Isaiah 30:19-26
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
19 O people in Zion, inhabitants of Jerusalem, you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when he hears it, he will answer you.(A) 20 Though the Lord may give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide himself any longer, but your eyes shall see your Teacher.(B) 21 And when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left, your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”(C) 22 Then you will defile your silver-covered idols and your gold-plated images. You will scatter them like impure things; you will say to them, “Away with you!”(D)
23 He will give rain for the seed with which you sow the ground, and grain, the produce of the ground, will be rich and plenteous. On that day your cattle will graze in broad pastures,(E) 24 and the oxen and donkeys that till the ground will eat silage that has been winnowed with shovel and fork. 25 On every lofty mountain and every high hill there will be brooks running with water—on a day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. 26 Moreover, the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, like the light of seven days, on the day when the Lord binds up the injuries of his people and heals the wounds inflicted by his blow.(F)
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Isaiah 30:19-26
International Standard Version
19 Indeed, you people who live in Zion and in Jerusalem,[a] you[b] will weep no more. How gracious the Lord[c] will be to you at the sound of your cry! As soon as he hears it, he will answer you. 20 And although the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water[d] of affliction, your teachers won’t hide themselves[e] anymore, but your own eyes will see your teachers. 21 And whether you turn to the right or turn to the left, your ears will hear a message behind you: “This is the way, walk in it.” 22 Then you will defile your carved idols that are overlaid with silver and your images plated with gold. You’ll throw them away like disgusting objects[f] and say to them, “Away with you!”
23 He will also provide rain for your seed that you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the ground will be[g] rich and abundant. At that time,[h] your cattle will graze in broad meadows, 24 and oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat seasoned[i] fodder that workers will winnow with shovels and forks. 25 And on every lofty mountain and every high hill there will be brooks and canals[j] running with water on the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
26 Moreover, the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the sun’s light will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven full days,[k] when the Lord binds up the bruises of his people and heals the wounds inflicted by his blow.
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- Isaiah 30:19 So 1QIsaa; cf. LXX; MT reads at Jerusalem
- Isaiah 30:19 So 1QIsaa (pl.); MT (sing.)
- Isaiah 30:19 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read he
- Isaiah 30:20 So 1QIsaa; MT lacks the correct Heb. construct
- Isaiah 30:20 So 1QIsaa; MT reads himself
- Isaiah 30:22 Lit. like menstrual rags
- Isaiah 30:23 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads and it will be
- Isaiah 30:23 Lit. On that day
- Isaiah 30:24 Lit. salted
- Isaiah 30:25 So 1QIsaa; MT reads streams
- Isaiah 30:26 So 1QIsaa MT; LXX lacks like the light of seven full days
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