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Isaiah 58-60
New American Standard Bible
Isaiah 58-60
New American Standard Bible
Observances of Fasts
58 “(A)Cry loudly, do not hold back;
Raise your voice like a trumpet,
And declare to My people their (B)wrongdoing,
And to the house of Jacob their sins.
2 Yet they (C)seek Me day by day and delight to know My ways,
As a nation that has done (D)righteousness
And (E)has not forsaken the ordinance of their God.
They ask Me for just decisions,
They delight (F)in the nearness of God.
3 ‘Why have we (G)fasted and You do not see?
Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not [a]notice?’
Behold, on the (H)day of your fast you find your desire,
And oppress all your workers.
4 Behold, you fast for contention and (I)strife, and to strike with a wicked fist.
You do not fast like you have done today to (J)make your voice heard on high!
5 Is it a fast like this that I choose, a day for a person to humble himself?
Is it for bowing [b]one’s head like a reed
And for spreading out (K)sackcloth and ashes as a bed?
Will you call this a fast, even an (L)acceptable day to the Lord?
6 Is this not the fast that I choose:
To (M)release the bonds of wickedness,
To undo the ropes of the yoke,
And to (N)let the oppressed go free,
And (O)break every yoke?
7 Is it not to (P)break your bread [c]with the hungry
And (Q)bring the homeless poor into the house;
When you see the (R)naked, to cover him;
And not to (S)hide yourself from your own flesh?
8 Then your (T)light will break out like the dawn,
And your (U)recovery will spring up quickly;
And your (V)righteousness will go before you;
The glory of the (W)Lord will be your rear guard.
9 Then you will (X)call, and the Lord will answer;
You will cry for help, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’
If you (Y)remove the yoke from your midst,
The [d](Z)pointing of the finger and (AA)speaking wickedness,
10 And if you (AB)offer yourself to the hungry
And satisfy the [e]need of the afflicted,
Then your (AC)light will rise in darkness,
And your gloom will become like midday.
11 And the (AD)Lord will continually guide you,
And (AE)satisfy your [f]desire in scorched places,
And (AF)give strength to your bones;
And you will be like a (AG)watered garden,
And like a (AH)spring of water whose waters do not [g]fail.
12 Those from among you will (AI)rebuild the ancient ruins;
You will (AJ)raise up the age-old foundations;
And you will be called the repairer of the (AK)breach,
The restorer of the [h]streets in which to dwell.
Keeping the Sabbath
13 “If, because of the Sabbath, you (AL)restrain your foot
From doing as you wish on My holy day,
And call the Sabbath a (AM)pleasure, and the holy day of the Lord honorable,
And honor it, desisting from your (AN)own ways,
From seeking your own pleasure
And (AO)speaking your own word,
14 Then you will take (AP)delight in the Lord,
And I will make you ride (AQ)on the heights of the earth;
And I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father,
For the (AR)mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
Separation from God
59 Behold, (AS)the Lord’s hand is not so short
That it cannot save;
(AT)Nor is His ear so dull
That it cannot hear.
2 But your (AU)wrongdoings have caused a separation between you and your God,
And your sins have hidden His [i]face from you so that He does (AV)not hear.
3 For your (AW)hands are defiled with blood,
And your fingers with wrongdoing;
Your lips have spoken (AX)deceit,
Your tongue mutters wickedness.
4 (AY)No one sues righteously and (AZ)no one pleads [j]honestly.
They (BA)trust in confusion and speak lies;
They (BB)conceive trouble and give birth to disaster.
5 They hatch vipers’ eggs and (BC)weave the spider’s web;
The one who eats of their eggs dies,
And from what is crushed, a snake breaks out.
6 Their webs will not become clothing,
Nor will they (BD)cover themselves with their works;
Their (BE)works are works of wrongdoing,
And an (BF)act of violence is in their [k]hands.
7 (BG)Their feet run to evil,
And they hurry to shed innocent blood;
(BH)Their thoughts are thoughts of wrongdoing,
Devastation and destruction are in their paths.
8 They do not know the (BI)way of peace,
And there is (BJ)no justice in their tracks;
They have made their paths crooked,
(BK)Whoever walks on [l]them does not know peace.
A Confession of Wickedness
9 Therefore (BL)justice is far from us,
And righteousness does not reach us;
We (BM)hope for light, but there is darkness,
For brightness, but we walk in gloom.
10 We (BN)grope for the wall like people who are blind,
We grope like those who have no eyes.
We (BO)stumble at midday as in the twilight;
Among those who are healthy we are (BP)like the dead.
11 All of us growl like bears,
And (BQ)moan sadly like doves;
We hope for (BR)justice, but there is none;
For salvation, but it is far from us.
12 For our (BS)wrongful acts have multiplied before You,
And our (BT)sins have testified against us;
For our wrongful acts are with us,
And [m]we know our wrongdoings:
13 [n]Offending and (BU)denying the Lord,
And turning away from our God,
Speaking (BV)oppression and revolt,
Conceiving and (BW)uttering lying words from the heart.
14 (BX)Justice is turned back,
And (BY)righteousness stands far away;
For truth has stumbled in the street,
And uprightness cannot enter.
15 Truth is lacking,
And one who turns aside from evil (BZ)makes himself a prey.
Now the Lord saw,
And it was [o]displeasing in His sight (CA)that there was no justice.
16 And He saw that there was (CB)no one,
And was amazed that there was not one to intercede;
Then His (CC)own arm brought salvation to Him,
And His righteousness upheld Him.
17 He put on (CD)righteousness like a breastplate,
And a (CE)helmet of salvation on His head;
And He put on (CF)garments of vengeance for clothing
And wrapped Himself with (CG)zeal as a cloak.
18 (CH)According to their deeds, [p]so will He repay:
Wrath to His adversaries, [q]retribution to His enemies;
To the coastlands He will [r]deal [s]retribution.
19 So they will fear the name of the Lord from the (CI)west
And His glory from the (CJ)rising of the sun,
For He will (CK)come like a [t]rushing stream
Which the wind of the Lord drives.
20 “A (CL)Redeemer will come to Zion,
And to those in Jacob who (CM)turn from wrongdoing,” declares the Lord.
21 “As for Me, this is My (CN)covenant with them,” says the Lord: “My (CO)Spirit who is upon you, and My (CP)words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your [u]offspring, nor from the mouth of your [v]offspring’s offspring,” says the Lord, “from now and forever.”
A Glorified Zion
60 “(CQ)Arise, shine; for your (CR)light has come,
And the (CS)glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
2 For behold, (CT)darkness will cover the earth
And deep darkness the peoples;
But the Lord will rise upon you
And His (CU)glory will appear upon you.
3 (CV)Nations will come to your light,
And kings to the brightness of your rising.
4 “(CW)Raise your eyes all around and see;
They all gather together, they (CX)come to you.
Your sons will come from afar,
And your (CY)daughters will be [w]carried on the hip.
5 Then you will see and be (CZ)radiant,
And your heart will [x]thrill and rejoice;
Because the [y](DA)abundance of the sea will be turned to you,
The (DB)wealth of the nations will come to you.
6 A multitude of camels will cover you,
The young camels of Midian and (DC)Ephah;
All those from (DD)Sheba will come;
They will bring (DE)gold and frankincense,
And (DF)proclaim good news of the praises of the Lord.
7 All the flocks of (DG)Kedar will be gathered to you,
The rams of Nebaioth will serve you;
They will go up on My (DH)altar with acceptance,
And I will (DI)glorify My glorious house.
8 (DJ)Who are these who fly like a cloud
And like the doves to their windows?
9 Certainly the (DK)coastlands will wait for Me;
And the (DL)ships of Tarshish will come first,
To (DM)bring your sons from afar,
Their silver and their gold with them,
For the name of the Lord your God,
And for the Holy One of Israel because He has (DN)glorified you.
10 “(DO)Foreigners will build up your walls,
And their (DP)kings will serve you;
For in My (DQ)wrath I struck you,
And in My favor I have had compassion on you.
11 Your (DR)gates will be open continually;
They will not be closed day or night,
So that people may (DS)bring you the wealth of the nations,
With (DT)their kings led in procession.
12 For the (DU)nation and the kingdom which will not serve you will perish,
And the nations will be utterly ruined.
13 The (DV)glory of Lebanon will come to you,
The (DW)juniper, the elm tree and the [z]cedar together,
To beautify the place of My sanctuary;
And I will make the (DX)place of My feet glorious.
14 The (DY)sons of those who afflicted you will come bowing to you,
And all those who despised you will bow down at the soles of your feet;
And they will call you the (DZ)city of the Lord,
The (EA)Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
15 “Whereas you have been (EB)forsaken and (EC)hated
With no one passing through,
I will make you an (ED)object of pride forever,
A joy from generation to generation.
16 You will also (EE)suck the milk of nations,
And suck the breast of kings;
Then you will know that I, the Lord, am your (EF)Savior
And your (EG)Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
17 Instead of bronze I will bring gold,
And instead of iron I will bring silver,
And instead of wood, bronze,
And instead of stones, iron.
And I will make peace your administrators,
And righteousness your overseers.
18 (EH)Violence will not be heard again in your land,
Nor (EI)devastation or destruction within your borders;
But you will call your (EJ)walls salvation, and your (EK)gates praise.
19 No longer will you have the (EL)sun for light by day,
Nor will the moon give you light for brightness;
But you will have the (EM)Lord as an everlasting light,
And your (EN)God as your [aa]glory.
20 Your (EO)sun will no longer set,
Nor will your moon wane;
For you will have the Lord as an everlasting light,
And the days of your (EP)mourning will be over.
21 Then all your (EQ)people will be righteous;
They will (ER)possess the land forever,
The branch of [ab]My planting,
The (ES)work of My hands,
That I may be (ET)glorified.
22 The (EU)smallest one will become a thousand,
And the least one a mighty nation.
I, the Lord, will bring it about quickly in its time.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 58:3 Lit know
- Isaiah 58:5 Lit his
- Isaiah 58:7 Lit for
- Isaiah 58:9 I.e., an abusive gesture
- Isaiah 58:10 Or soul
- Isaiah 58:11 Or soul
- Isaiah 58:11 Or deceive
- Isaiah 58:12 Lit paths
- Isaiah 59:2 As in ancient versions; MT faces
- Isaiah 59:4 Lit in truth
- Isaiah 59:6 Lit palms
- Isaiah 59:8 Lit it
- Isaiah 59:12 Lit our wrongdoings we know them
- Isaiah 59:13 Or Revolting against and
- Isaiah 59:15 Or evil
- Isaiah 59:18 Lit accordingly
- Isaiah 59:18 Lit requital
- Isaiah 59:18 Lit repay
- Isaiah 59:18 Lit requital
- Isaiah 59:19 Lit narrow
- Isaiah 59:21 Lit seed
- Isaiah 59:21 Lit seed
- Isaiah 60:4 Lit cared for
- Isaiah 60:5 Lit tremble and open wide
- Isaiah 60:5 Lit roar
- Isaiah 60:13 Or cypress
- Isaiah 60:19 Or beauty
- Isaiah 60:21 Lit His
Isaiah 58-60
New International Version
Isaiah 58-60
New International Version
True Fasting
58 “Shout it aloud,(A) do not hold back.
Raise your voice like a trumpet.(B)
Declare to my people their rebellion(C)
and to the descendants of Jacob their sins.(D)
2 For day after day they seek(E) me out;
they seem eager to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that does what is right
and has not forsaken(F) the commands of its God.
They ask me for just decisions
and seem eager for God to come near(G) them.
3 ‘Why have we fasted,’(H) they say,
‘and you have not seen it?
Why have we humbled(I) ourselves,
and you have not noticed?’(J)
“Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please(K)
and exploit all your workers.
4 Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife,(L)
and in striking each other with wicked fists.
You cannot fast as you do today
and expect your voice to be heard(M) on high.
5 Is this the kind of fast(N) I have chosen,
only a day for people to humble(O) themselves?
Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed(P)
and for lying in sackcloth and ashes?(Q)
Is that what you call a fast,
a day acceptable to the Lord?
6 “Is not this the kind of fasting(R) I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice(S)
and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed(T) free
and break every yoke?(U)
7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry(V)
and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter(W)—
when you see the naked, to clothe(X) them,
and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?(Y)
8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn,(Z)
and your healing(AA) will quickly appear;
then your righteousness[a](AB) will go before you,
and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.(AC)
9 Then you will call,(AD) and the Lord will answer;(AE)
you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.
“If you do away with the yoke of oppression,
with the pointing finger(AF) and malicious talk,(AG)
10 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,(AH)
then your light(AI) will rise in the darkness,
and your night will become like the noonday.(AJ)
11 The Lord will guide(AK) you always;
he will satisfy your needs(AL) in a sun-scorched land(AM)
and will strengthen(AN) your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,(AO)
like a spring(AP) whose waters never fail.
12 Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins(AQ)
and will raise up the age-old foundations;(AR)
you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls,(AS)
Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.
13 “If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath(AT)
and from doing as you please on my holy day,
if you call the Sabbath a delight(AU)
and the Lord’s holy day honorable,
and if you honor it by not going your own way
and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,(AV)
14 then you will find your joy(AW) in the Lord,
and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights(AX) of the land
and to feast on the inheritance(AY) of your father Jacob.”
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.(AZ)
Sin, Confession and Redemption
59 Surely the arm(BA) of the Lord is not too short(BB) to save,
nor his ear too dull to hear.(BC)
2 But your iniquities have separated(BD)
you from your God;
your sins have hidden his face from you,
so that he will not hear.(BE)
3 For your hands are stained with blood,(BF)
your fingers with guilt.(BG)
Your lips have spoken falsely,(BH)
and your tongue mutters wicked things.
4 No one calls for justice;(BI)
no one pleads a case with integrity.
They rely(BJ) on empty arguments, they utter lies;(BK)
they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.(BL)
5 They hatch the eggs of vipers(BM)
and spin a spider’s web.(BN)
Whoever eats their eggs will die,
and when one is broken, an adder is hatched.
6 Their cobwebs are useless for clothing;
they cannot cover themselves with what they make.(BO)
Their deeds are evil deeds,
and acts of violence(BP) are in their hands.
7 Their feet rush into sin;
they are swift to shed innocent blood.(BQ)
They pursue evil schemes;(BR)
acts of violence mark their ways.(BS)
8 The way of peace they do not know;(BT)
there is no justice in their paths.
They have turned them into crooked roads;(BU)
no one who walks along them will know peace.(BV)
9 So justice is far from us,
and righteousness does not reach us.
We look for light, but all is darkness;(BW)
for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.
10 Like the blind(BX) we grope along the wall,
feeling our way like people without eyes.
At midday we stumble(BY) as if it were twilight;
among the strong, we are like the dead.(BZ)
11 We all growl like bears;
we moan mournfully like doves.(CA)
We look for justice, but find none;
for deliverance, but it is far away.
12 For our offenses(CB) are many in your sight,
and our sins testify(CC) against us.
Our offenses are ever with us,
and we acknowledge our iniquities:(CD)
13 rebellion(CE) and treachery against the Lord,
turning our backs(CF) on our God,
inciting revolt and oppression,(CG)
uttering lies(CH) our hearts have conceived.
14 So justice(CI) is driven back,
and righteousness(CJ) stands at a distance;
truth(CK) has stumbled in the streets,
honesty cannot enter.
15 Truth(CL) is nowhere to be found,
and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.
The Lord looked and was displeased
that there was no justice.(CM)
16 He saw that there was no one,(CN)
he was appalled that there was no one to intervene;(CO)
so his own arm achieved salvation(CP) for him,
and his own righteousness(CQ) sustained him.
17 He put on righteousness as his breastplate,(CR)
and the helmet(CS) of salvation on his head;
he put on the garments(CT) of vengeance(CU)
and wrapped himself in zeal(CV) as in a cloak.
18 According to what they have done,
so will he repay(CW)
wrath to his enemies
and retribution to his foes;
he will repay the islands(CX) their due.
19 From the west,(CY) people will fear the name of the Lord,
and from the rising of the sun,(CZ) they will revere his glory.(DA)
For he will come like a pent-up flood
that the breath(DB) of the Lord drives along.[b]
20 “The Redeemer(DC) will come to Zion,(DD)
to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,”(DE)
declares the Lord.
21 “As for me, this is my covenant(DF) with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit,(DG) who is on you, will not depart from you,(DH) and my words that I have put in your mouth(DI) will always be on your lips, on the lips of your children and on the lips of their descendants—from this time on and forever,” says the Lord.
The Glory of Zion
60 “Arise,(DJ) shine, for your light(DK) has come,
and the glory(DL) of the Lord rises upon you.
2 See, darkness(DM) covers the earth
and thick darkness(DN) is over the peoples,
but the Lord rises upon you
and his glory appears over you.
3 Nations(DO) will come to your light,(DP)
and kings(DQ) to the brightness of your dawn.
4 “Lift up your eyes and look about you:
All assemble(DR) and come to you;
your sons come from afar,(DS)
and your daughters(DT) are carried on the hip.(DU)
5 Then you will look and be radiant,(DV)
your heart will throb and swell with joy;(DW)
the wealth(DX) on the seas will be brought to you,
to you the riches of the nations will come.
6 Herds of camels(DY) will cover your land,
young camels of Midian(DZ) and Ephah.(EA)
And all from Sheba(EB) will come,
bearing gold and incense(EC)
and proclaiming the praise(ED) of the Lord.
7 All Kedar’s(EE) flocks will be gathered to you,
the rams of Nebaioth will serve you;
they will be accepted as offerings(EF) on my altar,(EG)
and I will adorn my glorious temple.(EH)
8 “Who are these(EI) that fly along like clouds,(EJ)
like doves to their nests?
9 Surely the islands(EK) look to me;
in the lead are the ships of Tarshish,[c](EL)
bringing(EM) your children from afar,
with their silver and gold,(EN)
to the honor(EO) of the Lord your God,
the Holy One(EP) of Israel,
for he has endowed you with splendor.(EQ)
10 “Foreigners(ER) will rebuild your walls,
and their kings(ES) will serve you.
Though in anger I struck you,
in favor(ET) I will show you compassion.(EU)
11 Your gates(EV) will always stand open,
they will never be shut, day or night,
so that people may bring you the wealth of the nations(EW)—
their kings(EX) led in triumphal procession.
12 For the nation or kingdom that will not serve(EY) you will perish;
it will be utterly ruined.(EZ)
13 “The glory of Lebanon(FA) will come to you,
the juniper, the fir and the cypress together,(FB)
to adorn my sanctuary;(FC)
and I will glorify the place for my feet.(FD)
14 The children of your oppressors(FE) will come bowing before you;
all who despise you will bow down(FF) at your feet
and will call you the City(FG) of the Lord,
Zion(FH) of the Holy One(FI) of Israel.
15 “Although you have been forsaken(FJ) and hated,
with no one traveling(FK) through,
I will make you the everlasting pride(FL)
and the joy(FM) of all generations.
16 You will drink the milk of nations
and be nursed(FN) at royal breasts.
Then you will know(FO) that I, the Lord, am your Savior,(FP)
your Redeemer,(FQ) the Mighty One of Jacob.(FR)
17 Instead of bronze I will bring you gold,(FS)
and silver in place of iron.
Instead of wood I will bring you bronze,
and iron in place of stones.
I will make peace(FT) your governor
and well-being your ruler.(FU)
18 No longer will violence(FV) be heard in your land,
nor ruin or destruction(FW) within your borders,
but you will call your walls Salvation(FX)
and your gates Praise.(FY)
19 The sun will no more be your light by day,
nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you,
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,(FZ)
and your God will be your glory.(GA)
20 Your sun(GB) will never set again,
and your moon will wane no more;
the Lord will be your everlasting light,
and your days of sorrow(GC) will end.
21 Then all your people will be righteous(GD)
and they will possess(GE) the land forever.
They are the shoot I have planted,(GF)
the work of my hands,(GG)
for the display of my splendor.(GH)
22 The least of you will become a thousand,
the smallest a mighty nation.(GI)
I am the Lord;
in its time I will do this swiftly.”(GJ)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 58:8 Or your righteous One
- Isaiah 59:19 Or When enemies come in like a flood, / the Spirit of the Lord will put them to flight
- Isaiah 60:9 Or the trading ships
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