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Isaiah 1:21-5:30
New King James Version
Isaiah 1:21-5:30
New King James Version
The Degenerate City
21 (A)How the faithful city has become a [a]harlot!
It was full of justice;
Righteousness lodged in it,
But now (B)murderers.
22 (C)Your silver has become dross,
Your wine mixed with water.
23 (D)Your princes are rebellious,
And (E)companions of thieves;
(F)Everyone loves bribes,
And follows after rewards.
They (G)do not defend the fatherless,
Nor does the cause of the widow come before them.
24 Therefore the Lord says,
The Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel,
“Ah, (H)I will [b]rid Myself of My adversaries,
And [c]take vengeance on My enemies.
25 I will turn My hand against you,
And (I)thoroughly[d] purge away your dross,
And take away all your alloy.
26 I will restore your judges (J)as at the first,
And your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward (K)you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city.”
27 Zion shall be redeemed with justice,
And her [e]penitents with righteousness.
28 The (L)destruction of transgressors and of sinners shall be together,
And those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.
29 For [f]they shall be ashamed of the [g]terebinth trees
Which you have desired;
And you shall be embarrassed because of the gardens
Which you have chosen.
30 For you shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fades,
And as a garden that has no water.
31 (M)The strong shall be as tinder,
And the work of it as a spark;
Both will burn together,
And no one shall (N)quench them.
The Future House of God(O)
2 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Now (P)it shall come to pass (Q)in the latter days
(R)That the mountain of the Lord’s house
Shall be established on the top of the mountains,
And shall be exalted above the hills;
And all nations shall flow to it.
3 Many people shall come and say,
(S)“Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
To the house of the God of Jacob;
He will teach us His ways,
And we shall walk in His paths.”
(T)For out of Zion shall go forth the law,
And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
4 He shall judge between the nations,
And rebuke many people;
They shall beat their swords into plowshares,
And their spears into pruning [h]hooks;
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
Neither shall they learn war anymore.
The Day of the Lord
5 O house of Jacob, come and let us (U)walk
In the light of the Lord.
6 For You have forsaken Your people, the house of Jacob,
Because they are filled (V)with eastern ways;
They are (W)soothsayers like the Philistines,
(X)And they [i]are pleased with the children of foreigners.
7 (Y)Their land is also full of silver and gold,
And there is no end to their treasures;
Their land is also full of horses,
And there is no end to their chariots.
8 (Z)Their land is also full of idols;
They worship the work of their own hands,
That which their own fingers have made.
9 People bow down,
And each man humbles himself;
Therefore do not forgive them.
10 (AA)Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust,
From the terror of the Lord
And the glory of His majesty.
11 The [j]lofty looks of man shall be (AB)humbled,
The haughtiness of men shall be bowed down,
And the Lord alone shall be exalted (AC)in that day.
12 For the day of the Lord of hosts
Shall come upon everything proud and lofty,
Upon everything lifted up—
And it shall be brought low—
13 Upon all (AD)the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up,
And upon all the oaks of Bashan;
14 (AE)Upon all the high mountains,
And upon all the hills that are lifted up;
15 Upon every high tower,
And upon every fortified wall;
16 (AF)Upon all the ships of Tarshish,
And upon all the beautiful sloops.
17 The [k]loftiness of man shall be bowed down,
And the haughtiness of men shall be brought low;
The Lord alone will be exalted in that day,
18 But the idols [l]He shall utterly abolish.
19 They shall go into the (AG)holes of the rocks,
And into the caves of the [m]earth,
(AH)From the terror of the Lord
And the glory of His majesty,
When He arises (AI)to shake the earth mightily.
20 In that day a man will cast away his idols of silver
And his idols of gold,
Which they made, each for himself to worship,
To the moles and bats,
21 To go into the clefts of the rocks,
And into the crags of the rugged rocks,
From the terror of the Lord
And the glory of His majesty,
When He arises to shake the earth mightily.
22 (AJ)Sever[n] yourselves from such a man,
Whose (AK)breath is in his nostrils;
For [o]of what account is he?
Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem
3 For behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts,
(AL)Takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah
(AM)The[p] stock and the store,
The whole supply of bread and the whole supply of water;
2 (AN)The mighty man and the man of war,
The judge and the prophet,
And the diviner and the elder;
3 The captain of fifty and the [q]honorable man,
The counselor and the skillful artisan,
And the expert enchanter.
4 “I will give (AO)children[r] to be their princes,
And [s]babes shall rule over them.
5 The people will be oppressed,
Every one by another and every one by his neighbor;
The child will be insolent toward the [t]elder,
And the [u]base toward the honorable.”
6 When a man takes hold of his brother
In the house of his father, saying,
“You have clothing;
You be our ruler,
And let these ruins be under your [v]power,”
7 In that day he will protest, saying,
“I cannot cure your ills,
For in my house is neither food nor clothing;
Do not make me a ruler of the people.”
8 For (AP)Jerusalem stumbled,
And Judah is fallen,
Because their tongue and their doings
Are against the Lord,
To provoke the eyes of His glory.
9 The look on their countenance witnesses against them,
And they declare their sin as (AQ)Sodom;
They do not hide it.
Woe to their soul!
For they have brought evil upon themselves.
10 “Say to the righteous (AR)that it shall be well with them,
(AS)For they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
11 Woe to the wicked! (AT)It shall be ill with him,
For the reward of his hands shall be [w]given him.
12 As for My people, children are their oppressors,
And women rule over them.
O My people! (AU)Those who lead you [x]cause you to err,
And destroy the way of your paths.”
Oppression and Luxury Condemned
13 The Lord stands up (AV)to [y]plead,
And stands to judge the people.
14 The Lord will enter into judgment
With the elders of His people
And His princes:
“For you have [z]eaten up (AW)the vineyard;
The plunder of the poor is in your houses.
15 What do you mean by (AX)crushing My people
And grinding the faces of the poor?”
Says the Lord God of hosts.
16 Moreover the Lord says:
“Because the daughters of Zion are haughty,
And walk with [aa]outstretched necks
And [ab]wanton eyes,
Walking and [ac]mincing as they go,
Making a jingling with their feet,
17 Therefore the Lord will strike with (AY)a scab
The crown of the head of the daughters of Zion,
And the Lord will (AZ)uncover their secret parts.”
18 In that day the Lord will take away the finery:
The jingling anklets, the [ad]scarves, and the (BA)crescents;
19 The pendants, the bracelets, and the veils;
20 The headdresses, the leg ornaments, and the headbands;
The perfume boxes, the charms,
21 and the rings;
The nose jewels,
22 the festal apparel, and the mantles;
The outer garments, the purses,
23 and the mirrors;
The fine linen, the turbans, and the robes.
24 And so it shall be:
Instead of a sweet smell there will be a stench;
Instead of a sash, a rope;
Instead of well-set hair, (BB)baldness;
Instead of a rich robe, a girding of sackcloth;
And [ae]branding instead of beauty.
25 Your men shall fall by the sword,
And your [af]mighty in the war.
Jerusalem’s Glorious Future
4 And (BE)in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying,
“We will (BF)eat our own food and wear our own apparel;
Only let us be called by your name,
To take away (BG)our reproach.”
The Renewal of Zion
2 In that day (BH)the Branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious;
And the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and appealing
For those of Israel who have escaped.
3 And it shall come to pass that he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem (BI)will be called holy—everyone who is (BJ)recorded among the living in Jerusalem. 4 When (BK)the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and purged the [ag]blood of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning, 5 then the Lord will create above every dwelling place of Mount Zion, and above her assemblies, (BL)a cloud and smoke by day and (BM)the shining of a flaming fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a [ah]covering. 6 And there will be a tabernacle for shade in the daytime from the heat, (BN)for a place of refuge, and for a shelter from storm and rain.
God’s Disappointing Vineyard
5 Now let me sing to my Well-beloved
A song of my Beloved (BO)regarding His vineyard:
My Well-beloved has a vineyard
[ai]On a very fruitful hill.
2 He dug it up and cleared out its stones,
And planted it with the choicest vine.
He built a tower in its midst,
And also [aj]made a winepress in it;
(BP)So He expected it to bring forth good grapes,
But it brought forth wild grapes.
3 “And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah,
(BQ)Judge, please, between Me and My vineyard.
4 What more could have been done to My vineyard
That I have not done in (BR)it?
Why then, when I expected it to bring forth good grapes,
Did it bring forth wild grapes?
5 And now, please let Me tell you what I will do to My vineyard:
(BS)I will take away its hedge, and it shall be burned;
And break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down.
6 I will lay it (BT)waste;
It shall not be pruned or [ak]dug,
But there shall come up briers and (BU)thorns.
I will also command the clouds
That they rain no rain on it.”
7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel,
And the men of Judah are His pleasant plant.
He looked for justice, but behold, oppression;
For righteousness, but behold, [al]a cry for help.
Impending Judgment on Excesses
8 Woe to those who [am]join (BV)house to house;
They add field to field,
Till there is no place
Where they may dwell alone in the midst of the land!
9 (BW)In my hearing the Lord of hosts said,
“Truly, many houses shall be desolate,
Great and beautiful ones, without inhabitant.
10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one (BX)bath,[an]
And a homer of seed shall yield one [ao]ephah.”
11 (BY)Woe to those who rise early in the morning,
That they may [ap]follow intoxicating drink;
Who continue until night, till wine inflames them!
12 (BZ)The harp and the strings,
The tambourine and flute,
And wine are in their feasts;
But (CA)they do not regard the work of the Lord,
Nor consider the operation of His hands.
13 (CB)Therefore my people have gone into captivity,
Because they have no (CC)knowledge;
Their honorable men are famished,
And their multitude dried up with thirst.
14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged itself
And opened its mouth beyond measure;
Their glory and their multitude and their pomp,
And he who is jubilant, shall descend into it.
15 People shall be brought down,
(CD)Each man shall be humbled,
And the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled.
16 But the Lord of hosts shall be (CE)exalted in judgment,
And God who is holy shall be hallowed in righteousness.
17 Then the lambs shall feed in their pasture,
And in the waste places of (CF)the [aq]fat ones strangers shall eat.
18 Woe to those who [ar]draw iniquity with cords of [as]vanity,
And sin as if with a cart rope;
19 (CG)That say, “Let Him make speed and hasten His work,
That we may see it;
And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come,
That we may know it.”
20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;
Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe to those who are (CH)wise in their own eyes,
And prudent in their own sight!
22 Woe to men mighty at drinking wine,
Woe to men valiant for mixing intoxicating drink,
23 Who (CI)justify the wicked for a bribe,
And take away justice from the righteous man!
24 Therefore, (CJ)as the [at]fire devours the stubble,
And the flame consumes the chaff,
So (CK)their root will be as rottenness,
And their blossom will ascend like dust;
Because they have rejected the law of the Lord of hosts,
And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25 (CL)Therefore the anger of the Lord is aroused against His people;
He has stretched out His hand against them
And stricken them,
And (CM)the hills trembled.
Their carcasses were as refuse in the midst of the streets.
(CN)For all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is stretched out still.
26 (CO)He will lift up a banner to the nations from afar,
And will (CP)whistle to them from (CQ)the end of the earth;
Surely (CR)they shall come with speed, swiftly.
27 No one will be weary or stumble among them,
No one will slumber or sleep;
Nor (CS)will the belt on their loins be loosed,
Nor the strap of their sandals be broken;
28 (CT)Whose arrows are sharp,
And all their bows bent;
Their horses’ hooves will [au]seem like flint,
And their wheels like a whirlwind.
29 Their roaring will be like a lion,
They will roar like young lions;
Yes, they will roar
And lay hold of the prey;
They will carry it away safely,
And no one will deliver.
30 In that day they will roar against them
Like the roaring of the sea.
And if one (CU)looks to the land,
Behold, darkness and [av]sorrow;
And the light is darkened by the clouds.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:21 Unfaithful
- Isaiah 1:24 be relieved of
- Isaiah 1:24 avenge Myself
- Isaiah 1:25 refine with lye
- Isaiah 1:27 Lit. returners
- Isaiah 1:29 So with MT, LXX, Vg.; some Heb. mss., Tg. you
- Isaiah 1:29 Sites of pagan worship
- Isaiah 2:4 knives
- Isaiah 2:6 Or clap, shake hands to make bargains with the children
- Isaiah 2:11 proud
- Isaiah 2:17 pride
- Isaiah 2:18 Or shall utterly vanish
- Isaiah 2:19 Lit. dust
- Isaiah 2:22 Lit. Cease yourselves from the man
- Isaiah 2:22 Lit. in what is he to be esteemed
- Isaiah 3:1 Every support
- Isaiah 3:3 Eminent looking men
- Isaiah 3:4 boys
- Isaiah 3:4 Or capricious ones
- Isaiah 3:5 aged
- Isaiah 3:5 despised, lightly esteemed
- Isaiah 3:6 Lit. hand
- Isaiah 3:11 done to him
- Isaiah 3:12 lead you astray
- Isaiah 3:13 contend, plead His case
- Isaiah 3:14 burned
- Isaiah 3:16 Head held high
- Isaiah 3:16 seductive, ogling
- Isaiah 3:16 tripping or skipping
- Isaiah 3:18 headbands
- Isaiah 3:24 burning scar
- Isaiah 3:25 Lit. strength
- Isaiah 4:4 bloodshed
- Isaiah 4:5 canopy
- Isaiah 5:1 Lit. In a horn, the son of fatness
- Isaiah 5:2 Lit. hewed out
- Isaiah 5:6 hoed
- Isaiah 5:7 wailing
- Isaiah 5:8 Accumulate houses
- Isaiah 5:10 1 bath=1⁄10 homer
- Isaiah 5:10 1 ephah=1⁄10 homer
- Isaiah 5:11 pursue
- Isaiah 5:17 Lit. fatlings, rich ones
- Isaiah 5:18 drag
- Isaiah 5:18 emptiness or falsehood
- Isaiah 5:24 Lit. tongue of fire
- Isaiah 5:28 Lit. be regarded as
- Isaiah 5:30 distress
Isaiah 1:21-5:30
New International Version
Isaiah 1:21-5:30
New International Version
21 See how the faithful city
has become a prostitute!(A)
She once was full of justice;
righteousness(B) used to dwell in her—
but now murderers!(C)
22 Your silver has become dross,(D)
your choice wine is diluted with water.
23 Your rulers are rebels,(E)
partners with thieves;(F)
they all love bribes(G)
and chase after gifts.
They do not defend the cause of the fatherless;
the widow’s case does not come before them.(H)
24 Therefore the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
the Mighty One(I) of Israel, declares:
“Ah! I will vent my wrath on my foes
and avenge(J) myself on my enemies.(K)
25 I will turn my hand against you;[a](L)
I will thoroughly purge(M) away your dross(N)
and remove all your impurities.(O)
26 I will restore your leaders as in days of old,(P)
your rulers as at the beginning.
Afterward you will be called(Q)
the City of Righteousness,(R)
the Faithful City.(S)”
27 Zion will be delivered with justice,
her penitent(T) ones with righteousness.(U)
28 But rebels and sinners(V) will both be broken,
and those who forsake(W) the Lord will perish.(X)
29 “You will be ashamed(Y) because of the sacred oaks(Z)
in which you have delighted;
you will be disgraced because of the gardens(AA)
that you have chosen.
30 You will be like an oak with fading leaves,(AB)
like a garden without water.
31 The mighty man will become tinder
and his work a spark;
both will burn together,
with no one to quench the fire.(AC)”
The Mountain of the Lord(AD)
2 This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:(AE)
2 In the last days(AF)
the mountain(AG) of the Lord’s temple will be established
as the highest of the mountains;(AH)
it will be exalted(AI) above the hills,
and all nations will stream to it.(AJ)
3 Many peoples(AK) will come and say,
“Come, let us go(AL) up to the mountain(AM) of the Lord,
to the temple of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us his ways,
so that we may walk in his paths.”
The law(AN) will go out from Zion,
the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.(AO)
4 He will judge(AP) between the nations
and will settle disputes(AQ) for many peoples.
They will beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.(AR)
Nation will not take up sword against nation,(AS)
nor will they train for war anymore.
The Day of the Lord
6 You, Lord, have abandoned(AV) your people,
the descendants of Jacob.(AW)
They are full of superstitions from the East;
they practice divination(AX) like the Philistines(AY)
and embrace(AZ) pagan customs.(BA)
7 Their land is full of silver and gold;(BB)
there is no end to their treasures.(BC)
Their land is full of horses;(BD)
there is no end to their chariots.(BE)
8 Their land is full of idols;(BF)
they bow down(BG) to the work of their hands,(BH)
to what their fingers(BI) have made.
9 So people will be brought low(BJ)
and everyone humbled(BK)—
do not forgive them.[b](BL)
10 Go into the rocks, hide(BM) in the ground
from the fearful presence of the Lord
and the splendor of his majesty!(BN)
11 The eyes of the arrogant(BO) will be humbled(BP)
and human pride(BQ) brought low;(BR)
the Lord alone will be exalted(BS) in that day.(BT)
12 The Lord Almighty has a day(BU) in store
for all the proud(BV) and lofty,(BW)
for all that is exalted(BX)
(and they will be humbled),(BY)
13 for all the cedars of Lebanon,(BZ) tall and lofty,(CA)
and all the oaks of Bashan,(CB)
14 for all the towering mountains
and all the high hills,(CC)
15 for every lofty tower(CD)
and every fortified wall,(CE)
16 for every trading ship[c](CF)
and every stately vessel.
17 The arrogance of man will be brought low(CG)
and human pride humbled;(CH)
the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,(CI)
18 and the idols(CJ) will totally disappear.(CK)
19 People will flee to caves(CL) in the rocks
and to holes in the ground(CM)
from the fearful presence(CN) of the Lord
and the splendor of his majesty,(CO)
when he rises to shake the earth.(CP)
20 In that day(CQ) people will throw away
to the moles and bats(CR)
their idols of silver and idols of gold,(CS)
which they made to worship.(CT)
21 They will flee to caverns in the rocks(CU)
and to the overhanging crags
from the fearful presence of the Lord
and the splendor of his majesty,(CV)
when he rises(CW) to shake the earth.(CX)
22 Stop trusting in mere humans,(CY)
who have but a breath(CZ) in their nostrils.
Why hold them in esteem?(DA)
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:(DB)
all supplies of food(DC) and all supplies of water,(DD)
2 the hero and the warrior,(DE)
the judge and the prophet,
the diviner(DF) and the elder,(DG)
3 the captain of fifty(DH) and the man of rank,(DI)
the counselor, skilled craftsman(DJ) and clever enchanter.(DK)
4 “I will make mere youths their officials;
children will rule over them.”(DL)
5 People will oppress each other—
man against man, neighbor against neighbor.(DM)
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(DN) he will cry out,
“I have no remedy.(DO)
I have no food(DP) or clothing in my house;
do not make me the leader of the people.”(DQ)
8 Jerusalem staggers,
Judah is falling;(DR)
their words(DS) and deeds(DT) are against the Lord,
defying(DU) his glorious presence.
9 The look on their faces testifies(DV) against them;
they parade their sin like Sodom;(DW)
they do not hide it.
Woe to them!
They have brought disaster(DX) upon themselves.
10 Tell the righteous it will be well(DY) with them,
for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.(DZ)
11 Woe to the wicked!(EA)
Disaster(EB) is upon them!
They will be paid back(EC)
for what their hands have done.(ED)
12 Youths(EE) oppress my people,
women rule over them.
My people, your guides lead you astray;(EF)
they turn you from the path.
13 The Lord takes his place in court;(EG)
he rises to judge(EH) the people.
14 The Lord enters into judgment(EI)
against the elders and leaders of his people:
“It is you who have ruined my vineyard;
the plunder(EJ) from the poor(EK) is in your houses.
15 What do you mean by crushing my people(EL)
and grinding(EM) the faces of the poor?”(EN)
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.(EO)
16 The Lord says,
“The women of Zion(EP) are haughty,
walking along with outstretched necks,(EQ)
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.(ER)”
18 In that day(ES) the Lord will snatch away their finery: the bangles and headbands and crescent necklaces,(ET) 19 the earrings and bracelets(EU) and veils,(EV) 20 the headdresses(EW) and anklets and sashes, the perfume bottles and charms, 21 the signet rings and nose rings,(EX) 22 the fine robes and the capes and cloaks,(EY) the purses 23 and mirrors, and the linen garments(EZ) and tiaras(FA) and shawls.
24 Instead of fragrance(FB) there will be a stench;(FC)
instead of a sash,(FD) a rope;
instead of well-dressed hair, baldness;(FE)
instead of fine clothing, sackcloth;(FF)
instead of beauty,(FG) branding.(FH)
25 Your men will fall by the sword,(FI)
your warriors in battle.(FJ)
26 The gates(FK) of Zion will lament and mourn;(FL)
destitute,(FM) she will sit on the ground.(FN)
4 1 In that day(FO) seven women
will take hold of one man(FP)
and say, “We will eat our own food(FQ)
and provide our own clothes;
only let us be called by your name.
Take away our disgrace!”(FR)
The Branch of the Lord
2 In that day(FS) the Branch of the Lord(FT) will be beautiful(FU) and glorious, and the fruit(FV) of the land will be the pride and glory(FW) of the survivors(FX) in Israel. 3 Those who are left in Zion,(FY) who remain(FZ) in Jerusalem, will be called holy,(GA) all who are recorded(GB) among the living in Jerusalem. 4 The Lord will wash away the filth(GC) of the women of Zion;(GD) he will cleanse(GE) the bloodstains(GF) from Jerusalem by a spirit[d] of judgment(GG) and a spirit[e] of fire.(GH) 5 Then the Lord will create(GI) over all of Mount Zion(GJ) and over those who assemble there a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night;(GK) over everything the glory[f](GL) will be a canopy.(GM) 6 It will be a shelter(GN) and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge(GO) and hiding place from the storm(GP) and rain.
The Song of the Vineyard
5 I will sing for the one I love
a song about his vineyard:(GQ)
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.(GR)
He built a watchtower(GS) in it
and cut out a winepress(GT) as well.
Then he looked for a crop of good grapes,
but it yielded only bad fruit.(GU)
3 “Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah,
judge between me and my vineyard.(GV)
4 What more could have been done for my vineyard
than I have done for it?(GW)
When I looked for good grapes,
why did it yield only bad?(GX)
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;(GY)
I will break down its wall,(GZ)
and it will be trampled.(HA)
6 I will make it a wasteland,(HB)
neither pruned nor cultivated,
and briers and thorns(HC) will grow there.
I will command the clouds
not to rain(HD) on it.”
7 The vineyard(HE) 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,(HF) but saw bloodshed;
for righteousness,(HG) but heard cries of distress.(HH)
Woes and Judgments
8 Woe(HI) to you who add house to house
and join field to field(HJ)
till no space is left
and you live alone in the land.
9 The Lord Almighty(HK) has declared in my hearing:(HL)
“Surely the great houses will become desolate,(HM)
the fine mansions left without occupants.
10 A ten-acre vineyard will produce only a bath[g] of wine;
a homer[h] of seed will yield only an ephah[i] of grain.”(HN)
11 Woe(HO) 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.(HP)
12 They have harps and lyres at their banquets,
pipes(HQ) and timbrels(HR) and wine,
but they have no regard(HS) for the deeds of the Lord,
no respect for the work of his hands.(HT)
13 Therefore my people will go into exile(HU)
for lack of understanding;(HV)
those of high rank(HW) will die of hunger
and the common people will be parched with thirst.(HX)
14 Therefore Death(HY) expands its jaws,
opening wide its mouth;(HZ)
into it will descend their nobles and masses
with all their brawlers and revelers.(IA)
15 So people will be brought low(IB)
and everyone humbled,(IC)
the eyes of the arrogant(ID) humbled.
16 But the Lord Almighty will be exalted(IE) by his justice,(IF)
and the holy God will be proved holy(IG) by his righteous acts.
17 Then sheep will graze as in their own pasture;(IH)
lambs will feed[j] among the ruins of the rich.
18 Woe(II) to those who draw sin along with cords(IJ) of deceit,
and wickedness(IK) as with cart ropes,
19 to those who say, “Let God hurry;
let him hasten(IL) his work
so we may see it.
The plan of the Holy One(IM) of Israel—
let it approach, let it come into view,
so we may know it.”(IN)
20 Woe(IO) to those who call evil good(IP)
and good evil,(IQ)
who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,(IR)
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter.(IS)
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes(IT)
and clever in their own sight.
22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine(IU)
and champions at mixing drinks,(IV)
23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe,(IW)
but deny justice(IX) to the innocent.(IY)
24 Therefore, as tongues of fire(IZ) lick up straw(JA)
and as dry grass sinks down in the flames,
so their roots will decay(JB)
and their flowers blow away like dust;(JC)
for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty
and spurned the word(JD) of the Holy One(JE) of Israel.
25 Therefore the Lord’s anger(JF) burns against his people;
his hand is raised and he strikes them down.
The mountains shake,(JG)
and the dead bodies(JH) are like refuse(JI) in the streets.(JJ)
26 He lifts up a banner(JM) for the distant nations,
he whistles(JN) for those at the ends of the earth.(JO)
Here they come,
swiftly and speedily!
27 Not one of them grows tired(JP) or stumbles,
not one slumbers or sleeps;
not a belt(JQ) is loosened at the waist,(JR)
not a sandal strap is broken.(JS)
28 Their arrows are sharp,(JT)
all their bows(JU) are strung;
their horses’ hooves(JV) seem like flint,
their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.(JW)
29 Their roar is like that of the lion,(JX)
they roar like young lions;
they growl as they seize(JY) their prey
and carry it off with no one to rescue.(JZ)
30 In that day(KA) they will roar over it
like the roaring of the sea.(KB)
And if one looks at the land,
there is only darkness(KC) and distress;(KD)
even the sun will be darkened(KE) by clouds.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:25 That is, against Jerusalem
- Isaiah 2:9 Or not raise them up
- Isaiah 2:16 Hebrew every ship of Tarshish
- 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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