1  O YHWH, Thou art my God, I will exalt Thee, I will praise Thy name, for Thou hast done wonderful things; even counsels of old, in faithfulness and truth.

1  O Lord, you are my God! I will exalt you, and I will confess your name. For you have accomplished miracles. Your plan, from antiquity, is faithful. Amen.

2  For Thou hast made of a city a heap, of a fortified city a ruin; a castle of strangers to be no city, it shall never be built.

2  For you have appointed a city as a tomb, a strong city for ruination, a house of foreigners: so that it may not be a city, and so that it may not be rebuilt forever.

3  Therefore shall the strong people glorify Thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear Thee.

3  Concerning this, a strong people will praise you; a city with a robust people will fear you.

3  Therefore many peoples shall praise thee, the city of the mighty nations shall worship thee.

4  For Thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat; for the blast of the terrible ones was as a storm against the wall.

4  For thou hast been a helper to every lowly city, and a shelter to them that were disheartened by reason of poverty: thou shalt deliver them from wicked men: thou hast been a shelter of them that thirst, and a refreshing air to injured men.

4  For you have been the strength of the poor, the strength of the indigent in his tribulation, a refuge from the whirlwind, a shadow from the heat. For the spirit of the mighty is like a whirlwind striking against a wall.

5  As the heat in a dry place, Thou didst subdue the noise of strangers; as the heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the terrible ones was brought low.

5  We were as faint-hearted men thirsting in Sion, by reason of ungodly men to whom thou didst deliver us.

5  You will bring low the uprising of foreigners, just as heat brings thirst. And like heat under a torrential cloud, you will cause the offshoot of the strong to wither away.

6  And in this mountain will YHWH of hosts make unto all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

6  And the Lord of hosts shall make a feast for all the nations: on this mount they shall drink gladness, they shall drink wine

6  And the Lord of hosts will cause all the peoples on this mountain to feast on fatness, to feast on wine, a fatness full of marrow, a purified wine.

7  And He will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering that is cast over all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all nations.

7  they shall anoint themselves with ointment in this mountain. Impart thou all these things to the nations; for this is God’s counsel upon all the nations.

7  And he will cast down violently, on this mountain, the face of the chains, with which all peoples had been bound, and the net, with which all nations had been covered.

8  He will swallow up death for ever; and YHWH GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of His people will He take away from off all the earth; for YHWH hath spoken it.

8  Death has prevailed and swallowed men up; but again the Lord God has taken away every tear from every face. He has taken away the reproach of his people from all the earth: for the mouth off the Lord has spoken it.

8  He will violently cast down death forever. And the Lord God will take away the tears from every face, and he will take away the disgrace of his people from the entire earth. For the Lord has spoken it.

9  And it shall be said in that day: 'Lo, this is our God, for whom we waited, that He might save us; this is YHWH, for whom we waited, we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.'

9  And in that day they shall say, behold our God in whom we have trusted, and he shall save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, and we have exulted, and will rejoice in our salvation.

10  For in this mountain will the hand of YHWH rest, and Moab shall be trodden down in his place, even as straw is trodden down in the dunghill.

10  God will give rest on this mountain, and the country of Moab shall be trodden down, as they tread the floor with waggons.

10  For the hand of the Lord will rest upon this mountain. And Moab will be trampled under him, just as stubble is worn away by a wagon.

11  And when he shall spread forth his hands in the midst thereof, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim, his pride shall be brought down together with the cunning of his hands.

11  And he shall spread forth his hands, even as he also brings down man to destroy him: and he shall bring low his pride in regard to the thing on which he has laid his hands.

11  And he will extend his hands under him, like a swimmer extending his hands to swim. And he will bring down his glory with a clap of his hands.

12  And the high fortress of thy walls will He bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.

12  And the fortress of treason of your rebellious men and your strong walls he shall tear down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.

26:1  In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; walls and bulwarks doth He appoint for salvation.

1  In that day, this canticle will be sung in the land of Judah. Within it will be set the city of our strength: Zion, a savior, a wall with a bulwark.

26:2  Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation that keepeth faithfulness may enter in.

2  Open the gates, and let the just people who guard the truth enter.

2  Open the gates, that the righteous peoples who keep faith and that the truth may enter in.

26:3  The mind stayed on Thee Thou keepest in perfect peace; because it trusteth in Thee.

3  supporting truth, and keeping peace: for on thee, O Lord,

3  The old error has gone away. You will serve peace: peace, for we have hoped in you.

26:4  Trust ye in YHWH for ever, for the YHWH is GOD, an everlasting Rock.

4  For the LORD God is an everlasting strength;

26:5  For He hath brought down them that dwell on high, the lofty city, laying it low, laying it low even to the ground, bringing it even to the dust.

5  who hast humbled and brought down them that dwell on high thou shalt cast down strong cities, and bring them to the ground.

26:6  The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.

6  And the feet of the meek and lowly shall trample them.

26:7  The way of the just is straight; Thou, Most Upright, makest plain the path of the just.

26:8  Yea, in the way of Thy judgments, O YHWH, have we waited for Thee; to Thy name and to Thy memorial is the desire of our soul.

8  For the way of the Lord is judgement: we have hoped in thy name, and on the remembrance of thee,

8  And in the path of your judgments, O Lord, we have endured for you. Your name and your remembrance are the desire of the soul.

26:9  With my soul have I desired Thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me have I sought Thee earnestly; for when Thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

9  which our soul longs for: my spirit seeks thee very early in the morning, O God, for thy commandments are a light on the earth: learn righteousness, ye that dwell upon the earth.

9  My soul has desired you in the night. But I will also watch for you with my spirit, in my inmost heart, from the morning. When you accomplish your judgments upon the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn justice.

26:10  Let favour be shown to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness will he deal wrongfully, and will not behold the majesty of YHWH.

10  For the ungodly one is put down: no one who will not learn righteousness on the earth, shall be able to do the truth: let the ungodly be taken away, that he see not the glory of the Lord.

26:11  YHWH, Thy hand was lifted up, yet they see not; they shall see with shame Thy zeal for the people; yea, fire shall devour Thine adversaries.

11  O Lord, thine arm is exalted, yet they knew it not: but when they know they shall be ashamed: jealousy shall seize upon an untaught nation, and now fire shall devour the adversaries.

11  Lord, let your hand be exalted, and let them not see it. May the envious people see and be confounded. And may fire devour your enemies.

26:12  YHWH, Thou wilt establish peace for us; for Thou hast indeed wrought all our works for us.

12  O Lord our God, give us peace: for thou hast rendered to us all things.

12  Lord, you will give us peace. For all our works have been wrought for us by you.

26:13  O YHWH our God, other lords beside Thee have had dominion over us; but by Thee only do we make mention of Thy name.

13  O Lord our God, take possession of us: O Lord, we know not any other beside thee: we name thy name.

13  O LORD our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us; but thy name alone will we mention;

26:14  The dead live not, the shades rise not; to that end hast Thou punished and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.

14  But the dead shall not see life, neither shall physicians by any means raise them up: therefore thou hast brought wrath upon them, and slain them, and hast taken away every male of them. Bring more evils upon them, O Lord;

26:15  Thou hast gotten Thee honour with the nations, O YHWH, yea, exceeding great honour with the nations; Thou art honoured unto the farthest ends of the earth.

15  bring more evils on the glorious ones of the earth.

15  You have been lenient to the people, O Lord, lenient to the people. But have you been glorified? You have removed all the limits of the earth.

26:16  YHWH, in trouble have they sought Thee, silently they poured out a prayer when Thy chastening was upon them.

16  Lord, in affliction I remembered thee; thy chastening was to us with small affliction.

26:17  Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been at Thy presence, O YHWH.

17  And as a woman in travail draws nigh to be delivered, and cries out in her pain; so have we been to thy beloved.

26:18  We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the land; neither are the inhabitants of the world come to life.

18  We have conceived, O Lord, because of thy fear, and have been in pain, and have brought forth the breath of thy salvation, which we have wrought upon the earth: we shall not fall, but all that dwell upon the land shall fall.

18  We have conceived, and it is as if we were in labor, but we have given birth to wind. We have not brought forth salvation on the earth. For this reason, the inhabitants of the earth have not fallen.

26:19  Thy dead shall live, my dead bodies shall arise--awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust--for Thy dew is as the dew of light, and the earth shall bring to life the shades.

19  The dead shall rise, and they that are in the tombs shall be raised, and they that are in the earth shall rejoice: for the dew from thee is healing to them: but the land of the ungodly shall perish.

19  Your dead shall live. My slain will rise again. Be awakened, and give praise, you who live in the dust! For your dew is the dew of the light, and you shall be dragged down to the land of the giants, to ruination.

26:20  Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee; hide thyself for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.

20  Go, my people, enter into thy closets, shut thy door, hide thyself for a little season, until the anger of the Lord have passed away.

20  Go, my people! Enter your chambers. Close your doors behind you. Conceal yourselves for a very brief time, until the indignation has passed over you.

26:21  For, behold, YHWH cometh forth out of His place to visit upon the inhabitants of the earth their iniquity; the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

21  For, behold, the Lord is bringing wrath from his holy place upon the dwellers on the earth: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall not cover her slain.

21  For behold, the Lord will go forth from his place, so that he may visit the iniquity of each inhabitant of the earth against him. And the earth will reveal its blood, and it will no longer cover its slain.

27:1  In that day YHWH with His sore and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the slant serpent, and leviathan the tortuous serpent; and He will slay the dragon that is in the sea.

1  In that day God shall bring his holy and great and strong sword upon the dragon, even the serpent that flees, upon the dragon, the crooked serpent: he shall destroy the dragon.

1  In that day, the Lord will visit, with his harsh and great and strong sword, against Leviathan, the barred serpent, and against Leviathan, the twisted serpent, and he will slay the whale that is in the sea.

27:2  In that day sing ye of her: 'A vineyard of foaming wine!'

2  In that day there shall be a fair vineyard, and a desire to commence a song concerning it.

2  In that day, the vineyard of pure wine will sing to them.

27:3  I YHWH do guard it, I water it every moment; lest Mine anger visit it, I guard it night and day.

3  I am a strong city, a city in a siege: in vain shall I water it; for it shall be taken by night, and by day the wall shall fall.

3  I am the Lord, who watches over it. I will suddenly give drink to it. I will watch over it, night and day, lest perhaps someone visit against it.

27:4  Fury is not in Me; would that I were as the briers and thorns in flame! I would with one step burn it altogether.

4  There is no woman that has not taken hold of it; who will set me to watch stubble in the field? because of this enemy I have set her aside; therefore on this account the Lord has done all that he appointed.

4  Indignation is not mine. Who will be a thorn and a brier to me in battle? I will advance against them. I set them on fire together.

27:5  Or else let him take hold of My strength, that he may make peace with Me; yea, let him make peace with Me.

5  I am burnt up; they that dwell in her shall cry, Let us make peace with him, let us make peace,

5  Or let Israel take hold of my strength, and I will make peace for him, peace will I give him.

27:6  In days to come shall Jacob take root, Israel shall blossom and bud; and the face of the world shall be filled with fruitage.

6  As they advance with violence against Jacob, Israel will flourish and spring forth, and they will fill the face of the world with offspring.

27:7  Hath He smitten him as He smote those that smote him? Or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that were slain by Him?

7  Shall he himself be thus smitten, even as he smote? and as he slew, shall he be thus slain?

7  Has he struck him with the scourge that he himself used to strike others? Or has he killed in the manner that he himself used to kill his victims?

27:8  In full measure, when Thou sendest her away, Thou dost contend with her; He hath removed her with His rough blast in the day of the east wind.

8  Fighting and reproaching he will dismiss them; didst thou not meditate with a harsh spirit, to slay them with a wrathful spirit?

27:9  Therefore by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be expiated, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in pieces, so that the Asherim and the sun-images shall rise no more.

27:10  For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation abandoned and forsaken, like the wilderness; there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.

10  The flock that dwelt there shall be left, as a deserted flock; and the ground shall be for a long time for pasture, and there shall flocks lie down to rest.

27:11  When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding; therefore He that made them will not have compassion upon them, and He that formed them will not be gracious unto them.

11  Its harvest will be crushed by dryness. Women will arrive and teach it, for it is not a wise people. Because of this, he who made it will not take pity on it, and he who formed it will not spare it.

27:12  And it shall come to pass in that day, that YHWH will beat off His fruit from the flood of the River unto the Brook of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.

12  And this shall be: in that day, the Lord will strike, from the channel of the river, even to the torrent of Egypt. And you shall be gathered together, one by one, O sons of Israel.

27:13  And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great horn shall be blown; and they shall come that were lost in the land of Assyria, and they that were dispersed in the land of Egypt; and they shall worship YHWH in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.

28:1  Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley of them that are smitten down with wine!

1  Woe to the crown of arrogance, to the inebriated of Ephraim, and to the falling flower, the glory of his exultation, to those who were at the top of the very fat valley, staggering from wine.

28:2  Behold, YHWH hath a mighty and strong one, as a storm of hail, a tempest of destruction, as a storm of mighty waters overflowing, that casteth down to the earth with violence.

2  Behold, the anger of the Lord is strong and severe, as descending hail where there is no shelter, violently descending; as a great body of water sweeping away the soil, he shall make rest for the land.

2  Behold, the Lord is powerful and steadfast, like a storm of hail, like a crushing whirlwind, like the force of many waters, inundating, sent forth over a spacious land.

28:3  The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot;

3  The crown of pride, the hirelings of Ephraim, shall be beaten down with the hands and with the feet.

3  The arrogant crown of the inebriated of Ephraim will be trampled under foot.

28:4  And the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as the first-ripe fig before the summer, which when one looketh upon it, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.

4  And the falling flower, the glory of his exultation, who is at the summit of the fat valley, will be like a premature fruit before the ripeness of autumn, which, when the onlooker beholds it, as soon he takes it in his hand, he will devour it.

4  And the shameful garland of the strength of his glory, which dominates at the entrance of the fertile valley, shall be as the firstfruits before the summer, which he who sees it picks up at once and devours.

28:5  In that day shall YHWH of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of His people;

5  In that day the Lord of hosts shall be the crown of hope, the woven crown of glory, to the remnant of the people.

28:6  And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn back the battle at the gate.

6  They shall be left in the spirit of judgement for judgement, and for the strength of them that hinder slaying.

6  And he will be the spirit of judgment for those who sit in judgment, and the strength of those who return from war to the gates.

28:7  But these also reel through wine, and stagger through strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel through strong drink, they are confused because of wine, they stagger because of strong drink; they reel in vision, they totter in judgment.

7  For these have trespassed through wine; they have erred through strong drink: the priest and the prophet are mad through strong drink, they are swallowed up by reason of wine, they have staggered through drunkenness; they have erred: this is their vision.

7  Yet truly, these also have been ignorant due to wine, and they have gone astray due to inebriation. The priest and the prophet have been ignorant because of inebriation. They have been absorbed by wine. They have staggered in drunkenness. They have not known the One who sees. They have been ignorant of judgment.

28:8  For all tables are full of filthy vomit, and no place is clean.

8  A curse shall devour this counsel, for this is their counsel for the sake of covetousness.

8  For all the tables have been filled with vomit and filth, so much so that there was no place left.

28:9  Whom shall one teach knowledge? And whom shall one make to understand the message? Them that are weaned from the milk, them that are drawn from the breasts?

9  To whom have we reported evils? and to whom have we reported a message? even to those that are weaned from the milk, who are drawn from the breast.

28:10  For it is precept by precept, precept by precept, line by line, line by line; here a little, there a little.

10  Expect thou affliction on affliction, hope upon hope: yet a little, and yet a little,

10  So then: command, and command again; command, and command again; expect, and expect again; a little here, and a little there.

28:11  For with stammering lips and with a strange tongue shall it be spoken to this people;

11  by reason of the contemptuous words of the lips, by means of another language: for they shall speak to this people, saying to them,

11  For with the speech of lips and with a different language, he will speak to this people.

28:12  To whom it was said: 'This is the rest, give ye rest to the weary; and this is the refreshing'; yet they would not hear.

12  This is the rest to him that is hungry, and this is the calamity: but they would not hear.

12  For I have said to them, This is the place of my rest, wherewith I may cause the weary to rest; and this is the place of tranquillity; but they would not listen.

28:13  And so the word of YHWH is unto them precept by precept, precept by precept, line by line, line by line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

28:14  Wherefore hear the word of YHWH, ye scoffers, the ballad-mongers of this people which is in Jerusalem

14  Therefore hear ye the word of the Lord, ye afflicted men, and ye princes of this people that is in Jerusalem.

14  Because of this, listen to the word of the Lord, you mocking men, who lord it over my people who are at Jerusalem.

28:15  Because ye have said: 'We have made a covenant with death, and with the nether-world are we at agreement; when the scouring scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood have we hid ourselves';

15  For you have said: “We struck a deal with death, and we formed a pact with Hell. When the inundating scourge passes through, it will not overwhelm us. For we have placed our hope in lies, and we are protected by what is false.”

28:16  Therefore thus saith YHWH GOD: Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a costly corner-stone of sure foundation; he that believeth shall not make haste.

16  Therefore thus saith the Lord, even the Lord, Behold, I lay for the foundations of Sion a costly stone, a choice, a corner-stone, a precious stone, for its foundations; and he that believes on him shall by no means be ashamed.

16  For this reason, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will set a stone within the foundations of Zion, a tested stone, a cornerstone, a precious stone, which has been established in the foundation: whoever trusts in him need not hurry.

28:17  And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place.

17  And I will cause judgement to be for hope, and my compassion shall be for just measures, and ye that trust vainly in falsehood shall fall: for the storm shall by no means pass by you,

17  And I will establish judgment in weights, and justice in measures. And a hailstorm will overturn hope in what is false; and waters will inundate its protection.

28:18  And your covenant with death shall be disannulled and your agreement with the nether-world shall not stand; when the scouring scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it,

18  except it also take away your covenant of death, and your trust in Hades shall by no means stand: if the rushing storm should come upon you, ye shall be beaten down by it.

18  And your deal with death will be abolished, and your pact with Hell will not stand. When the inundating scourge passes through, you will be trampled down by it.

28:19  As often as it passeth through, it shall take you; for morning by morning shall it pass through, by day and by night; and it shall be sheer terror to understand the message.

19  Whenever it shall pass by, it shall take you; morning by morning it shall pass by in the day, and in the night there shall be an evil hope. Learn to hear,

19  Whenever it passes through, it will take you away. For, at first light of morning, it will pass through, in the day and in the night, and vexation alone will make you understand what you hear.

28:20  For the bed is too short for a man to stretch himself; and the covering too narrow when he gathereth himself up.

20  ye that are distressed; we cannot fight, but we are ourselves too weak for you to be gathered.

28:21  For YHWH will rise up as in mount Perazim, He will be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon; that He may do His work, strange is His work, and bring to pass His act, strange is His act.

21  The Lord shall rise up as a mountain of ungodly men, and shall be in the valley of Gabaon; he shall perform his works with wrath, even a work of bitterness, and his wrath shall deal strangely, and his destruction shall be strange.

21  For the Lord will stand, just as at the mountain of divisions. He will be angry, just as in the valley which is in Gibeon, so that he may accomplish his work, his strange work, so that he may complete his work, his work which is foreign even to him.

28:22  Now therefore be ye not scoffers, lest your bands be made strong; for an extermination wholly determined have I heard from YHWH, the GOD of hosts, upon the whole land.

22  Therefore do not ye rejoice, neither let your bands be made strong; for I have heard of works finished and cut short by the Lord of hosts, which he will execute upon all the earth.

22  And now, do not be willing to mock, lest your chains be tightened. For I have heard, from the Lord, the God of hosts, about the consummation and the abridgement concerning the entire earth.

28:23  Give ye ear, and hear my voice; attend, and hear my speech.

23  Hearken, and hear my voice; attend, and hear my words.

23  Pay close attention, and listen to my voice! Attend and hear my eloquence!

28:24  Is the plowman never done with plowing to sow, with the opening and harrowing of his ground?

24  Will the ploughman plough all the day? or will he prepare the seed beforehand, before he tills the ground?

24  Would the plowman, after plowing all day so that he may sow, instead cut open and hoe his soil?

28:25  When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the black cummin, and scatter the cummin, and put in the wheat in rows and the barley in the appointed place and the spelt in the border thereof?

25  Does he not, when he has levelled the surface thereof, then sow the small black poppy, or cumin, and afterward sow wheat, and barley, and millet, and bread-corn in thy borders?

25  Will he not, when he has made the surface level, sow coriander, and scatter cumin, and plant wheat in rows, and barley, and millet, and vetch in their places?

28:26  For He doth instruct him aright; his God doth teach him.

26  So thou shalt be chastened by the judgement of thy God, and shalt rejoice.

28:27  For the black cummin is not threshed with a threshing-sledge, neither is a cart-wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the black cummin is beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.

27  For coriander cannot be threshed with a saw, and a cartwheel cannot revolve over cumin. Instead, coriander is shaken out with a stick, and cumin with a staff.

27  For dill is not threshed under the feet of oxen, nor is a threshing instrument turned about upon cummin, but dill is beaten out with a staff, and cummin with a rod.

28:28  Is bread corn crushed? Nay, he will not ever be threshing it; and though the roller of his wagon and its sharp edges move noisily, he doth not crush it.

28  for I will not be wroth with you for ever, neither shall the voice of my anger crush you.

28:29  This also cometh forth from YHWH of hosts: Wonderful is His counsel, and great His wisdom.

29  And these signs came forth from the Lord of hosts. Take counsel, exalt vain comfort.

29  And this has gone forth from the Lord, the God of hosts, so that he may accomplish his miraculous plan and magnify justice.

29:1  Ah, Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add ye year to year, let the feasts come round!

1  Alas for the city of Ariel, which David besieged. Gather ye fruits year by year; eat ye, for ye shall eat with Moab.

1  Woe to Ariel, to Ariel the city against which David fought: year has been added to year, the solemnities have unfolded.

29:2  Then will I distress Ariel, and there shall be mourning and moaning; and she shall be unto Me as a hearth of God.

2  For I will grievously afflict Ariel: and her strength and her wealth shall be mine.

2  And I will surround Ariel with siege works, and it will be in sorrow and mourning, and it will be like Ariel to me.

29:3  And I will encamp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mound, and I will raise siege works against thee.

3  And I will compass thee about like David, and will raise a mound about thee, and set up towers round thee.

3  And I will surround you like a sphere all around you, and I will raise up a rampart against you, and I will set up fortifications to blockade you.

29:4  And brought down thou shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust; and thy voice shall be as of a ghost out of the ground, and thy speech shall chirp out of the dust.

4  And thy words shall be brought down to the earth, and thy words shall sink down to the earth, and thy voice shall be as they that speak out of the earth, and thy voice shall be lowered to the ground.

4  You will be brought low. You will speak from the ground, and your eloquence will be heard from the dirt. And, from the ground, your voice will be like that of the python, and your eloquence will mumble from the dirt.

29:5  But the multitude of thy foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones as chaff that passeth away; yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly--

5  And the multitude of those who fan you will be like fine dust. And the multitude of those who have prevailed against you will be like embers fading away.

29:6  There shall be a visitation from YHWH of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.

6  And this will happen suddenly and swiftly. It will be visited from the Lord of hosts with thunder and earthquakes, and with the great noise of a whirlwind and a storm, and with a flame of devouring fire.

6  You shall be visited by the LORD of hosts with earthquakes, thunder, and great noise, with storm and tempest and the flame of devouring fire.

29:7  And the multitude of all the nations that war against Ariel, even all that war against her, and the bulwarks about her, and they that distress her, shall be as a dream, a vision of the night.

7  And the wealth of all the nations together, as many as have fought against Ariel, and all they that war against Jerusalem, and all who are gathered against her, and they that distress her, shall be as one that dreams in sleep by night.

29:8  And it shall be as when a hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth, but he awaketh, and his soul is empty; or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh, but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite--so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.

8  And as men drink and eat in sleep, and when they have arisen, the dream is vain: and as a thirsty man dreams as if he drank, and having arisen is still thirsty, and his soul has desired in vain: so shall be the wealth of all the nations, as many as have fought against the mount Sion.

8  And it will be like one who is hungry and dreams of eating, but, when he has been awakened, his soul is empty. And it will be like one who is thirsty and dreams of drinking, but, after he has been awakened, he still languishes in thirst, and his soul is empty. So shall the multitude of all the nations be, who have struggled against Mount Zion.

29:9  Stupefy yourselves, and be stupid! Blind yourselves, and be blind! ye that are drunken, but not with wine, that stagger, but not with strong drink.

9  Faint ye, and be amazed, and be overpowered, not with strong drink nor with wine.

9  Be stupefied and in wonder! Shake and quiver! Be inebriated, but not from wine! Stagger, but not from drunkenness!

29:10  For YHWH hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes; the prophets, and your heads, the seers, hath He covered.

10  For the Lord has made you to drink a spirit of deep sleep; and he shall close their eyes, and the eyes of their prophets and of their rulers, who see secret things.

10  For the Lord has mixed for you a spirit of deep sleep. He will close your eyes. He will cover your prophets and leaders, who see visions.

29:11  And the vision of all this is become unto you as the words of a writing that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying: 'Read this, I pray thee'; and he saith: 'I cannot, for it is sealed';

11  And all these things shall be to you as the words of this sealed book, which if they shall give to a learned man, saying, Read this, he shall then say, I cannot read it, for it is sealed.

11  And the vision of all will be to you like the words of a sealed book, which, when they have given it to someone who knows how to read, they will say, “Read this,” but he will respond, “I cannot; for it has been sealed.”

29:12  and the writing is delivered to him that is not learned, saying: 'Read this, I pray thee'; and he saith: 'I am not learned.'

12  And this book shall be given into the hands of a man that is unlearned, and one shall say to him, Read this; and he shall say, I am not learned.

12  But if the book is given to someone who does not know how to read, and it is said to him, “Read,” then he will respond, “I do not know how to read.”

29:13  And YHWH said: Forasmuch as this people draw near, and with their mouth and with their lips do honour Me, but have removed their heart far from Me, and their fear of Me is a commandment of men learned by rote;

13  And the Lord has said, This people draw nigh to me with their mouth, and they honour me with their lips, but their heart is far from me: but in vain do they worship me, teaching the commandments and doctrines of men.

13  Therefore the LORD said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their reverence toward me is taught by the precepts and doctrine of men;

29:14  Therefore, behold, I will again do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the prudence of their prudent men shall be hid.

14  Therefore behold I will proceed to remove this people, and I will remove them: and I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will hide the understanding of the prudent.

14  for this reason, behold, I will proceed to accomplish a wonder for this people, a great and mystifying miracle. For wisdom will perish from their wise, and the understanding of their prudent will be concealed.

29:15  Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from YHWH, and their works are in the dark, and they say: 'Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?'

15  Woe to them that deepen their counsel, and not by the Lord. Woe to them that take secret counsel, and whose works are in darkness, and they say, Who has seen us? and who shall know us, or what we do?

15  Woe to you who use the depths of the heart, so that you may hide your intentions from the Lord. Their works are done in darkness, and so they say: “Who sees us?” and “Who knows us?”

29:16  O your perversity! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made should say of him that made it: 'He made me not'; or the thing framed say of him that framed it: 'He hath no understanding?'

16  Shall ye not be counted as clay of the potter? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Thou didst not form me? or the work to the maker, Thou hast not made me wisely?

16  This intention of yours is perverse. It is as if the clay were to plan against the potter, or as if the work were to say to its maker: “You did not make me.” Or it is as if what has been formed were to say to the one who formed it, “You do not understand.”

29:17  Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?

17  In not more than a little while and a brief time, Lebanon will be turned into a fruitful field, and a fruitful field will be considered to be a forest.

29:18  And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of a book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness.

29:19  The humble also shall increase their joy in YHWH, and the neediest among men shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.

19  and the poor shall rejoice with joy because of the Lord, and they that had no hope among men shall be filled with joy.

19  And the meek will increase their rejoicing in the Lord, and the poor among men will exult in the Holy One of Israel.

29:20  For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner ceaseth, and all they that watch for iniquity are cut off;

20  The lawless man has come to nought, and the proud man has perished, and they that transgress mischievously have been utterly destroyed

20  For the one who was prevailing has failed, the one who was mocking has been consumed, and all those who were standing guard over iniquity have been cut down.

29:21  That make a man an offender by words, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought.

21  and they that cause men to sin by a word: and men shall make all that reprove in the gates an offence, because they have unjustly turned aside the righteous.

29:22  Therefore thus saith YHWH, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale;

22  Because of this, thus says the Lord, he who has redeemed Abraham, to the house of Jacob: From now on, Jacob will not be confounded; from now on his countenance will not blush with shame.

29:23  When he seeth his children, the work of My hands, in the midst of him, that they sanctify My name; yea, they shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall stand in awe of the God of Israel.

23  But when their children shall have seen my works, they shall sanctify my name for my sake, and they sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.

29:24  They also that err in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmur shall learn instruction.

24  The foolish ones also whose spirit erred shall come to understanding, and fools shall learn to be obedient.

30:1  Woe to the rebellious children, saith YHWH, that take counsel, but not of Me; and that form projects, but not of My spirit, that they may add sin to sin;

1  Woe to the apostate children, saith the Lord: ye have framed counsel, not by me, and covenants not by my Spirit, to add sins to sins

1  “Woe to the sons of apostasy!” says the Lord. For you would take advice, but not from me. And you would begin to weave, but not by my spirit. Thus do you add sin upon sin!

30:2  That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at My mouth; to take refuge in the stronghold of Pharaoh, and to take shelter in the shadow of Egypt!

2  even they that proceed to go down into Egypt, but they have not enquired of me, that they might be helped by Pharao, and protected by the Egyptians.

2  You are walking so as to descend into Egypt, and you have not sought answers from my mouth, instead hoping for assistance from the strength of Pharaoh and placing trust in the shadow of Egypt.

30:3  Therefore shall the stronghold of Pharaoh turn to your shame, and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt to your confusion.

3  For the protection of Pharao shall be to you a disgrace, and there shall be a reproach to them that trust in Egypt.

3  And so, the strength of Pharaoh will be your confusion, and trust in the shadow of Egypt will be your disgrace.

30:4  For his princes are at Zoan, and his ambassadors are come to Hanes.

4  For there are princes in Tanes, evil messengers.

4  For your leaders were at Tanis, and your messengers have traveled even as far as Hanes.

30:5  They shall all be ashamed of a people that cannot profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.

5  In vain shall they labour in seeking to a people, which shall not profit them for help, but shall be for a shame and reproach.

5  They have all been confounded because of a people who were not able to offer profit to them, who were not of assistance, nor of other usefulness, except to offer confusion and reproach.

30:6  The burden of the beasts of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the lioness and the lion, the viper and flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.

6  THE VISION OF THE QUADRUPEDS IN THE DESERT. In affliction and distress, where are the lion and lion’s whelp, thence come also asps, and the young of flying asps, there shall they be who bore their wealth on asses and camels to a nation which shall not profit them.

6  The prophecy concerning the oppressors of the south: Into a land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the lion and the young lion, the viper and the fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the backs of young asses, and their treasures upon the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.

30:7  For Egypt helpeth in vain, and to no purpose; therefore have I called her arrogancy that sitteth still.

7  The Egyptians shall help you utterly in vain: tell them, This your consolation is vain.

7  For Egypt will offer assistance, but without purpose or success. Therefore, concerning this, I cried out: “It is only arrogance! Remain calm.”

30:8  Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever.

8  Now then sit down and write these words on a tablet, and in a book; for these things shall be for many long days, and even for ever.

8  Now, therefore, enter and write for them upon a tablet, and note it diligently in a book, and this shall be a testimony in the last days, and even unto eternity.

30:9  For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children that refuse to hear the teaching of YHWH;

9  For the people is disobedient, false children, who would not hear the law of God

9  For they are a people who provoke to wrath, and they are lying sons, sons unwilling to listen to the law of God.

30:10  That say to the seers: 'See not,' and to the prophets: 'Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy delusions;

10  who say to the prophets, Report not to us; and to them that see visions, Speak them not to us, but speak and report to us another error;

30:11  Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.'

11  and turn us aside from this way; remove from us this path, and remove from us the oracle of Israel.

11  Take me from the way. Avert me from the path. Let the Holy One of Israel cease from before our face.”

30:12  Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel: because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon;

12  Therefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye have refused to obey these words, and have trusted in falsehood; and because thou hast murmured, and been confident in this respect

12  Because of this, thus says the Holy One of Israel: Since you have rejected this word, and you have hoped in calumny and rebellion, and since you have depended upon these things,

30:13  Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.

13  for this reason, this iniquity will be to you like a breach that has fallen, and like a gap in a high wall. For its destruction will happen suddenly, when it is not expected.

30:14  And He shall break it as a potter's vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing; so that there shall not be found among the pieces thereof a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water out of the cistern.

14  And the fall thereof shall be as the breaking of an earthen vessel, as small fragments of a pitcher, so that thou shouldest not find among them a sherd, with which thou mightest take up fire, and with which thou shouldest draw a little water.

14  And it will be crushed, just as the earthen vessel of a potter is destroyed by a sharp blow. And not even a fragment of its earthenware will be found, which might carry a little fire from the hearth, or which might draw a little water from a hollow.

30:15  For thus said YHWH GOD, the Holy One of Israel: in sitting still and rest shall ye be saved, in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength; and ye would not.

15  Thus saith the Lord, the Holy Lord of Israel; When thou shalt turn and mourn, then thou shalt be saved; and thou shalt know where thou wast, when thou didst trust in vanities: then your strength became vain, yet ye would not hearken

15  Therefore thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel: When you will repent and rest you will be saved; in quietness and in hope shall be your strength; but you would not listen.

30:16  But ye said: 'No, for we will flee upon horses'; therefore shall ye flee; and: 'We will ride upon the swift'; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

16  And you have said: “Never! Instead, we will flee by horseback.” For this reason, you will be put to flight. And you have said, “We will climb upon swift ones.” For this reason, those who pursue you will be even swifter.

16  But you said, Not so, for we will ride upon horses, and will flee upon swift ones; therefore you shall flee, and your pursuers shall be swift.

30:17  One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one, at the rebuke of five shall ye flee; till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on a hill.

17  A thousand shall flee because of the voice of one, and many shall flee on account of the voice of five; until ye be left as a signal-post upon a mountain, and as one bearing an ensign upon a hill.

17  A thousand men will flee in terror from the face of one, and you will flee in terror from the face of five, until you who have been left behind are like the mast of a ship at the top of a mountain, or like a sign on a hill.

30:18  And therefore will YHWH wait, that He may be gracious unto you, and therefore will He be exalted, that He may have compassion upon you; for the YHWH is a God of justice, happy are all they that wait for Him.

18  And the Lord will again wait, that he may pity you, and will therefore be exalted that he may have mercy upon you: because the Lord your God is a judge: blessed are they that stay themselves upon him.

18  Therefore, the Lord waits, so that he may take pity on you. And therefore, he will be exalted for sparing you. For the Lord is the God of judgment. Blessed are all those who wait for him.

30:19  For, O people that dwellest in Zion at Jerusalem, thou shalt weep no more; He will surely be gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry, when He shall hear, He will answer thee.

19  For the holy people shall dwell in Sion: and whereas Jerusalem has wept bitterly, saying, Pity me; he shall pity thee: when he perceived the voice of thy cry, he hearkened to thee.

19  For the people of Zion will live in Jerusalem. Bitterly, you will not weep. Mercifully, he will take pity on you. At the voice of your outcry, as soon as he hears, he will respond to you.

30:20  And though YHWH give you sparing bread and scant water, yet shall not thy Teacher hide Himself any more, but thine eyes shall see thy Teacher;

20  And though the Lord shall give you the bread of affliction and scant water, yet they that cause thee to err shall no more at all draw nigh to thee; for thine eyes shall see those that cause thee to err,

20  And the Lord will give you thick bread and accessible water. And he will not cause your teacher to fly away from you anymore. And your eyes will behold your instructor.

30:21  And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying: 'This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.'

21  And your ears will listen to the word of one admonishing you behind your back: “This is the way! Walk in it! And do not turn aside, neither to the right, nor to the left.”

30:22  And ye shall defile thy graven images overlaid with silver, and thy molten images covered with gold; thou shalt put them far away as one unclean; thou shalt say unto it: 'Get thee hence.'

22  And thou shalt pollute the plated idols, and thou shalt grind to powder the gilt ones, and shalt scatter them as the water of a removed woman, and thou shalt thrust them forth as dung.

22  And you will defile the plates of your silver graven images and the vestment of your gold molten idols. And you will throw these things away like the uncleanness of a menstruating woman. You will say to it, “Go away!”

30:23  And He will give the rain for thy seed, wherewith thou sowest the ground, and bread of the increase of the ground, and it shall be fat and plenteous; in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.

30:24  The oxen likewise and the young asses that till the ground shall eat savoury provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.

24  Your bulls and your oxen that till the ground, shall eat chaff mixed with winnowed barley.

24  And your bulls, and the colts of the donkeys that work the ground, will eat a mix of grains like that winnowed on the threshing floor.

30:25  And there shall be upon every lofty mountain, and upon every high hill streams and watercourses, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.

25  And there will be, on every lofty mountain, and on every elevated hill, rivers of running water, in the day of the slaughter of many, when the tower will fall.

30:26  Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of the seven days, in the day that YHWH bindeth up the bruise of His people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

26  And the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold in the day when the Lord shall heal the breach of his people, and shall heal the pain of thy wound.

30:27  Behold, the name of YHWH cometh from far, with His anger burning, and in thick uplifting of smoke; His lips are full of indignation, and His tongue is as a devouring fire;

27  Behold, the name of the Lord comes after a long time, burning wrath: the word of his lips is with glory, a word full of anger, and the anger of his wrath shall devour as fire.

30:28  And His breath is as an overflowing stream, that divideth even unto the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction; and a bridle that causeth to err shall be in the jaws of the peoples.

28  And his breath, as rushing water in a valley, shall reach as far as the neck, and be divided, to confound the nations for their vain error: error also shall pursue them, and overtake them.

28  His Spirit is like a torrent, inundating, even as high as the middle of the neck, in order to reduce the nations to nothing, along with the bridle of error that was in the jaws of the people.

30:29  Ye shall have a song as in the night when a feast is hallowed; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with the pipe to come into the mountain of YHWH, to the Rock of Israel.

29  Must ye always rejoice, and go into my holy places continually, as they that keep a feast? and must ye go with a pipe, as those that rejoice, into the mountain of the Lord, to the God of Israel?

29  There will be a song for you, as in the night of a sanctified solemnity, and a joy of heart, as when one travels with music to arrive at the mountain of the Lord, to the Strong One of Israel.

30:30  And YHWH will cause His glorious voice to be heard, and will show the lighting down of His arm, with furious anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with a bursting of clouds, and a storm of rain, and hailstones.

30  And the Lord shall make his glorious voice to be heard, and the wrath of his arm, to make a display with wrath and anger and devouring flame: he shall lighten terribly, and his wrath shall be as water and violent hail.

30  And the Lord will cause the glory of his voice to be heard, and, with a threatening fury and a devouring flame of fire, he will reveal the terror of his arm. He will crush with the whirlwind and with hailstones.

30:31  For through the voice of YHWH shall Asshur be dismayed, the rod with which He smote.

31  For by the voice of the Lord the Assyrians shall be overcome, even by the stroke wherewith he shall smite them.

30:32  And in every place where the appointed staff shall pass, which YHWH shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps; and in battles of wielding will He fight with them.

32  And it shall happen to him from every side, that they from whom their hope of assistance was, in which he trusted, themselves shall war against him in turn with drums and with harp.

30:33  For a hearth is ordered of old; yea, for the king it is prepared, deep and large; the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of YHWH, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

33  For thou shalt be required before thy time: has it been prepared for thee also to reign? nay, God has prepared for thee a deep trench, wood piled, fire and much wood: the wrath of the Lord shall be as a trench kindled with sulphur.

31:1  Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many, and in horsemen, because they are exceeding mighty; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek YHWH!

1  Woe to those who descend into Egypt for assistance, hoping in horses, and putting their trust in four-horse chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are exceedingly strong. And they have not believed in the Holy One of Israel, and they have not sought the Lord.

31:2  Yet He also is wise, and bringeth evil, and doth not call back His words; but will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

2  Therefore he has wisely brought evils upon them, and his word shall not be frustrated; and he shall rise up against the houses of wicked men, and against their vain hope,

2  Therefore, being wise, he has permitted harm, and he has not removed his words, and he will rise up against the house of the wicked and against those who assist the workers of iniquity.

31:3  Now the Egyptians are men, and not God, and their horses flesh, and not spirit; so when YHWH shall stretch out His hand, both he that helpeth shall stumble, and he that is helped shall fall, and they all shall perish together.

3  even an Egyptian, a man, and not God; the flesh of horses, and there is no help in them: but the Lord shall bring his hand upon them, and the helpers shall fail, and all shall perish together.

3  Egypt is man, and not God. And their horses are flesh, and not spirit. And so, the Lord will reach down his hand, and the helper will fall, and the one who was being helped will fall, and they will all be consumed together.

31:4  For thus saith YHWH unto me: Like as the lion, or the young lion, growling over his prey, though a multitude of shepherds be called forth against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them; so will the YHWH of hosts come down to fight upon mount Zion, and upon the hill thereof.

4  For thus said the Lord to me, As a lion would roar, or a lion’s whelp over prey which he has taken, and cry over it, until the mountains are filled with his voice, and the animals are awe-struck and tremble at the fierceness of his wrath: so the Lord of hosts shall descend to fight upon the mount Sion, even upon her mountains.

4  For the Lord says this to me: In the same way that a lion roars, and a young lion is over his prey, and though a multitude of shepherds may meet him, he will not dread their voice, nor be afraid of their number, so will the Lord of hosts descend in order to battle upon mount Zion and upon its hill.

31:5  As birds hovering, so will YHWH of hosts protect Jerusalem; He will deliver it as He protecteth it, He will rescue it as He passeth over.

5  As birds flying, so shall the Lord of hosts defend; he shall defend Jerusalem, and he shall rescue, and save and deliver.

5  Like birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts protect Jerusalem, protecting and freeing, passing over and saving.

31:6  Turn ye unto Him against whom ye have deeply rebelled, O children of Israel.

6  Be converted to the same depth that you have drawn away, O sons of Israel.

31:7  For in that day they shall cast away every man his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.

7  For in that day men shall renounce their silver idols and their golden idols, which their hands made.

31:8  Then shall Asshur fall with the sword, not of man, and the sword, not of men, shall devour him; and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall become tributary.

8  And the Assyrian shall fall: not the sword of a great man, nor the sword of a mean man shall devour him; neither shall he flee from the face of the sword: but the young men shall be overthrown

8  And Assur will fall by a sword not of man, and a sword not of man will devour him. And he will not flee from the face of the sword, and his young men will be subject to a penalty.

31:9  And his rock shall pass away by reason of terror, and his princes shall be dismayed at the ensign, saith YHWH, whose fire is in Zion, and His furnace in Jerusalem.

9  for they shall be compassed with rocks as with a trench, and shall be worsted; and he that flees shall be taken. Thus saith the Lord, Blessed is he that has a seed in Sion, and household friends in Jerusalem.

9  And his strength will pass away in terror, and his princes will flee in fear. The Lord has said it. His fire is in Zion, and his furnace is at Jerusalem.