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Isaiah 3-5
New American Standard Bible
Isaiah 3-5
New American Standard Bible
God Will Remove the Leaders
3 For behold, the Lord [a]God of armies (A)is going to remove from Jerusalem and Judah
Both supply and support, the entire supply of bread
And the entire supply of water;
2 (B)The mighty man and the warrior,
The judge and the prophet,
The diviner and the elder,
3 The captain of fifty and the esteemed person,
The counselor and the expert artisan,
And the skillful enchanter.
4 And I will make mere (C)boys their leaders,
And [b]mischievous children will rule over them,
5 And the people will be (D)oppressed,
Each one by another, and each one by his (E)neighbor;
The youth will assault the elder,
And the contemptible person will assault the one honored.
6 When a man (F)lays hold of his brother in his father’s house, saying,
“You have a cloak, you shall be our ruler!
And these ruins will be under your [c]authority,”
7 He will [d]protest on that day, saying,
“I will not be your [e](G)healer,
For in my house there is neither bread nor cloak;
You should not appoint me ruler of the people.”
8 For (H)Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen,
Because their [f](I)speech and their actions are against the Lord,
To (J)rebel against [g]His glorious presence.
9 [h]The expression of their faces testifies against them,
And they [i]display their sin like (K)Sodom;
They do not even conceal it.
Woe to [j]them!
For they have (L)done evil to themselves.
10 Say to the (M)righteous that it will go well for them,
For they will eat the fruit of their actions.
11 Woe to the wicked! It will go badly for him,
For [k](N)what he deserves will be done to him.
12 My people! Their oppressors (O)treat them violently,
And women rule over them.
My people! (P)Those who guide you lead you astray
And confuse the direction of your paths.
God Will Judge
13 (Q)The Lord arises to contend,
And stands to judge the people.
14 The Lord (R)enters into judgment with the elders and leaders of His people,
“It is you who have [l](S)devoured the vineyard;
The (T)goods stolen from the poor are in your houses.
15 What do you mean by (U)crushing My people
And [m]oppressing the face of the poor?”
Declares the Lord [n]God of armies.
Judah’s Women Denounced
16 Moreover, the Lord said, “Because the (V)daughters of Zion are haughty
And walk with [o]heads held high and seductive eyes,
And go along with mincing steps
And jingle the anklets on their feet,
17 The Lord will afflict the scalp of the daughters of Zion with scabs,
And the Lord will make their foreheads bare.”
18 On that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, headbands, (W)crescent ornaments, 19 dangling earrings, bracelets, veils, 20 (X)headdresses, ankle chains, sashes, perfume boxes, amulets, 21 [p]finger rings, (Y)nose rings, 22 festive robes, outer garments, shawls, purses, 23 papyrus garments, undergarments, headbands, and veils.
24 Now it will come about that instead of (Z)balsam oil there will be a stench;
Instead of a belt, a rope;
Instead of (AA)well-set hair, a (AB)plucked-out scalp;
Instead of fine clothes, a (AC)robe of sackcloth;
And branding instead of beauty.
25 Your men will (AD)fall by the sword
And your [q]mighty ones in battle.
26 And her [r](AE)gates will lament and mourn,
And she will (AF)sit deserted on the ground.
A Remnant Prepared
4 For seven women will take hold of (AG)one man on that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; (AH)take away our disgrace!”
2 On that day the (AI)Branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious, and the (AJ)fruit of the earth will be the pride and the beauty of the (AK)survivors of Israel. 3 And it will come about that the one who is (AL)left in Zion and remains behind in Jerusalem will be called (AM)holy—everyone who is (AN)recorded for life in Jerusalem. 4 When the Lord has washed away the filth of the (AO)daughters of Zion and [s]purged the (AP)bloodshed of Jerusalem from her midst, by the (AQ)spirit of judgment and the (AR)spirit of [t]burning, 5 then the Lord will create over the entire area of Mount Zion and over her assemblies (AS)a cloud by day, and smoke, and the brightness of a flaming fire by night; for over all the (AT)glory will be a canopy. 6 And there will be a (AU)shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and refuge and [u]protection from the storm and the rain.
Parable of the Vineyard
5 Let me sing now for my beloved
A song of my beloved about His vineyard.
My beloved had a (AV)vineyard on [v]a fertile hill.
2 He dug it all around, cleared it of stones,
And planted it with [w]the (AW)choicest vine.
And He built a tower in the middle of it,
And also carved out a [x]wine vat in it;
Then He (AX)expected it to produce good grapes,
But it produced only [y]worthless ones.
3 “And now, you inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah,
(AY)Judge between Me and My vineyard.
4 (AZ)What more was there to do for My vineyard [z]that I have not done in it?
Why, when I expected it to produce good grapes did it produce [aa]worthless ones?
5 So now let Me tell you what I am going to do to My vineyard:
I will (BA)remove its hedge and it will be consumed;
I will (BB)break down its wall and it will become (BC)trampled ground.
6 I will (BD)lay it waste;
It will not be pruned nor hoed,
But briars and thorns will come up.
I will also command the clouds not to (BE)rain on it.”
7 For the (BF)vineyard of the Lord of armies is the house of Israel,
And the people of Judah are His delightful plant.
So He waited for justice, but behold, there was (BG)bloodshed;
For righteousness, but behold, a cry for help.
Woes for the Wicked
8 Woe to those who (BH)attach house to house and join field to field,
Until there is no more room,
And you alone are a landowner in the midst of the land!
9 In my ears the Lord of armies has sworn, “(BI)Many houses shall certainly become (BJ)desolate,
Even great and fine ones, without occupants.
10 For (BK)ten acres of vineyard will yield only one [ab]bath of wine,
And a [ac](BL)homer of seed will yield only an [ad]ephah of grain.”
11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning so that they may pursue (BM)intoxicating drink,
Who stay up late in the evening so that wine may inflame them!
12 Their banquets are accompanied by lyre and (BN)harp, by tambourine and flute, and by wine;
But they (BO)do not pay attention to the deeds of the Lord,
Nor do they consider the work of His hands.
13 Therefore My people go into exile for their (BP)lack of knowledge;
And their [ae](BQ)nobles are famished,
And their multitude is parched with thirst.
14 Therefore (BR)Sheol has enlarged its [af]throat and opened its mouth beyond measure;
And [ag]Jerusalem’s splendor, her multitude, her noise of revelry, and the jubilant within her, descend into it.
15 So the common people will be humbled and the person of importance brought low,
(BS)The eyes of the haughty also will be brought low.
16 But the (BT)Lord of armies will be (BU)exalted in judgment,
And the holy God will show Himself (BV)holy in righteousness.
17 (BW)Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture,
And strangers will eat in the ruins of the [ah]wealthy.
18 Woe to those who drag (BX)wrongdoing with the cords of [ai]deceit,
And sin as if with cart ropes;
19 (BY)Who say, “Let Him hurry, let Him do His work quickly, so that we may see it;
And let the plan of the Holy One of Israel approach
And come to pass, so that we may know it!”
20 Woe to those who (BZ)call evil good, and good evil;
Who [aj](CA)substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;
Who [ak]substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe to those who are (CB)wise in their own eyes
And [al]clever in their own sight!
22 (CC)Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine,
And valiant men in mixing intoxicating drink,
23 (CD)Who declare the wicked innocent for a bribe,
And (CE)take away the [am]rights of the ones who are in the right!
24 Therefore, (CF)as a tongue of fire consumes stubble,
And dry grass collapses in the flame,
So their (CG)root will become (CH)like rot, and their blossom [an]blow away like dust;
For they have (CI)rejected the Law of the Lord of armies,
And discarded the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25 For this reason the (CJ)anger of the Lord has burned against His people,
And He has stretched out His hand against them and struck them.
And the (CK)mountains quaked, and their (CL)corpses [ao]lay like refuse in the middle of the streets.
(CM)Despite all this, His anger [ap]is not spent,
But His (CN)hand is still stretched out.
26 He will also lift up a (CO)flag to the distant [aq]nation,
And (CP)whistle for it (CQ)from the ends of the earth;
And behold, it will (CR)come with speed swiftly.
27 (CS)No one in it is tired or stumbles,
No one slumbers or sleeps;
Nor is the (CT)undergarment at his waist loosened,
Nor his sandal strap broken.
28 [ar](CU)Its arrows are sharp and all its bows are bent;
The hoofs of its horses [as]seem like flint, and its chariot (CV)wheels like a storm wind.
29 Its (CW)roaring is like a lioness, and it roars like young lions;
It growls as it (CX)seizes the prey
And carries it off with (CY)no one to save it.
30 And it will (CZ)roar against it on that day like the roaring of the sea.
If one (DA)looks across to the land, behold, there is darkness and distress;
Even the light is darkened by its clouds.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 3:1 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 3:4 Or arbitrary power will rule
- Isaiah 3:6 Lit hand
- Isaiah 3:7 Lit lift up his voice
- Isaiah 3:7 Lit binder of wounds
- Isaiah 3:8 Lit tongue
- Isaiah 3:8 Lit the eyes of His glory
- Isaiah 3:9 Or Their partiality testifies
- Isaiah 3:9 Lit proclaim
- Isaiah 3:9 Lit their soul
- Isaiah 3:11 Lit the accomplishment of his hands
- Isaiah 3:14 Lit grazed over
- Isaiah 3:15 Lit grinding the face of
- Isaiah 3:15 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 3:16 Lit outstretched necks
- Isaiah 3:21 Or signet rings
- Isaiah 3:25 Lit strength
- Isaiah 3:26 Lit entrances
- Isaiah 4:4 Lit rinsed away
- Isaiah 4:4 Or destruction
- Isaiah 4:6 Lit a hiding place
- Isaiah 5:1 Lit horn, a son of fatness
- Isaiah 5:2 Lit a bright red grape
- Isaiah 5:2 Or wine press
- Isaiah 5:2 Or unripe
- Isaiah 5:4 Lit and I have not done
- Isaiah 5:4 Or unripe
- Isaiah 5:10 About 6 gallons or 23 liters
- Isaiah 5:10 About 7.7 cubic feet or 0.22 cubit meters or more
- Isaiah 5:10 About 1 cubic foot or 0.03 cubic meters
- Isaiah 5:13 Lit glory is men of famine
- Isaiah 5:14 Or appetite
- Isaiah 5:14 Lit her
- Isaiah 5:17 Lit fat
- Isaiah 5:18 Or worthlessness
- Isaiah 5:20 Lit set
- Isaiah 5:20 Lit set
- Isaiah 5:21 Lit discerning
- Isaiah 5:23 Lit justice
- Isaiah 5:24 Lit ascend
- Isaiah 5:25 Lit were
- Isaiah 5:25 Lit has not turned away
- Isaiah 5:26 Lit nations; prob. Assyria
- Isaiah 5:28 Lit Which, its arrows
- Isaiah 5:28 Lit are regarded as
Isaiah 3-5
New International Version
Isaiah 3-5
New International Version
Judgment on Jerusalem and Judah
3 See now, the Lord,
the Lord Almighty,
is about to take from Jerusalem and Judah
both supply and support:(A)
all supplies of food(B) and all supplies of water,(C)
2 the hero and the warrior,(D)
the judge and the prophet,
the diviner(E) and the elder,(F)
3 the captain of fifty(G) and the man of rank,(H)
the counselor, skilled craftsman(I) and clever enchanter.(J)
4 “I will make mere youths their officials;
children will rule over them.”(K)
5 People will oppress each other—
man against man, neighbor against neighbor.(L)
The young will rise up against the old,
the nobody against the honored.
6 A man will seize one of his brothers
in his father’s house, and say,
“You have a cloak, you be our leader;
take charge of this heap of ruins!”
7 But in that day(M) he will cry out,
“I have no remedy.(N)
I have no food(O) or clothing in my house;
do not make me the leader of the people.”(P)
8 Jerusalem staggers,
Judah is falling;(Q)
their words(R) and deeds(S) are against the Lord,
defying(T) his glorious presence.
9 The look on their faces testifies(U) against them;
they parade their sin like Sodom;(V)
they do not hide it.
Woe to them!
They have brought disaster(W) upon themselves.
10 Tell the righteous it will be well(X) with them,
for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.(Y)
11 Woe to the wicked!(Z)
Disaster(AA) is upon them!
They will be paid back(AB)
for what their hands have done.(AC)
12 Youths(AD) oppress my people,
women rule over them.
My people, your guides lead you astray;(AE)
they turn you from the path.
13 The Lord takes his place in court;(AF)
he rises to judge(AG) the people.
14 The Lord enters into judgment(AH)
against the elders and leaders of his people:
“It is you who have ruined my vineyard;
the plunder(AI) from the poor(AJ) is in your houses.
15 What do you mean by crushing my people(AK)
and grinding(AL) the faces of the poor?”(AM)
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.(AN)
16 The Lord says,
“The women of Zion(AO) are haughty,
walking along with outstretched necks,(AP)
flirting with their eyes,
strutting along with swaying hips,
with ornaments jingling on their ankles.
17 Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion;
the Lord will make their scalps bald.(AQ)”
18 In that day(AR) the Lord will snatch away their finery: the bangles and headbands and crescent necklaces,(AS) 19 the earrings and bracelets(AT) and veils,(AU) 20 the headdresses(AV) and anklets and sashes, the perfume bottles and charms, 21 the signet rings and nose rings,(AW) 22 the fine robes and the capes and cloaks,(AX) the purses 23 and mirrors, and the linen garments(AY) and tiaras(AZ) and shawls.
24 Instead of fragrance(BA) there will be a stench;(BB)
instead of a sash,(BC) a rope;
instead of well-dressed hair, baldness;(BD)
instead of fine clothing, sackcloth;(BE)
instead of beauty,(BF) branding.(BG)
25 Your men will fall by the sword,(BH)
your warriors in battle.(BI)
26 The gates(BJ) of Zion will lament and mourn;(BK)
destitute,(BL) she will sit on the ground.(BM)
4 1 In that day(BN) seven women
will take hold of one man(BO)
and say, “We will eat our own food(BP)
and provide our own clothes;
only let us be called by your name.
Take away our disgrace!”(BQ)
The Branch of the Lord
2 In that day(BR) the Branch of the Lord(BS) will be beautiful(BT) and glorious, and the fruit(BU) of the land will be the pride and glory(BV) of the survivors(BW) in Israel. 3 Those who are left in Zion,(BX) who remain(BY) in Jerusalem, will be called holy,(BZ) all who are recorded(CA) among the living in Jerusalem. 4 The Lord will wash away the filth(CB) of the women of Zion;(CC) he will cleanse(CD) the bloodstains(CE) from Jerusalem by a spirit[a] of judgment(CF) and a spirit[b] of fire.(CG) 5 Then the Lord will create(CH) over all of Mount Zion(CI) and over those who assemble there a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night;(CJ) over everything the glory[c](CK) will be a canopy.(CL) 6 It will be a shelter(CM) and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge(CN) and hiding place from the storm(CO) and rain.
The Song of the Vineyard
5 I will sing for the one I love
a song about his vineyard:(CP)
My loved one had a vineyard
on a fertile hillside.
2 He dug it up and cleared it of stones
and planted it with the choicest vines.(CQ)
He built a watchtower(CR) in it
and cut out a winepress(CS) as well.
Then he looked for a crop of good grapes,
but it yielded only bad fruit.(CT)
3 “Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah,
judge between me and my vineyard.(CU)
4 What more could have been done for my vineyard
than I have done for it?(CV)
When I looked for good grapes,
why did it yield only bad?(CW)
5 Now I will tell you
what I am going to do to my vineyard:
I will take away its hedge,
and it will be destroyed;(CX)
I will break down its wall,(CY)
and it will be trampled.(CZ)
6 I will make it a wasteland,(DA)
neither pruned nor cultivated,
and briers and thorns(DB) will grow there.
I will command the clouds
not to rain(DC) on it.”
7 The vineyard(DD) of the Lord Almighty
is the nation of Israel,
and the people of Judah
are the vines he delighted in.
And he looked for justice,(DE) but saw bloodshed;
for righteousness,(DF) but heard cries of distress.(DG)
Woes and Judgments
8 Woe(DH) to you who add house to house
and join field to field(DI)
till no space is left
and you live alone in the land.
9 The Lord Almighty(DJ) has declared in my hearing:(DK)
“Surely the great houses will become desolate,(DL)
the fine mansions left without occupants.
10 A ten-acre vineyard will produce only a bath[d] of wine;
a homer[e] of seed will yield only an ephah[f] of grain.”(DM)
11 Woe(DN) to those who rise early in the morning
to run after their drinks,
who stay up late at night
till they are inflamed with wine.(DO)
12 They have harps and lyres at their banquets,
pipes(DP) and timbrels(DQ) and wine,
but they have no regard(DR) for the deeds of the Lord,
no respect for the work of his hands.(DS)
13 Therefore my people will go into exile(DT)
for lack of understanding;(DU)
those of high rank(DV) will die of hunger
and the common people will be parched with thirst.(DW)
14 Therefore Death(DX) expands its jaws,
opening wide its mouth;(DY)
into it will descend their nobles and masses
with all their brawlers and revelers.(DZ)
15 So people will be brought low(EA)
and everyone humbled,(EB)
the eyes of the arrogant(EC) humbled.
16 But the Lord Almighty will be exalted(ED) by his justice,(EE)
and the holy God will be proved holy(EF) by his righteous acts.
17 Then sheep will graze as in their own pasture;(EG)
lambs will feed[g] among the ruins of the rich.
18 Woe(EH) to those who draw sin along with cords(EI) of deceit,
and wickedness(EJ) as with cart ropes,
19 to those who say, “Let God hurry;
let him hasten(EK) his work
so we may see it.
The plan of the Holy One(EL) of Israel—
let it approach, let it come into view,
so we may know it.”(EM)
20 Woe(EN) to those who call evil good(EO)
and good evil,(EP)
who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,(EQ)
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter.(ER)
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes(ES)
and clever in their own sight.
22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine(ET)
and champions at mixing drinks,(EU)
23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe,(EV)
but deny justice(EW) to the innocent.(EX)
24 Therefore, as tongues of fire(EY) lick up straw(EZ)
and as dry grass sinks down in the flames,
so their roots will decay(FA)
and their flowers blow away like dust;(FB)
for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty
and spurned the word(FC) of the Holy One(FD) of Israel.
25 Therefore the Lord’s anger(FE) burns against his people;
his hand is raised and he strikes them down.
The mountains shake,(FF)
and the dead bodies(FG) are like refuse(FH) in the streets.(FI)
26 He lifts up a banner(FL) for the distant nations,
he whistles(FM) for those at the ends of the earth.(FN)
Here they come,
swiftly and speedily!
27 Not one of them grows tired(FO) or stumbles,
not one slumbers or sleeps;
not a belt(FP) is loosened at the waist,(FQ)
not a sandal strap is broken.(FR)
28 Their arrows are sharp,(FS)
all their bows(FT) are strung;
their horses’ hooves(FU) seem like flint,
their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.(FV)
29 Their roar is like that of the lion,(FW)
they roar like young lions;
they growl as they seize(FX) their prey
and carry it off with no one to rescue.(FY)
30 In that day(FZ) they will roar over it
like the roaring of the sea.(GA)
And if one looks at the land,
there is only darkness(GB) and distress;(GC)
even the sun will be darkened(GD) by clouds.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 4:4 Or the Spirit
- Isaiah 4:4 Or the Spirit
- Isaiah 4:5 Or over all the glory there
- Isaiah 5:10 That is, about 6 gallons or about 22 liters
- Isaiah 5:10 That is, probably about 360 pounds or about 160 kilograms
- Isaiah 5:10 That is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms
- Isaiah 5:17 Septuagint; Hebrew / strangers will eat
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