For thussaysthe LordGOD,"My peoplewentdownat the firstinto Egyptto residethere;then the Assyrianoppressedthem withoutcause.
They tooktheir livestockand their property,whichthey had acquiredin the landof Canaan,and cameto Egypt,Jacoband allhis descendantswith him:
his sonsand his grandsonswith him, his daughtersand his granddaughters,and allhis descendantshe broughtwith him to Egypt.
The LORDsaidto Satan,"Have you consideredMy servantJob?For thereis noonelikehim on the earth,a blamelessand uprightmanfearingGodand turningawayfrom evil.And he stillholdsfasthis integrity,although you incitedMe against him to ruinhim withoutcause."
Indeed,noneof those who waitfor You will be ashamed;Those who dealtreacherouslywithoutcausewill be ashamed.
You sellYour peoplecheaply,And have not profitedby their sale.
Those who hateme withouta causeare morethanthe hairsof my head;Those who would destroyme are powerful,being wrongfullymy enemies;WhatI did not steal,I thenhave to restore.
to breakAssyriain My land,and I will tramplehim on My mountains.Then his yokewill be removedfrom them and his burdenremovedfrom their shoulder.
"Israelis a scatteredflock,the lionshave driven[them] away.The firstone[who] devouredhim was the kingof Assyria,and thislastone[who] has brokenhis bonesis Nebuchadnezzarkingof Babylon.
"But [they have done this] to fulfillthe wordthat is writtenin their Law,THEY HATEDME WITHOUT A CAUSE.'
