Add parallel Print Page Options

25 On that day people will be slaughtered and towers destroyed, but streams of water will flow from high hills and towering mountains. 26 Then the Lord will bandage his people's injuries and heal the wounds he has caused. The moon will shine as bright as the sun, and the sun will shine seven times brighter than usual. It will be like the light of seven days all at once.

Assyria Will Be Punished

27 The Lord is coming
    from far away
with his fiery anger
    and thick clouds of smoke.[a]
His angry words flame up
    like a destructive fire;

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 30.27 with … smoke: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

25 In the day of great slaughter,(A) when the towers(B) fall, streams of water will flow(C) on every high mountain and every lofty hill. 26 The moon will shine like the sun,(D) and the sunlight will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven full days, when the Lord binds up the bruises of his people and heals(E) the wounds he inflicted.

27 See, the Name(F) of the Lord comes from afar,
    with burning anger(G) and dense clouds of smoke;
his lips are full of wrath,(H)
    and his tongue is a consuming fire.(I)

Read full chapter