1 The|strong="H5002" LORD|strong="H3068" said, “Look at|strong="H5921" these children|strong="H1121". They|strong="H5921" don’t|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5921". They|strong="H5921" make|strong="H6213" plans|strong="H6098", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H5921" don’t|strong="H3808" ask me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" help them|strong="H5921". They|strong="H5921" make|strong="H6213" agreements with|strong="H3068" other nations, but|strong="H3808" my|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" want those|strong="H1945" agreements. These people|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" adding more|strong="H4480" and|strong="H1121" more|strong="H4480" sins|strong="H2403" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5002" ones|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1121" already done|strong="H6213".
2 They|strong="H3808" are|strong="H4714" going|strong="H1980" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H1980" Egypt|strong="H4714" for|strong="H7592" help, but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" ask|strong="H7592" me|strong="H7592" if that|strong="H3808" was|strong="H4714" the|strong="H1980" right thing to|strong="H1980" do|strong="H3381". They|strong="H3808" hope they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H4714" be|strong="H3808" saved by|strong="H1980" the|strong="H1980" Pharaoh|strong="H6547". They|strong="H3808" want Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H1980" protect them|strong="H3381".
3 “But|strong="H1961" I|strong="H4714" tell you|strong="H1961", hiding in|strong="H1961" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" help you|strong="H1961". Pharaoh|strong="H6547" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" able to|strong="H1961" protect you|strong="H1961".
4 Your|strong="H3588" leaders|strong="H8269" have|strong="H1961" gone|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" Zoan|strong="H6814", and|strong="H8269" your|strong="H3588" representatives have|strong="H1961" gone|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" Hanes|strong="H2609".
5 But|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1571" be|strong="H3808" disappointed. They|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1571" depending on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3588" nation|strong="H5971" that|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" help|strong="H5828" them|strong="H5921". Egypt is|strong="H1571" useless—it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1571" not|strong="H3808" help|strong="H5828". Egypt will|strong="H1571" bring nothing|strong="H3808" but|strong="H3588" shame|strong="H1322" and|strong="H3605" embarrassment.”
6 This is|strong="H0776" a|strong="H5375" message|strong="H4853" about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Negev|strong="H5045" animals|strong="H0929":
7 That|strong="H3651" useless|strong="H1892" nation is|strong="H3651" Egypt|strong="H4714". Egypt’s|strong="H4714" help|strong="H5826" is|strong="H3651" worth nothing|strong="H1892", so|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3651" call|strong="H7121" Egypt|strong="H4714" the|strong="H7121" “Do-Nothing Dragon.”
8 Now|strong="H6258" write|strong="H3789" this|strong="H6258" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" sign|strong="H3789" so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3117" all|strong="H5704" people can|strong="H0935" see|strong="H0935" it|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0935" write|strong="H3789" this|strong="H6258" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" book|strong="H5612". Write|strong="H3789" these things|strong="H1961" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" future time|strong="H3117". This|strong="H6258" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" far|strong="H5704", far|strong="H5704" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" future:
9 These|strong="H1931" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H1121" like|strong="H3808" children|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1931" refuse|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H8085". They|strong="H3588" lie and|strong="H1121" refuse|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" LORD’S|strong="H3068" teachings|strong="H8451".
10 They|strong="H0834" tell|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" prophets|strong="H2374", “Don’t|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" dreams about|strong="H1696" things|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0834" should|strong="H0559" do. Don’t|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H0559" us|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0559" truth. Say|strong="H0559" nice things|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0559" us|strong="H7200" and|strong="H7200" make|strong="H7200" us|strong="H7200" feel|strong="H7200" good. See|strong="H7200" only good things|strong="H0834" for|strong="H3808" us|strong="H7200".
11 Stop|strong="H5493" seeing things|strong="H3478" that|strong="H4480" will|strong="H3478" really happen. Get|strong="H5493" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" our|strong="H4480" way|strong="H1870". Stop|strong="H5493" telling us|strong="H6440" about|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" Holy|strong="H6918" One|strong="H6918" of|strong="H4480" Israel|strong="H3478".”
12 The|strong="H0559" Holy|strong="H6918" One|strong="H2088" of|strong="H1697" Israel|strong="H3478" says|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H5921" people have|strong="H1697" refused to|strong="H0559" accept this|strong="H2088" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921". You|strong="H5921" depend on|strong="H5921" fighting and|strong="H3478" lies to|strong="H0559" help you|strong="H5921".
13 You|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" guilty|strong="H5771" of|strong="H2346" these|strong="H2088" things|strong="H1961". So|strong="H3651" you|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" tall wall|strong="H2346" with|strong="H0935" cracks in|strong="H0935" it|strong="H3651". That|strong="H0834" wall|strong="H2346" will|strong="H1961" fall|strong="H5307" and|strong="H0935" break into|strong="H0935" small pieces.
14 You|strong="H3808" will|strong="H4325" be|strong="H3808" like|strong="H3808" a|strong="H4672" large clay|strong="H2789" jar|strong="H2789" that|strong="H4325" breaks|strong="H7665" into|strong="H4325" many small, useless pieces|strong="H7665". You|strong="H3808" cannot|strong="H3808" use|strong="H4672" them|strong="H4672" to|strong="H4325" get a|strong="H4672" hot coal from|strong="H0784" the|strong="H7665" fire|strong="H0784" or|strong="H3808" to|strong="H4325" get water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H0784" a|strong="H4672" pool|strong="H4325" in|strong="H7665" the|strong="H7665" ground.”
15 The|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H0136" GOD|strong="H0136", the|strong="H0559" Holy|strong="H6918" One|strong="H6918" of|strong="H6918" Israel|strong="H3478", says|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" come|strong="H1961" back to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H3467" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" saved|strong="H3467". Only by|strong="H3478" remaining calm|strong="H8252" and|strong="H3478" trusting in|strong="H3478" me|strong="H3467" can|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1961" strong|strong="H1369".”
16 You|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", we|strong="H3588" need|strong="H3651" fast|strong="H7031" horses|strong="H5483" for|strong="H3588" battle.” That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3651" true|strong="H3651"—you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" need|strong="H3651" fast|strong="H7031" horses|strong="H5483", but|strong="H3588" only to|strong="H0559" run|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127" because|strong="H3588" your|strong="H5921" enemy will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" faster than|strong="H3808" your|strong="H5921" horses|strong="H5483".
17 One|strong="H0259" enemy soldier will|strong="H2022" make threats, and|strong="H7218" a|strong="H0518" thousand|strong="H0505" of|strong="H2022" your|strong="H5921" men|strong="H7218" will|strong="H2022" run|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127". And|strong="H7218" when|strong="H0518" five|strong="H2568" of|strong="H2022" them|strong="H5921" make threats, all|strong="H5704" of|strong="H2022" you|strong="H0518" will|strong="H2022" run|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127". The|strong="H6440" only|strong="H0518" thing|strong="H0259" that|strong="H5704" will|strong="H2022" be|strong="H0259" left|strong="H3498" of|strong="H2022" your|strong="H5921" army will|strong="H2022" be|strong="H0259" a|strong="H0518" flagpole on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H0518" hill|strong="H2022".
18 So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" waiting|strong="H2442" to|strong="H3068" show|strong="H7355" his|strong="H3605" mercy|strong="H7355" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588". He|strong="H3588" wants to|strong="H3068" rise|strong="H7311" and|strong="H3068" comfort you|strong="H3588". The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" who|strong="H3605" does|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" right|strong="H4941" thing|strong="H3651", so|strong="H3651" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" bless everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" waits|strong="H2442" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3605" help.
19 You|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3427" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" on|strong="H3427" Mount Zion|strong="H6726" will|strong="H3389" not|strong="H3808" continue crying|strong="H1058". The|strong="H3588" Lord will|strong="H3389" hear|strong="H8085" your|strong="H8085" crying|strong="H1058", and|strong="H3389" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3389" comfort you|strong="H3588". When|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" hears|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3588", he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3389" help|strong="H6030" you|strong="H3588".
20 The|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H0136" might give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" sorrow and|strong="H5869" pain like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H5869" water|strong="H4325" you|strong="H5414" eat every day. But|strong="H3808" God|strong="H0136" is|strong="H1961" your|strong="H5414" teacher|strong="H3384", and|strong="H5869" he|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" hide|strong="H3670" from|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414". You|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" see|strong="H7200" your|strong="H5414" teacher|strong="H3384" with|strong="H3899" your|strong="H5414" own|strong="H1961" eyes|strong="H5869".
21 If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" wander from|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0559" right path|strong="H1870", either|strong="H3588" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" right or|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" left|strong="H8041", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1697" hear|strong="H8085" a|strong="H3588" voice behind|strong="H0310" you|strong="H3588" saying|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" go|strong="H8041" this|strong="H2088" way|strong="H1870". Here|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H0559" right way|strong="H1870".”
22 Then|strong="H3318" you|strong="H0853" will|strong="H2091" take|strong="H3318" your|strong="H0559" idols|strong="H6456" covered with|strong="H3318" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3701" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" make|strong="H2930" them|strong="H0853" unfit to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H3701" used again. You|strong="H0853" will|strong="H2091" throw them|strong="H0853" away|strong="H3318" like|strong="H3644" filthy rags and|strong="H3701" say|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H3318" away|strong="H3318"!”
23 At|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" time|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" Lord will|strong="H1961" send|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0834" rain|strong="H4306". You|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" plant|strong="H2232" seeds|strong="H2233", and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" ground|strong="H0127" will|strong="H1961" grow food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H3117" you|strong="H0834". You|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" very large|strong="H7337" harvest|strong="H8393". You|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" plenty of|strong="H3117" food|strong="H3899" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" fields|strong="H0127" for|strong="H3117" your|strong="H5414" animals|strong="H1961". There|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" large|strong="H7337" fields|strong="H0127" for|strong="H3117" your|strong="H5414" sheep.
24 Your|strong="H0834" cattle and|strong="H0398" donkeys|strong="H5895" will|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" all|strong="H0398" the|strong="H0834" food|strong="H0398" they|strong="H0834" need. There|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" be|strong="H0127" much|strong="H0834" food|strong="H0398". You|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0834" use|strong="H0398" shovels and|strong="H0398" pitchforks to|strong="H0834" spread|strong="H2219" all|strong="H0398" the|strong="H0834" food|strong="H0398" for|strong="H0398" your|strong="H0834" animals to|strong="H0834" eat|strong="H0398".
25 Every|strong="H3605" mountain|strong="H2022" and|strong="H3117" hill|strong="H2022" will|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" streams|strong="H6388" filled with|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325". These|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961" after|strong="H5921" many|strong="H7227" people are|strong="H3117" killed|strong="H5307" and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" enemy’s towers|strong="H4026" are|strong="H3117" pulled down|strong="H5307".
26 At|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" light|strong="H0216" from|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" moon|strong="H3842" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" bright as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" sun|strong="H2535", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" light|strong="H0216" from|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" sun|strong="H2535" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" seven|strong="H7651" times|strong="H3117" brighter than it|strong="H1961" is|strong="H3068" now|strong="H1961". One|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" sunlight|strong="H0216" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" whole|strong="H3117" week’s worth. This|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" bandages his|strong="H3068" broken|strong="H7667" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3068" heals|strong="H7495" the|strong="H0853" hurts from|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3068" beatings.
27 Look|strong="H2009"! The|strong="H0935" LORD|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" coming|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" far|strong="H4801" away|strong="H4801". His|strong="H3068" anger|strong="H0639" is|strong="H3068" like|strong="H0639" a|strong="H0935" fire|strong="H0784" with|strong="H4390" thick clouds of|strong="H3068" smoke|strong="H4858". His|strong="H3068" mouth is|strong="H3068" filled|strong="H4390" with|strong="H4390" anger|strong="H0639", and|strong="H0935" his|strong="H3068" tongue|strong="H3956" is|strong="H3068" like|strong="H0639" a|strong="H0935" burning|strong="H0784" fire|strong="H0784".
28 His|strong="H5921" breath|strong="H7307" is|strong="H7307" like|strong="H5704" a|strong="H5921" great river|strong="H5704" that|strong="H1471" rises until|strong="H5704" it|strong="H5921" reaches|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" throat. He|strong="H5704" will|strong="H1471" judge the|strong="H5921" nations|strong="H1471" as|strong="H5704" if putting them|strong="H5921" through|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" strainer that|strong="H1471" separates the|strong="H5921" ones fit for|strong="H5921" destruction. He|strong="H5704" will|strong="H1471" put a|strong="H5921" bit in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" mouths to|strong="H5704" lead|strong="H8582" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" place they|strong="H5921" don’t want to|strong="H5704" go|strong="H8582".
29 You|strong="H0935" will|strong="H3068" sing happy|strong="H8057" songs|strong="H7892", like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0413" nights|strong="H3915" when|strong="H1961" you|strong="H0935" begin a|strong="H1961" festival|strong="H2282". You|strong="H0935" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" very|strong="H1980" happy|strong="H8057" walking|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" LORD’S|strong="H3068" mountain|strong="H2022" and|strong="H1980" listening to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" flute|strong="H2485" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" way|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" worship|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0413" Rock|strong="H6697" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478".
30 The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" cause all|strong="H0398" people|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" hear|strong="H8085" his|strong="H3068" great voice|strong="H6963" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" his|strong="H3068" powerful arm|strong="H2220" come down|strong="H0639" in|strong="H3068" anger|strong="H0639". That|strong="H7200" arm|strong="H2220" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" like|strong="H2220" a|strong="H7200" great fire|strong="H0784" that|strong="H7200" burns everything. His|strong="H3068" power|strong="H2220" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" like|strong="H2220" a|strong="H7200" great storm|strong="H2230" with|strong="H3068" much rain and|strong="H3068" hail|strong="H1259".
31 Assyria|strong="H0804" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" frightened by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" LORD’S|strong="H3068" voice|strong="H6963" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" stick that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" beat|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221".
32 And|strong="H3068" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" beats Assyria, his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" keep the|strong="H3605" rhythm with|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" drums and|strong="H3068" harps|strong="H3658".
33 Topheth|strong="H8613" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H5397" made|strong="H3559" ready|strong="H3559" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" long time. It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" ready|strong="H3559" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428". It|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3559" very|strong="H1571" deep|strong="H6009" and|strong="H3068" wide|strong="H7337". There|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" very|strong="H1571" big pile|strong="H4071" of|strong="H4428" wood|strong="H6086" and|strong="H3068" fire|strong="H0784" there|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" LORD’S|strong="H3068" breath|strong="H5397" will|strong="H3068" come like|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" stream|strong="H5158" of|strong="H4428" burning|strong="H0784" sulfur|strong="H1614" to|strong="H3068" start the|strong="H3588" fire|strong="H0784".