⁸ Those who plant injustice will harvest disaster,
    and their reign of terror will come to an end.^[a]

⁸ My experience shows that those who plant trouble
    and cultivate evil will harvest the same.

¹³ “But you have cultivated wickedness
    and harvested a thriving crop of sins.
You have eaten the fruit of lies—
    trusting in your military might,
believing that great armies
    could make your nation safe.

³ The wicked will not rule the land of the godly,
    for then the godly might be tempted to do wrong.

³¹ At the Lord’s command, the Assyrians will be shattered.
    He will strike them down with his royal scepter.

⁷ “They have planted the wind
    and will harvest the whirlwind.
The stalks of grain wither
    and produce nothing to eat.
And even if there is any grain,
    foreigners will eat it.

²⁹ Do not rejoice, you Philistines,
    that the rod that struck you is broken—
    that the king who attacked you is dead.
For from that snake a more poisonous snake will be born,
    a fiery serpent to destroy you!

⁴ For you will break the yoke of their slavery
    and lift the heavy burden from their shoulders.
You will break the oppressor’s rod,
    just as you did when you destroyed the army of Midian.