25 For (A)in a very little while my fury will come to an end, and my anger will be directed to their destruction.

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25 Very soon(A) my anger against you will end
    and my wrath(B) will be directed to their destruction.(C)

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36 “And the king shall (A)do as he wills. (B)He shall exalt himself and magnify himself above every god, (C)and shall speak astonishing things against (D)the God of gods. (E)He shall prosper (F)till the indignation is accomplished; for what is decreed shall be done.

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The King Who Exalts Himself

36 “The king will do as he pleases. He will exalt and magnify himself(A) above every god and will say unheard-of things(B) against the God of gods.(C) He will be successful until the time of wrath(D) is completed, for what has been determined must take place.(E)

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37 For,

(A)“Yet a little while,
    and (B)the coming one will come and will not delay;

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37 For,

“In just a little while,
    he who is coming(A) will come
    and will not delay.”[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 10:37 Isaiah 26:20; Hab. 2:3

35 And that night (A)the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

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35 That night the angel of the Lord(A) went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!(B)

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(A)For a brief moment I deserted you,
    but with great compassion I will gather you.

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“For a brief moment(A) I abandoned(B) you,
    but with deep compassion(C) I will bring you back.(D)

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36 (A)And the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies. 37 Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned home and lived at (B)Nineveh. 38 And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, struck him down with the sword. And after they escaped into the land of (C)Ararat, (D)Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.

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36 Then the angel(A) of the Lord went out and put to death(B) a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian(C) camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies! 37 So Sennacherib(D) king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh(E) and stayed there.

38 One day, while he was worshiping in the temple(F) of his god Nisrok, his sons Adrammelek and Sharezer killed him with the sword, and they escaped to the land of Ararat.(G) And Esarhaddon(H) his son succeeded him as king.(I)

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For thus the Lord said to me,
(A)“As a lion or a young lion growls over his prey,
    and when a band of shepherds is called out against him
he is not terrified by their shouting
    or daunted at their noise,
(B)so the Lord of hosts will come down
    to fight[a] on Mount Zion and on its hill.
(C)Like birds hovering, so the Lord of hosts
    will protect Jerusalem;
he will protect and deliver it;
    he will spare and rescue it.”

(D)Turn to him from whom people[b] have (E)deeply revolted, O children of Israel. For in that day (F)everyone shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which your hands have sinfully made for you.

(G)“And the Assyrian shall fall by a sword, not of man;
    and a sword, not of man, shall devour him;
and he shall flee from the sword,
    and his young men shall be (H)put to forced labor.
(I)His rock shall pass away in terror,
    and his officers desert the standard in panic,”
declares the Lord, whose (J)fire is in Zion,
    and whose (K)furnace is in Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 31:4 The Hebrew words for hosts and to fight sound alike
  2. Isaiah 31:6 Hebrew they

This is what the Lord says to me:

“As a lion(A) growls,
    a great lion over its prey—
and though a whole band of shepherds(B)
    is called together against it,
it is not frightened by their shouts
    or disturbed by their clamor(C)
so the Lord Almighty will come down(D)
    to do battle on Mount Zion and on its heights.
Like birds hovering(E) overhead,
    the Lord Almighty will shield(F) Jerusalem;
he will shield it and deliver(G) it,
    he will ‘pass over’(H) it and will rescue it.”

Return,(I) you Israelites, to the One you have so greatly revolted(J) against. For in that day(K) every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold(L) your sinful hands have made.(M)

“Assyria(N) will fall by no human sword;
    a sword, not of mortals, will devour(O) them.
They will flee before the sword
    and their young men will be put to forced labor.(P)
Their stronghold(Q) will fall because of terror;
    at the sight of the battle standard(R) their commanders will panic,(S)
declares the Lord,
    whose fire(T) is in Zion,
    whose furnace(U) is in Jerusalem.

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30 And the Lord (A)will cause his majestic voice to be heard and the descending blow of his arm to be seen, in furious anger (B)and a flame of devouring fire, with a cloudburst (C)and storm and hailstones. 31 The Assyrians will be terror-stricken at the voice of the Lord, (D)when he strikes with his rod. 32 And every stroke of the appointed staff that the Lord lays on them (E)will be to the sound of tambourines and lyres. (F)Battling with brandished arm, he will fight with them. 33 For (G)a burning place[a] has long been prepared; indeed, for the king it is made ready, (H)its pyre made deep and wide, with fire and wood in abundance; (I)the breath of the Lord, like a stream of sulfur, kindles it.

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  1. Isaiah 30:33 Or For Topheth

30 The Lord will cause people to hear his majestic voice(A)
    and will make them see his arm(B) coming down
with raging anger(C) and consuming fire,(D)
    with cloudburst, thunderstorm(E) and hail.(F)
31 The voice of the Lord will shatter Assyria;(G)
    with his rod he will strike(H) them down.
32 Every stroke the Lord lays on them
    with his punishing club(I)
will be to the music of timbrels(J) and harps,
    as he fights them in battle with the blows of his arm.(K)
33 Topheth(L) has long been prepared;
    it has been made ready for the king.
Its fire pit has been made deep and wide,
    with an abundance of fire and wood;
the breath(M) of the Lord,
    like a stream of burning sulfur,(N)
    sets it ablaze.(O)

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12 Ah, (A)the thunder of many peoples;
    they thunder like the thundering of the sea!
Ah, the roar of nations;
    they roar like the roaring of mighty waters!
13 (B)The nations roar like the roaring of many waters,
    (C)but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far away,
chased (D)like chaff on the mountains before the wind
    and (E)whirling dust before the storm.
14 (F)At evening time, behold, terror!
    Before morning, they are no more!
This is the portion of those who loot us,
    and the lot of those who plunder us.

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12 Woe to the many nations that rage(A)
    they rage like the raging sea!(B)
Woe to the peoples who roar(C)
    they roar like the roaring of great waters!(D)
13 Although the peoples roar(E) like the roar of surging waters,
    when he rebukes(F) them they flee(G) far away,
driven before the wind like chaff(H) on the hills,
    like tumbleweed before a gale.(I)
14 In the evening, sudden(J) terror!(K)
    Before the morning, they are gone!(L)
This is the portion of those who loot us,
    the lot of those who plunder us.

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An Oracle Concerning Assyria

24 The Lord of hosts has sworn:
(A)“As I have planned,
    so shall it be,
and as I have purposed,
    so shall it stand,
25 that (B)I will break the Assyrian in my land,
    and on my mountains trample him underfoot;
and (C)his yoke shall depart from them,
    and (D)his burden from their shoulder.”

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24 The Lord Almighty has sworn,(A)

“Surely, as I have planned,(B) so it will be,
    and as I have purposed, so it will happen.(C)
25 I will crush the Assyrian(D) in my land;
    on my mountains I will trample him down.
His yoke(E) will be taken from my people,
    and his burden removed from their shoulders.(F)

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The Lord Is My Strength and My Song

12 You[a] will say (A)in that day:
“I will give thanks to you, O Lord,
    for though you were angry with me,
(B)your anger turned away,
    that you might comfort me.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 12:1 The Hebrew for you is singular in verse 1
  2. Isaiah 12:2 Hebrew for Yah, the Lord

Songs of Praise

12 In that day(A) you will say:

“I will praise(B) you, Lord.
    Although you were angry with me,
your anger has turned away(C)
    and you have comforted(D) me.
Surely God is my salvation;(E)
    I will trust(F) and not be afraid.
The Lord, the Lord himself,(G) is my strength(H) and my defense[a];
    he has become my salvation.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 12:2 Or song

33 Behold, the Lord God of hosts
    (A)will lop (B)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 (C)the thickets of the forest with an axe,
    and (D)Lebanon will fall by the Majestic One.

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33 See, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will lop off(A) the boughs with great power.
The lofty trees will be felled,(B)
    the tall(C) ones will be brought low.(D)
34 He will cut down(E) the forest thickets with an ax;
    Lebanon(F) will fall before the Mighty One.(G)

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Judgment on Arrogant Assyria

Woe to Assyria, (A)the rod of my anger;
    the staff in their hands is my fury!

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