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| 10:1 | Woe vnto them that decree vnrighteous decrees, and that write grieuousnesse which they haue prescribed: |
| 10:2 | To turne aside the needy from iudgement, and to take away the right from the poore of my people, that widdowes may be their pray, and that they may robbe the fatherles. |
| 10:3 | And what wil ye doe in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from farre? To whom wil ye flee for helpe? And where will yee leaue your glory? |
| 10:4 | Without mee they shall bowe downe vnder the prisoners, and they shall fall vnder the slaine: for all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. |
| 10:5 | O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staffe in their hand is mine indignation. |
| 10:6 | I will send him against an hypocriticall nation, and against the people of my wrath will I giue him a charge to take the spoile, and to take the praye, and to tread them downe like the mire of the streets. |
| 10:7 | Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart thinke so, but it is in his heart to destroy, and cut off nations not a few. |
| 10:8 | For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings? |
| 10:9 | Is not Calno, as Carchemish? Is not Hamath, as Arpad? Is not Samaria, as Damascus? |
| 10:10 | As my hand hath found the kingdomes of the idoles, and whose grauen images did excell them of Ierusalem and of Samaria: |
| 10:11 | Shall I not, as I haue done vnto Samaria and her idoles, so doe to Ierusalem and her idoles? |
| 10:12 | Wherefore it shall come to passe, that when the Lord hath performed his whole worke vpon mount Zion, and on Ierusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high lookes. |
| 10:13 | For hee saith, By the strength of my hand I haue done it, and by my wisedome, for I am prudent: and I haue remooued the bounds of the people, and haue robbed their treasures, and I haue put downe the inhabitants like a valiant man. |
| 10:14 | And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth egges that are left, haue I gathered all the earth, and there was none that moued the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. |
| 10:15 | Shall the axe boast it selfe against him that heweth therewith? Or shal the sawe magnifie it selfe against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake it selfe against them that lift it vp, or as if the staffe should lift vp it selfe, as if it were no wood. |
| 10:16 | Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leannesse, and vnder his glory hee shall kindle a burning, like the burning of a fire. |
| 10:17 | And the light of Israel shall bee for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burne and deuoure his thornes and his briers in one day: |
| 10:18 | And shall consume the glory of his forrest, and of his fruitfull field both soule and body: and they shall bee as when a standerd bearer fainteth. |
| 10:19 | And the rest of the trees of his forrest shall be few, that a child may write them. |
| 10:20 | And it shal come to passe in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Iacob, shall no more againe stay vpon him that smote them: but shall stay vpon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel in trueth. |
| 10:21 | The remnant shall returne, euen the remnant of Iacob, vnto the mightie God. |
| 10:22 | For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall returne: the consumption decreed shall ouerflow with righteousnesse. |
| 10:23 | For the Lord God of hostes shall make a consumption, euen determined in the middest of all the land. |
| 10:24 | Therfore thus saith the Lord God of hostes, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraide of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift vp his staffe against thee, after the maner of Egypt. |
| 10:25 | For yet a very litle while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction. |
| 10:26 | And the Lord of hostes shall stirre vp a scourge for him, according to the slaughter of Midian at the rocke Oreb: and as his rod was vpon the Sea, so shall he lift it vp after the manner of Egypt. |
| 10:27 | And it shall come to passe in that day, that his burden shalbe taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy necke, and the yoke shalbe destroyed because of the anointing. |
| 10:28 | He is come to Aiath, hee is passed to Migron: at Michmash he hath laid vp his cariages. |
| 10:29 | They are gone ouer the passage: they haue taken vp their lodging at Geba, Ramah is afraid, Gebeah of Saul is fled. |
| 10:30 | Lift vp thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to bee heard vnto Laish, O poore Anathoth. |
| 10:31 | Madmenah is remooued, the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselues to flee. |
| 10:32 | As yet shall hee remaine at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Ierusalem. |
| 10:33 | Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hostes shall lop the bough with terrour: and the high ones of stature shal be hewen downe, and the haughtie shalbe humbled. |
| 10:34 | And he shall cut downe the thickets of the forrests with yron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mightie one. |
| 10:1 | Wo be vnto them that make vnrighteous lawes, and that causeth their actuaries to wryte greeuousnesse |
| 10:2 | Where thorowe the poore are put from their right, and my seelie people robbed of iudgement, that wydowes may be their pray, and that they may rob the fatherlesse |
| 10:3 | What wyll ye do in the tyme of visitation, and when destruction shall come from farre? to whom wyll ye runne for helpe? and where wyll you leaue your glory |
| 10:4 | That when I withdrawe my hand, ye come not among the prysoners, nor lye among the dead? After all this doth not the wrath of the Lorde ceasse, but yet is his hande stretched out styll |
| 10:5 | O Assur whiche art the staffe of my wrath, in whose hand is the rod of mine indignation |
| 10:6 | I wyll sende hym among those hypocritishe people: among the people that haue deserued my disfauour wyll I sende hym, that he vtterly rob them, spoyle them, and treade them downe lyke the myre in the streete |
| 10:7 | Howbeit, his meaning is not so, neither thinketh his heart on this fashion: But he imagineth howe he may roote out and destroy muche people |
| 10:8 | For he saith, Are not my princes all kynges |
| 10:9 | Is not Chalno as easie to winne, as Charchamis? Is it harder to conquer Hamath, then Arphad? or is it lighter to ouercome Damascus, then Samaria |
| 10:10 | As who say I were able to winne the kyngdomes of the idolaters and their gods, but not Hierusalem and Samaria |
| 10:11 | Shall I not do vnto Hierusalem and her images, as I dyd vnto Samaria and her idols |
| 10:12 | Wherefore it shall come to passe, that assoone as the Lorde hath perfourmed his whole worke vpon the hill of Sion and Hierusalem, then wyll I visite the fruite of the stoute heart of the kyng of Assyria with his proude lookes |
| 10:13 | For he standeth thus in his owne conceipt, This do I thorowe the power of myne owne hande, & thorowe my wysdome: for I am wyse, I am he that remoue the landes of the people, I rob their treasure, and haue pulled downe the inhabitauntes like a valiaunt man |
| 10:14 | My hand hath found out the strength of the people as it were a nest: and like as egges that were layde here and there, are gathered together, so do I gather all countreys, and there was none so bolde as to moue the winge, that dare open his mouth, or once whisper |
| 10:15 | Shall the axe boast it selfe against him that heweth therwith? or shal the sawe make any bragging against hym that ruleth it? That were euen lyke as if the rod did exalt it selfe against him that beareth it, or as though the staffe should magnifie it selfe as who say it were no wood |
| 10:16 | Therefore shall the Lorde the God of hoastes sende among his fatlinges leanenesse, and burne vp his glory as it were with a fire |
| 10:17 | And the light of Israel shalbe that fire, and his holy one shalbe the flambe: and it shall kindle and burne vp his thornes and bryers in one day |
| 10:18 | Yea all the glory of his wooddes and fieldes shalbe consumed with body and soule, and they shalbe as an hoast of men, whose standard bearer fayleth |
| 10:19 | The trees also of his wood whiche remayne shalbe of such a number that a chylde may tell them |
| 10:20 | After that day shall the remnaunt of Israel, and suche as are escaped out of the house of Iacob, seeke no more comfort at him that smote them: but vnfaynedly shall they trust vnto the Lorde, the holy one of Israel |
| 10:21 | The remnaunt, euen the posteritie of Iacob, shall conuert vnto God the mightie one |
| 10:22 | For though thy people O Israel be as the sande of the sea, yet shal the remnaunt of them conuert vnto him: The decreed consumption ouerfloweth with righteousnesse |
| 10:23 | And therefore the Lorde of hoastes shall perfectly fulfill the thing that he hath determined in the middest of the whole worlde |
| 10:24 | Therefore thus saith the Lorde God of hoastes: Thou my people that dwellest in Sion, be not afraide for the king of the Assirians: he shall smyte thee with a rod, and shall lyft vp his staffe against thee, as the Egyptians dyd sometime |
| 10:25 | But very soone after shall my wrath and indignation be fulfilled in the destruction of them |
| 10:26 | Moreouer, the Lorde of hoastes shall stirre vp a scourge for him, like as was the slaughter of Madian vpo the rocke Oreb, and as the destruction of the Egyptians when he lyfted vp his rod vpon the sea |
| 10:27 | Then shal his burthen be taken from thy shoulders, and his yoke from thy necke, yea the same yoke shalbe destroyed because of the vnction |
| 10:28 | He shal come to Aiath, and go thorow towarde Migron, at Michmas shall he lay vp his harnesse |
| 10:29 | They shall go ouer the foorde, Geba shalbe their resting place, Rhama shalbe afraide, Gibea Saul shall flee away |
| 10:30 | Lift vp thy voyce O daughter Gallim, geue eare to Laisa thou poore Anathoth |
| 10:31 | Madmena shall tremble for feare, but the citizens of Gabim are manly |
| 10:32 | Yet shall he remaine at Nob that day: after that shall he lyft vp his hande against the mount of the daughter Sion the hyll of Hierusalem |
| 10:33 | But see, the Lord God of hoastes shall breake downe the bough with feare, he shall hewe downe the proude, and fell the high minded |
| 10:34 | The thickets also of the wood shall he roote out with iron, and Libanus shall haue a fall thorowe the mightie |
| 10:1 | Woe vnto them that decree wicked decrees, and write grieuous things, |
| 10:2 | To keepe backe ye poore from iudgement, and to take away the iudgement of the poore of my people, that widowes may be their pray, and that they may spoyle the fatherlesse. |
| 10:3 | What will ye doe nowe in the day of visitation, and of destruction, which shall come from farre? to whom will ye flee for helpe? and where will ye leaue your glorie? |
| 10:4 | Without me euery one shall fall among them that are bound, and they shall fall downe among the slayne: yet for all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. |
| 10:5 | O Asshur, the rodde of my wrath: and the staffe in their hands is mine indignation. |
| 10:6 | I will sende him to a dissembling nation, and I will giue him a charge against the people of my wrath to take the spoyle and to take the pray, and to treade them vnder feete like the mire in the streete. |
| 10:7 | But he thinketh not so, neither doeth his heart esteeme it so: but he imagineth to destroy and to cut off not a fewe nations. |
| 10:8 | For he sayeth, Are not my princes altogether Kings? |
| 10:9 | Is not Calno as Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus? |
| 10:10 | Like as mine hand hath founde the kingdomes of the idoles, seeing their idoles were aboue Ierusalem, and aboue Samaria: |
| 10:11 | Shall not I, as I haue done to Samaria, and to the idoles thereof, so doe to Ierusalem and to the idoles thereof? |
| 10:12 | But when the Lord hath accomplished all his worke vpon mount Zion and Ierusalem, I will visite the fruite of the proude heart of the King of Asshur, and his glorious and proud lookes, |
| 10:13 | Because he said, By ye power of mine owne hand haue I done it, and by my wisdome, because I am wise: therefore I haue remooued the borders of the people, and haue spoyled their treasures, and haue pulled downe the inhabitants like a valiant man. |
| 10:14 | And mine hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people, and as one gathereth egges that are left, so haue I gathered all the earth: and there was none to mooue the wing or to open the mouth, or to whisper. |
| 10:15 | Shall the axe boast it selfe against him that heweth therewith? or shall the sawe exalt it selfe against him that moueth it? as if the rod shoulde lift vp it selfe against him that taketh it vp, or the staffe should exalt it selfe, as it were no wood. |
| 10:16 | Therefore shall the Lord God of hostes send amog his fat men, leannes, and vnder his glorie he shall kindle a burning, like the burning of fire. |
| 10:17 | And the light of Israel shalbe as a fire, and the Holy one thereof as a flame, and it shall burne, and deuoure his thornes and his briers in one day: |
| 10:18 | And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitfull fieldes both soule and flesh: and he shalbe as ye fainting of a standard bearer. |
| 10:19 | And the rest of the trees of his forest shalbe fewe, that a childe may tell them. |
| 10:20 | And at that day shall the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Iaakob, stay no more vpon him that smote them, but shall stay vpon ye Lord, ye Holy one of Israel in trueth. |
| 10:21 | The remnant shall returne, euen the remnant of Iaakob vnto the mightie God. |
| 10:22 | For though thy people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea, yet shall the remnant of them returne. The consumption decreed shall ouerflow with righteousnesse. |
| 10:23 | For the Lord God of hostes shall make the consumption, euen determined, in the middes of all the land. |
| 10:24 | Therefore thus saith ye Lord God of hostes, O my people, that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of Asshur: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift vp his staffe against thee after the maner of Egypt: |
| 10:25 | But yet a very litle time, and the wrath shall be consumed, and mine anger in their destruction. |
| 10:26 | And ye Lord of hostes shall raise vp a scourge for him, according to the plague of Midian in the rocke Oreb: and as his staffe was vpon the Sea, so he will lift it vp after the maner of Egypt. |
| 10:27 | And at that day shall his burden be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy necke: and the yoke shalbe destroied because of the anoynting. |
| 10:28 | He is come to Aiath: he is passed into Migron: at Michmash shall he lay vp his armour. |
| 10:29 | They haue gone ouer the foorde: they lodged in the lodging at Geba: Ramah is afraide: Gibeah of Saul is fled away. |
| 10:30 | Lift vp thy voyce, O daughter Gallim, cause Laish to heare, O poore Anathoth. |
| 10:31 | Madmenah is remoued: the inhabitants of Gebim haue gathered themselues together. |
| 10:32 | Yet there is a time that he will stay at Nob: he shall lift vp his hand towarde the mount of the daughter Zion, the hill of Ierusalem. |
| 10:33 | Beholde, the Lord God of hostes shall cut off the bough with feare, and they of high stature shalbe cut off, and the hie shalbe humbled. |
| 10:34 | And he shall cut away the thicke places of the forest with yron, and Lebanon shall haue a mightie fall. |
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