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For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government
shall be upon his shoulder: and his name
shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The
everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful
Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and
sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will
accomplish this.
And all the people
shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and
stoutness of heart,
All the people will know it— Ephraim and the dwellers of Samaria. With pride and
arrogance of heart they will say:
Therefore the LORD
shall set up the
adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;
The LORD has raised up the foes of Rezin against him and joined his enemies together.
The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they
shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have
devoured Israel with open mouths.
Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
Therefore the Lord
shall have no joy in their young men, neither
shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an
hypocrite and an
evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no
compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly.
Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
For wickedness burneth as the fire: it
shall devour the briers and thorns, and
shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they
shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets which roll upward in billows of smoke.
Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land
darkened, and the people
shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man
shall spare his brother.
By the wrath of the LORD of Hosts the land is
scorched, and the people are fuel for the fire. No man even spares his brother.
And he
shall snatch on the right hand, and be
hungry; and he
shall eat on the left hand, and they
shall not be satisfied: they
shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
They
carve out what is on the right, but they are still
hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.
Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim,
Manasseh: and they together
shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim
Manasseh; together they turn against Judah.
Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
And what will ye do in the day of
visitation, and in the
desolation which
shall come from far? to whom will ye
flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
What will you do on the day of
reckoning when
devastation comes from
afar? To whom will you
flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Nothing will remain but to
crouch among the
captives or fall among the slain.
Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
and as I have done to Samaria and its idols, will I not also do to Jerusalem and her idols?”
Wherefore it
shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount
Zion and on Jerusalem, I will
punish the fruit of the
stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount
Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will
punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his
arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.
Shall the
axe boast itself against him that heweth
therewith? or
shall the saw
magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should
shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
Does an
axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw
boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!
Therefore
shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones
leanness; and under his glory he
shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts will send a wasting disease among Assyria’s
stout warriors, and under his
pomp will be
kindled a fire like a burning flame.
And the light of Israel
shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it
shall burn and
devour his thorns and his briers in one day;
And the Light of Israel will become a fire, and its Holy One a flame. In a single day it will burn and
devour Assyria’s thorns and thistles.
And
shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they
shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth.
The
splendor of its forests and orchards, both soul and body, it will completely destroy, as a sickness consumes a man.
And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
The remaining trees of its forests will be so few that a child could count them.
And it
shall come to pass in that day, that the
remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob,
shall no more again stay upon him that
smote them; but
shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
On that day the
remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on him who struck them, but they will truly
rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
The
remnant shall return, even the
remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.
For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a
remnant of them
shall return: the consumption decreed
shall overflow with righteousness.
Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a
remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness.
For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.
For the Lord GOD of Hosts will carry out the destruction decreed upon the whole land.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in
Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he
shall smite thee with a rod, and
shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “O My people who dwell in
Zion, do not fear Assyria, who strikes you with a rod and lifts his staff against you as the Egyptians did.
For yet a very little while, and the
indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.
For in just a little while My
fury against you will
subside, and My anger will turn to their destruction.”
And the LORD of hosts
shall stir up a
scourge for him according to the slaughter of
Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so
shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
And the LORD of Hosts will
brandish a
whip against them, as when He struck
Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will raise His staff over the sea, as He did in Egypt.
And it
shall come to pass in that day, that his burden
shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke
shall be destroyed because of the
anointing.
On that day the burden will be lifted from your shoulders, and the yoke from your neck. The yoke will be broken because your neck will be too large.
As yet
shall he remain at
Nob that day: he
shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of
Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts,
shall lop the
bough with terror: and the high ones of
stature shall be
hewn down, and the
haughty shall be humbled.
Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will
lop off the branches with
terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, the lofty ones will be felled.
And he
shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and
Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
He will clear the forest thickets with an
axe, and
Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.
And there
shall come forth a rod out of the stem of
Jesse, and a Branch
shall grow out of his roots:
Then a shoot will spring up from the
stump of
Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;
The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him— the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.
And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,
But with righteousness
shall he judge the poor, and reprove with
equity for the
meek of the earth: and he
shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips
shall he
slay the wicked.
but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with
equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and
slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.
And righteousness
shall be the
girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the
girdle of his
reins.
Righteousness will be the belt around His hips, and faithfulness the
sash around His
waist.
The wolf also
shall dwell with the lamb, and the
leopard shall lie down with the
kid; and the
calf and the young lion and the
fatling together; and a little child
shall lead them.
The wolf will live with the lamb, and the
leopard will lie down with the goat; the
calf and young lion and
fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them.
And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
The cow will
graze with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
The infant will play by the
cobra’s den, and the
toddler will reach into the
viper’s nest.
They
shall not
hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth
shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
They will neither
harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.
And in that day there
shall be a root of
Jesse, which
shall stand for an
ensign of the people; to it
shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest
shall be glorious.
On that day the Root of
Jesse will stand as a
banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.
And it
shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord
shall set his hand again the second time to recover the
remnant of his people, which
shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from
Cush, and from
Elam, and from
Shinar, and from
Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the
remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from
Cush, from
Elam, from
Shinar, from
Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
And he
shall set up an
ensign for the nations, and
shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the
dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
He will raise a
banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
The
envy also of Ephraim
shall depart, and the
adversaries of Judah
shall be cut off: Ephraim
shall not
envy Judah, and Judah
shall not
vex Ephraim.
Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart, and the
adversaries of Judah will be cut off. Ephraim will no longer
envy Judah, nor will Judah
harass Ephraim.
But they
shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they
shall spoil them of the east together: they
shall lay their hand upon
Edom and Moab; and the children of
Ammon shall obey them.
They will
swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will
plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on
Edom and Moab, and the
Ammonites will be subject to them.
And the LORD
shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind
shall he
shake his hand over the river, and
shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over
dryshod.
The LORD will
devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a
scorching wind He will
sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry
sandals.
And there
shall be an
highway for the
remnant of his people, which
shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
There will be a
highway for the
remnant of His people who remain from Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from the land of Egypt.
Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,
And in that day
shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is
exalted.
and on that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD;
proclaim His name! Make His works known among the peoples; declare that His name is
exalted.
Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it
shall come as a destruction from the
Almighty.
Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the
Almighty.
Therefore
shall all hands be
faint, and every man’s heart
shall melt:
Therefore all hands will fall
limp, and every man’s heart will
melt.
And they
shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows
shall take hold of them; they
shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they
shall be
amazed one at another; their faces
shall be as flames.
Terror, pain, and
anguish will seize them; they will
writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces
flushed with fear.
Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land
desolate: and he
shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming— cruel, with
fury and burning anger— to make the earth a
desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.
For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof
shall not give their light: the sun
shall be
darkened in his going forth, and the moon
shall not cause her light to
shine.
For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be
darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
Therefore I will
shake the heavens, and the earth
shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
Therefore I will make the heavens
tremble, and the earth will be
shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts on the day of His burning anger.
And it
shall be as the
chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they
shall every man turn to his own people, and
flee every one into his own land.
Like a
hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a
shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will
flee to his native land.
Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.
Their children also
shall be
dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses
shall be
spoiled, and their wives
ravished.
Their infants will be
dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be
looted, and their wives will be
ravished.
Behold, I will
stir up the Medes against them, which
shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they
shall not delight in it.
Behold, I will
stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.
Their bows also
shall dash the young men to pieces; and they
shall have no
pity on the fruit of the
womb; their eye
shall not
spare children.
Their bows will
dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the
womb; they will not look with
pity on the children.
And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’
excellency,
shall be as when God overthrew
Sodom and
Gomorrah.
And Babylon, the
jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like
Sodom and
Gomorrah.
It
shall never be inhabited, neither
shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither
shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither
shall the
shepherds make their fold there.
She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no
nomad will pitch his tent there, no
shepherd will rest his flock there.
But wild beasts of the desert
shall lie there; and their houses
shall be full of
doleful creatures; and owls
shall dwell there, and satyrs
shall dance there.
But desert creatures will lie down there, and
howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will
leap about.
And the wild beasts of the islands
shall cry in their
desolate houses, and
dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days
shall not be prolonged.
Hyenas will
howl in her fortresses and jackals in her
luxurious palaces. Babylon’s time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.
For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers
shall be joined with them, and they
shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
For the LORD will have
compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.
And the people
shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel
shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they
shall take them
captives, whose
captives they were; and they
shall rule over their oppressors.
The nations will
escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD’s land. They will make
captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.
And it
shall come to pass in the day that the LORD
shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard
bondage wherein thou
wast made to serve,
On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and
torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,
All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
They will all
respond to you, saying, “You too have become weak, as we are; you have become like us!”
They that see thee
shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to
tremble, that did
shake kingdoms;
Those who see you will
stare; they will
ponder your fate: “Is this the man who
shook the earth and made the kingdoms
tremble,
Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers
shall never be
renowned.
You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned.
The LORD of hosts hath
sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so
shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so
shall it stand:
The LORD of Hosts has
sworn: “Surely, as I have
planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.
That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains
tread him under foot: then
shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
I will break Assyria in My land; I will
trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.”
For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who
shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who
shall turn it back?
The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can
thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?
Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that
smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root
shall come forth a
cockatrice, and his fruit
shall be a
fiery flying serpent.
Do not
rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a
viper will spring from the root of the
snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.
And the
firstborn of the poor
shall feed, and the
needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he
shall slay thy
remnant.
Then the
firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the
needy will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root by famine, and your
remnant will be slain.
Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there
shall come from the north a smoke, and none
shall be alone in his appointed times.
Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city!
Melt away, all you Philistines! For a cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.
What
shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded
Zion, and the poor of his people
shall trust in it.
What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded
Zion, where His
afflicted people will find refuge.”
He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to
weep: Moab
shall howl over
Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads
shall be
baldness, and every
beard cut off.
Dibon goes up to its temple to
weep at its high places. Moab wails over
Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is
shaved, every
beard is cut off.
In their streets they
shall gird themselves with
sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one
shall howl,
weeping abundantly.
In its streets they wear
sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all
wail, falling down
weeping.
And
Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice
shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab
shall cry out; his life
shall be
grievous unto him.
Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls
tremble within.
My heart
shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives
shall flee unto Zoar, an
heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with
weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they
shall raise up a cry of destruction.
My heart
cries out over Moab; her fugitives
flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With
weeping they
ascend the slope of Luhith; they
lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.
For the waters of Nimrim
shall be
desolate: for the hay is
withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is
withered; the vegetation is gone, and the
greenery is no more.
Therefore the abundance they have
gotten, and that which they have laid up,
shall they carry away to the
brook of the willows.
So they carry their wealth and belongings over the
Brook of the Willows.
For the waters of Dimon
shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the
remnant of the land.
The waters of Dimon are full of blood, but I will bring more upon Dimon— a lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon the
remnant of the land.
For it
shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab
shall be at the fords of
Arnon.
Like
fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the
Arnon:
And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.
in loving devotion a throne will be established in the tent of David. A judge seeking justice and
hastening righteousness will sit on it in faithfulness.
We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his
haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies
shall not be so.
Therefore
shall Moab
howl for Moab, every one
shall howl: for the foundations of Kir-hareseth
shall ye
mourn; surely they are
stricken.
Therefore let Moab
wail; let them
wail together for Moab.
Moan for the
raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly
stricken.
And
gladness is taken away, and joy out of the
plentiful field; and in the vineyards there
shall be no singing, neither
shall there be
shouting: the treaders
shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their
vintage shouting to cease.
Joy and
gladness are removed from the
orchard; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards. No one tramples the grapes in the winepresses; I have put an end to the
cheering.
Wherefore my
bowels shall sound like an
harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-haresh.
Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a
harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.
And it
shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is
weary on the high place, that he
shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he
shall not prevail.
When Moab appears on the high place, when he wearies himself and enters his sanctuary to pray, it will do him no good.
But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an
hireling, and the glory of Moab
shall be
contemned, with all that great multitude; and the
remnant shall be very small and feeble.
And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a
hired worker counts the years, Moab’s
splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it
shall be a
ruinous heap.
This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a
heap of ruins.
The cities of Aroer are
forsaken: they
shall be for flocks, which
shall lie down, and none
shall make them afraid.
The cities of Aroer are
forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear.
The fortress also
shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the
remnant of Syria: they
shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.
The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the sovereignty from Damascus. The
remnant of
Aram will be like the
splendor of the Israelites,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
And in that day it
shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob
shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh
shall wax
lean.
“In that day the
splendor of Jacob will
fade, and the fat of his body will waste away,
And it
shall be as when the
harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it
shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of
Rephaim.
as the
reaper gathers the standing grain and harvests the ears with his arm, as one gleans heads of grain in the Valley of
Rephaim.
Yet
gleaning grapes
shall be left in it, as the
shaking of an olive tree, two or three
berries in the top of the
uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel.
Yet gleanings will remain, like an olive tree that has been beaten— two or three
berries atop the tree, four or five on its fruitful branches,” declares the LORD, the God of Israel.
At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
In that day men will look to their Maker and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.
And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.
They will not look to the altars they have fashioned with their hands or to the Asherahs and incense altars they have made with their fingers.
In that day
shall his strong cities be as a
forsaken bough, and an
uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there
shall be
desolation.
In that day their strong cities will be like
forsaken thickets and summits, abandoned to the Israelites and to utter
desolation.
