1	Woe unto them that decree# unrighteous decrees, and that write# grievousness which they have prescribed# ; [that write...: or, to the writers that write grievousness]
			2	To turn aside# the needy from judgment, and to take away# the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob# the fatherless!
			3	And what will ye do# in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come# from far? to whom will ye flee# for help? and where will ye leave# your glory?
			4	Without me they shall bow down# under the prisoners, and they shall fall# under the slain# . For all this his anger is not turned away# , but his hand is stretched out still# .
			5	O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. [O...: or, Woe to the Assyrian: Heb. Asshur] [and: or, though]
			6	I will send# him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge# , to take# the spoil, and to take# the prey, and to tread them down# # like the mire of the streets. [tread...: Heb. lay them a treading]
			7	Howbeit he meaneth# not so, neither doth his heart think# so; but it is in his heart to destroy# and cut off# nations not a few.
			8	For he saith# , Are not my princes altogether kings?
			9	Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
			10	As my hand hath found# the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
			11	Shall I not, as I have done# unto Samaria and her idols, so do# to Jerusalem and her idols?
			12	Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed# his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish# the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. [punish: Heb. visit upon] [stout...: Heb. greatness of the heart]
			13	For he saith# , By the strength of my hand I have done# it , and by my wisdom; for I am prudent# : and I have removed# the bounds of the people, and have robbed# their treasures# # , and I have put down# the inhabitants# like a valiant# man : [a valiant...: or, many people]
			14	And my hand hath found# as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth# eggs that are left# , have I gathered# all the earth; and there was none that moved# the wing, or opened# the mouth, or peeped# .
			15	Shall the axe boast# itself against him that heweth# therewith? or shall the saw magnify# itself against him that shaketh# it? as if the rod should shake# itself against them that lift it up# , or as if the staff should lift up# itself, as if it were no wood. [the rod...: or, a rod should shake them that lift it up] [itself, as if...: or, that which is not wood]
			16	Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord# # of hosts, send# among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle# a burning like the burning of a fire.
			17	And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn# and devour# his thorns and his briers in one day;
			18	And shall consume# the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer# fainteth# . [both...: Heb. from the soul, and even to the flesh]
			19	And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write# them. [few: Heb. number]
			20	And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again# stay# upon him that smote# them; but shall stay# upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
			21	The remnant shall return# , even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.
			22	For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return# : the consumption decreed# shall overflow# with righteousness. [of them: Heb. in, or, among, etc] [with: or, in]
			23	For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make# a consumption, even determined# , in the midst of all the land.
			24	Therefore thus saith# the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest# in Zion, be not afraid# of the Assyrian: he shall smite# thee with a rod, and shall lift up# his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt. [and shall...: or, but he shall lift up his staff for]
			25	For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease# , and mine anger in their destruction.
			26	And the LORD of hosts shall stir up# a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up# after the manner of Egypt.
			27	And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away# from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed# because of the anointing. [be taken...: Heb. remove]
			28	He is come# to Aiath, he is passed# to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up# his carriages:
			29	They are gone over# the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid# ; Gibeah of Saul is fled# .
			30	Lift up# thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard# unto Laish, O poor Anathoth. [Lift...: Heb. Cry shrill with]
			31	Madmenah is removed# ; the inhabitants# of Gebim gather themselves to flee# .
			32	As yet shall he remain# at Nob that day: he shall shake# his hand against the mount of the daughter# # of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
			33	Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop# the bough with terror: and the high ones# of stature shall be hewn down# , and the haughty shall be humbled# .
			34	And he shall cut down# the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall# by a mighty one. [by...: or, mightily]