<p class="poetry">At that time<n id="1" /> the brother will shout,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;I am no doctor,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I have no food or coat in my house;p> <p class="poetry">don&#8217;t make me a leader of the people!&#8217;&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">They have stringed instruments,<n id="1" /> tambourines, flutes,p> <p class="poetry">and wine at their parties.p> <p class="poetry">So they do not recognize what the <sc>Lordsc> is doing,p> <p class="poetry">they do not perceive what he is bringing about.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Ephraim&#8217;s leader is Samaria,p> <p class="poetry">and Samaria&#8217;s leader is the son of Remaliah.p> <p class="poetry">If your faith does not remain firm,p> <p class="poetry">then you will not remain secure.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Do not say, &#8216;Conspiracy,&#8217; every time these people say the word.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Don&#8217;t be afraid of what scares them; don&#8217;t be terrified.p>

<p class="poetry">Ephraim&#8217;s jealousy will end,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and Judah&#8217;s hostility<n id="2" /> will be eliminated.p> <p class="poetry">Ephraim will no longer be jealous of Judah,p> <p class="poetry">and Judah will no longer be hostile toward Ephraim.p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed the stars in the sky and their constellationsp> <p class="poetry">no longer give out their light;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the sun is darkened as soon as it rises,p> <p class="poetry">and the moon does not shine.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look, I am stirring up the Medes to attack them;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they are not concerned about silver,p> <p class="poetry">nor are they interested in gold.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">No one will live there again;p> <p class="poetry">no one will ever reside there again.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">No bedouin<n id="2" /> will camp<n id="3" /> there,p> <p class="poetry">no shepherds will rest their flocks<n id="4" /> there.p>

<p class="poetry">You will not be buried with them,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">because you destroyed your landp> <p class="poetry">and killed your people.p> <p class="poetry">The offspring of the wickedp> <p class="poetry">will never be mentioned again.p>

<p class="poetry">He said,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;You will no longer celebrate,p> <p class="poetry">oppressed<n id="1" /> virgin daughter Sidon!p> <p class="poetry">Get up, travel to Cyprus,p> <p class="poetry">but you will find no relief there.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Grain is crushed,p> <p class="poetry">though one certainly does not thresh it forever.p> <p class="poetry">The wheel of one&#8217;s wagon rolls over it,p> <p class="poetry">but his horses do not crush it.p>

Or when they hand the scroll to one who can&#8217;t read<n id="1" /> and say, &#8220;Read this,&#8221; he says, &#8220;I can&#8217;t read.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Your thinking is perverse!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Should the potter be regarded as clay?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Should the thing made say<n id="3" /> about its maker, &#8220;He didn&#8217;t make me&#8221;?p> <p class="poetry">Or should the pottery say about the potter, &#8220;He doesn&#8217;t understand&#8221;?p>

<p class="poetry">all will be put to shame<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">because of a nation that cannot help them,p> <p class="poetry">who cannot give them aid or help,p> <p class="poetry">but only shame and disgrace.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">They<n id="1" /> say to the visionaries, &#8220;See no more visions!&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">and to the seers, &#8220;Don&#8217;t relate messages to us about what is right!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Tell us nice things,p> <p class="poetry">relate deceptive messages.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Assyria will fall by a sword, but not one human-made;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">a sword not made by humankind will destroy them.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They will run away from this sword<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and their young men will be forced to do hard labor.p>

<p class="poetry">A thoroughfare will be there &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">it will be called the Way of Holiness.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The unclean will not travel on it;p> <p class="poetry">it is reserved for those authorized to use it<n id="2" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">fools<n id="3" /> will not stray into it.p>

<p class="poetry">No lions will be there,p> <p class="poetry">no ferocious wild animals will be on it<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">they will not be found there.p> <p class="poetry">Those delivered from bondage will travel on it,p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;I thought,p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;I will no longer see the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> in the land of the living,p> <p class="poetry">I will no longer look on humankind with the inhabitants of the world.<n id="2" />p>

Isaiah<n id="1" /> asked, &#8220;What have they seen in your palace?&#8221; Hezekiah replied, &#8220;They have seen everything in my palace. I showed them everything in my treasuries.&#8221;