They carry on the shoulder of the young cattle their wealth;

And on the bunch of the camel their treasures;

To a people, that will not profit them.

7 For Egypt is a mere vapour; in vain shall they help: Wherefore have I called her, Rahab the inactive.

8

Go now, write it before them on a tablet;

And record it in letters upon a book:

That it may be for future times;

For a testimony for ever.

9 For this is a rebellious people, lying children;

Children who choose not to hear the law of JEHOVAH : 10 Who say to the seers, See not;

And to the prophets, Prophesy not right things:
Speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits.

11 Turn aside from the way; decline from the straight path; Remove from our sight the Holy One of Israel.

12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel:
Because ye have rejected this word;

And have trusted in obliquity, and perversion;
And have leaned entirely upon it:

13 Therefore shall this offence be unto you,`

Like a breach threatening ruin; a swelling in a high wall;

Whose destruction cometh suddenly, in an instant.

14 It shall be broken, as when one breaketh a potter's vessel:

15

He dasheth it to pieces, and spareth it not;

So that there shall not be found a sherd among its fragments,

To take up fire from the hearth,

Or to dip up water from the cistern.

Verily thus saith the Lord JEHOVAH, the Holy One of Israel:

By turning from your ways, and by abiding quiet, ye
shall be saved;

In silence, and in pious confidence, shall be your strength:
But ye would not hearken.

16 And ye said: Nay, but on horses will we flee;

Therefore shall ye be put to flight;

And on swift coursers will we ride;

Therefore shall they be swift, that pursue you.

17 One thousand, at the rebuke of one;

At the rebuke of five, ten thousand of you shall flee: Till ye be left as a standard on the summit of a mountain;

And as a beacon on a high hill.

18 Yet for this shall JEHOVAH wait to show favour unto you; Even for this shall he expect in silence, that he may have mercy upon you:

(For JEHOVAH is a God of judgment;

Blessed are all they that trust in him):

19 When a holy people shall dwell in Sión;

When in Jerusalem thou shalt implore him with weeping: At the voice of thy cry he shall be abundantly gracious unto thee;

No sooner shall he hear, than he shall answer thee. 20 Though JEHOVAH hath given you bread of distress, and water of affliction;

Yet the timely rain shall no more be restrained;
But thine eyes shall behold the timely rain.

21 And thine ears shall hear the word prompting thee behind:

Saying, This is the way; walk ye in it;

Turn not aside, to the right, or to the left.

22 And ye shall treat as defiled the covering of your idols

of silver;

And the clothing of your molten images of gold:
Thou shalt cast them away like a polluted garment;
Thou shalt say unto them, Be gone
from me.
23 And he shall give rain for thy seed,
With which thou shalt sow the ground;
And bread of the produce of the ground:
And it shall be abundant and plenteous.
Then shall thy cattle feed in large pasture;

24 And the oxen, and the young asses, that till the ground, Shall eat well-fermented maslin,

Winnowed with the van and the sieve.

25 And on every lofty mountain,

And on every high hill,

Shall be disparting rills, and streams of water,

In the day of the great slaughter, when the mighty fall. 26 And the light of the moon shall be as the light of the meridian sun;

27

And the light of the meridian sun shall be seven-fold; In the day when JEHOVAH shall bind up the breach of his people;

And shall heal the wound, which his stroke hath inflicted.

Lo! the name of JEHOVAH cometh from afar;
His wrath burneth, and the flame rageth violently:
His lips are filled with indignation;

And his tongue is as a consuming fire. 28 His spirit is like a torrent overflowing;

It shall reach to the middle of the neck:

He cometh to toss the nations with the van of perdition; And there shall be a bridle, to lead them astray, in the jaws of the people.

29 Ye shall utter a song, as in the night when the feast is solemnly proclaimed

With joy of heart, as when one marcheth to the sound of the pipe;

To

go

to the mountain of JEHOVAH, to the rock of Israel. 30 And JEHOVAH shall cause his glorious voice to be

heard,

And the lighting down of his arm to be seen;

With wrath indignant, and a flame of consuming fire; With a violent storm, and rushing showers, and hailstones.

31 By the voice of JEHOVAH the Assyrian shall be beaten down;

He, that was ready to smite with his staff.

32 And it shall be, that wherever shall pass the rod of correction,

Which JEHOVAH shall lay heavily upon him;

It shall be accompanied with tabrets and harps;
And with fierce battles shall he fight against them.

33 For Tophet is ordained of old;

Even the same for the king is prepared :

He hath made it deep; he hath made it large;
A fiery pyre, and abundance of fuel;

And the breath of JEHOVAH, like a stream of sulphur,
shall kindle it.

CHAP. 1
XXXI.

Wo unto them, that go down to Egypt for help;
Who trust in horses for their support:

Who confide in chariots, because they are many;
And in horsemen, because they are very strong:
But look not unto the Holy One of Israel;
And of JEHOVAH they ask not counsel;

2 But he in his wisdom will bring evil upon them:
And he will not set aside his word:

But will rise against the house of the wicked;
And against the helpers of those that work iniquity.
3 For the Egyptians are man, and not God;

And their horses are flesh, and not spirit:

And JEHOVAH shall stretch forth his hand;

And the helper shall fall, and the holpen shall be overthrown;

And together shall all of them be destroyed.

4 For thus hath JEHOVAH said unto me:

Like as the lion growleth,

Even the young lion,

over his prey;

Though the whole company of shepherds be called together against him;

At their voice he will not be terrified,

Nor at their tumult will he be humbled:

So shall JEHOVAH God of Hosts descend to fight
For Mount Sion, and his own hill.

5 As the mother birds, hovering over their young,
So shall JEHOVAH God of Hosts protect Jerusalem;
Protecting and delivering; leaping forward and rescu-
ing her.

6

Return unto him, from whom ye have so deeply engaged in revolt,

O ye sons of Israel!

7 Verily in that day shall they cast away with contempt,
Every man his idols of silver and his idols of gold;
The sin, which their own hands have made.

8 And the Assyrian shall fall by a sword not of man;
Yea a sword not of mortal shall devour him.

And he shall betake himself to flight from the face of
the sword;

And the courage of his chosen men shall fail.

9 And through terror he shall pass beyond his stronghold;

And his princes shall be struck with consternation at his
flight.

Thus saith JEHOVAH, who hath his fire in Sion,
And his furnace in Jerusalem.

CHAP. 1 BEHOLD, a king shall reign in righteousness;
And princes shall rule with equity:

XXXII.

2 And the man shall be as a covert from the storm, as a refuge from the flood;

As canals of waters in a dry place;

As the shadow of a great rock in a land fainting with heat:

3 And him the eyes of those, that see, shall regard;

And the ears of those, that hear, shall hearken.

4 Even the heart of the rash shall consider, and acquire knowledge;

And the stammering tongue shall speak readily and
plainly.

5 The fool shall no longer be called honourable;
And the niggard shall no more be called liberal;

6 For the fool will still utter folly;

And his heart will devise iniquity:

Practising hypocrisy, and speaking wrongfully against
JEHOVAH;

To exhaust the soul of the hungry,

And to deprive the thirsty of drink.

7 As for the niggard, his instruments are evil:
He plotteth mischievous devices;

To entangle the humble with lying words;

And to defeat the assertions of the poor in judgment.

8 But the generous will devise generous things;

9

And he by his generous purposes shall be established.

O YE women, that sit at ease, arise, hear my voice! O ye daughters, that dwell in security, give ear unto my speech!

10 Years upon years shall ye be disquieted, O ye careless

women;

For the vintage hath failed, the gathering of the fruits shall not come.