One Year Chronological Bible Sampler - Flipbook - Page 94
JULY 18
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When you are done destroying,
you will be destroyed.
When you are done betraying,
you will be betrayed.
But LORD, be merciful to us,
for we have waited for you.
Be our strong arm each day
and our salvation in times of trouble.
The enemy runs at the sound of your voice.
When you stand up, the nations flee!
Just as caterpillars and locusts strip the fields and vines,
so the fallen army of Assyria will be stripped!
Though the LORD is very great and lives in heaven,
he will make Jerusalem* his home of justice and righteousness.
In that day he will be your sure foundation,
providing a rich store of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge.
The fear of the LORD will be your treasure.
But now your brave warriors weep in public.
Your ambassadors of peace cry in bitter disappointment.
Your roads are deserted;
no one travels them anymore.
The Assyrians have broken their peace treaty
and care nothing for the promises they made before witnesses.*
They have no respect for anyone.
The land of Israel wilts in mourning.
Lebanon withers with shame.
The plain of Sharon is now a wilderness.
Bashan and Carmel have been plundered.
But the LORD says: “Now I will stand up.
Now I will show my power and might.
You Assyrians produce nothing but dry grass and stubble.
Your own breath will turn to fire and consume you.
Your people will be burned up completely,
like thornbushes cut down and tossed in a fire.
Listen to what I have done, you nations far away!
And you that are near, acknowledge my might!”
The sinners in Jerusalem shake with fear.
Terror seizes the godless.
“Who can live with this devouring fire?” they cry.
“Who can survive this all-consuming fire?”
Those who are honest and fair,
who refuse to profit by fraud,
who stay far away from bribes,
who refuse to listen to those who plot murder,
who shut their eyes to all enticement to do wrong—
33:5 Hebrew Zion; also in 33:14.
33:8 As in Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text reads care nothing for the cities.
