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When this time comes, the Lord All-Powerful will be a glorious crown for his people who survive.

He will see that justice rules and that his people are able to defend their cities.

So, the Lord will speak to his people in strange sounds and foreign languages.

Now his message to you will be senseless sound after senseless sound. Then you will fall backwards, injured and trapped.

Now his message is like a sealed letter to you. Some of you say, "We can't read it, because it's sealed."

This is the Lord 's message for his rebellious people: "You follow your own plans instead of mine; you make treaties without asking me, and you keep on sinning.

The Lord told me to write down his message for his people, so that it would be there forever.

They have turned against the Lord and can't be trusted. They have refused his teaching

and have said to his messengers and prophets: Don't tell us what God has shown you and don't preach the truth. Just say what we want to hear, even if it's false.

Then the Lord will bandage his people's injuries and heal the wounds he has caused. The moon will shine as bright as the sun, and the sun will shine seven times brighter than usual. It will be like the light of seven days all at once.

The Lord is coming from far away with his fiery anger and thick clouds of smoke. His angry words flame up like a destructive fire;

The Lord 's people will sing as they do when they celebrate a religious festival at night. The Lord is Israel's mighty rock, and his people will be as happy as they are when they follow the sound of flutes to the mountain where he is worshiped.

The Lord will get furious. His fearsome voice will be heard, his arm will be seen ready to strike, and his anger will be like a destructive fire, followed by thunderstorms and hailstones.

When the Assyrians hear the Lord 's voice and see him striking with his iron rod, they will be terrified.

The Egyptians are mere humans. They aren't God. Their horses are made of flesh; they can't live forever. When the Lord shows his power, he will destroy the Egyptians and all who depend on them. Together they will fall.

A king and his leaders will rule with justice.

With your own eyes you will see the glorious King; you will see his kingdom reaching far and wide.

In The Book of the Lord you can search and find where it is written, "The Lord brought together all of his creatures by the power of his Spirit. Not one is missing."

except Jerusalem. The Assyrian king ordered his army commander to leave the city of Lachish and to take a large army to Jerusalem. The commander went there and stood on the road near the cloth makers' shops along the canal from the upper pool.

Is he depending on Egypt and its king? That's the same as leaning on a broken stick, and it will go right through his hand.