Isaiah 30:12-33:9
New American Standard Bible
12 Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says:
“(A)Since you have rejected this word
And have put your trust in (B)oppression and crookedness, and have relied on them,
13 Therefore this (C)wrongdoing will be to you
Like a (D)breach about to fall,
A bulge in a high wall,
Whose collapse comes (E)suddenly in an instant,
14 Whose collapse is like the smashing of a (F)potter’s jar,
[a]So ruthlessly shattered
That a shard will not be found among its pieces
To [b]take fire from a hearth
Or to scoop water from a cistern.”
15 For this is what the Lord [c]God, the Holy One of Israel, has said:
“In [d]repentance and (G)rest you will be saved,
In (H)quietness and trust is your strength.”
But you were not willing,
16 And you said, “No, for we will flee on (I)horses!”
Therefore you shall flee!
“And we will ride on swift horses!”
Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift.
17 (J)One thousand will flee at the threat of one man;
You will flee at the threat of five,
Until you are left like a signal post on a mountain top,
And like a flag on a hill.
God Is Gracious and Just
18 Therefore the Lord [e](K)longs to be gracious to you,
And therefore He [f]waits on (L)high to have compassion on you.
For the Lord is a (M)God of justice;
How blessed are all those who [g](N)long for Him.
19 [h]For, you people in Zion, (O)inhabitant in Jerusalem, you will (P)weep no longer. He will certainly be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when He hears it, He will (Q)answer you. 20 Although the Lord has given you (R)bread of deprivation and water of oppression, He, your Teacher, will no longer (S)hide Himself, but your eyes will see your Teacher. 21 Your ears will hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the (T)way, walk in it,” whenever you (U)turn to the right or to the left. 22 And you will desecrate your carved (V)images plated with silver, and your cast metal (W)images plated with gold. You will scatter them as a filthy thing, and say to [i]them, “(X)Be gone!”
23 Then He will (Y)give you rain for your seed which you will sow in the ground, and bread from the yield of the ground, and it will be [j]rich and [k]plentiful; on that day (Z)your livestock will graze in a wide pasture. 24 Also the oxen and the donkeys that work the ground will eat [l]seasoned feed, which [m]has been (AA)winnowed with shovel and pitchfork. 25 And on every lofty mountain and (AB)every high hill there will be [n]streams running with water on the day of the great (AC)slaughter, when the towers fall. 26 (AD)And the light of the full moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, on the day (AE)the Lord binds up the (AF)fracture of His people and (AG)heals the wound [o]He has inflicted.
27 Behold, (AH)the name of the Lord comes from a [p]remote place;
(AI)His anger is burning and [q]dense with [r]smoke;
His lips are filled with (AJ)indignation,
And His tongue is like a (AK)consuming fire;
28 His (AL)breath is like an overflowing river,
Which (AM)reaches to the neck,
To (AN)shake the nations back and forth in a [s]sieve,
And to put in the jaws of the peoples (AO)the bridle which leads astray.
29 You will have [t]songs as in the night when you keep the festival,
And gladness of heart as when one marches to the sound of the flute,
To go to the mountain of the Lord, to the Rock of Israel.
30 And the Lord will cause [u]His voice of authority to be heard,
And the [v]descending of His arm to be seen in fierce anger,
And in the flame of a consuming fire
In cloudburst, downpour, and hailstones.
31 For (AP)at the voice of the Lord (AQ)Assyria will be terrified,
When He strikes with the (AR)rod.
32 And every [w]blow of the [x](AS)rod of punishment,
Which the Lord will lay on him,
Will be with the music of (AT)tambourines and lyres;
And in battles, (AU)brandishing weapons, He will fight them.
33 For [y](AV)Topheth has long been ready,
Indeed, it has been prepared for the king.
He has made it deep and large,
[z]A pyre of fire with plenty of wood;
The (AW)breath of the Lord, like a torrent of (AX)brimstone, sets it afire.
Help Not in Egypt but in God
31 Woe to those who go down to (AY)Egypt for help
And (AZ)rely on horses,
And trust in chariots because they are many
And in horsemen because they are very strong,
But they do not (BA)look to the (BB)Holy One of Israel, nor seek the Lord!
2 Yet He also is (BC)wise and will (BD)bring disaster,
And does (BE)not retract His words,
But will arise against the house of (BF)evildoers,
And against the help of the (BG)workers of injustice.
3 Now the Egyptians are (BH)human and not God,
And their (BI)horses are flesh and not spirit;
So the Lord will (BJ)stretch out His hand,
And any (BK)helper will stumble,
And one who is helped will fall.
And all of them will come to an end together.
4 For this is what the Lord says to me:
“As the (BL)lion or the young lion growls over his prey,
Against which a band of shepherds is called out,
And he will not be terrified at their voice nor disturbed at their noise,
So will the Lord of armies come down to wage (BM)war on Mount Zion and on its hill.”
5 Like [aa]flying (BN)birds so the Lord of armies will protect Jerusalem.
He will (BO)protect and save it;
He will pass over and rescue it.
6 (BP)Return to Him against whom [ab]you have been (BQ)profoundly obstinate, you sons of Israel. 7 For on that day every person will (BR)reject his silver idols and his gold idols, which your hands have made for you as (BS)a sin.
8 And the (BT)Assyrian will fall by a sword not wielded by a man,
And a (BU)sword not of man will devour him.
So he will [ac](BV)not escape the sword,
And his young men will become (BW)forced laborers.
9 “His (BX)rock will pass away because of panic,
And his officers will be terrified by the (BY)flag,”
Declares the Lord, whose (BZ)fire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.
The Glorious Future
32 Behold, a (CA)king will reign righteously,
And officials will rule justly.
2 Each will be like a (CB)refuge from the wind
And a shelter from the storm,
Like [ad](CC)streams of water in a dry country,
Like the (CD)shade of a [ae]huge rock in an exhausted land.
3 Then (CE)the eyes of those who see will not be [af]blinded,
And the ears of those who hear will listen.
4 The [ag]mind of the (CF)rash will discern the [ah]truth,
And the tongue of the stammerers will hurry to speak clearly.
5 No longer will the (CG)fool be called noble,
Or the rogue be spoken of as generous.
6 For a fool speaks nonsense,
And his heart [ai](CH)inclines toward wickedness:
To practice (CI)ungodliness and to speak error against the Lord,
To [aj](CJ)keep the hungry person unsatisfied
And [ak]to withhold drink from the thirsty.
7 As for a rogue, his weapons are evil;
He (CK)devises wicked schemes
To (CL)destroy the poor with [al]slander,
(CM)Even though the needy one speaks [am]what is right.
8 But (CN)the noble person devises noble plans;
And by noble plans he stands.
9 Rise up, you (CO)women who are at ease,
And hear my voice;
(CP)Listen to my word,
You complacent daughters.
10 Within a year and a few days
You will be troubled, you complacent daughters;
(CQ)For the vintage is ended,
And the fruit gathering will not come.
11 Tremble, you women who are at ease;
(CR)Be troubled, you complacent daughters;
(CS)Strip, undress, and put sackcloth on your waist,
12 (CT)Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine,
13 (CU)For the land of my people in which thorns and briars will come up;
Indeed, for all the joyful houses and for the (CV)jubilant city.
14 For (CW)the palace has been neglected, the [an]populated (CX)city abandoned.
[ao]Hill and watch-tower have become (CY)caves forever,
A delight for (CZ)wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks,
15 Until the (DA)Spirit is poured out upon us from on high,
And the wilderness becomes a (DB)fertile field,
And the fertile field is considered as a forest.
16 Then (DC)justice will dwell in the wilderness,
And righteousness will remain in the fertile field.
17 And the (DD)work of righteousness will be peace,
And the service of righteousness, (DE)quietness and [ap]confidence forever.
18 Then my people will live in a (DF)peaceful settlement,
In secure dwellings, and in undisturbed (DG)resting places;
19 And it will (DH)hail when the (DI)forest comes down,
And (DJ)the city will be utterly laid low.
20 How (DK)blessed will you be, you who sow beside all waters,
Who [aq]let the ox and the donkey out freely.
The Judgment of God
33 Woe (DL)to you, destroyer,
While you were not destroyed;
And he (DM)who is treacherous, while others did not deal treacherously with him.
As soon as you finish destroying, (DN)you will be destroyed;
As soon as you cease to deal treacherously, others will (DO)deal treacherously with you.
2 Lord, (DP)be gracious to us; we have (DQ)waited for You.
Be [ar]their [as](DR)strength every morning,
Our salvation also in the (DS)time of distress.
3 At the sound of a roar, (DT)peoples flee;
At the (DU)lifting up of Yourself, nations disperse.
4 Your plunder is gathered as the caterpillar gathers;
Like an infestation of locusts, people storm it.
5 The Lord is (DV)exalted, for He dwells on high;
He has (DW)filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
6 And He will be the [at](DX)stability of your times,
A (DY)wealth of salvation, wisdom, and (DZ)knowledge;
The (EA)fear of the Lord is his treasure.
7 Behold, their brave men cry out [au]in the streets,
The [av](EB)ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
8 The highways are desolate, [aw]the (EC)traveler has ceased,
He has (ED)broken the covenant, he has despised the cities,
He has no regard for mankind.
9 (EE)The land mourns and wastes away,
(EF)Lebanon is shamed and withers;
(EG)Sharon is like a desert plain,
And Bashan and Carmel [ax]lose their foliage.
Notas al pie
- Isaiah 30:14 Lit Crushed, it will not be spared
- Isaiah 30:14 Lit snatch up
- Isaiah 30:15 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 30:15 Lit returning
- Isaiah 30:18 Lit waits
- Isaiah 30:18 Lit is on high
- Isaiah 30:18 Lit wait
- Isaiah 30:19 MT For a people will inhabit Zion, Jerusalem
- Isaiah 30:22 Lit it “Go out”
- Isaiah 30:23 Lit fatness
- Isaiah 30:23 Lit fat
- Isaiah 30:24 Lit sorrel-seasoned
- Isaiah 30:24 Lit one winnows
- Isaiah 30:25 Lit canals, streams of water
- Isaiah 30:26 Lit of His blow
- Isaiah 30:27 Lit distance
- Isaiah 30:27 Lit heaviness
- Isaiah 30:27 Lit uplifting
- Isaiah 30:28 Lit sifting of the worthless
- Isaiah 30:29 Lit the song
- Isaiah 30:30 Lit the majesty of His voice
- Isaiah 30:30 Lit descent
- Isaiah 30:32 Lit passing
- Isaiah 30:32 Lit staff of foundation
- Isaiah 30:33 I.e., the place of human sacrifice to Molech
- Isaiah 30:33 Lit Its pile
- Isaiah 31:5 Or hovering
- Isaiah 31:6 Lit they
- Isaiah 31:8 Lit flee
- Isaiah 32:2 Lit canals
- Isaiah 32:2 Lit heavy
- Isaiah 32:3 Or turned away
- Isaiah 32:4 Lit heart
- Isaiah 32:4 Lit knowledge
- Isaiah 32:6 Or does
- Isaiah 32:6 Lit make empty the hungry soul
- Isaiah 32:6 Lit he deprives the thirsty
- Isaiah 32:7 Lit words of falsehood
- Isaiah 32:7 Lit justly
- Isaiah 32:14 Lit multitude of the
- Isaiah 32:14 Or Ophel
- Isaiah 32:17 Or security
- Isaiah 32:20 Lit send out the foot of the ox
- Isaiah 33:2 Some ancient versions our
- Isaiah 33:2 Lit arm
- Isaiah 33:6 Or faithfulness
- Isaiah 33:7 Lit outside
- Isaiah 33:7 Lit messengers
- Isaiah 33:8 Lit one who passes along the way
- Isaiah 33:9 Lit shake off
Isaiah 30:12-33:9
New Living Translation
12 This is the reply of the Holy One of Israel:
“Because you despise what I tell you
and trust instead in oppression and lies,
13 calamity will come upon you suddenly—
like a bulging wall that bursts and falls.
In an instant it will collapse
and come crashing down.
14 You will be smashed like a piece of pottery—
shattered so completely that
there won’t be a piece big enough
to carry coals from a fireplace
or a little water from the well.”
15 This is what the Sovereign Lord,
the Holy One of Israel, says:
“Only in returning to me
and resting in me will you be saved.
In quietness and confidence is your strength.
But you would have none of it.
16 You said, ‘No, we will get our help from Egypt.
They will give us swift horses for riding into battle.’
But the only swiftness you are going to see
is the swiftness of your enemies chasing you!
17 One of them will chase a thousand of you.
Five of them will make all of you flee.
You will be left like a lonely flagpole on a hill
or a tattered banner on a distant mountaintop.”
Blessings for the Lord’s People
18 So the Lord must wait for you to come to him
so he can show you his love and compassion.
For the Lord is a faithful God.
Blessed are those who wait for his help.
19 O people of Zion, who live in Jerusalem,
you will weep no more.
He will be gracious if you ask for help.
He will surely respond to the sound of your cries.
20 Though the Lord gave you adversity for food
and suffering for drink,
he will still be with you to teach you.
You will see your teacher with your own eyes.
21 Your own ears will hear him.
Right behind you a voice will say,
“This is the way you should go,”
whether to the right or to the left.
22 Then you will destroy all your silver idols
and your precious gold images.
You will throw them out like filthy rags,
saying to them, “Good riddance!”
23 Then the Lord will bless you with rain at planting time. There will be wonderful harvests and plenty of pastureland for your livestock. 24 The oxen and donkeys that till the ground will eat good grain, its chaff blown away by the wind. 25 In that day, when your enemies are slaughtered and the towers fall, there will be streams of water flowing down every mountain and hill. 26 The moon will be as bright as the sun, and the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days in one! So it will be when the Lord begins to heal his people and cure the wounds he gave them.
27 Look! The Lord is coming from far away,
burning with anger,
surrounded by thick, rising smoke.
His lips are filled with fury;
his words consume like fire.
28 His hot breath pours out like a flood
up to the neck of his enemies.
He will sift out the proud nations for destruction.
He will bridle them and lead them away to ruin.
29 But the people of God will sing a song of joy,
like the songs at the holy festivals.
You will be filled with joy,
as when a flutist leads a group of pilgrims
to Jerusalem, the mountain of the Lord—
to the Rock of Israel.
30 And the Lord will make his majestic voice heard.
He will display the strength of his mighty arm.
It will descend with devouring flames,
with cloudbursts, thunderstorms, and huge hailstones.
31 At the Lord’s command, the Assyrians will be shattered.
He will strike them down with his royal scepter.
32 And as the Lord strikes them with his rod of punishment,[a]
his people will celebrate with tambourines and harps.
Lifting his mighty arm, he will fight the Assyrians.
33 Topheth—the place of burning—
has long been ready for the Assyrian king;
the pyre is piled high with wood.
The breath of the Lord, like fire from a volcano,
will set it ablaze.
The Futility of Relying on Egypt
31 What sorrow awaits those who look to Egypt for help,
trusting their horses, chariots, and charioteers
and depending on the strength of human armies
instead of looking to the Lord,
the Holy One of Israel.
2 In his wisdom, the Lord will send great disaster;
he will not change his mind.
He will rise against the wicked
and against their helpers.
3 For these Egyptians are mere humans, not God!
Their horses are puny flesh, not mighty spirits!
When the Lord raises his fist against them,
those who help will stumble,
and those being helped will fall.
They will all fall down and die together.
4 But this is what the Lord has told me:
“When a strong young lion
stands growling over a sheep it has killed,
it is not frightened by the shouts and noise
of a whole crowd of shepherds.
In the same way, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies
will come down and fight on Mount Zion.
5 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies will hover over Jerusalem
and protect it like a bird protecting its nest.
He will defend and save the city;
he will pass over it and rescue it.”
6 Though you are such wicked rebels, my people, come and return to the Lord. 7 I know the glorious day will come when each of you will throw away the gold idols and silver images your sinful hands have made.
8 “The Assyrians will be destroyed,
but not by the swords of men.
The sword of God will strike them,
and they will panic and flee.
The strong young Assyrians
will be taken away as captives.
9 Even the strongest will quake with terror,
and princes will flee when they see your battle flags,”
says the Lord, whose fire burns in Zion,
whose flame blazes from Jerusalem.
Israel’s Ultimate Deliverance
32 Look, a righteous king is coming!
And honest princes will rule under him.
2 Each one will be like a shelter from the wind
and a refuge from the storm,
like streams of water in the desert
and the shadow of a great rock in a parched land.
3 Then everyone who has eyes will be able to see the truth,
and everyone who has ears will be able to hear it.
4 Even the hotheads will be full of sense and understanding.
Those who stammer will speak out plainly.
5 In that day ungodly fools will not be heroes.
Scoundrels will not be respected.
6 For fools speak foolishness
and make evil plans.
They practice ungodliness
and spread false teachings about the Lord.
They deprive the hungry of food
and give no water to the thirsty.
7 The smooth tricks of scoundrels are evil.
They plot crooked schemes.
They lie to convict the poor,
even when the cause of the poor is just.
8 But generous people plan to do what is generous,
and they stand firm in their generosity.
9 Listen, you women who lie around in ease.
Listen to me, you who are so smug.
10 In a short time—just a little more than a year—
you careless ones will suddenly begin to care.
For your fruit crops will fail,
and the harvest will never take place.
11 Tremble, you women of ease;
throw off your complacency.
Strip off your pretty clothes,
and put on burlap to show your grief.
12 Beat your breasts in sorrow for your bountiful farms
and your fruitful grapevines.
13 For your land will be overgrown with thorns and briers.
Your joyful homes and happy towns will be gone.
14 The palace and the city will be deserted,
and busy towns will be empty.
Wild donkeys will frolic and flocks will graze
in the empty forts[b] and watchtowers
15 until at last the Spirit is poured out
on us from heaven.
Then the wilderness will become a fertile field,
and the fertile field will yield bountiful crops.
16 Justice will rule in the wilderness
and righteousness in the fertile field.
17 And this righteousness will bring peace.
Yes, it will bring quietness and confidence forever.
18 My people will live in safety, quietly at home.
They will be at rest.
19 Even if the forest should be destroyed
and the city torn down,
20 the Lord will greatly bless his people.
Wherever they plant seed, bountiful crops will spring up.
Their cattle and donkeys will graze freely.
A Message about Assyria
33 What sorrow awaits you Assyrians, who have destroyed others[c]
but have never been destroyed yourselves.
You betray others,
but you have never been betrayed.
When you are done destroying,
you will be destroyed.
When you are done betraying,
you will be betrayed.
2 But Lord, be merciful to us,
for we have waited for you.
Be our strong arm each day
and our salvation in times of trouble.
3 The enemy runs at the sound of your voice.
When you stand up, the nations flee!
4 Just as caterpillars and locusts strip the fields and vines,
so the fallen army of Assyria will be stripped!
5 Though the Lord is very great and lives in heaven,
he will make Jerusalem[d] his home of justice and righteousness.
6 In that day he will be your sure foundation,
providing a rich store of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge.
The fear of the Lord will be your treasure.
7 But now your brave warriors weep in public.
Your ambassadors of peace cry in bitter disappointment.
8 Your roads are deserted;
no one travels them anymore.
The Assyrians have broken their peace treaty
and care nothing for the promises they made before witnesses.[e]
They have no respect for anyone.
9 The land of Israel wilts in mourning.
Lebanon withers with shame.
The plain of Sharon is now a wilderness.
Bashan and Carmel have been plundered.
Notas al pie
- 30:32 As in some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac version; Masoretic Text reads with the founded rod.
- 32:14 Hebrew the Ophel.
- 33:1 Hebrew What sorrow awaits you, O destroyer. The Hebrew text does not specifically name Assyria as the object of the prophecy in this chapter.
- 33:5 Hebrew Zion; also in 33:14.
- 33:8 As in Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text reads care nothing for the cities.
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