So that your confidence may be in the Lord, I am making them known to you today – even you.

The greedy person stirs up dissension, but the one who trusts in the Lord will prosper.

The poor person and the oppressor have this in common: the Lord gives light to the eyes of them both.

The fear of people becomes a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord will be set on high.

Many people seek the face of a ruler, but it is from the Lord that one receives justice.

All rebellious sinners will be shattered, those who abandon the Lord will perish.

So the sovereign master will afflict the foreheads of Zion’s women with skin diseases, the Lord will make the front of their heads bald.”

The Lord who commands armies will be exalted when he punishes, the sovereign God’s authority will be recognized when he judges.

But Ahaz responded, “I don’t want to ask; I don’t want to put the Lord to a test.”

I will wait patiently for the Lord, who has rejected the family of Jacob; I will wait for him.

Wail, for the Lord’s day of judgment is near; it comes with all the destructive power of the sovereign judge.

Look, the Lord will throw you far away, you mere man! He will wrap you up tightly.

O Lord, in distress they looked for you; they uttered incantations because of your discipline.

Indeed, the Lord’s shout will shatter Assyria; he will beat them with a club.

“Now I will rise up,” says the Lord. “Now I will exalt myself; now I will magnify myself.

For the Lord has planned a day of revenge, a time when he will repay Edom for her hostility toward Zion.

Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord,

Hezekiah said, “What is the confirming sign that I will go up to the Lord’s temple?”

Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Listen to the word of the Lord who commands armies:

Who comprehends the mind of the Lord, or gives him instruction as his counselor?