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So the grave has become larger and has opened its mouth wide. And Jerusalem's greatness, her people, her sounds of wild joy, and those who are happy with sin go down into it.

So, as fire destroys what is left of the cut grain and dry grass falls into the fire, so their root will waste away and their flower blow away like dust. For they have turned away from the Law of the Lord of All. They have hated the Word of the Holy One of Israel.

For the head of Syria is Damascus and the head of Damascus is Rezin. (Within another sixty-five years Ephraim will be destroyed so that it is no longer a people.)

So the Lord Himself will give you a special thing to see: A young woman, who has never had a man, will give birth to a son. She will give Him the name Immanuel.

So now, see, the Lord is ready to bring on them the strong and powerful waters of the Euphrates, the king of Assyria and all his greatness. It will rise up high and cause a flood.

So the Lord brings men from Rezin to fight against them. He makes those who hate them move to action.

So the Lord will cut off the head and tail from Israel, both palm branch and river-grass in one day.

So the Lord is not pleased with their young men. He does not have pity on their children who have no parents or on their women whose husbands have died. Every one of them is without God and does sinful things. Every mouth speaks foolish words. Even with all this, His anger does not turn away. His hand is still held out.

So when the Lord has completed all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will punish the proud heart of the king of Assyria and his proud spirit.

So the Lord, the Lord of All, will send a wasting disease among the strong Assyrian soldiers. Under the king's greatness a fire will be started that will burn and burn.

And the rest of his trees will be so few that a child could write them down.

So the Lord, the Lord of All, says, "O My people who live in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrians when they come to fight against you as the Egyptians did.

In that day the Assyrian's load will be taken from your shoulders and neck, and it will be broken because you are so fat.

As water from a well brings joy to the thirsty, so people have joy when He saves them.

So all hands will become weak, and every man's heart will melt.

I will make men so few that they will be of more worth than pure gold, even the gold of Ophir.

The Lord of All has promised, "It will happen just as I have planned it. As I have planned, so will it be.

Heshbon and Elealeh cry out also. Their voice is heard as far as Jahaz. So the soldiers of Moab cry out. Moab's soul shakes within him.

So the many things they have gathered and stored up they carry away over the river of Arabim.

So Moab will cry out. Everyone of Moab will cry out. You will cry for the dried-grape cakes of Kir-hareseth, as if you were in the worst trouble.