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Isaiah 7-12
New American Standard Bible
Isaiah 7-12
New American Standard Bible
War against Jerusalem
7 Now it came about in the days of (A)Ahaz, the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that (B)Rezin the king of Aram and (C)Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but (D)could not [a]conquer it. 2 When it was reported to the (E)house of David, saying, “The Arameans (F)have taken a stand by (G)Ephraim,” his heart and the hearts of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake from the wind.
3 Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and your son [b]Shear-jashub, at the end of the (H)conduit of the upper pool, on the road to the [c]fuller’s field, 4 and say to him, ‘Take care and be (I)calm, have no (J)fear and (K)do not be fainthearted because of these two stumps of smoldering (L)logs, on account of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and the (M)son of Remaliah. 5 Because (N)Aram, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has planned evil against you, saying, 6 “Let’s go up against Judah and [d]terrorize it, and take it for ourselves by assault and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it,” 7 this is what the Lord [e]God says: “(O)It shall not stand nor shall it come to pass. 8 For the head of Aram is (P)Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin (now within another sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken to pieces, so that it is no longer a people), 9 and the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. (Q)If you will not believe, you certainly shall not [f]last.”’”
The Child Immanuel
10 Then the Lord spoke again to Ahaz, saying, 11 “Ask for a (R)sign for yourself from the Lord your God; [g]make it deep as Sheol or high as [h]heaven.” 12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, nor will I put the Lord to the test!” 13 Then he said, “Listen now, (S)house of David! Is it too trivial a thing for you to [i]try the patience of men, that you will [j](T)try the patience of (U)my God as well? 14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, (V)the [k]virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and she will name Him [l](W)Immanuel. 15 He will eat [m](X)curds and honey [n]at the time He knows enough to refuse evil and choose good. 16 (Y)For before the boy knows enough to refuse evil and choose good, (Z)the land whose two kings you dread will be abandoned.
Trials to Come for Judah
17 The Lord will bring on you, on your people, and on your father’s house such days as have not come since the day that (AA)Ephraim separated from Judah—the days of the (AB)king of Assyria.”
18 On that day the Lord will (AC)whistle for the fly that is in the [o](AD)remotest part of the canals of Egypt and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. 19 They will all come and settle on the steep [p]ravines, on the (AE)ledges of the cliffs, (AF)on all the thorn bushes, and on all the watering places.
20 On that day the Lord will (AG)shave with a (AH)razor, (AI)hired from regions beyond (AJ)the Euphrates River (that is, with the king of Assyria), the head and the hair of the legs; and it will also remove the beard.
21 Now on that day a person may keep alive only a (AK)heifer and a pair of sheep; 22 and because of the abundance of the milk produced he will eat [q]curds, for everyone who is left within the land will eat [r](AL)curds and honey.
23 And it will come about on that day, (AM)that every place where there used to be a thousand vines, valued at a thousand shekels of silver, will become (AN)briars and thorns. 24 People will come there with bows and arrows, because all the land will be briars and thorns. 25 As for all the hills which used to be cultivated with the plow, you will not go there for fear of briars and thorns; but they will become a place for [s](AO)pasturing oxen and for sheep to trample.
Damascus and Samaria Fall
8 Then the Lord said to me, “Take for yourself a large tablet and (AP)write on it [t]in ordinary letters: [u](AQ)Maher-shalal-hash-baz. 2 And [v]I will take to Myself faithful witnesses for testimony, (AR)Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.” 3 So I approached the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. Then the Lord said to me, “Name him [w](AS)Maher-shalal-hash-baz; 4 for (AT)before the boy knows how to cry out ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of (AU)Damascus and the spoils of Samaria will be carried away before the king of Assyria.”
5 Again the Lord spoke to me further, saying,
6 “Inasmuch as these people have (AV)rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah
And rejoice in (AW)Rezin and the son of Remaliah;
7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord is about to bring on them the (AX)strong and abundant waters of the (AY)Euphrates River,
That is, the (AZ)king of Assyria and all his glory;
And it will (BA)rise over all its channels and go over all its banks.
8 Then (BB)it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass through,
It will (BC)reach as far as the neck;
And the spread of its wings will [x]fill the expanse of [y]your land, (BD)Immanuel.
A Believing Remnant
9 “(BE)Be broken, you peoples, and be [z](BF)shattered;
And listen, all remote places of the earth.
[aa]Get ready, yet be [ab]shattered;
[ac]Get ready, yet be [ad]shattered.
10 (BG)Devise a plan, but it will fail;
State a [ae]proposal, but (BH)it will not stand,
For [af](BI)God is with us.”
11 For so the Lord spoke to me [ag]with (BJ)mighty power and instructed me (BK)not to walk in the way of this people, saying,
12 “You are not to say, ‘It is a (BL)conspiracy!’
Regarding everything that this people call a conspiracy,
And (BM)you are not to fear [ah]what they fear or be in dread of it.
13 It is the (BN)Lord of armies (BO)whom you are to regard as holy.
And He shall be your fear,
And He shall be your dread.
14 Then He will become a (BP)sanctuary;
But to both houses of Israel, He will be a (BQ)stone of stumbling and a rock [ai]of offense,
And a snare and a (BR)trap for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
15 Many (BS)will stumble over them,
Then they will fall and be broken;
They will be snared and caught.”
16 (BT)Bind up the testimony, (BU)seal the [aj]Law among (BV)my disciples. 17 And I will (BW)wait for the Lord (BX)who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob; I will wait eagerly for Him. 18 (BY)Behold, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are for (BZ)signs and wonders in Israel from the Lord of armies, who (CA)dwells on Mount Zion.
19 When they say to you, “(CB)Consult the mediums and the spiritists who whisper and mutter,” should a people not (CC)consult their God? Should they (CD)consult the dead in behalf of the living? 20 To the [ak](CE)Law and to the testimony! If they do not speak in accordance with this word, it is because (CF)they have no dawn. 21 They will pass through [al]the land (CG)dejected and hungry, and it will turn out that when they are hungry, they will become enraged and curse [am]their king and their God as they face upward. 22 Then they will (CH)look to the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and they will be (CI)driven away into darkness.
Birth and Reign of the Prince of Peace
9 [an]But there will be no more (CJ)gloom for her who was in anguish. In earlier times He (CK)treated the (CL)land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali with contempt, but later on He will make it glorious, by the way of the sea, on the other side of the Jordan, Galilee of the [ao]Gentiles.
2 [ap](CM)The people who walk in darkness
Will see a great light;
Those who live in a dark land,
The light will shine on them.
3 (CN)You will multiply the nation,
You (CO)will [aq]increase [ar]their joy;
They will rejoice in Your presence
As with the joy [as]of harvest,
As people (CP)rejoice when they divide the spoils.
4 For (CQ)You will break the yoke of their burden and the staff on their shoulders,
The rod of their (CR)oppressor, as [at]at the battle of (CS)Midian.
5 For every boot of the marching warrior in the roar of battle,
And cloak rolled in blood, will be for burning, fuel for the fire.
6 For a (CT)Child will be born to us, a (CU)Son will be given to us;
And the (CV)government will [au]rest (CW)on His shoulders;
And His name will be called (CX)Wonderful Counselor, (CY)Mighty God,
Eternal (CZ)Father, Prince of (DA)Peace.
7 There will be (DB)no end to the increase of His government or of peace
On the (DC)throne of David and over [av]his kingdom,
To establish it and to uphold it with (DD)justice and righteousness
From then on and forevermore.
(DE)The zeal of the Lord of armies will accomplish this.
God’s Anger with Israel’s Arrogance
8 The Lord sends a [aw]message against Jacob,
And it falls on Israel.
9 And all the people know it,
That is, (DF)Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria,
Asserting in pride and in (DG)arrogance of heart:
10 “The bricks have fallen down,
But we will (DH)rebuild with smooth stones;
The sycamores have been cut down,
But we will replace them with cedars.”
11 Therefore the Lord raises superior adversaries against them from (DI)Rezin
And provokes their enemies,
12 The Arameans from the east and the (DJ)Philistines from the west;
And they (DK)devour Israel with [ax]gaping jaws.
(DL)In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away,
And His hand is still stretched out.
13 Yet the people (DM)do not turn back to Him who struck them,
Nor do they (DN)seek the Lord of armies.
14 So the Lord cuts off (DO)head and tail from Israel,
Both palm branch and bulrush (DP)in a single day.
15 The head is (DQ)the elder and esteemed man,
And the prophet who teaches (DR)falsehood is the tail.
16 (DS)For those who guide this people are leading them astray;
And those who are guided by them are [ay]confused.
17 Therefore the Lord does (DT)not rejoice over their young men,
(DU)Nor does He have compassion on their [az]orphans or their widows;
For every one of them is (DV)godless and an (DW)evildoer,
And every (DX)mouth is speaking foolishness.
(DY)In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away,
And His hand is still stretched out.
18 (DZ)For wickedness burns like a fire;
It consumes briars and thorns;
It also sets the thickets of the forest aflame
And they roll upward in a column of smoke.
19 By the (EA)wrath of the Lord of armies the (EB)land is burned,
And the (EC)people are like fuel for the fire;
No (ED)one spares his brother.
20 [ba]They devour what is on the right hand but are still (EE)hungry,
And [bb]they eat what is on the left hand, but they are not satisfied;
Each of them eats the (EF)flesh of his own arm.
21 Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh,
(EG)And together they are against Judah.
(EH)In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.
Assyria Is God’s Instrument
10 Woe to those who (EI)enact unjust statutes
And to those who constantly record [bc]harmful decisions,
2 So as (EJ)to [bd]deprive the needy of justice
And rob the poor among My people of their rights,
So (EK)that widows may be their spoil
And that they may plunder the [be]orphans.
3 Now (EL)what will you do in the (EM)day of punishment,
And in the devastation which will come (EN)from afar?
(EO)To whom will you flee for help?
And where will you leave your wealth?
4 Nothing remains but to crouch [bf]among the (EP)captives
Or fall [bg]among those (EQ)killed.
(ER)In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.
5 Woe to (ES)Assyria, the (ET)rod of My anger
And the staff in whose hands is (EU)My indignation,
6 I send it against a (EV)godless nation
And commission it against the (EW)people of My fury
To capture spoils and (EX)to seize plunder,
And to [bh]trample them down like (EY)mud in the streets.
7 Yet it (EZ)does not so intend,
Nor does [bi]it plan so in its heart,
But rather it is [bj]its purpose to destroy
And to eliminate [bk]many nations.
8 For it says, “Are not my officers [bl]all kings?
9 Is not (FA)Calno like (FB)Carchemish,
Or (FC)Hamath like Arpad,
Or (FD)Samaria like (FE)Damascus?
10 As my hand has reached to the (FF)kingdoms of the idols,
Whose carved images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 Shall I not do the same to Jerusalem and her images
Just as I have done to Samaria and (FG)her idols?”
12 So it will be that when the Lord has completed all His (FH)work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will say, “I will [bm]punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and (FI)the arrogant pride of his eyes.” 13 For (FJ)he has said,
“By the power of my hand and by my wisdom I did this,
Because I have understanding;
And I (FK)removed the boundaries of the peoples
And plundered their treasures,
And like a powerful man I brought down [bn]their inhabitants,
14 And my hand reached to the riches of the peoples like a (FL)nest,
And as one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth;
And there was not one that flapped its wing, opened its beak, or chirped.”
15 Is the (FM)axe to (FN)boast itself over the one who chops with it?
Is the saw to exalt itself over the one who wields it?
That would be like (FO)a [bo]club wielding those who lift it,
Or like (FP)a rod lifting the one who is not wood.
16 Therefore the Lord, the [bp]God of armies, will send a (FQ)wasting disease among his (FR)stout warriors;
And under his (FS)glory a fire will be kindled like a burning flame.
17 And the (FT)Light of Israel will become a fire and [bq]Israel’s (FU)Holy One a flame,
And it will (FV)burn and devour [br]his thorns and his briars in a single day.
18 And He will (FW)destroy the glory of his forest and of his fruitful garden, both soul and body,
And it will be as when a sick person wastes away.
19 And the (FX)rest of the trees of his forest will be so small in number
That a child could write them down.
A Remnant Will Return
20 Now on that day the (FY)remnant of Israel, and those of the house of Jacob (FZ)who have escaped, will no longer rely on the one who struck them, but will truly (GA)rely on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
21 A (GB)remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the (GC)mighty God.
22 For (GD)though your people, Israel, may be like the sand of the sea,
Only a remnant within them will return;
A (GE)destruction is determined, overflowing with righteousness.
23 For a complete destruction, one that is determined, (GF)the Lord [bs]God of armies will execute in the midst of the whole land.
24 Therefore this is what the Lord [bt]God of armies says: “My people, you who dwell in (GG)Zion, (GH)do not fear the Assyrian [bu]who (GI)strikes you with the rod, and lifts up his staff against you the way Egypt did. 25 For in a very (GJ)little while (GK)My indignation against you will be ended and My anger will be directed toward their destruction.” 26 The Lord of armies will (GL)wield a whip against him like the defeat of (GM)Midian at the rock of Oreb; and His (GN)staff will be over the sea, and He will lift it up (GO)the way He did in Egypt. 27 So it will be on that day, that [bv]his (GP)burden will be removed from your shoulders, and his yoke from your neck; and the yoke will be broken because (GQ)of fatness.
28 He has come against Aiath,
He has passed through (GR)Migron;
At (GS)Michmash he deposited his (GT)baggage.
29 They have gone through (GU)the pass, saying,
“(GV)Geba will be our encampment for the night.”
(GW)Ramah is terrified, and (GX)Gibeah of Saul has fled.
30 Cry aloud with your voice, daughter of (GY)Gallim!
Pay attention, Laishah and [bw]wretched (GZ)Anathoth!
31 Madmenah has fled.
The inhabitants of Gebim have sought refuge.
32 Yet today he will halt at (HA)Nob;
He (HB)shakes his fist at the mountain of the [bx](HC)daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
33 Behold, the Lord, the [by]God of armies, will lop off the branches with terrifying power;
Those also who are (HD)tall in stature will be cut down,
And those who are lofty will be brought low.
34 He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an iron axe,
And (HE)Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.
Righteous Reign of the Branch
11 Then a (HF)shoot will spring from the (HG)stem of Jesse,
And a (HH)Branch from (HI)his roots will bear fruit.
2 The (HJ)Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him,
The spirit of (HK)wisdom and understanding,
The spirit of counsel and (HL)strength,
The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
3 And He will delight in the fear of the Lord,
And He will not judge by what His eyes (HM)see,
Nor make decisions by what His ears hear;
4 But with (HN)righteousness He will judge the (HO)poor,
And decide with fairness for the (HP)humble of the earth;
And He will strike the earth with the (HQ)rod of His mouth,
And with the (HR)breath of His lips He will slay the wicked.
5 Also (HS)righteousness will be the belt around His hips,
And (HT)faithfulness the belt around His waist.
6 And the (HU)wolf will dwell with the lamb,
And the leopard will lie down with the young goat,
And the calf and the young lion [bz]and the fattened steer will be together;
And a little boy will lead them.
7 Also the cow and the bear will graze,
Their young will lie down together,
And the (HV)lion will eat straw like the ox.
8 The nursing child will play by the hole of the cobra,
And the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den.
9 They will (HW)not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain,
For the (HX)earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord
As the waters cover the sea.
10 Then on that day
The (HY)nations will resort to the (HZ)root of Jesse,
Who will stand as a (IA)signal flag for the peoples;
And His (IB)resting place will be [ca]glorious.
The Restored Remnant
11 Then it will happen on that day that the Lord
Will again recover with His hand the second time
The (IC)remnant of His people who will remain,
From (ID)Assyria, (IE)Egypt, Pathros, Cush, (IF)Elam, Shinar, Hamath,
And from the [cb](IG)islands of the sea.
12 And He will lift up a (IH)flag for the nations
And (II)assemble the banished ones of Israel,
And will gather the dispersed of Judah
From the four corners of the earth.
13 Then the (IJ)jealousy of Ephraim will depart,
And those who harass Judah will be eliminated;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
And Judah will not harass Ephraim.
14 They will (IK)swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines on the (IL)west;
Together they will (IM)plunder the [cc]people of the east;
[cd]They will possess (IN)Edom and (IO)Moab,
And the sons of Ammon will be [ce]subject to them.
15 And the Lord will [cf](IP)utterly destroy
The tongue of the [cg]Sea of Egypt;
And He will (IQ)wave His hand over the (IR)Euphrates River
With His scorching wind;
And He will strike it into seven streams
And make people walk over in dry sandals.
16 And there will be a (IS)highway from Assyria
For the (IT)remnant of His people who will be left,
Just as there was for Israel
On (IU)the day that they came up out of the land of Egypt.
Thanksgiving Expressed
12 Then you will say on that day,
“(IV)I will give thanks to You, Lord;
For although (IW)You were angry with me,
Your anger is turned away,
And You comfort me.
2 Behold, (IX)God is my salvation,
I will (IY)trust and not be afraid;
For (IZ)the Lord God is my strength and song,
And He has become my salvation.”
3 Therefore you will joyously (JA)draw water
From the (JB)springs of salvation.
4 And on that day you will (JC)say,
“(JD)Give thanks to the Lord, call on His name.
(JE)Make known His deeds among the peoples;
[ch]Make them remember that His name is exalted.”
5 (JF)Praise the Lord in song, for He has done [ci]glorious things;
Let this be known throughout the earth.
6 (JG)Rejoice and shout for joy, you inhabitant of Zion,
For (JH)great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 7:1 Lit fight against
- Isaiah 7:3 I.e., a remnant shall return
- Isaiah 7:3 I.e., launderer’s
- Isaiah 7:6 Or demolish
- Isaiah 7:7 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 7:9 Or endure
- Isaiah 7:11 As in most ancient versions; MT make the request deep or high
- Isaiah 7:11 Lit heights
- Isaiah 7:13 Lit make men weary
- Isaiah 7:13 Lit make my God weary
- Isaiah 7:14 As in LXX; MT young unmarried woman
- Isaiah 7:14 I.e., God is with us
- Isaiah 7:15 Possibly butter
- Isaiah 7:15 Lit with respect to his knowing
- Isaiah 7:18 Or mouth of the rivers; i.e., the Nile Delta
- Isaiah 7:19 Or wadis
- Isaiah 7:22 Possibly butter
- Isaiah 7:22 Possibly butter
- Isaiah 7:25 Lit pastureland of
- Isaiah 8:1 Lit with the stylus of man
- Isaiah 8:1 I.e., swift is the plunder, speedy is the prey
- Isaiah 8:2 Another reading is take for me
- Isaiah 8:3 I.e., swift is the plunder, speedy is the prey
- Isaiah 8:8 Lit be the fullness of
- Isaiah 8:8 Or Your
- Isaiah 8:9 Or dismayed
- Isaiah 8:9 Lit Belt up your waist
- Isaiah 8:9 Or dismayed
- Isaiah 8:9 Lit Belt up your waist
- Isaiah 8:9 Or dismayed
- Isaiah 8:10 Lit word
- Isaiah 8:10 Heb Immanu-el
- Isaiah 8:11 Lit according to the strength of hand
- Isaiah 8:12 Lit their fear
- Isaiah 8:14 Or to trip on
- Isaiah 8:16 Or teaching
- Isaiah 8:20 Or teaching
- Isaiah 8:21 Lit it
- Isaiah 8:21 Or by their king
- Isaiah 9:1 Ch 8:23 in Heb
- Isaiah 9:1 Or nations
- Isaiah 9:2 Ch 9:1 in Heb
- Isaiah 9:3 Another reading is not increase
- Isaiah 9:3 Lit the
- Isaiah 9:3 Lit in
- Isaiah 9:4 Lit in the day of Midian
- Isaiah 9:6 Lit be
- Isaiah 9:7 I.e., David’s
- Isaiah 9:8 Lit word
- Isaiah 9:12 Lit the whole mouth
- Isaiah 9:16 Or swallowed up
- Isaiah 9:17 Or fatherless
- Isaiah 9:20 Lit And he slices
- Isaiah 9:20 Lit he eats
- Isaiah 10:1 Lit harm
- Isaiah 10:2 Lit turn the needy aside from
- Isaiah 10:2 Or fatherless
- Isaiah 10:4 Lit under
- Isaiah 10:4 Lit under
- Isaiah 10:6 Lit make them a trampled place
- Isaiah 10:7 Lit its heart so plan
- Isaiah 10:7 Lit in its heart
- Isaiah 10:7 Lit not a few
- Isaiah 10:8 Lit altogether
- Isaiah 10:12 Lit visit
- Isaiah 10:13 Or those who sit on thrones
- Isaiah 10:15 Lit staff
- Isaiah 10:16 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 10:17 Lit his
- Isaiah 10:17 I.e., the Assyrian king’s forces
- Isaiah 10:23 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 10:24 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 10:24 Lit he
- Isaiah 10:27 I.e., the Assyrian
- Isaiah 10:30 An ancient version reads Answer her, O Anathoth
- Isaiah 10:32 Another reading is house of
- Isaiah 10:33 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 11:6 Some ancient versions will feed together
- Isaiah 11:10 Lit glory
- Isaiah 11:11 Or coastlands
- Isaiah 11:14 Lit sons
- Isaiah 11:14 Lit Edom and Moab will be the outstretching of their hand
- Isaiah 11:14 Lit their obedience
- Isaiah 11:15 Another reading is dry up the tongue
- Isaiah 11:15 Perhaps the Red Sea
- Isaiah 12:4 Or Proclaim to them that
- Isaiah 12:5 Or gloriously
Isaiah 7-12
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Isaiah 7-12
New International Version
The Sign of Immanuel
7 When Ahaz(A) son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, King Rezin(B) of Aram(C) and Pekah(D) son of Remaliah(E) king of Israel marched up to fight against Jerusalem, but they could not overpower it.
2 Now the house of David(F) was told, “Aram has allied itself with[a] Ephraim(G)”; so the hearts of Ahaz and his people were shaken,(H) 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,[b](I) to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.(J) 4 Say to him, ‘Be careful, keep calm(K) and don’t be afraid.(L) Do not lose heart(M) because of these two smoldering stubs(N) of firewood—because of the fierce anger(O) of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah.(P) 5 Aram, Ephraim and Remaliah’s(Q) son have plotted(R) 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:(S)
“‘It will not take place,
it will not happen,(T)
8 for the head of Aram is Damascus,(U)
and the head of Damascus is only Rezin.(V)
Within sixty-five years
Ephraim will be too shattered(W) to be a people.
9 The head of Ephraim is Samaria,(X)
and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah’s son.
If you do not stand(Y) firm in your faith,(Z)
you will not stand at all.’”(AA)
10 Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz, 11 “Ask the Lord your God for a sign,(AB) whether in the deepest depths or in the highest heights.(AC)”
12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask; I will not put the Lord to the test.(AD)”
13 Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, you house of David!(AE) Is it not enough(AF) to try the patience of humans? Will you try the patience(AG) of my God(AH) also? 14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you[c] a sign:(AI) The virgin[d](AJ) will conceive and give birth to a son,(AK) and[e] will call him Immanuel.[f](AL) 15 He will be eating curds(AM) and honey(AN) when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, 16 for before the boy knows(AO) enough to reject the wrong and choose the right,(AP) the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.(AQ) 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(AR) from Judah—he will bring the king of Assyria.(AS)”
Assyria, the Lord’s Instrument
18 In that day(AT) the Lord will whistle(AU) for flies from the Nile delta in Egypt and for bees from the land of Assyria.(AV) 19 They will all come and settle in the steep ravines and in the crevices(AW) in the rocks, on all the thornbushes(AX) and at all the water holes. 20 In that day(AY) the Lord will use(AZ) a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates River(BA)—the king of Assyria(BB)—to shave your head and private parts, and to cut off your beard(BC) also.(BD) 21 In that day,(BE) a person will keep alive a young cow and two goats.(BF) 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(BG) and honey.(BH) 23 In that day,(BI) in every place where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels,[g](BJ) there will be only briers and thorns.(BK) 24 Hunters will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers(BL) and thorns. 25 As for all the hills(BM) once cultivated by the hoe, you will no longer go there for fear of the briers and thorns;(BN) they will become places where cattle are turned loose and where sheep run.(BO)
Isaiah and His Children as Signs
8 The Lord said to me, “Take a large scroll(BP) and write on it with an ordinary pen: Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.”[h](BQ) 2 So I called in Uriah(BR) the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah as reliable witnesses(BS) for me. 3 Then I made love to the prophetess,(BT) and she conceived and gave birth to a son.(BU) And the Lord said to me, “Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.(BV) 4 For before the boy knows(BW) how to say ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus(BX) and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.(BY)”
5 The Lord spoke to me again:
6 “Because this people has rejected(BZ)
the gently flowing waters of Shiloah(CA)
and rejoices over Rezin
and the son of Remaliah,(CB)
7 therefore the Lord is about to bring against them
the mighty floodwaters(CC) of the Euphrates—
the king of Assyria(CD) with all his pomp.(CE)
It will overflow all its channels,
run over all its banks(CF)
8 and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it,(CG)
passing through it and reaching up to the neck.
Its outspread wings(CH) will cover the breadth of your land,
Immanuel[i]!”(CI)
9 Raise the war cry,[j](CJ) you nations, and be shattered!(CK)
Listen, all you distant lands.
Prepare(CL) for battle, and be shattered!
Prepare for battle, and be shattered!
10 Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted;(CM)
propose your plan, but it will not stand,(CN)
for God is with us.[k](CO)
11 This is what the Lord says to me with his strong hand upon me,(CP) warning me not to follow(CQ) the way of this people:
12 “Do not call conspiracy(CR)
everything this people calls a conspiracy;
do not fear what they fear,(CS)
and do not dread it.(CT)
13 The Lord Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy,(CU)
he is the one you are to fear,(CV)
he is the one you are to dread.(CW)
14 He will be a holy place;(CX)
for both Israel and Judah he will be
a stone(CY) that causes people to stumble(CZ)
and a rock that makes them fall.(DA)
And for the people of Jerusalem he will be
a trap and a snare.(DB)
15 Many of them will stumble;(DC)
they will fall and be broken,
they will be snared and captured.”
16 Bind up this testimony of warning(DD)
and seal(DE) up God’s instruction among my disciples.
17 I will wait(DF) for the Lord,
who is hiding(DG) his face from the descendants of Jacob.
I will put my trust in him.(DH)
18 Here am I, and the children the Lord has given me.(DI) We are signs(DJ) and symbols(DK) in Israel from the Lord Almighty, who dwells on Mount Zion.(DL)
The Darkness Turns to Light
19 When someone tells you to consult(DM) mediums and spiritists,(DN) who whisper and mutter,(DO) should not a people inquire(DP) of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? 20 Consult God’s instruction(DQ) and the testimony of warning.(DR) If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light(DS) of dawn. 21 Distressed and hungry,(DT) they will roam through the land;(DU) when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse(DV) their king and their God. 22 Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom,(DW) and they will be thrust into utter darkness.(DX)
9 [l]Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom(DY) for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,(DZ) 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(EA)
have seen a great light;(EB)
on those living in the land of deep darkness(EC)
a light has dawned.(ED)
3 You have enlarged the nation(EE)
and increased their joy;(EF)
they rejoice before you
as people rejoice at the harvest,
as warriors rejoice
when dividing the plunder.(EG)
4 For as in the day of Midian’s defeat,(EH)
you have shattered(EI)
the yoke(EJ) that burdens them,
the bar across their shoulders,(EK)
the rod of their oppressor.(EL)
5 Every warrior’s boot used in battle
and every garment rolled in blood
will be destined for burning,(EM)
will be fuel for the fire.
6 For to us a child is born,(EN)
to us a son is given,(EO)
and the government(EP) will be on his shoulders.(EQ)
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor,(ER) Mighty God,(ES)
Everlasting(ET) Father,(EU) Prince of Peace.(EV)
7 Of the greatness of his government(EW) and peace(EX)
there will be no end.(EY)
He will reign(EZ) on David’s throne
and over his kingdom,
establishing and upholding it
with justice(FA) and righteousness(FB)
from that time on and forever.(FC)
The zeal(FD) of the Lord Almighty
will accomplish this.
The Lord’s Anger Against Israel
8 The Lord has sent a message(FE) against Jacob;
it will fall on Israel.
9 All the people will know it—
Ephraim(FF) and the inhabitants of Samaria(FG)—
who say with pride
and arrogance(FH) of heart,
10 “The bricks have fallen down,
but we will rebuild with dressed stone;(FI)
the fig(FJ) trees have been felled,
but we will replace them with cedars.(FK)”
11 But the Lord has strengthened Rezin’s(FL) foes against them
and has spurred their enemies on.
12 Arameans(FM) from the east and Philistines(FN) from the west
have devoured(FO) Israel with open mouth.
13 But the people have not returned(FR) to him who struck(FS) them,
nor have they sought(FT) the Lord Almighty.
14 So the Lord will cut off from Israel both head and tail,
both palm branch and reed(FU) in a single day;(FV)
15 the elders(FW) and dignitaries(FX) are the head,
the prophets(FY) who teach lies(FZ) are the tail.
16 Those who guide(GA) this people mislead them,
and those who are guided are led astray.(GB)
17 Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men,(GC)
nor will he pity(GD) the fatherless and widows,
for everyone is ungodly(GE) and wicked,(GF)
every mouth speaks folly.(GG)
Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
his hand is still upraised.(GH)
18 Surely wickedness burns like a fire;(GI)
it consumes briers and thorns,(GJ)
it sets the forest thickets ablaze,(GK)
so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.
19 By the wrath(GL) of the Lord Almighty
the land will be scorched(GM)
and the people will be fuel for the fire;(GN)
they will not spare one another.(GO)
20 On the right they will devour,
but still be hungry;(GP)
on the left they will eat,(GQ)
but not be satisfied.
Each will feed on the flesh of their own offspring[m]:
21 Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, and Ephraim on Manasseh;(GR)
together they will turn against Judah.(GS)
Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
his hand is still upraised.(GT)
10 Woe(GU) to those who make unjust laws,
to those who issue oppressive decrees,(GV)
2 to deprive(GW) the poor of their rights
and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people,(GX)
making widows their prey
and robbing the fatherless.(GY)
3 What will you do on the day of reckoning,(GZ)
when disaster(HA) comes from afar?
To whom will you run for help?(HB)
Where will you leave your riches?
4 Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives(HC)
or fall among the slain.(HD)
Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,(HE)
his hand is still upraised.
God’s Judgment on Assyria
5 “Woe(HF) to the Assyrian,(HG) the rod(HH) of my anger,
in whose hand is the club(HI) of my wrath!(HJ)
6 I send him against a godless(HK) nation,
I dispatch(HL) him against a people who anger me,(HM)
to seize loot and snatch plunder,(HN)
and to trample(HO) them down like mud in the streets.
7 But this is not what he intends,(HP)
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(HQ) all kings?’ he says.
9 ‘Has not Kalno(HR) fared like Carchemish?(HS)
Is not Hamath(HT) like Arpad,(HU)
and Samaria(HV) like Damascus?(HW)
10 As my hand seized the kingdoms of the idols,(HX)
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?(HY)’”
12 When the Lord has finished all his work(HZ) against Mount Zion(IA) and Jerusalem, he will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria(IB) for the willful pride(IC) of his heart and the haughty look(ID) in his eyes. 13 For he says:
“‘By the strength of my hand(IE) I have done this,(IF)
and by my wisdom, because I have understanding.
I removed the boundaries of nations,
I plundered their treasures;(IG)
like a mighty one I subdued[n] their kings.(IH)
14 As one reaches into a nest,(II)
so my hand reached for the wealth(IJ) of the nations;
as people gather abandoned eggs,
so I gathered all the countries;(IK)
not one flapped a wing,
or opened its mouth to chirp.(IL)’”
15 Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it,
or the saw boast against the one who uses it?(IM)
As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up,
or a club(IN) brandish the one who is not wood!
16 Therefore, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
will send a wasting disease(IO) upon his sturdy warriors;(IP)
under his pomp(IQ) a fire(IR) will be kindled
like a blazing flame.
17 The Light of Israel will become a fire,(IS)
their Holy One(IT) a flame;
in a single day it will burn and consume
his thorns(IU) and his briers.(IV)
18 The splendor of his forests(IW) and fertile fields
it will completely destroy,(IX)
as when a sick person wastes away.
19 And the remaining trees of his forests(IY) will be so few(IZ)
that a child could write them down.
The Remnant of Israel
20 In that day(JA) the remnant of Israel,
the survivors(JB) of Jacob,
will no longer rely(JC) on him
who struck them down(JD)
but will truly rely(JE) on the Lord,
the Holy One of Israel.(JF)
21 A remnant(JG) will return,[o](JH) a remnant of Jacob
will return to the Mighty God.(JI)
22 Though your people be like the sand(JJ) by the sea, Israel,
only a remnant will return.(JK)
Destruction has been decreed,(JL)
overwhelming and righteous.
23 The Lord, the Lord Almighty, will carry out
the destruction decreed(JM) upon the whole land.(JN)
24 Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says:
“My people who live in Zion,(JO)
do not be afraid(JP) of the Assyrians,
who beat(JQ) you with a rod(JR)
and lift up a club against you, as Egypt did.
25 Very soon(JS) my anger against you will end
and my wrath(JT) will be directed to their destruction.(JU)”
26 The Lord Almighty will lash(JV) them with a whip,
as when he struck down Midian(JW) at the rock of Oreb;
and he will raise his staff(JX) over the waters,(JY)
as he did in Egypt.
27 In that day(JZ) their burden(KA) will be lifted from your shoulders,
their yoke(KB) from your neck;(KC)
the yoke(KD) will be broken
because you have grown so fat.[p]
28 They enter Aiath;
they pass through Migron;(KE)
they store supplies(KF) at Mikmash.(KG)
29 They go over the pass, and say,
“We will camp overnight at Geba.(KH)”
Ramah(KI) trembles;
Gibeah(KJ) of Saul flees.(KK)
30 Cry out, Daughter Gallim!(KL)
Listen, Laishah!
Poor Anathoth!(KM)
31 Madmenah is in flight;
the people of Gebim take cover.
32 This day they will halt at Nob;(KN)
they will shake their fist(KO)
at the mount of Daughter Zion,(KP)
at the hill of Jerusalem.
33 See, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
will lop off(KQ) the boughs with great power.
The lofty trees will be felled,(KR)
the tall(KS) ones will be brought low.(KT)
34 He will cut down(KU) the forest thickets with an ax;
Lebanon(KV) will fall before the Mighty One.(KW)
The Branch From Jesse
11 A shoot(KX) will come up from the stump(KY) of Jesse;(KZ)
from his roots a Branch(LA) will bear fruit.(LB)
2 The Spirit(LC) of the Lord will rest on him—
the Spirit of wisdom(LD) and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of might,(LE)
the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—
3 and he will delight in the fear(LF) of the Lord.
He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,(LG)
or decide by what he hears with his ears;(LH)
4 but with righteousness(LI) he will judge the needy,(LJ)
with justice(LK) he will give decisions for the poor(LL) of the earth.
He will strike(LM) the earth with the rod of his mouth;(LN)
with the breath(LO) of his lips he will slay the wicked.(LP)
5 Righteousness will be his belt(LQ)
and faithfulness(LR) the sash around his waist.(LS)
6 The wolf will live with the lamb,(LT)
the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling[q] 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.(LU)
8 The infant(LV) will play near the cobra’s den,
and the young child will put its hand into the viper’s(LW) nest.
9 They will neither harm nor destroy(LX)
on all my holy mountain,(LY)
for the earth(LZ) will be filled with the knowledge(MA) of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.
10 In that day(MB) the Root of Jesse(MC) will stand as a banner(MD) for the peoples; the nations(ME) will rally to him,(MF) and his resting place(MG) will be glorious.(MH) 11 In that day(MI) the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant(MJ) of his people from Assyria,(MK) from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt,(ML) from Cush,[r](MM) from Elam,(MN) from Babylonia,[s] from Hamath(MO) and from the islands(MP) of the Mediterranean.(MQ)
12 He will raise a banner(MR) for the nations
and gather(MS) the exiles of Israel;(MT)
he will assemble the scattered people(MU) of Judah
from the four quarters of the earth.(MV)
13 Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish,
and Judah’s enemies[t] will be destroyed;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim.(MW)
14 They will swoop down on the slopes of Philistia(MX) to the west;
together they will plunder the people to the east.(MY)
They will subdue Edom(MZ) and Moab,(NA)
and the Ammonites(NB) will be subject to them.(NC)
15 The Lord will dry up(ND)
the gulf of the Egyptian sea;
with a scorching wind(NE) he will sweep his hand(NF)
over the Euphrates River.(NG)
He will break it up into seven streams
so that anyone can cross over in sandals.(NH)
16 There will be a highway(NI) for the remnant(NJ) of his people
that is left from Assyria,(NK)
as there was for Israel
when they came up from Egypt.(NL)
Songs of Praise
12 In that day(NM) you will say:
“I will praise(NN) you, Lord.
Although you were angry with me,
your anger has turned away(NO)
and you have comforted(NP) me.
2 Surely God is my salvation;(NQ)
I will trust(NR) and not be afraid.
The Lord, the Lord himself,(NS) is my strength(NT) and my defense[u];
he has become my salvation.(NU)”
3 With joy you will draw water(NV)
from the wells(NW) of salvation.
4 In that day(NX) you will say:
“Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;(NY)
make known among the nations(NZ) what he has done,
and proclaim that his name is exalted.(OA)
5 Sing(OB) to the Lord, for he has done glorious things;(OC)
let this be known to all the world.
6 Shout aloud and sing for joy,(OD) people of Zion,
for great(OE) is the Holy One of Israel(OF) among you.(OG)”
Footnotes
- 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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