I Hope

"You will trample the wicked,
for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet
on the day I am preparing,"
says the Lord of Hosts.
- HCSB

Pride comes before destruction,
and an arrogant spirit before a fall.
- HCSB

The Lord is the one who will go before you.
He will be with you;
He will not leave you or forsake you.
Do not be afraid or discouraged.
- HCSB

16 Therefore all who devour you shall be devoured,
and all your foes, everyone of them, shall go into captivity;
those who plunder you shall be plundered,
and all who prey on you I will make a prey.

17 For I will restore health to you,
and your wounds I will heal,
says the LORD.
- NRSV

Thus says your Lord,
The Lord and your God,
Who pleads the cause of His people:

"See, I have taken out of your hand
The cup of trembling,
The dregs of the cup of My fury;
You shall no longer drink it.

But I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you,
Who have said to you,"
'Lie down, that we may walk over you.'
And you have laid your body like the ground,
And as the street,
for those who walk over."
- NKJV

Show me a sign of Your goodness,
my enemies will see and be put to shame
because You, Lord,
have helped and comforted me.
- HCSB

Therefore, this is what the Lord says:

I am about to plead your case
and take vengeance on your behalf.
I will dry up her sea
and make her fountain run dry.
...
I will bring them down
like lambs to the slaughterer,
like rams together with male goats.

- HCSB

Therefore thus says the Lord:

Behold, I will plead your case
and take vengeance for you.
I will dry up her sea
and make her springs dry.
...
I will bring them down
like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams with male goats.

- NKJV

You meant evil against me,
but God meant it for good,
in order to bring it about as it is this day,
to save many people alive.
- NKJV

Show me a sign of Your goodness;
my enemies will see and be put to shame
because You,
Lord,
have helped and comforted me.
- HCSB

Therefore, this is what the Lord says:

I am about to plead your case
and take vengeance on your behalf;

I will dry up her sea
and make her fountain run dry.
...

I will bring them down
like lambs to the slaughterer
like rams together with male goats.
- HCSB

The Lord said:
...
I will bless those who bless you,
I will curse those who treat you with contempt.
- HCSB