Woe to thee that spoilest, shalt not thou thyself also be spoiled? and thou that despisest, shalt not thyself also be despised? when thou shalt have made an end of spoiling, thou shalt be spoiled: when being wearied thou shalt cease to despise, thou shalt be despised.

²O Lord, have mercy on us: for we have waited for thee: be thou our arm in the morning, and our salvation in the time of trouble.

³At the voice of the angel the people fled, and at the lifting up thyself the nations are scattered.

⁴And your spoils shall be gathered together as the locusts are gathered, as when the ditches are full of them.

⁵The Lord is magnified, for he hath dwelt on high: he hath filled Sion with judgment and justice.

⁶And there shall be faith in thy times: riches of salvation, wisdom and knowledge: the fear of the Lord is his treasure.

⁷Behold they that see shall cry without, the angels of peace shall weep bitterly.

⁸The ways are made desolate, no one passeth by the road, the covenant is made void, he hath rejected the cities, he hath not regarded the men.

⁹The land hath mourned, and languished: Libanus is confounded, and become foul, and Saron is become as a desert: and Basan and Carmel are shaken.

¹⁰Now will I rise up, saith the Lord: now will I be exalted, now will I lift up myself.

¹¹You shall conceive heat, you shall bring forth stubble: your breath as fire shall devour you.

¹²And the people shall be as ashes after a fire, as a bundle of thorns they shall be burnt with fire.

¹³Hear, you that are far off, what I have done, and you that are near know my strength.

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