And when Moab presents himself, when he wearies himself upon the high place, when he comes to his sanctuary to pray, he will not prevail.

An Oracle concerning Egypt

An oracle concerning Egypt. Behold, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud and comes to Egypt; and the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence, and the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.

In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian will come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.

Oracles concerning Babylon, Edom, and Arabia

The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on, it comes from the desert, from a terrible land.

And behold, here come riders, horsemen in pairs!” And he answered, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the images of her gods he has shattered to the ground.”

The watchman says: “Morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire; come back again.”

For thus the Lord said to me, “Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end;

Denunciation of Self-Seeking Officials

Thus says the Lord God of hosts, “Come, go to this steward, to Shebna, who is over the household, and say to him:

When the report comes to Egypt, they will be in anguish over the report about Tyre.

Come, my people, enter your chambers, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until the wrath is past.

In days to come Jacob shall take root, Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots, and fill the whole world with fruit.

When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and make a fire of them. For this is a people without discernment; therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them, he that formed them will show them no favor.

And in that day a great trumpet will be blown, and those who were lost in the land of Assyria and those who were driven out to the land of Egypt will come and worship the Lord on the holy mountain at Jerusalem.

Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have an agreement; when the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;

This also comes from the Lord of hosts; he is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in wisdom.

Then deep from the earth you shall speak, from low in the dust your words shall come; your voice shall come from the ground like the voice of a ghost, and your speech shall whisper out of the dust.

For the ruthless shall come to nought and the scoffer cease, and all who watch to do evil shall be cut off,

And those who err in spirit will come to understanding, and those who murmur will accept instruction.”

every one comes to shame through a people that cannot profit them, that brings neither help nor profit, but shame and disgrace.”

An oracle on the beasts of the Negeb. Through a land of trouble and anguish, from where come the lioness and the lion, the viper and the flying serpent, they carry their riches on the backs of asses, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people that cannot profit them.

A Rebellious People

And now, go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come as a witness for ever.

therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a break in a high wall, bulging out, and about to collapse, whose crash comes suddenly, in an instant;

Judgment on Assyria

Behold, the name of the Lord comes from far, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke; his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue is like a devouring fire;

For thus the Lord said to me, As a lion or a young lion growls over his prey, and when a band of shepherds is called forth against him is not terrified by their shouting or daunted at their noise, so the Lord of hosts will come down to fight upon Mount Zion and upon its hill.

In little more than a year you will shudder, you complacent women; for the vintage will fail, the fruit harvest will not come.