And in that day I will become angry with them and forsake them; I will hide my face from them, and they will be destroyed. Many disasters and calamities will come on them, and in that day they will ask, ‘Have not these disasters come on us because our God is not with us?’

And I will certainly hide my face in that day because of all their wickedness in turning to other gods.

When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, but the Lord will not answer you in that day.”

The eyes of the arrogant will be humbled and human pride brought low; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

The arrogance of man will be brought low and human pride humbled; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,

In that day people will throw away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and idols of gold, which they made to worship.

But in that day he will cry out, “I have no remedy. I have no food or clothing in my house; do not make me the leader of the people.”

In that day the Lord will snatch away their finery: the bangles and headbands and crescent necklaces,

In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own food and provide our own clothes; only let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”

The Branch of the Lord

In that day the Branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of the survivors in Israel.

In that day they will roar over it like the roaring of the sea. And if one looks at the land, there is only darkness and distress; even the sun will be darkened by clouds.

Assyria, the Lord’s Instrument

In that day the Lord will whistle for flies from the Nile delta in Egypt and for bees from the land of Assyria.

In that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates River—the king of Assyria—to shave your head and private parts, and to cut off your beard also.

In that day, a person will keep alive a young cow and two goats.

In that day, in every place where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels, there will be only briers and thorns.

The Remnant of Israel

In that day the remnant of Israel, the survivors of Jacob, will no longer rely on him who struck them down but will truly rely on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

In that day their burden will be lifted from your shoulders, their yoke from your neck; the yoke will be broken because you have grown so fat.

In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his resting place will be glorious.

In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush, from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath and from the islands of the Mediterranean.

Songs of Praise

In that day you will say: “I will praise you, Lord. Although you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you have comforted me.

In that day you will say: “Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted.

“In that day the glory of Jacob will fade; the fat of his body will waste away.

In that day people will look to their Maker and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.

In that day their strong cities, which they left because of the Israelites, will be like places abandoned to thickets and undergrowth. And all will be desolation.

In that day the Egyptians will become weaklings. They will shudder with fear at the uplifted hand that the Lord Almighty raises against them.