So it will be that whenthe Lordhas completedallHis workon MountZionand on Jerusalem,[He will say], "I will punishthe fruitof the arrogantheartof the kingof Assyriaand the pompof his haughtiness."
For out of Jerusalemwill gofortha remnant,and out of MountZionsurvivors.The zealof the LORDwill performthis.
For You savean afflictedpeople,But haughtyeyesYou abase.
Their offspringYou will destroyfrom the earth,And their descendantsfrom among the sonsof men.
For the wrathof manshall praiseYou; With a remnantof wrathYou will girdYourself.
The stoutheartedwere plundered,They sankinto sleep;And noneof the warriorscould usehis hands.
Haughtyeyesand a proudheart,The lampof the wicked,is sin.
There is a kind--oh howloftyare his eyes!And his eyelidsare raised[in arrogance].
The proudlookof manwill be abasedAnd the loftinessof manwill be humbled,And the LORDalonewill be exaltedin that day.
For the LORDof hostswill have a day[of reckoning] Againsteveryonewhois proudand loftyAnd againsteveryonewho is liftedup, That he may be abased.
So it will happenin that day,That the LORDwill punishthe hostof heavenon high,And the kingsof the earthon earth.
Like the strikingof Him who has struckthem, has He struckthem? Orlike the slaughterof His slain,have they been slain?
Thereforethrough thisJacob'siniquitywill be forgiven;And thiswill be the fullpriceof the pardoningof his sin:When he makesallthe altarstoneslike pulverizedchalkstones;[When] Asherimand incensealtarswill not stand.
Thereforebehold,I will once againdealmarvelouslywith thispeople,wondrouslymarvelous;And the wisdomof their wisemenwill perish,And the discernmentof their discerningmen will be concealed."
Woeto you, O destroyer,While you were not destroyed;And he who is treacherous,while [others] did not dealtreacherouslywith him. As soon as you finishdestroying,you will be destroyed;As soon as you ceaseto dealtreacherously,[others] will dealtreacherouslywith you.
"Whomhave you reproachedand blasphemed?And againstwhomhave you raised[your] voiceAnd haughtilyliftedup your eyes?Againstthe HolyOneof Israel!
"Becauseof your ragingagainstMe And because your arrogancehas comeup to My ears,Therefore I will putMy hookin your noseAnd My bridlein your lips,And I will turnyou backby the waywhichyou came.
So the [common] manwill be humbledand the manof [importance] abased,The eyesof the proudalso will be abased.
Behold,allyou who kindlea fire,Who encircleyourselves with firebrands,Walkin the lightof your fireAnd among the brandsyou have setablaze.Thisyou will havefrom My hand:You will liedownin torment.
Both their own iniquitiesand the iniquitiesof their fatherstogether,"saysthe LORD."Becausethey have burnedincenseon the mountainsAnd scornedMe on the hills,Therefore I will measuretheir formerworkinto their bosom."
And allthe peopleknow[it], [That is], Ephraimand the inhabitantsof Samaria,Assertingin prideand in arroganceof heart:
"For behold,I am beginningto workcalamityin [this] citywhichis calledby My name,and shall you be completelyfreefrom punishment?You will not be freefrom punishment;for I am summoninga swordagainstallthe inhabitantsof the earth,"declaresthe LORDof hosts.'
"Thereforethussaysthe LORDof hosts,the Godof Israel:'Behold,I am going to punishthe kingof Babylonand his land,justas I punishedthe kingof Assyria.
"The arrogantone will stumbleand fallWith nooneto raisehim up; And I will setfireto his citiesAnd it will devourallhis environs."
Thereforethussaysthe LordGOD,"Becauseit is highin statureand has setits topamongthe clouds,and its heartis haughtyin its loftiness,
sothat allthe treesby the watersmay not be exaltedin their stature,norsettheir topamongthe clouds,northeir well-wateredmightyones stand[erect] in their height.For they have allbeen givenover to death,to the earthbeneath,amongthe sonsof men,with those who godownto the pit."
"He will pitchthe tentsof his royalpavilionbetweenthe seasand the beautifulHolyMountain;yet he will cometo his end,and noonewill helphim.
"NowI, Nebuchadnezzar,praise,exaltand honorthe Kingof heaven,for allHis worksare true and His waysjust,and He is ableto humblethose whowalkin pride."
"But ships[shall come] from the coastof Kittim,And they shall afflictAsshurand will afflictEber;So they also[will come] to destruction."
"Eithermakethe treegoodand its fruitgood,ormakethe treebadand its fruitbad;for the treeis knownby its fruit.
"For out of the heartcomeevilthoughts,murders,adulteries,fornications,thefts,false witness,slanders.
Had I not fearedthe provocationby the enemy,That their adversarieswould misjudge,That they would say,"Our handis triumphant,And the LORDhas not doneallthis."'
For [it is] timefor judgmentto beginwith the householdof God;and if[it] [begins] with us first,what[will be] the outcomefor thosewho do not obeythe gospelof God?
