To turnaside the needyfromjudgment, and to takeaway the rightfrom the poor of my people, thatwidows may be theirprey, and thatthey may rob the fatherless!
And whatwill ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolationwhichshallcomefrom far? to whomwill ye flee for help? and wherewill ye leaveyourglory?
Without me theyshall bow downunder the prisoners, and theyshallfallunder the slain. For all this his anger is not turnedaway, but his hand is stretched out still.
I willsend him against an hypocriticalnation, and against the people of my wrathwill I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to treadthemdownlike the mire of the streets.
Wherefore it shallcome to pass, thatwhen the Lordhathperformed his wholeworkuponmountZion and on Jerusalem, I willpunish the fruit of the stoutheart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his highlooks.
For he saith, By the strength of my hand I havedone it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I haveremoved the bounds of the people, and haverobbedtheirtreasures, and I have put down the inhabitantslike a valiant man:
And my handhathfound as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gatheretheggsthat are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was nonethatmoved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
Shall the ax boastitselfagainst him thatheweththerewith? or shall the saw magnifyitselfagainst him thatshaketh it? as if the rod shouldshakeitselfagainstthemthatlift it up, or as if the staffshouldlift up itself, as if it were no wood.
And it shallcome to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no moreagainstayupon him thatsmotethem; but shallstayupon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
Thereforethussaith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my peoplethatdwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shallsmitetheewith a rod, and shalllift up his staffagainstthee, after the manner of Egypt.
And the LORD of hostsshallstir 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.
And it shallcome to pass in that day, that his burdenshall be takenawayfrom off thy shoulder, and his yokefrom off thy neck, and the yokeshall be destroyedbecause of the anointing.