The Lord Has Cut Off From Israel, Head and Tail, Palm Branch and Reed in One Day

The lord has sent a word against jacob, and it will light upon israel. The syrians on the east and the philistines on the west devour israel with open mouth. For all this, his anger is not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still. Ah assyria, the rod of anger, the staff of my fury. Against a godless nation, i send him. And against the people of my wrath, i command him to take spoil and seize plunder and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees and the writers who keep writing oppression. To rob the poor