Isaias

24 Thus saith the Lord of Hosts: As I have spoken, so shall it be, and as I have counselled, so shall it abide,

25 To destroy the Assyrians from my land, and from my mountains; and they shall be trodden down, and their yoke shall be stripped from off them, and their renown shall be stripped from off their shoulders.

26 This is the counsel which the Lord hath counselled against the whole world, and this (is) his hand, which is upraised against all the nations of the world.

27 For what God, the Holy, has counselled, who shall scatter? and his hand, that is upraised, who shall turn away?

28 In the year that the king Ahaz died came this word.

29 May ye not rejoice, all ye strangers, for that the yoke of him that smote you is broken; for from ’ seed shall come forth the offspring of asps, and their offspring shall come forth, flying serpents.

30 And through him shall beggars feed, and beggar men shall rest in peace; but he shall destroy thy seed with famine, and thy, remnant shall he destroy.

31 Wail, ye gates of cities; let cities that are confounded cry out, all ye strangers: for from the north a smoke cometh, and there is no means to continue.

32 And what shall the kings of the nations answer? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and through him shall the humble among the people be saved.