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"All the kings of the nations, All of them, sleep in glory, Everyone in his own house;

Prepare slaughter for his children Because of the iniquity of their fathers, Lest they rise up and possess the land, And fill the face of the world with cities."

That I will break the Assyrian in My land, And on My mountains tread him underfoot. Then his yoke shall be removed from them, And his burden removed from their shoulders.

For the LORD of hosts has purposed, And who will annul it? His hand is stretched out, And who will turn it back?"

Wail, O gate! Cry, O city! All you of Philistia are dissolved; For smoke will come from the north, And no one will be alone in his appointed times."

What will they answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD has founded Zion, And the poor of His people shall take refuge in it.

Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out,Their voice shall be heard as far as Jahaz;Therefore the armed soldiers [fn] of Moab will cry out;His life will be burdensome to him.

"My heart will cry out for Moab;His fugitives shall flee to Zoar,Like a three-year-old heifer. Jeremiah 48:34) ">[fn] For by the Ascent of LuhithThey will go up with weeping;For in the way of HoronaimThey will raise up a cry of destruction,

We have heard of the pride of Moab-- He is very proud-- Of his haughtiness and his pride and his wrath; But his lies shall not be so.

And it shall come to pass, When it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, That he will come to his sanctuary to pray; But he will not prevail.

"In that day it shall come to pass That the glory of Jacob will wane, And the fatness of his flesh grow lean.

It shall be as when the harvester gathers the grain, And reaps the heads with his arm; It shall be as he who gathers heads of grain In the Valley of Rephaim.

In that day a man will look to his Maker, And his eyes will have respect for the Holy One of Israel.

He will not look to the altars,The work of his hands;He will not respect what his fingers have made,Nor the wooden images [fn] nor the incense altars.

In that day his strong cities will be as a forsaken bough [fn] And an uppermost branch, [fn] Which they left because of the children of Israel;And there will be desolation.

The burden against Egypt. Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud, And will come into Egypt; The idols of Egypt will totter at His presence, And the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst.

"I will set Egyptians against Egyptians; Everyone will fight against his brother, And everyone against his neighbor, City against city, kingdom against kingdom.

The LORD has mingled a perverse spirit in her midst; And they have caused Egypt to err in all her work, As a drunken man staggers in his vomit.

I will clothe him with your robe And strengthen him with your belt; I will commit your responsibility into his hand. He shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem And to the house of Judah.

The key of the house of David I will lay on his shoulder; So he shall open, and no one shall shut; And he shall shut, and no one shall open.