Woe to the rebelliouschildren, saith the LORD, thattakecounsel, but not of me; and thatcoverwith a covering, but not of my spirit, thatthey may add sin to sin:
The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, fromwhencecome the young and old lion, the viper and fieryflyingserpent, theywillcarrytheirrichesupon the shoulders of youngasses, and theirtreasuresupon the bunches of camels, to a peoplethatshall not profitthem.
And he shallbreak it as the breaking of the potters’vesselthat is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so thatthereshall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to takefirefrom the hearth, or to takewaterwithal out of the pit.
For thussaith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and restshall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidenceshall be yourstrength: and ye would not.
One thousandshallflee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of fiveshall ye flee: till ye be left as a beaconupon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.
And thereforewill the LORDwait, that he may be graciousunto you, and thereforewill he be exalted, that he may havemercyupon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all theythatwait for him.
For the peopleshalldwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thoushaltweep no more: he will be verygraciousuntothee at the voice of thy cry; when he shallhear it, he willanswerthee.
And though the Lordgive you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removedinto a corner any more, but thineeyesshall see thy teachers:
Ye shalldefilealso the covering of thy gravenimages of silver, and the ornament of thy moltenimages of gold: thoushaltcastthemaway as a menstruouscloth; thoushalt say unto it, Get theehence.
Thenshall he give the rain of thy seed, thatthoushalt sow the groundwithal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattlefeed in largepastures.
Moreover the light of the moonshall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of sevendays, in the day that the LORDbindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of theirwound.
Behold, the name of the LORDcomethfrom far, burningwith his anger, and the burdenthereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouringfire:
And his breath, as an overflowingstream, shallreach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nationswith the sieve of vanity: and thereshall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causingthem to err.
Ye shallhave a song, as in the nightwhen a holysolemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goethwith a pipe to comeinto the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.
And the LORDshallcause his gloriousvoice to be heard, and shallshew the lightingdown of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouringfire, withscattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
And in everyplacewhere the groundedstaffshallpass, which the LORDshall lay upon him, it shall be withtabrets and harps: and in battles of shakingwill he fightwith it.
For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hathmade it deep and large: the pilethereof is fire and muchwood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, dothkindle it.