12 When the Lord has finished all his work(A) against Mount Zion(B) and Jerusalem, he will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria(C) for the willful pride(D) of his heart and the haughty look(E) in his eyes.

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18 Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says:

“I will punish the king of Babylon and his land
    as I punished the king(A) of Assyria.(B)

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both your sins(A) and the sins of your ancestors,”(B)
    says the Lord.
“Because they burned sacrifices on the mountains
    and defied me on the hills,(C)
I will measure into their laps
    the full payment(D) for their former deeds.”

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31 For out of Jerusalem will come a remnant,(A)
    and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors.(B)

“The zeal(C) of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.

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17 For it is time for judgment to begin with God’s household;(A) and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God?(B)

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19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.(A)

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33 “Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit.(A)

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37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt(A) and glorify(B) the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just.(C) And those who walk in pride(D) he is able to humble.(E)

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14 Therefore no other trees by the waters are ever to tower proudly on high, lifting their tops above the thick foliage. No other trees so well-watered are ever to reach such a height; they are all destined(A) for death,(B) for the earth below, among mortals who go down to the realm of the dead.(C)

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10 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because the great cedar towered over the thick foliage, and because it was proud(A) of its height,

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11 But now, all you who light fires
    and provide yourselves with flaming torches,(A)
go, walk in the light of your fires(B)
    and of the torches you have set ablaze.
This is what you shall receive from my hand:(C)
    You will lie down in torment.(D)

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10 I make known the end from the beginning,(A)
    from ancient times,(B) what is still to come.(C)
I say, ‘My purpose will stand,(D)
    and I will do all that I please.’
11 From the east I summon(E) a bird of prey;(F)
    from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.
What I have said, that I will bring about;
    what I have planned,(G) that I will do.(H)

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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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Like birds hovering(A) overhead,
    the Lord Almighty will shield(B) Jerusalem;
he will shield it and deliver(C) it,
    he will ‘pass over’(D) it and will rescue it.”

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

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

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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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21 The Lord will rise up as he did at Mount Perazim,(A)
    he will rouse himself as in the Valley of Gibeon(B)
to do his work,(C) his strange work,
    and perform his task, his alien task.
22 Now stop your mocking,(D)
    or your chains will become heavier;
the Lord, the Lord Almighty, has told me
    of the destruction decreed(E) against the whole land.(F)

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By this, then, will Jacob’s guilt be atoned(A) for,
    and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin:(B)
When he makes all the altar stones(C)
    to be like limestone crushed to pieces,
no Asherah poles[a](D) or incense altars(E)
    will be left standing.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 27:9 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah

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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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)

26 This is the plan(G) determined for the whole world;
    this is the hand(H) stretched out over all nations.
27 For the Lord Almighty has purposed,(I) and who can thwart him?
    His hand(J) is stretched out, and who can turn it back?(K)

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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)

26 The Lord Almighty will lash(D) them with a whip,
    as when he struck down Midian(E) at the rock of Oreb;
and he will raise his staff(F) over the waters,(G)
    as he did in Egypt.
27 In that day(H) their burden(I) will be lifted from your shoulders,
    their yoke(J) from your neck;(K)
the yoke(L) will be broken
    because you have grown so fat.[a]

28 They enter Aiath;
    they pass through Migron;(M)
    they store supplies(N) at Mikmash.(O)
29 They go over the pass, and say,
    “We will camp overnight at Geba.(P)
Ramah(Q) trembles;
    Gibeah(R) of Saul flees.(S)
30 Cry out, Daughter Gallim!(T)
    Listen, Laishah!
    Poor Anathoth!(U)
31 Madmenah is in flight;
    the people of Gebim take cover.
32 This day they will halt at Nob;(V)
    they will shake their fist(W)
at the mount of Daughter Zion,(X)
    at the hill of Jerusalem.

33 See, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will lop off(Y) the boughs with great power.
The lofty trees will be felled,(Z)
    the tall(AA) ones will be brought low.(AB)
34 He will cut down(AC) the forest thickets with an ax;
    Lebanon(AD) will fall before the Mighty One.(AE)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 10:27 Hebrew; Septuagint broken / from your shoulders

16 Therefore, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will send a wasting disease(A) upon his sturdy warriors;(B)
under his pomp(C) a fire(D) will be kindled
    like a blazing flame.
17 The Light of Israel will become a fire,(E)
    their Holy One(F) a flame;
in a single day it will burn and consume
    his thorns(G) and his briers.(H)
18 The splendor of his forests(I) and fertile fields
    it will completely destroy,(J)
    as when a sick person wastes away.
19 And the remaining trees of his forests(K) will be so few(L)
    that a child could write them down.

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God’s Judgment on Assyria

“Woe(A) to the Assyrian,(B) the rod(C) of my anger,
    in whose hand is the club(D) of my wrath!(E)
I send him against a godless(F) nation,
    I dispatch(G) him against a people who anger me,(H)
to seize loot and snatch plunder,(I)
    and to trample(J) them down like mud in the streets.

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All the people will know it—
    Ephraim(A) and the inhabitants of Samaria(B)
who say with pride
    and arrogance(C) of heart,

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15 So people will be brought low(A)
    and everyone humbled,(B)
    the eyes of the arrogant(C) humbled.

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