"Behold,I am againstyou," declaresthe LORDof hosts."I will burnup her chariotsin smoke,a swordwill devouryour younglions;I will cutoffyour preyfrom the land,and nolongerwill the voiceof your messengersbe heard."
"Behold,I am againstyou," declaresthe LORDof hosts;"And I will liftup your skirtsoveryour face,And showto the nationsyour nakednessAnd to the kingdomsyour disgrace.
"Behold,I am againstyou, O valleydweller,O rockyplain,"declaresthe LORD,"You men who say,Whowill comedownagainstus? Or whowill enterinto our habitations?'
He makes warsto ceaseto the endof the earth;He breaksthe bowand cutsthe spearin two;He burnsthe chariotswith fire.
Throughyour messengersyou have reproachedthe Lord,And you have said,"With my manychariotsI cameup to the heightsof the mountains,To the remotestpartsof Lebanon;And I cutdownits tallcedars[and] its choicecypresses.And I enteredits farthestlodgingplace,its thickestforest.
Woeto the bloodycity,completelyfullof lies[and] pillage;[Her] preyneverdeparts.
therefore,thussaysthe LordGOD,'Behold,I, evenI, am againstyou, and I will executejudgmentsamongyou in the sightof the nations.
When he heard[them] sayconcerningTirhakahkingof Cush,"Behold,he has comeout to fightagainstyou," he sentmessengersagainto Hezekiahsaying,
Joshuadidto them as the LORDhad toldhim; he hamstrungtheir horsesand burnedtheir chariotswith fire.
Allyour fortificationsare figtreeswith ripefruit--Whenshaken,they fallinto the eater'smouth.
"And you, sonof man,prophesyagainstGogand say,'Thussaysthe LordGOD,"Behold,I am againstyou, O Gog,princeof Rosh,Meshechand Tubal;
and say,'Thussaysthe LordGOD,"Behold,I am againstyou, O Gog,princeof Rosh,Meshechand Tubal.
and sayto it, 'Thussaysthe LordGOD,"Behold,I am againstyou, MountSeir,And I will stretchout My handagainstyou And makeyou a desolationand a waste.
therefore,behold,I am againstyou and againstyour rivers,and I will makethe landof Egyptan utterwasteand desolation,from Migdol[to] Syeneand even to the borderof Ethiopia.
"Speakand say,'Thussaysthe LordGOD,"Behold,I am againstyou, Pharaohkingof Egypt,The greatmonsterthat liesin the midstof his rivers,That has said,'My Nileis mine, and I myselfhave made[it].'
and say,'Thussaysthe LordGOD,"Behold,I am againstyou, O Sidon,And I will be glorifiedin your midst.Then they will knowthat I am the LORDwhen I executejudgmentsin her, And I will manifestMy holinessin her.
thereforethussaysthe LordGOD,'Behold,I am againstyou, O Tyre,and I will bringup manynationsagainstyou, as the seabringsup its waves.
"Behold,I am againstyou, O destroyingmountain,Who destroysthe wholeearth,"declaresthe LORD,"And I will stretchout My handagainstyou, And rollyou downfrom the crags,And I will makeyou a burntout mountain.
"Behold,I am againstyou, O arrogantone," Declaresthe LordGODof hosts,"For your dayhas come,The timewhen I will punishyou.
They spokeof the Godof Jerusalemas of the godsof the peoplesof the earth,the workof men'shands.
Then Rabshakehsaidto them, "Saynowto Hezekiah,'Thussaysthe greatking,the kingof Assyria,"Whatis thisconfidencethat you have?
Then the kingof AssyriasentTartanand Rab-sarisand Rabshakehfrom Lachishto KingHezekiahwith a largearmyto Jerusalem.So they wentup and cameto Jerusalem.And when they wentup, they cameand stoodby the conduitof the upperpool,whichis on the highwayof the fuller'sfield.
Then the LORDsaidto Joshua,"Do not be afraidbecauseof them, for tomorrowat thistimeI will deliverallof them slainbeforeIsrael;you shall hamstringtheir horsesand burntheir chariotswith fire."
"Declarein Egyptand proclaimin Migdol,Proclaimalso in Memphisand Tahpanhes;Say,'Takeyour standand getyourself ready,For the swordhas devouredthose aroundyou.'
Therefore,thussaysthe LordGOD,"Becauseyou have spokenfalsehoodand seena lie,thereforebehold,I am againstyou," declaresthe LordGOD.
and sayto the landof Israel,'Thussaysthe LORD,"Behold,I am againstyou; and I will drawMy swordout of its sheathand cutofffrom you the righteousand the wicked.
The liontoreenoughfor his cubs,Killed[enough] for his lionesses,And filledhis lairswith preyAnd his denswith tornflesh.
Therefirewill consumeyou, The swordwill cutyou down;It will consumeyou as the locust[does]. Multiplyyourself like the creepinglocust,Multiplyyourself like the swarminglocust.
