And I will choose some of them as priests and Levites,” says the Lord.

You did not hear, you do not know, you were not told beforehand. For I know that you are very deceitful; you were labeled a rebel from birth.

I have given orders to my chosen soldiers; I have summoned the warriors through whom I will vent my anger, my boasting, arrogant ones.

The evergreens also rejoice over your demise, as do the cedars of Lebanon, singing, ‘Since you fell asleep, no woodsman comes up to chop us down!’

All of them respond to you, saying: ‘You too have become weak like us! You have become just like us!

The watchman replies, “Morning is coming, but then night. If you want to ask, ask; come back again.”

O Lord, you make us secure, for even all we have accomplished, you have done for us.

This also comes from the Lord who commands armies, who gives supernatural guidance and imparts great wisdom.

From this day forward I am he; no one can deliver from my power; I will act, and who can prevent it?”

They will all be ashamed and embarrassed; those who fashion idols will all be humiliated.

Let your private parts be exposed! Your genitals will be on display! I will get revenge; I will not have pity on anyone,”

Can a woman forget her baby who nurses at her breast? Can she withhold compassion from the child she has borne? Even if mothers were to forget, I could never forget you!

On every high, elevated hill you prepare your bed; you go up there to offer sacrifices.

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I look the other way; when you offer your many prayers, I do not listen, because your hands are covered with blood.

He built a hedge around it, removed its stones, and planted a vine. He built a tower in the middle of it, and constructed a winepress. He waited for it to produce edible grapes, but it produced sour ones instead.

So Isaiah replied, “Pay attention, family of David. Do you consider it too insignificant to try the patience of men? Is that why you are also trying the patience of my God?

At that time the sovereign master will use a razor hired from the banks of the Euphrates River, the king of Assyria, to shave the head and the pubic hair; it will also shave off the beard.

He said, “You will no longer celebrate, oppressed virgin daughter Sidon! Get up, travel to Cyprus, but you will find no relief there.”

all will be put to shame because of a nation that cannot help them, who cannot give them aid or help, but only shame and disgrace.”

Yet he too is wise and he will bring disaster; he does not retract his decree. He will attack the wicked nation, and the nation that helps those who commit sin.