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He will give a signal to faraway nations, he will whistle for them to come from the ends of the earth; and here they come, so fast! —

S'rafim stood over him, each with six wings — two for covering his face, two for covering his feet and two for flying.

He touched my mouth with it and said, "Here! This has touched your lips. Your iniquity is gone, your sin is atoned for."

Then I heard the voice of Adonai saying, "Whom should I send? Who will go for us?" I answered, "I'm here, send me!"

For the head of Aram is Dammesek, and the head of Dammesek Retzin. In sixty-five years Efrayim will be broken and will cease to be a people.

Then [the prophet] said, "Listen here, house of David! Is trying people's patience such a small thing for you that you must try the patience of my God as well?

Yes, when that day comes, Adonai will whistle for the fly in the farthest streams of the Nile in Egypt and for the bee in the land of Ashur.

You won't visit hills once worked with a hoe, for fear of the briars and thorns; it will be good only for pasturing cattle and being trampled down by sheep.

I had it witnessed for me by reliable witnesses — Uriyah the cohen and Z'kharyahu the son of Y'verekhyahu.

For this is what Adonai said to me, speaking with a strong hand, warning me not to live the way this people does:

He is there to be a sanctuary. But for both the houses of Isra'el he will be a stone to stumble over, a rock obstructing their way; a trap and a snare for the inhabitants of Yerushalayim.

I will wait for Adonai , who is hiding his face from the house of Ya‘akov; yes, I will look for him.

Meanwhile, I and the children whom Adonai has given me will become for Isra'el signs and wonders from Adonai -Tzva'ot living on Mount Tziyon.

for teaching and instruction?" For they will indeed give you this unenlightened suggestion.

or [down] at the earth, they will see only trouble and darkness, anguished gloom and pervasive darkness. But there will be no more gloom for those who are now in anguish. In the past the land of Z'vulun and the land of Naftali were regarded lightly; but in the future he will honor the way to the lake, beyond the Yarden, Galil-of-the-Goyim.

For the yoke that weighed them down, the bar across their shoulders, and their driver's goad you have broken as on the day of Midyan['s defeat].

For all the boots of soldiers marching and every cloak rolled in blood is destined for burning, fuel for the fire.

For a child is born to us, a son is given to us; dominion will rest on his shoulders, and he will be given the name Pele-Yo‘etz El Gibbor Avi-‘Ad Sar-Shalom [Wonder of a Counselor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace],

For those leading this people lead them astray, and those led by them are destroyed.

Therefore Adonai takes no joy in their young men and has no compassion on their orphans and widows; for everyone is ungodly and does evil, every mouth speaks foolishly. Even after all this, his anger remains, his upraised hand still threatens.