Isaiah 21-39
New American Standard Bible
God Commands That Babylon Be Taken
21 The (A)pronouncement concerning the [a](B)wilderness of the sea:
As (C)windstorms in the [b]Negev come in turns,
It comes from the wilderness, from a terrifying land.
2 A (D)harsh vision has been shown to me;
The (E)treacherous one still deals treacherously, and the destroyer still destroys.
Go up, (F)Elam, lay siege, Media;
I have put an end to all [c]the groaning she has caused.
3 For this reason my (G)loins are full of anguish;
Pains have seized me like the pains of a (H)woman in labor.
I am so bewildered I cannot hear, so terrified I cannot see.
4 My [d]mind reels, [e]horror overwhelms me;
The twilight I longed for has been (I)turned into trembling for me.
5 They (J)set the table, they [f]spread out the cloth, they eat, they drink;
“Rise up, captains, oil the shields!”
6 For this is what the Lord says to me:
“Go, station the lookout, have him (K)report what he sees.
7 When he sees [g]a (L)column of chariots, horsemen in pairs,
A train of donkeys, a train of camels,
He is to pay close attention, very close attention.”
8 Then [h]the lookout called,
“(M)Lord, I stand continually by day on the watchtower,
And I am stationed every night at my guard post.
9 Now behold, here comes a troop of riders, horsemen in pairs.”
And one said, “(N)Fallen, fallen is Babylon;
And all the (O)images of her gods [i]are shattered on the ground.”
10 My (P)downtrodden people, and my [j]afflicted of the threshing floor!
What I have heard from the Lord of armies,
The God of Israel, I make known to you.
Pronouncements about Edom and Arabia
11 The pronouncement concerning [k](Q)Edom:
One keeps calling to me from (R)Seir,
“Watchman, [l]how far gone is the night?
Watchman, [m]how far gone is the night?”
12 The watchman says,
“Morning comes but also night.
If you would inquire, inquire;
Come back again.”
13 The pronouncement about (S)Arabia:
In the thickets of Arabia you [n]must spend the night,
You caravans of (T)Dedanites.
14 Bring water [o]for the thirsty,
You inhabitants of the land of (U)Tema;
Meet the fugitive with bread.
15 For they have (V)fled from the swords,
From the drawn sword, and from the bent bow,
And from the press of battle.
16 For this is what the Lord said to me: “In a (W)year, as [p]a hired worker would count it, all the splendor of (X)Kedar will come to an end; 17 and the (Y)remainder of the number of bowmen, the warriors of the sons of Kedar, will be few; for the Lord God of Israel (Z)has spoken.”
The Valley of Vision
22 The pronouncement concerning the (AA)valley of vision:
What is the matter with you now, that you have all gone up to the (AB)housetops?
2 You who were full of noise,
You tumultuous town, you (AC)jubilant city;
Your dead were (AD)not killed with the sword,
Nor [q]did they die in battle.
3 (AE)All your rulers have fled together,
And have been captured [r]without the bow;
All of you who were found were taken captive together,
[s]Though they had fled far away.
4 Therefore I say, “Look away from me,
Let me (AF)weep bitterly,
Do not [t]try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
5 (AG)For the Lord [u]God of armies has a (AH)day of panic, (AI)subjugation, and confusion
(AJ)In the valley of vision,
A breaking down of walls
And a crying [v]to the mountain.
6 (AK)Elam picked up the quiver,
With the chariots, [w]infantry, and horsemen;
And (AL)Kir uncovered the shield.
7 Then your choicest valleys were full of chariots,
And the horsemen took positions at the gate.
8 And He removed the [x]defense of Judah.
On that day you [y]depended on the weapons of the (AM)house of the forest,
9 And you saw that the breaches
In the wall of the city of David were many;
And you (AN)collected the waters of the lower pool.
10 Then you counted the houses of Jerusalem
And tore down houses to fortify the wall.
11 And you made a reservoir (AO)between the two walls
For the waters of the (AP)old pool.
But you did not [z]depend on Him who made it,
Nor did you [aa]take into consideration Him who planned it long ago.
12 Therefore on that day the Lord [ab]God of armies called you to (AQ)weeping, to wailing,
To (AR)shaving the head, and to wearing sackcloth.
13 Instead, there is (AS)joy and jubilation,
Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep,
Eating of meat and drinking of wine:
“(AT)Let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die.”
14 But the Lord of armies revealed Himself [ac]to me:
“Certainly this (AU)wrongdoing (AV)will not be [ad]forgiven you
(AW)Until you die,” says the Lord [ae]God of armies.
15 This is what the Lord [af]God of armies says:
“Come, go to this steward,
To (AX)Shebna who is in charge of the royal household,
16 ‘What right do you have here,
And whom do you have here,
That you have (AY)cut out a tomb for yourself here,
You who cut out a tomb on the height,
You who carve a resting place for [ag]yourself in the rock?
17 Behold, the Lord is about to hurl you violently, you strong man.
And He is about to grasp you firmly
18 And wrap you up tightly like a ball,
To be (AZ)driven into a vast country;
There you will die,
And there your splendid chariots will be,
You shame of your master’s house!’
19 I will (BA)depose you from your office,
And [ah]I will pull you down from your position.
20 Then it will come about on that day,
That I will summon My servant (BB)Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,
21 And I will clothe him with your tunic
And tie your sash securely around him.
I will hand your [ai]authority over to him,
And he will become a (BC)father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
22 Then I will put (BD)the key of the (BE)house of David on his shoulder;
When he opens, no one will shut,
When he shuts, no one will (BF)open.
23 I will drive him like a (BG)peg in a firm place,
And he will become a (BH)throne of glory to his father’s house.
24 So they will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the [aj]descendants, all the least of vessels, from bowls to all the jars. 25 On that day,” declares the Lord of armies, “the (BI)peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will even (BJ)break off and fall, and the load that is hanging on it will be cut off, for the (BK)Lord has spoken.”
The Fall of Tyre
23 The pronouncement concerning (BL)Tyre:
Wail, you (BM)ships of (BN)Tarshish,
For Tyre is destroyed, without house or [ak](BO)harbor;
It is reported to them from the land of [al](BP)Cyprus.
2 (BQ)Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland,
You merchants of Sidon;
[am]Your messengers crossed the sea
3 And were on many waters.
(BR)The grain of the [an](BS)Nile, the harvest of the River was her revenue;
And she was the (BT)market of nations.
4 Be ashamed, (BU)Sidon,
For the sea speaks, the stronghold of the sea, saying,
“I have neither been in labor nor given birth,
I have neither brought up young men nor raised virgins.”
5 When the report reaches Egypt,
They will be in (BV)anguish over the report of Tyre.
6 Pass over to (BW)Tarshish;
Wail, you inhabitants of the coastland.
7 Is this your (BX)jubilant city,
Whose origin is from antiquity,
Whose feet used to bring her to [ao]colonize distant places?
8 Who has planned this against Tyre, (BY)the bestower of crowns,
Whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?
9 (BZ)The Lord of armies has planned it, to (CA)defile the pride of all beauty,
To despise all the (CB)honored of the earth.
10 [ap]Overflow your land like the Nile, you daughter of Tarshish,
There is no more [aq]restraint.
11 He has (CC)stretched His hand out (CD)over the sea,
He has (CE)made the kingdoms tremble;
The Lord has given a command concerning Canaan to (CF)demolish its strongholds.
12 He has said, “(CG)You shall not be jubilant anymore, you crushed virgin daughter of Sidon.
Arise, pass over to [ar](CH)Cyprus; even there you will find no rest.”
13 Behold, the land of the Chaldeans—this is the people that did not exist; (CI)Assyria allocated it for (CJ)desert creatures—they erected their siege towers, they stripped its palaces, (CK)they made it a ruin.
14 Wail, you (CL)ships of Tarshish,
For your stronghold is destroyed.
15 Now on that day Tyre will be forgotten for (CM)seventy years like the days of one king. At the end of seventy years it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute:
16 Take your harp, wander around the city,
You forgotten prostitute;
Pluck the strings skillfully, sing many songs,
That you may be remembered.
17 It will come about at (CN)the end of seventy years that the Lord will visit Tyre. Then she will go back to her prostitute’s wages and (CO)commit prostitution with all the kingdoms [as]on the face of the earth. 18 Her (CP)profit and her prostitute’s wages will be (CQ)sacred to the Lord; it will not be stored up or hoarded, but her profit will become sufficient food and magnificent attire for those who dwell in the presence of the Lord.
Judgment on the Earth
24 Behold, the Lord (CR)lays the earth waste, devastates it, twists its surface, and scatters its inhabitants. 2 And the people will be like the priest, the servant like his master, the female servant like her mistress, the buyer like the seller, the lender like the borrower, the (CS)creditor like the debtor. 3 The earth will be completely laid waste and completely plundered, for the Lord has spoken this word. 4 The (CT)earth dries up and crumbles away, the mainland dries out and crumbles away, the (CU)exalted of the people of the earth dwindle. 5 The earth is also (CV)defiled [at]by its inhabitants, for they violated laws, altered statutes, and (CW)broke the everlasting covenant. 6 Therefore, a (CX)curse devours the earth, and those who live on it suffer for their guilt. Therefore, the (CY)inhabitants of the earth decrease in number, and few people are left.
7 The (CZ)new wine mourns,
The vine decays,
All the joyful-hearted sigh.
8 The (DA)joy of tambourines ceases,
The noise of revelers stops,
The joy of the harp ceases.
9 They do not drink wine with song;
(DB)Intoxicating drink is (DC)bitter to those who drink it.
10 The (DD)city of chaos is broken down;
(DE)Every house is shut up so that no one may enter.
11 There is an (DF)outcry in the streets concerning the wine;
(DG)All joy [au]turns to gloom.
The joy of the earth is banished.
12 Desolation is left in the city
And the (DH)gate is battered to ruins.
13 For (DI)so it will be in the midst of the earth among the peoples,
As the [av]shaking of an olive tree,
As the gleanings when the grape harvest is over.
14 (DJ)They raise their voices, they shout for joy;
They cry out from the [aw]west concerning the majesty of the Lord.
15 Therefore (DK)glorify the Lord in the [ax]east,
The (DL)name of the Lord, the God of Israel,
In the [ay](DM)coastlands of the sea.
16 From the (DN)ends of the earth we hear songs: “(DO)Glory to the Righteous One,”
But I say, “[az]I am finished! I am finished! Woe to me!
The (DP)treacherous deal treacherously,
And the treacherous deal very treacherously.”
17 (DQ)Terror and pit and snare
[ba]Confront you, you inhabitant of the earth.
18 Then it will be that the one who flees the sound of terror will fall into the pit,
And the one who [bb]climbs out of the pit will be caught in the snare;
For the (DR)windows [bc]above are opened, and the (DS)foundations of the earth shake.
19 (DT)The earth is broken apart,
The earth is (DU)split through,
The earth is shaken violently.
20 The earth (DV)trembles like a heavy drinker
And sways like a hut,
For its (DW)wrongdoing is heavy upon it,
And it will fall, (DX)never to rise again.
21 So it will happen on that day,
That the Lord will (DY)punish the rebellious [bd](DZ)angels of [be]heaven on high,
And the (EA)kings of the earth on earth.
22 They will be gathered together
Like (EB)prisoners in the [bf]dungeon,
And will be confined in prison;
And after many days they will (EC)be punished.
23 Then the (ED)moon will be ashamed and the sun be put to shame,
For the (EE)Lord of armies will reign on (EF)Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
And His glory will be before His elders.
Song of Praise for God’s Favor
25 Lord, You are (EG)my God;
I will exalt You, I will give thanks to Your name;
For You have (EH)worked wonders,
(EI)Plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.
2 For You have turned a city into a (EJ)heap,
A (EK)fortified city into a ruin;
A (EL)palace of strangers is no longer a city,
It will never be rebuilt.
3 Therefore a strong people will (EM)glorify You;
(EN)Cities of ruthless nations will revere You.
4 For You have been a (EO)stronghold for the helpless,
A stronghold for the poor in his distress,
A (EP)refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat;
For the breath of the (EQ)ruthless
Is like a rain storm against a wall.
5 Like heat in a dry land, You subdue the (ER)uproar of foreigners;
Like heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the ruthless is [bg]silenced.
6 (ES)Now the Lord of armies will prepare a [bh]lavish banquet for (ET)all peoples on this mountain;
A banquet of [bi]aged wine, [bj]choice pieces with marrow,
And [bk]refined, aged wine.
7 And on this mountain He will destroy the [bl](EU)covering which is over all peoples,
The veil which is [bm]stretched over all nations.
8 He will [bn](EV)swallow up death for all time,
And the Lord [bo]God will (EW)wipe tears away from all faces,
And He will remove the (EX)disgrace of His people from all the earth;
For the Lord has spoken.
9 And it will be said on that day,
“Behold, (EY)this is our God for whom we have (EZ)waited [bp]that (FA)He might save us.
This is the Lord for whom we have waited;
(FB)Let’s rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
10 For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain,
And (FC)Moab will be trampled down in his place
As straw is trampled down in the water of a manure pile.
11 And he will (FD)spread out his hands in the middle of it
As a swimmer spreads out his hands to swim,
But the Lord will (FE)lay low his pride together with the trickery of his hands.
12 The (FF)unassailable fortifications of your walls He will bring down,
Lay low, and throw to the ground, to the dust.
Song of Trust in God’s Protection
26 (FG)On that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
“We have a (FH)strong city;
He sets up walls and ramparts for [bq](FI)security.
2 Open the (FJ)gates, that the (FK)righteous nation may enter,
The one that [br]remains faithful.
3 The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect (FL)peace,
Because he trusts in You.
4 (FM)Trust in the Lord forever,
For in [bs]God the Lord, we have an everlasting (FN)Rock.
5 For He has brought low those who dwell on high, the (FO)unassailable city;
(FP)He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground, He casts it to the dust.
6 (FQ)The foot will trample it,
The feet of the (FR)poor, the steps of the helpless.”
7 The (FS)way of the righteous is smooth;
O Upright One, (FT)make the path of the righteous level.
8 Indeed, while following the way of (FU)Your judgments, Lord,
We have waited for You eagerly;
(FV)Your name, and (FW)remembering You, is the desire of our souls.
9 (FX)At night [bt]my soul longs for You,
Indeed, [bu]my spirit within me (FY)seeks You diligently;
For when the earth [bv]experiences Your judgments,
The inhabitants of the world (FZ)learn righteousness.
10 Though the wicked person is shown compassion,
He does not (GA)learn righteousness;
He (GB)deals unjustly in the land of uprightness,
And does not perceive the majesty of the Lord.
11 Lord, Your hand is lifted up, yet they (GC)do not see it.
[bw]They see (GD)Your zeal for the people and are put to shame;
Indeed, [bx](GE)fire will devour Your enemies.
12 Lord, You will establish (GF)peace for us,
Since You have also performed for us all our works.
13 Lord, our God, (GG)other masters besides You have ruled us;
But through You alone we [by](GH)confess Your name.
14 (GI)The dead will not live, the [bz]departed spirits will not rise;
Therefore You have (GJ)punished and destroyed them,
And You have eliminated all remembrance of them.
15 (GK)You have increased the nation, Lord,
You have increased the nation, You are glorified;
You have (GL)extended all the borders of the land.
16 Lord, they sought You (GM)in distress;
They [ca]could only whisper a prayer,
Your discipline was upon them.
17 (GN)As the pregnant woman approaches the time to give birth,
She writhes and cries out in her labor pains;
This is how we were before You, Lord.
18 We were pregnant, we writhed in labor,
We (GO)gave birth, as it seems, only to wind.
We could not accomplish deliverance for the earth,
Nor were (GP)inhabitants of the world [cb]born.
19 Your (GQ)dead will live;
[cc]Their corpses will rise.
You who lie in the dust, (GR)awake and shout for joy,
For your dew is as the dew of the [cd]dawn,
And the earth will [ce]give birth to the [cf]departed spirits.
20 Come, my people, (GS)enter your rooms
And close your doors behind you;
Hide for a little [cg](GT)while
Until (GU)indignation [ch]runs its course.
21 For behold, the Lord is about to (GV)come out from His place
To (GW)punish the inhabitants of the earth for their wrongdoing;
And the earth will (GX)reveal her bloodshed
And will no longer cover her slain.
God’s Blessings for Israel
27 On that day (GY)the Lord will punish [ci](GZ)Leviathan the fleeing serpent,
With His fierce and great and mighty sword,
Even [cj]Leviathan the twisted serpent;
And (HA)He will kill the dragon who lives in the sea.
2 On that day,
“A [ck](HB)vineyard of beauty, sing of it!
3 I, the Lord, am its keeper;
(HC)I water it every moment.
So that no one will [cl]damage it,
I (HD)guard it night and day.
4 I have no wrath.
Should [cm]someone give Me (HE)briars and thorns in battle,
Then I would step on them, (HF)I would burn them [cn]completely.
5 Or let him [co](HG)rely on My protection,
Let him make peace with Me,
Let him (HH)make peace with Me.”
6 [cp]In the days to come Jacob (HI)will take root,
Israel will (HJ)blossom and sprout,
And they will fill the [cq]whole world with (HK)fruit.
7 Like the striking of Him who has struck them, has (HL)He struck them?
Or like the slaughter of His slain, [cr]have they been slain?
8 You contended with them [cs]by banishing them, by (HM)driving them away.
With His fierce wind He has expelled them on the day of the (HN)east wind.
9 Therefore through this Jacob’s wrongdoing will be (HO)forgiven;
And this will be [ct]the full price of the [cu](HP)pardoning of his sin:
When he makes all the (HQ)altar stones like pulverized chalk stones;
When [cv]Asherim and incense altars will not stand.
10 For the fortified city is (HR)isolated,
A [cw]homestead deserted and abandoned like the desert;
(HS)There the calf will graze,
And there it will lie down and [cx]feed on its branches.
11 When its (HT)limbs are dry, they are broken off;
Women come and make a fire with them,
For they are not a people of (HU)discernment,
Therefore (HV)their Maker (HW)will not have compassion on them.
And their Creator will not be gracious to them.
12 On that day the Lord (HX)will thresh from the flowing stream of the (HY)Euphrates River to the brook of Egypt, and you will be (HZ)gathered up one by one, you sons of Israel. 13 It will come about also on that day that a great (IA)trumpet will be blown, and those who were perishing in the land of (IB)Assyria and who were scattered in the land of Egypt will come and (IC)worship the Lord on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.
Ephraim’s Captivity Predicted
28 Woe to the proud crown of the (ID)habitually drunk of (IE)Ephraim,
And to the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
Which is at the head of the [cy]fertile valley
Of those who are [cz]overcome with wine!
2 Behold, the Lord has a strong and (IF)mighty agent;
As a storm of (IG)hail, a tempest of destruction,
Like a storm of (IH)mighty overflowing waters,
He has thrown it down to the earth with His hand.
3 The splendid crown of the habitually drunk of Ephraim is (II)trampled underfoot.
4 And the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
Which is at the head of the [da]fertile valley,
Will be like the (IJ)first-ripe fig prior to the summer,
Which [db]one sees,
And [dc]as soon as it is in his [dd]hand,
He swallows it.
5 On that day the (IK)Lord of armies will become a beautiful (IL)crown
And a glorious wreath to the remnant of His people;
6 A (IM)spirit of justice for him who sits in judgment,
A (IN)strength to those who repel the [de]onslaught at the gate.
7 And these also (IO)reel with wine and stagger from intoxicating drink:
(IP)The priest and (IQ)the prophet reel with intoxicating drink,
They are confused by wine, they stagger from (IR)intoxicating drink;
They reel while [df]having (IS)visions,
They stagger when rendering a verdict.
8 For all the tables are full of filthy (IT)vomit, without a single clean place.
9 “To (IU)whom would He teach knowledge,
And to whom would He interpret the message?
Those just (IV)weaned from milk?
Those just taken from the breast?
10 For He says,
‘[dg](IW)Order on order, order on order,
Line on line, line on line,
A little here, a little there.’”
11 Indeed, He will speak to this people
Through (IX)stammering lips and a foreign tongue,
12 He who said to them, “This is the (IY)place of quiet, give rest to the weary,”
And, “This is the resting place,” but they would not listen.
13 So the word of the Lord to them will be,
“[dh]Order on order, order on order,
Line on line, line on line,
A little here, a little there,”
That they may go and (IZ)stumble backward, be broken, snared, and taken captive.
Judah Is Warned
14 Therefore, (JA)hear the word of the Lord, you (JB)scoffers,
Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,
15 Because you have said, “We have made a (JC)covenant with death,
And with [di]Sheol we have made a [dj]pact.
(JD)The [dk]gushing flood will not reach us when it passes by,
Because we have made (JE)falsehood our refuge and we have (JF)concealed ourselves with deception.”
16 Therefore this is what the Lord [dl]God says:
“(JG)Behold, I am laying a stone in Zion, a tested (JH)stone,
A precious cornerstone for the foundation, [dm]firmly placed.
The one who believes in it will not be [dn]disturbed.
17 I will make (JI)justice the measuring line
And righteousness the level;
Then (JJ)hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
And the waters will overflow the secret place.
18 Your (JK)covenant with death will be [do](JL)canceled,
And your pact with Sheol will not stand;
When the [dp](JM)gushing flood passes through,
Then you will become its (JN)trampling ground.
19 As (JO)often as it passes through, it will [dq]seize you;
For (JP)morning after morning it will pass through, anytime during the day or night,
And it will be [dr]sheer (JQ)terror to understand [ds]what it means.”
20 The bed is too short on which to stretch out,
And the (JR)blanket is too [dt]small to wrap oneself in.
21 For the Lord will rise up as at Mount (JS)Perazim,
He will be stirred up as in the Valley of (JT)Gibeon,
To do His (JU)task, His [du](JV)unusual task,
And to work His work, His [dv]extraordinary work.
22 And now do not carry on as (JW)scoffers,
Or your shackles will be made stronger;
For I have heard from the Lord [dw]God of armies
Of decisive (JX)destruction on all the earth.
23 Listen and hear my voice,
Pay attention and hear my words.
24 Does the [dx]farmer plow [dy]continually to plant seed?
Does he continually [dz]turn and break up his ground?
25 Does he not level its surface
And sow dill and scatter (JY)cumin
And [ea]plant (JZ)wheat in rows,
Barley in its place and rye within its [eb]area?
26 For his God instructs and teaches him properly.
27 For dill is not threshed with a (KA)threshing sledge,
Nor is the cartwheel [ec]driven over cumin;
But dill is beaten out with a rod, and cumin with a club.
28 Grain for bread is crushed,
Indeed, he does not continue to thresh it forever.
Because the wheel of his cart and his horses eventually [ed]damage it,
He does not thresh it longer.
29 This also comes from the Lord of armies,
Who has made His counsel (KB)wonderful and His wisdom (KC)great.
Jerusalem Is Warned
29 Woe, [ee]Ariel, [ef]Ariel the city where David once (KD)camped!
Add year to year, [eg](KE)keep your feasts on schedule.
2 I will bring distress to Ariel,
And she will be a city of grieving and (KF)mourning;
And she will be like an [eh]Ariel to me.
3 I will (KG)camp against you [ei]encircling you,
And I will set up siegeworks against you,
And I will raise up battle towers against you.
4 Then you will (KH)be brought low;
From the earth you will speak,
And from the dust where you are prostrate
Your words will come.
Your voice will also be like that of a [ej]spirit from the ground,
And your speech will whisper from the dust.
5 But the multitude of your [ek]enemies will become like fine (KI)dust,
And the multitude of the (KJ)ruthless ones like the chaff which [el]blows away;
And it will happen (KK)instantly, suddenly.
6 From the Lord of armies you will be (KL)punished with (KM)thunder and earthquake and loud noise,
With whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a consuming fire.
7 And the (KN)multitude of all the nations who wage war against [em]Ariel,
Even all who wage war against her and her stronghold, and who distress her,
Will be like a dream, a (KO)vision of the night.
8 It will be as when a hungry person dreams—
And behold, he is eating;
But when he awakens, his [en]hunger is not satisfied,
Or as when a thirsty person dreams—
And behold, he is drinking,
But when he awakens, behold, he is faint
And his [eo]thirst is not quenched.
(KP)So will the multitude of all the nations be
Who wage war against Mount Zion.
9 (KQ)Be delayed and horrified,
Blind yourselves and be blind;
They (KR)become drunk, but not with wine,
They stagger, but not with intoxicating drink.
10 For the Lord has poured over you a spirit of deep (KS)sleep,
He has (KT)shut your eyes—the prophets;
And He has covered your heads—the seers.
11 The entire vision will be to you like the words of a sealed [ep](KU)book, which, when they give it to the one who [eq]is literate, saying, “Please read this,” he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.” 12 Then the [er]book will be given to the one who [es]is illiterate, saying, “Please read this.” And he will say, “I [et]cannot read.”
13 Then the Lord said,
“Because (KV)this people approaches Me with their [eu]words
And honors Me with their lips,
But their heart is far away from Me,
And their [ev]reverence for Me [ew]consists of the commandment of men that is taught;
14 Therefore behold, I will once again deal (KW)marvelously with this people, wondrously marvelous;
And (KX)the wisdom of their wise men will perish,
And the understanding of their men who have understanding will be concealed.”
15 Woe to those who deeply (KY)hide their [ex]plans from the Lord,
And whose (KZ)deeds are done in a dark place,
And they say, “(LA)Who sees us?” or “Who knows us?”
16 You turn things around!
Shall the potter be considered [ey]as equal with the clay,
That (LB)what is made would say to its maker, “He did not make me”;
Or what is formed say to him who formed it, “He has no understanding”?
Blessing after Discipline
17 Is it not yet just a little while
[ez]Before Lebanon will be turned into a (LC)fertile field,
And the fertile field will be considered as a forest?
18 On that day those who are (LD)deaf will hear (LE)words of a book,
And out of their gloom and darkness the (LF)eyes of those who are blind will see.
19 The (LG)afflicted also will increase their joy in the Lord,
And the (LH)needy of mankind will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
20 For the (LI)ruthless will come to an end and the (LJ)scorner will be finished,
Indeed (LK)all who [fa]are intent on doing evil will be eliminated,
21 Who [fb]cause a person to be indicted by a word,
And (LL)set a trap for the arbitrator at the gate,
And [fc](LM)defraud the one in the right with [fd]meaningless arguments.
22 Therefore this is what the Lord, who redeemed (LN)Abraham, says concerning the house of Jacob:
“Jacob (LO)will not be ashamed now, nor will his face turn pale now;
23 But when [fe]he sees his (LP)children, the (LQ)work of My hands, in his midst,
They will sanctify My name;
Indeed, they will (LR)sanctify the Holy One of Jacob,
And will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
24 Those who (LS)err in [ff]mind will (LT)know [fg]the truth,
And those who [fh]criticize will [fi](LU)accept instruction.
Judah Warned against Egyptian Alliance
30 “Woe to the (LV)rebellious children,” declares the Lord,
“Who (LW)execute a plan, but not Mine,
And [fj](LX)make an alliance, but not of My Spirit,
In order to add sin to sin;
2 Who (LY)proceed down to Egypt
Without (LZ)consulting [fk]Me,
(MA)To take refuge in the safety of Pharaoh,
And to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!
3 Therefore the safety of Pharaoh will be (MB)your shame,
And the shelter in the shadow of Egypt, your humiliation.
4 For (MC)their officials are at Zoan
And their ambassadors arrive at Hanes.
5 Everyone will be (MD)ashamed because of a people who do not benefit them,
Who are (ME)not a help or benefit, but a source of shame and also disgrace.”
6 The pronouncement concerning the (MF)animals of the (MG)Negev:
Through a land of (MH)distress and anguish,
From [fl]where come lioness and lion, viper and (MI)flying serpent,
They (MJ)carry their riches on the [fm]backs of young donkeys,
And their treasures on (MK)camels’ humps,
To a people who will not benefit them;
7 Even Egypt, whose (ML)help is vain and empty.
Therefore, I have called [fn]her
“[fo](MM)Rahab who has been exterminated.”
8 Now go, (MN)write it on a tablet in their presence
And inscribe it on a scroll,
That it may [fp]serve in the time to come
[fq]As a witness forever.
9 For this is a (MO)rebellious people, (MP)false sons,
Sons who [fr]refuse to (MQ)listen
To the [fs]instruction of the Lord;
10 Who say to the (MR)seers, “You must not see visions”;
And to the prophets, “You must not (MS)prophesy the truth to us.
(MT)Speak to us [ft]pleasant words,
Prophesy illusions.
11 Get out of the way, (MU)turn aside from the path,
(MV)Stop speaking before us about the Holy One of Israel!”
12 Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says:
“(MW)Since you have rejected this word
And have put your trust in (MX)oppression and crookedness, and have relied on them,
13 Therefore this (MY)wrongdoing will be to you
Like a (MZ)breach about to fall,
A bulge in a high wall,
Whose collapse comes (NA)suddenly in an instant,
14 Whose collapse is like the smashing of a (NB)potter’s jar,
[fu]So ruthlessly shattered
That a shard will not be found among its pieces
To [fv]take fire from a hearth
Or to scoop water from a cistern.”
15 For this is what the Lord [fw]God, the Holy One of Israel, has said:
“In [fx]repentance and (NC)rest you will be saved,
In (ND)quietness and trust is your strength.”
But you were not willing,
16 And you said, “No, for we will flee on (NE)horses!”
Therefore you shall flee!
“And we will ride on swift horses!”
Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift.
17 (NF)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 [fy](NG)longs to be gracious to you,
And therefore He [fz]waits on (NH)high to have compassion on you.
For the Lord is a (NI)God of justice;
How blessed are all those who [ga](NJ)long for Him.
19 [gb]For, you people in Zion, (NK)inhabitant in Jerusalem, you will (NL)weep no longer. He will certainly be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when He hears it, He will (NM)answer you. 20 Although the Lord has given you (NN)bread of deprivation and water of oppression, He, your Teacher, will no longer (NO)hide Himself, but your eyes will see your Teacher. 21 Your ears will hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the (NP)way, walk in it,” whenever you (NQ)turn to the right or to the left. 22 And you will desecrate your carved (NR)images plated with silver, and your cast metal (NS)images plated with gold. You will scatter them as a filthy thing, and say to [gc]them, “(NT)Be gone!”
23 Then He will (NU)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 [gd]rich and [ge]plentiful; on that day (NV)your livestock will graze in a wide pasture. 24 Also the oxen and the donkeys that work the ground will eat [gf]seasoned feed, which [gg]has been (NW)winnowed with shovel and pitchfork. 25 And on every lofty mountain and (NX)every high hill there will be [gh]streams running with water on the day of the great (NY)slaughter, when the towers fall. 26 (NZ)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 (OA)the Lord binds up the (OB)fracture of His people and (OC)heals the wound [gi]He has inflicted.
27 Behold, (OD)the name of the Lord comes from a [gj]remote place;
(OE)His anger is burning and [gk]dense with [gl]smoke;
His lips are filled with (OF)indignation,
And His tongue is like a (OG)consuming fire;
28 His (OH)breath is like an overflowing river,
Which (OI)reaches to the neck,
To (OJ)shake the nations back and forth in a [gm]sieve,
And to put in the jaws of the peoples (OK)the bridle which leads astray.
29 You will have [gn]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 [go]His voice of authority to be heard,
And the [gp]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 (OL)at the voice of the Lord (OM)Assyria will be terrified,
When He strikes with the (ON)rod.
32 And every [gq]blow of the [gr](OO)rod of punishment,
Which the Lord will lay on him,
Will be with the music of (OP)tambourines and lyres;
And in battles, (OQ)brandishing weapons, He will fight them.
33 For [gs](OR)Topheth has long been ready,
Indeed, it has been prepared for the king.
He has made it deep and large,
[gt]A pyre of fire with plenty of wood;
The (OS)breath of the Lord, like a torrent of (OT)brimstone, sets it afire.
Help Not in Egypt but in God
31 Woe to those who go down to (OU)Egypt for help
And (OV)rely on horses,
And trust in chariots because they are many
And in horsemen because they are very strong,
But they do not (OW)look to the (OX)Holy One of Israel, nor seek the Lord!
2 Yet He also is (OY)wise and will (OZ)bring disaster,
And does (PA)not retract His words,
But will arise against the house of (PB)evildoers,
And against the help of the (PC)workers of injustice.
3 Now the Egyptians are (PD)human and not God,
And their (PE)horses are flesh and not spirit;
So the Lord will (PF)stretch out His hand,
And any (PG)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 (PH)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 (PI)war on Mount Zion and on its hill.”
5 Like [gu]flying (PJ)birds so the Lord of armies will protect Jerusalem.
He will (PK)protect and save it;
He will pass over and rescue it.
6 (PL)Return to Him against whom [gv]you have been (PM)profoundly obstinate, you sons of Israel. 7 For on that day every person will (PN)reject his silver idols and his gold idols, which your hands have made for you as (PO)a sin.
8 And the (PP)Assyrian will fall by a sword not wielded by a man,
And a (PQ)sword not of man will devour him.
So he will [gw](PR)not escape the sword,
And his young men will become (PS)forced laborers.
9 “His (PT)rock will pass away because of panic,
And his officers will be terrified by the (PU)flag,”
Declares the Lord, whose (PV)fire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.
The Glorious Future
32 Behold, a (PW)king will reign righteously,
And officials will rule justly.
2 Each will be like a (PX)refuge from the wind
And a shelter from the storm,
Like [gx](PY)streams of water in a dry country,
Like the (PZ)shade of a [gy]huge rock in an exhausted land.
3 Then (QA)the eyes of those who see will not be [gz]blinded,
And the ears of those who hear will listen.
4 The [ha]mind of the (QB)rash will discern the [hb]truth,
And the tongue of the stammerers will hurry to speak clearly.
5 No longer will the (QC)fool be called noble,
Or the rogue be spoken of as generous.
6 For a fool speaks nonsense,
And his heart [hc](QD)inclines toward wickedness:
To practice (QE)ungodliness and to speak error against the Lord,
To [hd](QF)keep the hungry person unsatisfied
And [he]to withhold drink from the thirsty.
7 As for a rogue, his weapons are evil;
He (QG)devises wicked schemes
To (QH)destroy the poor with [hf]slander,
(QI)Even though the needy one speaks [hg]what is right.
8 But (QJ)the noble person devises noble plans;
And by noble plans he stands.
9 Rise up, you (QK)women who are at ease,
And hear my voice;
(QL)Listen to my word,
You complacent daughters.
10 Within a year and a few days
You will be troubled, you complacent daughters;
(QM)For the vintage is ended,
And the fruit gathering will not come.
11 Tremble, you women who are at ease;
(QN)Be troubled, you complacent daughters;
(QO)Strip, undress, and put sackcloth on your waist,
12 (QP)Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine,
13 (QQ)For the land of my people in which thorns and briars will come up;
Indeed, for all the joyful houses and for the (QR)jubilant city.
14 For (QS)the palace has been neglected, the [hh]populated (QT)city abandoned.
[hi]Hill and watch-tower have become (QU)caves forever,
A delight for (QV)wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks,
15 Until the (QW)Spirit is poured out upon us from on high,
And the wilderness becomes a (QX)fertile field,
And the fertile field is considered as a forest.
16 Then (QY)justice will dwell in the wilderness,
And righteousness will remain in the fertile field.
17 And the (QZ)work of righteousness will be peace,
And the service of righteousness, (RA)quietness and [hj]confidence forever.
18 Then my people will live in a (RB)peaceful settlement,
In secure dwellings, and in undisturbed (RC)resting places;
19 And it will (RD)hail when the (RE)forest comes down,
And (RF)the city will be utterly laid low.
20 How (RG)blessed will you be, you who sow beside all waters,
Who [hk]let the ox and the donkey out freely.
The Judgment of God
33 Woe (RH)to you, destroyer,
While you were not destroyed;
And he (RI)who is treacherous, while others did not deal treacherously with him.
As soon as you finish destroying, (RJ)you will be destroyed;
As soon as you cease to deal treacherously, others will (RK)deal treacherously with you.
2 Lord, (RL)be gracious to us; we have (RM)waited for You.
Be [hl]their [hm](RN)strength every morning,
Our salvation also in the (RO)time of distress.
3 At the sound of a roar, (RP)peoples flee;
At the (RQ)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 (RR)exalted, for He dwells on high;
He has (RS)filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
6 And He will be the [hn](RT)stability of your times,
A (RU)wealth of salvation, wisdom, and (RV)knowledge;
The (RW)fear of the Lord is his treasure.
7 Behold, their brave men cry out [ho]in the streets,
The [hp](RX)ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
8 The highways are desolate, [hq]the (RY)traveler has ceased,
He has (RZ)broken the covenant, he has despised the cities,
He has no regard for mankind.
9 (SA)The land mourns and wastes away,
(SB)Lebanon is shamed and withers;
(SC)Sharon is like a desert plain,
And Bashan and Carmel [hr]lose their foliage.
10 “Now (SD)I will arise,” says the Lord,
“Now I will be exalted, now I will be lifted up.
11 You have (SE)conceived [hs]chaff, you will give birth to stubble;
[ht]My (SF)breath will consume you like a fire.
12 The peoples will be burned to lime,
(SG)Like cut thorns which are burned in the fire.
13 “You who are far away, (SH)hear what I have done;
And you who are near, [hu]acknowledge My might.”
14 (SI)Sinners in Zion are terrified;
(SJ)Trembling has seized the godless.
“Who among us can live with (SK)the consuming fire?
Who among us can live with everlasting (SL)burning?”
15 One who (SM)walks righteously and speaks with integrity,
One who rejects [hv]unjust gain
And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe;
One who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed
And (SN)shuts his eyes from looking at evil;
16 He will dwell on the heights,
(SO)His refuge will be the [hw]impregnable rock;
(SP)His bread will be given him,
His water will be sure.
17 Your eyes will see (SQ)the King in His beauty;
They will see (SR)a distant land.
18 Your heart will meditate on (SS)terror:
“Where is (ST)one who counts?
Where is one who weighs?
Where is one who counts the towers?”
19 You will no longer see a fierce people,
A people of [hx](SU)unintelligible speech [hy]which no one comprehends,
Of a stammering tongue [hz]which no one understands.
20 (SV)Look at Zion, the city of our appointed feasts;
Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an (SW)undisturbed settlement,
(SX)A tent which will not be folded;
Its stakes will never be pulled up,
Nor any of its ropes be torn apart.
21 But there the majestic One, the Lord, will be for us
A place of (SY)rivers and wide canals
On which no boat with oars will go,
And on which no mighty ship will pass—
22 For the Lord is our (SZ)judge,
The Lord is (TA)our lawgiver,
The Lord is (TB)our king;
(TC)He will save us—
23 Your ship’s tackle hangs slack;
It cannot hold the base of its mast firmly,
Nor spread out the sail.
Then the (TD)prey of an abundant spoil will be divided;
(TE)Those who limp will take the plunder.
24 And no resident will say, “I am (TF)sick”;
The people who live [ia]there will be (TG)forgiven their wrongdoing.
God’s Wrath against Nations
34 Come near, (TH)you nations, to hear; and listen, you peoples!
(TI)Let the earth and [ib]all it contains hear, and the world and all that springs from it.
2 For the Lord’s (TJ)anger is against all the nations,
And His wrath against all their armies.
He has [ic](TK)utterly destroyed them,
He has turned them over to (TL)slaughter.
3 So their slain will be (TM)thrown out,
And their corpses [id]will give off their (TN)stench,
And the mountains will [ie]be drenched with their (TO)blood.
4 And (TP)all the heavenly [if]lights will [ig]wear away,
And the (TQ)sky will be rolled up like a scroll;
All its [ih]lights will also wither away
As a leaf withers from the vine,
Or as one withers from the fig tree.
5 For (TR)My sword has drunk its fill in heaven;
Behold it shall descend for judgment upon (TS)Edom,
And upon the people whom I have (TT)designated for destruction.
6 The sword of the Lord is filled with blood,
It drips with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats,
With the fat of the kidneys of rams.
For the Lord has a sacrifice in (TU)Bozrah,
And a great slaughter in the land of (TV)Edom.
7 (TW)Wild oxen will also [ii]fall with them
And (TX)young bulls with strong ones;
So their land will be (TY)soaked with blood,
And their dust [ij]become greasy with fat.
8 For the Lord has a day of (TZ)vengeance,
A year of retribution for the [ik]cause of Zion.
9 [il]Its streams will be turned into pitch,
And its loose earth into (UA)brimstone,
And its land will become burning pitch.
10 It will (UB)not be extinguished night or day;
Its (UC)smoke will go up forever.
From (UD)generation to generation it will be desolate;
(UE)None will pass through it forever and ever.
11 But [im](UF)pelican and hedgehog will possess it,
And [in]owl and raven will dwell in it;
And He will stretch over it the (UG)line of [io]desolation
And the [ip]plumb line of emptiness.
12 Its nobles—there is (UH)no one there
Whom they may proclaim king—
And all its officials will be (UI)nothing.
13 Thorns will come up in its (UJ)fortified towers,
Weeds and thistles in its fortified cities;
It will also be a haunt of (UK)jackals
And a habitat of ostriches.
14 The desert (UL)creatures will meet with the [iq]wolves,
The [ir](UM)goat also will cry to its kind.
Yes, the [is]night-bird will settle there
And will find herself a resting place.
15 The tree snake will make its nest and lay eggs there,
And it will hatch and gather them under its [it]protection.
Yes, (UN)the [iu]hawks will be gathered there,
Every one with its kind.
16 Seek from the (UO)book of the Lord, and read:
Not one of these will be missing;
None will lack its mate.
For [iv](UP)His mouth has commanded,
And His Spirit has gathered them.
17 He has cast the (UQ)lot for them,
And His hand has divided it to them by the (UR)measuring line.
They shall possess it forever;
From (US)generation to generation they will dwell in it.
Zion’s Happy Future
35 The (UT)wilderness and the desert will rejoice,
And the [iw](UU)desert will shout for joy and blossom;
Like the crocus
2 It will (UV)blossom profusely
And (UW)rejoice with joy and jubilation.
The (UX)glory of Lebanon will be given to it,
The majesty of (UY)Carmel and Sharon.
They will see the (UZ)glory of the Lord,
The majesty of our God.
3 (VA)Strengthen the [ix]exhausted, and make the [iy]feeble strong.
4 Say to those with (VB)anxious heart,
“Take courage, fear not.
Behold, your God will come with (VC)vengeance;
The (VD)retribution of God will come,
But He will (VE)save you.”
5 Then the (VF)eyes of those who are blind will be opened,
And the ears of those who are deaf will be unstopped.
6 Then those who (VG)limp will leap like a deer,
And the (VH)tongue of those who cannot speak will shout for joy.
For waters will burst forth in the (VI)wilderness,
And streams in the [iz]desert.
7 The [ja]scorched land will become a pool
And the thirsty ground (VJ)springs of water;
In the (VK)haunt of jackals, its resting place,
Grass becomes reeds and rushes.
8 (VL)A highway will be there, (VM)a roadway,
And it will be called the Highway of (VN)Holiness.
The unclean will not travel on it,
But it will be for the one who walks that way,
And (VO)fools will not wander on it.
9 No (VP)lion will be there,
Nor will any vicious animal go up on it;
[jb]They will not be found there.
But (VQ)the redeemed will walk there,
10 And (VR)the redeemed of the Lord will return
And come to Zion with joyful shouting,
And everlasting joy will be on their heads.
They will obtain gladness and joy,
And (VS)sorrow and sighing will flee away.
Sennacherib Invades Judah
36 (VT)Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, (VU)Sennacherib king of Assyria marched against all the fortified cities of Judah and seized them. 2 And the (VV)king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to King Hezekiah with a large army. And he stood by the (VW)conduit of the upper pool on the road to the [jc]fuller’s field. 3 Then (VX)Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and (VY)Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the secretary, went out to him.
4 And (VZ)Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah, ‘This is what the great king, the king of Assyria says: “What is this confidence that you have? 5 I say, ‘Your plan and strength for the war are only [jd]empty words.’ Now on whom have you relied, that (WA)you have revolted against me? 6 Behold, you have relied on the (WB)staff of this broken reed, on Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his [je]hand and pierce it. (WC)So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him. 7 But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the Lord our God,’ is it not He (WD)whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, ‘You shall worship before this altar’? 8 Now then, come make a wager with my master the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to put riders on them! 9 How then can you [jf]drive back even one [jg]official of the least of my master’s servants and [jh](WE)rely on Egypt for chariots and horsemen? 10 And have I now come up [ji]without the Lord’s approval against this land to destroy it? (WF)The Lord said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”’”
11 Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in (WG)Aramaic, for we [jj]understand it; and do not speak to us in [jk](WH)Judean [jl]so that the people who are on the wall hear you.” 12 But Rabshakeh said, “Has my master sent me only to your master and to you to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, doomed to eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?”
13 Then Rabshakeh stood and (WI)called out with a loud voice in Judean and said, “Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria! 14 This is what the king says: ‘Do not let Hezekiah (WJ)deceive you, for he will not be able to save you; 15 and do not let Hezekiah lead you to (WK)rely on the Lord, saying, “The Lord will certainly save us. This city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria!” 16 Do not listen to Hezekiah,’ for this is what the king of Assyria says: ‘[jm]Surrender to me and come out to me, and eat, each one, of his (WL)vine and each of his fig tree, and each drink of the (WM)waters of his own cistern, 17 until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards. 18 Beware that Hezekiah does not mislead you, saying, “(WN)The Lord will save us.” Has any one of the gods of the nations saved his land from the hand of the king of Assyria? 19 Where are the gods of (WO)Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of (WP)Sepharvaim? And when have they (WQ)saved Samaria from my hand? 20 Who among all the (WR)gods of these lands have saved their land from my hand, that the (WS)Lord would save Jerusalem from my hand?’”
21 But they were silent and did not (WT)answer him so much as a word; for the king’s command was, “Do not answer him.” 22 Then (WU)Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and (WV)Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the secretary, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and reported to him the words of Rabshakeh.
Hezekiah Seeks Isaiah’s Help
37 Now (WW)when King Hezekiah heard the report, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and entered the house of the Lord. 2 Then he sent (WX)Eliakim, who was in charge of the household, with (WY)Shebna the scribe and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to (WZ)Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz. 3 And they said to him, “This is what Hezekiah says: ‘This day is a (XA)day of distress, rebuke, and humiliation; for (XB)children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to [jn]deliver them. 4 Perhaps the Lord your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to (XC)taunt the living God, and will avenge the words which the Lord your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for (XD)the remnant that is left.’”
5 So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 6 And Isaiah said to them, “This is what you shall say to your master: ‘This is what the Lord says: “(XE)Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me. 7 Behold, I am going to put a spirit in him so that he will (XF)hear news and (XG)return to his own land. And I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.”’”
8 Then Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against (XH)Libnah, for he had heard that [jo]the king had left (XI)Lachish. 9 Now he (XJ)heard them say regarding Tirhakah king of [jp](XK)Cush, “He has come out to fight against you,” and when he heard it he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, 10 “This is what you shall say to Hezekiah king of [jq]Judah: ‘(XL)Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you by saying, “Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.” 11 (XM)Behold, you yourself have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, destroying them completely. So will you be saved? 12 Did the gods of the nations which my fathers destroyed save them: (XN)Gozan, (XO)Haran, Rezeph, and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar? 13 Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, and of Hena and Ivvah?’”
Hezekiah’s Prayer in the Temple
14 Then Hezekiah took the [jr]letter from the hand of the messengers and read it, and he went up to the house of the Lord and [js]spread it out before the Lord. 15 Hezekiah prayed to the Lord, saying, 16 “Lord of armies, God of Israel, (XP)who is enthroned above the cherubim, You are the (XQ)God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. (XR)You made heaven and earth. 17 (XS)Incline Your ear, Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, Lord, and see; and (XT)listen to all the words of Sennacherib, who sent them to (XU)taunt the living God. 18 Truly, Lord, the (XV)kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries and their lands, 19 and have thrown their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but only the (XW)work of human hands, wood and stone. So they have (XX)destroyed them. 20 But now Lord, our God, (XY)save us from his hand, so that (XZ)all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, [jt]Lord, are God.”
God Answers through Isaiah
21 Then (YA)Isaiah the son of Amoz sent word to Hezekiah, saying, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘Because you have prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria, 22 this is the word that the Lord has spoken against him:
“She has shown contempt for you and derided you,
The (YB)virgin (YC)daughter of Zion;
The daughter of Jerusalem has (YD)shaken her head behind you!
23 Whom have you (YE)taunted and blasphemed?
And against whom have you raised your voice
And [ju]haughtily (YF)raised your eyes?
Against the (YG)Holy One of Israel!
24 Through your servants you have taunted the Lord,
And you have said, ‘With my many chariots I came up to the heights of the mountains,
To the remotest parts of (YH)Lebanon;
And I cut down its tall (YI)cedars and its choice junipers.
And I will come to its [jv]highest peak, its thickest (YJ)forest.
25 I dug wells and drank waters,
And (YK)with the sole of my feet I dried up
All the canals of [jw]Egypt.’
26 (YL)Have you not heard?
Long ago I did it,
From ancient times I (YM)planned it.
Now (YN)I have brought it about
That (YO)you would turn fortified cities into (YP)ruined heaps.
27 Therefore their inhabitants were [jx]powerless,
They were shattered and put to shame;
They were like the (YQ)vegetation of the field and the green grass,
Like (YR)grass on the housetops [jy]that is scorched before it has grown.
28 But I (YS)know your sitting down,
Your going out, your coming in,
And your raging against Me.
29 Because of your raging against Me
And because your (YT)complacency has come up to My ears,
I will put My (YU)hook in your nose
And My (YV)bridle in your lips,
And I will turn you back (YW)by the way that you came.
30 “Then this shall be the sign for you: [jz]you will eat this year what (YX)grows of itself, in the second year what grows from the same, and in the third year sow, harvest, plant vineyards, and eat their fruit. 31 The (YY)survivors that are (YZ)left of the house of Judah will again (ZA)take root downward and bear fruit upward. 32 For out of Jerusalem a (ZB)remnant will go, and out of Mount Zion survivors. The (ZC)zeal of the Lord of armies will perform this.”’
33 “Therefore, this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not come to this city nor shoot an arrow there; and he will not come before it with a shield, nor heap up an (ZD)assault ramp against it. 34 (ZE)By the way that he came, by the same he will return, and he will not come to this city,’ declares the Lord. 35 ‘For I will (ZF)protect this city to save it (ZG)for My own sake, and for My servant David’s sake.’”
Assyrians Destroyed
36 Then the (ZH)angel of the Lord went out and struck 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when the rest got up early in the morning, behold, all of [ka]the 185,000 were [kb]dead. 37 So Sennacherib the king of Assyria departed and [kc]returned home and lived in (ZI)Nineveh. 38 Then it came about, as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him with the sword; and they escaped to the land of (ZJ)Ararat. And his son (ZK)Esarhaddon became king in his place.
Hezekiah Healed
38 (ZL)In those days Hezekiah became [kd]mortally ill. And (ZM)Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘(ZN)Set your house in order, for you are going to die and not live.’” 2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, 3 and said, “(ZO)Please, Lord, just remember how I have (ZP)walked before You (ZQ)wholeheartedly and in truth, and (ZR)have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah (ZS)wept [ke]profusely.
4 Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying, 5 “Go and say to Hezekiah, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David says: “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will add (ZT)fifteen years to your [kf]life. 6 And I will (ZU)save you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will protect this city.”’
7 “And this shall be the (ZV)sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will perform this word that He has spoken: 8 Behold, I will (ZW)make the shadow on the stairway, which has gone down with the sun on the stairway of Ahaz, go back ten steps.” So the (ZX)sun’s shadow went back ten steps on the stairway on which it had gone down.
9 This is a writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and [kg]recovery:
10 I said, “(ZY)In the middle of my [kh]life
I am to enter the (ZZ)gates of Sheol;
I have been (AAA)deprived of the rest of my years.”
11 I said, “I will not see the Lord,
The Lord (AAB)in the land of the living;
I will no longer look on mankind among the inhabitants of the world.
12 Like a shepherd’s (AAC)tent my dwelling is pulled up and removed from me;
As a (AAD)weaver I (AAE)rolled up my life.
He (AAF)cuts me off from the loom;
From (AAG)day until night You make an end of me.
13 I composed my soul until morning.
(AAH)Like a lion—so He (AAI)breaks all my bones,
From (AAJ)day until night You make an end of me.
14 (AAK)Like a swallow, like a crane, so I twitter;
I (AAL)moan like a dove;
My (AAM)eyes look wistfully to the heights;
Lord, I am oppressed, be my (AAN)security.
15 “(AAO)What shall I say?
[ki]For He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it;
I will (AAP)walk [kj]quietly all my years because of the (AAQ)bitterness of my soul.
16 Lord, (AAR)by these things people live,
And in all these is the life of my spirit;
[kk](AAS)Restore me to health and (AAT)let me live!
17 Behold, for my own welfare I had great bitterness;
But You have [kl](AAU)kept my soul from the pit of [km]nothingness,
For You have (AAV)hurled all my sins behind Your back.
18 For (AAW)Sheol cannot thank You,
Death cannot praise You;
Those who go down (AAX)to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
19 It is the (AAY)living who give thanks to You, as I do today;
A (AAZ)father tells his sons about Your faithfulness.
20 The Lord is certain to save me;
So we will (ABA)play my songs on stringed instruments
(ABB)All the days of our life (ABC)at the house of the Lord.”
21 Now (ABD)Isaiah had said, “Have them take a cake of figs and apply it to the boil, so that he may recover.” 22 Then Hezekiah had said, “What is the (ABE)sign that I will go up to the house of the Lord?”
Hezekiah Shows His Treasures
39 (ABF)At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick and had recovered. 2 Hezekiah [kn]was (ABG)pleased, and let them see all his treasure house, the (ABH)silver, the gold, the balsam oil, the excellent olive oil, his entire armory, and everything that was found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his house nor in all his realm that Hezekiah did not let them see. 3 Then Isaiah the (ABI)prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, “What did these men say, and from where did they come to you?” And Hezekiah said, “They came to me from a far (ABJ)country, from Babylon.” 4 Then he said, “What have they seen in your house?” So Hezekiah [ko]answered, “They have seen everything that is in my house; there is nothing among my treasuries that I have not let them see.”
5 Isaiah then said to Hezekiah, “Hear the (ABK)word of the Lord of armies, 6 ‘Behold, the days are coming when (ABL)everything that is in your house, and what your fathers have stored up to this day, will be carried to Babylon; nothing will be left,’ says the Lord. 7 ‘And some of your sons who will come from you, whom you will father, (ABM)will be taken away, and (ABN)they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’” 8 (ABO)Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord which you have spoken is good.” For he [kp]thought, “For there will be peace and truth (ABP)in my days.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 21:1 Or sandy wastes, sea country
- Isaiah 21:1 I.e., South country
- Isaiah 21:2 Lit her groaning
- Isaiah 21:4 Lit heart has wandered
- Isaiah 21:4 Lit shuddering
- Isaiah 21:5 Or spread out the rugs or possibly they arranged the seating
- Isaiah 21:7 Or riders
- Isaiah 21:8 As in DSS; MT he called like a lion
- Isaiah 21:9 Lit he has shattered to the earth
- Isaiah 21:10 Lit son
- Isaiah 21:11 As in LXX; MT Dumah, silence
- Isaiah 21:11 Lit what is the time of the night?
- Isaiah 21:11 Lit what is the time of the night?
- Isaiah 21:13 Or will spend
- Isaiah 21:14 Lit to meet
- Isaiah 21:16 Lit the years of a hired
- Isaiah 22:2 Lit dead in battle
- Isaiah 22:3 Lit from a bow
- Isaiah 22:3 As in ancient versions; MT They fled far away
- Isaiah 22:4 Lit insist
- Isaiah 22:5 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 22:5 Or against
- Isaiah 22:6 Lit man
- Isaiah 22:8 Lit covering
- Isaiah 22:8 Lit looked to
- Isaiah 22:11 Or look to, consider
- Isaiah 22:11 Lit see Him
- Isaiah 22:12 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 22:14 Lit in my ears
- Isaiah 22:14 Lit atoned for
- Isaiah 22:14 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 22:15 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 22:16 Lit himself
- Isaiah 22:19 As in many ancient versions; MT He
- Isaiah 22:21 Lit dominion
- Isaiah 22:24 Or perhaps, leaf
- Isaiah 23:1 Lit entering
- Isaiah 23:1 Heb Kittim
- Isaiah 23:2 As in DSS; MT Who passed over the sea, they replenished you
- Isaiah 23:3 Heb Shihor
- Isaiah 23:7 Lit sojourn afar off
- Isaiah 23:10 Lit Pass over
- Isaiah 23:10 Perhaps girdle or shipyard
- Isaiah 23:12 Heb Kittim
- Isaiah 23:17 Lit of the earth on the face of the land
- Isaiah 24:5 Lit under
- Isaiah 24:11 Lit is darkened
- Isaiah 24:13 Lit striking
- Isaiah 24:14 Lit sea
- Isaiah 24:15 Lit region of light
- Isaiah 24:15 Or islands
- Isaiah 24:16 Meaning uncertain
- Isaiah 24:17 Lit Are upon you
- Isaiah 24:18 Lit goes up from the midst of
- Isaiah 24:18 Lit from the height; i.e., heaven
- Isaiah 24:21 Lit host
- Isaiah 24:21 Lit the height in the height
- Isaiah 24:22 Lit pit
- Isaiah 25:5 Lit humbled
- Isaiah 25:6 Lit feast of fat things; i.e., abundance
- Isaiah 25:6 Lit wine on the lees
- Isaiah 25:6 Lit fat pieces
- Isaiah 25:6 Lit wine refined on the lees
- Isaiah 25:7 Lit face of the covering
- Isaiah 25:7 Lit woven
- Isaiah 25:8 I.e., destroy
- Isaiah 25:8 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 25:9 Or and He saved us
- Isaiah 26:1 Or salvation
- Isaiah 26:2 Lit keeps faithfulness
- Isaiah 26:4 Heb Yah, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 26:9 Lit with my soul I long
- Isaiah 26:9 Lit with my spirit...I seek
- Isaiah 26:9 Lit has
- Isaiah 26:11 Or Let them see...and be
- Isaiah 26:11 Or let the fire for Your adversaries devour them
- Isaiah 26:13 Or make Your name known
- Isaiah 26:14 Or shades
- Isaiah 26:16 Lit sound forth a whisper
- Isaiah 26:18 Lit fallen
- Isaiah 26:19 As in some ancient versions; MT My
- Isaiah 26:19 Lit lights
- Isaiah 26:19 Lit cause to fall
- Isaiah 26:19 Or shades
- Isaiah 26:20 Lit moment
- Isaiah 26:20 Lit passes over
- Isaiah 27:1 Or sea monster
- Isaiah 27:1 Or sea monster
- Isaiah 27:2 Some mss a vineyard of wine
- Isaiah 27:3 Lit punish
- Isaiah 27:4 Lit who
- Isaiah 27:4 Lit altogether
- Isaiah 27:5 Lit take hold of
- Isaiah 27:6 Lit Those coming
- Isaiah 27:6 Lit face of the world
- Isaiah 27:7 Lit he was slain
- Isaiah 27:8 Some ancient versions by exact measure
- Isaiah 27:9 Lit all the fruit
- Isaiah 27:9 Lit removing
- Isaiah 27:9 I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah)
- Isaiah 27:10 Lit pasture
- Isaiah 27:10 Lit consume
- Isaiah 28:1 Lit valley of fatness
- Isaiah 28:1 Lit stricken
- Isaiah 28:4 Lit valley of fatness
- Isaiah 28:4 Lit the one seeing sees
- Isaiah 28:4 Lit while it is yet
- Isaiah 28:4 Lit palm
- Isaiah 28:6 Lit battle
- Isaiah 28:7 Lit seeing
- Isaiah 28:10 Heb Sav lasav, sav lasav, Kav lakav, kav lakav, Zeer sham, zeer sham. These Hebrew fragments, imitating the babbling of a child, mock the prophet’s preaching.
- Isaiah 28:13 See note v 10. The Lord responds to their scoffing by imitating their mockery, to represent the unintelligible language of a conqueror.
- Isaiah 28:15 I.e., the netherworld
- Isaiah 28:15 As in some ancient versions; MT seer
- Isaiah 28:15 Or overwhelming scourge
- Isaiah 28:16 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 28:16 Lit well-laid
- Isaiah 28:16 Lit in a hurry
- Isaiah 28:18 Lit covered over
- Isaiah 28:18 Or overwhelming scourge
- Isaiah 28:19 Lit take
- Isaiah 28:19 Lit only
- Isaiah 28:19 Lit the report; or the message
- Isaiah 28:20 Lit narrow
- Isaiah 28:21 Lit task is strange
- Isaiah 28:21 Lit work is foreign
- Isaiah 28:22 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 28:24 Lit plowman
- Isaiah 28:24 Lit all day
- Isaiah 28:24 Lit open
- Isaiah 28:25 Lit put
- Isaiah 28:25 Lit region
- Isaiah 28:27 Lit rolled
- Isaiah 28:28 Lit discomfit
- Isaiah 29:1 I.e., Lion of God, or Jerusalem
- Isaiah 29:1 I.e., Lion of God, or Jerusalem
- Isaiah 29:1 Lit let your feasts run their round
- Isaiah 29:2 Ariel (i.e., Jerusalem) is a Heb word for “altar hearth” where offerings were burned
- Isaiah 29:3 Lit like a circle
- Isaiah 29:4 Or ghost
- Isaiah 29:5 Lit strangers
- Isaiah 29:5 Lit passes away
- Isaiah 29:7 See note 1 v 1
- Isaiah 29:8 Lit soul
- Isaiah 29:8 Lit soul
- Isaiah 29:11 Or scroll
- Isaiah 29:11 Lit knows books
- Isaiah 29:12 Or scroll
- Isaiah 29:12 Lit does not know books
- Isaiah 29:12 Lit do not know books
- Isaiah 29:13 Lit mouth
- Isaiah 29:13 Lit fear of Me
- Isaiah 29:13 Lit is
- Isaiah 29:15 Lit counsel
- Isaiah 29:16 Lit like
- Isaiah 29:17 Lit And
- Isaiah 29:20 Lit watch evil
- Isaiah 29:21 Lit bring a person under condemnation
- Isaiah 29:21 Lit turn aside
- Isaiah 29:21 Lit confusion
- Isaiah 29:23 Or his children see
- Isaiah 29:24 Lit spirit
- Isaiah 29:24 Lit understanding
- Isaiah 29:24 Lit murmur
- Isaiah 29:24 Lit learn
- Isaiah 30:1 Lit pour out a drink offering
- Isaiah 30:2 Lit My mouth
- Isaiah 30:6 Lit them
- Isaiah 30:6 Lit shoulders
- Isaiah 30:7 Lit this one
- Isaiah 30:7 MT They are Rahab or arrogance, to remain; i.e., Egypt, as a sea monster; see note Job 26:12
- Isaiah 30:8 Lit be
- Isaiah 30:8 As in most ancient versions; MT Forever and ever
- Isaiah 30:9 Lit are not willing
- Isaiah 30:9 Or Law
- Isaiah 30:10 Lit smooth things
- 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 33:11 Lit dry grass
- Isaiah 33:11 One ancient version; MT Your breath will
- Isaiah 33:13 Lit know
- Isaiah 33:15 Lit gain of extortioners
- Isaiah 33:16 Lit stronghold of rock
- Isaiah 33:19 Lit deepness of lip
- Isaiah 33:19 Lit from hearing
- Isaiah 33:19 Lit there is no understanding
- Isaiah 33:24 Lit in it
- Isaiah 34:1 Lit its fullness
- Isaiah 34:2 Lit put under the ban
- Isaiah 34:3 Lit their stench will go up
- Isaiah 34:3 Lit dissolve
- Isaiah 34:4 Lit host; i.e., sun, stars, etc.
- Isaiah 34:4 Lit rot
- Isaiah 34:4 Lit host; i.e., sun, stars, etc.
- Isaiah 34:7 Lit go down
- Isaiah 34:7 Lit made fat
- Isaiah 34:8 Or controversy
- Isaiah 34:9 I.e., Edom’s
- Isaiah 34:11 Or owl; or jackdaw
- Isaiah 34:11 Or great horned owl
- Isaiah 34:11 Or formlessness
- Isaiah 34:11 Lit stones of void
- Isaiah 34:14 Or howling creatures
- Isaiah 34:14 Or goat demon
- Isaiah 34:14 Or a demon; Heb Lilith
- Isaiah 34:15 Lit shade
- Isaiah 34:15 Or kites
- Isaiah 34:16 As in DSS; MT My
- Isaiah 35:1 Or Arabah
- Isaiah 35:3 Lit slack hands
- Isaiah 35:3 Lit tottering knees
- Isaiah 35:6 Or Arabah
- Isaiah 35:7 Or mirage
- Isaiah 35:9 Lit It
- Isaiah 36:2 I.e., launderer’s
- Isaiah 36:5 Lit a word of lips
- Isaiah 36:6 Lit palm
- Isaiah 36:9 Lit turn away the face of
- Isaiah 36:9 Or governor
- Isaiah 36:9 Lit rely on for yourself
- Isaiah 36:10 Lit without the Lord
- Isaiah 36:11 Lit hear
- Isaiah 36:11 I.e., Hebrew
- Isaiah 36:11 Lit in the ears of...wall
- Isaiah 36:16 Lit Make with me a blessing
- Isaiah 37:3 Lit give birth
- Isaiah 37:8 Lit he
- Isaiah 37:9 Or Ethiopia
- Isaiah 37:10 Lit Judah, saying
- Isaiah 37:14 Lit letters
- Isaiah 37:14 Lit Hezekiah spread
- Isaiah 37:20 As in DSS and 2 Kin 19:19; MT are the Lord
- Isaiah 37:23 Lit on high
- Isaiah 37:24 Lit farthest height
- Isaiah 37:25 Or the besieged place
- Isaiah 37:27 Lit short of hand
- Isaiah 37:27 As in DSS and 2 Kin 19:26; MT and as a terraced field
- Isaiah 37:30 Lit eating
- Isaiah 37:36 Lit them
- Isaiah 37:36 Lit dead bodies
- Isaiah 37:37 Lit went and returned
- Isaiah 38:1 Lit sick to death
- Isaiah 38:3 Lit great weeping
- Isaiah 38:5 Lit days
- Isaiah 38:9 Lit he lived after his illness
- Isaiah 38:10 Lit days
- Isaiah 38:15 Targum and DSS And what shall I say for He
- Isaiah 38:15 Or slowly
- Isaiah 38:16 Lit You will
- Isaiah 38:17 As in some ancient versions; MT loved
- Isaiah 38:17 Or destruction
- Isaiah 39:2 Lit rejoiced over them
- Isaiah 39:4 Lit said
- Isaiah 39:8 Lit said
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