15 People shall be brought down,
aEach man shall be humbled,
And the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled.
aEach man shall be humbled,
And the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled.
16 But the Lord of hosts shall be aexalted in judgment,
And God who is holy shall be hallowed in righteousness.
And God who is holy shall be hallowed in righteousness.
17 Then the lambs shall feed in their pasture,
And in the waste places of athe fat ones strangers shall eat.
And in the waste places of athe fat ones strangers shall eat.
19 aThat say, “Let Him make speed and hasten His work,
That we may see it;
And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come,
That we may know it.”
That we may see it;
And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come,
That we may know it.”
20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;
Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;
Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
24 Therefore, aas the fire devours the stubble,
And the flame consumes the chaff,
So btheir root will be as rottenness,
And their blossom will ascend like dust;
Because they have rejected the law of the Lord of hosts,
And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
And the flame consumes the chaff,
So btheir root will be as rottenness,
And their blossom will ascend like dust;
Because they have rejected the law of the Lord of hosts,
And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25 aTherefore the anger of the Lord is aroused against His people;
He has stretched out His hand against them
And stricken them,
And bthe hills trembled.
Their carcasses were as refuse in the midst of the streets.
cFor all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is stretched out still.
He has stretched out His hand against them
And stricken them,
And bthe hills trembled.
Their carcasses were as refuse in the midst of the streets.
cFor all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is stretched out still.
26 aHe will lift up a banner to the nations from afar,
And will bwhistle to them from cthe end of the earth;
Surely dthey shall come with speed, swiftly.
And will bwhistle to them from cthe end of the earth;
Surely dthey shall come with speed, swiftly.
27 No one will be weary or stumble among them,
No one will slumber or sleep;
Nor awill the belt on their loins be loosed,
Nor the strap of their sandals be broken;
No one will slumber or sleep;
Nor awill the belt on their loins be loosed,
Nor the strap of their sandals be broken;
28 aWhose arrows are sharp,
And all their bows bent;
Their horses’ hooves will1 seem like flint,
And their wheels like a whirlwind.
And all their bows bent;
Their horses’ hooves will1 seem like flint,
And their wheels like a whirlwind.
29 Their roaring will be like a lion,
They will roar like young lions;
Yes, they will roar
And lay hold of the prey;
They will carry it away safely,
And no one will deliver.
They will roar like young lions;
Yes, they will roar
And lay hold of the prey;
They will carry it away safely,
And no one will deliver.
30 In that day they will roar against them
Like the roaring of the sea.
And if one alooks to the land,
Behold, darkness and1 sorrow;
And the light is darkened by the clouds.
Like the roaring of the sea.
And if one alooks to the land,
Behold, darkness and1 sorrow;
And the light is darkened by the clouds.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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