For before the childshallhaveknowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samariashall be takenawaybefore the king of Assyria.
Now therefore, behold, the Lordbringeth up uponthem the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shallcome up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:
And he shallpassthroughJudah; he shalloverflow and go over, he shallreacheven to the neck; and the stretching out of his wingsshallfill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
Associateyourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: girdyourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; girdyourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
And whentheyshall say unto you, Seekuntothemthathavefamiliarspirits, and untowizardsthatpeep, and thatmutter: should not a peopleseekuntotheir God? for the living to the dead?
And theyshallpassthrough it, hardlybestead and hungry: and it shallcome to pass, thatwhentheyshall be hungry, theyshallfretthemselves, and cursetheirking and their God, and lookupward.