1Celaka kepada anak-anak pemberontak, firman TUHAN, yang menerima nasihat, tetapi bukan daripadaku; dan yang menaung dengan naungan, tetapi bukan daripada rohku, sehingga mereka menambah dosa kepada dosa:
2Yang berjalan untuk turun ke Mesir, dan tidak membuat permintaan di depan mulutku; untuk menguatkan diri mereka di dalam kekuatan Firaun, dan untuk percaya kepada bayang-bayang Mesir!
3Oleh sebab itu, kekuatan Firaun akan menjadi malu kalian, dan kepercayaan kepada bayang-bayang Mesir menjadi kebingunganmu.
4Sebab penguasa-penguasanya berada di Zoan, dan para dutanya sudah sampai ke Hanes.
5Mereka semuanya malu akan umat yang tidak dapat menguntungkan mereka, atau yang tidak dapat menjadi bantuan dan untung, tetapi malu, dan juga keaiban.
6Beban binatang-binatang dari selatan: ke tanah kesusahan dan keseksaan jiwa, dari mana datangnya singa muda dan singa tua, ular kapak dan ular terbang yang berapi-api, mereka akan mengangkut kekayaan mereka di atas bahu keldai-keldai muda, dan harta-harta berharga mereka di atas bonggol unta, kepada umat yang tidak akan menguntungkan mereka.
7Sebab orang Mesir akan sia-sia membantu, dan dengan tidak berguna: oleh sebab itu aku telah berseru berkenaan hal ini, Kekuatan mereka adalah untuk duduk diam-diam.
8Sekarang pergilah, tuliskanlah itu di depan mereka pada sebuah loh, dan suratkanlah itu di dalam sebuah kitab, supaya ia dapat berada sehingga masa yang akan datang untuk selama-lamanya:
9Bahawa mereka ini merupakan umat yang pemberontak, anak-anak yang berbohong, anak-anak yang tidak akan mendengar hukum Tuhan:
10Yang berkata kepada para pelihat, Jangan melihat; dan kepada para nabi, Jangan bernubuat kepada kami hal yang betul, bicaralah apa yang manis, bernubuat apa yang memperdayakan:
11Kalian sisihlah diri ke tepi jalan, berpalinglah untuk menyimpang ke luar jalan itu, jadikanlah Yang Maha Kudus Israel untuk dilesapkan dari hadapan diri kami.
12Lantaran itu, beginilah firman Yang Maha Kudus Israel, Kerana kalian memandang hina firman ini, dan percaya di dalam penindasan dan kebabilan, dan kekal kepadanya:
13Oleh sebab itu, kedurjanaan ini akan dijadikan kepada kalian sebagai lubang tembok siap untuk runtuh, yang sedang tersembul ke luar pada tembok tinggi, yang kerobohannya datang secara tiba-tiba dengan serta-merta.
14And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.the potters'�: Heb. the bottle of potters
15For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
16But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
17One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.a beacon: or, a tree bereft of branches, or, boughs: or, a mast
18And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
19For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.
20And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:affliction: or, oppression
21Dan telingamu akan mendengar suatu pernyataan dari belakangmu, yang menyatakan, Inilah jalannya, kalian berjalanlah di dalamnya, ketika kalian membelok kanan dan ketika kalian membelok kiri.
22Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.thy graven�: Heb. the graven images of thy silvercast: Heb. scatter
23Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
24The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.clean: or, savoury: Heb. leavened
25And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.high hill: Heb. lifted up, etc
26Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:burden�: or, grievousness of flameheavy: Heb. heaviness
28And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.
29Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.mighty�: Heb. Rock
30And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.his glorious�: Heb. the glory of his voice
31For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.
32And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it.in every�: Heb. every passing of the rod foundedlay�: Heb. cause to rest upon himwith it: or, against them
33For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.of old: Heb. from yesterday