³⁶ And as for those of you who are left, ^(A)I will send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The ^(B)sound of a ^(C)driven leaf shall put them to flight, and they shall flee as one flees from the sword, and they shall fall when none pursues.

^7 (A)And when they say to you, ‘Why do you groan?’ you shall say, ‘Because of the news ^(B)that it is coming. ^(C)Every heart will melt, and ^(D)all hands will be feeble; every spirit will faint, and ^(E)all knees will be weak as water. ^(F)Behold, it is ^(G)coming, and it will be fulfilled,’” declares the Lord God.

¹⁷ I will ^(A)set my face against you, and ^(B)you shall be struck down before your enemies. ^(C)Those who hate you shall rule over you, and ^(D)you shall flee when none pursues you.

¹⁵ that their hearts may melt, and many stumble.^[a] At all their gates I have given the glittering sword. Ah, it is made like lightning; ^(A)it is taken up^[b] for slaughter.

^12 (A)Cry out and wail, son of man, for it is against my people. It is against all the princes of Israel. They are delivered over to the sword with my people. ^(B)Strike therefore upon your thigh.

⁴ And say to him, ^(A)‘Be careful, ^(B)be quiet, do not fear, and do not let your heart be faint because of these two ^(C)smoldering stumps of firebrands, at the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria and ^(D)the son of Remaliah.

² When the house of David was told, ^(A)“Syria is in league with^{[a] (B)}Ephraim,” the heart of Ahaz^[b] and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.