And all the people shall know; Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria, who say in pride and insolence of heart,

The bricks have fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones; the sycamores are cut down, but we will use cedars instead.

Come now, you who say, Today or tomorrow we will go to this city, spend a year there, do business, and make a profit;

Instead you ought to say, If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.

He is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against Him and been at peace?

Behold, He breaks down, and it cannot be rebuilt; He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.

When He gives quietness, who then can condemn? And when He hides His face, who then can see Him? It might be against a nation or mankind altogether,

i1 [A Song of Ascents for Solomon.] i0 par Unless Jehovah builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; unless Jehovah guards the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Jehovah.

Without Me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. In all this His hand is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.

Shall the ax boast itself against him who chops with it? Shall the saw magnify itself against him who moves it? As if the rod could swing itself at those who lift it up! As if a staff could rise up, as though it were not wood!

Therefore the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, shall send leanness among his fat ones; and under his glory He shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.

Who is he who speaks and it occurs, if the Lord has not commanded it?

He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.

And there is hope for your future, says Jehovah, that your children shall come back to their own territory.

You shall fall by the sword. I will judge you to the borders of Israel. And you shall know that I am Jehovah.

Cross over to Calneh and see; and from there go to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms, or their border than your border?

and I have hated Esau and have made his mountains and his inheritance a desolation for the jackals of the wilderness.

Remember, O Jehovah, against the sons of Edom the day of Jerusalem, who said, Raze it, raze it, to its very foundation!

But they shall swoop down upon the shoulders of the Philistines to the west; they shall plunder the children of the east together; they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.

For My sword is drenched in the heavens. Behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of My curse, for judgment.

It shall not be quenched night or day; its smoke shall ascend forever. From generation to generation it shall lie waste; no one shall pass through it forever and forever.

Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah, this One adorned in His apparel, flexing His great strength? I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.

I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the peoples there was no one with Me; for I tread them in My anger and trample them in My fury, and their blood is sprinkled on My garments, and I have stained all My apparel.

And I looked, and there was no one to help; and I wondered that there was no one to uphold; therefore My own arm has given victory for Me; and My fury sustained Me.

Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, who lives in the land of Uz. The cup also shall pass through unto you; you shall become drunk and stripped naked.

The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; He will send you into captivity no more. He will punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins.

I will lay My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, that they may do in Edom according to My anger and according to My fury; and they shall know My vengeance, declares the Lord Jehovah.

I will make you desolate forever, and your cities shall not again be inhabited; and you shall know that I am Jehovah.