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25 Therefore, the anger of the Lord
    blazed forth against his people;
he raised his hand against them
    and struck them down.
The mountains quaked,
    and their corpses lay like refuse in the streets.
But despite all this
    his anger has not been sated,
    and his hand is still stretched out.

Deliverance[a]

26 He will deliver a signal to a far-distant nation
    and summon them from the ends of the earth;
    they will respond swiftly without any delay.[b]
27 None of them are weary, none of them stumble,
    no one slumbers or sleeps.
None of them have their belts unfastened
    or sandals with a broken strap.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:26 The Assyrian invaders arrive; the forces assembled under the banner of the lion, the emblem of Assyria (see v. 29), are irresistible.
  2. Isaiah 5:26 To summon warriors, a banner was raised on the top of a hill and a horn was sounded.