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And Yahweh of hosts will waken a scourge against him like the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and His staff will be over the sea and He will lift it up the way He did in Egypt.

Behold, the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, will lop off the boughs with a terrible crash;Those also who are high in stature will be cut in piecesAnd those who are lofty will be made low.

A sound of tumult on the mountains,Like that of many people!A sound of the rumbling of kingdoms,Of nations gathered together!Yahweh of hosts is mustering the host for battle.

"I will rise up against them," declares Yahweh of hosts, "and will cut off from Babylon name and remnant, offspring and posterity," declares Yahweh.

"I will also make it a possession for the hedgehog and swamps of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction," declares Yahweh of hosts.

Yahweh of hosts has sworn saying, "Surely, just as I have intended so it has happened, and just as I have counseled so it will stand,

For Yahweh of hosts has counseled, and who can thwart it? And as for His stretched-out hand, who can turn it back?"

And the fortified city will cease from Ephraim,And sovereignty from DamascusAnd the remnant of Aram;They will be like the glory of the sons of Israel,"Declares Yahweh of hosts.

At that time a gift of homage will be brought to Yahweh of hostsFrom a people tall and smooth,Even from a people feared far and wide,A powerful and oppressive nation,Whose land the rivers divide—To the place of the name of Yahweh of hosts, even Mount Zion.

Moreover, I will deliver the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel master,And a strong king will rule over them," declares the Lord, Yahweh of hosts.

In that day the Egyptians will become like women, and they will tremble and be in dread because of the waving of the hand of Yahweh of hosts, which He is going to wave over them.

And the land of Judah will become a terror to Egypt; everyone to whom it is mentioned will be in dread of it because of the counsel of Yahweh of hosts which He is counseling against them.

In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will be speaking the language of Canaan and swearing allegiance to Yahweh of hosts; one will be called the City of Destruction.

And it will become a sign and a witness to Yahweh of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to Yahweh because of oppressors, and He will send them a Savior and a Champion, and He will deliver them.

whom Yahweh of hosts has blessed, saying, "Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance."

O my trampled people and my afflicted of the threshing floor!What I have heard from Yahweh of hosts,The God of Israel, I have declared to you.

For Lord Yahweh of hosts has a day of confusion, oppression, and panicIn the valley of vision,A breaking down of wallsAnd a crying to the mountain.

Therefore in that day Lord Yahweh of hosts called you to weeping, to wailing,To shaving the head, and to wearing sackcloth.

But Yahweh of hosts revealed Himself in my ears,"Surely this iniquity shall not be atoned for youUntil you die," says Lord Yahweh of hosts.

Thus says Lord Yahweh of hosts,"Come, go to this steward,To Shebna, who is in charge of the royal household,