Desember 3, 2013, Lees

Jesaja 11: 1-10

10:1 Woe to those who make unfair laws, en wie, when writing, write injustice: 10:2 in order to oppress the poor in judgment, and to do violence to the case of the humble of my people, in order that widows may be their prey, and that they might plunder the orphan. 10:3 What will you do on the day of visitation and calamity which is approaching from afar? To whom will you flee for assistance? And where will you leave behind your own glory, 10:4 so that you may not be bowed down under the chains, and fall with the slain? Concerning all this, his fury was not turned away; in plaas daarvan, his hand was still extended. 10:5 Wee Assur! Hy is die staf en die staf van my grimmigheid, en my grimmigheid is in hulle hande. 10:6 Ek sal hom na 'n bedrieglike nasie stuur, en Ek sal hom beveel teen die volk van my grimmigheid, sodat hy die buit kan wegneem, en verskeur die prooi, en plaas dit om vertrap te word soos die modder van die strate. 10:7 Maar hy sal dit nie as so beskou nie, en sy hart sal nie dink dat dit so is nie. In plaas daarvan, sy hart sal daarop gerig wees om meer as 'n paar nasies te verbrysel en uit te roei. 10:8 For he will say: 10:9 “Are not my princes like many kings? Is not Calno like Carchemish, and Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus? 10:10 In the same manner as my hand reached the kingdoms of the idol, so also will it reach their false images, those of Jerusalem and of Samaria.