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Isaiah 9:8-10:11
English Standard Version
Isaiah 9:8-10:11
English Standard Version
Judgment on Arrogance and Oppression
8 The Lord has sent a word against Jacob,
and it will fall on Israel;
9 and all the people will know,
(A)Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria,
who say in pride and in arrogance of heart:
10 “The bricks have fallen,
but we will build with dressed stones;
the sycamores have been cut down,
but we will put cedars in their place.”
11 But the Lord raises the adversaries of Rezin against him,
and stirs up his enemies.
12 (B)The Syrians on the east and (C)the Philistines on the west
devour Israel with open mouth.
(D)For all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.
13 The people (E)did not turn to him who struck them,
nor inquire of the Lord of hosts.
14 So the Lord cut off from Israel (F)head and tail,
palm branch and reed in one day—
15 (G)the elder and honored man is the head,
and (H)the prophet who teaches lies is the tail;
16 for those who guide this people have been leading them astray,
and those who are guided by them are swallowed up.
17 Therefore the Lord does not (I)rejoice over their young men,
and has no compassion on their fatherless and widows;
for everyone is (J)godless and an evildoer,
and every mouth speaks (K)folly.[a]
(L)For all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.
18 For wickedness burns like (M)a fire;
it consumes briers and thorns;
it kindles the thickets of the forest,
and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
19 Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts
the land is scorched,
and (N)the people are like fuel for the fire;
(O)no one spares another.
20 (P)They slice meat on the right, but are still hungry,
and they devour on the left, but are not satisfied;
(Q)each devours the flesh of his own arm,
21 Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim devours Manasseh;
together they are (R)against Judah.
(S)For all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.
10 Woe to those who (T)decree iniquitous decrees,
and the writers who (U)keep writing oppression,
2 to turn aside the needy from justice
and (V)to rob the poor of my people of their right,
that widows may be their spoil,
and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
3 What will you do on (W)the day of punishment,
in the ruin that will come (X)from afar?
To whom will you flee for help,
and where will you leave your wealth?
4 Nothing remains but to crouch among the prisoners
or fall among the slain.
(Y)For all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.
Judgment on Arrogant Assyria
5 Woe to Assyria, (Z)the rod of my anger;
the staff in their hands is my fury!
6 Against a (AA)godless nation I send him,
and against the people of my wrath I command him,
to take (AB)spoil and seize plunder,
and to (AC)tread them down like the mire of the streets.
7 But he (AD)does not so intend,
and his heart does not so think;
but it is in his heart to destroy,
and to cut off nations not a few;
8 for he says:
(AE)“Are not my commanders all kings?
9 (AF)Is not (AG)Calno like (AH)Carchemish?
Is not (AI)Hamath like (AJ)Arpad?
(AK)Is not (AL)Samaria like Damascus?
10 As my hand has reached to (AM)the kingdoms of the idols,
whose carved images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 shall I not do to Jerusalem and (AN)her idols
(AO)as I have done to Samaria and her images?”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 9:17 Or speaks disgraceful things
Isaiah 9:8-10:11
New International Version
Isaiah 9:8-10:11
New International Version
The Lord’s Anger Against Israel
8 The Lord has sent a message(A) against Jacob;
it will fall on Israel.
9 All the people will know it—
Ephraim(B) and the inhabitants of Samaria(C)—
who say with pride
and arrogance(D) of heart,
10 “The bricks have fallen down,
but we will rebuild with dressed stone;(E)
the fig(F) trees have been felled,
but we will replace them with cedars.(G)”
11 But the Lord has strengthened Rezin’s(H) foes against them
and has spurred their enemies on.
12 Arameans(I) from the east and Philistines(J) from the west
have devoured(K) Israel with open mouth.
13 But the people have not returned(N) to him who struck(O) them,
nor have they sought(P) the Lord Almighty.
14 So the Lord will cut off from Israel both head and tail,
both palm branch and reed(Q) in a single day;(R)
15 the elders(S) and dignitaries(T) are the head,
the prophets(U) who teach lies(V) are the tail.
16 Those who guide(W) this people mislead them,
and those who are guided are led astray.(X)
17 Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men,(Y)
nor will he pity(Z) the fatherless and widows,
for everyone is ungodly(AA) and wicked,(AB)
every mouth speaks folly.(AC)
Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
his hand is still upraised.(AD)
18 Surely wickedness burns like a fire;(AE)
it consumes briers and thorns,(AF)
it sets the forest thickets ablaze,(AG)
so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.
19 By the wrath(AH) of the Lord Almighty
the land will be scorched(AI)
and the people will be fuel for the fire;(AJ)
they will not spare one another.(AK)
20 On the right they will devour,
but still be hungry;(AL)
on the left they will eat,(AM)
but not be satisfied.
Each will feed on the flesh of their own offspring[a]:
21 Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, and Ephraim on Manasseh;(AN)
together they will turn against Judah.(AO)
Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
his hand is still upraised.(AP)
10 Woe(AQ) to those who make unjust laws,
to those who issue oppressive decrees,(AR)
2 to deprive(AS) the poor of their rights
and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people,(AT)
making widows their prey
and robbing the fatherless.(AU)
3 What will you do on the day of reckoning,(AV)
when disaster(AW) comes from afar?
To whom will you run for help?(AX)
Where will you leave your riches?
4 Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives(AY)
or fall among the slain.(AZ)
Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,(BA)
his hand is still upraised.
God’s Judgment on Assyria
5 “Woe(BB) to the Assyrian,(BC) the rod(BD) of my anger,
in whose hand is the club(BE) of my wrath!(BF)
6 I send him against a godless(BG) nation,
I dispatch(BH) him against a people who anger me,(BI)
to seize loot and snatch plunder,(BJ)
and to trample(BK) them down like mud in the streets.
7 But this is not what he intends,(BL)
this is not what he has in mind;
his purpose is to destroy,
to put an end to many nations.
8 ‘Are not my commanders(BM) all kings?’ he says.
9 ‘Has not Kalno(BN) fared like Carchemish?(BO)
Is not Hamath(BP) like Arpad,(BQ)
and Samaria(BR) like Damascus?(BS)
10 As my hand seized the kingdoms of the idols,(BT)
kingdoms whose images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria—
11 shall I not deal with Jerusalem and her images
as I dealt with Samaria and her idols?(BU)’”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 9:20 Or arm
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