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For thus says Yahweh to me,

“As the (A)lion or the young lion growls over its prey,
Against which a multitude of shepherds is called out,
And it will not be dismayed at their voice nor afflicted at their noise,
So will Yahweh of hosts come down to wage (B)war on Mount Zion and on its hill.”
Like [a]flying (C)birds so Yahweh of hosts will defend Jerusalem.
He will (D)defend and deliver it;
He will pass over and provide a way of escape.

(E)Return to Him against whom [b]you have (F)deeply rebelled, O sons of Israel. For in that day every man will (G)reject his silver idols and his gold idols, which your (H)hands have made for you as (I)a sin.

And the (J)Assyrian will fall by a sword not of man,
And a (K)sword not of man will devour him.
So he will [c](L)flee from the sword,
And his choice men will become (M)forced laborers.
“His (N)rock will pass away because of terror,
And his princes will be dismayed at the (O)standard,”
Declares Yahweh, whose (P)fire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 31:5 Or hovering
  2. Isaiah 31:6 Lit they
  3. Isaiah 31:8 Lit flee for himself