shall be as a flood of waters reaching unto the neck, to scatter the heathen, until they be destroyed, and to drive the nations to and fro with a bridle in their beacons.

Then shall ye sing as at the night of a holy feast, and rejoice with all your heart, as when one goeth with a pipe unto the mountain of the LORD, the stronghold of Israel.

And the LORD shall sound with his glorious voice, and his outstretched arm shall be seen
with wrathful anger, and with flames of devouring fire, and with rays, and with heavy rain, and with hail.

For Assyria shall be afraid at the voice of the LORD, which smiteth him with the rod.

For the rod shall pierce all the way, and shall smite when the LORD bringeth it upon him with timbrels and harps, and shall fight against them in every place.

For the pit is prepared from yesterday; yea, the same is prepared for the king, deep and wide enough: so is the tabernacle within, fire and wood the multitude: the breath of the LORD
shall kindle it as a river of brimstone.
(Isaiah)
Chapter 31
Void help of the Egyptians. Divine victory against the Assyrians.

Woe unto them that go down into Egypt for help, and trust in horses, and hope in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; and hold not themselves to the holy one in Israel, and enquire not after the LORD.

But he is wise, and bringeth evil, and turneth not his words: but he will arise against the house of the wicked, and against the help of evildoers.

For Egypt is man, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit. And the LORD shall stretch out his hand, and the helper shall be punished, and he that is helped shall fall, and all shall perish together.

For thus saith the LORD unto me, As a lion, and a young lion, roareth for his prey, when the multitude of the shepherds cry unto him; he is not afraid at their cry, neither is he sorry for their multitude: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight in mount Zion, and in the hill thereof.

And the LORD of hosts shall shield Jerusalem, as the birds do with their wings, and shall preserve, and shall save, and shall compass it about, and shall help it.

Return, ye children of Israel, which are greatly departed.

For in that day shall every man cast away his idols of silver and of gold, which your hands have made unto you to sin.

And Assyria shall fall, not by man’s sword, and shall be consumed, not by man’s sword: yet shall she flee from the sword, and her young men shall be made to pay interest; 9. And her rock shall depart for fear, and her princes shall give flight before the panoply, saith the LORD, which hath fire in Zion, and hearth in Jerusalem.
(Isaiah)
Chapter 32
Constant bliss of Christ’s kingdom.

Behold, a king shall reign to do justice, and princes shall reign to execute judgment, 2. That every man shall be as one kept from the wind, and as one hid from the downpour, as the brooks of water in the dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in the dry land.

And the eyes of them that see shall not be blinded, and the ears of them that hear shall give heed,

And the unwary shall learn prudence, and the stammering tongue shall speak ready and clean.

No more shall a fool be called a prince, nor a covetous man be called a lord.

For a fool speaketh folly, and his heart dealeth wickedly, to make hypocrisy, and to preach error of the LORD, that he may starve the hungry soul, and prevent the thirsty from drinking.

For the government of the covetous is vile: for he deviseth deceit to destroy the wretched with false words, when he shall speak justice to the poor.

But the princes shall have princely thoughts, and shall think upon it.

Arise, ye proud women, hear my voice; ye daughters that are so sure, give ear to my speech.

It is uni year and day to do, so ye that are sure shall tremble: for there shall be no vintage, so shall there be no reading.

Be afraid, ye proud women; tremble, ye secure ones. There is undressing, and girding, and girding about the loins.

They shall mourn for the fields, even for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines.

For thorns and hedges shall grow in the field of my people, and over all the houses of mirth
in the merry city.

For the palaces shall be desolate, and the multitude in the city shall be desolate; and the towers and the fortresses shall become everlasting dens, and a delight to the game, and a pasture to the flocks,

Until the Spirit be poured out upon us from on high. So then the wilderness will become a field, and the field will be counted as a forest.

And justice shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness in the field.

And the fruit of righteousness shall be peace; and the profit of righteousness shall be everlasting quietness and safety,

That my people shall dwell in houses of peace, in dwellings of safety, and in proud rest.

But there shall be hail in the forest, and the city thereof shall be low.

Blessed are ye that sow by the rivers, that ye may let the feet of oxen and asses go thereon.
(Isaiah)
Chapter 33
The Assyrians are to be driven out, Jerusalem and the church protected.

But woe unto thee, thou destroyer! Thinkest thou that thou shalt not be destroyed? And thou despiser, thinkest thou that thou shalt not be despised? When thou hast made an end of disturbing, thou shalt be destroyed: and when thou hast made an end of despising, thou shalt be despised again.

O Lord, have mercy upon us, for we wait for thee: let their arm be early, and our salvation in the time of trouble.

Let the nations flee from the great tumult, and let the heathen be scattered, when thou art lifted up.

Then shall ye be taken up as a prey, as the locusts are taken up, and as the beetles are scattered when they are attacked.

The LORD is exalted, because he dwelleth on high. He hath made Zion full of judgment and righteousness.

And in thy days shall faith be, and dominion, and salvation, and wisdom, and prudence, and the fear of the LORD, shall be his treasure.

Behold, their messengers cry without, the angels of peace weep bitterly (saying): 8. The highways are desolate; no man walketh in the streets. He hath neither faith nor allegiance; he hath rejected the cities, he hath not regarded the people.

The land lieth miserable and desolate, Lebanon standeth shamefully hewn down, and Saron is as a field, and Bashan and Carmel are desolate.

Now will I arise, saith the LORD, now will I rise up, now will I come up.

With straw ye conceive, and with stubble ye give birth: fire shall consume you with your courage.

For the nations shall be burned with lime, as cut thorns are burned with fire.

Hear ye therefore, ye that are afar off, what I have done: and ye that are nigh, mark my strength.

The sinners of Zion are afraid, trembling is come upon the hypocrites, saying, Who is there among us that shall dwell by a consuming fire? Who is among us that shall dwell by the everlasting fire?

He that walketh in righteousness, and speaketh that which is right; he that hateth iniquity with covetousness, and shaketh his hands that he take not gifts; he that stoppeth his ears that he hear not the sin of blood, and stoppeth his eyes that he see not evil, 16. He shall dwell on high, and the rocks shall be his stronghold and his refuge. His bread shall be given him, and his water shall be sure.

Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty, thou shalt see the land enlarged, 18. That thine heart shall wonder greatly, saying, Where then are the scribes? Where are the counsellors? Where are the chancellors?

For this thou shalt not see the strong people, the people of low speech, which cannot be heard, and of an uncertain tongue, which cannot be understood.

Look, O Zion, the city of our tabernacle. Thine eyes shall see Jerusalem, a sure habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be removed; whose nails shall never be pulled out, neither shall any of her cords be broken.

For the LORD shall be mighty there with us, and there shall be broad channels, that no ship with oars shall pass over them, neither shall any galley go over them.

For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our master, the LORD is our king, he helpeth us.

Let them stretch out their cords, and they shall not hold: so shall they not set out the ensign upon the mast. Then shall many precious spoils be given out, that even the lame shall spoil.

And no inhabitant shall say, I am weak. For the people that dwell therein shall have forgiveness of sins.
(Isaiah)
Chapter 34
God’s wrath and judgment against all enemies of the church.

Come near, ye nations, and hear, ye peoples, give ear; let the earth hear, and the things that are therein, the world and its plants.

For the LORD is wroth with all the heathen, and fierce with all their armies: he will utterly destroy them, and deliver them to the slaughter.

And their slain shall be cast down, and the stench shall rise from their dead bodies, and the mountains shall flow with their blood.

And all the host of heaven shall wither away, and heaven shall be wrapped up