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Isaiah 1:21-5:30
New Living Translation
Isaiah 1:21-5:30
New Living Translation
Unfaithful Jerusalem
21 See how Jerusalem, once so faithful,
has become a prostitute.
Once the home of justice and righteousness,
she is now filled with murderers.
22 Once like pure silver,
you have become like worthless slag.
Once so pure,
you are now like watered-down wine.
23 Your leaders are rebels,
the companions of thieves.
All of them love bribes
and demand payoffs,
but they refuse to defend the cause of orphans
or fight for the rights of widows.
24 Therefore, the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,
the Mighty One of Israel, says,
“I will take revenge on my enemies
and pay back my foes!
25 I will raise my fist against you.
I will melt you down and skim off your slag.
I will remove all your impurities.
26 Then I will give you good judges again
and wise counselors like you used to have.
Then Jerusalem will again be called the Home of Justice
and the Faithful City.”
27 Zion will be restored by justice;
those who repent will be revived by righteousness.
28 But rebels and sinners will be completely destroyed,
and those who desert the Lord will be consumed.
29 You will be ashamed of your idol worship
in groves of sacred oaks.
You will blush because you worshiped
in gardens dedicated to idols.
30 You will be like a great tree with withered leaves,
like a garden without water.
31 The strongest among you will disappear like straw;
their evil deeds will be the spark that sets it on fire.
They and their evil works will burn up together,
and no one will be able to put out the fire.
The Lord’s Future Reign
2 This is a vision that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
2 In the last days, the mountain of the Lord’s house
will be the highest of all—
the most important place on earth.
It will be raised above the other hills,
and people from all over the world will stream there to worship.
3 People from many nations will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of Jacob’s God.
There he will teach us his ways,
and we will walk in his paths.”
For the Lord’s teaching will go out from Zion;
his word will go out from Jerusalem.
4 The Lord will mediate between nations
and will settle international disputes.
They will hammer their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will no longer fight against nation,
nor train for war anymore.
A Warning of Judgment
5 Come, descendants of Jacob,
let us walk in the light of the Lord!
6 For the Lord has rejected his people,
the descendants of Jacob,
because they have filled their land with practices from the East
and with sorcerers, as the Philistines do.
They have made alliances with pagans.
7 Israel is full of silver and gold;
there is no end to its treasures.
Their land is full of warhorses;
there is no end to its chariots.
8 Their land is full of idols;
the people worship things they have made
with their own hands.
9 So now they will be humbled,
and all will be brought low—
do not forgive them.
10 Crawl into caves in the rocks.
Hide in the dust
from the terror of the Lord
and the glory of his majesty.
11 Human pride will be brought down,
and human arrogance will be humbled.
Only the Lord will be exalted
on that day of judgment.
12 For the Lord of Heaven’s Armies
has a day of reckoning.
He will punish the proud and mighty
and bring down everything that is exalted.
13 He will cut down the tall cedars of Lebanon
and all the mighty oaks of Bashan.
14 He will level all the high mountains
and all the lofty hills.
15 He will break down every high tower
and every fortified wall.
16 He will destroy all the great trading ships[a]
and every magnificent vessel.
17 Human pride will be humbled,
and human arrogance will be brought down.
Only the Lord will be exalted
on that day of judgment.
18 Idols will completely disappear.
19 When the Lord rises to shake the earth,
his enemies will crawl into holes in the ground.
They will hide in caves in the rocks
from the terror of the Lord
and the glory of his majesty.
20 On that day of judgment they will abandon the gold and silver idols
they made for themselves to worship.
They will leave their gods to the rodents and bats,
21 while they crawl away into caverns
and hide among the jagged rocks in the cliffs.
They will try to escape the terror of the Lord
and the glory of his majesty
as he rises to shake the earth.
22 Don’t put your trust in mere humans.
They are as frail as breath.
What good are they?
Judgment against Judah
3 The Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,
will take away from Jerusalem and Judah
everything they depend on:
every bit of bread
and every drop of water,
2 all their heroes and soldiers,
judges and prophets,
fortune-tellers and elders,
3 army officers and high officials,
advisers, skilled sorcerers, and astrologers.
4 I will make boys their leaders,
and toddlers their rulers.
5 People will oppress each other—
man against man,
neighbor against neighbor.
Young people will insult their elders,
and vulgar people will sneer at the honorable.
6 In those days a man will say to his brother,
“Since you have a coat, you be our leader!
Take charge of this heap of ruins!”
7 But he will reply,
“No! I can’t help.
I don’t have any extra food or clothes.
Don’t put me in charge!”
8 For Jerusalem will stumble,
and Judah will fall,
because they speak out against the Lord and refuse to obey him.
They provoke him to his face.
9 The very look on their faces gives them away.
They display their sin like the people of Sodom
and don’t even try to hide it.
They are doomed!
They have brought destruction upon themselves.
10 Tell the godly that all will be well for them.
They will enjoy the rich reward they have earned!
11 But the wicked are doomed,
for they will get exactly what they deserve.
12 Childish leaders oppress my people,
and women rule over them.
O my people, your leaders mislead you;
they send you down the wrong road.
13 The Lord takes his place in court
and presents his case against his people.[b]
14 The Lord comes forward to pronounce judgment
on the elders and rulers of his people:
“You have ruined Israel, my vineyard.
Your houses are filled with things stolen from the poor.
15 How dare you crush my people,
grinding the faces of the poor into the dust?”
demands the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
A Warning to Jerusalem
16 The Lord says, “Beautiful Zion[c] is haughty:
craning her elegant neck,
flirting with her eyes,
walking with dainty steps,
tinkling her ankle bracelets.
17 So the Lord will send scabs on her head;
the Lord will make beautiful Zion bald.”
18 On that day of judgment
the Lord will strip away everything that makes her beautiful:
ornaments, headbands, crescent necklaces,
19 earrings, bracelets, and veils;
20 scarves, ankle bracelets, sashes,
perfumes, and charms;
21 rings, jewels,
22 party clothes, gowns, capes, and purses;
23 mirrors, fine linen garments,
head ornaments, and shawls.
24 Instead of smelling of sweet perfume, she will stink.
She will wear a rope for a sash,
and her elegant hair will fall out.
She will wear rough burlap instead of rich robes.
Shame will replace her beauty.[d]
25 The men of the city will be killed with the sword,
and her warriors will die in battle.
26 The gates of Zion will weep and mourn.
The city will be like a ravaged woman,
huddled on the ground.
4 In that day so few men will be left that seven women will fight for each man, saying, “Let us all marry you! We will provide our own food and clothing. Only let us take your name so we won’t be mocked as old maids.”
A Promise of Restoration
2 But in that day, the branch[e] of the Lord
will be beautiful and glorious;
the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory
of all who survive in Israel.
3 All who remain in Zion
will be a holy people—
those who survive the destruction of Jerusalem
and are recorded among the living.
4 The Lord will wash the filth from beautiful Zion[f]
and cleanse Jerusalem of its bloodstains
with the hot breath of fiery judgment.
5 Then the Lord will provide shade for Mount Zion
and all who assemble there.
He will provide a canopy of cloud during the day
and smoke and flaming fire at night,
covering the glorious land.
6 It will be a shelter from daytime heat
and a hiding place from storms and rain.
A Song about the Lord’s Vineyard
5 Now I will sing for the one I love
a song about his vineyard:
My beloved had a vineyard
on a rich and fertile hill.
2 He plowed the land, cleared its stones,
and planted it with the best vines.
In the middle he built a watchtower
and carved a winepress in the nearby rocks.
Then he waited for a harvest of sweet grapes,
but the grapes that grew were bitter.
3 Now, you people of Jerusalem and Judah,
you judge between me and my vineyard.
4 What more could I have done for my vineyard
that I have not already done?
When I expected sweet grapes,
why did my vineyard give me bitter grapes?
5 Now let me tell you
what I will do to my vineyard:
I will tear down its hedges
and let it be destroyed.
I will break down its walls
and let the animals trample it.
6 I will make it a wild place
where the vines are not pruned and the ground is not hoed,
a place overgrown with briers and thorns.
I will command the clouds
to drop no rain on it.
7 The nation of Israel is the vineyard of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
The people of Judah are his pleasant garden.
He expected a crop of justice,
but instead he found oppression.
He expected to find righteousness,
but instead he heard cries of violence.
Judah’s Guilt and Judgment
8 What sorrow for you who buy up house after house and field after field,
until everyone is evicted and you live alone in the land.
9 But I have heard the Lord of Heaven’s Armies
swear a solemn oath:
“Many houses will stand deserted;
even beautiful mansions will be empty.
10 Ten acres[g] of vineyard will not produce even six gallons[h] of wine.
Ten baskets of seed will yield only one basket[i] of grain.”
11 What sorrow for those who get up early in the morning
looking for a drink of alcohol
and spend long evenings drinking wine
to make themselves flaming drunk.
12 They furnish wine and lovely music at their grand parties—
lyre and harp, tambourine and flute—
but they never think about the Lord
or notice what he is doing.
13 So my people will go into exile far away
because they do not know me.
Those who are great and honored will starve,
and the common people will die of thirst.
14 The grave[j] is licking its lips in anticipation,
opening its mouth wide.
The great and the lowly
and all the drunken mob will be swallowed up.
15 Humanity will be destroyed, and people brought down;
even the arrogant will lower their eyes in humiliation.
16 But the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will be exalted by his justice.
The holiness of God will be displayed by his righteousness.
17 In that day lambs will find good pastures,
and fattened sheep and young goats[k] will feed among the ruins.
18 What sorrow for those who drag their sins behind them
with ropes made of lies,
who drag wickedness behind them like a cart!
19 They even mock God and say,
“Hurry up and do something!
We want to see what you can do.
Let the Holy One of Israel carry out his plan,
for we want to know what it is.”
20 What sorrow for those who say
that evil is good and good is evil,
that dark is light and light is dark,
that bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter.
21 What sorrow for those who are wise in their own eyes
and think themselves so clever.
22 What sorrow for those who are heroes at drinking wine
and boast about all the alcohol they can hold.
23 They take bribes to let the wicked go free,
and they punish the innocent.
24 Therefore, just as fire licks up stubble
and dry grass shrivels in the flame,
so their roots will rot
and their flowers wither.
For they have rejected the law of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies;
they have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25 That is why the Lord’s anger burns against his people,
and why he has raised his fist to crush them.
The mountains tremble,
and the corpses of his people litter the streets like garbage.
But even then the Lord’s anger is not satisfied.
His fist is still poised to strike!
26 He will send a signal to distant nations far away
and whistle to those at the ends of the earth.
They will come racing toward Jerusalem.
27 They will not get tired or stumble.
They will not stop for rest or sleep.
Not a belt will be loose,
not a sandal strap broken.
28 Their arrows will be sharp
and their bows ready for battle.
Sparks will fly from their horses’ hooves,
and the wheels of their chariots will spin like a whirlwind.
29 They will roar like lions,
like the strongest of lions.
Growling, they will pounce on their victims and carry them off,
and no one will be there to rescue them.
30 They will roar over their victims on that day of destruction
like the roaring of the sea.
If someone looks across the land,
only darkness and distress will be seen;
even the light will be darkened by clouds.
Footnotes
- 2:16 Hebrew every ship of Tarshish.
- 3:13 As in Greek and Syriac versions; Hebrew reads against the peoples.
- 3:16 Or The women of Zion (with corresponding changes to plural forms through verse 24); Hebrew reads The daughters of Zion; also in 3:17.
- 3:24 As in Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text reads robes / because instead of beauty.
- 4:2 Or the Branch.
- 4:4 Or from the women of Zion; Hebrew reads from the daughters of Zion.
- 5:10a Hebrew A ten yoke, that is, the area of land plowed by ten teams of oxen in one day.
- 5:10b Hebrew a bath [21 liters].
- 5:10c Hebrew A homer [5 bushels or 220 liters] of seed will yield only an ephah [20 quarts or 22 liters].
- 5:14 Hebrew Sheol.
- 5:17 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads and strangers.
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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