Lexicon :: Strong's H3068 - Yᵊhōvâ

Look, the LORD is leaving his place

and coming down to trample

the heights[fn] of the earth.

Though the residents of Maroth

anxiously wait for something good,

disaster has come from the LORD

to the gate of Jerusalem.

Therefore, there will be no one

in the assembly of the LORD

to divide the land by casting lots.[fn]

House of Jacob, should it be asked,

“Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient?

Are these the things he does? ”

Don’t my words bring good

to the one who walks uprightly?

One who breaks open the way

will advance before them;

they will break out, pass through the city gate,

and leave by it.

Their King will pass through before them,

the LORD as their leader.

This is what the LORD says

concerning the prophets

who lead my people astray,

who proclaim peace

when they have food to sink their teeth into

but declare war against the one

who puts nothing in their mouths.

As for me, however, I am filled with power

by the Spirit of the LORD,

with justice and courage,

to proclaim to Jacob his rebellion

and to Israel his sin.

Her leaders issue rulings for a bribe,

her priests teach for payment,

and her prophets practice divination for silver.

Yet they lean on the LORD, saying,

“Isn’t the LORD among us?

No disaster will overtake us.”

and many nations will come and say,

“Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the LORD,

to the house of the God of Jacob.

He will teach us about his ways

so we may walk in his paths.”

For instruction will go out of Zion

and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

But each person will sit under his grapevine

and under his fig tree

with no one to frighten him.

For the mouth of the LORD of Armies

has spoken.

Though all the peoples walk

in the name of their own gods,

we will walk in the name of the LORD our God

forever and ever.

On that day —

this is the LORD’s declaration —

I will assemble the lame

and gather the scattered,

those I have injured.

I will make the lame into a remnant,

those far removed into a strong nation.

Then the LORD will reign over them in Mount Zion

from this time on and forever.

Writhe and cry out,[fn] Daughter Zion,

like a woman in labor,

for now you will leave the city

and camp in the open fields.

You will go to Babylon;

there you will be rescued;

there the LORD will redeem you

from the grasp of your enemies!

But they do not know the LORD’s intentions

or understand his plan,

that he has gathered them

like sheaves to the threshing floor.

Rise and thresh, Daughter Zion,

for I will make your horns iron

and your hooves bronze

so you can crush many peoples.

Then you[fn] will set apart their plunder

for the LORD,

their wealth for the Lord of the whole earth.

Then the remnant of Jacob

will be among many peoples

like dew from the LORD,

like showers on the grass,

which do not wait for anyone

or linger for mankind.

In that day —

this is the LORD’s declaration —

I will remove your horses from you

and wreck your chariots.

Listen to the LORD’s lawsuit,

you mountains and enduring foundations of the earth,

because the LORD has a case against his people,

and he will argue it against Israel.

My people,

remember what King Balak of Moab proposed,

what Balaam son of Beor answered him,

and what happened from the Acacia Grove[fn] to Gilgal

so that you may acknowledge

the LORD’s righteous acts.

What should I bring before the LORD

when I come to bow before God on high?

Should I come before him with burnt offerings,

with year-old calves?

Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams

or with ten thousand streams of oil?

Should I give my firstborn for my transgression,

the offspring of my body for my own sin?

Mankind, he has told each of you what is good

and what it is the LORD requires of you:

to act justly,

to love faithfulness,

and to walk humbly with your God.

The voice of the LORD calls out to the city[fn]

(and it is wise to fear your name):

“Pay attention to the rod

and the one who ordained it.[fn]

Do not rejoice over me, my enemy!

Though I have fallen, I will stand up;

though I sit in darkness,

the LORD will be my light.

Because I have sinned against him,

I must endure the LORD’s fury

until he champions my cause

and establishes justice for me.

He will bring me into the light;

I will see his salvation.[fn]

Then my enemy will see,

and she will be covered with shame,

the one who said to me,

“Where is the LORD your God? ”

My eyes will look at her in triumph;

at that time she will be trampled

like mud in the streets.

They will lick the dust like a snake;

they will come trembling out of their hiding places

like reptiles slithering on the ground.

They will tremble in the presence of the LORD our God;

they will stand in awe of you.