Isaiah 8:9

No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of Yahweh’s servants, and their righteousness is of me,” says Yahweh.

In every province, and in every city, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness, joy, a feast, and a good day. Many from among the peoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews was fallen on them.

At the return of the year, at the time when kings go out, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.

Behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel, and said, “Yahweh says, ‘Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand today. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.’ ”

In those letters, the king granted the Jews who were in every city to gather themselves together, and to defend their life, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women, and to plunder their possessions,

For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.

The nations raged. The kingdoms were moved. He lifted his voice and the earth melted.

Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh: they shall certainly not be unpunished.

Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him. Let him be filled full of reproach.

He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust.”

Hadadezer sent, and brought out the Syrians who were beyond the River: and they came to Helam, with Shobach the captain of the army of Hadadezer at their head.

At the return of the year, Ben Hadad mustered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.

That night, Yahweh’s angel went out, and struck one hundred eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring.

Therefore it will happen that when the Lord has performed his whole work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the willful proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the insolence of his arrogant looks.

I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their good, and the good of their children after them.

The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, among many peoples, like a lion among the animals of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, and there is no one to deliver.

Then my enemy will see it, and shame will cover her who said to me, where is Yahweh your God? Then my enemy will see me and will cover her shame. Now she will be trodden down like the mire of the streets.

He who dashes in pieces has come up against you. Keep the fortress! Watch the way! Strengthen your waist! Fortify your power mightily!

I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms. I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overthrow the chariots, and those who ride in them. The horses and their riders will come down, everyone by the sword of his brother.

Yahweh of Armies will defend them; and they will destroy and overcome with sling stones; and they will drink, and roar as through wine; and they will be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar.

For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”

These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings, and those who are with him are called chosen and faithful.”

“You shall not follow a crowd to do evil. You shall not testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice.

The princes of Succoth said, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?”

Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth. I crushed them as the mire of the streets, and spread them abroad.

When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Yahweh relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, “It is enough. Now withdraw your hand.” Yahweh’s angel was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, “Which way did Yahweh’s Spirit go from me to speak to you?”

Behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. Children of Israel, don’t fight against Yahweh, the God of your fathers; for you will not prosper.”

The other Jews who were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves together, defended their lives, had rest from their enemies, and killed seventy-five thousand of those who hated them; but they didn’t lay their hand on the plunder.

They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.

Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength?

Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust in the name of Yahweh our God.

All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His offspring is blessed.

Through you, will we push down our adversaries. Through your name, we will tread down those who rise up against us.

I will give thanks to you, Lord, among the peoples. I will sing praises to you among the nations.

Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed. Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.

My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long, for they are disappointed, and they are confounded, who want to harm me.

The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, but the house of the righteous shall stand.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

Many will stumble over it, fall, be broken, be snared, and be captured.”

Wrath is not in me, but if I should find briers and thorns, I would do battle! I would march on them and I would burn them together.

For it is precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little.

But the multitude of your foes will be like fine dust, and the multitude of the ruthless ones like chaff that blows away. Yes, it will be in an instant, suddenly.

“The Assyrian will fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of mankind, shall devour him. He will flee from the sword, and his young men will become subject to forced labor.

For Yahweh is our judge. Yahweh is our lawgiver. Yahweh is our king. He will save us.

“I have raised up one from the north, and he has come, from the rising of the sun, one who calls on my name, and he shall come on rulers as on mortar, and as the potter treads clay.

Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, even all the people who lived in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,

“Prepare the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle!

They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don’t do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.

Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel, and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

the horseman mounting, and the flashing sword, the glittering spear, and a multitude of slain, and a great heap of corpses, and there is no end of the bodies. They stumble on their bodies,

But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and were determined to kill them.

The high priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.

And the God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

and they may recover themselves out of the devil’s snare, having been taken captive by him to his will.

They went up over the width of the earth, and surrounded the camp of the saints, and the beloved city. Fire came down out of heaven from God and devoured them.

They traveled, and a terror of God was on the cities that were around them, and they didn’t pursue the sons of Jacob.

All these kings met together; and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.

Gideon said to them, “I do have a request: that you would each give me the earrings of his plunder.” (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

The Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

When the Syrians saw that they were defeated by Israel, they gathered themselves together.

He said, “I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of Armies; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”

The king of Israel answered, “Tell him, ‘Don’t let him who puts on his armor brag like he who takes it off.’ ”

The prophet came near to the king of Israel, and said to him, “Go, strengthen yourself, and mark, and see what you do; for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against you.”

So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh, Micaiah the son of Imlah; but I hate him, for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.” Jehoshaphat said, “Don’t let the king say so.”

Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all who were able to put on armor, young and old, and stood on the border.

When the Syrians saw that they were defeated by Israel, they sent messengers, and called out the Syrians who were beyond the River, with Shophach the captain of the army of Hadadezer leading them.

the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus, to lay hands on those who wanted to harm them. No one could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen on all the people.

Lay your hand on him. Remember the battle, and do so no more.

Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?

You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will you love vanity and seek after falsehood?

You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands.

Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I cast them out as the mire of the streets.

Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered.

Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!

I returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.

Yahweh, your hand is lifted up, yet they don’t see; but they will see your zeal for the people, and be disappointed. Yes, fire will consume your adversaries.

“I am Yahweh. That is my name. I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to engraved images.

Now I will uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of my hand.

The pride of Israel testifies to his face. Therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity. Judah also will stumble with them.

Now you shall gather yourself in troops, daughter of troops. He has laid siege against us. They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.

Draw water for the siege. Strengthen your fortresses. Go into the clay, and tread the mortar. Make the brick kiln strong.

They shall be as mighty men, treading down muddy streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because Yahweh is with them; and the riders on horses will be confounded.

But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and seize his inheritance.’

Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said to him, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” Then he went out and wept bitterly.

For he will be delivered up to the Gentiles, will be mocked, treated shamefully, and spit on.

But Peter asked her, “How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”

The multitude rose up together against them and the magistrates tore their clothes from them, then commanded them to be beaten with rods.

Do you think this, O man who judges those who practice such things, and do the same, that you will escape the judgment of God?

don’t boast over the branches. But if you boast, it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

for they are spirits of demons, performing signs; which go out to the kings of the whole inhabited earth, to gather them together for the war of that great day of God, the Almighty.

Therefore Yahweh’s word will be to them precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, fall backward, be broken, be snared, and be taken.

Then Yahweh’s angel went out and struck one hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

Behold, they may gather together, but not by me. Whoever gathers together against you will fall because of you.