24. The Lord who commands armies makes this solemn vow:“Be sure of this:Just as I have intended, so it will be;just as I have planned, it will happen.
25. I will break Assyria in my land,I will trample them underfoot on my hills.Their yoke will be removed from my people,the burden will be lifted from their shoulders.
26. This is the plan I have devised for the whole earth;my hand is ready to strike all the nations.”
27. Indeed, the Lord who commands armies has a plan,and who can possibly frustrate it?His hand is ready to strike,and who can possibly stop it?
28. In the year King Ahaz died, this message was revealed:
29. Don’t be so happy, all you Philistines,just because the club that beat you has been broken!For a viper will grow out of the serpent’s root,and its fruit will be a darting adder.
30. The poor will graze in my pastures;the needy will rest securely.But I will kill your root by famine;it will put to death all your survivors.
31. Wail, O city gate!Cry out, O city!Melt with fear, all you Philistines!For out of the north comes a cloud of smoke,and there are no stragglers in its ranks.
32. How will they respond to the messengers of this nation?Indeed, the Lord has made Zion secure;the oppressed among his people will find safety in her.