13. For he says:“By the strength of my hand I have done it,And by my wisdom, for I am prudent;Also I have removed the boundaries of the people,And have robbed their treasuries;So I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man.
14. My hand has found like a nest the riches of the people,And as one gathers eggs that are left,I have gathered all the earth;And there was no one who moved his wing,Nor opened his mouth with even a peep.”
15. Shall the ax boast itself against him who chops with it?Or shall the saw exalt itself against him who saws with it?As if a rod could wield itself against those who lift it up,Or as if a staff could lift up, as if it were not wood!
16. Therefore the Lord, the Lord of hosts,Will send leanness among his fat ones;And under his gloryHe will kindle a burningLike the burning of a fire.
17. So the Light of Israel will be for a fire,And his Holy One for a flame;It will burn and devourHis thorns and his briers in one day.
18. And it will consume the glory of his forest and of his fruitful field,Both soul and body;And they will be as when a sick man wastes away.
19. Then the rest of the trees of his forestWill be so few in numberThat a child may write them.
20. And it shall come to pass in that dayThat the remnant of Israel,And such as have escaped of the house of Jacob,Will never again depend on him who defeated them,But will depend on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
21. The remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob,To the Mighty God.
22. For though your people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea,A remnant of them will return;The destruction decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
23. For the Lord God of hostsWill make a determined endIn the midst of all the land.
24. Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts: “O My people, who dwell in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrian. He shall strike you with a rod and lift up his staff against you, in the manner of Egypt.
25. For yet a very little while and the indignation will cease, as will My anger in their destruction.”
26. And the Lord of hosts will stir up a scourge for him like the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; as His rod was on the sea, so will He lift it up in the manner of Egypt.
27. It shall come to pass in that dayThat his burden will be taken away from your shoulder,And his yoke from your neck,And the yoke will be destroyed because of the anointing oil.
28. He has come to Aiath,He has passed Migron;At Michmash he has attended to his equipment.
29. They have gone along the ridge,They have taken up lodging at Geba.Ramah is afraid,Gibeah of Saul has fled.