Study Desk

And He will delight in the fear of Yahweh,And He will not judge by what His eyes see,Nor render a decision by what His ears hear;

But with righteousness He will judge the poor,And decide with uprightness for the afflicted of the earth;And He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth,And with the breath of His lips He will put the wicked to death.

Also righteousness will be the belt about His loins,And faithfulness the belt about His waist.

And the nursing baby will play by the hole of the cobra,And the weaned child will put his hand on the viper's den.

Then it will be in that day,That the nations will seek the root of Jesse,Who will stand as a standard for the peoples;And His resting place will be glorious.

Then it will be in that day, that the LordWill again acquire the second time with His handThe remnant of His people, who will remain,From Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Ethiopia, Elam, Shinar, Hamath,And from the coastlands of the sea.

And Yahweh will devote to destructionThe tongue of the Sea of Egypt;And He will wave His hand over the RiverWith His scorching wind;And He will strike it into seven streamsAnd make men walk over dry‑shod.

And there will be a highway from AssyriaFor the remnant of His people who will remain,Just as there was for IsraelIn the day that they came up out of the land of Egypt.

And in that day you will say,"Give thanks to Yahweh, call on His name.Make known His deeds among the peoples;Make them remember that His name is exalted."

They are coming from a far country,From the end of the sky,Yahweh and His instruments of indignation,To wreak destruction on the whole land.

Therefore I will make the heavens tremble,And the earth will be shaken from its placeAt the fury of Yahweh of hostsIn the day of His burning anger.

And it will be that like a hunted gazelle,Or like sheep with none to gather them,They will each turn to his own people,And each one flee to his own land.

It will never be inhabited or dwelt in from generation to generation;Nor will the Arab pitch his tent there,Nor will shepherds make their flocks lie down there.

Who made the world like a wildernessAnd pulled down its cities,Who did not allow his prisoners to go home?'

All the kings of the nations lie in glory,Each in his own place.

Prepare for his sons a place of slaughterBecause of the iniquity of their fathers.They must not arise and take possession of the earthAnd fill the face of the world with cities."

to break Assyria in My land, and I will trod him down on My mountains. Then his yoke will be removed from them and his burden removed from their shoulder.

For Yahweh of hosts has counseled, and who can thwart it? And as for His stretched-out hand, who can turn it back?"

Wail, O gate; cry, O city;Melt away, O Philistia, all of you;For smoke comes from the north,And there is no straggler in his ranks.

How then will one answer the messengers of the nation?That Yahweh has founded Zion,And the afflicted of His people will take refuge in it."