore the safety of Pharaoh will be your shame And the shelter in the shadow of Egypt , your humiliation . 4 "For their princes are at Zoan And their ambassadors arrive at Hanes . 5 "Everyone will be ashamed because of a people who cannot profit them, Who are not for help or profit , but for shame and also for reproach ." 6 The oracle concerning the beasts of the Negev . Through a land of distress and anguish , From where come lioness and lion , viper and flying serpent , They carry their riches on the backs of young donkeys And their treasures on camels' humps , To a people who cannot profit them; 7 Even Egypt , whose help is vain and empty . Therefore , I have called her " Rahab who has been exterminated ."
8 Now go , write it on a tablet before them And inscribe it on a scroll , That it may serve in the time to come As a witness forever e . 9 For this is a rebellious people , false sons , Sons who refuse e to listen To the instruction of the Lord ; 10 Who say to the seers , "You must not see visions"; And to the prophets , "You must not prophesy to us what is right , Speak to us pleasant words , Prophesy illusions . 11 "Get out of the way , turn aside from the path , Let us hear no e more about the Holy One of Israel ." 12 Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel , " Since you have rejected this word And have put your trust in oppression and guile , and have relied on them, 13 Therefore this iniquity will be to you Like a breach about to fall , A bulge in a high wall , Whose collapse comes suddenly in an instant , 14 Whose collapse is like the smashing of a potter's jar , So ruthlessly e shattered That a sherd will not be found among its pieces To take fire from a hearth Or to scoop water from a cistern ." 15 For thus the Lord GOD , the Holy One of Israel , has said , "In repentance and rest you will be saved , In quietness and trust is your strength ." But you were not willing , 16 And you said , "No , for we will flee on horses ," Therefore e you shall flee ! "And we will ride on swift horses," Therefore e those who pursue you shall be swift . 17 One thousand will flee at the threat of one man; You will flee at the threat of five , Until e you are left as a flag on a mountain top And as a signal on a hill .
18 Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you, And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. For the Lord is a God of justice ; How blessed are all those who long for Him. 19 O people in Zion , inhabitant in Jerusalem , you will weep no longer . He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry ; when He hears it, He will answer you. 20 Although the Lord has given you bread of privation and water of oppression , He, your Teacher will no longer hide Himself, but your eyes will behold your Teacher . 21 Your ears will hear a word behind e you, "This is the way , walk in it," whenever you turn to the right or to the left . 22 And you will defile your graven images overlaid with silver , and your molten images plated with gold . You will scatter them as an impure thing , and say to them, " Be gone !" 23 Then He will give you rain for the seed which you will sow in the ground , and bread from the yield of the ground , and it will be rich and plenteous ; on that day your livestock will graze in a roomy pasture . 24 Also the oxen and the donkeys which work the ground will eat salted fodder , which has been winnowed with shovel and fork . 25 On every lofty mountain and on every high hill there will be streams running with water on the day of the great slaughter , when the towers fall . 26 The light of the moon will be as the light of the sun , and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days , on the day the Lord binds up the fracture of His people and heals the bruise He has inflicted .
27 Behold , the name of the Lord comes from a remote place ; Burning is His anger and dense is His smoke ; His lips are filled with indignation And His tongue is like a consuming fire ; 28 His breath is like an overflowing torrent , Which reaches to the neck , To shake the nations back and forth in a sieve , And to put in the jaws of the peoples the bridle which leads to ruin . 29 You will have songs as in the night when you keep the festival , And gladness of heart as when one marches to the sound of the flute , To go to the mountain of the Lord , to the Rock of Israel . 30 And the Lord will cause His voice of authority to be heard , And the descending of His arm to be seen in fierce anger , And in the flame of a consuming fire In cloudburst , downpour and hailstones. 31 For at the voice of the Lord Assyria will be terrified , When He strikes with the rod . 32 And every blow of the rod of punishment , Which the Lord will lay on him, Will be with the music of tambourines and lyres ; And in battles , brandishing weapons , He will fight them. 33 For Topheth has long been ready , Indeed , it has been prepared for the king . He has made it deep and large , A pyre of fire with plenty of wood ; The breath of the Lord , like a torrent of brimstone , sets it afire .
