“Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let the person who accuses God give him an answer!”

I will have nothing to do with a perverse person; I will not permit evil.

But my loyal love will not be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.

He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots and he will depart by the breath of God’s mouth.

Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs; the nations will obey him.

Furthermore, he must not marry many wives lest his affections turn aside, and he must not accumulate much silver and gold.

Let’s make a small private upper room and furnish it with a bed, table, chair, and lamp. When he visits us, he can stay there.”

At that time the Lord will remove their burden from your shoulders, and their yoke from your neck; the yoke will be taken off because your neck will be too large.

I will break Assyria in my land, I will trample them underfoot on my hills. Their yoke will be removed from my people, the burden will be lifted from their shoulders.

The Lord cried out, “Who in the world will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Who will grieve over you? Who will stop long enough to inquire about how you are doing?

The Lord says, “I will put a curse on people who trust in mere human beings, who depend on mere flesh and blood for their strength, and whose hearts have turned away from the Lord.

The Lord will cross the sea of storms and will calm its turbulence. The depths of the Nile will dry up, the pride of Assyria will be humbled, and the domination of Egypt will be no more.