Monthly Archives: July 2017

Moab Destroyed 1 Sendthe lamb to the ruler of the land, # From Sela to the wilderness, To the mount of the daughter of Zion. 2 For it shall be as awandering bird thrown out of the nest; # Soshall be the daughters of Moab at the fords of theArnon. 3 “Take counsel, execute judgment; […]

Proclamation Against Syria and Israel 1 Theburden against Damascus. “Behold, Damascus will cease frombeinga city, And it will be a ruinous heap. 2 The cities ofAroerareforsaken; They will be for flocks # Which lie down, andno one will makethemafraid. 3 The fortress also will cease from Ephraim, The kingdom from Damascus, And the remnant of […]

Proclamation Against Ethiopia 1 Woeto the land shadowed with buzzing wings, Whichisbeyond the rivers of Ethiopia, 2 Which sends ambassadors by sea, Even in vessels of reed on the waters,saying, “Go, swift messengers, to a nation tall and smoothofskin, To a people terrible from their beginning onward, A nation powerful and treading down, Whose land […]

Proclamation Against Egypt 1 Theburden against Egypt. # Behold, theLordrides on a swift cloud, And will come into Egypt; # The idols of Egypt will totter at His presence, And the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst. 2 “I willset Egyptians against Egyptians; Everyone will fight against his brother, And everyone against his […]

The Sign Against Egypt and Ethiopia 1 In the year thatTartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it, 2 at the same time theLordspoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and removethe sackcloth from your body, and take your sandals off […]

The Fall of Babylon Proclaimed 1 The burden against the Wilderness of the Sea. # Aswhirlwinds in the South pass through, Soit comes from the desert, from a terrible land. 2 A distressing vision is declared to me; # The treacherous dealer deals treacherously, And the plunderer plunders. # Go up, O Elam! Besiege, O […]

Proclamation Against Jerusalem 1 The burden against the Valley of Vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops, 2 You who are full of noise, # A tumultuous city,a joyous city? Your slainmenarenot slain with the sword, Nor dead in battle. 3 All your rulers have fled together; They […]

Proclamation Against Tyre 1 Theburden against Tyre. Wail, you ships of Tarshish! For it is laid waste, So that there is no house, no harbor; From the land of Cyprus it is revealed to them. 2 Be still, you inhabitants of the coastland, You merchants of Sidon, Whom those who cross the sea have filled. […]

Impending Judgment on the Earth 1 Behold, theLordmakes the earth empty and makes it waste, Distorts its surface And scatters abroad its inhabitants. 2 And it shall be: # As with the people, so with thepriest; As with the servant, so with his master; As with the maid, so with her mistress; # As with […]

Praise to God 1 OLord, Youaremy God. # I will exalt You, I will praise Your name, # For You have done wonderfulthings; # Yourcounsels of oldarefaithfulnessandtruth. 2 For You have madea city a ruin, A fortified city a ruin, A palace of foreigners to be a city no more; It will never be rebuilt. […]