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Therefore it shall come to pass, that, when the Lord has performed his whole work on mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

Therefore will the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory there shall be kindled a burning like the burning of fire.

And the light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it will burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day.

And he will consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and it shall be as when a standard-bearer faints.

And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child may write them.

Therefore thus says the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, O my people that dwell in Zion, don't be afraid of the Assyrian, though he smites you with the rod, and lifts up his staff against you, after the manner of Egypt.

For yet a very little while, and the indignation [against you] shall be accomplished, and my anger [shall be directed] to his destruction.

And Yahweh of hosts will stir up against him a scourge, as in the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and his rod will be over the sea, and he will lift it up after the manner of Egypt.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall depart from off your shoulder, and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed by reason of fatness.

He has come to Aiath, he has passed through Migron; at Michmash he lays up his baggage;

This very day he shall halt at Nob: he shakes his hand at the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit.

And his delight shall be in the fear of Yahweh; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither decide after the hearing of his ears;

but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.

And righteousness shall be the girdle of his waist, and faithfulness the girdle of his loins.

And the nursing child shall play on the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the root of Jesse, that stands for an ensign of the peoples, to him shall the nations seek; and his resting-place shall be glorious.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, that shall remain, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

And Yahweh will completely destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his scorching wind he will wave his hand over the River, and will smite it into seven streams, and cause men to march over dryshod.

And there shall be a highway for the remnant of his people, that shall remain, from Assyria; like there was for Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.