like a letter, and all his host shall wither away, as a leaf withereth on the vine, and as a dry leaf on the fig tree; 5. For my sword is drunken in heaven: and, behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the exiled people for judgment.

The sword of the LORD is full of blood, and thick with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, and with the fatness of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a slaughter in Bozrah, and a great strangulation in the land of Edom.

And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the fatted oxen. For their land shall be drunken with blood, and their earth shall be fat with fatness.

For it is the day of the LORD’S vengeance, and the year of vengeance, to avenge Zion.

Then shall their rivers become as pitch, and their earth as brimstone; yea, their land shall become burning pitch,

Which shall not be quenched day nor night, but smoke shall go up from it for ever: and it shall be desolate for ever, and none shall pass through it for ever, 11. But bitterns and hedgehogs shall dwell there; night owls and ravens shall dwell there. For he shall draw a measuring line over it, that it may be desolate; and a plumb line, that it may be desolate,

That their lords should be called lords without a country, and that all their princes should come to an end.

And thorns shall grow in their palaces, and nettles and thistles in their castles: and there shall be a dwelling place for dragons, and pasture for ostriches.

And the marten and the vulture shall run among them, and the devil of the field shall meet with another; and the hobgoblin shall lodge there, and find his rest there.

The hedgehog also shall nest there, and lay, and brood, and devise, under her shadow; and the harriers shall come together there.

Search ye therefore in the book of the LORD, and read. There shall be no lack of any of these: neither shall this be missed, nor that. For it is he that speaketh by my mouth, and it is his Spirit that gathereth it together.

He giveth lot upon them, and his hand divideth the measure among them, that they may inherit therein for ever, and that they may abide therein for ever.
(Isaiah)
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Blissful state of the New Testament church.

But the wilderness and the desert shall be merry, and the field shall stand glad, and shall blossom as the lilies.

She shall flourish, and stand joyful in all her delight. For the glory of Lebanon is given unto her, the ornament of Carmel and Saron. They see the glory of the LORD, the ornament of our God.

Strengthen the weary hands, and give rest to the stumbling knees.

Say unto the desponding hearts, Be of good cheer, fear not. Behold, your God, He comes to avenge you; God, Who repays, comes and will help you.

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

Then shall the lame make a sound like a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall speak praise.
For waters shall flow in the wilderness, and rivers in the fields.

And where it was dry before, there shall be pools: and where it was dry, there shall be fountains. And where serpents have lain before, there shall be hay, and reeds, and canes.

And there shall be there a highway and a way, which shall be called the holy way, that no unclean person shall walk therein: and it shall be for them to walk therein, that even fools may not err.

There shall no lion be there, neither shall any beast of prey tread thereon, nor be found there: but one shall walk there in safety.

The redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come unto Zion with shouting: everlasting joy shall be upon their head; joy and gladness shall take hold upon them; and sorrow and sighing shall be taken away.
(Isaiah)
Chapter 36
Jerusalem besieged by Sanherib.

And it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sanherib king of Assyria went up against all the strong cities of Judah, and took them.

And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh of Lachish unto Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with great power. And he stood by the waters of the upper pool by the way of the dyer’s field.

And there came out unto him Eliakim the son of Hilkiah the chamberlain, and Sebena the chancellor, and Joah the son of Asaph the scribe.

And the archbishop said unto them, Say ye unto Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria: What defiance is this, in which thou trustest?

I suppose thou wilt be persuaded, that thou wilt yet know counsel and might to fight. In whom then wilt thou trust, that thou hast been displeasing to me?

Dost thou trust in the broken reed of Egypt, which, if any man lean upon it, it entereth into his hand, and pierceth it? Thus doeth Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all them that rely upon him.

But wilt thou say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God? Is not this he, whose high places and altars Hezekiah hath abolished, and hath said unto Judah and Jerusalem, Before this altar shall ye worship?

Now therefore, I pray thee, take it up with my lord the king of Assyria. I will give thee two thousand horses, and let thee see if thou canst raise up them that ride thereon.

How then wilt thou abide before a captain, the least of the servants of one my lord? And thou trustedst in Egypt for chariots and horsemen.

And thou thinkest that I went up into this land without the LORD, to destroy it? Yea, the LORD said unto me, Go up into this land, and destroy it.

And Eliakim, and Sebena, and Joah, said unto the prince, Speak unto thy servants in Syrian, for we understand it: speak not unto us in the Jews’ language in the ears of the people that are upon the wall.

Then said the archbishop, Thinkest thou that my lord hath sent me unto thy lord, or unto thee, to speak such words, and not rather unto the men that sit upon the wall, to eat their own dung with you, and to drink their own urine?

And the archbishop stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews, saying, Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.

Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he cannot deliver you.

And let not Hezekiah put you off unto the LORD, saying, The LORD will deliver us, and this
city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

Hearken not unto Hezekiah. For thus saith the king to Assyria: Give me thanks, and come out unto me; and ye shall eat every man of his vine, and of his fig tree, and drink of his well, 17. Till I come and take you into a land like your land, a land where corn and wine are within, a land where bread and vineyards are within.

Let not Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Have any of the gods of the heathen delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they also delivered Samaria out of my hand?

Which of all the gods of these countries hath delivered his land out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?

And they held their peace, and answered him nothing: for the king had commanded, saying, Answer him nothing.

And Eliakim the son of Hilkiah the chamberlain, and Sebena the chancellor, and Joah the son of Asaph the scribe, came with their clothes rent, and shewed him the words of the archbishop.
(Isaiah)
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Sanherib’s power is beaten at Hezekiah’s prayer.

And when Hezekiah the king heard it, he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth about him, and went into the house of the LORD.

And he sent Eliakim the chamberlain, and Shebena the chancellor, and the chief priests, with sackcloth about them, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz,

And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This is a day of affliction, and of reproach, and of blasphemy; and it is as though the children were come to the birth, and there were no strength to bring forth.

That the LORD thy God would hear the words of the archbishop, whom his lord the king of Assyria hath sent to blaspheme the living God, and to reproach him with such words as the LORD thy God hath heard. And lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.

And the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

And Isaiah said unto them, Tell your Lord, Thus saith the LORD; Fear not the words which thou hast heard, wherewith the children of the king of Assyria have reproached me.

Behold, I will change his heart, and he shall hear, and return to his own land; and I will slay him with the sword in his own land.

And when the prince returned, he found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah: for he had heard that he was come out of Lachish.

For there came a rumour from Thirhakah the king of the Moors, saying, He is gone out to fight against thee.

And when he heard these things, he sent messengers unto Hezekiah, saying, Tell Hezekiah king of Judah thus, Let not thy God deceive thee, in whom thou trustest, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into