10:1 Woe to them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness {which} they have prescribed;
10:1 Woe to them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness {which} they have prescribed;
10:2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and {that} they may rob the fatherless!
10:2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and {that} they may rob the fatherless!
10:3 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?
10:3 And what will ye do in the day of punishment, and in the desolation {which} shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
10:4 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.
10:4 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.
10:5 O Assyrian, the rod of my anger, and the staff in their hand is my indignation.
10:5 O Assyrian, the rod of my anger, and the staff in their hand is my indignation.
10:6 I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
10:6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I command him, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
10:7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but {it is} in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
10:7 Yet he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but {it is} in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
10:8 For he saith, {Are} not my princes altogether kings?
10:8 For he saith, {Are} not my princes altogether kings?
10:9 {Is} not Calno as Carchemish? {is} not Hamath as Arpad? {is} not Samaria as Damascus?
10:9 {Is} not Calno as Carchemish? {is} not Hamath as Arpad? {is} not Samaria as Damascus?
10:10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images excelled them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
10:10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images excelled them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
10:11 Shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
10:11 Shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
10:12 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.
10:12 Therefore 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.
10:13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done {it}, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant {man}:
10:13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done {it}, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant {man}:
10:14 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs {that are} left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
10:14 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs {that are} left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
10:15 Shall the ax boast itself against him that heweth with it? {or} shall the saw magnify itself against him that moveth it? as if the rod should shake {itself} against them that lift it, {or} as if the staff should lift {itself}, {as if it were} no wood.
10:15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth with it? {or} shall the saw magnify itself against him that moveth it? as if the rod should shake {itself} against them that lift it, {or} as if the staff should lift {itself, as if it were} no wood.
10:16 Therefore will the LORD, the LORD of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he will kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
10:16 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.
10:17 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;
10:17 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;
10:18 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth.
10:18 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.
10:19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
10:19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
10:20 And it shall come to pass in that day, {that} the remnant of Israel, and such as have escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again lean upon him that smote them; but shall lean upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
10:20 And it shall come to pass in that day, {that} the remnant of Israel, and such as have escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again lean upon him that smote them; but shall lean upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
10:21 The remnant shall return, {even} the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.
10:21 The remnant shall return, {even} the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.
10:22 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.
10:22 For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, {yet} a remnant of them shall return: the full end decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
10:23 For the Lord GOD of hosts will make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.
10:23 For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a full end, even determined, in the midst of all the land.
10:24 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.
10:24 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.
10:25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and my anger in their destruction.
10:25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and my anger in their destruction.
10:26 And the LORD of hosts will raise 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.
10:26 And the LORD of hosts shall raise 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.
10:27 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.
10:27 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.
10:28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his furniture.
10:28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath attended to his carriages:
10:29 They have gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul hath fled.
10:29 They have gone over the pass: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul hath fled.
10:30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard to Laish, O poor Anathoth.
10:30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard to Laish, O poor Anathoth.
10:31 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.
10:31 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.
10:32 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.
10:32 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.
10:33 Behold, the LORD, the LORD of hosts will lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature {shall be} hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
10:33 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.
10:34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forests with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
10:34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forests with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
10:1 Woe to them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness {which} they have prescribed;
10:2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and {that} they may rob the fatherless!
10:2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and {that} they may rob the fatherless!
10:3 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?
10:3 And what will ye do in the day of punishment, and in the desolation {which} shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
10:4 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.
10:4 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.
10:5 O Assyrian, the rod of my anger, and the staff in their hand is my indignation.
10:5 O Assyrian, the rod of my anger, and the staff in their hand is my indignation.
10:6 I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
10:6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I command him, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
10:7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but {it is} in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
10:7 Yet he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but {it is} in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
10:8 For he saith, {Are} not my princes altogether kings?
10:8 For he saith, {Are} not my princes altogether kings?
10:9 {Is} not Calno as Carchemish? {is} not Hamath as Arpad? {is} not Samaria as Damascus?
10:9 {Is} not Calno as Carchemish? {is} not Hamath as Arpad? {is} not Samaria as Damascus?
10:10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images excelled them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
10:10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images excelled them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
10:11 Shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
10:11 Shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
10:12 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.
10:12 Therefore 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.
10:13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done {it}, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant {man}:
10:13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done {it}, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant {man}:
10:14 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs {that are} left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
10:14 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs {that are} left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
10:15 Shall the ax boast itself against him that heweth with it? {or} shall the saw magnify itself against him that moveth it? as if the rod should shake {itself} against them that lift it, {or} as if the staff should lift {itself}, {as if it were} no wood.
10:15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth with it? {or} shall the saw magnify itself against him that moveth it? as if the rod should shake {itself} against them that lift it, {or} as if the staff should lift {itself, as if it were} no wood.
10:16 Therefore will the LORD, the LORD of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he will kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
10:16 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.
10:17 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;
10:17 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;
10:18 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth.
10:18 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.
10:19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
10:19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
10:20 And it shall come to pass in that day, {that} the remnant of Israel, and such as have escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again lean upon him that smote them; but shall lean upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
10:20 And it shall come to pass in that day, {that} the remnant of Israel, and such as have escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again lean upon him that smote them; but shall lean upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
10:21 The remnant shall return, {even} the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.
10:21 The remnant shall return, {even} the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.
10:22 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.
10:22 For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, {yet} a remnant of them shall return: the full end decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
10:23 For the Lord GOD of hosts will make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.
10:23 For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a full end, even determined, in the midst of all the land.
10:24 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.
10:24 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.
10:25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and my anger in their destruction.
10:25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and my anger in their destruction.
10:26 And the LORD of hosts will raise 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.
10:26 And the LORD of hosts shall raise 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.
10:27 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.
10:27 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.
10:28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his furniture.
10:28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath attended to his carriages:
10:29 They have gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul hath fled.
10:29 They have gone over the pass: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul hath fled.
10:30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard to Laish, O poor Anathoth.
10:30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard to Laish, O poor Anathoth.
10:31 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.
10:31 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.
10:32 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.
10:32 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.
10:33 Behold, the LORD, the LORD of hosts will lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature {shall be} hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
10:33 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.
10:34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forests with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
10:34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forests with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
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