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Justly, therefore, does Isaiah say, "Your sons shall succeed to you, and your grandsons shall succeed to your sons;" and as God will establish the world, that it may never perish, so the succession of the Church shall be perpetual, that it may be prolonged through all ages.
In a word, he explains what he had formerly said about renewing the world, that none may think that this relates to trees, or beasts, or the order of the stars; for it must be referred to the inward renewal of man. The ancients were mistaken when they thought that these things related absolutely to the last judgment; and they had not sufficiently weighed the context of the Prophet or the authority of the Apostle. Yet I do not deny that they extend as far as to that judgment, because we must not hope for a perfect restoration before Christ, who is the life of the world, shall appear; but we must begin higher, even with that deliverance by which Christ regenerates his people, that they may be new creatures. (2 Corinthians 7:1.)
23. From a month to his month, and from a Sabbath to his Sabbath. 473
The Prophet again points out what shall be the difference between the nature of the spiritual worship of God which shall be under the reign of Christ and of the carnal worship which was under the Law. Sacrifices were offered every month at the new moon. There were Sabbaths, and other festivals, and solemn days, which they carefully observed. But under the reign of Christ there shall be a constant and uninterrupted solemnity; for there are not fixed and stated days of sacrifices on which we must go to Jerusalem, or offer anything in one place or in another; but our oblations, festivals, and rejoicings are continued from day to day in unbroken succession. Yet he alludes to the ancient custom of sacrifices as we have already said that the prophets are frequently accustomed to do.
So then the Lord wishes to have "pure sacrifices" offered to him daily, (1 Peter 2:5,) not such as were formerly offered under the Law or are now offered by Papists, who either rely foolishly on their ceremonies, as if they were expiations of crime, or basely venture to sacrifice Christ, 474 but spiritual sacrifices, that we may reverence and adore God with a pure and sincere worship. (John 4:24.) As to the opinion held by some, that this passage proves the abrogation of the Law and of ancient ceremonies, it does not appear to me to rest on sufficient grounds, it is indeed certain that those legal ceremonies have been set aside, and that may be gathered from this passage; but in proof of that point I would choose to employ other passages which contain stronger evidence. There is only here a contrast between the Sabbath and festivals which were celebrated under the Law, and the perpetual Sabbath which we have at the present day. (Hebrews 4:9, 10.)
24. And they shall go forth. We must not here attempt to obtain subtle and ingenious interpretations; for he simply informs those who shall be 473"Depuis un mois jusques a un autre mois, et depuis un Sabbat jusques a son autre Sabbat." "From one month till another month, and from one Sabbath till his other Sabbath."
474"Ou mesmes d'une audace desesperee osent se vanter qu'ils sacrifient Jesus Christ." "Or even with desperate audacity dare to boast that they sacrifice Jesus Christ."
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adopted into the Church that they shall see, all around them, the dreadful vengeance of God. Yet there is an implied contrast between the straits of the calamity and the free departure; as if he had said, "Out of the dark prison in which they had been confined they shall again come forth to the light."
And shall see the dead bodies of men. He does not mean that this slaughter shall take place in the assembly of believers; for this would greatly diminish the happiness of the Church, in which God displays all testimonies of joy and gladness. But as he formerly spoke of the perpetual glory by which he shall dignify his people, so he now threatens the punishment which he shall inflict on the reprobate, that the godly may be more careful to keep themselves in the fear of God.
And their fire shall not be extinguished. When he says that they shall be tormented by "fire," this mode of expression, as I have formerly remarked, 475 is metaphorical. And this is clearly evident from the succeeding clause; for worms will not be formed out of the earth to gnaw the hearts of unbelievers. The plain meaning, therefore, is, that the wicked shall have a bad conscience as an executioner, to torment them without end, and that torment awaits them greater than all other torments; and finally, that they shall tremble and be agitated in a dreadful and shocking manner, as if a worm were gnawing the heart of a man, or a fire were consuming it, and yet thus consumed, he did not die.
And they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh. Because the wicked are now held in the highest honor, and from their lofty position look down with contempt on good men, the Prophet threatens a shocking change; for, along with unutterable torments, they shall also endure the deepest disgrace; as it is just and right that they who despised and reproached the glory of God shall be loaded with every reproach, and shall be the objects of abhorrence to angels and to the whole world.
475Commentary on Isaiah, vol. 2 p. 387.
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1 Wo to thee that spoilest, And was not spoiled; Who dealest wickedly, And they dealt not wickedly with thee! When thou shalt have ceased to spoil, Thou shalt be spoiled; When thou shalt have ceased to deal wickedly, They shall deal wickedly with thee.
2 O Jehovah, have pity upon us; We have hoped in thee; Be thou, who hast been their arm in the morning, Our salvation also in the time of trouble.
3 At the voice of the tumult the people fled; At thy exaltation the nations were dispersed.
4 And your prey shall be gathered by your gathering of cater-pillars, Advancing thither, according to the running of locusts.
5 Jehovah is exalted, who dwelleth on high; He hath filled Zion with judgment And righteousness.
6 And the stability of thy times shall be Strength, salvation, wisdom, And knowledge; The fear of Jehovah is his treasure.
7 Behold, their messengers shall cry without; The ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.
8 The roads are deserted, The traveler hath ceased; He hath violated the treaty, He hath despised the cities, He hath paid no regard to any man.
9 The earth hath mourned And languished; Lebanon is ashamed And hewn down; Sharon hath been made like a wilderness; Bashan And Carmel have been shaken.
10 Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; Now will I be exalted; Now will I lift up myself.
11 Ye shall conceive chaff; Ye shall bring forth stubble; The fire of your breath shall devour you.
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12 And the peoples shall be the burnings of lime; 476 As thorns cut up shall they be burnt in the fire.
13 Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; Ye that are near, acknowledge my power.
14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; Terror hath seized the hypocrites. 477
Which of us 478 shall dwell with devouring fire? Which of us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
15 He who walketh in righteousnesses And speaketh what is right; Who despiseth the gain from violence And calumny; Who shaketh his hands from accepting a bribe; Who stoppeth his ear, that he may not hear blood; Who shutteth his eyes, that he may not see evil.
16 He shall dwell in high places; Fortifications of rocks shall be his refuge; Bread shall be given to him, And his waters (shall be) sure.
17 Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty; They shall behold the land (that is) very far off.
18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the weigher? Where is he who singleth out the principal houses?
19 The fierce people thou shalt not see, The people of a confused lip, so that thou canst not understand; Of a stammering tongue, so that thou canst not comprehend.
20 Look at Zion, the city of our solemnities; 479 Thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a peaceful habitation, A tent which shall not be carried away, The stakes of which shall never be removed, And of which none of the ropes shall be broken: 21 Thus, 480 shall the mighty Jehovah there be to us, A place of streams, of broad rivers, Through which there shall not pass a ship with oars, And through which a splendid ship shall not pass.
22 For Jehovah is our Judge; Jehovah is our Lawgiver; Jehovah is our King; He himself will save us.
23 Thy cords were loosed, So that they did not fasten their mast, Nor spread the sail; Then was the prey of much spoil divided; The lame also seized the prey.
24 And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick; The people that dwell in it have been freed from iniquity.
476Or, Who instead of us? 477Or, Of our assemblies. 478Or, For if. 479Or, He will come with the recompense of God. 480Or, To the forest of his plain.
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1 Draw near, ye nations, to hear; And ye peoples, hearken. Let the earth hear, And its fullness; The world, And all its productions.
2 For the indignation of Jehovah is on all nations, And his fury on all their army; He hath destroyed them; He hath delivered them to slaughter.
3 Their slain shall be east out; And from their carcasses shall come up their stench; And the mountains shall melt on account of their blood.
4 And all the armies of heaven shall fade away, And shall be rolled up as a scroll. The heavens And all their armies shall fall down, As a leaf falleth down from a vine, And as it falleth from the fig-tree.
5 For my sword is made drunken in the heavens. Behold, it shall come down on Edom, Even on the people of my curse to judgment.
6 The sword of Jehovah hath been filled with blood; It hath been made fat with fatness; Even with the blood of lambs And of goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams; For the sacrifice of Jehovah is on Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
7 And the unicorns shall come down with them, And the bullocks with the bulls; And their land shall be made drunken with blood, And their dust shall be made fat with fatness.
8 For (it is) the day of vengeance of Jehovah, The year of recompenses for the cause of Zion.
9 And her streams shall be turned into pitch, And her dust into brimstone; And her land shall become burning pitch.
10 By night And by day it shall not be quenched; Its smoke shall continually go up; From generation to generation it shall lie waste; Tone shall pass through it for ever And ever.
11 Therefore shall the pelican And the owl take possession of it; The great
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owl And the raven shall dwell in it; And he shall stretch over it the cord of emptiness, And the plummets of vanity.
12 They shall call her nobles without a kingdom, And all her princes shall be nothing.
13 In her palaces she shall bring forth thorns, And nettles And thistles in her fortresses; And she shall be a habitation for dragons, And an abode for the young ones of the ostrich.
14 And the wild beasts shall meet with the satyrs; And the screech-owl shall cry to his companion; There also shall the fairy dwell, And shall find for herself a peaceful abode.
15 There shall the owl make her nest, And lay, And hatch And gather her young under her shadow; Yea, there shall the vultures be gathered together, Every one with her mate.
16 Inquire at the book of Jehovah, And read. Not one of those shall fail; Tot one shall want her mate; For his mouth hath commanded, And his Spirit hath gathered them.
17 And he hath cast the lot for them; And his hand hath divided it to them for ever, as by a cord. Therefore they shall inhabit it; From generation to generation they shall dwell in it.
1 The wilderness And the desert shall be glad; The loathsome place shall rejoice, And shall flourish like the lily.
2 Flourishing it shall flourish, And shall even rejoice with rejoicing, And shall sing; The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, The beauty of Carmel And Sharon; They shall see the glory of Jehovah, The majesty of our God.
3 Strengthen ye the weak hands, Confirm the tottering knees. 4 Say to them that are trembling in heart, Be strong, fear not. Behold, your God will come with vengeance; God himself will come with a recompense, 481 And will save you.
5 Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, And the ears of the deaf shall be opened.
6 Then shall the lame man leap like a stag, The tongue of the dumb mall shall sound loudly; For waters shall be digged in the desert, And rivers in the wilderness.
7 The dry place shall be changed into a pool, And the parched country into fountains of waters; And in the habitation of dragons, And in its lair, Shall be a place for the reed And the rush.
8 And a path shall be there, And a way, And it shall be called, The holy way. An unclean person shall not pass through it; And he shall be to them one that walketh in the way, That fools may not go astray.
9 There shall not be there a lion; Nor shall a wild beast go up by it; Neither shall it be found there; That the redeemed may walk.
10 Therefore shall the redeemed of Jehovah return, And shall come to Zion with rejoicing; And everlasting joy shall be on their head; And they
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shall obtain joy And gladness; And sorrow And sighing shall flee away.
1 It came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came up against all the defended cities of Judah, And took them.
2 Then the king of Assyria sent Rabshakch from Lachish, with a powerful army, to Jerusalem, to king Hezekiah, who stood at the conduit of the upper pool in the way of the fullers field.
3 And there came out to him Eliakim, son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, And Shebna the chancellor, And Joab, the son of Asaph, the secretary.
4 And Rabshakeh said to them: Say now to Hezekiah? Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this in which thou trustest? I have said, (only a word of the lips.)
5 Counsel And strength for war. Now in whom hast thou trusted, that thou hast rebelled against me?
6 Behold, thou hast rusted in that broken staff of reed, on Egypt, on which if one lean, it will go into his hand And pierce it. Such is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who have confidence in him.
7 And if thou shalt say to me, We trust in Jehovah our God; is it not, he whose high places And altars Hezekiah hath taken away, And hath said to Judah And Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?
8 Now, come, give a hostage to my master, the king of Assyria. I will give thee two thousand horses; wilt thou have horsemen to set upon them?
9 And how dost thou despise the face of one captain of the least of my masters servants, And place thy confidence in Egypt for chariots And horsemen?
10 And have I now come up without Jehovah to this land, to destroy it? Jehovah said to me: Go up against this land, to destroy it.
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11 Then said Eliakim, And Shebna, And Joah, to Rabshakeh: Speak, I pray, to thy servants, in the Syrian language, (for we understand it,) And speak not to us in the Jewish language, in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.
12 And Rabshakeh said: Hath my master sent me to thy master And to thee to speak those words? Is it not to the men who sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, And drink their own urine with you?
13 Therefore Rabshakeh stood, And cried with a loud voice in the Jewish language, And said: Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.
14 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah impose upon you, for he will not be able to deliver you.
15 And let not Hezekiah make you trust in Jehovah, saying, By delivering will Jehovah deliver us; this city shall not be given up into the hand of the king of Assyria.
16 Listen not to Hezekiah; for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make with me a blessing, And come out; And let every one eat of his own vine, And let every one eat of his own fig-tree, And let every one drink the waters of his own well.
17 Till I come And take you into a land like your own land, a land of corn And wine, a land of bread And vineyards.
18 Lest perhaps Hezekiah deceive you, saying, Jehovah will deliver us. Have any of the gods of the nations delivered their land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
19 Where is the god of Hamath And Arpad? Where is the god of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
20 Who is there among all the gods of those lands that hath delivered his land out of my hand; that Jehovah should rescue Jerusalem out of my hand?
21 They were silent, And did not answer him a word; for this was the commandment of the king, Do not answer him.
22 Then came Eliakim, who was over the house And Shebna the chancellor, And Joab, the son of Asaph, the secretary, to Hezekiah, with rent garments, And told him the words of Rabshakeh.
1 Now, it came to pass, that Hezekiah, when he heard this rent his clothes, And covered himself with sackcloth, And went into the house of Jehovah.
2 At the same time he sent Eliakim, who was over the palace, And Shebna the chancellor, and the eldest of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the son of Amoz, the prophet.
3 Who said to him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, And of blasphemy; for the children have come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
4 If, perhaps, Jehovah thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom his master, the king of Assyria, hath sent to curse the living God, And to rebuke with words which Jehovah thy God hath heard. Thou shalt therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that is still left.
5 The servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 6 And Isaiah said to them, Thus shall ye say to your master: Thus saith Jehovah, Fear not the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have reproached me.
7 Behold, I will bring a wind upon him; for he shall hear a report, And shall return to his own land; And I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
8 And Rabshakeh, having returned, found the king of Assyria besieging Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
9 And hearing concerning Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, He hath gone out to fight against thee; after having heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying: 10 Thus shall ye say to Hezekiah king of Judah: Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given up
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into the hand of the king of Assyria.
11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to at hands, how they have destroyed them; And shalt thou be delivered?
12 Have the gods of the nations delivered those whom my fathers destroyed, Gozan, And Itaran, And Rezeph, And the children of Edom, who were in Telassar?
13 Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arphad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena And Iva?
14 Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, And read it, And went up to the house of Jehovah, and spread it before Jehovah.
15 Then Hezekiah prayed to God, saying: 16 O Jehovah of hosts, God of Israel, who dwellest between the cherubim, thou alone art God over all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven And earth.
17 Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, And hear; open thine eyes, O Jehovah, And see; And hear all the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent to reproach the living God.
18 Truly, O Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the nations, And their land, 19 And have cast their gods into the fire; for they were not gods, but the work of men's hands, wood, And stone; therefore they have destroyed them.
20 And now, O Jehovah our God, save us from his hand; that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou alone art Jehovah.
21 Then Isaiah, the son of Amoz, sent to Hezekiah, saying: Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Since thou hast prayed to me concerning Sennacherib, king of Assyria; 22 This is the word which Jehovah hath spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion hath despised thee, hath laughed at thee; The daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. Whom hast thou reproached?
23 And whom hast thou blasphemed? Against whom hast thou exalted thy Voice, And lifted up thy hands on high? Even against the Holy One of Israel.
24 By the hand of thy servants thou hast reproached the Lord, And hast said, By the multitude of my chariots I will go up, To the heights of the mountains, To the sides of Lebanon; I will cut down the tallest of her cedars, Her choice firs; Then will I come to the height of his border, And even to his level forest. 482
25 I will dig, And will drink waters; With the sole of my feet I will dry up all the lakes of the siege.
26 Hast thou not heard that I made it long ago, That I formed it from ancient days? And should I now bring it to be a desolation, To be heaps of ruins, like fortified cities?
27 For their inhabitants were maimed, Were terrified And confounded; 482Or, While he was worshipping in the temple of Nisroch, his god.
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They were made like the grass of the field And the green herb, Like the grass of the house-tops, which withereth before it is ripe.
28 I know thy sitting down, And thy going out, And thy entrance, And thy indignation against me.
29 Because thou wast angry against me, Thy tumult hath come up into my ears. Therefore will I put my hook 483 in thy nostril, And my bridle ill thy lips, And will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
30 And this shall be a sign to thee; Thou shalt eat this year that which groweth of itself, And in the second year that which springeth up of itself; And in the third year ye shall sow And reap, And shall plant vineyards, And eat the fruit of them.
31 And that which shall be preserved of the house of Judah, And that which shall be left, Shall vet strike root downward, And shall bear fruit upward.
32 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, And that which shall be preserved of Mount Zion. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will do this.
33 Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not enter into this city, Nor throw an arrow into it; And he who is defended by a shield shall not seize it, Nor cast a balister against it.
34 By the way that he came shall he return, And shall not enter into this city, saith Jehovah.
35 And I will be a protector to this city, To save it, for my own sake, And for the sake of my servant David.
36 And the angel of Jehovah went forth, And smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred And eighty-five thousand; And when the people arose early in the morning, behold, they were all corpses of dead men.
37 Then Sennacherib, king of Assyria, departed, And went, And returned, And dwelt in Nineveh.
38 And it came to pass, while he was worshipping his god in the temple of Nisroch, 484 that his sons, Adrammeleeh And Sharezar, smote him with the sword, And fled into the land of Armenia; And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
483Or, Give charge to thy house. 484"Et Ezechias pleura amerement." "And Hezekiah wept bitterly."
1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, And said to him: Thus saith Jehovah, Give charge concerning thy house; 485 for thou shalt die, And shalt not live.
2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, And prayed to Jehovah. 3 And he said, I beseech thee, O Jehovah, remember now that I have walked before thee in truth, And with a perfect heart, And have done what was right in thine eyes. And Hezekiah wept with sore weeping. 486
4 Then was communicated the word of Jehovah to Isaiah, saying, 5 Go, And say to Hezekiah: Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Jacob thy father: I have heard thy prayer, And have seen thy tears: Behold, I add to thy days fifteen years.
6 And I will deliver thee And this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; And I will be a protector to this city.
7 And this shall be a sign to thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do this thing, of which he hath spoken: 8 Behold, I bring back the shadow of degrees, by which it hath gone down on the sun-dial of Ahaz, ten degrees. And he sun went back on the sundial ten degrees, by which it had already gone down.
9 The writing of Hezekiah, king of Judah, when he had been sick, And had recovered from his sickness.
10 I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave; I am deprived of the residue of my years.
11 I said, I shall not see God, God in the land of the living; I shall no longer behold man with the inhabitants of the world.
485Or, Through leanness; or, Through sickness; or, By taking away. 486Or, I determined; or, I laid down.
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12 Sly habitation is departed, And is removed from me as a shepherds tent; I have cut off; as a weaver, my life: From lifting up 487 he will cut me off; From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
13 I reckoned 488 till the dawn; As a lion, so he hath broken my bones; From the dawn till night thou wilt make an end of me.
14 As a crane or a swallow, I chattered; I mourned as a dove. My eyes were lifted up on high, O Lord, it hath oppressed me; comfort me.
15 What shall I say? He who hath spoken to me hath done it. I shall be moved 489 all the days of my life In the bitterness of my soul.
16 O Lord, by all who shall live beyond those (years) Shall the life of my spirit (be known;) And that thou didst cause me to sleep, And didst make me alive.
17 Behold, in peace my bitterness was bitter; And thou hast been pleased (to rescue) my soul from the pit; 490 For thou hast east behind thy back all my sins.
18 For hell shall not confess thee; Death shall not praise thee; They that go down into the pit shall not wait for thy truth.
19 The living, the living, he shall confess to thee, As I (do) this day; The father to the sons shall make known thy truth.
20 Jehovah to save me; And we will sing our songs All the days of our life in the house of Jehovah.
21 Now, Isaiah had said, They shall take a mass of figs, and apply it to the boil, And they shall live.
22 For 491 Hezekiah had said, What is the sign that I shall go up into the house of the Lord?
487Or, I shall walk trembling. 488Or, Thou hast loved my soul from the pit of destruction. 489Or, Now. 490Or, Her misery is ended. 491Or, Was saying.
1 At that time Merodach-Baladan, son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters And a present to Hezekiah, after having heard that he had been sick, And was recovered.
2 And Hezekiah was glad on account of them, And showed to them the house of his treasure, silver, And gold, And spices, precious ointment, And all his armory, And all that was contained in his treasures; there was not anything in his house, And in all his kingdom, which Hezekiah did not show.
3 Then came Isaiah the prophet to king Pezekiah, And said to him, What did those men say. And whence came they to thee. Hezekiah answered, They came to me from a distant country, from Babylon.
4 Then he said, What have they seen in thy house? And Hezekiah said, They have seen all that is in my house; And there is nothing in my treasures which I have not showed to them.
5 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the word of Jehovah of hosts: 6 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thy house, And all that thy fathers have treasured up till this day, shall be carried to Babylon; And nothing shall be left, saith Jehovah.
7 Of thy sons which shall issue from thee, whom thou shalt beget, shall they take; And they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
8 Hezekiah said to Isaiah, Good is the word of Jehovah which thou hast spoken. And he said, At least there shall be peace And permanency in my days.
1 Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people, Saith your God. 2 Speak ye according to the heart of Jerusalem; And cry to her, That her warfare is accomplished; That her iniquity 492 is pardoned; For she hath received at the hand of Jehovah Double for all her sins.
3 A voice crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of Jehovah; Make straight in the desert a path for our God.
4 Every valley shall be exalted, And every mountain And hill shall be laid low; And the crooked shall be made straight, And the rough places shall become a plain.
5 And the glory of Jehovah shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together; That the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.
6 The voice said, 493 Cry; And I said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, And all the goodliness of it as the flower of the field.
7 The grass is withered; The flower is faded; Because the breath of Jehovah hath blown upon it. Surely, the people is grass.
8 The grass withereth; The flower fadeth; But the word of our God shall stand for ever.
9 Go up into the high mountain, O Zion, that bringest tidings; Lift up thy voice aloud, O Jerusalem, that bringest tidings; Lift it up, be not afraid; Say to the cities of Judah, Behold your God!
10 Behold, the Lord Jehovah shall come with strength; And his arm shall be powerful. Behold, his reward is with him, And his work is before his face.
11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd; He shall gather the lambs in his arm, And shall early them in his bosom, And shall gently lead those that 492Or, None shall be wanting. 493Or, Why wouldst thou say?
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are with young.
12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, And measured the heavens with his palm, And held with three fingers the dust of the earth, And weighed the mountains in scales, And the heavens in a balance?
13 Who hath instructed the spirit of Jehovah, Or hath guided him by counsel, And hath taught him?
14 From whom sought he counsel, that he might advise him? And who taught him the path of judgment, And instructed him in knowledge, And showed to him the way of wisdom?
15 Lo, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, And are reckoned as the small dust of the balance; Lo, he taketh up the islands as a very little thing.
16 And Lebanon would not be sufficient to make a fire, Nor its beasts for a burnt-offering.
17 All nations are as nothing before him, And in comparison of him are reckoned less than nothing, And what hath no existence.
18 To whom then have ye likened God? Or what resemblance will ye appoint to him?
19 The workman prepareth a graven image, The goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, And (casteth) golden chains.
20 The poor man chooseth for his offering wood that will not rot; He procureth a skilful workman. To prepare a graven image that shall not be moved.
21 Do ye not know? Have ye not heard? Hath it not been told you from the beginning? Have ye not been instructed from the foundations of the earth?
22 It is he that sitteth on the circle of the earth, The inhabitants of which are as locusts; He stretcheth out heaven as a curtain, And spreadeth it out as a tent to be inhabited.
23 He bringeth the mighty to nothing, The rulers of the earth as if they were not.
24 It is as if they had not been planted; It is as if they had not been sown; It is as if their stock had no root in the earth. Even while he bloweth on them, they wither, And the whirlwind carrieth them away as stubble.
25 And to whom will ye liken me, That I may be like? saith the Holy One.
26 Lift up your eyes on high, And see who hath created those things, Bringing out their army by number; He will call to all of them by name; By the greatness of his strength, And by the might of his power, None shall fail. 494
27 Why wilt thou say, 495 O Jacob? And why wilt thou speak, O Israel? My way is hidden from Jehovah, And my judgment passeth away from my God.
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28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard That Jehovah is the God of eternity, Who hath created the ends of the earth? He fainteth not, And is not worn out by fatigue; And there is no searching of his understanding.
29 He giveth power to the faint, And to him who hath no might he imparteth strength.
30 The youths are wearied, And they faint; And the young men by falling full.
31 But they who wait upon Jehovah shall gather new strength; They shall raise their wings as eagles; They shall run, And shall not be wearied; They shall walk, And shall not faint.
1 Be silent to me, O islands; And let the peoples collect their strength; Let them draw near; then let them speak; Let us come near together to judgment.
2 Who raised up righteousness from the east, Called him to his foot, Gave nations before him, And subdued kings; Gave them as dust to his sword, And as driven stubble to his bow?
3 He pursued them; he departed in peace, By the way that his foot had not gone.
4 Who hath appointed And done it. He who calleth the nations from the beginning. I Jehovah am the first, And with the last I am the same.
5 The islands saw, And were afraid; The farthest boundaries of the earth trembled; They drew near And came.
6 Every one brought assistance to his neighbor, And said to his neighbor, Be courageous.
7 The carver encouraged the founder, And he that beateth with the hammer him that striketh by turns; And he said, It is good for soldering; And he fastened it with nails, that it might not be moved.
8 But thou, O Israel, (art) my servant, O Jacob, whom I have chosen, Thou seed of Abraham my friend.
9 For I have taken thee from the ends of the earth; From its eminences have I called thee; And I have said to thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, And have not cast thee off; 10 Fear not, for I am with thee; Be not terrified, for I am thy God; For I strengthen thee; yea, 496 I will help thee; Yea, I will uphold thee with the 496Or, May be astonished.
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right hand of my righteousness.
11 Behold, they who provoke thee, Shall be ashamed And shall blush; They who contend with thee, Shall become as nothing, And shall perish.
12 Thou shalt seek them, And shalt not find them; They who contend with thee shall be as nothing, And they who fight with thee shall be as consumption.
13 For I (am) Jehovah thy God, Taking hold of thy right hand, And saying to thee, Fear not, I will help thee.
14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, Ye dead men of Israel. I will help thee, saith Jehovah, And thy Redeemer, 497 the Holy One of Israel.
15 Behold, I have made thee a cart, Like a sharp thrashing instrument having teeth; Thou shalt thrash the mountains, And beat them small; And thou shalt reduce the hills to dust.
16 Thou shalt winnow them; And the wind shall carry them away, And the whirlwind shall scatter them. But thou shalt rejoice in Jehovah; Thou shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
17 The needy And poor shall seek waters, Which are nowhere to be seen; Their tongue shall be parched with thirst. I Jehovah will listen to them; I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
18 I will open rivers on lofty mountain-tops, And fountains in the midst of a plain; I will make the wilderness pools of waters, And the dry land fountains of waters.
19 In the wilderness I will give the cedar, The sloe, the myrtle, And the pine; I will set in the desert the fir-tree, The elm And poplar together.
20 Therefore let them see And know; Let them likewise think And understand; That the hand of Jehovah hath done this, And that the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
21 Plead your cause, saith Jehovah; Produce your strong reasons, saith the king of Jacob.
22 Let them bring them forth, And let them tell us what is to come; Let them declare the former things which were, And we will lay our heart to them; And we shall know the latest of those things; And declare ye to us what is to come.
23 Tell what shall be hereafter, That we may know that ye are gods; Yea, do good, or do evil, That we may relate And likewise may see 498 it.
24 Behold, you are of nothing, And your work is of nothing; (The man) hath chosen abomination in you.
25 I have raised him from the north, And he hath come; From the rising of the sun shall he call on my name; And he shall come to princes, as to clay; And he shall tread the clay like a potter.
26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? Beforehand, And we will say, (He is) righteous. Surely, there is none that declareth; 497Or, I will uphold him. 498Or, The mighty.
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Surely, there is none that causeth (us) to hear; Surely, there is none that heareth your words.
27 The first to Zion; Behold, behold them; And I will give a messenger to Jerusalem.
28 I looked, And there was none; I inquired at them, And there was no counselor; I asked them, And they answered not a word.
29 Behold, all are vanity; And their works are a failure; Their images are wind And confusion.
1 Behold, my servant; I will lean upon him; 499 Mine sleet, in whom my soul is well pleased. I have put my Spirit upon him; He shall exhibit judgment to the nations.
2 He shall not cry aloud; He shall not lift up, Nor cause his voice to be heard in the streets.
3 A bruised reed he shall not break, And the smoking flax he shall not quench; He shall bring forth judgment in truth.
4 He shall not thine, nor be discouraged, Till he set judgment in the earth; And the islands shall wait for his law.
5 Thus saith God 500 Jehovah, The Creator of the heavens, And who stretcheth them out; Who spreadeth out the earth, And its productions; Giving breath to the people who dwell in it, And spirit to them who walk on it.
6 I Jehovah have called thee in righteousness, And will hold thee by thy hand; And will keep thee, And will place thee for a covenant of the people, For a light of the nations; 7 That thou mayest open the eyes of the blind; That thou mayest bring out the prisoners from the prison, And from the house of the prison those who sit in darkness.
8 I am Jehovah, that is my name; And my glory will I not give to another, Nor my praise to graven images.
9 Behold, the former things have come; And new things do I declare; Before they spring up, I will make them known to you.
10 Sing to Jehovah a new song, His praise from the end of the earth; Ye
499Or, These words. 500"Ce suis-je, ce suis-je." "It is I, it is I."
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who go down to the sea, And its fullness; Ye islands, And their inhabitants.
11 Let the desert And its cities cry aloud, The villages where Kedar dwelleth; Let the inhabitants of the rock sing; And let them shout from the top of the mountains.
12 Let them give glory to Jehovah, And let them declare his praise in the islands.
13 Jehovah shall go forth as a giant; And as a warrior shall he rouse his zeal; He shall cry aloud; he shall shout; He shall strengthen himself against his adversaries.
14 I have kept silence for a long time; I have been silent, And have refrained myself; I will cry like a woman in travail; I will destroy And swallow at once.
15 I will reduce mountains And hills to a wilderness; I will dry up all their herbage; I will make the rivers islands; And I will dry up the pools.
16 And I will lead the blind by a way which they knew not; I will cause them to walk in paths which they had not known; And I will turn darkness before them into light, And crooked ways into a plain. These things 501 will I do to them, And I will not forsake them.
17 They shall be turned back, With shame shall they be ashamed, Who trust in a graven image; And who say to a molten image; Ye are our gods.
18 O ye deaf, hear; And ye blind, be attentive to see. 19 Who is blind but my servant? Who is deaf but my messenger whom I send? Who is blind as he that is perfect, And blind as the servant of Jehovah?
20 By seeing many things which thou observest not; By opening the ears, so that he may not hear.
21 Jehovah is well-pleased on account of his righteousness, That he may honor And magnify his law.
22 But this people hath been robbed And trodden down; They shall all be snared in prisons, And they shall be hidden in caves; They shall be made a spoil, And there shall be none to deliver; A prey, And none shall say, Restore.
23 Who among you will hear this? Who will hearken? Who will attend for the time to come?
24 Who gave Jacob to be a prey, And gave up Israel to the robbers? Was it not Jehovah? Because we have sinned against him, And they would not walk in his ways, And did not hearken to his law.
25 Therefore he hath poured upon him The fury of his anger, And the strength of battle. It set him on fire on every side, And he gave no heed to it; It burned him, But he laid it not to heart.
501Or, Surely.
1 And now thus saith Jehovah, Thy Creator, O Jacob, And thy Former, O Israel; Fear not, for I have redeemed (thee); I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
2 When thou shalt pass through the waters, I will be with thee; Through rivers, they shall not overflow thee; When thou shalt pass through the fire itself, thou shalt not be scorched; And the flame shall not kindle on thee.
3 For I am Jehovah thy God; The Holy One of Israel, thy Savior; I have given Egypt as the price of thy redemption, Ethiopia And Sheba in thy room.
4 Because thou hast been precious in my eyes, Thou hast been honorable, And I have loved thee. I will give a man in thy stead, And peoples instead of thy soul.
5 Fear not, for I am with thee; I will bring thy seed from the East, And I will gather thee from the West.
6 I will say to the North, Give; And to the South, Hinder not; Bring my sons from a distance, And my daughters from the end of the earth.
7 All are called by my name, And I have created them for my glory; I have formed them; yea, I have made them.
8 That I may bring forth the blind people, who have eyes; And the deaf, who have ears.
9 Let all the nations be assembled together, And let the peoples be gathered. Who is there among them to declare this, And to cause us to hear the former things? Let them produce their witnesses, they shall be declared righteous; But let them hear, And they shall says, It is truth.
10 Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, And my servant, whom I have chosen. Therefore ye shall know And believe me; And ye shall understand that I am He; Before me there was no god formed; Nor shall there be after
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11 I, I 502 am Jehovah; And there is no Savior besides me. 12 I have declared, And have saved, And have made you to heat; And there is no strange (god) among you. Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, That I am God.
13 Even before the day was, I was; And there is none to deliver out of my hand. I will do; And who shall disannul it?
14 Thus saith Jehovah, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel; For your sake have I sent to Babylon, And have made them come down. They are all fugitives; And the cry of the Babylonians is in the ships.
15 I am Jehovah, your Holy One; The Creator of Israel, your King. 16 Thus saith Jehovah, Who maketh a way in the sea, And a path in the stormy waters.
17 When he bringeth (them) out, The chariot And the horse, The army And the power, Lie down together, so that they do not rise. They are quenched; they are quenched like flax.
18 Remember not the former things, And mention not the things that are ancient.
19 Behold, I do a new thing; Now it shall arise; Shall ye not know it? This time 503 I will make a way ill the wilderness, Rivers in the desert.
20 The beast of the field shall honor me; The dragons, And the young of the ostrich; Because I will give waters in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert, To give drink to my people, my chosen.
21 This people have I created for myself; They shall declare my praise. 22 And thou hast not called on me, O Jacob; But thou hast been wearied of me, O Israel.
23 Thou hast not brought to me the cattle of thy burnt-offerings; And thou hast not honored me with thy sacrifices; I have not made thee to serve with offering, Nor to be wearied with incense.
24 Thou hast not bought cane for me with money, And hast not made me drunk with the fat of thy sacrifices; But thou hast made me to serve with thy sills; And thou hast made me to weary with thine iniquities.
25 I, I 504 am He, Who blot out thine iniquities for my own sake; Therefore I will not remember thy sins.
26 Bring to my remembrance; Let us plead together; declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
27 Thy first father hath sinned, And thy teachers have transgressed against me.
28 Therefore I will pollute the princes of the sanctuary; And I will make Jacob a curse, And Israel a reproach.
502"Ce suis-je, ce suis-je." "It is I, it is I." 503Or, The tongs. 504Or, By myself.
1 Yet now hear, O Jacob, my servant, And Israel whom I have chosen. 2 Thus saith Jehovah, thy Maker, And thy Former from the womb; He will help thee. Fear not, O Jacob, my servant, O beloved, whom I have chosen.
3 For I will pour waters on that which is thirsty, And floods on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit on thy seed, And my blessing on thy productions.
4 And they shall spring up as among the grass, As willows near the streams of waters.
5 One shall say, I belong to Jehovah; And another shall be called by the name of Jacob; Another shall write with his hand, (I belong) to Jehovah, And shall be surnamed by the name of Israel.
6 Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, And his Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts; I am the first, And I am also the last; And besides me there is no God.
7 And who as I shall call, Shall declare this, And set it in order before me, Since I appointed the people of the age? And let them tell them the things that are coming, And the things that shall come.
8 Fear ye not, And be not terrified. Have I not since then made thee to hear? And have I not declared it? Therefore ye are my witnesses, That there is no God besides me, And there is no strong God whom I know not.
9 The formers of a graven image are all vanity; And their desirable things do no; profit; And they are their own witnesses That they do not see, nor know; And therefore they shall be confounded.
10 Who is the maker of God? And who is it that hath molten a graven image, Which is profitable for nothing?
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11 Behold, all his companions shall be ashamed; And the workmen themselves are of men; Though they all assemble, And stand up, They shall tremble, And be ashamed together.
12 The worker in iron shall take the file; 505 He shall work in the coals; He shall form it with hammers; He shall work in it with the arm of his strength; He shall even be hungry, so that his strength shall fail; He shall not drink water, so that he shall faint.
13 The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; He marketh it with a dyed thread; He adjusteth it with planes; He shapeth it with a compass; He maketh it according to the shape of a man, According to the image of a man, That it may remain in the house.
14 He shall cut down for himself cedars; He shall take the pine And the oak; He shall supply himself with trees of the forest; He shall plant a pine which the rain shall nourish.
15 Then shall a man have them for burning; For he shall take of them, And shall warm himself; Yea, he shall heat an oven, And shall bake bread; He shall also make a god, And worship it; He shall make an idol, And shall bow down before it.
16 Part of it he shall burn in the fire; Of a part he shall make ready flesh, And shall cat it; He shall roast roast. And shall be satisfied. Next, he shall warm himself, And shall say, Ah! I am warmed, And have seen the fire.
17 The remainder of it he turneth into a god, Into his graven image; He boweth down before it; He worshippeth And prayeth to it, Saying, Deliver me; for thou art my God.
18 They have not known, nor understood; For he hath smeared their eyes, that they may not see, And their heart, that they may not understand.
19 It cloth not return into their heart; They have not knowledge, nor understanding, to say, Part of it I have burned in the fire; Yea, on the coals of it have I baked bread; I have roasted flesh, And have eaten it; Shall I turn the remainder of it into an abomination? Shall I bow down before the stock of a tree?
20 He feedeth on ashes: A deceived heart turneth him aside, So that he cannot deliver his soul, nor sly, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
21 Remember these things, O Jacob; And Israel, for thou art my servant; I have formed thee; thou art my servant; O Israel, do not thou forget me.
22 I have blotted out, as a cloud, thy iniquities; As a vapor, thy sins. Return thou to me; For I have redeemed thee.
23 Praise, O ye heavens; For Jehovah hath done it; Shout, ye lower parts of the earth; Burst forth into praise, ye mountains; O forest. And every tree that is in it; For Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, And will be glorified ill Israel.
24 Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, And thy Maker from the womb: I am Jehovah, who maketh all things, Who stretcheth out the heavens above, 505Or, I will ungird.
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Who spreadeth out the earth by my power; 506
25 Who frustrateth the tokens of the diviners; Who maketh the soothsayers mad; Who turneth wise men backward; And who maketh their knowledge foolishness; 26 Who upholdeth the word of his servant, And performeth the counsel of his messengers; Saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; And to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built; And I will raise up her ruins.
27 Who saith to the deep, Be thou dried up; And I will make dry thy rivers; 28 Who saith to Cyrus, Thou art my shepherd; And he shall fulfil all my will; Even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; And to the Temple, Thou shalt be founded.
506Or, Only.
1 Thus saith Jehovah to his anointed, To Cyrus, whose right hand I have taken hold of, To subdue nations before him; Therefore will I loose 507 the loins of kings; To open the doors before him; Therefore the gates shall not be shut.
2 I will go before thee; And will make straight the crooked ways; I will break asunder the brazen doors; And I will hew down the iron bars.
3 And I will give thee treasures of darkness, And things hidden in secret places; That thou mayest know that I am Jehovah, Who call thee by thy name; Even the God of Israel.
4 For the sake of my servant Jacob, And for the sake of Israel, mine elect; I will call thee by thy name; I will surname thee, though thou hast not known me.
5 I am Jehovah, And there is none besides me; There is no god besides me; I have girded thee, though thou hast not known me.
6 Therefore shall they know, From the rising of the sun, And from the west, That there is none besides me. I am Jehovah; And there is none besides me.
7 Forming light, And creating darkness; Making peace, And creating evil; I Jehovah do all these things.
8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above; And let the clouds pour down righteousness; Let the earth be opened; And let salvation And righteousness come forth; Let her bring them forth together: I Jehovah have created it.
9 Wo to him that striveth with his Maker! A potsherd to the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to his maker, Why hast thou made? And, 507Or, Ye distant.
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Thy work hath no hands?
10 Wo to him that saith to his father, Why hast thou begotten And to the woman, Why dost thou bring forth?
11 Thus saith Jehovah, The Holy One of Israel, And his Maker; Ask me of things to come; Concerning my sons command ye me, And concerning the work of my hands.
12 I have made the earth, And have created man upon it; It is I, whose hands have stretched out the heavens; And all their army have I commanded.
13 I have raised him up in righteousness, And will make straight all his ways. He shall build my city, And shall release my captivity; Not for price nor for reward, Saith Jehovah of hosts.
14 Thus saith Jehovah; The labor of Egypt, the merchandise of Ethiopia, And the Sabeans of great stature, Shall pass over to thee, And shall be thine; They shall walk behind thee; In chains shall they pass over, And shall reverence And beseech thee. Surely 508 God is in thee; And there is no other besides God.
15 Truly thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Savior! 16 All of them shall be covered with shame, And shall even blush: With shame shall go away together All the makers of graven images.
17 Israel hath been saved in Jehovah with eternal salvation; Ye shall not be covered with shame; Neither shall ye blush even for ever.
18 For thus saith Jehovah, who createth the heavens; God himself, the Maker of the earth; Who made it, And furnished it; He created it not empty; He formed it to be inhabited; I am Jehovah, And there is none besides me.
19 Not in secret have I spoken, In a place of the darkness of the earth; Not in vain have I said to the seed of Jacob, Seek me; I Jehovah speak righteousness; I declare what is right.
20 Assemble yourselves, And come; Draw near together, ye rejected 509 of the nations. They know nothing, who carry about the wood of a graven image, And who pray to a god who cannot save.
21 Publish ye, And bring forward; Yea, let them consult together. Who hath caused this to be heard from the beginning? And who hath declared it from ancient times? Is it not I Jehovah? And there is no other god besides me; A just God, And a Savior; There is none besides me.
22 Look to me, And ye shall be saved, All the ends of the earth; For I am God, And there is none else.
23 By myself have I sworn; In righteousness hath the word gone out of my mouth, Which shall not return; That to me every knee shall bend; Every tongue shall swear.
24 Surely in Jehovah, will he say, Have I righteousness And strength; To him shall he come; And all who provoke him shall be ashamed.
25 In Jehovah all the seed of Israel Shall be justified, And shall glory.
508Or, Take courage. 509Or, a thought.
1 Bel hath bowed down; Nebo is fallen; Their images shall be on the beasts And the cattle; They who carry you are burdened by you; A wearisome burden.
2 They bowed down; they stooped together; And they could not withdraw themselves from the binden; And their soul hath gone away into captivity.
3 Hear me, O house of Jacob; All ye the remnant of the house of Israel; Who are borne from the womb; Who are carried from the breast.
4 And even to old age I am the same; And even to gray hairs I will carry. I have made, And I will bear; I will carry, And will save.
5 To whom will ye liken, And make me equal, And compare me, that I may be like?
6 Lavishing gold out of bags; Weighing silver in a balance; They shall hire a goldsmith, to make of it a god; To bow down before it, And to worship it.
7 They shall carry him on the shoulder; They shall lead him about; They shall put him in his place; There shall he stand; From his place shall he not remove; Moreover, if any one cry to him, he will not answer, Nor deliver him from his trouble.
8 Remember ye this, And blush; 510 Return to your heart, ye transgressors.
9 Remember the former things of old; For I am God, And there is none besides, And there is none like me.
10 Declaring the latest event from the beginning, And from antiquity those things which had not yet been done; Saying, My counsel shall stand, And I will do whatever I wish.
510Or, As a man.
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11 Calling a bird 511 from the east, From a distant country the man of my counsel; I have spoken, And accordingly I will accomplish it; I have thought, And I will do it.
12 Hear me, ye that are stubborn in heart, Who are far from righteousness. 13 I will cause my righteousness to come near, And it shall not be delayed; And my salvation shall not tarry; And I will place salvation in Zion, And my glory in Jerusalem.
511Or, In the multitude.
1 Come down, And sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; Sit on the ground; There is no throne for the daughter of the Babylonians; For they shall no more call thee tender And delicate.
2 Take millstones, And grind meal; Unbind thy curled locks, make bare the feet; Uncover the limbs, that thou mayest cross the rivers.
3 Thy baseness shall be exposed, And thy shame shall be seen; I will take vengeance, And will not meet a man. 512
4 Our Redeemer, his name is Jehovah of hosts, The Holy One of Israel. 5 Sit thou silent, enter into darkness, O daughter of the Babylonians; For they shall no longer call thee the mistress of kingdoms.
6 I was angry with my people; I profaned my inheritance; And I gave them up into thy hand; Thou didst not show compassion to them; On the old man didst thou heavily lay thy yoke.
7 And thou saidst, I shall for ever be a mistress. Hitherto thou hast not applied thy mind to it, And hast not remembered her end.
8 But now hear this, thou delicate woman, That sitteth confidently; Who saith in her heart, I am, And there is none besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, And I shall not know bereavement.
9 But those two things shall suddenly come to thee, Bereavement And widowhood; In their perfection shall they come upon thee, For the multitude 513 of thy divinations, And for the abundance of thy auguries. 10 For thou trustedst in thy malice; Thou saidst, No one seeth me. Thy wisdom And thy knowledge have led thee astray; And thou saidst in thy heart, It is I, And there is none besides me.
512"Et tu ne sqauras d'ou il viendra." "And thou shalt not know whence it shall come." 513Or, Hath upheld.
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11 Therefore shall evil come upon thee, the dawn of which thou knowest not crushing shall fall upon thee, which thou shalt not be able to avert; Destruction shall suddenly come upon thee, which thou knowest not; 514
12 Stand now amidst thy divinations, And amidst the multitude of thy auguries, In which thou hast wearied thyself from thy youth: If perhaps thou mayest be profited, If perhaps thou mayest prevail.
13 Thou hast wearied thyself with the multitude of thy counsels; Let the binders of the heavens, The watchers of the stars, who predict by the moon, Stand now And deliver thee, From those things which shall come upon thee.
14 Behold, they shall he as stubble; The fire shall burn them; They shall not deliver their soul from the strength of the flame; There shall not be a coal to warm, Nor a light at which they may sit.
15 So shall they be to thee with whom thou weariedst thyself, Thy traders from thy youth. Every one shall wander into his own quarter; There shall be no one to save thee.
514Or, They shall stand up.
1 Hear this, O house of Jacob, Ye who are called by the name of Israel, Who have come forth from the waters of Judah, Who swear by the name of Jehovah, And remember the God of Israel, Not in truth, nor in righteousness.
2 For from the holy city they are called, And they rely on the God of Israel, Whose name is Jehovah of hosts.
3 Long ago did I declare the former things; They went out of my mouth; I published them; I did them suddenly, And they came.
4 For I knew that thou art obstinate; And thy neck is all iron sinew; And thy forehead is of brass.
5 Long ago did I declare them to thee; Before they came, I showed to thee; Lest perhaps thou shouldst say, My idol hath done these things; My graven image And my molten image hath commanded them.
6 Thou hast heard; see all things; And will ye not declare them? Even now have I made thee to hear new things, And hidden things, which thou didst not know.
7 Now for the first time have they been created, And not long ago, nor by a succession of time; Thou hadst not heard them; Lest thou shouldst say, Behold, I knew.
8 Surely thou hadst not heard; Surely thou hadst not known; Surely it is not long since thine ear was opened; For I knew that by transgressing thou didst transgress; Therefore have I called thee a rebel from the womb.
9 For my names sake I will delay my fury; And for my praise I will restrain myself toward thee, So as not to cut thee off.
10 Behold, I have tried thee, And not like silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
11 For mine own sake, for mine own sake, will I do it; For how shall my
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name be profaned? And I will not give my glory to another.
12 Hear me, O Jacob, And O Israel, my called; I, even I, am the first; Also I am the last.
13 Surely my hand hath founded the earth; And my right hand hath measured 515 the heavens with the palm; When I call them they stand up 516 together. 14 Assemble yourselves, all of you, And hear. Who among them declareth those things? Jehovah hath loved him, And will execute his pleasure against Babylon, And his arm against the Babylonians.
15 I, I have spoken; Surely I have called him, I have led him; Therefore he shall prosper in his way.
16 Draw near to me, hear this. I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; Since the thing was done, there was I; And now the Lord Jehovah, And his Spirit, hath sent me.
17 Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel. I am Jehovah thy God, Who teacheth thee profitably, Who directeth thee in the way which thou goest.
18 O if thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! Then should thy peace have been as a river, And thy righteousness as the waves of the sea.
19 Thy seed should have been as the sand, And the children of thy womb as the small stones of it; Her name would not be cut off, And would not be destroyed before my face.
20 Come forth from Babylon; Flee from the Babylonians. With the voice of rejoicing tell this; Publish, And carry it even to the end of the earth. Say ye, Jehovah hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
21 Therefore they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts; He made water to flow to them from the rock; He clave the rock, And the waters flowed out.
22 There is no peace, saith Jehovah to the wicked.
515Or, It is work. 516"Ce suis-je, ce suis-je." "It is I, it is I"
1 Hear me, O islands! And hearken, ye peoples from afar. Jehovah hath called me from the womb; From my mothers belly he hath had my name in remembrance.
2 And he hath placed nay mouth like a sharp sword; In the shadow of his hand he hath protected me, And hath placed me as a polished arrow; in his quiver hath he hid me; 3 And said to me, Thou art my servant, O Israel! In thee will I he glorified. 4 But I said, In vain have I toiled; Uselessly And unprofitably have I exhausted my strength; and my judgment is before Jehovah; And my work before my God.
5 And now saith Jehovah, Who formed me from the womb to be his servant, That I may bring back Jacob to him: And though Israel be not gathered, Yet I shall be glorious in the eyes of Jehovah, And my God shall be my strength.
6 And he saith, It is a light thing that thou shouldst be my servant, To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And that thou shouldst restore the desolations of Israel; Therefore have I appointed thee to be a light of the Gentiles, That thou mayest be my salvation to the end of the earth.
7 Thus saith Jehovah, The Redeemer of Israel, His Holy One, To the contemptible in the soul, To the abhorred nation, To the servant of rulers; Kings shall see, And princes shall arise, And shall worship for the sake of Jehovah; For faithful is the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.
8 Thus saith Jehovah, In a time of good-pleasure have I listened to thee; In the day of salvation have I assisted thee; And I will preserve thee. And give thee for a covenant of the people, That thou mayest raise up the earth, That thou mayest possess by inheritance the desolate heritages;
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9 That thou mayest say to them that are bound, Go forth! To them that are in darkness, Show yourselves. On the ways they shall feed; On all the high places shall be their pastures.
10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; The heat And the sun shall not smite them; For he that hath compassion on them shall guide them; And by the fountains of waters shall he lead them.
11 And I will place all my mountains for a way; And my paths shall be elevated.
12 Behold! those from afar shall come; And, behold! those from the North, And from the sea; And those from the land of Sinis. 517
13 Praise ye, O heavens! And rejoice, thou earth; And break forth into praise, ye mountains; For Jehovah hath comforted his people, And will have compassion on his poor.
14 Yet Zion hath said, Jehovah hath forsaken me, And my Lord hath forgotten me.
15 Shall a woman forget her infant, So as not to have compassion oil the soil of her womb? Even though they have forgotten, Yet will not I forget thee.
16 Behold! on the palms of my hands have I engraven thee; Thy walls are continually before me.
17 Thy builders hasten; Thy destroyers And demolishers shall depart far from thee.
18 Lift up thine eyes round about, And see. All are assembled, And have come to thee. I live, saith Jehovah, That thou shalt be clothed with them all, as with an ornament, And shalt be bound with them round about as a bride.
19 For thy desolations, And thy wastes, And thy ruined land, Shall now be too narrow for the multitude of its inhabitants; And thy destroyers shall depart far away.
20 The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears, The place is too narrow for me; Make room for me. that I may dwell.
21 And thou shalt say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me those? For I am bereaved 518 And solitary, A wanderer And an exile; Who then hath brought up those? Behold! I was left alone; Whence are they?
22 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold! I will lift up my hand to the Gentiles, And will erect my banner to the people; And they shall bring thy sons in their bosom, And thy daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
23 And kings shall be thy nursing-fathers, And their queens thy nurses; With their faces on the ground they shall worship thee, And shall lick the dust of thy feet; And thou shalt know that I am Jehovah, For they who wait for me shall not be ashamed.
24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty? And shall the captivity of 517Or, Sinim. 518Or, Barren.
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the righteous 519 be delivered?
25 Yet thus saith Jehovah; Even the captivity of the mighty shall be taken away, And the prey of the tyrant shall be delivered; For I will contend with him who contendeth with thee, And I will save thy children.
26 And I will feed thy spoilers with their own flesh, And they shall be made drunk with their own blood as with new wine; And all flesh shall know that I am Jehovah, Thy Savior And thy Redeemer, The Mighty One of Jacob.
519Or, The righteous captivity.
1 Thus saith Jehovah: Where is that bill of your mothers divorcement Whom I have dismissed? Or who is the creditor To whom I sold you? Behold! for your iniquities ye have been sold, And to your transgressions was Your mother dismissed.
2 Why came I, And no mall (met me)? Called I, And no man answered? By shortening hath my hand been shortened, So that it cannot redeem? Is there not in me power to deliver? Behold! by my rebuke I dry up the sea; I put rivers in the wilderness, So that their fishes purify for want of water, And die for thirst.
3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, And make their covering like sackcloth.
4 The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of the learned, That I may know a word in season to the weary. In the morning will he awaken, In the morning will he awaken mine ear, That I may hear as the learned.
5 The Lord Jehovah hath opened mine ear, And I was not rebellious: I did not turn back.
6 I exposed my body to the smiters, And my cheeks to them that tore me; My face I did not hide from shame And spitting.
7 For the Lord Jehovah will assist me; Therefore I was not ashamed; Therefore have I set my time as a flint; And I know that I shall not be confounded.
8 He is near that justifieth me: Who will contend with me? Let us stand up together: Who is the opponent of my cause? Let him draw near to me.
9 Behold! the Lord Jehovah will assist me; Who is he that shall condemn me? Behold! all shall wax old as a garment; The moth shall consume them.
10 Who is there among you that feareth Jehovah? Let him hear the voice
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of his servant. He who hath walked in darkness, And hath had no light; Let him trust in the name of Jehovah, And rely on his God.
11 Behold! ye all kindle a fire, And are surrounded with sparks. Walk ye in the light of your fire, And in the sparks which ye have kindled. From my hand hath this been to you; Ill sorrow shall ye lie down.
1 Hearken to me, ye that follow righteousness, Ye that seek Jehovah; Look ye to the rock of your hewing, And to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged.
2 Look ye to Abraham your father; And to Sarah, who bore you; For I called him alone, And blessed And multiplied him.
3 Surely Jehovah will comfort Zion; He will comfort all her desolations; And he will make her desert like a place of delights, And her wilderness like the garden of Jehovah: Gladness And joy shall be found in her; Confession And the voice of a song.
4 Attend to me, my people; And listen to me, my nation; For the law shall go forth from me; And I will reveal my judgment for a light of the peoples.
5 My righteousness is near; My salvation hath gone forth; And my arms shall judge the peoples: For me shall the islands wait, And in my arm shall they hope.
6 Lift up your eyes toward heaven, And look upon the earth beneath; For the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, And the earth shall wax old like a garment, And its inhabitants shall perish in the same manner; But my salvation shall endure for ever. And my righteousness shall not perish.
7 Hearken to me, ye that know righteousness; A people in whose heart is my law. Fear ye not the reproach of men, And be not discouraged by their slander.
8 For the moth shall consume them like a garment; The worm shall consume them like wool; But my righteousness shall continually endure, And my salvation for ever And ever.
9 Awake, O arm of Jehovah! Awake, be clothed with strength! Awake as in ancient days, As in generations long ago past. Art thou not that arm
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which crushed the proud one, Which slew the dragon?
10 Art thou not that arm which dried up the sea, The water of the vast gulf; Which turned the depth of the sea into a path, For the passage of the redeemed?
11 Therefore the redeemed by Jehovah shall return; They shall come to Zion with a song; And everlasting joy shall be upon their head; They shall obtain gladness And joy, And sorrow And groaning shall flee away.
12 I, I am he that comforteth you. Who art thou that thou shouldst be afraid of man that shall die, Of the son of man, that shall be accounted grass?
13 And hast forgotten Jehovah thy Maker, Who stretched out the heavens, And founded the earth; And hast dreaded continually every day The rage of the destroyer, When he prepareth to lay waste? And where is the rage of the destroyer?
14 The exile hasteneth to be loosed, That he may not die in a pit, And that his bread may not fail.
15 And I am Jehovah thy God, Who divide the sea, And its waves shall roar; Jehovah of hosts is his name.
16 And I have put my words in thy mouth; And in the shadow of my hand have I protected thee; That I may plant the heavens And found the earth; That I may say to Zion, Thou art my people.
17 Awake, awake, O Jerusalem! Arise, thou who hast drunk from the hand of Jehovah the cup of his fury; Pressing out, thou hast drunk the dregs of the cup of distress. 520
18 Of all the sons whom she bore, There is no one to guide her; Of all the sons whom she brought up, There is no one to take her by the hand.
19 These two things have happened to thee; Who shall bewail thee? Desolation And destruction, And the famine And the sword; Who shall comfort thee?
20 Thy sons have fainted; They lay down at the head of all the streets, As a wild bull in a net, Full of the indignation of Jehovah, Of the rebuke of thy God.
21 Therefore now hear this, thou afflicted, And drunken, but not with wine
22 Thus saith thy Lord, Jehovah, And thy God, the avenger of his people; Behold! I have taken out of thy hand The cup of affliction 521 The dregs of the cup of my fury; Thou shalt not drink of it any more.
23 And I will put it into the hand of thy oppressors, Who said to thy soul, Bow down, And we shall pass over; And thou didst lay thy body as the ground, And as the street to them that pass over.
520Or, Of trembling. 521Or, Of trembling.
1 Awake, awake, O Zion! Be clothed with thy strength, Be clothed with the garments of thy beauty, O Jerusalem! the holy city; For there shall no longer come into thee, The uncircumcised And unclean.
2 Shake thyself from the dust; Arise, sit, O Jerusalem! Loose thyself from the chains of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion!
3 For rims saith Jehovah for naught were ye sold; Therefore shall ye be redeemed without money.
4 For thus saith the Lord Jehovah Into Egypt my people went down aforetime, That they might sojourn there; But Assyria hath oppressed them without cause.
5 And now, What have I here, saith Jehovah, That my people should be carried away for naught, And that they who rule over them should cause them to howl, Saith Jehovah, And that every day continually: My name should be exposed to reproach?
6 Therefore shall my people know my name; Therefore shall they know in that day That it is I who speak; Behold! I shall be present.
7 How beautiful upon the mountains Are the feet of him that bringeth tidings, That proclaimeth peace, That bringeth good tidings, That proclaimeth salvation, That saith to Zion, Thy God reigneth!
8 The voice of thy watchmen! They have lifted up the voice; They shall shout for joy together; For they shall see eye to eye, When Jehovah shall restore Zion.
9 Praise ye, And rejoice together, Ye wildernesses of Jerusalem; For Jehovah hath comforted his people; He hath redeemed Jerusalem.
10 Before the eyes of all the nations Jehovah hath made bare the arm of his holiness; And all the ends of the earth Shall see the salvation of our God.
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11 Depart ye, depart ye; Go ye out thence; Touch not the unclean thing; Go ye out of the midst of her; Be clean, ye that bear the vessels of Jehovah.
12 For not in haste shall ye go out, And not in flight shall be your journey; For Jehovah shall go before you, And the God of Israel shall assemble you.
13 Behold! my servant shall have prosperous success, Shall be exalted, Shall be lifted up, And shall be very high.
14 As many were shocked at thee; (So much was his face disfigured by men, 522 And his form by the sons of men;) 523
15 So shall he sprinkle many nations; Kings shall shut their mouths on him; For what had not been declared to them they shall see, And what they had not heard they shall understand.
522Or, More than men. 523Or, More than the sons of men.
1 Who will believe our report? And to whom hath the arm of Jehovah been revealed?
2 Yet he shall grow up before him as a twig, And as a root out of a desert land; He hath no form nor beauty; We will see him; And his countenance is not such that we should desire him.
3 Despised And rejected among men; A man of sorrows; Acquainted with infirmity; We hid, as it were, the face from him; And we did not at all esteem him.
4 Surely our sicknesses he bare; And our sorrows he carried; And we thought him to be smitten, Wounded by God And afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our iniquities; He was bruised for our sins; The chastisement of our peace was upon him; And in his wound 524 we have healing.
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray; Every one hath turned to his own way; And Jehovah hath laid upon him the iniquities of us all.
7 He was condemned And afflicted; 525 And he opened not his mouth. As a lamb shall he be led to the slaughter; And as a sheep before her shearers shall he be dumb, And shall not open his mouth.
8 From prison And judgment was he taken; And who shall relate his generation? For he was cut off out of the land of the living; For the transgression of my people was he wounded.
9 And he laid open to wicked men his grave, And to the rich man his death. Although he did no iniquity, And there was no deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet Jehovah was pleased to bruise him, And to subject him to infirmity.
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When he shall have offered his soul as a sacrifice, He shall see a seed; 526 He shall prolong his days; And the will of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.
11 Of the labor of his soul he shall see, And shall be satisfied; And by his doctrine 527 shall my righteous servant justify many; For he shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore will I divide to him a portion with the great; And he shall divide the spoil with the strong; Because he poured out his soul unto death, And was ranked with the transgressors; He bare the sin of many, And prayed for the transgressors.
526Or, He shall see posterity. 527Or, By the knowledge of him.
1 Shout, O barrens that didst not bear; Shout And sing, thou that didst not conceive; For more are the children of the widow, Than the children of the married woman, saith Jehovah.
2 Widen the place of thy tabernacles; And let them stretch out the curtains of thy tents; Spare not; Lengthen thy cords; And strengthen thy stakes.
3 For on the right hand And on the left thou shalt be multiplied; And thy seed shall possess the Gentiles; And they shall inhabit the desolate cities.
4 Fear not, for thou shalt not be ashamed; And blush not, for thou shalt not be exposed to disgrace; Yea, the shame of thy youth thou shalt forget; And the reproach of thy widowhood thou shalt no longer remember.
5 For thy husband is thy Make, Whose name is Jehovah of hosts; And thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. 528
6 For as a woman forsaken And broken in spirit Jehovah hath called thee; And a wife of youth, Who hadst been dismissed, Saith thy God.
7 For a little moment have I forsaken thee, And with great mercies will I gather thee.
8 In a moment of wrath I hid my face for a little from thee; But with everlasting kindness have I had compassion on thee, Saith Jehovah thy Redeemer.
9 For the waters of Noah 529 this is to me; As I have sworn that the waters of Noah Shall no more pass over the earth; So have I sworn that I will not be wroth with thee, To rebuke thee.
10 For the mountains shall indeed be shaken, And the hills shall tremble; 528Or, The Holy One of Israel shall be called the Redeemer And God of the whole earth. 529Or, As the days of Noah.
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But my mercy shall not depart from thee, And the covenant of my peace shall not waver, Saith Jehovah, who hath compassion on thee.
11 O thou wretched, tossed by a tempest, Destitute of consolation; Behold! I will build thy stones on carbuncles, And will found thee on sapphires.
12 And I will lay thy windows with pearls, And thy gates with shilling stone, And all thy borders with precious stone.
13 For all thy children shall be taught by Jehovah, And thy children shall have great peace.
14 In righteousness shalt thou be equipped; Thou shalt be far from oppression, for thou shalt not fear it; And from terror, for it shall not come near thee.
15 And he who assembleth shall assemble against thee without me; He who assembleth in thee shall fall against thee.
16 Behold! I have created the smith, That bloweth the coals in the fire, And bringeth out the instrument for his work; I have created the waster to destroy.
17 No instrument that hath been formed against thee shall prosper; And every tongue that hath risen against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the inheritance of the servants of Jehovah; And their righteousness is from me, saith Jehovah.
1 Ho! all that are thirsty, Come ye to the waters; And ye who have not money, Come ye, buy, And eat. Come ye, buy without money, And wine And milk without any price.
2 Wherefore do ye spend 530 money, not for bread? And your labor, not so as to be satisfied, Hear ye by hearing me; And eat ye that which is good; And let your soul delight itself in fatness.
3 Incline your ear, And come to me; Hear, And your soul shall live; And I will strike a covenant of eternity with you, The faithful mercies of David.
4 Behold I have given him a witness to the peoples, A leader And instructor to the peoples.
5 Behold! thou shalt call a nation which thou knowest not; And a nation that knew not thee shall run to thee; For the sake of Jehovah thy God, And of the Holy One of Israel; For he hath glorified thee.
6 Seek ye Jehovah, while he is found; Call upon him, while he is near. 7 Let the wicked man forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to Jehovah, And he will have compassion on him; To our God; for he aboundeth in pardoning.
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, And my ways are not your ways, saith Jehovah.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So far do my ways exceed your ways, And my thoughts your thoughts.
10 Surely, as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither. But watereth the earth, And causeth it to bring forth And bud. That it may give seed to the sower And bread to the eater; 530Or, Weigh out.
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11 So shall be my word which shall go out of nay mouth It shall not return to me empty; Till it do what I wish, And accomplish that to which I sent it.
12 Therefore with peace shall ye go out, And with peace shall ye be led forth; The mountains And hills shall break out before you into joy, And all the trees of the fields shall clap their hands.
13 Instead of the bramble shall grow up the fir-tree; And instead of the nettle 531 shall grow up the myrtle; 532 And it shall be to Jehovah for a name; For an everlasting covenant, that shall not be cut off.
531Or, The thorn. 532Or, The Elm.
1 Thus saith Jehovah; Keep ye judgment, And do righteousness; For my salvation is near, that it may come; And my righteousness, that it may be revealed.
2 Happy is the man who shall do this, And the son of man who shall take hold of this; Keeping the Sabbath, so that he may not profane it; And keeping his hand, that he may abstain from all that is evil.
3 And let not the son, that is a foreigner, speak, That is joined to Jehovah, saying, By separating hath Jehovah separated me from his people; And let not the eunuch say, I am a dry tree.
4 For thus saith Jehovah to the eunuchs, Who keep my Sabbaths, And choose the things that please me, And take hold of my covenant; 5 In my house And within my walls, I will give to them a place And a name Better than of sons And of daughters; I will give to them an everlasting name, Which shall not be cut off.
6 The children, I say, of the foreigner, Who shall be joined to Jehovah? That they may minister to him, And may love the name of Jehovah; That they may be his servants; Whosoever shall keep the Sabbath, so that he may not profane it, And shall embrace my covenant: 7 Them will I bring into the mountain of my holiness, And will make them joyful in my house of prayer; Their burnt-offerings And sacrifices Shall be acceptable on mine altar; For my house shall be called A house of prayer to all peoples, 8 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Who gathereth the outcasts of Israel: Still more will I gather upon him his gathered.
9 O all ye beasts of the field! Come to devour; O all ye beasts of the forest!
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10 His watchmen are blind; All are ignorant; All are dumb dogs, that cannot bark; They lie down And sleep; They love slumber.
11 And those dogs, strong of appetite, know not to be satisfied; The shepherds themselves know not? nor understand; All of them look to their own ways; Every one to his gain from his end.
12 Come ye, I will fletch wine; We shall drink strong liquor; As today, so shall be tomorrow, Or better, And more abundant.
1 The righteous man hath perished, And there is no man that layeth it to heart: Men of mercy are gathered, And there is none that considereth, That the righteous man is gathered from the face of the evil.
2 Peace shall come; They shall rest in their beds, Whosoever walketh before him.
3 And draw near, ye sons of the sorceress; The seed of the adulterer And the whore.
4 On whom have ye made sport? On whom have ye opened the mouth? On whom have ye stretched out the tongue? Are ye not rebellious children? A lying seed?
5 Warming themselves among the oaks 533 under every green tree; Sacrificing children in the valleys, Under the cliffs of the rocks, 6 Among the smooth stones of the valley 534 is thy portion; They, they are thy lot; Even to them hast thou poured out a drink-offering, And offered a sacrifice. Shall I take pleasure in these things? 535
7 On a lofty And high mountain hast thou set thy bed; Yea, thou art gone up to it to offer a sacrifice.
8 Behind the door And behind the door-post Hast thou set thy memorial; Thou hast been discovered to another than me; Thou art gone up; Thou hast enlarged thy bed; Thou hast made a covenant with them; Thou lovedst their bed in the place which thou sawest.
9 And thou wentest to the king with ointment; Thou multipliedst thy disguises; Thou sentest thy ambassadors to a distant place; Thou art humbled
533Or, With the gods. 534Or, In parts of the river. 535Or, Shall I repent of these things?
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even to hell.
10 Thou art wearied with thy manifold journeying; And hast not said, There is no hope: Thou hast found the life of thine hand; Therefore thou hast not grieved.
11 And whom hast thou worshipped, And of whom hast thou been afraid, That thou hast dealt falsely, And hast not remembered me, Blot laid it on thy heart? Is it not because I have held my peace, And therefore thou never fearest me?
12 I will declare thy righteousness, And thy deeds; And they shall not profit thee.
13 When thou shalt cry, let thy troops deliver thee; Yet the wind shall carry them all away; Vanity shall seize them. But he who hopeth in me shall obtain the land by inheritance, And shall possess the mountain of my holiness.
14 And he shall say, Prepare, prepare; Level the road; Remove the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.
15 For thus hath spoken the high And Lofty One, Who dwelleth in eternity, Whose name is Holy; I inhabit the high And holy, And with the afflicted, And with him who is lowly in spirit; That I may revive the spirit of the lowly, That I may revive the heart of the afflicted.
16 For I will not contend for ever, Nor will I be always wroth; For the spirit shall be clothed 536 before me, And the wind have I made.
17 For the iniquity of his lust I was wroth, And smote him; I have concealed myself, And will be wroth; But he turned And departed in the way of his heart.
18 I have seen his ways, And will heal him, And will lead him, restoring consolations To him And to his mourners.
19 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to them that are afar off, And to them that are near, saith Jehovah, And I heal him.
20 But the wicked are as the troubled sea, Which cannot rest; And its waters will east out filth And mud.
21 There is no peace to the wicked, saith my God.
536Or, Shall be concealed, or, Shall fail.
1 Cry with the throat, spare not; Raise thy voice as with a trumpet; And proclaim to my people their sin, And to the house of Jacob their iniquity.
2 Yet they seek me daily, And wish to know my ways, As a nation that did righteousness, And neglected not the judgment of her God; They inquire at me about the judgments of righteousness: They wish to approach to God.
3 Wherefore have we fasted, And thou didst not take notice of it? Wherefore have we humbled our souls, And thou knewest not? Behold! on the day that ye fast, ye find pleasure, And exact all your demands.
4 Behold! for strife And contention ye fast, And that ye may smite with the wicked fist. Fast not, as ye do this day, That ye may cause your voice to be heard on high.
5 Is it such a fast as I have chosen? That a man may afflict his soul for a day, And may hang down his head as a bulrush, And may spread sackcloth And ashes? Wilt thou call this a fast, And a day acceptable to Jehovah?
6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? To loose wicked bonds, To undo heavy burdens, To let the oppressed go free, And that ye may burst asunder every yoke?
7 Is it not that thou shalt break thy bread to the hungry, And shalt bring the wandering poor to thy house? If thou shalt see the naked, that thou shalt cover him; And that thou shalt not hide thyself from thine own flesh?
8 Then shall break forth as the dawn thy light; And thy health shall quickly spring up; Righteousness shall go before thy face, And the glory of Jehovah shall gather thee.
9 Then shalt thou call, And Jehovah will listen; Thou shalt cry, And he shall say, Behold! I am here. If thou shalt take away from the midst of thee
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the burden, And the pointing of the finger, And the speech of vanity; 537
10 If thou shalt pour out thy soul to the hungry man, And shalt satisfy the afflicted soul, Thy light shall arise in darkness, And thy obscurity as noon-day; 11 And Jehovah shall always conduct thee, And shall satisfy thy soul in drought, And shall make fit thy bones; And thou shalt be as a well-watered garden, And as a fountain of waters, Whose waters fail not.
12 And from thee shall be those who shall restore the deserts of the age; Thou shalt raise up the foundations of generation And generation; And thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths for inhabiting.
13 If thou shalt turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, And shalt not do thy pleasure on my holy day, And shalt call the Sabbath a delight, To consecrate it to Jehovah, because it is honorable, And shall give honor to it, So as not to follow thine own ways, Nor to find thine own pleasure, Nor to speak thine own words; 14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in Jehovah; And I will cause thee to ride on the high places of the earth, And will feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father; For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.
537Or, The unprofitable speech.
1 Behold! the hand of Jehovah is not shortened, That it cannot, save; Nor is his ear heavy, That it cannot hear.
2 But your sins have made a separation Between you And your God; And your sins have hidden his face from you, That he may not heal.
3 For your hands are polluted with blood, And your fingers with iniquity; Your lips have uttered falsehood; Your tongue hath spoken wickedness.
4 There is none that crieth for justice, None that contendeth for truth; They trust in vain things, And talk icily; They conceive mischief, arid bring forth iniquity.
5 They hatch the eggs of the basilisk, And weave the webs of spiders; He that eateth of their eggs shall die; If they be crushed, there shall come forth a viper.
6 Their webs shall not become clothing, And they shall not cover themselves with their works; For their works are works of iniquity; 538 And the work of violence is in their hands.
7 Their bet run to evil, And hasten to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are vain thoughts; 539 Wasting And destruction are in their paths.
8 The way of peace they know not; And there is no judgment in their steps: They have corrupted their paths; Whosoever walketh by them shall not know peace.
9 Therefore judgment hath departed far from us; And justice doth not overtake us. We looked for light, And, behold! obscurity; For brightness, And, behold! we walk amidst thick darkness.
10 We grope for the wall like the blind; We grope like those who have 538Or, Of vanity. And the work of violence is in their hands. 539Or, Thoughts of iniquity.
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been deprived of sight; We stumble at noon-day as in the night; Ill solitary places like dead men.
11 We all roar like bears; And moaning, we moan like doves We looked for judgment, And it is not visible; For salvation, And it is far off from us.
12 For our iniquities are multiplied before thee; And our sins have testified against us; 540 for our iniquities are with us, And we know our sins.
13 We have done wickedly, And have lied to Jehovah, And have turned back from our God; Speaking slander And revolt; Conceiving And uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
14 And judgment is driven back, And justice is far off; For truth is fallen in the street, And equity cannot come forth.
15 Yea, truth faileth; And he who hath withdrawn from evil hath become a prey. And Jehovah saw it; And it displeased his eyes, that there was no judgment.
16 He saw that there was no man, And wondered that none came forward; 541 Therefore his arm brought 542 salvation to him; And his righteousness, it upheld him.
17 And he put on righteousness as a coat of mail, And the helmet of salvation on his head; He put on vengeance as a robe, And was clothed with indignation as a cloak.
18 As if for the sake of recompenses, As if for rendering vengeance, For rendering indignation to his adversaries, Recompense to his enemies, He will render recompense to the islands.
19 Therefore they shall fear the name of Jehovah from the west, And his glory from the rising of the sun; For the enemy shall come as a river; And the Spirit of Jehovah shall drive him. 543
20 And a Redeemer shall come to Zion, And to them who have returned from iniquity in Jacob, Saith Jehovah.
21 And this my covenant I make with them, saith Jehovah; My Spirit that is upon thee, And my words which I have put in thy mouth, Shall not depart out of thy mouth, Nor out of the mouth of thy seed, Nor out of the mouth of thy seeds seed, saith Jehovah, From this time even for ever.
540Or, Our sins answer to us. 541Or, Interceded. 542Or, Made. 543Or, Shall chase him away.
1 Arise, be bright; For thy brightness is come; And the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee.
2 For, behold! darkness shall cover the earth, And thick darkness the peoples; But Jehovah shall arise upon thee; And his glory shall be seen upon thee.
3 And the Gentiles shall walk to thy brightness, And kings to the luster of thy rising.
4 Lift up thine eyes round about, And see. They all are assembled that they may come to thee; Thy sons shall come from afar; Thy daughters shall be nursed at the side.
5 Then thou shalt see, And shalt be bright; Thou shalt tremble, And thy heart shall be enlarged; Because the abundance of the sea 544 shall be converted to thee; The riches 545 of the Gentiles shall come to thee.
6 A multitude of camels shall cover thee, Of the dromedaries of Midian And Ephah; All they from Sheba shall come; They shall bring gold And incense, And shall declare the praises of Jehovah.
7 All the sheep of Kedar shall be gathered together to thee; The rams of Nebaioth shall minister to thee; They shall ascend to the good-pleasure of mine altar; And I will glorify the house of my glory.
8 Who are those that fly as a cloud, And as doves to their windows? 9 Surely the islands shall wait for me, And the ships of Tarshish; That they may bring thy sons from afar, Their silver And their gold with them, To the name of Jehovah thy God, And to the Holy One of Israel; For he hath glorified thee.
544Or, The multitude of the sea. 545Or, Strength.
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10 And the sons of the foreigner shall build thy walls, And their kings shall minister to thee; For in my wrath I smote thee; And in my loving-kindness have I had compassion on thee.
11 And thy gates shall be open continually; They shall not be shut by day nor by night; That the riches 546 of the Gentiles may be carried to thee, And that their kings may be led.
12 For the nation And kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; The nations, Is, shall be utterly destroyed.
13 The glory of Lebanon shall come to thee; The fir-tree, the pine, And the box together; To the beauty 547 of the place of my holiness; For I will glorify the place of my feet.
14 And the sons of them that afflict thee Shall come bending to thee; And all who despised thee, Shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; And they shall call thee the City of Jehovah, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
15 Instead of thy having been forsaken And hated, So that no man passed through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, The joy of generation And generation.
16 And thou shalt suck the milk of the Gentiles; Thou shalt suck the breast of kings; And thou shalt know that Jehovah Am thy Savior And thy Redeemer, The Mighty One of Jacob.
17 For brass I will bring gold; And for iron I will bring silver; And for wood, brass; And for stones, iron; And I will make thy magistracy peace, And thine exactors, righteousness.
18 Oppression shall no longer be heard in thy hind; Wasting or destruction within thy borders; And thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, And thy gates, Praise.
19 And thou shalt no longer have the sun for the light of days, Nor shall the brightness of the moon give light to thee; For Jehovah shall be to thee an everlasting light, And thy God shall be thy glory.
20 Thy sun shall no longer set; And thy moon shall no longer wane; For Jehovah shall be to thee an everlasting light; And the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
21 Thy people also shall all be righteous; They shall inherit the land for ever; The branch of his planting shall be the work of my hands, That I may be glorified.
22 A little one shall become a thousand; A small one, a strong nation; Jehovah will hasten this in her time.
546Or, Strength. 547Or, To adorn.
1 The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; On that account Jehovah hath anointed me; He hath sent me to preach to the afflicted; 548 To bind up the broken in heart; To proclaim liberty to the captives, The opening of the prison to them that are bound.
2 To proclaim the year of the good-pleasure of Jehovah, And the day of vengeance to our God; To comfort all that mourn.
3 To appoint to the mourners in Zion; That I may give to them beauty instead of ashes, The oil of joy instead of mourning, The garment of gladness instead of an afflicted spirit; To call them trees of righteousness, The plantation of Jehovah, To glorify him.
4 And they shall build the deserts of the age; They shall raise up the ancient wildernesses; And they shall restore the cities of desolation, The wildernesses of many ages.
5 And strangers shall stand And feed your sheep; And the sons of the foreigner shall be Your husbandmen And vine-dressers.
6 But ye shall be called the Priests of Jehovah; Men shall call you the Ministers of our God; Ye shall eat the substance of the Gentiles; And ye shall rise by their glory.
7 Instead of your shame there shall be a double reward; And instead of disgrace they shall rejoice in their portion; For in their land they shall possess the double, And they shall have everlasting joy.
8 For I Jehovah love judgment; I hate robbery in the burnt-offering; And I will establish their work in truth, And will make an everlasting covenant with them.
548Or, To the meek.
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9 And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles; And their offspring in the midst of the peoples; All who see them shall acknowledge them That they are the seed blessed by Jehovah.
10 Rejoicing I will rejoice in Jehovah; My soul shall be joyful in my God; Nor he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation; He hath covered me with the robe of righteousness; As a bridegroom hath he adorned me, And as a bride decorated with her jewels.
11 For, as the earth putteth forth her bud, And as the garden causeth her seed to spring up, So the Lord Jehovah will cause righteousness to spring up, And praise before all the nations.
1 On account of Zion I will not be silent; And on account of Jerusalem I will not rest; Till her righteousness go forth as brightness, And till her salvation burn like a lamp.
2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, And all the kings of the earth thy glory; And thou shalt be called by a new name, Which the mouth of Jehovah shall name.
3 And thou shalt be a crown of glory in the hand of Jehovah; And the diadem of the kingdom in the hand of thy God.
4 Thou shalt no more be called forsaken; Nor shall thy land be any more called desolate; For they shall call thee, My good-pleasure in her; And they shall call thy land, Married; For the good-pleasure of Jehovah is in thee, And thy land shall be married.
5 For, as a young man marrieth a virgin, So shall thy sons marry thee; And with the joy of the bridegroom over the bride Thy God will rejoice over thee.
6 On thy walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen, Who, during the whole day And the whole night together, Shall not keep silence. Ye that are mindful 549 of Jehovah, Be ye not silent; 7 And give him not silence, Till he establish, And till he make Jerusalem, A praise in the earth.
8 Jehovah hath sworn by his right hand, And by the arm of his strength; If I shall any more give thy corn For food to thine enemies, And if the sons of the foreigner shall drink thy wine, For which thou hast labored.
9 For they who have gathered it shall eat it, And shall praise Jehovah; 549Or, That celebrate the memory.
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And they that collect it shall drink wine, In my holy courts.
10 Pass through, pass through the gates; Clear the way for the people; Level, level the road; Pave it with stones; Lift up a standard to the peoples.
11 Behold! Jehovah hath proclaimed to the end of the earth; Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold! thy Savior cometh; Behold! his reward is with him, And the effect of his work is before him.
12 And they shall call thee, A holy people, Redeemed by Jehovah; And they shall call thee The City sought out, Not forsaken.
1 Who is this that cometh from Edom? With red garments from Bozrah? This that is beautiful in his raiment, Marching in the greatness of his strength? I, who speak in righteousness, Mighty to save.
2 Wherefore is thy raiment red? And thy garments like one that treadeth in the wine-press?
3 Alone have I pressed the wine-press; And of the peoples there was none with me; For I will tread them in my wrath, And will trample them down in my fury; And their blood shall be sprinkled on my garments, And I will stain all my raiment.
4 For the day of vengeance is in my heart; And the year of my redeemed is come.
5 Therefore I looked, And there was none to help; And I wondered that there was none to uphold; Therefore mine arm brought salvation to me And my wrath upheld me.
6 And I will tread down the peoples in my wrath, And will make them drunk in my fury, And will east down their strength to the earth.
7 The mercies of Jehovah will I keep in remembrance, The praises of Jehovah; According to all that Jehovah hath bestowed on us, And in the abundance of kindness toward the house of Israel, Which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, And according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses.
8 For he said, Surely they are my people; Children that do not lie; Therefore he became their Savior.
9 In all their affliction he was afflicted; 550 And the angel of his presence
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saved them; In his love And in his compassion he redeemed them; And he bare them And carried them all the days of the age.
10 But they were rebellious, And provoked his Holy Spirit; Therefore he was turned to be their enemy, And fought against them.
11 And he remembered the days of old, In which Moses was with his people. Where is he that made them to come up out of the sea, With the shepherd of his flock? Where is he that put his Holy Spirit in the midst of them?
12 That led them by the right hand of Moses, By the arm of his glory; That divided the waters before them, That he might gain for himself all everlasting name?
13 That made them walk through the depths, As a horse ill the desert, So that they did not stumble?
14 He went down, as a beast into a plain; The Spirit of Jehovah gave him rest; So didst thou lead thy people, That thou mightst make for thyself a glorious name.
15 Look down from heaven; Behold from the habitation, Of thy holiness And of thy glory. Where is thy zeal And thy strength? The multitude of thy bowels, And of thy compassions toward me, Have been restrained.
16 Surely thou art our Father, Though Abraham do not know us, And Israel do not acknowledge us; Yet thou art our Fattier And out Redeemer; From everlasting is thy name.
17 Why didst thou cause us, O Jehovah, To wander from thy ways? Why didst thou cause our heart To depart from thy fear? Return, on account of thy servants, To the tribes of thine inheritance.
18 For a little time the people of thy holiness possessed it; Our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.
19 For a long period have we been They over whom thou hast not ruled, On whom thy name hath not been called.
1 O that thou wouldst rend the heavens! That thou wouldst come down! That the mountains would flow down at thy presence!
2 As by the burning of a melting fire, 551 The fire hath made the waters to boil, That thou mightst make thy name known to thine adversaries; The nations trembled at thy presence.
3 When thou didst terrible things, Which we looked not for, Thou camest down; The mountains flowed down at thy presence.
4 From of old they have not heard, Nor perceived by the ears; Eye hath not seen a God besides thee, That doeth such things to him that waiteth for him.
5 Thou hast met him that rejoiceth And worketh righteousness; In thy ways they remembered thee; Behold! thou wast angry, And we have sinned; In them is perpetuity, And we shall be saved. 552
6 And we have all been as the unclean; And all our righteousnesses as a defiled garment; And we all fade as a leaf; And our iniquities, as the wind, Have carried us away.
7 There is none that calleth on thy name, Nor that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee; For thou hast hidden thy face from us, And hast made us to languish In the hand of our iniquity.
8 And now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father; We are the clay, And thou our potter; We all are the work of thy hands.
9 Be not angry, O Jehovah, beyond measure; Neither remember iniquity for ever. Behold! see, we beseech thee, We all are thy people.
10 The cities of thy holiness have been a desert; Zion hath been a desert; 551Or, As by a burning fire that melteth. 552Or, We have been saved.
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Jerusalem hath been a wilderness.
11 The house of our sanctuary And of our glory, In which our fathers praised thee, Hath been burnt with fire; And all our desirable things are laid waste.
12 Wilt thou restrain thyself for these things, O Jehovah! Wilt thou be silent? And wilt thou afflict us beyond measure?
1 I have manifested myself to them that asked not; I have been found by them that sought me not; I said, Behold me, behold me, To a nation that called not on my name.
2 I have stretched out my hands every day To a rebellious people, Walking in a way not good, After their own thoughts.
3 A people that provoketh me always to my face, That sacrifieth in gardens, And offereth incense on bricks: 4 Who dwell in the graves; Who pass the night in the deserts; Who eat swines flesh; And broth of unclean things is in their vessels: 5 Who say, Remain by thyself; Approach not to me; For I would sanctify thee; 553 Those shall be smoke in my fury, A fire that burneth all the day.
6 Behold! it is written before me; I will not be silent from rendering And recompensing into their bosom, 7 Your iniquities, And the iniquities of your fathers together, saith Jehovah. Because they have offered incense on the mountains, And have dishonored me on the hills, Therefore I will measure back their ancient work, Into their bosom.
8 Thus saith Jehovah: As if one should find a grape in a cluster, And should say, Destroy it not, For a blessing is in it; So will I do for the sake of my servants, That I may not destroy the whole.
9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, And out of Judah the heir of my mountains; And mine elect shall possess it by inheritance; And my servants shall dwell there.
10 And Sharon shall be an abode of flocks, And the valley of Achor a 553Or, For I am holier than thou.
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place for herds to lie down in, To my people who have sought me.
11 But ye are forsakers of Jehovah, Who forget the mountain of my holiness, Who prepare a table for the army, And fill an oblation to the number.
12 Therefore I will number you to the sword, And ye all shall be cut down by slaughter; Because I called, And ye answered not; I spoke, And ye heard not; And ye did evil before mine eyes, And chose the things in which I took no pleasure.
13 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold! my servants shall eat, And ye shall be hungry; Behold! my servants shall drink, And ye shall be thirsty; Behold! my servants shall rejoice, And ye shall be covered with shame.
14 Behold! my servants shall shout for gladness of heart; And ye shall cry aloud for grief of heart, And shall howl for anguish of spirit.
15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse to mine elect; The Lord Jehovah shall slay you, And shall call his servants by another name.
16 He who blesseth himself in the earth Shall bless himself in the faithful God; And he who sweareth in the earth Shall swear by the faithful God; For the former afflictions, Are surrendered to forgetfulness, And hidden from mine eyes.
17 For, behold! I will create, New heavens And a new earth; The former shall not be remembered, Igor come into mind.
18 But rejoice And be glad for ever, In the things which I create; For, behold! I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, And her people a joy.
19 And I will be glad in Jerusalem, And will rejoice in my people; And the voice of weeping shall no more be heard in her, Nor the voice of crying.
20 There shall be no more there an infant of days, Nor an old man that fulfilleth not his days; For the son of a hundred years shall die young; And the sinner who is the son of a hundred years shall be accursed.
21 They shall build houses, And shall inhabit them; They shall plant vines, And shall eat the fruit of them.
22 They shall not build that another may inhabit; They shall not plant that another may eat; For according to the days of a tree Shall be the days of my people; And mine elect shall perpetually enjoy, The work of their hands.
23 They shall not toil in vain; And they shall not bring forth in terror; For the seed of the blessed of Jehovah shall they be, And their offspring with them.
24 And it shall be, before they cry, I will listen; While they are yet speaking, I will hear.
25 The wolf And the lamb shall feed together; And the lion shall eat straw like the ox; And the serpent shall have dust for his food. They shall not destroy, And shall not hurt, In all my holy mountain, saith Jehovah.
1 Thus saith Jehovah: Heaven is my throne, And the earth is my footstool: Where is that house which ye will build for me? And where is this place of my rest?
2 Yet all these things hath my hand made, And all these things began to be, saith Jehovah; And I look to him who is humble And contrite in spirit, And who trembleth at my word.
3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; He that sacrificeth a sheep, as if he stabbed a dog; He that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swines flesh; He that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol; And truly they have chosen their own ways; And their soul hath delighted in their abominations.
4 I also will choose their delusions, And will bring upon them their terror; Because I called, And no man answered; I spoke, And they heard not; And they did evil before mine eyes, And chose those things in which I take no delight.
5 Hear the word of Jehovah, Ye that tremble at his word. Your brethren that hate you. And that cast you out for my names sake, Have said, Let Jehovah be glorified. 554 But he shall be seen to your joy, And they shall be ashamed.
6 A voice of tumult from the city! A voice from the temple! The voice of Jehovah Rendering recompense to his adversaries.
7 Before she was in labor, she brought forth; Before her pain came upon her she was delivered of a male.
8 Who hath heard such a thing? Who hath seen such thing? Shall the earth bring forth in one day? Shall a nation be born at once? For as soon
554Or, Jehovah is severe, or, Jehovah shall be glorified.
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as Zion had the pains of child-bearing? Immediately she brought forth.
9 Shall I bring to the birth, And not bring forth? saith Jehovah. Shall I cause to bear. And yet restrain? saith thy God.
10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, And be glad with her, All ye that love her; Rejoice for joy with her, All ye that mourn for her; 11 That ye may suck And be satisfied From the breast of her consolations; That ye may milk And be delighted, With the brightness of her glory.
12 For thus saith Jehovah: Behold! I cause peace to flow on her like a river, And the glory of the Gentiles as an overflowing torrent; Thus ye shall suck; Ye shall be carried on the shoulder, And shall be dandled on the knees.
13 As a man whom his mother comforteth, So will I comfort you; And ye shall have comfort on Jerusalem.
14 And ye shall see, And your heart shall rejoice; And your bones shall flourish like the grass; And the hand of Jehovah shall be known toward his servants, And he shall be enraged against his enemies.
15 For, behold! Jehovah shall come in fire; And his chariots, as a whirlwind; That he may utter his wrath in fury, And his rebuke in a flame of fire.
16 For with fire, And with his sword, Shall Jehovah judge all flesh; And many shall be the slain of Jehovah.
17 They that sanctify themselves, And that purify themselves in the gardens behind one in the midst, That eat swines flesh, And the abomination, And the mouse, Shall be consumed together, saith Jehovah.
18 For I (know) their deeds And their thoughts; Because the time is come, That I should assemble all nations And languages; And they shall come, And shall see my glory.
19 And I will put a mark upon them, And will send some of them that are escaped, To the nations of Tarshish, Pul, And Lud, that draw the bow To Tubal And Jayan; To the distant islands, Which have not heard my name, And have not seen my glory; And they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
20 And they shall bring all your brethren, Out of all nations, An oblation to Jehovah, On horses, And chariots, And wagons, On mules And swift animals, To my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith Jehovah; As the children of Israel bring in a clean vessel To the house of Jehovah.
21 And even some of them will I take For priests And Levites, saith Jehovah.
22 For, as the new heavens And the new earth, which I make, Remain before me, saith Jehovah; So shall your seed And your name remain.
23 And it shall be, That from month to his month, And from Sabbath to his Sabbath, All flesh shall come, To worship before me, saith Jehovah.
24 And they shall go forth, And shall see the carcasses of the men who have rebelled against me; For their worm shall not die, And their fire shall not be quenched; And they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.
The Sun-Dial of Ahaz
THE SUN-DIAL OF AHAZ.
This is believed to be the earliest account of a Sun-Dial that is anywhere to be found in history, and, on that account, has arrested the attention of scholars little addicted to the study of the Holy Scriptures. The form of it, which can now be nothing else than a matter of ingenious conjecture, has been investigated with uncommon industry, and illustrated with great profusion of learning. Little aid can be obtained from the incidental notice of the sacred historian, which our author has expounded with more than his usual conciseness.
A preliminary question relates to the Hebrew word {( ,}מעלותmagnaloth,) which, like the Latin word gradus, literally means steps, but might naturally enough mean degrees. It has been contended that {βαθμοὺς} the term used by Josephus, is liable to a similar ambiguity, and may have been used by him in its literal signification. Michaelis differed so widely from this view, that he considered, {}מעלה (magnalah) to signify a degree, in the sense used by modern mathematicians, who divide a circle into 360 degrees, so that 10 degrees (10°) would denote the ninth part of a right angle; and he supports his opinion by shewing that this use of the word degree did not take its rise among European philosophers, but traveled from the East, and, like our ordinary numerals, had an Arabic origin.
Assuming that the word denotes steps, there is still abundant room for diversity of interpretation. Some have thought that there was a flight of steps leading to the royal palace of Ahaz, on the top of which was placed a gnomon, (or obelisk,) and that the steps served to measure the shadow of the sun which was thrown upon them.
Others refer it to an earlier period, when the sun-dial consisted of a massive structure, towering into the sky like other monuments of Oriental architecture, and built with scientific precision, but unfitted by its cumbrous form to vie with the accuracy and elegance of lighter instruments which belong to a more advanced age of sci-
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ence The type of such buildings is naturally sought, not in Judea, where such studies were never cultivated, but among the Egyptians, and especially among the Babylonians, to whom the Greeks and other nations were indebted for their knowledge of astronomy.
{τὢς} {ἡμέρης}, {παρὰ} {Βαβυλωνίων} {ἔμαθον} {οἱ} {Ελληνες} "For the Greeks learned from the Babylonians the dial, and the gnomon, and the division of the day into twelve (parts) hours." (Herodotus Eut., 109.) Nothing is more natural than to suppose that Ahaz directed some architect to copy a celebrated building in Babylon, the general form of which may be gathered from the description given by Bishop
whose version of the passage, and note, accompanied by a drawing, we shall lay before our readers: — Behold, I turn the shadow of the degrees, By which the sun is gone down on the dial of Ahaz,**
Backward ten degrees.
So the sun turned back ten degrees,
On the dial, by which it had gone down.
In what manner the shadow was made to go backward ten degrees is a question totally distinct from the form of the dial. That it was effected by a motion of the sun itself, or by a change of the relative position of the earth to that luminary, though this has been boldly stated and argued, is a notion too extravagant to need refutation. There is plausibility in the view suggested by Doederlein, that "the change of the shadow depended entirely on a cloud, which intercepted, and in a manner altogether extraordinary refracted, the rays of the sun, and thus made the shadow or the light to go back ten degrees." Rosenmuller relates, on the authority of another commentator, an alteration of the shadow of a sun-dial, to the extent of an hour and half, which was effected by the shadow of a cloud at Metz, in the beginning of the eighteenth century. Without inquiring into the historical evidence of such an occurrence, or entering into long and intricate reasonings on the principles of optics, which would be unsuitable to this place, we shall only remark, that the transaction was undoubtedly miraculous; for it is declared to have been "a sign from Jehovah."
In this respect, it is but one of innumerable miracles which were performed by an Almighty hand in the sight of the Jewish people, and which have been recorded in order to strengthen the faith, and aid the devotion, of the worshippers of God in all ages, who delight to "praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men." — Ed.
Index of Scripture References
Genesis
1:1 1:1 1:2 1:2-6 1:6 1:14 1:26 2:5 2:9 2:19 3:6 4:26 7:11 7:15 9:9 9:12 9:13 11:31
15 14:14-15 14:16 14:17 15:1 15:5 15:8 15:13 17:7 17:7 17:7 17:7 19:24 19:28 20:3 20
Exodus
1:11 2:23 3:6 3:12 3:14 3:18 4:22 7:20 10:5 10:15 10:22 11:4 12:8 12:29 12:29 12:5
17:15 19:6 19:6 19:6 20:2 20:4 20:5 20:24 20:24 23:22 25:18 28:11 30:23 34:6
Leviticus
26:19 26:36
Numbers
Deuteronomy
4:7 4:12 4:15 4:24 4:24 4:37 7:6-8 7:7-8 9:3 9:3 9:5 12:13 18:10 18:15 18:15 18:15
4 30:16 30:19 32:1 32:11 32:15 32:27 32:29 32:30 32:39
Joshua
3:16 11:23 24:2
Judges
5:6 6:17 6:37 6:39 12:4
1 Samuel
2:6 3:18 4:11 5:6 10:10 15:22 26:2 28:20
2 Samuel
6:1 7:12 7:12 12:12 24:1
1 Kings
2:10 7:14 8:27 11:14 11:23 19:18 22:22
2 Kings
5:10 15:29 17:6 17:6 18:2 18:4 18:4 18:4 18:11 18:13 18:14 18:20 19:20 19:20 19:28
2 Chronicles
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Ezra
5:13 7:4 9:15 12:18 14:5 15:35 33:23 40:4
Psalms
1:4 2:7-8 2:9 5:8 6:3-6 6:5 7:8 7:14 7:15 9:14 12:2 12:6 14:1 14:7 15:2 17:2 18:2
10 22:10 22:10 22:10 22:17 22:24 22:31 24:4 27:1 30:6-
7 30:9 33:3 33:9 33:22 34:10 36:7 37:1-2 37:3 37:3 37:15 38:6 39:9 39:9 42:2 44:22
5 46:5 46:5 47:2 48:8 50:13 50:15 50:15 53:6 55:22 57:6 58:10 59:10 59:17 62:9 63:2
11 87:4 89:36-37 89:39 91:11 96:1 96:4-6 102:28 103:5 103:12 103:15 103:16 104:2 1
7 114:3-4 114:7 115:3 115:8 115:17 116:16 119:24 119:105 119:122 123:2 126:1 127:2
5 129:6 129:8 130:3 131:5 132:14 132:14 132:14 132:14 137:3 137:4 138:8 141:2 143
Proverbs
1:7 16:9 25:1
Isaiah
1:2 1:8 1:15 1:29 3:6-7 4:1 4:1 5:25 6:9 7:4 7:14 7:15 8:6 9:7 10:5 10:21-
22 11:1 11:2 14:32 14:32 16:7 19:18 21:9 22:9 22:20 23:1 23:12 26:17 26:19 29:10 30
24 33:6 33:6 33:20 34:1-17 34:2 34:14 34:16 35:1-10 36:1-
22 36:2 36:22 37:1-38 37:2-4 37:8 37:14 37:29 37:30 37:38 38:1-
22 38:20 39:1-8 40 40:1-31 40:9 40:18 41:1-29 41:4 41:7 41:25 41:25 42:1-
25 43:1 43:1-28 43:12 44:1-28 44:5 44:6 44:10 44:12 44:13 45:1 45:1 45:1-
25 45:4 45:19 46:1-13 46:6 47:1-15 48:1-22 53:2 54:1 54:1 54:9 59:4 60:1-
2 63:13
Jeremiah
1:10 2:10-13 2:11 10:8 10:14 17:5 17:5 23:7-8 29:14 30:9 31:9 44:28 49:22 51:17 5
Lamentations
1:20 2:15 3:38 3:41
Ezekiel
8:3 17:3 18:20 36:22 36:22 36:25 37:24 37:24-25
Daniel
2:14 5:3 5:30 9:2
Hosea
2:18 3:5 12:1
Amos
3:6 3:7
Obadiah
1:11
Jonah
1:2 1:2 3:4
Micah
7:19
Nahum
3:15
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Habakkuk
1:16 1:16 1:16 2:11 2:18 3:9 3:13 3:13
Haggai
1:4 2:6-9
Zechariah
1:15 12:10
Malachi
Matthew
3:3 3:16 3:17 4:16 5:44 5:44 6:8 6:34 7:2 7:23 8:4 8:12 9:30 10:6 10:29 11:19 11:30
21 12:18 12:39 13:13 22:18 23:13 26:24
Mark
1:3 1:10 5:43
Luke
1:74-75 3:4 3:22 6:25 8:56 12:32 13:27 16:15 21:18 21:19 21:19 21:28 24:47
John
1:21 1:29 1:32 1:45 2:22 3:16 4:22 4:24 4:24 8:36 8:36 8:36 8:44 10:3 10:3 10:5 10
Acts
2:41 3:12 3:21 3:24 5:41 7:2 7:3 7:24 7:51 8:22 13:46 14:17 17:28 17:29 17:29
Romans
1:2-3 1:20 1:20 1:28 1:28 1:28 3:2 3:3-4 3:3-4 3:23 3:27 4:2 4:18 4:18 4:18 4:20-
21 5:3 5:3 6:4 8:23 8:24 8:24 8:25 8:26 8:26 8:26 8:38 9:4 9:6-
7 9:11 9:11 9:20 10:10 10:14 11:4 11:29 11:29 11:34 14:10-
11 14:17 15:4 15:8
1 Corinthians
1:20 4:13 6:11 8:4 9:16 10:13 11:30 12:3 12:3 12:6 16:13
2 Corinthians
1:20 1:20 1:24 3:5 4:3-4 4:8-9 6:14-15 6:16 9:7 11:14 12:7 12:9 12:9
Galatians
4:26 5:22
Ephesians
1:4 1:4 1:4-6 1:6 1:6 1:21 1:22-23 1:23 2:10 2:10 2:12 2:12 2:14 2:14 2:17 3:16 3:17
Philippians
Colossians
1:9 1:15 1:28 2:3 3:3
1 Thessalonians
4:7 4:13 4:14 5:3
2 Thessalonians
2:11 2:11
1 Timothy
1:5 3:15 3:15 6:15
2 Timothy
1:12 2:13 2:13
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Hebrews
1:1 4:13 4:13 4:13 6:16 10:36 11:3 11:6 11:6 11:13 12:3 12:12 12:29
James
1:2 1:5 1:17 1:18 1:18 2:13 5:17-18 5:20
1 Peter
1:23 1:25 2:9 2:9 4:17 5:6 5:6 5:7 5:7
2 Peter
1:19 1:20-21 3:4
Jude
1:7
Genesis
1:28 2:15 3:24 4:1 4:7 9:10 11:5 12:3 15:5 15:5 15:5 15:6 15:14 16:2 17:1 17:5 17
Exodus
2:24 5:3 10:22 12:13 12:31 12:33 13:21 14:21 14:21 14:22 14:28 16:35 17:5 17:6 1
Leviticus
2:2 2:12 5:12 11:7 18:5 23:10 23:39 24:7 25:10 26:10 26:22
Numbers
5:21 5:26 11:1 11:17 18:20 20:3 22:29 36:13
Deuteronomy
4:33 4:37 6:5 6:8 6:9 7:7-8 11:20 12:18 13:3 14:8 18:10-
11 23:1 24:1 28:33 28:48 29:4 30:12 30:14 30:19 32:11 32:13 32:13 32:13 32:15 32:2
Joshua
3:16 3:16
Judges
7:22 10:16 11:7 17:2
1 Samuel
1:11 15:22 15:22
2 Samuel
11:18
2 Chronicles
6:41 36:22-23
Ezra
3:10
Esther
4:3
Job
1:1 26:12
Psalms
2:1 2:7 2:8 2:10-11 2:10-12 7:15 9:15 14:3 16:5 18:11 22:2 22:18 25:3 30:5 31:19 3
15 50:10 50:14 51:17 56:6 68:18 68:26 73:1 76:2 77:20 78:38-
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39 79:12 87:4 89:39 90:6 90:9-10 91:11 93:1 99:5 102:14 102:16 102:23-
24 102:26 102:26-27 102:27-28 102:28 103:11 103:13-14 103:16 103:17 103:18 113:7 11
5 115:3 116:15 126:1 126:1 127:2 128:2 129:3 132:1 132:7 132:14 132:14 137:6 137:7
Proverbs
5:18 14:13 14:16 17:22
Isaiah
1:1 1:1 1:4 1:5 1:9 1:9 1:9 1:9 1:9 1:11 1:21 2:2 2:3 3:9 5:2 5:2 5:4 5:4 5:7 8:6 8:1
4 40:7 40:10 40:11 40:29 41:25 42:3 43:13 43:18 43:21 43:26 45:14 46:11 47:1 47:1 47
26 49:2 49:8 49:8 49:14 49:15 50:1-11 51:1-23 52:1 52:1-15 52:8 53:1-
12 54:1-17 54:11-12 55:1-13 55:5 56:1-12 56:8 57:1-21 57:15 58:1-14 59:1-
21 60:1-22 60:8 61:1-11 62:1-12 62:4 62:5 63:1-19 63:10 63:17 64:1-
Jeremiah
1:5 1:18 3:1 5:1 6:17 7:4 7:11 7:13 10:24 11:7 14:7 17:1 17:5 18:12 24:6 24:6 25:15
Lamentations
3:29
Ezekiel
3:8 3:9 3:17 16:3 18:2 18:20 20:12 20:39 22:30 24:21 29:3 33:2 33:2 33:6 33:7 34:4
Daniel
1:6 9:11
Hosea
1:10 1:10 2:2 2:19 2:19-20 2:20 4:5 6:6 6:6 7:10 9:12 12:1
Joel
1:13 1:14 2:12
Amos
5:18
Micah
6:4
Habakkuk
3:2
Haggai
2:9 2:10
Zechariah
1:12 1:15 2:5 3:2
Malachi
2:14 4:2 4:2
Matthew
2:11 3:12 7:7 7:11 8:12 9:13 9:13 9:38 10:1 11:28 11:28 12:7 12:7 12:29 15:13 16:1
Mark
Luke
4:18 11:22 16:15 21:19 23:4 23:14 23:22
John
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1:13 1:14 1:16 1:29 1:36 4:10 4:13-14 4:21 4:24 4:24 4:24 5:35 6:27 6:45 6:45 7:12
38 14:6 17:1 17:19 17:20 18:36 18:38 19:16 19:24 19:38 20:23
Acts
3:21 5:41 7:49 10:6 10:34-35 10:42 13:47 13:48 14:14 16:20 17:24 20:35 27:24 27:3
Romans
1:5 1:28 1:28 2:14 2:17-21 2:25 2:26 3:2 3:10 3:17 3:20 3:25 3:29 4:15 4:17 4:18 4
21 4:20 5:1 5:1 5:3 5:10 5:12 5:18 5:19 6 6:9 7:14 8:3 8:3 8:3-
4 8:11 8:15 8:15 8:20 8:28 8:28 8:31 8:33-34 9:4 9:7 9:18 9:18 9:25 10:3 10:8 10:8 1
1 Corinthians
2:9 3:2 3:7 3:7 3:10-13 3:16 3:16 4:4 4:4 4:11 4:13 6:19 12:3 12:4 12:12 13:3
2 Corinthians
1:20 2:16 3:5 3:6 4:17 4:17 5:20 5:20-21 5:21 5:21 6:2 6:2 6:2 6:2 6:8 7:1 7:1 9:7
Galatians
1:15 2:16 2:21 3:10-11 3:12 3:13 3:16 3:24 4:4 4:4 4:6 4:28 5:6 5:22
Ephesians
1:4 1:4 1:4 1:4 1:10 1:10 1:12 2:10 2:12-13 2:13 2:14 2:14 2:17 2:17 2:18 2:19 2:2
Philippians
Colossians
2:3 2:14
1 Thessalonians
2:19
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
2:13 2:19 3:16
Titus
1:2
Hebrews
1:14 1:14 2:5 2:8 4:9-10 4:12 4:15 4:16 5:4-5 6:13 8:13 9:7 9:12 9:14 11:26
1 Peter
1:23 2:5 2:5 2:5 2:9 2:9 2:9 2:9 2:22 2:23 5:7
2 Peter
2:10 3:7
1 John
2:2 3:17 4:10
Revelation
1:6 5:10 7:3 21:25
Index of Scripture Commentary
Isaiah
33 33:1 33:2 33:3 33:4 33:5 33:6 33:7 33:8 33:9 33:10 33:11 33:12 33:13 33:14 33:1
Isaiah
49 49:1 49:2 49:3 49:4 49:5 49:6 49:7 49:8 49:9 49:10 49:11 49:12 49:13 49:14 49:1
Greek Words and Phrases
• {ἀετός}: 1 • {ἀκούσας} {ἀγγελίαν}: 1 • {ἀμάρτυρον}: 1 • {ἀνακεφαλαίωσις}: 1 • {ἀνδρίζεσθε}: 1 • {ἀνθρωπομορφῶς} : 1 • {ἄνυδρος}: 1 • {ἅπαξ} {λεγόμενον}: 1 • {ἐμοῦ} {θανόντος} {γαῖα} {μιχθήτω} {πυρί}: 1 • {ἐφήμερον}: 1 • {ὀφθήσομαι}: 1 • {ὁραθήσομαι} {αὐτοῖς}: 1 • {ὥσπερ} {γὰρ} {τοῖς} {σώμασιν} {ἡμῶν} {ἕως} {μὲν} {ἂν} {ἐρρωμένος}
{ᾖ} {τις} {οὐδὲν} {ἐπαισθάνεται} {τῶν} {καθ} {ἕκαστα} {σαθρῶν} {ἐπ᾿}
{ἂν} {δὲ} {ἀρρώστημα} {συμβὣ} {πάντα} {κινεῖται} {κἂν} {ῥη̑γμα} {κἂν}
{στρέμμα} {κἂν} {αλλό} {τι} {τῶν} {ὑπαρχόντων} {σαθρῶν} {ᾖ} {οὕτω}
{καὶ} {τῶν} {πόλεων} {καὶ} {τῶν} {τυράννων}.: 1 • {Ην} {δὲ} {αὐτῷ} {σημεῖον} {ἀετὸς} {χρυσοῦς} {ἐπὶ} {δόρατος}
{μακροῦ} {ἀνατεταμένος}, {καὶ} {νῦν} {δὲ} {τοῦτο} {ἔπι} {σημεῖον}
{τῳ} {Περσῶν} {βασιλεῖ} {διαμένει}: 1 • {εἰ} {ἀδικητέον} {τυραννίδος} {περὶ} {ἀδικητέον}: 1 • {εἰ} {βούλεσθε} {σὐλογηθὢναι}: 1 • {κατ} {ἐξοχήν}: 1 • {κατ᾿} {ἀντίθεσιν}: 1 • {κατ᾿} {ἐξοχὴν}: 1 • {μιμητικῶς}: 1 • {νεκροί}: 1
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• {περὶ} {ταύτης} {παλιγγενεσίας}: 1 • {πρὸς} {αὔξησιν}: 1 • {πρὸς} {τὶ}: 1 • {σκηνὴ}: 1 • {συμπτώματα}: 1 • {τὸ} {ποίημα}: 1 2 • {τεθνεῶτες}: 1 • {́̓Ονος} {λύρας} {ἀκοῦων} {κίνει} {τὰ} {ὦτα}: 1 • {́̓Ονῳ} {τὶς} {ἔλεγε} {μῦθον·} {ὁ} {δὲ} {τὰ} {ὦτα} {ἐκίνει}: 1 • {ἀνακεφαλαίωσις}: 1 • {ἀστόργους}: 1 • {ἄρχοντάς}: 1 • {ἐμφατικῶς}: 1 • {ἐν} {Θυμῷ} {μικρῷ}: 1 • {ἐν} {τὣ} {ταπεινώσει} {αὐτοῦ} {ἡ} {κρίσις} {αὐτοῦ} {ᾔρθη}: 1 • {ἐπὶ} {τούτοις} {οὖς} {οὐκ} {ὀργισθήσομαι}: 1 • {ἐπισκοπὴ}: 1 • {ὅτι}: 1 • {ὑποτύπωσιν}: 1 • {ὑποτύπωσις}: 1 • {ὑποτύτωσις}: 1 • {αὐθάδεις}: 1 • {εἰς} {τοὺς} {κήπους}, {ἐν} {τοῖς} {προθύροις}: 1 • {εἶπον} {λέγω}: 1 • {εὐδοκία}: 1 • {κακόζηλοι}: 1 • {κακοζηλία}: 1 2 • {κατ᾿} {ἐξοχὴν}: 1 • {λατρεία}: 1 • {μὴν}: 1 • {μηνὴ}: 1 • {οὐδείς}: 1 • {πόρ᾿ῥω} {ἀπ} {᾿} {ἐμοῦ}: 1 • {πανοπλίαν}: 1 • {παράδοξον}: 1 • {παροιμιώδη}: 1 • {συμπάθειαν}: 1 • {συμπαθεία}: 1 • {συνεκδοχικῶς}: 1 • {τὸ} {ποίημα}: 1
Hebrew Words and Phrases
• :{}מבשר1 • :{}מזכיר1 • :{}אברים1 • :{}אדדה1 2 • :{}אדמה1 • :{}אולי1 • :{}איש1 2 3 4 5 6 • :{}אך1 • :{}אלהים1 2 • :{}אמונת1 • :{}אמת1 • :{}אף1 2 3 4 5 6 • {}עזרתיך{: }אף1 • :{}אפגע1 • :{}אצילים1 • {}לם{: }אראה1 • :{}אראלם1 • :{}ארץ1 • :{}אש1 2 • :{}אשה1 2 • :{}אשיש1 • :{}אשר1 2 3 4 • :{}אששים1 • :{}אתמך1 • :{}ב1 2 • :{}בדים1 • :{}בהורים1
COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH
• :{}בחרים1 • {}יועיל{: }בלא1 • :{}ברחים1 • :{}ברכה1 • :{}דדה1 • :{}דור1 • :{}דלה1 2 • :{}דלל1 2 • :{}האל1 • :{}הוא1 2 3 4 5 • :{}הוי1 • :{}הורה1 • :{}הנפים1 • :{}הפח1 • :{}הרם1 • :{}התאששו1 • :{}ו1 2 3 4 5 6 7 • :{}והיה1 • {}כשדים{: }וזרועו1 • :{}חבר1 • :{}חברים1 • :{}חה1 • :{}חזה1 • :{}חח1 • :{}חסד1 • :{}חסדו1 • :{}חרש1 2 • :{}חשים1 • :{}חשק1 • :{}טפחה1 • :{}יבוא1 • {}יה{: }יה1 • :{}יהגה1 • :{}יהוה1 • :{}יכהה1 • :{}יעמדו1 • :{}יצר1 • :{}יקרא1 • :{}ירדה1 • :{}ירה1 • :{}ישר1 2 • :{}ישרון1 • :{}כ1 • :{}כי1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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• {}ים{: }כי1 • :{}כסח1 • {}נוצר{: }לא1 • :{}להועיל1 • :{}להם1 • :{}לו1 • :{}לוא1 • :{}לם1 • :{}מ1 • :{}מאז1 2 • :{}מדלה1 • :{}מהליק1 • :{}מושיע1 • :{}מסתתר1 • :{}מעלה1 • :{}מעלות1 • :{}מקדם1 • :{}מתי1 2 • {}מספר{: }מתי1 • :{}מתים1 2 • :{}נא1 • :{}נועז1 • :{}נערים1 • :{}נרצה1 • :{}נשיים1 • :{}סללה1 • :{}ספר1 • {}שלמא{: }עמי{ }עבדו1 • :{}עד1 • :{}עונה1 • :{}עיט1 2 3 • :{}עית1 • :{}ערב1 • :{}עשוק1 • :{}פלט1 • :{}פליטה1 • :{}פליטי1 2 • :{}פעם1 2 • :{}צבאה1 • :{}צדקו1 • :{}צרף1 2 3 • {}וייראו{: }ראו1 • :{}ש1 2 • :{}שור1
COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH
• :{}שכר1 • :{}שלם1 • :{}שקר1 2 • :{}שרב1 • :{}תהו1 2 • :{}תורה1 • :{}לא1 • :{}א1 2 • :{}אזכרה1 • :{}איש1 2 • :{}אכן1 • :{}אלהים1 • :{}אלים1 • {}פקדה{: }אנשי1 • :{}אספ1 • :{}אפר1 • :{}ארגיע1 • :{}ארף1 • :{}אשם1 2 3 4 5 6 7 • :{}אשמנים1 • :{}אשר1 2 3 • {}קרי{: }יבשו{ }לא{ }אשר1 • {}מצרימה{: }אותי{ }מכרתם{ }אשר1 • :{}אשתומם1 • :{}את1 2 • :{}אתנו1 2 • :{}בגד1 • {}עדים{: }בגד1 • {}עדים{: }בגר1 • :{}בזה1 2 • {}נכר{: }בן1 • :{}בנו1 2 • {}מהם{: }שכולה{ }שהייתה{ }בנים1 • {}פקדה{: }בעלי1 • :{}בצעו1 • :{}בקצהו1 • {}קצף{: }בשצף1 • :{}גד1 2 3 4 • :{}גוי1 • :{}דור1 • :{}דעת1 • :{}דרושה1 • :{}ה1 • :{}הטאת1 2
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• :{}המזכירים1 • :{}הן1 • :{}הנני1 • :{}ו1 2 3 • {}דוד{: }את{ }באבנים{ }ויסקל1 • :{}זה1 • :{}אני-{}חי1 • :{}חפף1 • :{}יד1 • :{}יחדו1 • :{}ימי1 2 • :{}ימים1 • :{}יעטוף1 • :{}יעשה1 • :{}יקרא1 • :{}ירוצו1 • :{}ישכיל1 • :{}ישתומם1 • :{}כ1 2 3 • :{}כי1 2 3 4 • {}בי{: }התעללת{ }כי1 • {}מי{: }כי1 2 • :{}כימי1 • :{}כן1 • :{}לאמר1 • {}בם{: }להתעולל1 • :{}לו1 2 • :{}לוא1 • :{}ם1 • :{}מ1 • :{}מאבן1 • :{}מאדם1 • :{}מאיש1 • :{}מבנים1 • {}אבן{: }שם{ }מהיות1 • :{}מי1 • :{}מים1 • :{}מנה1 2 • :{}מני1 • :{}מפגיע1 • :{}מקצהו1 • :{}מרום1 • :{}משלים1 • :{}נהר1 2
COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH
• :{}נזה1 • :{}נכר1 • :{}נשפט1 • :{}ס1 • :{}סקל1 2 • {}מאבן{: }הדרך{ }סקלו1 • {}מאבן{: }סקלו1 • :{}עגג1 • {}מאד{: }עד1 • :{}עולם1 2 • :{}על1 2 3 • {}אשר{: }על1 • {}כן{: }על1 • :{}ענה1 • :{}ענוים1 • :{}עשיר1 2 • :{}עשרים1 • :{}פאר1 2 • :{}פקדה1 • :{}פרנסך1 • :{}צעה1 2 • {}לו{: }צר1 • :{}קדוש1 • :{}קשח1 • :{}ראשנה1 • :{}רבים1 2 • :{}רגע1 2 • :{}רנה1 • :{}רעה1 2 • :{}רעי1 2 • :{}רצון1 2 3 • :{}שבר1 • :{}שכל1 • {}מיין{: }שלא{ }אהד{ }דבר{ }שכרת1 • :{}שלום1 • :{}שמן1 2 • :{}שצף1 2 • :{}תחת1 2 • :{}תעלוליהם1 • :{}תקשיח1 • :{}תרעלה1 2 • :{}תתעגג1
Latin Words and Phrases
Aio to : 1 • Astrologia: 1 • Croesus Halym penetrans magnam pervertet opum vim: 1 • Olim truncus eram ficulnus, inutile lignum; Quum faber, incertus scamnum faceretne: 1 • Pronaque quum spectent animalia caetera terram, Os homini sublime dedit, coelumque videre Jussit, et erectos ad sidera tollere vultus: 1 • Quoad domum taam, vel, domui tuae: 1 • ad cor: 1 • confundamini: 1 • descenderat: 1 • propter: 1 • qui mortui estis in Israel: 1 • quoe erat arida: 1 • secundum cor: 1 • vanitas: 1 • videntes: 1 • Animadversiones Philologicae: 1 • Distulit in seram commissa piacula mortem: 1 • Nunquid super his non indignabor: 1 • Quum fortunic ipsi minaci Mandaret ]aqueum, mediumque ostenderet unguem: 1 • Recede a me: 1 • afflues: 1 • conflues: 1 • ejus tempore: 1 • lectisternium: 1
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quod Babylonium olet: 1 • suo tempore: 1
French Words and Phrases
A ceux qui la veulent contempler en foy: 1 • A l'idole corruptible: 1 • A la rigueur: 1 • A leur advis: 1 • A ne tenir conte des menaces d'iceluy: 1 • Afin de destourner les idiots (qu'ils appellent) de lira dedans: 1 • Afin de ne la point voir: 1 • Apres des erreurs et superstitions: 1 • Assavoir, sur belles paroles: 1 • Au chemin d'entre Iudee et Babylone: 1 • Au moins qu'il y ait paix: 1 • Au travers de la quelle ceste desconfiture passera sans espargner endroit quelconque: 1 • Aux causes secondes: 1 • Aux enfans de ce monde: 1 • C'est leur vraye felicite d'estre conjoints a leur Sauveur: 1 • Car il n' empoigne la verge soudainement: 1 • Car il y aura paix: 1 • Car tonte son etude est: 1 • Ce mot d' eleu : 1 • Ce peu qu'ils ont de conscience: 1 • Ce qu' aussi nous devons faire: 1 • Ce suis-je, ce suis-je: 1 2 3 4 5 6 • Certainement nos enfans sont plus savans et religieux qu'eux: 1 • Comme celuy qui fut donne a Pyrrhus: 1 • Comme si Dieu n'en cust rien veu: 1 • Comme si toutes les autres villes n'estoyent rien derant Dieu au pris de ces-
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teci: 1 • D'autant qu'ils estoyent de matire corruptible: 1 • D'escheles: 1 • D'un remords de mauvaise conscience: 1 • De ce beau theater du monde: 1 • De la droite fiance en luy: 1 • De leurs ennemis: 1 • Dechassant par la splendeur de sa vertu toutes tenebres d'ignorance: 1 • Des idolatres mesmes: 1 • Des poures pecheurs: 1 • Devant moy: 1 • Doit considerer et savoir que ce que fait ici Ezechias, luy est enjoint en cas semblable: 1 • En les punissant: 1 • En son conseil: 1 • En un seul homme: 1 • En voyant les Gentils avoir toutes choses a souhait: 1 • Encor qu'il y en air un: 1 • Encore qu'il leur air pardonne: 1 • Estoit decrete et ordonne desia en son conseil: 1 • Et: 1 • Et Ezechias pleura amerement: 1 • Et exauce les souspirs faits en foy: 1 • Et jetter au sein d'iceluy sa tristesse et soliciltude: 1 • Et n'ont que faire de luy: 1 • Et qu'il ne se soucie des choses de ce monde: 1 • Et semblent estre elevees jusqu' au ciel: 1 • Et tu ne sqauras d'ou il viendra: 1 • Evangile, c'est a dire Bonne nouvelle: 1 • Fortifler ceux qui sont prests a tomber: 1 • Hors de ce monde: 1 • Il a de belles paroles: 1 • Il devoit (ce semble) monstrer la vertu de bonne heure, et non pas declarer ce qu'il feroit apres le siege leve: 1 • Il ne fait pas grand bruit: 1 • Il s'esleve d'une saincte colere alencontre de la folie desesperee des hommes: 1 • Ils ont defie tous dangers: 1 • Ils seront sacrifiez par les mains d'aussi mecans qn'eux: 1 • Jusqu' a ce que quelque oiseau soit apparu: 1 • Jusqu' ace qu'il nons esleve en haut a soy: 1 • L' a-il pas appele pour venir apres soy: 1 • L'apparence d'un ver de terre: 1 • L'arc en la nuce: 1
JOHN CALVIN
La reconciliation avec Dieu: 1 • Le Seigneur m'a delivre: 1 • Le mal m' oppresse: 1 • Lequel viendroit avec une merveilleuse vistesse: 1 • Les bestes sauvages (assavoir Ziim avec Iim,) s'y rencontreront: 1 • Les ennemis de l'Eglise: 1 • Les fideles: 1 • Les idols et l'idolatrie: 1 • Les maisons: 1 • Les profanes et incredules: 1 • Lesquelles ne pourroyent demeurer debout si les hommes n'y mettoyent la main: 1 • Mais c'estoit temps perdu: 1 • Mais celle ou il y aura des sergens de bande, capitaines, colonels et autres conducteurs: 1 • Mais pareillement a mis une priere en la bouche, et un bouclier au bras des fideles pour resister a la tentation: 1 • N'y en a point d'autre que Dieu: 1 • Non pas a ces sages mondains: 1 • Non pas que pour crainte d'estre mal voulu, il se descharge sur le Seigneur: 1 • Nonobstant la multitude des derins et augures: 1 • Nulle forme d'Eglise: 1 • Outre ces ans-ci: 1 • Par un poete profane: 1 • Paraventure, ou possible: 1 • Pour adoucir la tristesse des fideles de ces tempsla: 1 • Pour l'amour de mon sainct nom: 1 • Pour recognoistre Dieu, qui les chastioit si rudement: 1 • Pource que nous avons ose abolir les traditions et ceremonies qui estoyent en usage de long temps: 1 • Puis qu'il estoit ills et successeur de David: 1 • Puis que ton naturel est d'assister aux tiens, quand tout est reduit au desespoir: 1 • Puisque sa force n'estoit point diminuee, ni sa beneficence refroidie: 1 • Qu' ils ont eu tort de guerroyer: 1 • Qu'il faisoit son conte de mourir: 1 • Qu'ils seroyent constrains de signer leur condamnation: 1 • Quand leurs coeurs sont endureis: 1 • Quand on leur apportoit nouvelles de l' ennemi: 1 • Que Dieu sera plus fort qu' eux: 1 • Que l'homme est plus beste que los bestes mesmes: 1 • Que la guerre qu'il entreprendoit de faire auroit heureuse issue, et seroit benite du ciel: 1 • Que le vent d'adversite ne les puisse abattre: 1
COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH
Que nons avons traduit Guerre, pour "le temps," comme s'il estoit dit Son temps est accompli: 1 • Que tous sont vanite: 1 • Quel orgueil estce donc que le premier qui voudra mettre la main a la besogne se face autant de dieux que bon luy semblera: 1 • Qui comprend en soy le regne de Christ jusqu' a la fin du monde: 1 • Qui ne sommes qu'une poignee de gens: 1 • Qui sont plus vaines que la vanite mesme: 1 • S'ils ont quelque loisir de reprendre haleine: 1 • Satisfaction ou recompenses: 1 • Selon le coeur: 1 • Seulement: 1 • Si nous ne daignons ouvrir la bouche pour prier: 1 • Son Eglise composee de toutes les nations de la terre: 1 • Tant s'en faut qu'elle ose tonner si haut que de coustume, que mesmes elle n'osera desserrer les dents: 1 • Tant sous le vieil que sous le nouveau testament: 1 • Tellement qu'ils ne marchent qu'en trainant les jambes ou a clochepied: 1 • Un esprit humble et modeste: 1 • Un renonvellement incroyable, ou seconde creation du monde: 1 • mirage: 1 • qu'il estoit monte: 1 • ton bon droict: 1 • A en remercier Dieu: 1 • A l'histoire de la deliverance d'Egypte: 1 2 • Admonneste les fideles: 1 • Afin de donner puis apres a son Eglise des enfans legitimes qui luy assistent: 1 • Afin que les hommes creussent de sa majeste tout ce que bon leur sembleroit: 1 • Afin que nous comprenions mieux ce qui nons est dit de luy: 1 • Ains recognoissent que leurs vices empeschent que ceste puissance ne se monstre: 1 • Au bon chemin: 1 • Au chapitre precedent: 1 • Au pere celeste: 1 • Au service de leur maistre: 1 • Ausquels la grace a este faite: 1 • Avec ceux qui leur remonstrent choses pour leur salut: 1 • C'est comme s'il accordoit qu'il fust ainsi: 1 • Car je voy leurs oeuvres et leurs pensees: 1 • Ceux qui traduisent, Je luy distribueray portion avec plusieurs: 1 • Ceux-la sont doctes: 1 • Chacun en son endroict: 1
JOHN CALVIN
Comme aux asnes qui font signe d'oreilles: 1 • Comme les hommes sont incontinent destournez du droit chemin: 1 • Comme par feu ardent qui fait fondre: 1 • Comme plusieurs t'ont eu en horreur: 1 • Comme s'il accordoit qu'elles fassent vrayes: 1 • Comme si tu eusses gaigne ta vie en travaillant de tes mains: 1 • De desloyaute et traison: 1 • De mort: 1 • De nons amener a salut: 1 • De tout temps: 1 • Depuis un mois jusques a un autre mois, et depuis un Sabbat jusques a son autre Sabbat: 1 • Des esprits malins: 1 • Doit neeessairement estre aussi mechant qu'eux: 1 • Dureront a jamais: 1 • En ce qu'il addresse sa parole a tous: 1 • En cherchant le chemin de vie eternelle: 1 • En l'histoire de la deliverance d'Egypte: 1 • En nos articles de foy: 1 • En recognoissance du bien que Joseph avoit fait au royaume: 1 • Encore qu'ils facent du pis qu'ils pourrent: 1 • Et Persiques: 1 • Et ce ne sont pas les ignorans seulement qui font cela, ains ceux qui veulent estre estimez les plus subtils entre eux: 1 • Et gehenne: 1 • Et les appelle apostats: 1 • Et leur feray venir les choses qu'ils craignoyent: 1 • Et mesmes vent redresser celuy qui est au sepulcher: 1 • Et ne mesureroyent sa grandeur infinie a leur petitesse: 1 • Et ne veulent ouir autre chanson: 1 • Et que Mercure estoit le dieu des marchans qui out leurs livres de contes: 1 • Et se moquent de tout ce qu'on leur dit: 1 • Fideles: 1 • His verront la gloire de Dieu autrement qu'ils ne pensent: 1 • Hors du pays qui leur avoit este promis et donne: 1 • Il n'a point change de nature: 1 • Il ne faut plus offrir a Dieu des bestes brutes: 1 • J'aime mieux le prendre pour cantique : 1 • Je feray qu ils cognoistront avoir failli, tellement que ce qu ils craignoyent leur tombera dessus la teste: 1 • Je ne voy point de raison pourquoy OEcolampade a traduit, II a expose ses hants lieux au riche: 1 • Jusques a tant que Dieu vienne du ciel a main armee pour en faire vengeance:
COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH
L'une au ciel, l'autre en terre: 1 • Le Sainct d'Israel, qui est ton Redempteur, sera appele le Dieu de toute la terre, ou, Le Sainct d'Israel sera appele ton Redempteur et Dieu de toute la terre: 1 • Le danger estoit qu'ils n' estaignissent la foy d'une petite troupe de fideles: 1 • Les hommes miserables de nature: 1 • Lesquels desirent (s'ils veulent dire la verite) estre certains de leur salut, et que ce qu'ils deviendront: 1 • Leur droit: 1 • Mais c'est sans parler: 1 • Mais celle des meschans est effroyable: 1 • Mais d'autant qu'il leur avoit jure fidelite: 1 • Mais ils n'ont jamais peu faire un seul hornroe juste: 1 • Mais leur peche en est cause: 1 • Mais seulement pour la petite troupe des fideles: 1 • Mais tout s'evanouira comme fumee: 1 • Maistres charpentiers et massons: 1 • Maistres passez: 1 • Murmurent entre les dents: 1 • Ne touchcz point la souillure: 1 • Non pas mesmes de l'espesseur d'une ongle: 1 • Non pas qu'il puisse tenir les meschans en bride: 1 • Non pas qu'ils le pensent oisif ni endormi au ciel: 1 • Non point pour soy, mais pour nous: 1 • Nous n'avons aucune part au royaume de Dieu: 1 • On ne sauroit recevoir promesse queleonque: 1 • On peut lire ceci en deux sortes, assavoir comme nous l'avons traduit, Car ceci m'est comme les eaux de Noe, ou, Ceci m'est comme les jours de Noe: 1 • Ou mesmes d'une audace desesperee osent se vanter qu'ils sacrifient Jesus
Christ: 1 • Ou, jouiront en vieil aage de l'oeuvre de leurs mains: 1 • Par Rahab, : 1 • Par la predication de l'Evangile: 1 • Par les biens terriens: 1 • Par une obstination mechante: 1 • Piacula commissa propter quae expiatio debetur: 1 • Piaculum committere: 1 • Pour conformer l'esperance des fideles: 1 • Pour debatre: 1 • Pour piller et brigander: 1 • Pour rire et chanter quand elle florit, et pleurer lors qu'elle est persecutee: 1 • Pour vous estre rude et ennemi a jamais: 1 • Pource qu'elles ont este mesprisees et rejettees: 1 • Pource qu'il retient son bras: 1
JOHN CALVIN
Pource que c'est une chose avenue depuis peu d'annees: 1 • Qu' en sacrifiant un boeuf, e'est autant que s'ils coupoyent la gorge a un homme: 1 • Quand la guerre est juste, celuy qui prend la prove est juste possesseur d'icelle: 1 • Que la moindre partie de leur corps est souillee d'extorsion: 1 • Que nons avons traduit banni: 1 • Que telles gens n'esperent point que Dieu s'approche d'eux: 1 • Quelqu'un dira: 1 • Qui ferment les entrailles, et sont sans affection: 1 • Qui gemissent sous le fardeau de leurs pechez: 1 • Qui la fait reluire: 1 • Qui pensent bien honnorer Christ en s'agenouillant derant cette idole de Rome pour baiser sa pantoufle: 1 • Qui se vantent de sacrifier Iesus Christ: 1 • Regardez a la pierre dont vous avez este coupez: 1 • S'il ne nous recoit gratuitement, en pardonnant nos offenses: 1 • S'il veut contrefaire le docteur, et n'a doctrine ni savoir: 1 • Selon la coustume des criminels qui demandent misericorde: 1 • Si nons l'escoutons attentivement: 1 • Si nous ne changeons de vie: 1 • Tellement que le nombre de ceux qui revindrent en Judee fut bien petit: 1 • Tout le vieil homme: 1 • Toutes fois sa posterite en a este delivree: 1 • Toutes les marques exterieures: 1 • si nous sommes persecutez: 1 • tout leur saoul: 1 • trousser: 1 • trousser baggage: 1 • trousser un homme: 1