For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the middle of all the land. Context A Remnant of Israel Shall Return
20And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay on him that smote them; but shall stay on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. 21The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God. 22For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness. 23For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the middle of all the land. 24Therefore thus said the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwell in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite you with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against you, after the manner of Egypt. 25For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and my anger in their destruction. 26And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a whip for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was on the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt. 27And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off your shoulder, and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing. 28He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he has laid up his carriages: 29They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled. 30Lift up your voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard to Laish, O poor Anathoth. 31Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee. 32As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. 33Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled. 34And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
For a full end, and that determined, will the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, make in the midst of all the earth.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For the Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, and an abridgment in the midst of all the land.
Darby Bible Translation
For a consumption, and one determined, will the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, accomplish in the midst of all the land.
King James Bible
For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.
Young's Literal Translation
For a consumption that is determined, The Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is making in the midst of all the land.
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