He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

This {is} the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.

David said furthermore, {As} the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.

And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity {shall have} an end,

Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of {them that are} slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity {shall have} an end.

They that come after {him} shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted. {went...: or, lived with him} {were...: Heb. laid hold on horror}

Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

They that come after {him} shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted. {went...: or, lived with him} {were...: Heb. laid hold on horror}

But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.

David said furthermore, {As} the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.

But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress. {spoken...: Heb. magnified thy mouth}

The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

Also her hired men {are} in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, {and} are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, {and} the time of their visitation. {fatted...: Heb. bullocks of the stall}

Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, {and} to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor. {the country: Heb. the isle}

Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.

Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of {them that are} slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity {shall have} an end.

Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD {is} at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

For the day {is} near, even the day of the LORD {is} near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.

And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.

They have heard that I sigh: {there is} none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done {it}: thou wilt bring the day {that} thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me. {called: or, proclaimed}

Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.

Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD {is} near in the valley of decision. {decision: or, concision, or, threshing}