Who is this that rises like the Nile, like a river flooding its banks?

It is Egypt, rising like the Nile, like a river flooding its banks. Egypt said, 'I will rise and cover the world; I will destroy cities and the people who live there.

I, the Lord, will bring the emperor of Assyria and all his forces to attack Judah. They will advance like the flood waters of the Euphrates River, overflowing all its banks.

They will sweep through Judah in a flood, rising shoulder high and covering everything." God is with us! His outspread wings protect the land.

Justice will be the measuring line for the foundation, and honesty will be its plumb line." Hailstorms will sweep away all the lies you depend on, and floods will destroy your security.

From east to west everyone will fear him and his great power. He will come like a rushing river, like a strong wind.

Anyone who opposes him, even God's High Priest, will be swept away and wiped out.

The Sovereign LORD Almighty touches the earth, and it quakes; all who live there mourn. The whole world rises and falls like the Nile River.

The LORD builds his home in the heavens, and over the earth he puts the dome of the sky. He calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the earth. His name is the LORD!

Like a great rushing flood he completely destroys his enemies; he sends to their death those who oppose him.

And then from his mouth the dragon poured out a flood of water after the woman, so that it would carry her away.

But the earth helped the woman; it opened its mouth and swallowed the water that had come from the dragon's mouth.

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came to me and said, "Come, and I will show you how the famous prostitute is to be punished, that great city that is built near many rivers.

The angel also said to me, "The waters you saw, on which the prostitute sits, are nations, peoples, races, and languages.

He said to me, "Destruction will boil over from the north on all who live in this land,

Those who run fast cannot get away; the soldiers cannot escape. In the north, by the Euphrates, they stumble and fall.

Egypt is like a splendid cow, attacked by a stinging fly from the north.

Our enemies are already in the city of Dan; we hear the snorting of their horses. The whole land trembles when their horses neigh. Our enemies have come to destroy our land and everything in it, our city and all its people."

The world and all that is in it belong to the LORD; the earth and all who live on it are his.

"If I were hungry, I would not ask you for food, for the world and everything in it is mine.

Be glad, earth and sky! Roar, sea, and every creature in you;

Roar, sea, and every creature in you; sing, earth, and all who live on you!

For, as the scripture says, "The earth and everything in it belong to the Lord."

But if someone tells you, "This food was offered to idols," then do not eat that food, for the sake of the one who told you and for conscience' sake---

When King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia came to attack Egypt, the LORD spoke to me. He said,

The people of Horonaim cry out, 'Violence! Destruction!'

Hear the sound of their sobs along the road up to Luhith, the cries of distress on the way down to Horonaim.

The people of Dibon climb the hill to weep at the shrine. The people of Moab wail in grief over the cities of Nebo and Medeba; they have shaved their heads and their beards in grief.

The people of Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, and their cry can be heard as far away as Jahaz. Even the soldiers tremble; their courage is gone.

This is a message about the Valley of Vision. What is happening? Why are all the people of the city celebrating on the roofs of the houses?

Now leave me alone to weep bitterly over all those of my people who have died. Don't try to comfort me.

This is a time of panic, defeat, and confusion in the Valley of Vision, and the Sovereign LORD Almighty has sent it on us. The walls of our city have been battered down, and cries for help have echoed among the hills.

"On that day," says the LORD, "you will hear the sound of crying at the Fish Gate in Jerusalem. You will hear wailing in the newer part of the city and a great crashing sound in the hills.

Wail and cry when you hear this, you that live in the lower part of the city, because all the merchants will be dead!

And now, you rich people, listen to me! Weep and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you!