5 O my men and women, remember ywhat Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, and what occurred from zShittim to Gilgal, you may perhaps know here athe righteous functions with the Lord.”
18 Your shepherds bare asleep, O king of Assyria; cyour nobles slumber. Your persons dare scattered over the mountains with none to assemble them.
two cThe Lord is usually a jealous and avenging God; the Lord is avenging and wrathful; dthe Lord can take vengeance on his adversaries and ekeeps wrath for his enemies. three fThe Lord is sluggish to anger and ggreat in power, and hthe Lord will under no circumstances crystal clear the guilty.
The prophet is hunting for language that will converse the dreadful terror awaiting those that reject God and abuse God’s people today. For those who “take refuge in him,” God “is good, a stronghold inside the day of hassle” (1:seven). But for many who stand towards the Lord and his persons, “with the overflowing flood he will make an entire conclusion in the adversaries, and will go after his enemies into darkness” (1:eight).
6 I will throw filth at you and atreat you with contempt and make you ba spectacle. seven And all who examine you cwill shrink from you and say, “Wasted is dNineveh; ewho will grieve for her?” fWhere shall I seek comforters to suit your needs?
six pWho can stand before his indignation? who will endure the warmth of his anger? His wrath qis poured out like fireplace, and rthe rocks are broken into pieces by him. seven sThe Lord is nice, ta stronghold inside the day of trouble; uhe knows individuals who choose refuge in him. eight But vwith an overflowing flood he will make a complete stop in the adversaries,1 and wwill go after his enemies into darkness.
three The shield of his mighty Adult men is purple; shis troopers are clothed in scarlet. The chariots come with flashing steel on the working day he musters them; the cypress spears are brandished. 4 tThe chariots race madly from the streets; they hurry to and fro throughout the squares; they gleam like torches; they dart like lightning. five He remembers uhis officers; vthey stumble since they go, they hasten for the wall; the siege tower4 is about up.
6The LORD is sluggish to anger and 7great in electrical power, and 8the LORD will certainly not very clear the responsible. 9His way is in whirlwind and storm, along with the clouds will be the dust of his ft. 4
fourteen uDraw drinking water with the siege; rstrengthen your forts; go into your clay; tread the mortar; take keep on the brick mildew! fifteen There will the fireplace devour you; the sword will cut you off.
fourteen uDraw drinking water for the siege; rstrengthen your forts; go into the clay; tread the mortar; just take hold of the brick mould! 15 There will the fireplace devour you; the sword will Minimize you off.
17 Your zprinces are wlike grasshoppers, ayour scribes3 like clouds of locusts settling on the fences in daily of chilly— if the Sunlight rises, they fly away; no one understands in which They may be.
8 gAre you much better than hThebes9 that sat iby the Nile, with water about her, her rampart a sea, and drinking water her wall? 9 jCush was her strength; Egypt way too, Which without limit; kPut plus the lLibyans have been her10 helpers.
20The LORD is good, 21a stronghold during the working day of difficulty; 22he understands people who choose refuge in him. 8
18 Your shepherds bare asleep, O king of Assyria; cyour nobles slumber. Your persons dare scattered over the mountains with none to collect them.