³¹ The voice of the Lord will shatter Assyria;^(A)
    with his rod he will strike^(B) them down.

⁵ And he will be our peace^(A)
    when the Assyrians invade^(B) our land
    and march through our fortresses.
We will raise against them seven shepherds,
    even eight commanders,^(C)
6 who will rule^[a] the land of Assyria with the sword,
    the land of Nimrod^(D) with drawn sword.^[b](E)
He will deliver us from the Assyrians
    when they invade our land
    and march across our borders.^(F)

⁴ but with righteousness^(A) he will judge the needy,^(B)
    with justice^(C) he will give decisions for the poor^(D) of the earth.
He will strike^(E) the earth with the rod of his mouth;^(F)
    with the breath^(G) of his lips he will slay the wicked.^(H)

⁴ For as in the day of Midian’s defeat,^(A)
    you have shattered^(B)
the yoke^(C) that burdens them,
    the bar across their shoulders,^(D)
    the rod of their oppressor.^(E)

⁵ But those who turn^(A) to crooked ways^(B)
    the Lord will banish^(C) with the evildoers.

Peace be on Israel.^(D)

¹³ Rise up,^(A) Lord, confront them, bring them down;^(B)
    with your sword rescue me from the wicked.
¹⁴ By your hand save me from such people, Lord,
    from those of this world^(C) whose reward is in this life.^(D)
May what you have stored up for the wicked fill their bellies;
    may their children gorge themselves on it,
    and may there be leftovers^(E) for their little ones.

³² 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.

“He will not enter this city^(D)
    or shoot an arrow here.
He will not come before it with shield
    or build a siege ramp^(E) against it.
³⁴ By the way that he came he will return;^(F)
    he will not enter this city,”
declares the Lord.
³⁵ “I will defend^(G) this city and save it,
    for my sake^(H) and for the sake of David^(I) my servant!”

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)