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Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of armies says: "My people, you who dwell in Zion, do not fear the Assyrian who strikes you with the rod, and lifts up his staff against you the way Egypt did.

Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.

"For in a very little while My indignation against you will be ended and My anger will be directed toward their destruction."

For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.

The LORD of armies will wield a whip against him like the defeat of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and His staff will be over the sea, and He will lift it up the way He did in Egypt.

And the Lord of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.

So it will be on that day, that his burden will be removed from your shoulders, and his yoke from your neck; and the yoke will be broken because of fatness.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

He has come against Aiath, He has passed through Migron; At Michmash he deposited his baggage.

He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:

They have gone through the pass, saying, "Geba will be our encampment for the night." Ramah is terrified, and Gibeah of Saul has fled.

They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.

Cry aloud with your voice, daughter of Gallim! Pay attention, Laishah and wretched Anathoth!

Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.

Madmenah has fled. The inhabitants of Gebim have sought refuge.

Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.

Yet today he will halt at Nob; He shakes his fist at the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

Behold, the Lord, the GOD of armies, will lop off the branches with terrifying power; Those also who are tall in stature will be cut down, And those who are lofty will be brought low.

Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.

He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an iron axe, And Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.

And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.