You Israelites! Return to the one against whom you have so blatantly rebelled!

I am the Lord, your Holy One, the one who created Israel, your king.”

All the descendants of Israel will be vindicated by the Lord and will boast in him.

says our protector – the Lord who commands armies is his name, the Holy One of Israel.

Don’t be afraid, despised insignificant Jacob, men of Israel. I am helping you,” says the Lord, your protector, the Holy One of Israel.

“But you did not call for me, O Jacob; you did not long for me, O Israel.

Yes, you are a God who keeps hidden, O God of Israel, deliverer!

He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, through whom I will reveal my splendor.”

An ox recognizes its owner, a donkey recognizes where its owner puts its food; but Israel does not recognize me, my people do not understand.”

Therefore, the sovereign Lord who commands armies, the powerful ruler of Israel, says this: “Ah, I will seek vengeance against my adversaries, I will take revenge against my enemies.

They say, “Let him hurry, let him act quickly, so we can see; let the plan of the Holy One of Israel take shape and come to pass, then we will know it!”

The light of Israel will become a fire, their Holy One will become a flame; it will burn and consume the Assyrian king’s briers and his thorns in one day.

He will lift a signal flag for the nations; he will gather Israel’s dispersed people and assemble Judah’s scattered people from the four corners of the earth.

Cry out and shout for joy, O citizens of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel acts mightily among you!”

At that time men will trust in their creator; they will depend on the Holy One of Israel.

At that time Israel will be the third member of the group, along with Egypt and Assyria, and will be a recipient of blessing in the earth.

O my downtrodden people, crushed like stalks on the threshing floor, what I have heard from the Lord who commands armies, the God of Israel, I have reported to you.

Just a handful of archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be left.” Indeed, the Lord God of Israel has spoken.

So in the east extol the Lord, along the seacoasts extol the fame of the Lord God of Israel.

The time is coming when Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and grow branches. The produce will fill the surface of the world.