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Isaiah 1:1-12:4
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Isaiah 1:1-12:4
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1 The (A)vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem (B)in the days of (C)Uzziah, (D)Jotham, (E)Ahaz, and (F)Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
The Wickedness of Judah
2 (G)Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O (H)earth;
for the Lord has spoken:
“Children[a] (I)have I reared and brought up,
but they have rebelled against me.
3 The ox (J)knows its owner,
and the donkey its master's crib,
but Israel does (K)not know,
my people do not understand.”
4 Ah, sinful nation,
a people laden with iniquity,
(L)offspring of evildoers,
children who deal corruptly!
They have forsaken the Lord,
they have (M)despised (N)the Holy One of Israel,
they are utterly (O)estranged.
5 Why will you still be (P)struck down?
Why will you (Q)continue to rebel?
The whole head is sick,
and the whole heart faint.
6 (R)From the sole of the foot even to the head,
there is no soundness in it,
but bruises and sores
and raw wounds;
they are (S)not pressed out or bound up
or softened with oil.
7 (T)Your country lies desolate;
your cities are burned with fire;
in your very presence
foreigners devour your land;
it is desolate, as overthrown by foreigners.
8 And (U)the daughter of Zion is left
like a (V)booth in a vineyard,
like a lodge in a cucumber field,
like a besieged city.
9 (W)If the Lord of hosts
had not left us (X)a few survivors,
we should have been like (Y)Sodom,
and become like (Z)Gomorrah.
10 Hear the word of the Lord,
you rulers of (AA)(AB)Sodom!
Give ear to the teaching[b] of our God,
you people of (AC)Gomorrah!
11 (AD)“What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices?
says the Lord;
I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
and the fat of well-fed beasts;
I do not delight in the blood of bulls,
or of lambs, or of goats.
12 “When you come to (AE)appear before me,
who has required of you
this trampling of my courts?
13 Bring no more vain offerings;
incense is an abomination to me.
(AF)New moon and Sabbath and the (AG)calling of convocations—
I cannot endure (AH)iniquity and (AI)solemn assembly.
14 Your (AJ)new moons and your appointed feasts
my soul hates;
they have become a burden to me;
I am weary of bearing them.
15 When you (AK)spread out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
(AL)even though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
(AM)your hands are full of blood.
16 (AN)Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
(AO)cease to do evil,
17 learn to do good;
(AP)seek justice,
correct oppression;
(AQ)bring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow's cause.
18 “Come now, (AR)let us reason[c] together, says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as (AS)white as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.
19 (AT)If you are willing and obedient,
you shall eat the good of the land;
20 but if you refuse and rebel,
you shall be eaten by the sword;
(AU)for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
The Unfaithful City
21 How the faithful city
(AV)has become a whore,[d]
(AW)she who was full of justice!
Righteousness lodged in her,
but now murderers.
22 (AX)Your silver has become dross,
your best wine mixed with water.
23 Your princes are rebels
and companions of thieves.
Everyone (AY)loves a bribe
and runs after gifts.
(AZ)They do not bring justice to the fatherless,
and the widow's cause does not come to them.
24 Therefore the (BA)Lord declares,
the Lord of hosts,
the (BB)Mighty One of Israel:
“Ah, I will get relief from my enemies
(BC)and avenge myself on my foes.
25 (BD)I will turn my hand against you
and will smelt away your (BE)dross as with lye
and remove all your alloy.
26 And I will restore your judges (BF)as at the first,
and your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward (BG)you shall be called the city of righteousness,
the faithful city.”
27 (BH)Zion shall be redeemed by justice,
and those in her who repent, by righteousness.
28 (BI)But rebels and sinners shall be broken together,
and those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.
29 (BJ)For they[e] shall be ashamed of (BK)the oaks
that you desired;
and you shall blush for (BL)the gardens
that you have chosen.
30 For you shall be (BM)like an oak
whose leaf withers,
and like a garden without water.
31 And the strong shall become (BN)tinder,
and his work a spark,
and both of them shall burn together,
with (BO)none to quench them.
The Mountain of the Lord
2 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
2 (BP)It shall come to pass in the latter days
that (BQ)the mountain of the house of the Lord
shall be established as the highest of the mountains,
and shall be lifted up above the hills;
and (BR)all the nations shall flow to it,
3 and (BS)many peoples shall come, and say:
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob,
that he may teach us his ways
and that we may walk in his paths.”
For (BT)out of Zion shall go forth the law,[f]
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
4 He shall judge between the nations,
and shall decide disputes for many peoples;
(BU)and they shall beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks;
(BV)nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war anymore.
5 O house of Jacob,
come, let us walk
in (BW)the light of the Lord.
The Day of the Lord
6 For you have rejected your people,
the house of Jacob,
because they are full of things (BX)from the east
and (BY)of fortune-tellers (BZ)like the Philistines,
and they (CA)strike hands with the children of foreigners.
7 Their land is (CB)filled with silver and gold,
and there is no end to their treasures;
their land is (CC)filled with horses,
and there is no end to their chariots.
8 Their land is (CD)filled with idols;
they bow down to (CE)the work of their hands,
to what their own fingers have made.
9 So man (CF)is humbled,
and each one (CG)is brought low—
do not forgive them!
10 (CH)Enter into the rock
and hide in the dust
(CI)from before the terror of the Lord,
and from the splendor of his majesty.
11 (CJ)The haughty looks of man shall be brought low,
and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled,
and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
12 (CK)For the Lord of hosts has a day
against all that is proud and lofty,
against all that is lifted up—and it shall be brought low;
13 against all the (CL)cedars of Lebanon,
lofty and lifted up;
and against all the (CM)oaks of Bashan;
14 against all (CN)the lofty mountains,
and against all the uplifted hills;
15 against every high tower,
and against every fortified wall;
16 against all (CO)the ships of Tarshish,
and against all the beautiful craft.
17 (CP)And the haughtiness of man shall be humbled,
and the lofty pride of men shall be brought low,
and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
18 (CQ)And the idols shall utterly pass away.
19 (CR)And people shall enter the caves of the rocks
and the holes of the ground,[g]
from before the terror of the Lord,
and from the splendor of his majesty,
(CS)when he rises to terrify the earth.
20 In that day (CT)mankind will cast away
their idols of silver and their idols of gold,
which they made for themselves to worship,
to the moles and to the (CU)bats,
21 (CV)to enter the caverns of the rocks
and the clefts of the cliffs,
from before the terror of the Lord,
and from the splendor of his majesty,
(CW)when he rises to terrify the earth.
22 (CX)Stop regarding man
(CY)in whose nostrils is breath,
for of what account is he?
Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem
3 For behold, the (CZ)Lord God of hosts
is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah
support and supply,[h]
all (DA)support of bread,
and all support of water;
2 (DB)the mighty man and the soldier,
the judge and the prophet,
the diviner and the elder,
3 the captain of fifty
and the man of rank,
the counselor and the skillful magician
and the expert in charms.
4 (DC)And I will make boys their princes,
and infants[i] shall rule over them.
5 (DD)And the people will oppress one another,
every one his fellow
and every one his neighbor;
the youth will be insolent to the elder,
and the despised to the honorable.
6 For (DE)a man will take hold of his brother
in the house of his father, saying:
“You have a cloak;
you shall be our leader,
and this heap of ruins
shall be under your rule”;
7 in that day he will speak out, saying:
“I will not be a (DF)healer;[j]
in my house there is neither bread nor cloak;
you shall not make me
leader of the people.”
8 For Jerusalem has stumbled,
and Judah has fallen,
because their (DG)speech and their deeds are against the Lord,
(DH)defying his glorious presence.[k]
9 For the look on their faces bears witness against them;
they proclaim their sin (DI)like Sodom;
they do not hide it.
Woe to them!
(DJ)For they have brought evil on themselves.
10 (DK)Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them,
(DL)for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
11 (DM)Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him,
for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.
12 My people—(DN)infants are their oppressors,
and women rule over them.
O my people, (DO)your guides mislead you
and they have swallowed up[l] the course of your paths.
13 The Lord (DP)has taken his place to contend;
he stands to judge peoples.
14 The Lord will enter into judgment
with the (DQ)elders and princes of his people:
“It is you who (DR)have devoured[m] the vineyard,
(DS)the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
15 What do you mean by (DT)crushing my people,
by grinding the face of the poor?”
declares the Lord God of hosts.
16 The Lord said:
(DU)Because (DV)the daughters of Zion are haughty
and walk with outstretched necks,
glancing wantonly with their eyes,
mincing along as they go,
(DW)tinkling with their feet,
17 therefore the Lord (DX)will strike with a scab
the heads of (DY)the daughters of Zion,
and the Lord will lay bare their secret parts.
18 In that day the Lord will take away (DZ)the finery of the anklets, the (EA)headbands, and the (EB)crescents; 19 the pendants, the bracelets, and the scarves; 20 the (EC)headdresses, the armlets, the sashes, the perfume boxes, and the amulets; 21 the signet rings and (ED)nose rings; 22 the (EE)festal robes, the mantles, the cloaks, and the handbags; 23 the mirrors, the linen garments, the turbans, and the veils.
24 Instead of (EF)perfume there will be rottenness;
and instead of a (EG)belt, a rope;
and instead of (EH)well-set hair, (EI)baldness;
and instead of a rich robe, a (EJ)skirt of sackcloth;
and (EK)branding instead of beauty.
25 Your men shall fall by the sword
and your mighty men in battle.
26 And (EL)her gates shall lament and mourn;
empty, she shall (EM)sit on the ground.
4 (EN)And seven women (EO)shall take hold of (EP)one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; (EQ)take away our reproach.”
The Branch of the Lord Glorified
2 In that day (ER)the branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and (ES)the fruit of the land shall be the pride and honor of the survivors of Israel. 3 (ET)And he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called (EU)holy, everyone who has (EV)been recorded for life in Jerusalem, 4 when (EW)the Lord shall have washed away the filth of (EX)the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by (EY)a spirit of burning.[n] 5 Then the Lord will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over her assemblies (EZ)a cloud by day, and smoke and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory there will be (FA)a canopy. 6 (FB)There will be a (FC)booth for shade by day from the heat, and (FD)for a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain.
The Vineyard of the Lord Destroyed
5 Let me sing for my beloved
my love song concerning his vineyard:
My beloved had (FE)a vineyard
on a very fertile hill.
2 He dug it and cleared it of stones,
and planted it with (FF)choice vines;
he built a watchtower in the midst of it,
and hewed out a wine vat in it;
and (FG)he looked for it to yield grapes,
but it yielded wild grapes.
3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem
and men of Judah,
judge between me and my vineyard.
4 (FH)What more was there to do for my vineyard,
that I have not done in it?
(FI)When I looked for it to yield grapes,
why did it yield wild grapes?
5 And now I will tell you
what I will do to my vineyard.
I will remove (FJ)its hedge,
and it shall be devoured;[o]
(FK)I will break down its wall,
and it shall be trampled down.
6 I will make it a waste;
it shall not be pruned or hoed,
and (FL)briers and thorns shall grow up;
(FM)I will also command the clouds
that they rain no rain upon it.
7 (FN)For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts
is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah
are his pleasant planting;
and he looked for justice,
but behold, bloodshed;[p]
for righteousness,
but behold, an outcry![q]
Woe to the Wicked
8 Woe to those who (FO)join house to house,
who add field to field,
until there is no more room,
and you are made to dwell alone
in the midst of the land.
9 The Lord of hosts has sworn in my hearing:
(FP)“Surely many houses shall be desolate,
large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant.
10 (FQ)For ten acres[r] of vineyard shall yield but one bath,
and a (FR)homer of seed shall yield but an ephah.”[s]
11 Woe to those who (FS)rise early in the morning,
that they may run after strong drink,
who tarry late into the evening
as wine inflames them!
12 (FT)They have lyre and harp,
tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts,
(FU)but they do not regard the deeds of the Lord,
or see the work of his hands.
13 Therefore my people go into exile
(FV)for lack of knowledge;[t]
their (FW)honored men go hungry,[u]
and their multitude is parched with thirst.
14 Therefore Sheol has (FX)enlarged its appetite
and opened (FY)its mouth beyond measure,
and the nobility of Jerusalem[v] and her multitude will go down,
her revelers and he who (FZ)exults in her.
15 (GA)Man is humbled, and each one is brought low,
and the eyes of the haughty[w] are brought low.
16 (GB)But the Lord of hosts is exalted[x] in justice,
and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.
17 Then shall the lambs graze (GC)as in their pasture,
and (GD)nomads shall eat among the ruins of the rich.
18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with (GE)cords of falsehood,
who draw sin as with cart ropes,
19 who say: (GF)“Let him be quick,
let him speed his work
that we may see it;
let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near,
and let it come, that we may know it!”
20 Woe to (GG)those who call evil good
and good evil,
(GH)who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe to those who are (GI)wise in their own eyes,
and shrewd in their own sight!
22 Woe to those who are (GJ)heroes at drinking wine,
and valiant men in mixing strong drink,
23 who (GK)acquit the guilty for a bribe,
and deprive the innocent of his right!
24 Therefore, (GL)as the tongue of fire devours the stubble,
and as dry grass sinks down in the flame,
so (GM)their root will be (GN)as rottenness,
and their blossom go up like dust;
for they have (GO)rejected the law of the Lord of hosts,
and have (GP)despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25 Therefore (GQ)the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people,
and he stretched out his hand against them and struck them,
and (GR)the mountains quaked;
and their corpses were (GS)as refuse
in the midst of the streets.
(GT)For all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.
26 He will (GU)raise a signal for nations far away,
and (GV)whistle for them (GW)from the ends of the earth;
and behold, quickly, speedily they come!
27 (GX)None is weary, none stumbles,
none slumbers or sleeps,
not a waistband is loose,
not a sandal strap broken;
28 (GY)their arrows are sharp,
all their bows bent,
their horses' hoofs seem like flint,
and their wheels (GZ)like the whirlwind.
29 Their roaring is like a lion,
like young lions they roar;
they growl and (HA)seize their prey;
they carry it off, and none can rescue.
30 They will growl over it on that day,
like the growling of the sea.
And if one looks to the land,
behold, (HB)darkness and distress;
and the light is darkened by its clouds.
Isaiah's Vision of the Lord
6 In the year that (HC)King Uzziah died I (HD)saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train[y] of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had (HE)six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one called to another and said:
4 And (HH)the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and (HI)the house was filled with smoke. 5 And I said: “Woe is me! (HJ)For I am lost; (HK)for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the (HL)King, the Lord of hosts!”
6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 And he (HM)touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”
Isaiah's Commission from the Lord
8 And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for (HN)us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.” 9 And he said, “Go, and say to this people:
(HO)“‘Keep on hearing,[aa] but do not understand;
keep on seeing,[ab] but do not perceive.’
10 (HP)Make the heart of this people (HQ)dull,[ac]
and their ears heavy,
and blind their eyes;
(HR)lest they see with their eyes,
and hear with their ears,
and understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.”
11 Then I said, (HS)“How long, O Lord?”
And he said:
“Until (HT)cities lie waste
without inhabitant,
and houses without people,
and the land is a desolate waste,
12 and the Lord removes people far away,
and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.
13 (HU)And though a tenth remain in it,
it will be burned[ad] again,
like a terebinth or an oak,
whose stump (HV)remains
when it is felled.”
(HW)The holy seed[ae] is its stump.
Isaiah Sent to King Ahaz
7 In the days of (HX)Ahaz the son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, (HY)Rezin the king of Syria and (HZ)Pekah the son of Remaliah the king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but could not yet mount an attack against it. 2 When the house of David was told, (IA)“Syria is in league with[af] (IB)Ephraim,” the heart of Ahaz[ag] and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.
3 And the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out to meet Ahaz, you and (IC)Shear-jashub[ah] your son, at the end of (ID)the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Washer's Field. 4 And say to him, (IE)‘Be careful, (IF)be quiet, do not fear, and do not let your heart be faint because of these two (IG)smoldering stumps of firebrands, at the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria and (IH)the son of Remaliah. 5 Because Syria, with Ephraim and (II)the son of Remaliah, has devised evil against you, saying, 6 “Let us go up against Judah and terrify it, and let us conquer it[ai] for ourselves, and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it,” 7 thus says the Lord God:
(IJ)“‘It shall not stand,
and it shall not come to pass.
8 For the head of Syria is (IK)Damascus,
and the head of Damascus is Rezin.
And within sixty-five years
Ephraim will be shattered from being a people.
9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria,
and the head of Samaria is (IL)the son of Remaliah.
(IM)If you[aj] are not firm in faith,
you will not be firm at all.’”
The Sign of Immanuel
10 Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz: 11 “Ask (IN)a sign of the Lord your[ak] God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.” 12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test.” 13 And he[al] said, “Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that you (IO)weary my God also? 14 Therefore the (IP)Lord himself will give you a sign. (IQ)Behold, the (IR)virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name (IS)Immanuel.[am] 15 He shall eat (IT)curds and honey when he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good. 16 (IU)For before the boy knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you dread will be (IV)deserted. 17 (IW)The Lord will bring upon you and upon your people and upon your father's house such days as have not come since the day that (IX)Ephraim departed from Judah—the king of Assyria!”
18 In that day the Lord will (IY)whistle for the fly that is at the end of the streams of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. 19 And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines, and (IZ)in the clefts of the rocks, and on all the thornbushes, and on all the pastures.[an]
20 In that day (JA)the Lord will (JB)shave with a razor that is (JC)hired beyond (JD)the River[ao]—with the king of Assyria—the head and the hair of the feet, and it will sweep away the beard also.
21 (JE)In that day a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep, 22 and because of the abundance of milk that they give, he will eat curds, for everyone who is left in the land will eat (JF)curds and honey.
23 In that day every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand shekels[ap] of silver, will become (JG)briers and thorns. 24 (JH)With bow and arrows a man will come there, for all the land will be briers and thorns. 25 (JI)And as for all the hills that used to be hoed with a hoe, you will not come there for fear (JJ)of briers and thorns, but they will become a place where cattle are let loose and where sheep tread.
The Coming Assyrian Invasion
8 Then the Lord said to me, “Take a large tablet (JK)and write on it in common characters,[aq] ‘Belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz.’[ar] 2 And (JL)I will get reliable witnesses, (JM)Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah, to attest for me.”
3 And I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then the Lord said to me, (JN)“Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz; 4 (JO)for before the boy knows how to cry ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the (JP)wealth of (JQ)Damascus and the spoil of (JR)Samaria will be carried away before the king of Assyria.”
5 The Lord spoke to me again: 6 “Because this people has refused the waters of (JS)Shiloah that flow gently, and rejoice over (JT)Rezin and the son of Remaliah, 7 therefore, behold, the Lord is bringing up against them (JU)the waters of (JV)the River,[as] mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory. And it (JW)will rise over all its channels and go over all its banks, 8 and it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass on, (JX)reaching even to the neck, and its (JY)outspread wings will fill the breadth of your land, (JZ)O Immanuel.”
9 Be broken,[at] you peoples, and (KA)be shattered;[au]
give ear, all you far countries;
strap on your armor and be shattered;
strap on your armor and be shattered.
10 Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
speak a word, (KB)but it will not stand,
for God (KC)is with us.[av]
Fear God, Wait for the Lord
11 For the Lord spoke thus to me with his strong hand upon me, and (KD)warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying: 12 “Do not call (KE)conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy, and (KF)do not fear what they fear, nor be in dread. 13 But the Lord of hosts, (KG)him you shall honor as holy. Let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. 14 And he will become a (KH)sanctuary and (KI)a stone of offense and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 15 And many (KJ)shall stumble on it. They shall fall and be broken; they shall be snared and taken.”
16 Bind up (KK)the testimony; (KL)seal the teaching[aw] among my disciples. 17 I will (KM)wait for the Lord, who is (KN)hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him. 18 (KO)Behold, I and (KP)the children whom the Lord has given me are signs and portents in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion. 19 And when they say to you, “Inquire of the (KQ)mediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter,” should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of (KR)the dead on behalf of the living? 20 (KS)To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no (KT)dawn. 21 They will pass through the land,[ax] greatly distressed and hungry. And when they are hungry, they will be enraged and will speak contemptuously against[ay] their king and their God, and turn their faces upward. 22 (KU)And they will look to the earth, but behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish. And they will be thrust into (KV)thick darkness.
For to Us a Child Is Born
9 [az] But there will be no (KW)gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he (KX)brought into contempt the land of (KY)Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he (KZ)has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.[ba]
2 [bb] (LA)The people (LB)who walked in darkness
have seen a great light;
those who dwelt in a land of (LC)deep darkness,
on them has light shone.
3 (LD)You have multiplied the nation;
you have increased its joy;
they rejoice before you
as with (LE)joy at the harvest,
as they (LF)are glad (LG)when they divide the spoil.
4 (LH)For the yoke of his burden,
(LI)and the staff for his shoulder,
the rod of his oppressor,
you have broken as (LJ)on the day of Midian.
5 (LK)For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle tumult
and every garment rolled in blood
will be burned as fuel for the fire.
6 (LL)For to us a child is born,
to us (LM)a son is given;
(LN)and the government shall be (LO)upon[bc] his shoulder,
and his name shall be called[bd]
Wonderful (LP)Counselor, (LQ)Mighty God,
(LR)Everlasting (LS)Father, Prince of (LT)Peace.
7 Of the increase of his government and of peace
(LU)there will be no end,
on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
to establish it and to uphold it
(LV)with justice and with righteousness
from this time forth and forevermore.
(LW)The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
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,
(LX)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 (LY)The Syrians on the east and (LZ)the Philistines on the west
devour Israel with open mouth.
(MA)For all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.
13 The people (MB)did not turn to him who struck them,
nor inquire of the Lord of hosts.
14 So the Lord cut off from Israel (MC)head and tail,
palm branch and reed in one day—
15 (MD)the elder and honored man is the head,
and (ME)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 (MF)rejoice over their young men,
and has no compassion on their fatherless and widows;
for everyone is (MG)godless and an evildoer,
and every mouth speaks (MH)folly.[be]
(MI)For all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.
18 For wickedness burns like (MJ)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 (MK)the people are like fuel for the fire;
(ML)no one spares another.
20 (MM)They slice meat on the right, but are still hungry,
and they devour on the left, but are not satisfied;
(MN)each devours the flesh of his own arm,
21 Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim devours Manasseh;
together they are (MO)against Judah.
(MP)For all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.
10 Woe to those who (MQ)decree iniquitous decrees,
and the writers who (MR)keep writing oppression,
2 to turn aside the needy from justice
and (MS)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 (MT)the day of punishment,
in the ruin that will come (MU)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.
(MV)For all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.
Judgment on Arrogant Assyria
5 Woe to Assyria, (MW)the rod of my anger;
the staff in their hands is my fury!
6 Against a (MX)godless nation I send him,
and against the people of my wrath I command him,
to take (MY)spoil and seize plunder,
and to (MZ)tread them down like the mire of the streets.
7 But he (NA)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:
(NB)“Are not my commanders all kings?
9 (NC)Is not (ND)Calno like (NE)Carchemish?
Is not (NF)Hamath like (NG)Arpad?
(NH)Is not (NI)Samaria like Damascus?
10 As my hand has reached to (NJ)the kingdoms of the idols,
whose carved images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 shall I not do to Jerusalem and (NK)her idols
(NL)as I have done to Samaria and her images?”
12 (NM)When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, (NN)he[bf] will punish the speech[bg] of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes. 13 (NO)For he says:
“By the strength of my hand I have done it,
and by my wisdom, for I have understanding;
I remove the boundaries of peoples,
and plunder their treasures;
like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones.
14 My hand has found like a nest
the wealth of the peoples;
and as one gathers eggs that have been forsaken,
so I have gathered all the earth;
and there was none that moved a wing
or opened the mouth or chirped.”
15 Shall (NP)the axe boast over him who hews with it,
or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it?
As if a rod should wield him who lifts it,
or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood!
16 Therefore the Lord God of hosts
will send wasting sickness among his (NQ)stout warriors,
and under his glory (NR)a burning will be kindled,
like the burning of fire.
17 (NS)The light of Israel will become a fire,
and (NT)his Holy One a flame,
and (NU)it will burn and devour
his thorns and briers (NV)in one day.
18 The glory of (NW)his forest and of his (NX)fruitful land
the Lord will destroy, both soul and body,
and it will be as when a sick man wastes away.
19 The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few
that a child can write them down.
The Remnant of Israel Will Return
20 (NY)In that day (NZ)the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no more (OA)lean on him who struck them, but (OB)will lean on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. 21 A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, (OC)to the mighty God. 22 (OD)For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, (OE)only a remnant of them will return. (OF)Destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness. 23 For the Lord God of hosts will make a full end, as decreed, in the midst of all the earth.
24 Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts: “O my people, (OG)who dwell in Zion, (OH)be not afraid of the Assyrians when they strike with the rod and lift up their staff against you as (OI)the Egyptians did. 25 For (OJ)in a very little while my fury will come to an end, and my anger will be directed to their destruction. 26 And (OK)the Lord of hosts will wield against them a whip, as when he struck (OL)Midian (OM)at the rock of Oreb. And his staff will be over the sea, and he will lift it (ON)as he did in Egypt. 27 And in that day (OO)his burden will depart from your shoulder, and (OP)his yoke from your neck; and the yoke will be broken because of the fat.”[bh]
28 He has come to Aiath;
he has passed through (OQ)Migron;
at Michmash he stores (OR)his baggage;
29 they have crossed over (OS)the pass;
at (OT)Geba they lodge for the night;
(OU)Ramah trembles;
(OV)Gibeah of Saul has fled.
30 Cry aloud, O daughter of (OW)Gallim!
Give attention, O Laishah!
O poor (OX)Anathoth!
31 Madmenah is in flight;
the inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.
32 This very day he will halt at (OY)Nob;
he will shake his fist
at the mount of (OZ)the daughter of Zion,
the hill of Jerusalem.
33 Behold, the Lord God of hosts
(PA)will lop (PB)the boughs with terrifying power;
the great in height will be hewn down,
and the lofty will be brought low.
34 He will cut down (PC)the thickets of the forest with an axe,
and (PD)Lebanon will fall by the Majestic One.
The Righteous Reign of the Branch
11 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of (PE)Jesse,
and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
2 And (PF)the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him,
the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and might,
the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
3 And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.
(PG)He shall not judge by (PH)what his eyes see,
or decide disputes by (PI)what his ears hear,
4 but (PJ)with righteousness he shall judge the poor,
and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
and he shall (PK)strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and (PL)with the breath of his lips (PM)he shall kill the wicked.
5 Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist,
and (PN)faithfulness the belt of his loins.
6 (PO)The wolf shall dwell with the lamb,
and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat,
and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together;
and a little child shall lead them.
7 The cow and the bear shall graze;
their young shall lie down together;
and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
8 The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra,
and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den.
9 (PP)They shall not hurt or destroy
in all (PQ)my holy mountain;
(PR)for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.
10 In that day (PS)the root of (PT)Jesse, who shall stand as (PU)a signal for the peoples—of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.
11 (PV)In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, (PW)from Assyria, (PX)from Egypt, from (PY)Pathros, from (PZ)Cush,[bi] from (QA)Elam, from (QB)Shinar, from (QC)Hamath, and from (QD)the coastlands of the sea.
12 He will raise (QE)a signal for the nations
and will assemble (QF)the banished of Israel,
and gather the dispersed of Judah
from the four corners of the earth.
13 (QG)The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart,
and those who harass Judah shall be cut off;
Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah,
and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.
14 (QH)But they shall swoop down on the shoulder of the Philistines in the west,
and together they shall plunder (QI)the people of the east.
They shall put out their hand (QJ)against (QK)Edom and (QL)Moab,
and (QM)the Ammonites shall obey them.
15 And the Lord will utterly destroy[bj]
(QN)the tongue of the Sea of Egypt,
and will wave his hand over (QO)the River[bk]
with his scorching breath,[bl]
and strike it into seven channels,
and he will lead people across in sandals.
16 And there will be (QP)a highway from Assyria
for the remnant that remains of his people,
(QQ)as there was for Israel
when they came up from the land of Egypt.
The Lord Is My Strength and My Song
12 You[bm] will say (QR)in that day:
“I will give thanks to you, O Lord,
for though you were angry with me,
(QS)your anger turned away,
that you might comfort me.
2 “Behold, God is my salvation;
I will trust, and will not be afraid;
for (QT)the Lord God[bn] is my strength and my song,
and he has become my salvation.”
3 (QU)With joy you[bo] will draw water from the wells of salvation. 4 (QV)And you will say in that day:
(QW)“Give thanks to the Lord,
call upon his name,
(QX)make known his deeds among the peoples,
proclaim (QY)that his name is exalted.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:2 Or Sons; also verse 4
- Isaiah 1:10 Or law
- Isaiah 1:18 Or dispute
- Isaiah 1:21 Or become unchaste
- Isaiah 1:29 Some Hebrew manuscripts you
- Isaiah 2:3 Or teaching
- Isaiah 2:19 Hebrew dust
- Isaiah 3:1 Hebrew staff
- Isaiah 3:4 Or caprice
- Isaiah 3:7 Hebrew binder of wounds
- Isaiah 3:8 Hebrew the eyes of his glory
- Isaiah 3:12 Or they have confused
- Isaiah 3:14 Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5
- Isaiah 4:4 Or purging
- Isaiah 5:5 Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5
- Isaiah 5:7 The Hebrew words for justice and bloodshed sound alike
- Isaiah 5:7 The Hebrew words for righteous and outcry sound alike
- Isaiah 5:10 Hebrew ten yoke, the area ten yoke of oxen can plow in a day
- Isaiah 5:10 A bath was about 6 gallons or 22 liters; a homer was about 6 bushels or 220 liters; an ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters
- Isaiah 5:13 Or without their knowledge
- Isaiah 5:13 Or die of hunger
- Isaiah 5:14 Hebrew her nobility
- Isaiah 5:15 Hebrew high
- Isaiah 5:16 Hebrew high
- Isaiah 6:1 Or hem
- Isaiah 6:3 Or may his glory fill the whole earth
- Isaiah 6:9 Or Hear indeed
- Isaiah 6:9 Or see indeed
- Isaiah 6:10 Hebrew fat
- Isaiah 6:13 Or purged
- Isaiah 6:13 Or offspring
- Isaiah 7:2 Hebrew Syria has rested upon
- Isaiah 7:2 Hebrew his heart
- Isaiah 7:3 Shear-jashub means A remnant shall return
- Isaiah 7:6 Hebrew let us split it open
- Isaiah 7:9 The Hebrew for you is plural in verses 9, 13, 14
- Isaiah 7:11 The Hebrew for you and your is singular in verses 11, 16, 17
- Isaiah 7:13 That is, Isaiah
- Isaiah 7:14 Immanuel means God is with us
- Isaiah 7:19 Or watering holes, or brambles
- Isaiah 7:20 That is, the Euphrates
- Isaiah 7:23 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
- Isaiah 8:1 Hebrew with a man's stylus
- Isaiah 8:1 Maher-shalal-hash-baz means The spoil speeds, the prey hastens
- Isaiah 8:7 That is, the Euphrates
- Isaiah 8:9 Or Be evil
- Isaiah 8:9 Or dismayed
- Isaiah 8:10 The Hebrew for God is with us is Immanuel
- Isaiah 8:16 Or law; also verse 20
- Isaiah 8:21 Hebrew it
- Isaiah 8:21 Or speak contemptuously by
- Isaiah 9:1 Ch 8:23 in Hebrew
- Isaiah 9:1 Or of the Gentiles
- Isaiah 9:2 Ch 9:1 in Hebrew
- Isaiah 9:6 Or is upon
- Isaiah 9:6 Or is called
- Isaiah 9:17 Or speaks disgraceful things
- Isaiah 10:12 Hebrew I
- Isaiah 10:12 Hebrew fruit
- Isaiah 10:27 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
- Isaiah 11:11 Probably Nubia
- Isaiah 11:15 Hebrew devote to destruction
- Isaiah 11:15 That is, the Euphrates
- Isaiah 11:15 Or wind
- Isaiah 12:1 The Hebrew for you is singular in verse 1
- Isaiah 12:2 Hebrew for Yah, the Lord
- Isaiah 12:3 The Hebrew for you is plural in verses 3, 4
Isaiah 1:1-12:4
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Isaiah 1:1-12:4
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1 The vision(A) concerning Judah and Jerusalem(B) that Isaiah son of Amoz saw(C) during the reigns of Uzziah,(D) Jotham,(E) Ahaz(F) and Hezekiah,(G) kings of Judah.
A Rebellious Nation
2 Hear me, you heavens! Listen, earth!(H)
For the Lord has spoken:(I)
“I reared children(J) and brought them up,
but they have rebelled(K) against me.
3 The ox knows(L) its master,
the donkey its owner’s manger,(M)
but Israel does not know,(N)
my people do not understand.(O)”
4 Woe to the sinful nation,
a people whose guilt is great,(P)
a brood of evildoers,(Q)
children given to corruption!(R)
They have forsaken(S) the Lord;
they have spurned the Holy One(T) of Israel
and turned their backs(U) on him.
5 Why should you be beaten(V) anymore?
Why do you persist(W) in rebellion?(X)
Your whole head is injured,
your whole heart(Y) afflicted.(Z)
6 From the sole of your foot to the top of your head(AA)
there is no soundness(AB)—
only wounds and welts(AC)
and open sores,
not cleansed or bandaged(AD)
or soothed with olive oil.(AE)
7 Your country is desolate,(AF)
your cities burned with fire;(AG)
your fields are being stripped by foreigners(AH)
right before you,
laid waste as when overthrown by strangers.(AI)
8 Daughter Zion(AJ) is left(AK)
like a shelter in a vineyard,
like a hut(AL) in a cucumber field,
like a city under siege.
9 Unless the Lord Almighty
had left us some survivors,(AM)
we would have become like Sodom,
we would have been like Gomorrah.(AN)
10 Hear the word of the Lord,(AO)
you rulers of Sodom;(AP)
listen to the instruction(AQ) of our God,
you people of Gomorrah!(AR)
11 “The multitude of your sacrifices—
what are they to me?” says the Lord.
“I have more than enough of burnt offerings,
of rams and the fat of fattened animals;(AS)
I have no pleasure(AT)
in the blood of bulls(AU) and lambs and goats.(AV)
12 When you come to appear before me,
who has asked this of you,(AW)
this trampling of my courts?
13 Stop bringing meaningless offerings!(AX)
Your incense(AY) is detestable(AZ) to me.
New Moons,(BA) Sabbaths and convocations(BB)—
I cannot bear your worthless assemblies.
14 Your New Moon(BC) feasts and your appointed festivals(BD)
I hate with all my being.(BE)
They have become a burden to me;(BF)
I am weary(BG) of bearing them.
15 When you spread out your hands(BH) in prayer,
I hide(BI) my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers,
I am not listening.(BJ)
16 Wash(BM) and make yourselves clean.
Take your evil deeds out of my sight;(BN)
stop doing wrong.(BO)
17 Learn to do right;(BP) seek justice.(BQ)
Defend the oppressed.[a](BR)
Take up the cause of the fatherless;(BS)
plead the case of the widow.(BT)
18 “Come now, let us settle the matter,”(BU)
says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;(BV)
though they are red as crimson,
they shall be like wool.(BW)
19 If you are willing and obedient,(BX)
you will eat the good things of the land;(BY)
20 but if you resist and rebel,(BZ)
you will be devoured by the sword.”(CA)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.(CB)
21 See how the faithful city
has become a prostitute!(CC)
She once was full of justice;
righteousness(CD) used to dwell in her—
but now murderers!(CE)
22 Your silver has become dross,(CF)
your choice wine is diluted with water.
23 Your rulers are rebels,(CG)
partners with thieves;(CH)
they all love bribes(CI)
and chase after gifts.
They do not defend the cause of the fatherless;
the widow’s case does not come before them.(CJ)
24 Therefore the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
the Mighty One(CK) of Israel, declares:
“Ah! I will vent my wrath on my foes
and avenge(CL) myself on my enemies.(CM)
25 I will turn my hand against you;[b](CN)
I will thoroughly purge(CO) away your dross(CP)
and remove all your impurities.(CQ)
26 I will restore your leaders as in days of old,(CR)
your rulers as at the beginning.
Afterward you will be called(CS)
the City of Righteousness,(CT)
the Faithful City.(CU)”
27 Zion will be delivered with justice,
her penitent(CV) ones with righteousness.(CW)
28 But rebels and sinners(CX) will both be broken,
and those who forsake(CY) the Lord will perish.(CZ)
29 “You will be ashamed(DA) because of the sacred oaks(DB)
in which you have delighted;
you will be disgraced because of the gardens(DC)
that you have chosen.
30 You will be like an oak with fading leaves,(DD)
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.(DE)”
The Mountain of the Lord(DF)
2 This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:(DG)
2 In the last days(DH)
the mountain(DI) of the Lord’s temple will be established
as the highest of the mountains;(DJ)
it will be exalted(DK) above the hills,
and all nations will stream to it.(DL)
3 Many peoples(DM) will come and say,
“Come, let us go(DN) up to the mountain(DO) 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(DP) will go out from Zion,
the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.(DQ)
4 He will judge(DR) between the nations
and will settle disputes(DS) for many peoples.
They will beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.(DT)
Nation will not take up sword against nation,(DU)
nor will they train for war anymore.
The Day of the Lord
6 You, Lord, have abandoned(DX) your people,
the descendants of Jacob.(DY)
They are full of superstitions from the East;
they practice divination(DZ) like the Philistines(EA)
and embrace(EB) pagan customs.(EC)
7 Their land is full of silver and gold;(ED)
there is no end to their treasures.(EE)
Their land is full of horses;(EF)
there is no end to their chariots.(EG)
8 Their land is full of idols;(EH)
they bow down(EI) to the work of their hands,(EJ)
to what their fingers(EK) have made.
9 So people will be brought low(EL)
and everyone humbled(EM)—
do not forgive them.[c](EN)
10 Go into the rocks, hide(EO) in the ground
from the fearful presence of the Lord
and the splendor of his majesty!(EP)
11 The eyes of the arrogant(EQ) will be humbled(ER)
and human pride(ES) brought low;(ET)
the Lord alone will be exalted(EU) in that day.(EV)
12 The Lord Almighty has a day(EW) in store
for all the proud(EX) and lofty,(EY)
for all that is exalted(EZ)
(and they will be humbled),(FA)
13 for all the cedars of Lebanon,(FB) tall and lofty,(FC)
and all the oaks of Bashan,(FD)
14 for all the towering mountains
and all the high hills,(FE)
15 for every lofty tower(FF)
and every fortified wall,(FG)
16 for every trading ship[d](FH)
and every stately vessel.
17 The arrogance of man will be brought low(FI)
and human pride humbled;(FJ)
the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,(FK)
18 and the idols(FL) will totally disappear.(FM)
19 People will flee to caves(FN) in the rocks
and to holes in the ground(FO)
from the fearful presence(FP) of the Lord
and the splendor of his majesty,(FQ)
when he rises to shake the earth.(FR)
20 In that day(FS) people will throw away
to the moles and bats(FT)
their idols of silver and idols of gold,(FU)
which they made to worship.(FV)
21 They will flee to caverns in the rocks(FW)
and to the overhanging crags
from the fearful presence of the Lord
and the splendor of his majesty,(FX)
when he rises(FY) to shake the earth.(FZ)
22 Stop trusting in mere humans,(GA)
who have but a breath(GB) in their nostrils.
Why hold them in esteem?(GC)
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:(GD)
all supplies of food(GE) and all supplies of water,(GF)
2 the hero and the warrior,(GG)
the judge and the prophet,
the diviner(GH) and the elder,(GI)
3 the captain of fifty(GJ) and the man of rank,(GK)
the counselor, skilled craftsman(GL) and clever enchanter.(GM)
4 “I will make mere youths their officials;
children will rule over them.”(GN)
5 People will oppress each other—
man against man, neighbor against neighbor.(GO)
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(GP) he will cry out,
“I have no remedy.(GQ)
I have no food(GR) or clothing in my house;
do not make me the leader of the people.”(GS)
8 Jerusalem staggers,
Judah is falling;(GT)
their words(GU) and deeds(GV) are against the Lord,
defying(GW) his glorious presence.
9 The look on their faces testifies(GX) against them;
they parade their sin like Sodom;(GY)
they do not hide it.
Woe to them!
They have brought disaster(GZ) upon themselves.
10 Tell the righteous it will be well(HA) with them,
for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.(HB)
11 Woe to the wicked!(HC)
Disaster(HD) is upon them!
They will be paid back(HE)
for what their hands have done.(HF)
12 Youths(HG) oppress my people,
women rule over them.
My people, your guides lead you astray;(HH)
they turn you from the path.
13 The Lord takes his place in court;(HI)
he rises to judge(HJ) the people.
14 The Lord enters into judgment(HK)
against the elders and leaders of his people:
“It is you who have ruined my vineyard;
the plunder(HL) from the poor(HM) is in your houses.
15 What do you mean by crushing my people(HN)
and grinding(HO) the faces of the poor?”(HP)
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.(HQ)
16 The Lord says,
“The women of Zion(HR) are haughty,
walking along with outstretched necks,(HS)
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.(HT)”
18 In that day(HU) the Lord will snatch away their finery: the bangles and headbands and crescent necklaces,(HV) 19 the earrings and bracelets(HW) and veils,(HX) 20 the headdresses(HY) and anklets and sashes, the perfume bottles and charms, 21 the signet rings and nose rings,(HZ) 22 the fine robes and the capes and cloaks,(IA) the purses 23 and mirrors, and the linen garments(IB) and tiaras(IC) and shawls.
24 Instead of fragrance(ID) there will be a stench;(IE)
instead of a sash,(IF) a rope;
instead of well-dressed hair, baldness;(IG)
instead of fine clothing, sackcloth;(IH)
instead of beauty,(II) branding.(IJ)
25 Your men will fall by the sword,(IK)
your warriors in battle.(IL)
26 The gates(IM) of Zion will lament and mourn;(IN)
destitute,(IO) she will sit on the ground.(IP)
4 1 In that day(IQ) seven women
will take hold of one man(IR)
and say, “We will eat our own food(IS)
and provide our own clothes;
only let us be called by your name.
Take away our disgrace!”(IT)
The Branch of the Lord
2 In that day(IU) the Branch of the Lord(IV) will be beautiful(IW) and glorious, and the fruit(IX) of the land will be the pride and glory(IY) of the survivors(IZ) in Israel. 3 Those who are left in Zion,(JA) who remain(JB) in Jerusalem, will be called holy,(JC) all who are recorded(JD) among the living in Jerusalem. 4 The Lord will wash away the filth(JE) of the women of Zion;(JF) he will cleanse(JG) the bloodstains(JH) from Jerusalem by a spirit[e] of judgment(JI) and a spirit[f] of fire.(JJ) 5 Then the Lord will create(JK) over all of Mount Zion(JL) and over those who assemble there a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night;(JM) over everything the glory[g](JN) will be a canopy.(JO) 6 It will be a shelter(JP) and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge(JQ) and hiding place from the storm(JR) and rain.
The Song of the Vineyard
5 I will sing for the one I love
a song about his vineyard:(JS)
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.(JT)
He built a watchtower(JU) in it
and cut out a winepress(JV) as well.
Then he looked for a crop of good grapes,
but it yielded only bad fruit.(JW)
3 “Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah,
judge between me and my vineyard.(JX)
4 What more could have been done for my vineyard
than I have done for it?(JY)
When I looked for good grapes,
why did it yield only bad?(JZ)
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;(KA)
I will break down its wall,(KB)
and it will be trampled.(KC)
6 I will make it a wasteland,(KD)
neither pruned nor cultivated,
and briers and thorns(KE) will grow there.
I will command the clouds
not to rain(KF) on it.”
7 The vineyard(KG) 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,(KH) but saw bloodshed;
for righteousness,(KI) but heard cries of distress.(KJ)
Woes and Judgments
8 Woe(KK) to you who add house to house
and join field to field(KL)
till no space is left
and you live alone in the land.
9 The Lord Almighty(KM) has declared in my hearing:(KN)
“Surely the great houses will become desolate,(KO)
the fine mansions left without occupants.
10 A ten-acre vineyard will produce only a bath[h] of wine;
a homer[i] of seed will yield only an ephah[j] of grain.”(KP)
11 Woe(KQ) 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.(KR)
12 They have harps and lyres at their banquets,
pipes(KS) and timbrels(KT) and wine,
but they have no regard(KU) for the deeds of the Lord,
no respect for the work of his hands.(KV)
13 Therefore my people will go into exile(KW)
for lack of understanding;(KX)
those of high rank(KY) will die of hunger
and the common people will be parched with thirst.(KZ)
14 Therefore Death(LA) expands its jaws,
opening wide its mouth;(LB)
into it will descend their nobles and masses
with all their brawlers and revelers.(LC)
15 So people will be brought low(LD)
and everyone humbled,(LE)
the eyes of the arrogant(LF) humbled.
16 But the Lord Almighty will be exalted(LG) by his justice,(LH)
and the holy God will be proved holy(LI) by his righteous acts.
17 Then sheep will graze as in their own pasture;(LJ)
lambs will feed[k] among the ruins of the rich.
18 Woe(LK) to those who draw sin along with cords(LL) of deceit,
and wickedness(LM) as with cart ropes,
19 to those who say, “Let God hurry;
let him hasten(LN) his work
so we may see it.
The plan of the Holy One(LO) of Israel—
let it approach, let it come into view,
so we may know it.”(LP)
20 Woe(LQ) to those who call evil good(LR)
and good evil,(LS)
who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,(LT)
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter.(LU)
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes(LV)
and clever in their own sight.
22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine(LW)
and champions at mixing drinks,(LX)
23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe,(LY)
but deny justice(LZ) to the innocent.(MA)
24 Therefore, as tongues of fire(MB) lick up straw(MC)
and as dry grass sinks down in the flames,
so their roots will decay(MD)
and their flowers blow away like dust;(ME)
for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty
and spurned the word(MF) of the Holy One(MG) of Israel.
25 Therefore the Lord’s anger(MH) burns against his people;
his hand is raised and he strikes them down.
The mountains shake,(MI)
and the dead bodies(MJ) are like refuse(MK) in the streets.(ML)
26 He lifts up a banner(MO) for the distant nations,
he whistles(MP) for those at the ends of the earth.(MQ)
Here they come,
swiftly and speedily!
27 Not one of them grows tired(MR) or stumbles,
not one slumbers or sleeps;
not a belt(MS) is loosened at the waist,(MT)
not a sandal strap is broken.(MU)
28 Their arrows are sharp,(MV)
all their bows(MW) are strung;
their horses’ hooves(MX) seem like flint,
their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.(MY)
29 Their roar is like that of the lion,(MZ)
they roar like young lions;
they growl as they seize(NA) their prey
and carry it off with no one to rescue.(NB)
30 In that day(NC) they will roar over it
like the roaring of the sea.(ND)
And if one looks at the land,
there is only darkness(NE) and distress;(NF)
even the sun will be darkened(NG) by clouds.
Isaiah’s Commission
6 In the year that King Uzziah(NH) died,(NI) I saw the Lord,(NJ) high and exalted,(NK) seated on a throne;(NL) and the train of his robe(NM) filled the temple. 2 Above him were seraphim,(NN) each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet,(NO) and with two they were flying. 3 And they were calling to one another:
4 At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.(NT)
5 “Woe(NU) to me!” I cried. “I am ruined!(NV) For I am a man of unclean lips,(NW) and I live among a people of unclean lips,(NX) and my eyes have seen(NY) the King,(NZ) the Lord Almighty.”(OA)
6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal(OB) in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips;(OC) your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.(OD)”
8 Then I heard the voice(OE) of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send?(OF) And who will go for us?(OG)”
And I said, “Here am I.(OH) Send me!”
9 He said, “Go(OI) and tell this people:
“‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’(OJ)
10 Make the heart of this people calloused;(OK)
make their ears dull
and close their eyes.[l](OL)
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,(OM)
understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.”(ON)
11 Then I said, “For how long, Lord?”(OO)
And he answered:
“Until the cities lie ruined(OP)
and without inhabitant,
until the houses are left deserted(OQ)
and the fields ruined and ravaged,(OR)
12 until the Lord has sent everyone far away(OS)
and the land is utterly forsaken.(OT)
13 And though a tenth remains(OU) in the land,
it will again be laid waste.(OV)
But as the terebinth and oak
leave stumps(OW) when they are cut down,
so the holy(OX) seed will be the stump in the land.”(OY)
The Sign of Immanuel
7 When Ahaz(OZ) son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, King Rezin(PA) of Aram(PB) and Pekah(PC) son of Remaliah(PD) king of Israel marched up to fight against Jerusalem, but they could not overpower it.
2 Now the house of David(PE) was told, “Aram has allied itself with[m] Ephraim(PF)”; so the hearts of Ahaz and his people were shaken,(PG) as the trees of the forest are shaken by the wind.
3 Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out, you and your son Shear-Jashub,[n](PH) to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.(PI) 4 Say to him, ‘Be careful, keep calm(PJ) and don’t be afraid.(PK) Do not lose heart(PL) because of these two smoldering stubs(PM) of firewood—because of the fierce anger(PN) of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah.(PO) 5 Aram, Ephraim and Remaliah’s(PP) son have plotted(PQ) your ruin, saying, 6 “Let us invade Judah; let us tear it apart and divide it among ourselves, and make the son of Tabeel king over it.” 7 Yet this is what the Sovereign Lord says:(PR)
“‘It will not take place,
it will not happen,(PS)
8 for the head of Aram is Damascus,(PT)
and the head of Damascus is only Rezin.(PU)
Within sixty-five years
Ephraim will be too shattered(PV) to be a people.
9 The head of Ephraim is Samaria,(PW)
and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah’s son.
If you do not stand(PX) firm in your faith,(PY)
you will not stand at all.’”(PZ)
10 Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz, 11 “Ask the Lord your God for a sign,(QA) whether in the deepest depths or in the highest heights.(QB)”
12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask; I will not put the Lord to the test.(QC)”
13 Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, you house of David!(QD) Is it not enough(QE) to try the patience of humans? Will you try the patience(QF) of my God(QG) also? 14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you[o] a sign:(QH) The virgin[p](QI) will conceive and give birth to a son,(QJ) and[q] will call him Immanuel.[r](QK) 15 He will be eating curds(QL) and honey(QM) when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, 16 for before the boy knows(QN) enough to reject the wrong and choose the right,(QO) the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.(QP) 17 The Lord will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since Ephraim broke away(QQ) from Judah—he will bring the king of Assyria.(QR)”
Assyria, the Lord’s Instrument
18 In that day(QS) the Lord will whistle(QT) for flies from the Nile delta in Egypt and for bees from the land of Assyria.(QU) 19 They will all come and settle in the steep ravines and in the crevices(QV) in the rocks, on all the thornbushes(QW) and at all the water holes. 20 In that day(QX) the Lord will use(QY) a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates River(QZ)—the king of Assyria(RA)—to shave your head and private parts, and to cut off your beard(RB) also.(RC) 21 In that day,(RD) a person will keep alive a young cow and two goats.(RE) 22 And because of the abundance of the milk they give, there will be curds to eat. All who remain in the land will eat curds(RF) and honey.(RG) 23 In that day,(RH) in every place where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels,[s](RI) there will be only briers and thorns.(RJ) 24 Hunters will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers(RK) and thorns. 25 As for all the hills(RL) once cultivated by the hoe, you will no longer go there for fear of the briers and thorns;(RM) they will become places where cattle are turned loose and where sheep run.(RN)
Isaiah and His Children as Signs
8 The Lord said to me, “Take a large scroll(RO) and write on it with an ordinary pen: Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.”[t](RP) 2 So I called in Uriah(RQ) the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah as reliable witnesses(RR) for me. 3 Then I made love to the prophetess,(RS) and she conceived and gave birth to a son.(RT) And the Lord said to me, “Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.(RU) 4 For before the boy knows(RV) how to say ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus(RW) and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.(RX)”
5 The Lord spoke to me again:
6 “Because this people has rejected(RY)
the gently flowing waters of Shiloah(RZ)
and rejoices over Rezin
and the son of Remaliah,(SA)
7 therefore the Lord is about to bring against them
the mighty floodwaters(SB) of the Euphrates—
the king of Assyria(SC) with all his pomp.(SD)
It will overflow all its channels,
run over all its banks(SE)
8 and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it,(SF)
passing through it and reaching up to the neck.
Its outspread wings(SG) will cover the breadth of your land,
Immanuel[u]!”(SH)
9 Raise the war cry,[v](SI) you nations, and be shattered!(SJ)
Listen, all you distant lands.
Prepare(SK) for battle, and be shattered!
Prepare for battle, and be shattered!
10 Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted;(SL)
propose your plan, but it will not stand,(SM)
for God is with us.[w](SN)
11 This is what the Lord says to me with his strong hand upon me,(SO) warning me not to follow(SP) the way of this people:
12 “Do not call conspiracy(SQ)
everything this people calls a conspiracy;
do not fear what they fear,(SR)
and do not dread it.(SS)
13 The Lord Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy,(ST)
he is the one you are to fear,(SU)
he is the one you are to dread.(SV)
14 He will be a holy place;(SW)
for both Israel and Judah he will be
a stone(SX) that causes people to stumble(SY)
and a rock that makes them fall.(SZ)
And for the people of Jerusalem he will be
a trap and a snare.(TA)
15 Many of them will stumble;(TB)
they will fall and be broken,
they will be snared and captured.”
16 Bind up this testimony of warning(TC)
and seal(TD) up God’s instruction among my disciples.
17 I will wait(TE) for the Lord,
who is hiding(TF) his face from the descendants of Jacob.
I will put my trust in him.(TG)
18 Here am I, and the children the Lord has given me.(TH) We are signs(TI) and symbols(TJ) in Israel from the Lord Almighty, who dwells on Mount Zion.(TK)
The Darkness Turns to Light
19 When someone tells you to consult(TL) mediums and spiritists,(TM) who whisper and mutter,(TN) should not a people inquire(TO) of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? 20 Consult God’s instruction(TP) and the testimony of warning.(TQ) If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light(TR) of dawn. 21 Distressed and hungry,(TS) they will roam through the land;(TT) when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse(TU) their king and their God. 22 Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom,(TV) and they will be thrust into utter darkness.(TW)
9 [x]Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom(TX) for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,(TY) but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan—
2 The people walking in darkness(TZ)
have seen a great light;(UA)
on those living in the land of deep darkness(UB)
a light has dawned.(UC)
3 You have enlarged the nation(UD)
and increased their joy;(UE)
they rejoice before you
as people rejoice at the harvest,
as warriors rejoice
when dividing the plunder.(UF)
4 For as in the day of Midian’s defeat,(UG)
you have shattered(UH)
the yoke(UI) that burdens them,
the bar across their shoulders,(UJ)
the rod of their oppressor.(UK)
5 Every warrior’s boot used in battle
and every garment rolled in blood
will be destined for burning,(UL)
will be fuel for the fire.
6 For to us a child is born,(UM)
to us a son is given,(UN)
and the government(UO) will be on his shoulders.(UP)
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor,(UQ) Mighty God,(UR)
Everlasting(US) Father,(UT) Prince of Peace.(UU)
7 Of the greatness of his government(UV) and peace(UW)
there will be no end.(UX)
He will reign(UY) on David’s throne
and over his kingdom,
establishing and upholding it
with justice(UZ) and righteousness(VA)
from that time on and forever.(VB)
The zeal(VC) of the Lord Almighty
will accomplish this.
The Lord’s Anger Against Israel
8 The Lord has sent a message(VD) against Jacob;
it will fall on Israel.
9 All the people will know it—
Ephraim(VE) and the inhabitants of Samaria(VF)—
who say with pride
and arrogance(VG) of heart,
10 “The bricks have fallen down,
but we will rebuild with dressed stone;(VH)
the fig(VI) trees have been felled,
but we will replace them with cedars.(VJ)”
11 But the Lord has strengthened Rezin’s(VK) foes against them
and has spurred their enemies on.
12 Arameans(VL) from the east and Philistines(VM) from the west
have devoured(VN) Israel with open mouth.
13 But the people have not returned(VQ) to him who struck(VR) them,
nor have they sought(VS) the Lord Almighty.
14 So the Lord will cut off from Israel both head and tail,
both palm branch and reed(VT) in a single day;(VU)
15 the elders(VV) and dignitaries(VW) are the head,
the prophets(VX) who teach lies(VY) are the tail.
16 Those who guide(VZ) this people mislead them,
and those who are guided are led astray.(WA)
17 Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men,(WB)
nor will he pity(WC) the fatherless and widows,
for everyone is ungodly(WD) and wicked,(WE)
every mouth speaks folly.(WF)
Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
his hand is still upraised.(WG)
18 Surely wickedness burns like a fire;(WH)
it consumes briers and thorns,(WI)
it sets the forest thickets ablaze,(WJ)
so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.
19 By the wrath(WK) of the Lord Almighty
the land will be scorched(WL)
and the people will be fuel for the fire;(WM)
they will not spare one another.(WN)
20 On the right they will devour,
but still be hungry;(WO)
on the left they will eat,(WP)
but not be satisfied.
Each will feed on the flesh of their own offspring[y]:
21 Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, and Ephraim on Manasseh;(WQ)
together they will turn against Judah.(WR)
Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
his hand is still upraised.(WS)
10 Woe(WT) to those who make unjust laws,
to those who issue oppressive decrees,(WU)
2 to deprive(WV) the poor of their rights
and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people,(WW)
making widows their prey
and robbing the fatherless.(WX)
3 What will you do on the day of reckoning,(WY)
when disaster(WZ) comes from afar?
To whom will you run for help?(XA)
Where will you leave your riches?
4 Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives(XB)
or fall among the slain.(XC)
Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,(XD)
his hand is still upraised.
God’s Judgment on Assyria
5 “Woe(XE) to the Assyrian,(XF) the rod(XG) of my anger,
in whose hand is the club(XH) of my wrath!(XI)
6 I send him against a godless(XJ) nation,
I dispatch(XK) him against a people who anger me,(XL)
to seize loot and snatch plunder,(XM)
and to trample(XN) them down like mud in the streets.
7 But this is not what he intends,(XO)
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(XP) all kings?’ he says.
9 ‘Has not Kalno(XQ) fared like Carchemish?(XR)
Is not Hamath(XS) like Arpad,(XT)
and Samaria(XU) like Damascus?(XV)
10 As my hand seized the kingdoms of the idols,(XW)
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?(XX)’”
12 When the Lord has finished all his work(XY) against Mount Zion(XZ) and Jerusalem, he will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria(YA) for the willful pride(YB) of his heart and the haughty look(YC) in his eyes. 13 For he says:
“‘By the strength of my hand(YD) I have done this,(YE)
and by my wisdom, because I have understanding.
I removed the boundaries of nations,
I plundered their treasures;(YF)
like a mighty one I subdued[z] their kings.(YG)
14 As one reaches into a nest,(YH)
so my hand reached for the wealth(YI) of the nations;
as people gather abandoned eggs,
so I gathered all the countries;(YJ)
not one flapped a wing,
or opened its mouth to chirp.(YK)’”
15 Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it,
or the saw boast against the one who uses it?(YL)
As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up,
or a club(YM) brandish the one who is not wood!
16 Therefore, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
will send a wasting disease(YN) upon his sturdy warriors;(YO)
under his pomp(YP) a fire(YQ) will be kindled
like a blazing flame.
17 The Light of Israel will become a fire,(YR)
their Holy One(YS) a flame;
in a single day it will burn and consume
his thorns(YT) and his briers.(YU)
18 The splendor of his forests(YV) and fertile fields
it will completely destroy,(YW)
as when a sick person wastes away.
19 And the remaining trees of his forests(YX) will be so few(YY)
that a child could write them down.
The Remnant of Israel
20 In that day(YZ) the remnant of Israel,
the survivors(ZA) of Jacob,
will no longer rely(ZB) on him
who struck them down(ZC)
but will truly rely(ZD) on the Lord,
the Holy One of Israel.(ZE)
21 A remnant(ZF) will return,[aa](ZG) a remnant of Jacob
will return to the Mighty God.(ZH)
22 Though your people be like the sand(ZI) by the sea, Israel,
only a remnant will return.(ZJ)
Destruction has been decreed,(ZK)
overwhelming and righteous.
23 The Lord, the Lord Almighty, will carry out
the destruction decreed(ZL) upon the whole land.(ZM)
24 Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says:
“My people who live in Zion,(ZN)
do not be afraid(ZO) of the Assyrians,
who beat(ZP) you with a rod(ZQ)
and lift up a club against you, as Egypt did.
25 Very soon(ZR) my anger against you will end
and my wrath(ZS) will be directed to their destruction.(ZT)”
26 The Lord Almighty will lash(ZU) them with a whip,
as when he struck down Midian(ZV) at the rock of Oreb;
and he will raise his staff(ZW) over the waters,(ZX)
as he did in Egypt.
27 In that day(ZY) their burden(ZZ) will be lifted from your shoulders,
their yoke(AAA) from your neck;(AAB)
the yoke(AAC) will be broken
because you have grown so fat.[ab]
28 They enter Aiath;
they pass through Migron;(AAD)
they store supplies(AAE) at Mikmash.(AAF)
29 They go over the pass, and say,
“We will camp overnight at Geba.(AAG)”
Ramah(AAH) trembles;
Gibeah(AAI) of Saul flees.(AAJ)
30 Cry out, Daughter Gallim!(AAK)
Listen, Laishah!
Poor Anathoth!(AAL)
31 Madmenah is in flight;
the people of Gebim take cover.
32 This day they will halt at Nob;(AAM)
they will shake their fist(AAN)
at the mount of Daughter Zion,(AAO)
at the hill of Jerusalem.
33 See, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
will lop off(AAP) the boughs with great power.
The lofty trees will be felled,(AAQ)
the tall(AAR) ones will be brought low.(AAS)
34 He will cut down(AAT) the forest thickets with an ax;
Lebanon(AAU) will fall before the Mighty One.(AAV)
The Branch From Jesse
11 A shoot(AAW) will come up from the stump(AAX) of Jesse;(AAY)
from his roots a Branch(AAZ) will bear fruit.(ABA)
2 The Spirit(ABB) of the Lord will rest on him—
the Spirit of wisdom(ABC) and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of might,(ABD)
the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—
3 and he will delight in the fear(ABE) of the Lord.
He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,(ABF)
or decide by what he hears with his ears;(ABG)
4 but with righteousness(ABH) he will judge the needy,(ABI)
with justice(ABJ) he will give decisions for the poor(ABK) of the earth.
He will strike(ABL) the earth with the rod of his mouth;(ABM)
with the breath(ABN) of his lips he will slay the wicked.(ABO)
5 Righteousness will be his belt(ABP)
and faithfulness(ABQ) the sash around his waist.(ABR)
6 The wolf will live with the lamb,(ABS)
the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling[ac] together;
and a little child will lead them.
7 The cow will feed with the bear,
their young will lie down together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox.(ABT)
8 The infant(ABU) will play near the cobra’s den,
and the young child will put its hand into the viper’s(ABV) nest.
9 They will neither harm nor destroy(ABW)
on all my holy mountain,(ABX)
for the earth(ABY) will be filled with the knowledge(ABZ) of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.
10 In that day(ACA) the Root of Jesse(ACB) will stand as a banner(ACC) for the peoples; the nations(ACD) will rally to him,(ACE) and his resting place(ACF) will be glorious.(ACG) 11 In that day(ACH) the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant(ACI) of his people from Assyria,(ACJ) from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt,(ACK) from Cush,[ad](ACL) from Elam,(ACM) from Babylonia,[ae] from Hamath(ACN) and from the islands(ACO) of the Mediterranean.(ACP)
12 He will raise a banner(ACQ) for the nations
and gather(ACR) the exiles of Israel;(ACS)
he will assemble the scattered people(ACT) of Judah
from the four quarters of the earth.(ACU)
13 Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish,
and Judah’s enemies[af] will be destroyed;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim.(ACV)
14 They will swoop down on the slopes of Philistia(ACW) to the west;
together they will plunder the people to the east.(ACX)
They will subdue Edom(ACY) and Moab,(ACZ)
and the Ammonites(ADA) will be subject to them.(ADB)
15 The Lord will dry up(ADC)
the gulf of the Egyptian sea;
with a scorching wind(ADD) he will sweep his hand(ADE)
over the Euphrates River.(ADF)
He will break it up into seven streams
so that anyone can cross over in sandals.(ADG)
16 There will be a highway(ADH) for the remnant(ADI) of his people
that is left from Assyria,(ADJ)
as there was for Israel
when they came up from Egypt.(ADK)
Songs of Praise
12 In that day(ADL) you will say:
“I will praise(ADM) you, Lord.
Although you were angry with me,
your anger has turned away(ADN)
and you have comforted(ADO) me.
2 Surely God is my salvation;(ADP)
I will trust(ADQ) and not be afraid.
The Lord, the Lord himself,(ADR) is my strength(ADS) and my defense[ag];
he has become my salvation.(ADT)”
3 With joy you will draw water(ADU)
from the wells(ADV) of salvation.
4 In that day(ADW) you will say:
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:17 Or justice. / Correct the oppressor
- 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
- Isaiah 6:10 Hebrew; Septuagint ‘You will be ever hearing, but never understanding; / you will be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ / 10 This people’s heart has become calloused; / they hardly hear with their ears, / and they have closed their eyes
- Isaiah 7:2 Or has set up camp in
- Isaiah 7:3 Shear-Jashub means a remnant will return.
- Isaiah 7:14 The Hebrew is plural.
- Isaiah 7:14 Or young woman
- Isaiah 7:14 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls son, and he or son, and they
- Isaiah 7:14 Immanuel means God with us.
- Isaiah 7:23 That is, about 25 pounds or about 12 kilograms
- Isaiah 8:1 Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz means quick to the plunder, swift to the spoil; also in verse 3.
- Isaiah 8:8 Immanuel means God with us.
- Isaiah 8:9 Or Do your worst
- Isaiah 8:10 Hebrew Immanuel
- Isaiah 9:1 In Hebrew texts 9:1 is numbered 8:23, and 9:2-21 is numbered 9:1-20.
- Isaiah 9:20 Or arm
- Isaiah 10:13 Or treasures; / I subdued the mighty,
- Isaiah 10:21 Hebrew shear-jashub (see 7:3 and note); also in verse 22
- Isaiah 10:27 Hebrew; Septuagint broken / from your shoulders
- Isaiah 11:6 Hebrew; Septuagint lion will feed
- Isaiah 11:11 That is, the upper Nile region
- Isaiah 11:11 Hebrew Shinar
- Isaiah 11:13 Or hostility
- Isaiah 12:2 Or song
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