Isaiah 9:8-21
New American Standard Bible
God’s Anger with Israel’s Arrogance
8 The Lord sends a [a]message against Jacob,
And it falls on Israel.
9 And all the people know it,
That is, (A)Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria,
Asserting in pride and in (B)arrogance of heart:
10 “The bricks have fallen down,
But we will (C)rebuild with smooth stones;
The sycamores have been cut down,
But we will replace them with cedars.”
11 Therefore the Lord raises superior adversaries against them from (D)Rezin
And provokes their enemies,
12 The Arameans from the east and the (E)Philistines from the west;
And they (F)devour Israel with [b]gaping jaws.
(G)In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away,
And His hand is still stretched out.
13 Yet the people (H)do not turn back to Him who struck them,
Nor do they (I)seek the Lord of armies.
14 So the Lord cuts off (J)head and tail from Israel,
Both palm branch and bulrush (K)in a single day.
15 The head is (L)the elder and esteemed man,
And the prophet who teaches (M)falsehood is the tail.
16 (N)For those who guide this people are leading them astray;
And those who are guided by them are [c]confused.
17 Therefore the Lord does (O)not rejoice over their young men,
(P)Nor does He have compassion on their [d]orphans or their widows;
For every one of them is (Q)godless and an (R)evildoer,
And every (S)mouth is speaking foolishness.
(T)In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away,
And His hand is still stretched out.
18 (U)For wickedness burns like a fire;
It consumes briars and thorns;
It also sets the thickets of the forest aflame
And they roll upward in a column of smoke.
19 By the (V)wrath of the Lord of armies the (W)land is burned,
And the (X)people are like fuel for the fire;
No (Y)one spares his brother.
20 [e]They devour what is on the right hand but are still (Z)hungry,
And [f]they eat what is on the left hand, but they are not satisfied;
Each of them eats the (AA)flesh of his own arm.
21 Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh,
(AB)And together they are against Judah.
(AC)In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 9:8 Lit word
- Isaiah 9:12 Lit the whole mouth
- Isaiah 9:16 Or swallowed up
- Isaiah 9:17 Or fatherless
- Isaiah 9:20 Lit And he slices
- Isaiah 9:20 Lit he eats
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