But I will camparound My housebecauseof an army,Becauseof him who passesby and returns;And nooppressorwill passoverthem anymore,For nowI have seenwith My eyes.
"Perhapsthe LORDwill lookon my afflictionand returngoodto me insteadof his cursingthisday."
For I will defendthiscityto saveit for My own sakeand for My servantDavid'ssake.'"
In his daysPharaohNecokingof Egyptwentup to the kingof Assyriato the riverEuphrates.And KingJosiahwentto meethim, and when [Pharaoh Neco] sawhim he killedhim at Megiddo.
In his daysNebuchadnezzarkingof Babyloncameup, and Jehoiakimbecamehis servant[for] threeyears;then he turnedand rebelledagainst him.
The angelof the LORDencampsaroundthose who fearHim, And rescuesthem.
May he vindicatethe afflictedof the people,Savethe childrenof the needyAnd crushthe oppressor.
The LORDsaid,"I have surelyseenthe afflictionof My peoplewhoare in Egypt,and have givenheedto their crybecauseof their taskmasters,for I am awareof their sufferings.
"Now,behold,the cryof the sonsof Israelhas cometo Me; furthermore,I have seenthe oppressionwith whichthe Egyptiansare oppressingthem.
Do not be afraidof suddenfearNorof the onslaughtof the wickedwhenit comes;
In that daythissongwill be sungin the landof Judah:"We have a strongcity;He setsup wallsand rampartsfor security.
Like flyingbirdssothe LORDof hostswill protectJerusalem.He will protectand deliver[it]; He will passoverand rescue[it].
then the LORDwill createoverthe wholeareaof MountZionand overher assembliesa cloudby day,even smoke,and the brightnessof a flamingfireby night;for overallthe glorywill be a canopy.
Awake,awake,Clotheyourselfin your strength,O Zion;Clotheyourselfin your beautifulgarments,O Jerusalem,the holycity;For the uncircumcisedand the uncleanWill nolongercomeinto you.
But you will not goout in haste,Norwill you goas fugitives;For the LORDwill gobeforeyou, And the Godof Israel[will be] your rearguard.
"In righteousnessyou will be established;You will be farfrom oppression,for you will not fear;And from terror,for it will not comenearyou.
"Violencewill not be heardagainin your land,Nordevastationor destructionwithin your borders;But you will callyour wallssalvation,and your gatespraise.
"They will comeand shoutfor joyon the heightof Zion,And they will be radiantoverthe bountyof the LORD--Overthe grainand the newwineand the oil,And overthe youngof the flockand the herd;And their lifewill be like a wateredgarden,And they will neverlanguishagain.
[This is] the messagewhichthe LORDspoketo Jeremiahthe prophetabout the comingof Nebuchadnezzarkingof Babylonto smitethe landof Egypt:
To Egypt,concerningthe armyof PharaohNecokingof Egypt,whichwas by the EuphratesRiverat Carchemish,whichNebuchadnezzarkingof Babylondefeatedin the fourthyearof Jehoiakimthe sonof Josiah,kingof Judah:
"I will not hideMy facefrom them anylonger,for I will have pouredout My Spiriton the houseof Israel,"declaresthe LordGOD.
"I will also plantthem on their land,And they will not againbe rootedout from their landWhichI have giventhem," Saysthe LORDyour God.
"In that day,"declaresthe LORD,"I will strikeeveryhorsewith bewildermentand his riderwith madness.But I will watchoverthe houseof Judah,while I strikeeveryhorseof the peopleswith blindness.
"In that daythe LORDwill defendthe inhabitantsof Jerusalem,and the one who is feebleamong them in that daywill be like David,and the houseof David[will be] like God,like the angelof the LORDbeforethem.
People will livein it, and there will nolongerbe a curse,for Jerusalemwill dwellin security.
And I will removetheir bloodfrom their mouthAnd their detestablethingsfrom betweentheir teeth.Then they alsowill be a remnantfor our God,And be like a clanin Judah,And Ekronlike a Jebusite.
I HAVE CERTAINLY SEENTHE OPPRESSIONOF MY PEOPLEIN EGYPTAND HAVE HEARDTHEIR GROANS,AND I HAVE COME DOWNTO RESCUETHEM; COMENOW,AND I WILL SENDYOU TO EGYPT.'
And they cameup on the broad plainof the earthand surroundedthe campof the saintsand the belovedcity,and firecame downfrom heavenand devouredthem.
