-“His hands are rods of gold Set with beryl; His abdomen is carved ivory Inlaid with sapphires.
-“His legs are pillars of alabaster Set on pedestals of pure gold; His appearance is like Lebanon Choice as the cedars.
-“I said, ‘I will climb the palm tree, I will take hold of its fruit stalks.’ Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine, And the fragrance of your breath like apples,
-“The mandrakes have given forth fragrance; And over our doors are all choice {fruits,} Both new and old, Which I have saved up for you, my beloved.
Their land has also been filled with silver and gold And there is no end to their treasures; Their land has also been filled with horses And there is no end to their chariots.
In that day men will cast away to the moles and the bats Their idols of silver and their idols of gold, Which they made for themselves to worship,
For behold, the Lord GOD/ of hosts is going to remove from Jerusalem and Judah Both supply and support, the whole supply of bread And the whole supply of water;
When a man lays hold of his brother in his father’s house, {saying,} “You have a cloak, you shall be our ruler, And these ruins will be under your charge,”
For seven women will take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach!”
For the vineyard of the LORD/ of hosts is the house of Israel And the men of Judah His delightful plant. Thus He looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; For righteousness, but behold, a cry of distress.
He will also lift up a standard to the distant nation, And will whistle for it from the ends of the earth; And behold, it will come with speed swiftly.
And it will growl over it in that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to the land, behold, there is darkness {and} distress; Even the light is darkened by its clouds.
He touched my mouth {with it} and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away and your sin is forgiven.”
and say to him, ‘Take care and be calm, have no fear and do not be fainthearted because of these two stubs of smoldering firebrands, on account of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and the son of Remaliah.
+“Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.
Now therefore, behold, the Lord is about to bring on them the strong and abundant waters of the Euphrates, {Even} the king of Assyria and all his glory; And it will rise up over all its channels and go over all its banks.
Behold, I and the children whom the LORD/ has given me are for signs and wonders in Israel from the LORD/ of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
Then they will look to the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and {they will be} driven away into darkness.
There will be no end to the increase of {His} government or of peace, On the throne of David and over his kingdom, To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness From then on and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD/ of hosts will accomplish this.
