They were destroyed at Endor; their corpses were like manure on the ground.

May they be humiliated and continually terrified! May they die in shame!

You have broken down all his walls; you have made his strongholds a heap of ruins.

Hurl lightning bolts and scatter them! Shoot your arrows and rout them!

The Lord protects those who love him, but he destroys all the wicked.

Keen insight wins favor, but the conduct of the unfaithful is harsh.

A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and his slander is like a scorching fire.

Do not give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which ruins kings.

Surely oppression can turn a wise person into a fool; likewise, a bribe corrupts the heart.

Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner can destroy much that is good.

Your men will fall by the sword, your strong men will die in battle.

This is a message about Babylon that God revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz:

The land of buzzing wings is as good as dead, the one beyond the rivers of Cush,

Terror, pit, and snare are ready to overtake you inhabitants of the earth!

For messengers are coming, heralding disaster, from the city of Dan and from the hills of Ephraim.

“Something horrible and shocking is going on in the land of Judah:

So come on, let’s go ahead and attack it by night and destroy all its fortified buildings.’

The punishment of Ephraim has been decreed; his punishment is being stored up for the future.

Will he then continue to fill and empty his throw net? Will he always destroy nations and spare none?

If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom will not be able to stand.