10 Woe to those who ^(A)decree iniquitous decrees,
    and the writers who ^(B)keep writing oppression,
² to turn aside the needy from justice
    and ^(C)to rob the poor of my people of their right,
that widows may be their spoil,
    and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
³ What will you do on ^(D)the day of punishment,
    in the ruin that will come ^(E)from afar?
To whom will you flee for help,
    and where will you leave your wealth?
⁴ Nothing remains but to crouch among the prisoners
    or fall among the slain.
^(F)For all this his anger has not turned away,
    and his hand is stretched out still.

“By the strength of my hand I have done it,
    and by my wisdom, for I have understanding;
I remove the boundaries of peoples,
    and plunder their treasures;
    like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones.
¹⁴ My hand has found like a nest
    the wealth of the peoples;
and as one gathers eggs that have been forsaken,
    so I have gathered all the earth;
and there was none that moved a wing
    or opened the mouth or chirped.”

¹⁵ Shall ^(Z)the axe boast over him who hews with it,
    or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it?
As if a rod should wield him who lifts it,
    or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood!
¹⁶ Therefore the Lord God of hosts
    will send wasting sickness among his ^(AA)stout warriors,
and under his glory ^(AB)a burning will be kindled,
    like the burning of fire.
^17 (AC)The light of Israel will become a fire,
    and ^(AD)his Holy One a flame,
and ^(AE)it will burn and devour
    his thorns and briers ^(AF)in one day.
¹⁸ The glory of ^(AG)his forest and of his ^(AH)fruitful land
    the Lord will destroy, both soul and body,
    and it will be as when a sick man wastes away.
¹⁹ The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few
    that a child can write them down.

²⁸ He has come to Aiath;
he has passed through ^(BA)Migron;
    at Michmash he stores ^(BB)his baggage;
²⁹ they have crossed over ^(BC)the pass;
    at ^(BD)Geba they lodge for the night;
^(BE)Ramah trembles;
    ^(BF)Gibeah of Saul has fled.
³⁰ Cry aloud, O daughter of ^(BG)Gallim!
    Give attention, O Laishah!
    O poor ^(BH)Anathoth!
³¹ Madmenah is in flight;
    the inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.
³² This very day he will halt at ^(BI)Nob;
    he will shake his fist
    at the mount of ^(BJ)the daughter of Zion,
    the hill of Jerusalem.

³³ Behold, the Lord God of hosts
    ^(BK)will lop ^(BL)the boughs with terrifying power;
the great in height will be hewn down,
    and the lofty will be brought low.
³⁴ He will cut down ^(BM)the thickets of the forest with an axe,
    and ^(BN)Lebanon will fall by the Majestic One.

^6 (BY)The wolf shall dwell with the lamb,
    and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat,
and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together;
    and a little child shall lead them.
⁷ The cow and the bear shall graze;
    their young shall lie down together;
    and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
⁸ The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra,
    and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den.
^9 (BZ)They shall not hurt or destroy
    in all ^(CA)my holy mountain;
^(CB)for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord
    as the waters cover the sea.

¹² He will raise ^(CO)a signal for the nations
    and will assemble ^(CP)the banished of Israel,
and gather the dispersed of Judah
    from the four corners of the earth.
^13 (CQ)The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart,
    and those who harass Judah shall be cut off;
Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah,
    and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.
^14 (CR)But they shall swoop down on the shoulder of the Philistines in the west,
    and together they shall plunder ^(CS)the people of the east.
They shall put out their hand ^(CT)against ^(CU)Edom and ^(CV)Moab,
    and ^(CW)the Ammonites shall obey them.
¹⁵ And the Lord will utterly destroy^{[e]
    (CX)}the tongue of the Sea of Egypt,
and will wave his hand over ^(CY)the River^[f]
    with his scorching breath,^[g]
and strike it into seven channels,
    and he will lead people across in sandals.
¹⁶ And there will be ^(CZ)a highway from Assyria
    for the remnant that remains of his people,
^(DA)as there was for Israel
    when they came up from the land of Egypt.

² “Behold, God is my salvation;
    I will trust, and will not be afraid;
for ^(DD)the Lord God^[i] is my strength and my song,
    and he has become my salvation.”

^(DG)“Give thanks to the Lord,
    call upon his name,
^(DH)make known his deeds among the peoples,
    proclaim ^(DI)that his name is exalted.

^5 (DJ)“Sing praises to the Lord, for he has done gloriously;
    let this be made known^[k] in all the earth.
⁶ Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion,
    for great ^(DK)in your^[l] midst is ^(DL)the Holy One of Israel.”

² “At ^(D)the set time that I appoint
    I will judge ^(E)with equity.
³ When the earth ^(F)totters, and all its inhabitants,
    it is I who keep steady its ^(G)pillars. Selah
⁴ I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’
    and to the wicked, ^(H)‘Do not lift up your horn;
⁵ do not lift up your horn on high,
    or speak with haughty neck.’”

⁶ For not from the east or from the west
    and not from the wilderness comes ^(I)lifting up,
⁷ but it is ^(J)God who executes judgment,
    ^(K)putting down one and lifting up another.
^8 (L)For in the hand of the Lord there is ^(M)a cup
    with foaming wine, ^(N)well mixed,
and he pours out from it,
    and all the wicked of the earth
    shall ^(O)drain it down to the dregs.

⁹ But I will declare it forever;
    I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
^10 (P)All the horns of the wicked I will cut off,
    ^(Q)but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

³ By ^(A)wisdom a house is built,
    and by understanding it is established;
⁴ by knowledge the rooms are filled
    with all ^(B)precious and pleasant riches.