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Yes, for the king it is prepared. Defending, He will also deliver it;
He has made it deep and large; Passing over, He will preserve it.”
Its pyre is fire with much wood; 6 Return to Him against whom the children of
The breath of the LORD, like a stream Israel have deeply revolted. For in that day
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of brimstone,
Kindles it. every man shall throw away his idols of silver
and his idols of gold—sin, which your own
hands have made for yourselves.
8 “Then Assyria shall fall by a sword not
of man,
30:33 Tophet. Literally, a place of abomina-
tion. Idolatrous Israel had burned to death And a sword not of mankind
human victims in this valley just south of shall devour him.
Jerusalem, an area sometimes called the But he shall flee from the sword,
Valley of Hinnom (2 Kin. 23:10; Jer. 19:6). Later And his young men shall become
it became known as Gehenna, the place of forced labor.
refuse for the city, with constantly burning 9 He shall cross over to his stronghold
fires, symbolizing hell.The defeat was to be so for fear,
complete that the fire burns continually. And his princes shall be afraid of the
banner,”
Says the LORD,
Whose fire is in Zion
31 Woe to those who go down to And whose furnace is in Jerusalem.
Egypt for help,
Who trust in chariots because they are 32 in righteousness,
And rely on horses, Behold, a king will reign
many, And princes will rule with justice.
And in horsemen because they are 2 A man will be as a hiding place from
very strong, the wind,
But who do not look to the Holy One And a cover from the tempest,
of Israel, As rivers of water in a dry place,
Nor seek the LORD! As the shadow of a great rock in a
2 Yet He also is wise and will bring weary land.
disaster, 3 The eyes of those who see will not be
And will not call back His words, dim,
But will arise against the house of And the ears of those who hear will
evildoers, listen.
And against the help of those who 4 Also the heart of the rash will
work iniquity. understand knowledge,
3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; And the tongue of the stammerers will
And their horses are flesh, and not be ready to speak plainly.
spirit. 5 The foolish person will no longer be
When the LORD stretches out His hand, called generous,
Both he who helps will fall, Nor the miser said to be bountiful;
And he who is helped will fall down; 6 For the foolish person will speak
They all will perish together.
foolishness,
4 And his heart will work iniquity:
For thus the LORD has spoken to me:
To practice ungodliness,
“As a lion roars, To utter error against the LORD,
And a young lion over his prey To keep the hungry unsatisfied,
(When a multitude of shepherds is And he will cause the drink of the
summoned against him, thirsty to fail.
He will not be afraid of their voice 7 Also the schemes of the schemer are
Nor be disturbed by their noise), evil;
So the LORD of hosts will come down He devises wicked plans
To fight for Mount Zion and for its hill. To destroy the poor with lying words,
Like birds flying about, Even when the needy speaks justice.
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So will the LORD of hosts defend 8 But a generous man devises generous
Jerusalem. things,

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