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verted, the consumption abridged shall overflow down with iron, and Libanus with its high ones
with justice. shall fall.
23 For the Lord God of hosts shall make a
consumption, and an abridgment in the midst of
all the land. Chapter 11
24 Therefore, thus saith the Lord the God of
And there shall come forth a rod out of the root
hosts: O my people that dwellest in Sion, be not
of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root.
afraid of the Assyrian: he shall strike thee with
2 And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon
his rod, and he shall lift up his staff over thee in
the way of Egypt. him: the spirit of wisdom, and of understanding,
the spirit of counsel, and of fortitude, the spirit
25 For yet a little and a very little while, and
of knowledge, and of godliness.
my indignation shall cease, and my wrath shall
be upon their wickedness. 3 And he shall be filled with the spirit of the
fear of the Lord, He shall not judge according to
26 And the Lord of hosts shall raise up a
scourge against him, according to the slaugh- the sight of the eyes, nor reprove according to
ter of Madian in the rock of Oreb, and his rod the hearing of the ears.
over the sea, and he shall lift it up in the way of 4 But he shall judge the poor with justice, and
Egypt. shall reprove with equity the meek of the earth:
27 And it shall come to pass in that day, and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his
that his burden shall be taken away from off thy mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall
shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the slay the wicked.
yoke shall putrefy at the presence of the oil. 5 And justice shall be the girdle of his loins:
28 He shall come into Aiath, he shall pass into and faith the girdle of his reins.
Magron: at Machmas he shall lay up his car- 6 The wolf shall dwell with the lamb: and the
riages. leopard shall lie down with the kid: the calf and
29 They have passed in haste, Gaba is our the lion, and the sheep shall abide together, and
lodging: Rama was astonished, Gabaath of Saul a little child shall lead them.
fled away. 7 The calf and the bear shall feed: their young
30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim, ones shall rest together: and the lion shall eat
attend, O Laisa, poor Anathoth. straw like the ox.
31 Medemena is removed: ye inhabitants of 8 And the sucking child shall play on other
Gabim, take courage. hole of the asp: and the weaned child shall thrust
32 It is yet day enough, to remain in Nobe: his hand into the den of the basilisk.
he shall shake his hand against the mountain of 9 They shall not hurt, nor shall they kill in all
the daughter of Sion, the hill of Jerusalem. my holy mountain, for the earth is filled with the
33 Behold the sovereign Lord of hosts shall knowledge of the Lord, as the covering waters of
break the earthen vessel with terror, and the tall the sea.
of stature shall be cut down, and the lofty shall 10 In that day the root of Jesse, who standeth
be humbled. for an ensign of the people, him the Gentiles shall
34 And the thickets of the forest shall be cut beseech, and his sepulchre shall be glorious.