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So it will be that when the Lord has completedall His work on MountZion and on Jerusalem, He will say, "I will punish the fruit of the arrogantheart of the king of Assyria and the pomp of his haughtiness."
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For he has said, "By the power of my hand and by my wisdom I did this, For I haveunderstanding; And I removed the boundaries of the peoples And plundered their treasures, And like a mightyman I broughtdown their inhabitants,
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And my handreached to the riches of the peoples like a nest, And as one gathersabandonedeggs, I gatheredall the earth; And there was not one that flapped its wing or opened its beak or chirped."
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Is the axe to boast itself over the one who chops with it? Is the saw to exalt itself over the one who wields it? That would be like a clubwielding those who lift it, Or like a rodlifting him who is not wood.
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Therefore the Lord, the GOD of hosts, will send a wastingdisease among his stoutwarriors; And under his glory a fire will be kindled like a burningflame.
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Now in that day the remnant of Israel, and those of the house of Jacobwho have escaped, will neveragainrely on the one who struck them, but will trulyrely on the LORD, the HolyOne of Israel.
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A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mightyGod.
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For though your people, O Israel, may be like the sand of the sea, Only a remnant within them will return; A destruction is determined, overflowing with righteousness.