26. This is the plan proposed for the whole earth,and this the hand outstretched over all the nations.
27. The Lord of hosts has planned;who can thwart him?His hand is stretched out;who can turn it back?
28. In the year that King Ahaz died, there came this oracle:
29. Do not rejoice, Philistia, not one of you,that the rod which struck you is broken;For out of the serpent’s root shall come an adder,its offspring shall be a flying saraph.
30. In my pastures the poor shall graze,and the needy lie down in safety;But I will kill your root with faminethat shall slay even your remnant.
31. Howl, O gate; cry out, O city!Philistia, all of you melts away!For there comes a smoke from the north,without a straggler in its ranks.
32. What will one answer the messengers of the nations?“The Lord has established Zion,and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge.”