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Thus says the Lord Yahweh, "It shall not stand, and it shall not come to pass.

Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh of hosts: "My people who live in Zion, you must not be afraid of Assyria. It beats you with the rod, and it lifts up its staff against you as the Egyptians did.

And it was revealed in my ears by Yahweh of hosts: "Surely this sin will not be atoned for you until you die!" says the Lord, Yahweh of hosts.

The Lord, Yahweh of hosts, says this: "Go! Go to this steward, to Shebna, who is over the house:

Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this: "Look! I am laying a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a founded foundation: ‘The one who trusts will not panic.'

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I will lift my hand up to the nations, and I will raise my signal to the peoples, and they shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.

Thus says your Lord, Yahweh, and your God pleads the cause of his people: "Look! I have taken from your hand the cup of staggering. You shall not continue to drink the goblet, the cup of my wrath, any longer.

For thus says the Lord Yahweh: "My people went down to Egypt in the beginning, to dwell as aliens there, and Assyria oppressed him without cause.

Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! My servants shall eat but you, you shall be hungry. Look! My servants shall drink but you, you shall be thirsty. Look! My servants shall rejoice but you, you shall be ashamed.