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Isaiah 1-12
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Isaiah 1-12
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.(A)
The Wickedness of Judah
2 Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth,
for the Lord has spoken:
I reared children and brought them up,
but they have rebelled against me.(B)
3 The ox knows its owner
and the donkey its master’s crib,
but Israel does not know;
my people do not understand.(C)
4 Woe, sinful nation,
people laden with iniquity,
offspring who do evil,
children who act corruptly,
who have forsaken the Lord,
who have despised the Holy One of Israel,
[[who are utterly estranged!]][a](D)
5 Why do you seek further beatings?
Why do you continue to rebel?
The whole head is injured,
and the whole heart faint.(E)
6 From the sole of the foot to the head,
there is no soundness in it,
only bruises and sores
and bleeding wounds;
they have not been drained or bound up
or softened with oil.(F)
7 Your country lies desolate;
your cities are burned with fire;
in your very presence
aliens devour your land;
it is desolate, as overthrown by foreigners.(G)
8 And daughter Zion is left
like a booth in a vineyard,
like a shelter in a cucumber field,
like a besieged city.
9 If the Lord of hosts
had not left us a few survivors,
we would have been like Sodom
and become like Gomorrah.(H)
10 Hear the word of the Lord,
you rulers of Sodom!
Listen to the teaching of our God,
you people of Gomorrah!(I)
11 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 fed beasts;
I do not delight in the blood of bulls
or of lambs or of goats.(J)
12 When you come to appear before me,[b]
who asked this from your hand?
Trample my courts no more!(K)
13 Bringing offerings is futile;
incense is an abomination to me.
New moon and Sabbath and calling of convocation—
I cannot endure solemn assemblies with iniquity.(L)
14 Your new moons and your appointed festivals
my soul hates;
they have become a burden to me;
I am weary of bearing them.(M)
15 When you stretch out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
even though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
your hands are full of blood.(N)
16 Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove your evil deeds
from before my eyes;
cease to do evil;(O)
17 learn to do good;
seek justice;
rescue the oppressed;
defend the orphan;
plead for the widow.(P)
18 Come now, let us argue it out,
says the Lord:
If your sins are like scarlet,
will they become like snow?
If they are red like crimson,
will they become like wool?(Q)
19 If you are willing and obedient,
you shall eat the good of the land,(R)
20 but if you refuse and rebel,
you shall be devoured by the sword,
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.(S)
The Degenerate City
21 How the faithful city
has become a prostitute!
She that was full of justice,
righteousness lodged in her—
but now murderers!(T)
22 Your silver has become dross;
your wine is mixed with water.(U)
23 Your princes are rebels
and companions of thieves.
Everyone loves a bribe
and runs after gifts.
They do not defend the orphan,
and the widow’s cause does not come before them.(V)
24 Therefore says the Sovereign, the Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel:
Surely I will pour out my wrath on my enemies
and avenge myself on my foes!(W)
25 I will turn my hand against you;
I will smelt away your dross as with lye
and remove all your alloy.(X)
26 And I will restore your judges as at the first
and your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness,
the faithful city.(Y)
27 Zion shall be redeemed by justice,
and those in her who repent, by righteousness.
28 But rebels and sinners shall be destroyed together,
and those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.(Z)
29 For you shall be ashamed of the oaks
in which you delighted,
and you shall blush for the gardens
that you have chosen.(AA)
30 For you shall be like an oak
whose leaf withers
and like a garden without water.
31 The strong shall become like tinder
and their work like a spark;
they and their work shall burn together,
with no one to quench them.(AB)
The Future House of God
2 The word that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.(AC)
2 In days to come
the mountain of the Lord’s house
shall be established as the highest of the mountains
and shall be raised above the hills;
all the nations shall stream to it.(AD)
3 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 out of Zion shall go forth instruction
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.(AE)
4 He shall judge between the nations
and shall arbitrate for many peoples;
they shall beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation;
neither shall they learn war any more.(AF)
5 O house of Jacob,
come, let us walk
in the light of the Lord!(AG)
Judgment Pronounced on Arrogance
6 You have forsaken your people,
the house of Jacob,
for they are full of diviners[c] from the East
and of soothsayers like the Philistines,
and they clasp hands with foreigners.(AH)
7 Their land is filled with silver and gold,
and there is no end to their treasures;
their land is filled with horses,
and there is no end to their chariots.(AI)
8 Their land is filled with idols;
they bow down to the work of their hands,
to what their own fingers have made.(AJ)
9 And so people are humbled,
and everyone is brought low—
[[do not forgive them!(AK)
10 Enter into the rock,
and hide in the dust
from the terror of the Lord
and from the glory of his majesty.]][d](AL)
11 The haughty eyes of people shall be brought low,
and the pride of everyone shall be humbled,
and the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.(AM)
12 For the Lord of hosts has a day
against all that is proud and lofty,
against all that is lifted up and high;[e](AN)
13 against all the cedars of Lebanon,
lofty and lifted up;
and against all the oaks of Bashan;(AO)
14 against all the high mountains
and against all the lofty hills;(AP)
15 against every high tower
and against every fortified wall;
16 against all the ships of Tarshish
and against all the highly prized vessels.(AQ)
17 The haughtiness of people shall be humbled,
and the pride of everyone shall be brought low,
and the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.(AR)
18 The idols shall utterly pass away.(AS)
19 Enter the caves of the rocks
and the holes of the ground,
from the terror of the Lord
and from the glory of his majesty,
when he rises to terrify the earth.(AT)
20 On that day people will throw away
to the moles and to the bats
their idols of silver and their idols of gold,
which they made for themselves to worship,(AU)
21 to enter the caverns of the rocks
and the clefts in the crags,
from the terror of the Lord
and from the glory of his majesty,
when he rises to terrify the earth.(AV)
22 [[Turn away from mortals,
who have only breath in their nostrils,
for of what account are they?]][f](AW)
3 For now the Sovereign, the Lord of hosts,
is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah
support and staff—
all support of bread
and all support of water—(AX)
2 warrior and soldier,
judge and prophet,
diviner and elder,(AY)
3 captain of fifty
and dignitary,
counselor and skillful magician
and expert enchanter.
4 And I will make youths their princes,
and children shall rule over them.(AZ)
5 The people will be oppressed,
everyone by another
and everyone by a neighbor;
the youth will be insolent to the elder
and the base to the honorable.(BA)
6 Someone will seize a relative,
a member of the clan, saying,
“You have a cloak;
you shall be our leader,
and this heap of ruins
shall be under your rule.”(BB)
7 But the other will cry out on that day, saying,
“I will not be a healer;
in my house there is neither bread nor cloak;
you shall not make me
leader of the people.”(BC)
8 For Jerusalem has stumbled,
and Judah has fallen,
because their speech and their deeds are against the Lord,
defying his glorious presence.(BD)
9 The look on their faces bears witness against them;
they proclaim their sin like Sodom;
they do not hide it.
Woe to them,
for they have brought evil on themselves.(BE)
10 Tell the innocent how fortunate they are,
for they shall eat the fruit of their labors.(BF)
11 Woe to the guilty! How unfortunate they are,
for what their hands have done shall be done to them.(BG)
12 My people—their oppressors extort them,
and creditors[g] rule over them.
O my people, your leaders mislead you
and confuse the course of your paths.(BH)
13 The Lord rises to argue his case;
he stands to judge the peoples.(BI)
14 The Lord enters into judgment
with the elders and princes of his people:
It is you who have devoured the vineyard;
the spoil of the poor is in your houses.(BJ)
15 What do you mean by crushing my people,
by grinding the face of the poor? says the Lord God of hosts.(BK)
16 The Lord said:
Because the daughters of Zion are haughty
and walk with outstretched necks,
glancing wantonly with their eyes,
mincing along as they go,
tinkling with their feet;(BL)
17 the Lord will afflict with scabs
the heads of the daughters of Zion,
and the Lord will lay bare their scalps and heads.
18 On that day the Lord will take away the finery of the anklets, the headbands, and the crescents;(BM) 19 the pendants, the bracelets, and the scarfs; 20 the headdresses, the armlets, the sashes, the perfume boxes, and the amulets;(BN) 21 the signet rings and nose rings;(BO) 22 the festal robes, the mantles, the cloaks, and the handbags; 23 the garments of gauze, the linen garments, the turbans, and the veils.
24 Instead of perfume there will be a stench;
and instead of a sash, a rope;
and instead of well-styled hair, baldness;
and instead of a rich robe, a binding of sackcloth;
instead of beauty, shame.[h](BP)
25 Your men shall fall by the sword
and your warriors in battle.(BQ)
26 And her gates shall lament and mourn;
desolate, she shall sit upon the ground.(BR)
4 Seven women shall take hold of one man on that day, saying,
“We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes;
just let us be called by your name;
take away our disgrace.”(BS)
The Future Glory of the Survivors in Zion
2 On that day the branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be the pride and glory of the survivors of Israel.(BT) 3 Whoever is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy, everyone who has been recorded for life in Jerusalem,(BU) 4 once the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning.(BV) 5 Then the Lord will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over its places of assembly a cloud by day and smoke and the shining of a flaming fire by night. Indeed, over all the glory there will be a canopy.(BW) 6 It will serve as a pavilion, a shade by day from the heat and a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain.(BX)
The Song of the Unfruitful Vineyard
5 I will sing for my beloved
my love song concerning his vineyard:
My beloved had a vineyard
on a very fertile hill.(BY)
2 He dug it and cleared it of stones
and planted it with choice vines;
he built a watchtower in the midst of it
and hewed out a wine vat in it;
he expected it to yield grapes,
but it yielded rotten grapes.(BZ)
3 And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem
and people of Judah,
judge between me
and my vineyard.(CA)
4 What more was there to do for my vineyard
that I have not done in it?
When I expected it to yield grapes,
why did it yield rotten grapes?(CB)
5 And now I will tell you
what I will do to my vineyard.
I will remove its hedge,
and it shall be devoured;
I will break down its wall,
and it shall be trampled down.(CC)
6 I will make it a wasteland;
it shall not be pruned or hoed,
and it shall be overgrown with briers and thorns;
I will also command the clouds
that they rain no rain upon it.(CD)
7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts
is the house of Israel,
and the people of Judah
are his cherished garden;
he expected justice
but saw bloodshed;
righteousness
but heard a cry!(CE)
Social Injustice Denounced
8 Woe to those who join house to house,
who add field to field,
until there is room for no one,
and you are left to live alone
in the midst of the land!(CF)
9 The Lord of hosts has sworn in my hearing:
Surely many houses shall be desolate,
large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant.(CG)
10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield but one bath,
and a homer of seed shall yield a mere ephah.[i](CH)
11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning
in pursuit of strong drink,
who linger in the evening
to be inflamed by wine,(CI)
12 whose feasts consist of lyre and harp,
tambourine and flute and wine,
but who do not regard the deeds of the Lord
or see the work of his hands!(CJ)
13 Therefore my people go into exile for lack of knowledge;
their nobles are dying of hunger,
and their multitude is parched with thirst.(CK)
14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite
and opened its mouth beyond measure;
the nobility of Jerusalem[j] and her multitude go down,
her throng and all who exult in her.(CL)
15 People are bowed down, everyone is brought low,
and the eyes of the haughty are humbled.(CM)
16 But the Lord of hosts is exalted by justice,
and the Holy God shows himself holy by righteousness.(CN)
17 Then the lambs shall graze as in their pasture;
fatted calves and kids[k] shall feed among the ruins.
18 Woe to those who drag iniquity along with cords of falsehood,
who drag sin along as with cart ropes,(CO)
19 who say, “Let him make haste;
let him speed his work
that we may see it;
let the plan of the Holy One of Israel hasten to fulfillment,
that we may know it!”(CP)
20 Woe to those who call evil good
and good evil,
who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter!(CQ)
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
and shrewd in their own sight!(CR)
22 Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine
and valiant at mixing drink,(CS)
23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe
and deprive the innocent of their rights!(CT)
Foreign Invasion Predicted
24 Therefore, as the tongue of fire devours the stubble
and as dry grass sinks down in the flame,
so their root will become rotten,
and their blossom go up like dust,
for they have rejected the instruction of the Lord of hosts
and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.(CU)
25 Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people,
and he stretched out his hand against them and struck them;
the mountains quaked,
and their corpses were like refuse
in the streets.
For all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.(CV)
26 He will raise a signal for a nation far away
and whistle for a people at the ends of the earth.
Here they come, swiftly, speedily!(CW)
27 None of them is weary; none stumbles;
none slumbers or sleeps;
not a loincloth is loose;
not a sandal strap broken;(CX)
28 their arrows are sharp;
all their bows strung;
their horses’ hoofs seem like flint,
and their wheels like the whirlwind.(CY)
29 Their roaring is like a lion;
like young lions they roar;
they growl and seize their prey;
they carry it off, and no one can rescue.(CZ)
30 They will roar over it on that day,
like the roaring of the sea.
And if one look to the land—
only darkness and distress;
and the light grows dark with its clouds.(DA)
A Vision of God in the Temple
6 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty, and the hem of his robe filled the temple.(DB) 2 Seraphs were in attendance above him; each had six wings: with two they covered their faces, and with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew.(DC) 3 And one called to another and said,
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
the whole earth is full of his glory.”(DD)
4 The pivots[l] on the thresholds shook at the voices of those who called, and the house filled with smoke. 5 And I said, “Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, yet my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”(DE)
6 Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding a live coal that had been taken from the altar with a pair of tongs. 7 The seraph[m] touched my mouth with it and said, “Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt has departed and your sin is blotted out.”(DF) 8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I; send me!”(DG) 9 And he said, “Go and say to this people:
‘Keep listening, but do not comprehend;
keep looking, but do not understand.’(DH)
10 Make the mind of this people dull,
and stop their ears,
and shut their eyes,
so that they may not look with their eyes
and listen with their ears
and comprehend with their minds
and turn and be healed.”(DI)
11 Then I said, “How long, O Lord?” And he said,
“Until cities lie waste
without inhabitant,
and houses without people,
and the land is utterly desolate;(DJ)
12 until the Lord sends everyone far away,
and vast is the emptiness in the midst of the land.(DK)
13 Even if a tenth part remain in it,
it will be burned again,
like a terebinth or an oak
whose stump remains standing
when it is felled.”[n]
(The holy seed is its stump.)(DL)
Isaiah Reassures King Ahaz
7 In the days of Ahaz son of Jotham son of Uzziah, king of Judah, King Rezin of Aram and King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel went up to attack Jerusalem but could not conquer it.(DM) 2 When the house of David heard that Aram had allied itself with Ephraim, the heart of Ahaz[o] and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.(DN)
3 Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out to meet Ahaz, you and your son Shear-jashub,[p] at the end of the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the fuller’s field,(DO) 4 and say to him: Take heed, be quiet, do not fear, and do not let your heart be faint because of these two smoldering stumps of firebrands, because of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and the son of Remaliah.(DP) 5 Because Aram—with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah—has plotted evil against you, saying, 6 ‘Let us go up against Judah and terrify it[q] and conquer it for ourselves and make the son of Tabeel king in it’; 7 therefore thus says the Lord God:
It shall not stand,
and it shall not come to pass.(DQ)
8 For the head of Aram is Damascus,
and the head of Damascus is Rezin.
(Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered, no longer a people.)(DR)
9 The head of Ephraim is Samaria,
and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah.
If you do not stand firm in faith,
you shall not stand at all.”(DS)
Isaiah Gives Ahaz the Sign of Immanuel
10 Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz, saying, 11 “Ask a sign of the Lord your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.”(DT) 12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test.” 13 Then Isaiah[r] said, “Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary mortals that you weary my God also? 14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son and shall name him Immanuel.[s](DU) 15 He shall eat curds and honey by the time he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good.(DV) 16 For before the child knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land before whose two kings you are in dread will be deserted.(DW) 17 The Lord will bring on you and on your people and on your ancestral house such days as have not come since the day that Ephraim departed from Judah—the king of Assyria.”(DX)
18 On that day the Lord will whistle for the fly that is at the sources of the streams of Egypt and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.(DY) 19 And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines and in the clefts of the rocks and on all the thornbushes and on all the watering holes.[t](DZ)
20 On that day the Lord will shave with a razor hired beyond the River—with the king of Assyria—the head and the hair of the feet, and it will take off the beard as well.(EA)
21 On that day one will keep alive a young cow and two sheep 22 and will eat curds because of the abundance of milk that they give, for everyone left in the land shall eat curds and honey.
23 On that day every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand shekels of silver, will become briers and thorns. 24 With bow and arrows one will go there, for all the land will be briers and thorns, 25 and as for all the hills that used to be hoed with a hoe, you will not go there for fear of briers and thorns, but they will become a place where cattle are let loose and where sheep tread.
Isaiah’s Son a Sign of the Assyrian Invasion
8 Then the Lord said to me, “Take a large tablet and write on it in common characters, ‘Belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz,’[u](EB) 2 and have it attested[v] for me by reliable witnesses, the priest Uriah and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah.”(EC) 3 And I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then the Lord said to me, “Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz, 4 for before the child knows how to call ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be carried away by the king of Assyria.”(ED)
5 The Lord spoke to me again: 6 “Because this people has refused the waters of Shiloah that flow gently and melt in fear before[w] Rezin and the son of Remaliah,(EE) 7 therefore the Lord is bringing up against it the mighty flood waters of the River, the king of Assyria and all his glory; it will rise above all its channels and overflow all its banks; 8 it will sweep on into Judah as a flood and, pouring over, will reach up to the neck, and its outspread wings will fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.(EF)
9 Take notice,[x] you peoples, and be dismayed;
listen, all you far countries;
gird yourselves and be dismayed![y]
10 Take counsel together, but it shall be brought to naught;
speak a word, but it will not stand,
for God is with us.”(EG)
11 The Lord spoke thus to me while his hand was strong upon me and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying:(EH) 12 “Do not call conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy, and do not fear what it fears or be in dread.(EI) 13 But the Lord of hosts, him you shall regard as holy; let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.(EJ) 14 He will become a sanctuary, a stone one strikes against; for both houses of Israel he will become a rock one stumbles over, a trap and a snare for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.(EK) 15 And many among them shall stumble; they shall fall and be broken; they shall be snared and taken.”(EL)
Disciples of Isaiah
16 Bind up the testimony; seal the teaching among my disciples.(EM) 17 I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.(EN) 18 See, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are signs and portents in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.(EO) 19 Now if people say to you, “Consult the ghosts and the familiar spirits that chirp and mutter; should not a people consult their gods, the dead on behalf of the living,(EP) 20 for teaching and for instruction?” surely those who speak like this will have no dawn!(EQ) 21 They will pass through the land,[z] greatly distressed and hungry; when they are hungry, they will be enraged and will curse[aa] their king and their gods. They will turn their faces upward,(ER) 22 or they will look to the earth, but they will see only distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish, and they will be thrust into thick darkness.[ab](ES)
The Righteous Reign of the Coming King
9 [ac]But there will be no gloom for those who were in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he will make glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.(ET)
2 [ad]The people who walked in darkness
have seen a great light;
those who lived in a land of deep darkness—
on them light has shined.(EU)
3 You have multiplied exultation;[ae]
you have increased its joy;
they rejoice before you
as with joy at the harvest,
as people exult when dividing plunder.(EV)
4 For the yoke of their burden
and the bar across their shoulders,
the rod of their oppressor,
you have broken as on the day of Midian.(EW)
5 For all the boots of the tramping warriors
and all the garments rolled in blood
shall be burned as fuel for the fire.(EX)
6 For a child has been born for us,
a son given to us;
authority rests upon his shoulders,
and he is named
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.(EY)
7 Great will be his authority,[af]
and there shall be endless peace
for the throne of David and his kingdom.
He will establish and uphold it
with justice and with righteousness
from this time onward and forevermore.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.(EZ)
Judgment on Arrogance and Oppression
8 The Lord sent a word against Jacob,
and it fell on Israel,
9 and all the people knew it—
Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria—
but in pride and arrogance of heart they said:(FA)
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 So the Lord raised adversaries[ag] against them
and stirred up their enemies,(FB)
12 the Arameans on the east and the Philistines on the west,
and they devoured Israel with open mouth.
For all this his anger has not turned away;
his hand is stretched out still.(FC)
13 The people did not turn to him who struck them
or seek the Lord of hosts.(FD)
14 So the Lord cut off from Israel head and tail,
palm branch and reed in one day—(FE)
15 elders and dignitaries are the head,
and prophets who teach lies are the tail,(FF)
16 for those who led this people led them astray,
and those who were led by them were left in confusion.(FG)
17 That is why the Lord did not have pity on[ah] their young people
or compassion on their orphans and widows,
for everyone was godless and an evildoer,
and every mouth spoke folly.
For all this his anger has not turned away;
his hand is stretched out still.(FH)
18 For wickedness burned like a fire,
consuming briers and thorns;
it kindled the thickets of the forest,
and they swirled upward in a column of smoke.(FI)
19 Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts
the land was burned,
and the people became like fuel for the fire;
no one spared another.(FJ)
20 They gorged on the right but still were hungry,
and they devoured on the left but were not satisfied;
they devoured the flesh of their own kindred;[ai](FK)
21 Manasseh devoured Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh,
and together they were against Judah.
For all this his anger has not turned away;
his hand is stretched out still.(FL)
10 Woe to those who make iniquitous decrees,
who write oppressive statutes,(FM)
2 to turn aside the needy from justice
and to rob the poor of my people of their right,
to make widows their spoil
and to plunder orphans!(FN)
3 What will you do on the day of punishment,
in the calamity that will come from far away?
To whom will you flee for help,
and where will you leave your wealth,(FO)
4 so as not to crouch among the prisoners
or fall among the slain?
For all this his anger has not turned away;
his hand is stretched out still.(FP)
Arrogant Assyria Also Judged
5 Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger—
the club in their hands is my fury!(FQ)
6 Against a godless nation I send him,
and against the people of my wrath I command him,
to take spoil and seize plunder,
and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.(FR)
7 But this is not what he intends,
nor does he have this in mind,
but it is in his heart to destroy
and to cut off nations not a few.(FS)
8 For he says:
“Are not my commanders all kings?(FT)
9 Is not Calno like Carchemish?
Is not Hamath like Arpad?
Is not Samaria like Damascus?(FU)
10 As my hand has reached to the kingdoms of the idols
whose images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,(FV)
11 shall I not do to Jerusalem and her idols
what I have done to Samaria and her images?”
12 When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, he[aj] will punish the arrogant boasting of the king of Assyria and his haughty pride.(FW) 13 For he says:
“By the strength of my hand I have done it,
and by my wisdom, for I have understanding;
I have removed the boundaries of peoples
and have plundered their treasures;
like a bull I have brought down those who sat on thrones.(FX)
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 its mouth or chirped.”(FY)
15 Shall the ax vaunt itself over the one who wields it
or the saw magnify itself against the one who handles it?
As if a rod should raise the one who lifts it up,
or as if a staff should lift the one who is not wood!(FZ)
16 Therefore the Sovereign, the Lord of hosts,
will send wasting sickness among his stout warriors,
and under his glory a burning will be kindled
like the burning of fire.(GA)
17 The light of Israel will become a fire
and his Holy One a flame,
and it will burn and devour
his thorns and briers in one day.(GB)
18 The glory of his forest and his fruitful land
the Lord will destroy, both soul and body,
and it will be as when an invalid wastes away.(GC)
19 The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few
that a child can write them down.(GD)
The Repentant Remnant of Israel
20 On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer lean on the one who struck them but will lean on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.(GE) 21 A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.(GF) 22 For though your people, O Israel, were like the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. Destruction is decreed, an overwhelming verdict.(GG) 23 For the Lord God of hosts will make a full end, as decreed, in all the earth.[ak](GH)
24 Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts: “O my people who live in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrians when they beat you with a rod and lift up their staff against you as the Egyptians did. 25 For in a very little while my indignation will come to an end, and my anger will be directed to their destruction.”(GI) 26 The Lord of hosts will wield a whip against them, as when he struck Midian at the rock of Oreb; his staff will be over the sea, and he will lift it as he did in Egypt.(GJ) 27 On that day his burden will be removed from your shoulder, and his yoke will be destroyed from your neck.
He has gone up from Samaria;[al](GK)
28 he has come to Aiath;
he has passed through Migron;
at Michmash he stores his baggage;(GL)
29 they have crossed over the pass;
at Geba they lodge for the night;
Ramah trembles;
Gibeah of Saul has fled.(GM)
30 Cry aloud, O daughter Gallim!
Listen, O Laishah!
Answer her, O Anathoth!(GN)
31 Madmenah is in flight;
the inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.(GO)
32 This very day he will halt at Nob;
he will shake his fist
at the mount of daughter Zion,
the hill of Jerusalem.(GP)
33 Look, the Sovereign, the Lord of hosts,
will lop the boughs with terrifying power;
the tallest trees will be cut down,
and the lofty will be brought low.(GQ)
34 He will hack down the thickets of the forest with an ax,
and Lebanon with its majestic trees[am] will fall.
The Peaceful Kingdom
11 A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse,
and a branch shall grow[an] out of his roots.(GR)
2 The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him,
the spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the spirit of counsel and might,
the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.(GS)
3 His delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.
He shall not judge by what his eyes see
or decide by what his ears hear,(GT)
4 but with righteousness he shall judge for the poor
and decide with equity for the oppressed of the earth;
he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.(GU)
5 Righteousness shall be the belt around his waist
and faithfulness the belt around his loins.(GV)
6 The wolf shall live with the lamb;
the leopard shall lie down with the kid;
the calf and the lion will feed[ao] 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 asp,
and the weaned child shall put its hand on the adder’s den.
9 They will not hurt or destroy
on all my holy mountain,
for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.(GW)
Return of the Remnant of Israel and Judah
10 On that day the root of Jesse shall stand as a signal to the peoples; the nations shall inquire of him, and his dwelling shall be glorious.(GX)
11 On that day the Lord will again raise[ap] his hand to recover the remnant that is left of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.(GY)
12 He will raise a signal for the nations
and will assemble the outcasts of Israel
and gather the dispersed of Judah
from the four corners of the earth.(GZ)
13 The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart;
the hostility of Judah shall be cut off;
Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah,
and Judah shall not be hostile toward Ephraim.(HA)
14 But they shall swoop down on the backs of the Philistines in the west;
together they shall plunder the people of the east.
They shall put forth their hand against Edom and Moab,
and the Ammonites shall obey them.(HB)
15 And the Lord will dry up[aq]
the tongue of the sea of Egypt
and will wave his hand over the River
with his scorching wind
and will split it into seven channels
and make a way to cross on foot;(HC)
16 so there shall be a highway from Assyria
for the remnant that is left of his people,
as there was for Israel
when they came up from the land of Egypt.(HD)
Thanksgiving and Praise
12 You will say on that day:
“I will give thanks to you, O Lord,
for though you were angry with me,
your anger turned away,
and you comforted me.(HE)
2 Surely God is my salvation;
I will trust and will not be afraid,
for the Lord[ar] is my strength and my might;
he has become my salvation.”(HF)
3 With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.(HG) 4 And you will say on that day:
“Give thanks to the Lord;
call on his name;
make known his deeds among the nations;
proclaim that his name is exalted.
5 Sing praises to the Lord, for he has done gloriously;
let this be known in all the earth.(HH)
6 Shout aloud and sing for joy, O royal[as] Zion,
for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.”(HI)
Footnotes
- 1.4 Gk OL lack: Heb adds who are utterly estranged
- 1.12 Or see my face
- 2.6 Cn: Heb lacks of diviners
- 2.9–10 Q ms lacks do not forgive . . . majesty
- 2.12 Cn Compare Gk: Heb low
- 2.22 Gk OL lack 2.22
- 3.12 Gk: Heb women
- 3.24 Q ms: MT lacks shame
- 5.10 The Heb bath, homer, and ephah are measures of quantity
- 5.14 Heb her nobility
- 5.17 Gk: Heb aliens
- 6.4 Meaning of Heb uncertain
- 6.7 Heb He
- 6.13 Meaning of Heb uncertain
- 7.2 Heb his heart
- 7.3 That is, a remnant shall return
- 7.6 Or cut it off
- 7.13 Heb he
- 7.14 That is, God is with us
- 7.19 Meaning of Heb uncertain
- 8.1 That is, the spoil speeds, the prey hastens
- 8.2 Q ms Gk Syr: MT and I caused to be attested
- 8.6 Cn: Heb rejoicing with
- 8.9 Gk: Heb Be shattered
- 8.9 Q mss: MT repeats gird yourselves and be dismayed!
- 8.21 Heb it
- 8.21 Or curse by
- 8.22 Meaning of Heb uncertain
- 9.1 8.23 in Heb
- 9.2 9.1 in Heb
- 9.3 Cn: Heb multiplied the nation not
- 9.7 Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
- 9.11 Cn: Heb the adversaries of Rezin
- 9.17 Q ms: MT rejoice over
- 9.20 Or arm
- 10.12 Gk: Heb I
- 10.23 Or land
- 10.27 Cn: Heb and his yoke from your neck, and a yoke will be destroyed because of fatness
- 10.34 Cn Compare Gk Vg: Heb with a majestic one
- 11.1 Cn Compare Syr: Heb bear fruit
- 11.6 Q ms Gk Syr: MT and the fatted calf
- 11.11 Cn Compare Gk: Heb the Lord will again a second time
- 11.15 Gk Syr: Heb destroy
- 12.2 Q ms Heb mss Gk Syr Vg Tg: MT for Yah, the Lord
- 12.6 Or O inhabitant of
Isaiah 1-12
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Isaiah 1-12
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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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