will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.
[3] Now the
Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch
out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail
together.
[4] For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on
his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice,
nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion,
and for the hill thereof.
[5] As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also
he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.
[6] Turn ye unto him from whom the children of
Israel have deeply revolted.
[7] For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols
of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
[8] Then shall the Assyrian fall with the
sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from
the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.
[9] And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear,
and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in
Jerusalem.
Isa.32
[1] Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
[2] And a man shall
be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place,
as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
[3] And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and
the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
[4] The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge,
and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
[5] The vile person shall be no more
called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
[6] For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart
will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul
of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
[7] The instruments also of the churl are
evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh
right.
[8] But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
[9] Rise up, ye women
that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
[10] Many days and
years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.
[11]
Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and
gird sackcloth upon your loins.
[12] They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful
vine.
[13] Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy
in the joyous city:
[14] Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the
forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
[15] Until the spirit
be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted
for a forest.
[16] Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful
field.
[17] And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and
assurance for ever.
[18] And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and
in quiet resting places;
[19] When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a
low place.
[20] Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and
the ass.
Isa.33
[1] Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not
treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make
an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
[2] O LORD, be gracious unto us; we
have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
[3] At the
noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.
[4] And your
spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he
run upon them.
[5] The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and
righteousness.
[6] And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the
fear of the LORD is his treasure.
[7] Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace
shall weep bitterly.
[8] The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant,