11 Tremble, O ye that are at case; be ye disquieted, O yc careless ones! Strip ye, make ye bare; and gird ye sackcloth 12 Upon your loins, upon your breasts: Mourn ye for the pleasant field, for the fruitful vine. 13 Over the land of my people the thorn and the brier shall come up; Yea, over all the joyous houses, over the exulting city, 14 For the palace is deserted, the populous city is left desolate; Ophel and the watch-tower shall for a long time be a den, A joy of wild asses, a pasture for the flocks: 15 Till the Spirit from on high be poured out upon us; And the fruitful field be esteemed a forest: 16 And judgment shall dwell in the wilderness; And in the fruitful field shall reside righteousness. 17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; And the effect of righteousness perpetual quiet and secu- 18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceful mansion, And in resting-places undisturbed. 19 But the hail shall fall, and the forest be brought down; And the city shall be laid level with the plain. 20 Blessed are ye, who sow your seed in every well watered place; Who send forth the foot of the ox and the ass. CHAP. 1 Wo unto thee, thou spoiler, who hast not been spoiled thyself; XXXIII. 2 And thou plunderer, who hast not been plundered: O JEHOVAH, have mercy on us; we have trusted in Be thou our strength every morning; Even our salvation in the time of distress. 3 From thy terrible voice the peoples fled; When thou didst raise thyself up, the nations were dispersed. 4 But your spoil shall be gathered, as the locust gathereth; As the caterpillar runneth to and fro, so shall they run, and seize it. 5 JEHOVAH is exalted; yea, he dwelleth on high: He hath filled Sion with judgment and justice. 6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, 7 The possession of continued salvation; The fear of JEHOVAH, this shall be thy treasure. Behold the mighty men raise a grievous cry; The messengers of peace weep bitterly. 8 The highways are desolate; the traveller ceaseth : He hath broken the covenant; he hath rejected the offered cities; Of men he maketh no account. 9 The land mourneth, it languisheth ; 10 Libanus is put to shame, it withereth : Sharon is become like a desert; And Bashan and Carmel are stripped of their beauty. Now will I arise, saith JEHOVAH; Now will I lift myself up on high; now will I be exalted. 11 Ye shall conceive chaff; ye shall bring forth stubble; And my spirit like fire shall consume you. 13 12 And the peoples shall be burned, as the lime is burned; As the thorns are cut up, and consumed in the fire. Hear, O ye that are afar off, my doings; And acknowledge, O ye that are near, my power. 14 The sinners in Sion are struck with dread; Terror hath seized the hypocrites: Who among us can abide this consuming fire? Who among us can abide these continued burnings? 15 He who walketh in perfect righteousness, and speaketh right things; Who detesteth the lucre of oppression ; Who shaketh his hands from bribery; Who stoppeth his ears to the proposal of bloodshed; H Who shutteth his eyes against the appearance of evil: 16 His dwelling shall be in the high places; The strongholds of the rocks shall be his lofty fortress: His bread shall be duly furnished; his waters shall not fail. 17 Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty; They shall see thine own land far extended. 18 Thine heart shall reflect on the past terror: Where is now the accomptant? where the weigher of tribute? Where is he, that numbered the towers? 19 Thou shalt see no more that barbarous people: 20 The people of a deep speech, which thou couldst not hear; And of a stammering tongue, which thou couldst not understand. Thou shalt see Sion, the city of our solemn feasts; The quiet habitation, the tabernacle unshaken: 21 But the glorious name of JEHOVAH shall be unto us, Which no oared ship shall pass, Neither shall any mighty vessel go through. 22 For JEHOVAH is our judge; JEHOVAH is our lawgiver; JEHOVAH is our king: he shall save us. 23 Thy sails are loose; they cannot make them fast: Thy mast is not firm; they cannot spread the ensign. Then shall a copious spoil be divided; Even the lame shall seize the prey. 24 Neither shall the inhabitant say, I am disabled with sickness: 1 The people, that dwelleth therein, is freed from the punishment of their iniquity. DRAW near, O ye nations, and hearken; Let the earth hear, and the fulness thereof; CHAP. XXXIV. 2 For the wrath of JEHOVAH is kindled against all the nations; And his anger against all the orders thereof: He hath devoted them; he hath given them up to slaughter. 3 And their slain shall be cast out; And from their carcasses their stink shall ascend; And the mountains shall melt down with their blood. 4 And all the host of heaven shall waste away; And the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll: And all their host shall wither; As the withered leaf falleth from the vine, And as the blighted fruit from the fig-tree. 5 For my sword is made bare in the heavens: Behold, on Edom it shall descend; And on the people justly by me devoted to destruction. 6 The sword of JEHOVAH is glutted with blood; It is pampered with fat; With the blood of lambs, and of goats; For JEHOVAH celebrateth a sacrifice in Botsrah, 7 And the wild goats shall fall down with them; And the bullocks, together with the bulls: And their own land shall be drunken with their blood, 8 For it is the day of vengeance to JEHOVAH; The year of recompense to the defenders of the cause of 9 And her torrents shall be turned into pitch, And her whole land shall become burning pitch; 10 By night or by day it shall not be extinguished; For ever shall her smoke ascend: From generation to generation she shall lie desert; To everlasting ages no one shall pass through her; 11 But the pelican and the porcupine shall inherit her; And the owl and the raven shall inhabit there: And he shall stretch over her the line of devastation, And the plummet of emptiness over her scorched plains. 12 No more shall they boast the renown of the kingdom; And all her princes shall utterly fail. 13 And in her palaces shall spring up thorns; A court for the daughters of the ostrich. 14 And the jackals and the mountain-cats shall meet one another; And the satyr shall call to his fellow: There also the screech-owl shall pitch; And shall find for herself a place of rest. 15 There shall the night-raven make her nest, and lay her eggs; And she shall hatch them, and gather her young under There also shall the vultures be gathered together; 16 Consult ye the book of JEHOVAH, and read : Not a female shall lack her mate: For the mouth of JEHOVAH hath given the command; 17 And he hath cast the lot for them; CHAP. 1 And his hand hath meted out their portion by the line: THE desert, and the waste, shall be glad ; And the wilderness shall rejoice, and flourish : 2 Like the rose shall it beautifully flourish ; 3 And the well-watered plain of Jordan shall also rejoice: The beauty of Carmel and of Sharon : These shall behold the glory of JEHOVAH, Strengthen ye the feeble hands, And confirm ye the tottering knees. Vengeance will come; the retribution of God |