\NormalFont\ShortTitle{Isaiah}
{\MTB The Book of the Prophet
\par }{\MT Isaiah

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
vision
of
Isaiah
the
son
of
Amoz,
which
he
saw
concerning
Judah
and
Jerusalem,
in
the
days
of
Uzziah,
Jotham,
Ahaz,
and
Hezekiah,
kings
of
Judah.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}Hear,
heavens,
\par }{\QB and
listen,
earth;
for
the
LORD\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:2 }
When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name.}
has
spoken:
\par }{\Q “I
have nourished
and
brought
up
children
\par }{\QB and
they
have
rebelled
against
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}The
ox
knows
his
owner,
\par }{\QB and
the
donkey
his
master’s crib;
\par }{\QB but
Israel
doesn’t
know.
\par }{\QB My
people
don’t
consider.”
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Ah
sinful
nation,
\par }{\QB a
people loaded
with
iniquity,
\par }{\QB offspring\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:4 }
or, seed}
of evildoers,
\par }{\QB children
who deal
corruptly!
\par }{\Q They
have forsaken
the
LORD.
\par }{\QB They
have
despised
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
\par }{\QB They
are estranged
and
backward.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}Why
should
you
be
beaten
more,
\par }{\QB that
you
revolt
more
and
more?
\par }{\Q The
whole
head
is
sick,
\par }{\QB and
the
whole
heart
faint.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}From
the
sole
of
the
foot
even
to
the
head
there
is
no
soundness
in
it,
\par }{\QB but
wounds,
welts,
and open sores.
\par }{\QB They
haven’t
been closed,
bandaged,
or soothed
with
oil.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}Your
country
is
desolate.
\par }{\QB Your
cities
are
burnt
with
fire.
\par }{\QB Strangers
devour
your
land
in
your
presence
\par }{\QB and
it
is
desolate,
\par }{\QB as
overthrown
by
strangers.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}The
daughter
of
Zion
is
left
like
a
shelter
in
a
vineyard,
\par }{\QB like
a
hut
in
a
field
of melons,
\par }{\QB like
a
besieged
city.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Unless
the
LORD
of
Armies
had
left
to us
a very
small
remnant,
\par }{\QB we
would
have
been
as
Sodom.
\par }{\QB We
would
have
been
like
Gomorrah.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{10}Hear
the
LORD’s
word,
you
rulers
of
Sodom!
\par }{\QB Listen
to
the
law
of
our
God,\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 1:10 }
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).}
you
people
of
Gomorrah!
\par }{\Q \VS{11}“What
are
the
multitude
of
your
sacrifices
to
me?”,
says
the
LORD.
\par }{\QB “I
have
had
enough
of
the
burnt
offerings
of
rams
\par }{\QB and
the
fat
of
fed animals.
\par }{\QB I
don’t
delight
in
the
blood
of
bulls,
\par }{\QB or
of
lambs,
\par }{\QB or
of
male
goats.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}When
you
come
to
appear
before
me,
\par }{\QB who
has
required
this
at
your
hand,
to
trample
my courts?
\par }{\Q \VS{13}Bring
no
more
vain
offerings.
\par }{\QB Incense
is
an
abomination
to
me.
\par }{\QB New
moons,
Sabbaths,
and
convocations—
\par }{\QB I
can’t
stand
evil
assemblies.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}My
soul
hates
your
New
Moons
and
your
appointed
feasts.
\par }{\QB They
are
a
burden
to
me.
\par }{\QB I
am
weary
of
bearing
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}When
you
spread
out
your
hands,
I
will
hide
my
eyes
from
you.
\par }{\QB Yes,
when
you
make
many
prayers,
I
will
not
hear.
\par }{\QB Your
hands
are
full
of
blood.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}Wash
yourselves.
Make yourself
clean.
\par }{\QB Put
away
the
evil
of
your
doings
from
before
my
eyes.
\par }{\QB Cease
to
do
evil.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}Learn
to
do
well.
\par }{\QB Seek
justice.
\par }{\QB Relieve
the oppressed.
\par }{\Q Defend
the
fatherless.
\par }{\QB Plead
for
the
widow.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{18}“Come
now,
and
let’s
reason together,”
says
the
LORD:
\par }{\QB “Though
your
sins
are
as
scarlet,
they
shall
be
as
white
as
snow.
\par }{\QB Though
they
are
red
like
crimson,
they
shall
be
as
wool.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}If
you
are
willing
and
obedient,
\par }{\QB you
will
eat
the
good
of
the
land;
\par }{\QB \VS{20}but
if
you
refuse
and
rebel,
you
will
be
devoured
with
the
sword;
\par }{\QB for
the
LORD’s
mouth
has
spoken
it.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{21}How
the
faithful
city
has
become
a
prostitute!
\par }{\QB She
was
full
of
justice.
\par }{\Q Righteousness lodged
in
her,
\par }{\QB but
now
there
are
murderers.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}Your
silver
has
become
dross,
\par }{\QB your wine mixed
with
water.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}Your
princes
are
rebellious
and
companions
of
thieves.
\par }{\QB Everyone
loves
bribes
and
follows
after
rewards.
\par }{\QB They
don’t
defend
the
fatherless,
\par }{\QB neither
does
the
cause
of
the
widow
come
to
them.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{24}Therefore
the
Lord,\FTNT{§}{{\FR 1:24 }
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
}
GOD
of
Armies,
\par }{\QB the
Mighty
One
of
Israel,
says:
\par }{\Q “Ah,
I
will get relief
from
my adversaries,
\par }{\QB and
avenge
myself
on
my
enemies.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}I
will
turn
my
hand
on
you,
\par }{\QB thoroughly purge
away
your
dross,
\par }{\QB and
will
take
away
all
your
tin.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:25 }
tin is a metal that is separated from silver during the refining and purification process.}
\par }{\Q \VS{26}I
will
restore
your
judges
as
at
the
first,
\par }{\QB and
your counsellors
as
at
the
beginning.
\par }{\Q Afterward
you
shall
be
called ‘The
city
of
righteousness,
\par }{\QB a
faithful
town.’
\par }{\Q \VS{27}Zion shall
be
redeemed
with
justice,
\par }{\QB and
her converts
with
righteousness.
\par }{\Q \VS{28}But
the
destruction
of
transgressors
and
sinners
shall
be
together,
\par }{\QB and those
who
forsake
the
LORD
shall
be
consumed.
\par }{\Q \VS{29}For
they
shall
be
ashamed
of
the
oaks
which
you
have
desired,
\par }{\QB and
you
shall
be
confounded
for
the
gardens
that
you
have
chosen.
\par }{\Q \VS{30}For
you
shall
be
as
an
oak
whose
leaf fades,
\par }{\QB and
as
a
garden
that
has
no
water.
\par }{\Q \VS{31}The
strong
will
be
like
tinder,
\par }{\QB and
his
work
like
a
spark.
\par }{\Q They
will
both
burn
together,
\par }{\QB and
no
one
will
quench
them.”

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}This
is
what
Isaiah
the
son
of
Amoz
saw
concerning
Judah
and
Jerusalem.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}It
shall
happen
in
the
latter
days,
that
the
mountain
of
the
LORD’s
house
shall
be
established
on
the
top
of
the
mountains,
\par }{\QB and
shall
be
raised
above
the
hills;
\par }{\QB and
all
nations
shall flow
to
it.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Many
peoples
shall
go
and
say,
\par }{\QB “Come,
let’s
go
up
to
the
mountain
of
the
LORD,
\par }{\QB to
the
house
of
the
God
of
Jacob;
\par }{\QB and
he
will
teach
us
of
his
ways,
\par }{\QB and
we
will
walk
in
his
paths.”
\par }{\Q For
the
law
shall
go
out
of
Zion,
\par }{\QB and
the
LORD’s
word
from
Jerusalem.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}He
will
judge
between
the
nations,
\par }{\QB and
will
decide
concerning
many
peoples.
\par }{\QB They
shall
beat
their
swords
into ploughshares,
\par }{\QB and
their
spears
into
pruning
hooks.
\par }{\Q Nation
shall
not
lift
up
sword
against
nation,
\par }{\QB neither
shall
they
learn
war
any
more.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{5}House
of
Jacob, come,
and let’s walk
in
the
light
of
the
LORD.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}For
you
have
forsaken
your
people,
the
house
of
Jacob,
\par }{\QB because
they
are
filled
from
the
east,
\par }{\QB with
those
who practise divination
like
the
Philistines,
\par }{\QB and
they clasp hands
with
the
children
of
foreigners.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}Their
land
is
full
of
silver
and
gold,
\par }{\QB neither
is
there
any
end
of
their
treasures.
\par }{\Q Their
land also
is
full
of
horses,
\par }{\QB neither
is
there
any
end
of
their
chariots.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Their
land
also
is
full
of
idols.
\par }{\QB They
worship
the
work
of
their own
hands,
\par }{\QB that
which
their own
fingers
have
made.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Man
is
brought
low,
\par }{\QB and
mankind
is
humbled;
\par }{\QB therefore
don’t
forgive
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Enter
into
the
rock,
\par }{\QB and
hide
in
the
dust,
\par }{\Q from
before
the
terror
of
the
LORD,
\par }{\QB and
from
the glory
of
his
majesty.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}The lofty
looks
of
man
will
be
brought
low,
\par }{\QB the arrogance
of
men
will
be
bowed
down,
\par }{\QB and
the
LORD
alone
will
be
exalted
in
that
day.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{12}For
there
will
be
a
day
of
the
LORD
of
Armies
for
all
that
is
proud
and arrogant,
\par }{\QB and
for
all
that
is
lifted
up,
\par }{\QB and
it
shall
be
brought
low—
\par }{\QB \VS{13}for
all
the
cedars
of
Lebanon,
that are
high
and
lifted
up,
\par }{\QB for
all
the
oaks
of
Bashan,
\par }{\QB \VS{14}for
all
the
high
mountains,
\par }{\QB for
all
the
hills
that
are
lifted
up,
\par }{\QB \VS{15}for
every
lofty
tower,
\par }{\QB for
every
fortified
wall,
\par }{\QB \VS{16}for
all
the
ships
of
Tarshish,
\par }{\QB and
for
all
pleasant imagery.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}The
loftiness
of
man
shall
be
bowed
down,
\par }{\QB and
the arrogance
of
men
shall
be
brought
low;
\par }{\QB and
the
LORD
alone
shall
be
exalted
in
that
day.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}The
idols shall utterly pass away.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}Men
shall
go
into
the
caves
of
the
rocks,
\par }{\QB and
into
the
holes
of
the
earth,
\par }{\QB from
before
the
terror
of
the
LORD,
\par }{\QB and
from
the glory
of
his
majesty,
\par }{\QB when
he
arises
to shake
the
earth mightily.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}In
that
day,
men
shall
cast
away
their
idols
of
silver
\par }{\QB and
their
idols
of
gold,
\par }{\QB which
have
been
made
for
themselves
to
worship,
\par }{\QB to
the moles
and
to
the
bats,
\par }{\QB \VS{21}to
go
into
the
caverns
of
the
rocks,
\par }{\QB and
into
the
clefts
of
the ragged
rocks,
\par }{\QB from
before
the
terror
of
the
LORD,
\par }{\QB and
from
the glory
of
his
majesty,
\par }{\QB when
he
arises
to shake
the
earth mightily.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}Stop
trusting
in
man,
whose
breath
is
in
his
nostrils;
\par }{\QB for
of
what
account
is
he?

\par }\PoetryChap{3}{\Q \VerseOne{1}For,
behold,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 3:1 }
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.}
the
Lord,
GOD
of
Armies,
takes
away
from
Jerusalem
and
from
Judah supply
and support,
\par }{\QB the
whole supply
of
bread,
\par }{\QB and
the
whole supply
of
water;
\par }{\QB \VS{2}the
mighty
man,
\par }{\QB the
man
of
war,
\par }{\QB the
judge,
\par }{\QB the
prophet,
\par }{\QB the
diviner,
\par }{\QB the
elder,
\par }{\QB \VS{3}the
captain
of
fifty,
\par }{\QB the honourable
man,
\par }{\QB the counsellor,
\par }{\QB the
skilled craftsman,
\par }{\QB and
the
clever
enchanter.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}I
will
give
boys
to
be
their
princes,
\par }{\QB and
children
shall
rule
over
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}The
people
will
be
oppressed,
\par }{\QB everyone
by
another,
\par }{\QB and
everyone
by
his neighbour.
\par }{\Q The
child
will behave
himself proudly
against
the
old
man,
\par }{\QB and
the wicked
against
the honourable.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Indeed
a
man
shall
take
hold
of
his
brother
in
the
house
of
his
father, saying,
\par }{\QB “You
have
clothing,
you
be
our
ruler,
\par }{\QB and
let
this ruin
be
under
your
hand.”
\par }{\Q \VS{7}In
that
day
he
will cry out,
saying, “I
will
not
be
a
healer;
\par }{\QB for
in
my
house
is
neither
bread
nor
clothing.
\par }{\QB You
shall
not
make
me
ruler
of
the
people.”
\par }{\Q \VS{8}For
Jerusalem
is ruined,
and
Judah
is
fallen;
\par }{\QB because
their
tongue
and
their
doings
are
against
the
LORD,
\par }{\Q to provoke
the
eyes
of
his
glory.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}The look
of
their
faces
testify
against
them.
\par }{\QB They parade
their
sin
like
Sodom.
\par }{\QB They
don’t
hide
it.
\par }{\QB Woe
to
their
soul!
\par }{\QB For
they
have
brought
disaster upon
themselves.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Tell
the
righteous
that
it
will
be
well
with
them,
\par }{\QB for
they
will
eat
the
fruit
of
their
deeds.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Woe
to
the
wicked!
\par }{\QB Disaster
is
upon
them,
\par }{\QB for
the
deeds
of
their
hands
will
be
paid back
to
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}As
for
my
people, children
are
their
oppressors,
\par }{\QB and
women
rule
over
them.
\par }{\QB My
people, those
who
lead
you cause
you
to
err,
\par }{\QB and
destroy
the
way
of
your
paths.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{13}The
LORD
stands
up
to
contend,
\par }{\QB and
stands
to
judge
the
peoples.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}The
LORD
will
enter
into judgement
with
the
elders
of
his
people
\par }{\QB and
their
leaders:
\par }{\QB “It
is
you
who
have eaten
up
the
vineyard.
\par }{\QB The
plunder
of
the
poor
is
in
your
houses.
\par }{\QB \VS{15}What do
you mean
that
you
crush
my
people,
\par }{\QB and
grind
the
face
of
the
poor?”
says
the
Lord,
the
LORD
of
Armies.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{16}Moreover
the
LORD
said, “Because
the
daughters
of
Zion
are arrogant,
\par }{\QB and
walk
with
outstretched necks
and flirting
eyes,
\par }{\QB walking daintily
as
they
go,
\par }{\QB jingling ornaments
on
their
feet;
\par }{\Q \VS{17}therefore
the
Lord brings sores
on
the
crown
of
the
head
of
the
women
of
Zion,
\par }{\QB and
the
LORD
will
make
their
scalps
bald.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}In
that
day
the
Lord
will
take
away
the
beauty
of
their
anklets,
the
headbands,
the
crescent necklaces,
\VS{19}the
earrings, the
bracelets, the
veils,
\VS{20}the
headdresses,
the ankle chains,
the
sashes,
the perfume containers,
the charms,
\VS{21}the
signet
rings,
the
nose
rings,
\VS{22}the fine
robes, the capes, the
cloaks, the
purses,
\VS{23}the
hand
mirrors, the fine
linen
garments, the tiaras,
and the shawls.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}It
shall
happen
that
instead
of
sweet
spices,
there
shall
be rottenness;
\par }{\QB instead
of
a belt,
a
rope;
\par }{\QB instead
of well set
hair,
baldness;
\par }{\QB instead
of
a robe,
a wearing
of
sackcloth;
\par }{\QB and
branding
instead
of
beauty.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}Your
men
shall
fall
by
the
sword,
\par }{\QB and
your
mighty
in
the
war.
\par }{\Q \VS{26}Her
gates
shall
lament
and
mourn.
\par }{\QB She
shall
be desolate
and
sit
on
the
ground.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Seven
women
shall
take
hold
of
one
man
in
that
day,
saying, “We
will
eat
our
own
bread,
and
wear
our
own
clothing. Just let
us
be
called
by
your
name.
Take
away
our
reproach.”
\par }{\PP \VS{2}In
that
day,
the
LORD’s
branch
will
be
beautiful
and
glorious,
and
the
fruit
of
the
land
will
be
the
beauty
and
glory
of
the
survivors
of
Israel.
\VS{3}It
will
happen
that
he
who
is
left
in
Zion
and
he
who
remains
in
Jerusalem shall
be
called
holy, even
everyone
who
is
written amongst
the
living
in
Jerusalem,
\VS{4}when
the
Lord shall
have
washed
away
the
filth
of
the
daughters
of
Zion,
and shall
have
purged
the
blood
of
Jerusalem
from
within
it,
by
the
spirit
of
justice
and
by
the
spirit
of
burning.
\VS{5}The
LORD
will
create
over
the
whole habitation
of
Mount
Zion
and
over
her
assemblies,
a
cloud
and
smoke
by
day,
and
the shining
of
a
flaming
fire
by
night,
for
over
all
the
glory
will
be
a
canopy.
\VS{6}There
will
be
a
pavilion
for
a
shade
in
the
daytime
from
the heat,
and
for
a
refuge
and
for
a
shelter
from
storm
and
from
rain.

\par }\PoetryChap{5}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Let
me
sing
for
my well
beloved
a
song
of
my
beloved
about
his
vineyard.
\par }{\QB My
beloved
had
a
vineyard
on
a very fruitful
hill.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}He
dug
it
up,
\par }{\QB gathered
out
its
stones,
\par }{\QB planted
it
with
the choicest vine,
\par }{\QB built
a
tower
in
the
middle
of
it,
\par }{\QB and
also
cut
out
a
wine
press
in
it.
\par }{\Q He looked
for
it
to
yield
grapes,
\par }{\QB but
it yielded wild
grapes.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{3}“Now,
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
and
men
of
Judah,
\par }{\QB please
judge
between
me
and
my
vineyard.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}What
could
have
been
done
more
to
my
vineyard,
that
I
have
not
done
in
it?
\par }{\QB Why,
when
I looked
for
it
to
yield
grapes,
did
it
yield wild
grapes?
\par }{\Q \VS{5}Now
I
will
tell
you
what
I
will
do
to
my
vineyard.
\par }{\QB I
will
take
away
its
hedge,
and
it
will
be eaten
up.
\par }{\QB I
will
break
down
its
wall,
and
it
will
be
trampled
down.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}I
will
lay
it
a wasteland.
\par }{\QB It
won’t
be
pruned
or hoed,
\par }{\QB but
it
will
grow
briers
and
thorns.
\par }{\QB I
will also
command
the
clouds
that
they
rain
no
rain
on
it.”
\par }{\Q \VS{7}For
the
vineyard
of
the
LORD
of
Armies
is
the
house
of
Israel,
\par }{\QB and
the
men
of
Judah
his pleasant
plant.
\par }{\QB He
looked
for
justice,
but
behold, oppression,
\par }{\QB for
righteousness,
but
behold,
a
cry
of
distress.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{8}Woe
to
those
who
join
house
to
house,
\par }{\QB who lay
field
to
field,
until
there
is
no
room,
\par }{\QB and
you
are
made
to
dwell
alone
in
the
middle
of
the
land!
\par }{\Q \VS{9}In
my
ears,
the
LORD
of
Armies says: “Surely
many
houses
will
be
desolate,
\par }{\QB even
great
and beautiful, unoccupied.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}For
ten
acres\FTNT{*}{{\FR 5:10 }
literally, ten yokes, or the amount of land that ten yokes of oxen can plough in one day, which is about 10 acres or 4 hectares.}
of
vineyard
shall
yield
one
bath,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 5:10 }
1 bath is about 22 litres or 5.8 U. S. gallons}
\par }{\QB and
a homer\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 5:10 }
1 homer is about 220 litres or 6 bushels}
of
seed
shall
yield
an
ephah.”\FTNT{§}{{\FR 5:10 }
1 ephah is about 22 litres or 0.6 bushels or about 2 pecks—only one tenth of what was sown.}
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Woe
to
those
who
rise
up
early
in
the
morning,
that
they
may
follow
strong
drink,
\par }{\QB who
stay
late into
the night, until
wine inflames
them!
\par }{\Q \VS{12}The
harp,
lyre,
tambourine,
and
flute,
with
wine,
are
at
their feasts;
\par }{\QB but
they
don’t respect
the
work
of
the
LORD,
\par }{\QB neither
have
they
considered
the operation
of
his
hands.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{13}Therefore
my
people
go
into
captivity
for
lack
of
knowledge.
\par }{\QB Their honourable
men
are
famished,
\par }{\QB and
their
multitudes
are
parched
with
thirst.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}Therefore
Sheol\FTNT{*}{{\FR 5:14 }
Sheol is the place of the dead.}
has
enlarged
its
desire,
\par }{\QB and
opened
its
mouth
without
measure;
\par }{\QB and
their glory,
their
multitude,
their pomp,
and
he
who rejoices amongst
them,
descend
into
it.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}So
man
is
brought
low,
\par }{\QB mankind
is
humbled,
\par }{\QB and
the
eyes
of
the arrogant ones
are
humbled;
\par }{\Q \VS{16}but
the
LORD
of
Armies
is
exalted
in
justice,
\par }{\QB and
God
the
Holy
One
is
sanctified
in
righteousness.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}Then
the
lambs
will
graze
as
in
their
pasture,
\par }{\QB and strangers
will
eat
the
ruins
of
the rich.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{18}Woe
to
those
who
draw
iniquity
with
cords
of
falsehood,
\par }{\QB and wickedness as
with
cart rope,
\par }{\Q \VS{19}who
say, “Let
him
make
haste, let
him
hasten
his
work,
that
we
may
see
it;
\par }{\QB let
the
counsel
of
the
Holy
One
of
Israel
draw
near
and
come,
\par }{\QB that
we
may
know
it!”
\par }{\Q \VS{20}Woe
to
those
who
call
evil
good,
and
good
evil;
\par }{\QB who
put
darkness
for
light,
\par }{\QB and
light
for
darkness;
\par }{\Q who
put
bitter
for
sweet,
\par }{\QB and
sweet
for
bitter!
\par }{\Q \VS{21}Woe
to
those
who
are
wise
in
their
own
eyes,
\par }{\QB and
prudent
in
their
own
sight!
\par }{\Q \VS{22}Woe
to
those
who
are
mighty
to
drink
wine,
\par }{\QB and champions
at
mixing
strong
drink;
\par }{\Q \VS{23}who
acquit
the
guilty
for
a
bribe,
\par }{\QB but deny
justice
for
the
innocent!
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{24}Therefore
as
the
tongue
of
fire
devours
the
stubble,
\par }{\QB and
as
the
dry
grass sinks
down
in
the
flame,
\par }{\QB so
their
root
shall
be
as rottenness,
\par }{\QB and
their
blossom
shall
go
up
as
dust,
\par }{\Q because
they
have
rejected
the
law
of
the
LORD
of
Armies,
\par }{\QB and
despised
the
word
of
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}Therefore
the
LORD’s
anger
burns
against
his
people,
\par }{\QB and
he
has
stretched
out
his
hand
against
them
and
has
struck
them.
\par }{\Q The
mountains
tremble,
\par }{\QB and
their
dead
bodies
are
as
refuse
in
the
middle
of
the
streets.
\par }{\Q For
all
this,
his
anger
is
not
turned
away,
\par }{\QB but
his
hand
is
still
stretched
out.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{26}He
will
lift
up
a
banner
to
the
nations
from
far
away,
\par }{\QB and
he
will
whistle
for
them
from
the
end
of
the
earth.
\par }{\QB Behold,
they
will
come
speedily
and
swiftly.
\par }{\Q \VS{27}No
one
shall
be
weary
nor
stumble amongst
them;
\par }{\QB no
one
shall
slumber
nor
sleep,
\par }{\QB neither
shall
the
belt
of
their
waist
be untied,
\par }{\QB nor
the
strap
of
their
sandals
be
broken,
\par }{\Q \VS{28}whose
arrows
are
sharp,
\par }{\QB and
all
their
bows
bent.
\par }{\Q Their horses’
hoofs
will
be
like flint,
\par }{\QB and
their
wheels
like
a
whirlwind.
\par }{\Q \VS{29}Their
roaring
will
be
like
a
lioness.
\par }{\QB They
will
roar
like
young
lions.
\par }{\Q Yes,
they
shall
roar,
\par }{\QB and seize
their
prey
and carry it
off,
\par }{\QB and
there
will
be
no
one
to
deliver.
\par }{\Q \VS{30}They
will roar
against
them
in
that
day
like
the
roaring
of
the
sea.
\par }{\QB If
one
looks
to
the
land,
behold,
darkness
and
distress.
\par }{\QB The
light
is
darkened
in
its
clouds.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
the
year
that
King
Uzziah
died,
I
saw
the
Lord
sitting
on
a
throne,
high
and
lifted
up;
and
his
train
filled
the
temple.
\VS{2}Above
him
stood
the seraphim.
Each
one
had
six
wings.
With
two
he
covered
his
face.
With
two
he
covered
his
feet.
With
two
he
flew.
\VS{3}One
called
to
another,
and
said,
\par }{\Q “Holy,
holy,
holy,
is
the
LORD
of
Armies!
\par }{\QB The
whole
earth
is
full
of
his
glory!”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}The foundations
of
the
thresholds
shook
at
the
voice
of
him
who
called,
and
the
house
was
filled
with
smoke.
\VS{5}Then
I
said, “Woe
is
me!
For
I
am undone,
because
I
am
a
man
of
unclean
lips
and
I
live amongst
a
people
of
unclean
lips,
for
my
eyes
have
seen
the
King,
the
LORD
of
Armies!”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Then
one
of
the seraphim
flew
to
me,
having
a live coal
in
his
hand, which
he
had
taken
with
the
tongs
from
off
the
altar.
\VS{7}He
touched
my
mouth
with
it,
and
said, “Behold,
this
has
touched
your
lips;
and
your
iniquity
is
taken
away,
and
your
sin forgiven.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}I
heard
the Lord’s
voice,
saying, “Whom
shall
I
send,
and
who
will
go
for
us?”
\par }{\PP Then
I
said, “Here
I
am.
Send
me!”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}He
said, “Go,
and
tell
this
people,
\par }{\Q ‘You
hear
indeed,
\par }{\QB but
don’t
understand.
\par }{\Q You
see
indeed,
\par }{\QB but
don’t
perceive.’
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Make
the
heart
of
this
people
fat.
\par }{\QB Make
their
ears
heavy,
and shut
their
eyes;
\par }{\Q lest
they
see
with
their
eyes,
\par }{\QB hear
with
their
ears,
\par }{\QB understand
with
their
heart,
\par }{\QB and
turn
again,
and
be
healed.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Then
I
said, “Lord,
how
long?”
\par }{\PP He
answered,
\par }{\Q “Until
cities
are
waste
without
inhabitant,
\par }{\QB houses
without
man,
\par }{\QB the
land becomes
utterly
waste,
\par }{\QB \VS{12}and
the
LORD
has
removed
men
far
away,
\par }{\QB and
the
forsaken
places
are
many
within
the
land.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}If
there
is
a
tenth
left
in
it,
\par }{\QB that
also
will
in
turn
be
consumed,
\par }{\Q as
a
terebinth,
and
as
an
oak
whose stump
remains
when
they
are cut down,
\par }{\QB so
the
holy
seed
is
its stump.”

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
the
days
of
Ahaz
the
son
of
Jotham,
the
son
of
Uzziah,
king
of
Judah,
Rezin
the
king
of
Syria
and
Pekah
the
son
of
Remaliah,
king
of
Israel,
went
up
to
Jerusalem
to
war
against
it,
but
could
not
prevail
against
it.
\VS{2}David’s
house
was
told, “Syria
is allied
with
Ephraim.”
His
heart
trembled,
and
the
heart
of
his
people,
as
the
trees
of
the
forest
tremble
with
the
wind.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Then
the
LORD
said
to
Isaiah, “Go
out
now
to
meet
Ahaz,
you,
and Shearjashub
your
son,
at
the
end
of
the conduit
of
the
upper
pool,
on
the
highway
of
the
fuller’s
field.
\VS{4}Tell
him, ‘Be
careful,
and
keep
calm.
Don’t
be
afraid,
neither
let
your
heart
be
faint
because
of
these
two
tails
of
smoking torches,
for
the
fierce
anger
of
Rezin
and
Syria,
and
of
the
son
of
Remaliah.
\VS{5}Because
Syria,
Ephraim,
and
the
son
of
Remaliah,
have
plotted
evil
against
you,
saying,
\VS{6}“Let’s
go
up
against
Judah,
and
tear
it apart,
and let’s
divide
it amongst ourselves,
and
set
up
a
king
within
it,
even
the
son
of
Tabeel.”
\VS{7}This
is
what
the
Lord
GOD
says: “It
shall
not
stand,
neither
shall
it
happen.”
\VS{8}For
the
head
of
Syria
is
Damascus,
and
the
head
of
Damascus
is
Rezin. Within sixty-five
years
Ephraim
shall
be broken
in pieces,
so
that
it
shall
not
be
a
people.
\VS{9}The
head
of
Ephraim
is
Samaria,
and
the
head
of
Samaria
is Remaliah’s
son.
If
you
will
not
believe,
surely
you
shall
not
be
established.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}The
LORD
spoke
again
to
Ahaz,
saying,
\VS{11}“Ask
a
sign
of
the
LORD
your
God;
ask
it
either
in
the depth,
or
in
the height
above.”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}But
Ahaz
said, “I
won’t
ask.
I
won’t tempt
the
LORD.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}He
said, “Listen
now,
house
of
David.
Is
it
not
enough
for
you
to
try
the
patience
of
men,
that
you
will
try
the
patience
of
my
God
also?
\VS{14}Therefore
the
Lord
himself
will
give
you
a
sign.
Behold,
the
virgin
will
conceive,
and
bear
a
son,
and
shall
call
his
name
Immanuel.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 7:14 }
“Immanuel” means “God with us”.}
\VS{15}He
shall
eat
butter
and
honey when
he
knows
to refuse
the
evil
and
choose
the
good.
\VS{16}For
before
the
child
knows
to refuse
the
evil
and
choose
the
good,
the
land
whose
two
kings
you abhor
shall
be forsaken.
\VS{17}The
LORD
will
bring
on
you,
on
your
people,
and
on
your
father’s
house
days
that
have
not
come,
from
the
day
that
Ephraim
departed
from
Judah,
even
the
king
of
Assyria.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}It
will
happen
in
that
day
that
the
LORD
will
whistle
for
the
fly
that
is
in
the uttermost
part
of
the
rivers
of
Egypt,
and
for
the
bee
that
is
in
the
land
of
Assyria.
\VS{19}They shall
come,
and shall
all
rest
in
the desolate
valleys,
in
the
clefts
of
the
rocks,
on
all
thorn hedges,
and
on
all pastures.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}In
that
day
the
Lord
will
shave
with
a
razor
that
is
hired
in
the parts
beyond
the
River,
even
with
the
king
of
Assyria,
the
head
and
the
hair
of
the
feet;
and
it
shall
also consume
the
beard.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}It
shall
happen
in
that
day
that
a
man
shall keep
alive
a
young cow,
and
two
sheep.
\VS{22}It
shall
happen,
that
because
of
the
abundance
of
milk which
they
shall
give
he
shall
eat
butter,
for
everyone
will
eat
butter
and
honey
that
is
left
within
the
land.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}It
will
happen
in
that
day
that
every
place
where
there
were
a
thousand
vines worth
a
thousand
silver
shekels,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 7:23 }
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 1000 shekels is about 10 kilograms or 22 pounds.}
will
be
for
briers
and
thorns.
\VS{24}People
will
go
there
with
arrows
and
with
bow,
because
all
the
land
will
be
briers
and
thorns.
\VS{25}All
the
hills
that
were cultivated
with
the
hoe,
you
shall
not
come
there
for
fear
of
briers
and
thorns;
but
it
shall
be
for
the
sending
out
of
oxen,
and
for
sheep
to
tread
on.”

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
LORD
said
to
me, “Take
a
large
tablet,
and
write
on
it
with
a
man’s pen, ‘For Maher Shalal Hash Baz’;\FTNT{*}{{\FR 8:1 }
“Maher Shalal Hash Baz” means “quick to the plunder, swift to the prey”.}
\VS{2}and
I
will take
for myself
faithful
witnesses
to testify:
Uriah
the
priest,
and
Zechariah
the
son
of
Jeberechiah.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}I
went
to
the
prophetess,
and
she
conceived,
and
bore
a
son.
Then
the
LORD
said
to
me, “Call
his
name ‘Maher Shalal Hash Baz.’
\VS{4}For
before
the
child
knows
how
to say, ‘My father’
and ‘My
mother,’
the
riches
of
Damascus
and
the
plunder
of
Samaria
will
be
carried
away
by
the
king
of
Assyria.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}The
LORD
spoke
to
me
yet
again,
saying,
\VS{6}“Because
this
people
has refused
the
waters
of Shiloah
that
go softly,
and
rejoice
in
Rezin
and Remaliah’s
son;
\VS{7}now
therefore,
behold,
the
Lord
brings
upon
them
the
mighty
flood
waters
of
the
River:
the
king
of
Assyria
and
all
his
glory.
It
will
come
up
over
all
its
channels,
and
go
over
all
its
banks.
\VS{8}It
will
sweep onward
into
Judah.
It
will
overflow
and
pass
through.
It
will
reach
even
to
the
neck.
The stretching
out
of
its
wings
will
fill
the
width
of
your
land, O
Immanuel.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Make an uproar,
you
peoples,
and
be broken
in pieces!
Listen,
all
you
from
far
countries: dress
for battle,
and
be
shattered! Dress
for battle,
and
be
shattered!
\VS{10}Take
counsel
together,
and
it
will
be
brought
to
nothing;
speak
the
word,
and
it
will
not
stand,
for
God
is
with
us.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}For
the
LORD
spoke
this
to
me
with
a
strong
hand,
and
instructed
me
not
to
walk
in
the
way
of
this
people,
saying,
\VS{12}“Don’t
call
a
conspiracy
all
that
this
people
call
a
conspiracy.
Don’t
fear
their threats
or
be terrorised.
\VS{13}The
LORD
of
Armies
is
who
you
must
respect
as
holy.
He
is
the
one
you
must
fear.
He
is
the
one
you
must
dread.
\VS{14}He
will
be
a
sanctuary,
but
for
both
houses
of
Israel,
he
will
be
a
stumbling
stone
and
a
rock
that
makes
them
fall.
For
the
people
of
Jerusalem,
he
will
be
a
trap
and
a
snare.
\VS{15}Many
will
stumble
over
it,
fall,
be
broken,
be
snared,
and
be
captured.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Wrap
up
the covenant.
Seal
the
law amongst my
disciples.
\VS{17}I
will
wait
for
the
LORD,
who
hides
his
face
from
the
house
of
Jacob,
and
I
will
look
for
him.
\VS{18}Behold,
I
and
the
children
whom
the
LORD
has
given
me
are
for
signs
and
for
wonders
in
Israel
from
the
LORD
of
Armies,
who
dwells
in
Mount
Zion.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}When
they
tell
you, “Consult
with
those
who
have familiar spirits
and
with
the wizards,
who chirp
and
who
mutter,” shouldn’t
a
people
consult
with
their
God?
Should
they
consult
the
dead
on
behalf
of
the
living?
\VS{20}Turn
to
the
law
and
to
the covenant!
If
they
don’t
speak according
to
this
word,
surely
there
is
no
morning
for
them.
\VS{21}They
will
pass
through
it,
very distressed
and
hungry.
It
will
happen
that
when
they
are
hungry,
they
will worry,
and
curse
their
king
and
their
God.
They
will
turn
their
faces
upward,
\VS{22}then
look
to
the
earth
and
see
distress,
darkness,
and
the
gloom
of
anguish.
They
will
be
driven
into
thick
darkness.

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
there
shall
be no
more
gloom
for
her
who
was
in anguish.
In
the former time,
he
brought
into contempt
the
land
of Zebulun
and
the
land
of Naphtali;
but
in
the latter time
he
has
made
it glorious,
by
the
way
of
the sea,
beyond
the Jordan, Galilee
of
the
nations.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}The
people
who walked
in darkness
have seen
a
great light.
\par }{\QB The light
has shined
on
those
who lived
in
the
land
of
the shadow
of death.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}You
have multiplied
the nation.
\par }{\QB You
have increased
their joy.
\par }{\PP They rejoice
before
you according
to
the joy
in harvest,
as men rejoice
when
they divide
the plunder.
\VS{4}For
the yoke
of
his burden,
and
the staff
of
his shoulder,
the rod
of
his oppressor,
you
have broken
as
in
the day
of Midian.
\VS{5}For all
the armour
of
the armed
man
in
the noisy battle,
and
the garments rolled
in blood,
will
be
for burning, fuel
for
the fire.
\VS{6}For
a child
is born
to
us.
A son
is given
to
us;
and
the
government
will
be
on
his shoulders.
His name
will
be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty
God,
Everlasting Father, Prince
of
Peace.
\VS{7}Of
the increase
of
his government
and
of peace there
shall
be no end,
on David’s throne,
and
on
his kingdom,
to establish
it,
and
to uphold
it
with justice
and
with righteousness
from
that
time
on, even forever.
The zeal
of
the
LORD
of Armies
will perform
this.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}The Lord
sent
a
word into
Jacob,
\par }{\QB and
it falls
on
Israel.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}All
the people
will know,
\par }{\QB including Ephraim
and
the inhabitants
of Samaria,
who say
in pride
and
in arrogance
of heart,
\par }{\Q \VS{10}“The bricks
have fallen,
\par }{\QB but we
will build
with cut stone.
\par }{\Q The sycamore fig trees
have
been cut
down,
\par }{\QB but we
will put cedars
in
their place.”
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Therefore
the LORD
will
set
up
on
high
against
him
the adversaries
of Rezin,
\par }{\QB and
will stir
up
his enemies,
\par }{\QB \VS{12}The Syrians
in front,
\par }{\QB and
the Philistines behind;
\par }{\QB and
they
will devour
Israel
with open mouth.
\par }{\Q For
all
this,
his anger
is
not
turned
away,
\par }{\QB but
his hand
is stretched
out
still.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{13}Yet
the people
have not turned
to
him
who struck
them,
\par }{\QB neither
have
they sought
the
LORD
of Armies.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}Therefore
the LORD
will cut
off
from Israel
head
and
tail,
\par }{\QB palm branch
and reed,
in
one day.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}The elder
and
the honourable man
is
the head,
\par }{\QB and
the prophet
who teaches
lies
is
the tail.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}For
those
who lead
this
people lead
them astray;
\par }{\QB and
those
who
are led
by
them
are destroyed.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}Therefore
the Lord
will
not rejoice over
their young men,
\par }{\QB neither
will
he
have compassion
on
their fatherless
and widows;
\par }{\Q for everyone
is profane
and
an evildoer,
\par }{\QB and every mouth speaks folly.
\par }{\Q For
all
this
his anger
is
not turned
away,
\par }{\QB but
his hand
is stretched
out still.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{18}For wickedness burns
like
a
fire.
\par }{\QB It devours
the briers
and thorns;
\par }{\QB yes,
it kindles
in
the thickets
of
the forest,
\par }{\QB and
they roll upward
in
a column
of smoke.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}Through
the
LORD
of Armies’ wrath,
the land
is burnt
up;
\par }{\QB and
the
people
are
the fuel
for
the
fire.
\par }{\QB No
one spares
his brother.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}One
will devour
on
the right
hand,
and
be hungry;
\par }{\QB and
he
will eat
on
the
left
hand,
and
they
will
not
be satisfied.
\par }{\Q Everyone
will eat
the flesh
of
his own
arm:
\par }{\QB \VS{21}Manasseh eating Ephraim and Ephraim eating Manasseh, and they together will be against Judah.
\par }{\Q For all this his anger is not turned away,
\par }{\QB but his hand is stretched out still.

\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Woe
to
those
who
decree
unrighteous decrees,
and
to
the writers
who
write oppressive decrees
\VS{2}to
deprive
the
needy
of
justice,
and
to
rob
the
poor amongst
my
people
of
their
rights,
that
widows
may
be
their
plunder,
and
that
they
may
make
the
fatherless
their
prey!
\VS{3}What
will
you
do
in
the
day
of visitation,
and
in
the desolation
which
will
come
from
afar?
To
whom
will
you
flee
for
help?
Where
will
you
leave
your wealth?
\par }{\PP \VS{4}They
will
only
bow
down
under
the
prisoners,
\par }{\QB and
will
fall
under
the
slain.
\par }{\Q For
all
this
his
anger
is
not
turned
away,
\par }{\QB but
his
hand
is
stretched
out
still.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{5}Alas Assyrian,
the
rod
of
my
anger,
the
staff
in whose
hand
is
my
indignation!
\VS{6}I
will
send
him
against
a profane
nation,
and
against
the
people
who
anger
me
I
will
give
him
a
command
to
take
the
plunder
and
to
take
the
prey,
and
to
tread
them
down
like
the mire
of
the
streets.
\VS{7}However,
he
doesn’t mean
so,
neither
does
his
heart
think
so;
but
it
is
in
his
heart
to
destroy,
and
to
cut
off
not
a
few
nations.
\VS{8}For
he
says, “Aren’t
all
of
my
princes
kings?
\VS{9}Isn’t Calno
like
Carchemish?
Isn’t
Hamath
like
Arpad?
Isn’t
Samaria
like
Damascus?”
\VS{10}As
my
hand
has
found
the
kingdoms
of
the
idols,
whose
engraved
images exceeded
those
of
Jerusalem
and
of
Samaria,
\VS{11}shall
I
not,
as
I
have
done
to
Samaria
and
her
idols,
so
do
to
Jerusalem
and
her
idols?
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Therefore
it
will
happen
that
when
the
Lord
has performed
his
whole
work
on
Mount
Zion
and
on
Jerusalem,
I
will
punish
the
fruit
of
the wilful
proud
heart
of
the
king
of
Assyria,
and
the insolence
of
his
arrogant
looks.
\VS{13}For
he
has
said, “By
the
strength
of
my
hand
I
have
done
it,
and
by
my
wisdom,
for
I
have
understanding.
I
have
removed
the
boundaries
of
the
peoples,
and
have robbed
their
treasures.
Like
a
valiant
man
I
have
brought
down
their
rulers.
\VS{14}My
hand
has
found
the
riches
of
the
peoples
like
a
nest,
and
like
one
gathers
eggs
that
are
abandoned,
I
have
gathered
all
the
earth.
There
was
no
one
who moved
their
wing,
or
that
opened
their
mouth,
or
chirped.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Should
an
axe
brag
against
him
who
chops
with
it?
Should
a
saw
exalt
itself
above
him
who saws
with
it?
As
if
a
rod
should
lift
those
who
lift
it
up,
or
as
if
a
staff
should
lift
up someone
who
is
not
wood.
\VS{16}Therefore
the
Lord,
the
LORD
of
Armies,
will
send amongst
his fat ones leanness;
and
under
his
glory
a
burning
will
be
kindled
like
the
burning
of
fire.
\VS{17}The
light
of
Israel
will
be
for
a
fire,
and
his
Holy
One
for
a
flame;
and
it
will
burn
and
devour
his
thorns
and
his
briers
in
one
day.
\VS{18}He
will
consume
the
glory
of
his
forest
and
of
his
fruitful
field, both
soul
and
body.
It
will
be
as
when
a standard bearer
faints.
\VS{19}The
remnant
of
the
trees
of
his
forest shall
be
few,
so
that
a
child
could
write
their
number.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}It
will
come
to
pass
in
that
day
that
the
remnant
of
Israel,
and
those
who
have
escaped
from
the
house
of
Jacob
will
no
more
again
lean
on
him
who
struck
them,
but
shall
lean
on
the
LORD,
the
Holy
One
of
Israel,
in
truth.
\VS{21}A
remnant
will
return, even
the
remnant
of
Jacob,
to
the
mighty
God.
\VS{22}For
though
your
people,
Israel,
are
like
the
sand
of
the
sea,
only
a
remnant
of
them
will
return.
A
destruction
is
determined,
overflowing
with
righteousness.
\VS{23}For
the
Lord,
the
LORD
of
Armies,
will
make
a
full
end,
and
that
determined,
throughout
all
the
earth.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}Therefore
the
Lord,
the
LORD
of
Armies,
says, “My
people
who
dwell
in
Zion,
don’t
be
afraid
of
the Assyrian, though
he
strike
you
with
the
rod,
and
lift
up
his
staff
against
you,
as
Egypt
did.
\VS{25}For
yet
a
very
little
while,
and
the
indignation
against
you
will
be
accomplished,
and
my
anger
will
be directed
to
his
destruction.”
\VS{26}The
LORD
of
Armies
will
stir
up
a
scourge
against
him,
as
in
the
slaughter
of
Midian
at
the
rock
of
Oreb.
His
rod
will
be
over
the
sea,
and
he
will
lift
it
up
like
he did
against
Egypt.
\VS{27}It
will
happen
in
that
day
that
his
burden
will
depart
from
off
your
shoulder,
and
his
yoke
from
off
your
neck,
and
the
yoke
shall
be destroyed
because
of
the anointing
oil.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}He has
come
to
Aiath.
He has
passed
through
Migron.
At
Michmash
he stores
his
baggage.
\VS{29}They have gone
over
the
pass.
They have
taken
up their
lodging
at
Geba.
Ramah
trembles.
Gibeah
of
Saul
has
fled.
\VS{30}Cry aloud
with
your
voice,
daughter
of
Gallim!
Listen,
Laishah!
You
poor
Anathoth!
\VS{31}Madmenah
is
a
fugitive.
The
inhabitants
of
Gebim
flee
for
safety.
\VS{32}This very
day
he
will
halt
at
Nob.
He
shakes
his
hand
at
the
mountain
of
the
daughter
of Zion,
the
hill
of
Jerusalem.
\par }{\PP \VS{33}Behold,
the
Lord,
the
LORD
of
Armies,
will
lop
the
boughs
with terror.
The
tall
will
be
cut
down,
and
the
lofty
will
be
brought
low.
\VS{34}He
will cut
down
the
thickets
of
the
forest
with
iron,
and
Lebanon
will
fall
by
the
Mighty
One.

\par }\PoetryChap{11}{\Q \VerseOne{1}A
shoot
will
come
out
of
the
stock
of
Jesse,
\par }{\QB and
a
branch
out
of
his
roots
will
bear
fruit.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}The
LORD’s
Spirit
will
rest
on
him:
\par }{\QB the
spirit
of
wisdom
and
understanding,
\par }{\QB the
spirit
of
counsel
and
might,
\par }{\QB the
spirit
of
knowledge
and
of
the
fear
of
the
LORD.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}His delight
will
be
in
the
fear
of
the
LORD.
\par }{\Q He
will
not
judge
by
the
sight
of
his
eyes,
\par }{\QB neither
decide
by
the
hearing
of
his
ears;
\par }{\Q \VS{4}but
he
will
judge
the
poor
with
righteousness,
\par }{\QB and
decide
with
equity
for
the
humble
of
the
earth.
\par }{\Q He
will
strike
the
earth
with
the
rod
of
his
mouth;
\par }{\QB and
with
the
breath
of
his
lips
he
will
kill
the
wicked.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}Righteousness
will
be
the
belt around
his
waist,
\par }{\QB and
faithfulness
the
belt around
his
waist.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{6}The
wolf
will
live
with
the
lamb,
\par }{\QB and
the
leopard
will
lie
down
with
the
young
goat,
\par }{\QB the
calf,
the
young
lion,
and
the fattened
calf
together;
\par }{\QB and
a
little
child
will
lead
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}The
cow
and
the
bear
will
graze.
\par }{\QB Their
young ones
will
lie
down
together.
\par }{\QB The
lion
will
eat
straw
like
the
ox.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}The
nursing
child
will play
near
a cobra’s hole,
\par }{\QB and
the
weaned
child
will
put
his
hand
on
the viper’s den.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}They
will
not hurt
nor
destroy
in
all
my
holy
mountain;
\par }{\QB for
the
earth
will
be
full
of
the
knowledge
of
the
LORD,
\par }{\QB as
the
waters
cover
the
sea.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{10}It
will
happen
in
that
day
that
the
nations
will
seek
the
root
of
Jesse,
who
stands
as
a
banner
of
the
peoples;
and
his
resting
place
will
be glorious.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}It
will
happen
in
that
day
that
the
Lord
will
set
his
hand
again
the
second
time
to
recover
the
remnant
that
is
left
of
his
people
from
Assyria,
from
Egypt,
from
Pathros,
from
Cush,
from
Elam,
from
Shinar,
from
Hamath,
and
from
the
islands
of
the
sea.
\VS{12}He
will
set
up
a
banner
for
the
nations,
and
will
assemble
the outcasts
of
Israel,
and
gather
together
the
dispersed
of
Judah
from
the
four
corners
of
the
earth.
\VS{13}The
envy
also
of
Ephraim
will
depart,
and
those
who persecute
Judah
will
be
cut
off.
Ephraim
won’t
envy
Judah,
and
Judah
won’t persecute
Ephraim.
\VS{14}They
will
fly
down
on
the
shoulders
of
the
Philistines
on
the
west.
Together
they
will
plunder
the
children
of
the
east.
They
will extend
their
power
over
Edom
and
Moab,
and
the
children
of
Ammon
will obey
them.
\VS{15}The
LORD
will utterly
destroy
the
tongue
of
the
Egyptian
sea;
and
with
his
scorching
wind
he
will
wave
his
hand
over
the
River,
and
will split
it
into
seven
streams,
and cause men
to
march
over
in
sandals.
\VS{16}There
will
be
a
highway
for
the
remnant
that
is
left
of
his
people
from
Assyria,
like
there
was
for
Israel
in
the
day
that
he
came
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.

\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
that
day
you
will
say, “I
will
give
thanks
to
you,
the
LORD;
for
though
you
were
angry
with
me,
your
anger
has
turned
away
and
you
comfort
me.
\VS{2}Behold,
God
is
my
salvation.
I
will
trust,
and
will
not
be
afraid;
for
the
LORD,
the
LORD,
is
my
strength
and
song;
and
he
has
become
my
salvation.”
\VS{3}Therefore
with
joy
you
will
draw
water
out
of
the wells
of
salvation.
\VS{4}In
that
day
you
will
say, “Give
thanks
to
the
LORD!
Call
on
his
name!
Declare
his doings amongst
the
peoples!
Proclaim
that
his
name
is
exalted!
\VS{5}Sing
to
the
LORD,
for
he
has
done
excellent
things! Let
this
be
known
in
all
the
earth!
\VS{6}Cry
aloud
and
shout,
you
inhabitant
of
Zion,
for
the
Holy
One
of
Israel
is
great amongst
you!”

\par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
burden
of
Babylon,
which
Isaiah
the
son
of
Amoz
saw.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}Set
up
a
banner
on
the
bare
mountain!
Lift
up
your
voice
to
them!
Wave
your
hand,
that
they may
go
into
the
gates
of
the
nobles.
\VS{3}I
have
commanded
my
consecrated
ones;
yes,
I
have
called
my
mighty
men
for
my
anger,
even
my
proudly
exulting
ones.
\VS{4}The
noise
of
a
multitude
is
in
the
mountains,
as
of
a
great
people;
the
noise
of
an
uproar
of
the
kingdoms
of
the
nations
gathered
together!
The
LORD
of
Armies
is
mustering
the
army
for
the
battle.
\VS{5}They
come
from
a
far
country,
from
the uttermost part
of
heaven,
even
the
LORD,
and
the
weapons
of
his
indignation,
to
destroy
the
whole
land.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Wail,
for
the
LORD’s
day
is
at
hand!
It
will
come
as
destruction
from
the
Almighty.
\VS{7}Therefore
all
hands
will
be
feeble,
and
everyone’s
heart
will
melt.
\VS{8}They
will
be
dismayed. Pangs
and sorrows
will seize
them.
They
will
be
in pain
like
a woman
in labour.
They
will
look
in amazement
one
at
another.
Their
faces
will
be
faces
of
flame.
\VS{9}Behold,
the
day
of
the
LORD
comes,
cruel,
with
wrath
and
fierce
anger;
to
make
the
land
a
desolation,
and
to
destroy
its
sinners
out
of
it.
\VS{10}For
the
stars
of
the
sky
and
its
constellations
will
not give
their
light.
The
sun
will
be
darkened
in
its
going
out,
and
the
moon
will
not cause
its
light
to
shine.
\VS{11}I
will
punish
the
world
for
their
evil,
and
the
wicked
for
their
iniquity.
I
will cause
the
arrogance
of
the
proud
to
cease,
and
will humble
the
arrogance
of
the
terrible.
\VS{12}I
will
make
people more rare than
fine
gold, even
a
person than the
pure
gold
of
Ophir.
\VS{13}Therefore
I
will make
the
heavens
tremble,
and
the
earth
will
be
shaken
out
of
its
place
in
the
LORD
of Armies’
wrath,
and
in
the
day
of
his
fierce
anger.
\VS{14}It
will
happen
that
like
a
hunted gazelle
and
like
sheep
that
no
one
gathers,
they
will
each
turn
to
their
own
people,
and
will
each
flee
to
their
own
land.
\VS{15}Everyone
who
is
found
will
be
thrust
through.
Everyone
who
is
captured
will
fall
by
the
sword.
\VS{16}Their
infants also
will
be
dashed
in
pieces
before
their
eyes.
Their
houses
will
be ransacked,
and
their
wives
raped.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Behold,
I
will
stir
up
the
Medes
against
them,
who
will
not
value
silver,
and
as
for
gold,
they
will
not
delight
in
it.
\VS{18}Their
bows
will
dash
the
young
men
in
pieces;
and
they
shall
have
no
pity
on
the
fruit
of
the
womb.
Their
eyes
will
not
spare
children.
\VS{19}Babylon,
the
glory
of
kingdoms,
the
beauty
of
the
Chaldeans’
pride,
will
be
like
when
God
overthrew
Sodom
and
Gomorrah.
\VS{20}It
will
never
be
inhabited,
neither
will
it
be
lived
in
from
generation
to
generation.
The Arabian
will
not
pitch
a
tent
there,
neither
will
shepherds make
their flocks
lie
down
there.
\VS{21}But wild animals
of
the desert
will
lie
there,
and
their
houses
will
be
full
of jackals.
Ostriches
will
dwell
there,
and wild
goats
will
frolic
there.
\VS{22}Hyenas
will cry
in
their fortresses,
and
jackals
in
the pleasant
palaces.
Her
time
is
near
to
come,
and
her
days
will
not
be
prolonged.

\par }\Chap{14}{\PP \VerseOne{1}For
the
LORD
will
have
compassion
on
Jacob,
and
will
yet
choose
Israel,
and
set
them
in
their own
land.
The
foreigner
will
join himself
with
them,
and
they
will unite
with
the
house
of
Jacob.
\VS{2}The
peoples
will
take
them,
and
bring
them
to
their
place.
The
house
of
Israel
will
possess
them
in
the
LORD’s
land
for
servants
and
for handmaids.
They
will
take
as
captives
those
whose
captives
they
were;
and
they
shall
rule
over
their
oppressors.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}It
will
happen
in
the
day
that
the
LORD
will
give
you
rest
from
your sorrow,
from
your trouble,
and
from
the
hard
service
in
which
you
were
made
to
serve,
\VS{4}that
you
will
take
up
this
parable
against
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
say, “How
the
oppressor
has ceased!
The golden city
has ceased!”
\VS{5}The
LORD
has
broken
the
staff
of
the
wicked,
the sceptre
of
the
rulers,
\VS{6}who
struck
the
peoples
in
wrath
with
a continual stroke,
who ruled
the
nations
in
anger,
with
a
persecution
that
no
one
restrained.
\VS{7}The
whole
earth
is
at
rest,
and
is
quiet.
They
break
out
in song.
\VS{8}Yes,
the
cypress
trees
rejoice
with
you,
with
the
cedars
of
Lebanon, saying, “Since
you
are humbled,
no lumberjack
has
come
up
against
us.”
\VS{9}Sheol\FTNT{*}{{\FR 14:9 }
Sheol is the place of the dead.}
from
beneath
has
moved
for
you
to
meet
you
at
your
coming.
It
stirs
up
the
departed
spirits
for
you,
even
all
the rulers
of
the
earth.
It
has
raised
up
from
their
thrones
all
the
kings
of
the
nations.
\VS{10}They
all
will
answer
and
ask
you, “Have
you
also become
as
weak
as
we
are?
Have
you become
like
us?”
\VS{11}Your pomp is
brought
down
to
Sheol,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 14:11 }
Sheol is the place of the dead.
}
with
the sound
of
your stringed instruments.
Maggots
are
spread
out
under
you,
and
worms cover
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}How
you
have
fallen
from
heaven, shining
one,
son
of
the
dawn!
How
you
are
cut
down
to
the
ground,
who laid
the
nations
low!
\VS{13}You
said
in
your
heart, “I
will
ascend
into
heaven!
I
will
exalt
my
throne
above
the
stars
of
God!
I
will
sit
on
the
mountain
of
assembly,
in
the
far
north!
\VS{14}I will
ascend
above
the
heights
of
the
clouds!
I will
make
myself
like
the Most
High!”
\VS{15}Yet
you shall
be
brought
down
to
Sheol,\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 14:15 }
Sheol is the place of the dead.}
to
the depths
of
the
pit.
\VS{16}Those
who
see
you
will
stare
at
you.
They
will
ponder
you, saying, “Is
this
the
man
who made
the
earth
to
tremble,
who
shook
kingdoms,
\VS{17}who
made
the
world
like
a
wilderness,
and
overthrew
its
cities,
who
didn’t release
his
prisoners
to
their
home?”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}All
the
kings
of
the
nations
sleep
in
glory,
everyone
in
his
own
house.
\VS{19}But
you
are
cast
away
from
your
tomb
like
an
abominable
branch,
clothed
with
the
slain who
are
thrust
through
with
the
sword, who
go
down
to
the
stones
of
the
pit;
like
a
dead body
trodden under foot.
\VS{20}You
will
not join
them
in
burial,
because
you
have
destroyed
your
land.
You
have
killed
your
people.
The
offspring
of evildoers
will
not
be
named
forever.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Prepare
for
slaughter
of
his
children
because
of
the
iniquity
of
their
fathers,
that
they
not
rise
up
and
possess
the
earth,
and
fill
the
surface
of
the
world
with
cities.
\VS{22}“I
will
rise
up
against
them,”
says
the
LORD
of
Armies, “and
cut
off
from
Babylon
name
and
remnant,
and son
and son’s son,”
says
the
LORD.
\VS{23}“I
will
also
make
it
a
possession
for
the porcupine,
and
pools
of
water.
I
will
sweep
it
with
the
broom
of
destruction,”
says
the
LORD
of
Armies.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}The
LORD
of
Armies
has
sworn,
saying, “Surely,
as
I
have
thought,
so
shall
it
happen;
and
as
I
have
purposed,
so
shall
it
stand:
\VS{25}that
I
will
break
the Assyrian
in
my
land,
and
tread
him
under foot
on
my
mountains. Then
his
yoke
will
leave
them,
and
his
burden
leave
their
shoulders.
\VS{26}This
is
the
plan
that
is determined
for
the
whole
earth.
This
is
the
hand
that
is
stretched
out
over
all
the
nations.
\VS{27}For
the
LORD
of
Armies
has
planned,
and
who
can stop
it?
His
hand
is
stretched
out,
and
who
can
turn
it
back?”
\par }{\PP \VS{28}This
burden
was
in
the
year
that
King
Ahaz
died.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}Don’t
rejoice,
O
Philistia,
all
of
you,
because
the
rod
that
struck
you
is
broken;
for
out
of
the
serpent’s
root
an
adder
will
emerge,
and
his
fruit
will
be
a fiery flying
serpent.
\VS{30}The
firstborn
of
the
poor
will eat,
and
the
needy
will
lie
down
in
safety;
and I
will
kill
your
root
with
famine,
and
your
remnant
will
be
killed.
\par }{\PP \VS{31}Howl,
gate!
Cry,
city!
You
are
melted
away,
Philistia,
all
of
you;
for
smoke
comes
out
of
the
north,
and
there
is
no
straggler
in
his
ranks.
\par }{\PP \VS{32}What
will
they
answer
the
messengers
of
the
nation?
That
the
LORD
has
founded
Zion,
and
in
her
the
afflicted
of
his
people
will
take
refuge.

\par }\Chap{15}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
burden
of
Moab.
\par }{\PP For
in
a
night,
Ar
of
Moab
is laid
waste,
and brought
to nothing.
For
in
a
night
Kir
of
Moab
is laid
waste,
and brought
to nothing.
\VS{2}They
have
gone
up
to Bayith,
and
to
Dibon,
to
the
high
places,
to
weep.
Moab
wails
over
Nebo
and
over
Medeba.
Baldness
is
on
all
of
their
heads.
Every
beard
is
cut
off.
\VS{3}In
their
streets,
they clothe
themselves
in
sackcloth.
In
their
streets
and
on
their
housetops,
everyone
wails,
weeping abundantly.
\VS{4}Heshbon
cries
out
with
Elealeh.
Their
voice
is
heard
even
to
Jahaz.
Therefore
the
armed men
of
Moab
cry
aloud.
Their
souls tremble
within
them.
\VS{5}My
heart
cries
out
for
Moab!
Her nobles flee
to
Zoar,
to Eglath Shelishiyah;
for
they
go
up
by
the
ascent
of
Luhith
with
weeping;
for
on
the
way
to
Horonaim,
they
raise
up
a
cry
of
destruction.
\VS{6}For
the
waters
of
Nimrim
will
be
desolate;
for
the
grass
has
withered
away,
the
tender
grass
fails,
there
is
no
green
thing.
\VS{7}Therefore
they
will
carry
away
the
abundance
they
have gotten,
and
that which
they
have
stored
up,
over
the
brook
of
the
willows.
\VS{8}For
the
cry
has gone
around
the
borders
of
Moab,
its
wailing
to
Eglaim,
and
its
wailing
to Beer Elim.
\VS{9}For
the
waters
of
Dimon
are
full
of
blood;
for
I
will
bring
yet
more
on
Dimon,
a
lion
on
those
of
Moab
who
escape,
and
on
the
remnant
of
the
land.

\par }\Chap{16}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Send
the
lambs
for
the
ruler
of
the
land
from Selah
to
the
wilderness,
to
the
mountain
of
the
daughter
of
Zion.
\VS{2}For
it
will
be
that
as wandering
birds,
as
a
scattered
nest,
so
will
the
daughters
of
Moab
be
at
the fords
of
the
Arnon.
\VS{3}Give
counsel! Execute justice!
Make
your
shade
like
the
night
in
the
middle
of
the noonday!
Hide
the
outcasts!
Don’t
betray
the
fugitive!
\VS{4}Let
my
outcasts
dwell
with
you!
As
for
Moab,
be
a
hiding
place
for
him
from
the
face
of
the
destroyer.
For
the extortionist
is
brought
to nothing.
Destruction ceases.
The
oppressors
are
consumed
out
of
the
land.
\VS{5}A
throne
will
be
established
in loving
kindness. One
will
sit
on
it
in
truth,
in
the
tent
of
David,
judging,
seeking
justice,
and swift
to do
righteousness.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}We
have
heard
of
the
pride
of
Moab,
that
he
is
very
proud;
even
of
his
arrogance,
his
pride,
and
his
wrath.
His boastings
are
nothing.
\VS{7}Therefore
Moab
will
wail
for
Moab.
Everyone
will
wail.
You
will mourn
for
the raisin cakes
of Kir Hareseth,
utterly stricken.
\VS{8}For
the
fields
of
Heshbon
languish
with
the
vine
of
Sibmah.
The
lords
of
the
nations
have
broken
down
its
choice branches,
which
reached
even
to
Jazer,
which
wandered
into
the
wilderness.
Its shoots
were
spread abroad.
They
passed
over
the
sea.
\VS{9}Therefore
I
will
weep
with
the
weeping
of
Jazer
for
the
vine
of
Sibmah.
I
will
water
you
with
my
tears,
Heshbon,
and
Elealeh:
for
on
your
summer fruits
and
on
your
harvest
the battle
shout
has
fallen.
\VS{10}Gladness
is
taken
away,
and
joy
out
of
the
fruitful
field;
and
in
the
vineyards there
will
be
no singing,
neither joyful noise.
Nobody
will
tread
out
wine
in
the
presses.
I
have made
the
shouting
stop.
\VS{11}Therefore
my
heart sounds
like
a
harp
for
Moab,
and
my
inward
parts
for Kir Heres.
\VS{12}It
will
happen
that
when
Moab
presents
himself,
when
he
wearies
himself
on
the
high
place,
and
comes
to
his
sanctuary
to
pray,
that
he
will
not
prevail.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}This
is
the
word
that
the
LORD
spoke
concerning
Moab
in
time past.
\VS{14}But
now
the
LORD
has
spoken,
saying, “Within
three
years,
as
a
worker bound
by contract
would
count
them,
the
glory
of
Moab
shall
be brought into contempt,
with
all
his
great
multitude;
and
the
remnant
will
be
very
small
and feeble.”

\par }\Chap{17}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
burden
of
Damascus.
\par }{\PP “Behold,
Damascus
is
taken
away
from
being
a
city,
and
it
will
be
a ruinous heap.
\VS{2}The
cities
of
Aroer
are forsaken.
They
will
be
for
flocks, which
shall
lie
down,
and
no
one
shall
make
them
afraid.
\VS{3}The
fortress
shall
cease
from
Ephraim,
and
the
kingdom
from
Damascus,
and
the
remnant
of
Syria.
They
will
be
as
the
glory
of
the
children
of
Israel,”
says
the
LORD
of
Armies.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}“It
will
happen
in
that
day
that
the
glory
of
Jacob
will
be
made
thin,
and
the fatness
of
his
flesh
will
become
lean.
\VS{5}It
will
be
like
when
the harvester
gathers
the wheat,
and
his
arm reaps
the
grain. Yes,
it
will
be
like
when
one
gleans
grain
in
the
valley
of
Rephaim.
\VS{6}Yet
gleanings
will
be
left
there,
like
the
shaking
of
an
olive
tree,
two
or
three
olives
in
the
top
of
the uppermost
bough,
four
or
five
in
the outermost
branches
of
a
fruitful
tree,”
says
the
LORD,
the
God
of
Israel.
\VS{7}In
that
day,
people
will
look
to
their Maker,
and
their
eyes
will
have
respect
for
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
\VS{8}They
will
not
look
to
the
altars,
the
work
of
their
hands;
neither
shall
they respect
that
which
their
fingers
have
made, either
the
Asherah poles
or
the
incense
altars.
\VS{9}In
that
day,
their
strong
cities
will
be
like
the forsaken places
in
the woods
and
on
the mountain top,
which
were forsaken
from
before
the
children
of
Israel;
and
it
will
be
a
desolation.
\VS{10}For
you
have
forgotten
the
God
of
your
salvation,
and
have
not
remembered
the
rock
of
your
strength.
Therefore
you
plant pleasant
plants,
and
set
out
foreign seedlings.
\VS{11}In
the
day
of
your
planting,
you hedge
it
in.
In
the
morning,
you make
your
seed blossom,
but
the
harvest flees away
in
the
day
of grief
and
of desperate
sorrow.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Ah,
the
uproar
of
many
peoples
who
roar
like
the
roaring
of
the
seas;
and
the rushing
of
nations
that
rush
like
the rushing
of
mighty
waters!
\VS{13}The
nations
will
rush
like
the rushing
of
many
waters,
but
he
will
rebuke
them,
and
they
will
flee
far
off,
and
will
be
chased
like
the
chaff
of
the
mountains
before
the
wind,
and
like
the
whirling
dust
before
the storm.
\VS{14}At
evening,
behold,
terror!
Before
the
morning,
they
are
no
more.
This
is
the
portion
of
those
who
plunder
us,
and
the
lot
of
those
who rob
us.

\par }\Chap{18}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Ah,
the
land
of
the rustling
of
wings,
which
is
beyond
the
rivers
of
Ethiopia;
\VS{2}that
sends
ambassadors
by
the
sea,
even
in
vessels
of
papyrus
on
the
waters, saying, “Go,
you
swift
messengers,
to
a
nation
tall
and smooth,
to
a
people
awesome
from
their beginning
onward,
a
nation
that measures
out
and treads
down,
whose
land
the
rivers
divide!”
\VS{3}All
you
inhabitants
of
the
world,
and
you
dwellers
on
the
earth,
when
a
banner
is
lifted
up
on
the
mountains,
look!
When
the
trumpet
is
blown,
listen!
\par }{\PP \VS{4}For
the
LORD
said
to
me, “I
will
be
still,
and
I
will
see
in
my
dwelling
place,
like clear
heat
in
sunshine,
like
a
cloud
of
dew
in
the
heat
of
harvest.”
\VS{5}For
before
the
harvest,
when
the
blossom
is
over,
and
the
flower
becomes
a
ripening
grape,
he
will
cut
off
the
sprigs
with
pruning
hooks,
and
he
will
cut
down
and
take
away
the
spreading
branches.
\VS{6}They
will
be
left
together
for
the ravenous
birds
of
the
mountains,
and
for
the
animals
of
the
earth.
The ravenous
birds
will eat
them
in
the summer,
and
all
the
animals
of
the
earth
will eat
them
in
the winter.
\VS{7}In
that
time,
a present
will
be
brought
to
the
LORD
of
Armies
from
a
people
tall
and smooth,
even
from
a
people
awesome
from
their beginning
onward,
a
nation
that measures
out
and treads
down,
whose
land
the
rivers
divide,
to
the
place
of
the
name
of
the
LORD
of
Armies,
Mount
Zion.

\par }\Chap{19}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
burden
of
Egypt.
\par }{\PP “Behold,
the
LORD
rides
on
a
swift
cloud,
and
comes
to
Egypt.
The
idols
of
Egypt
will
tremble
at
his
presence;
and
the
heart
of
Egypt
will
melt
within
it.
\VS{2}I
will stir up
the
Egyptians
against
the
Egyptians,
and
they
will
fight
everyone
against
his
brother,
and
everyone
against
his neighbour;
city
against
city,
and
kingdom
against
kingdom.
\VS{3}The
spirit
of
the
Egyptians
will fail
within
them.
I
will
destroy
their
counsel.
They
will
seek
the
idols,
the charmers, those
who
have familiar
spirits,
and
the wizards.
\VS{4}I
will
give
over
the
Egyptians
into
the
hand
of
a
cruel
lord.
A
fierce
king
will
rule
over
them,”
says
the
Lord,
the
LORD
of
Armies.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}The
waters
will fail
from
the
sea,
and
the
river
will
be wasted
and
become
dry.
\VS{6}The
rivers
will become foul. The
streams
of
Egypt
will be diminished
and dried up. The
reeds
and flags
will
wither
away.
\VS{7}The meadows
by
the
Nile,
by
the brink
of
the
Nile,
and
all
the
sown
fields
of
the
Nile,
will
become
dry,
be
driven
away,
and
be
no
more.
\VS{8}The fishermen
will
lament,
and
all
those
who fish
in
the
Nile
will
mourn,
and
those
who
spread nets
on
the
waters
will
languish.
\VS{9}Moreover those
who
work
in
combed
flax,
and those
who
weave white cloth,
will
be
confounded.
\VS{10}The
pillars
will
be broken
in pieces.
All
those
who work
for hire
will
be
grieved
in
soul.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}The
princes
of
Zoan
are
utterly
foolish.
The
counsel
of
the
wisest counsellors
of
Pharaoh
has become stupid.
How
do
you
say
to
Pharaoh, “I
am
the
son
of
the
wise,
the
son
of ancient
kings?”
\VS{12}Where
then
are
your
wise
men?
Let
them
tell
you
now;
and
let
them
know
what
the
LORD
of
Armies
has
purposed
concerning
Egypt.
\VS{13}The
princes
of
Zoan
have
become
fools.
The
princes
of
Memphis
are
deceived. They
have caused
Egypt
to
go
astray,
those
who
are
the
cornerstone
of her
tribes.
\VS{14}The
LORD
has
mixed
a
spirit
of perverseness
in
the
middle
of
her;
and
they
have caused
Egypt
to
go
astray
in
all
of
its
works,
like
a
drunken
man
staggers
in
his
vomit.
\VS{15}Neither
shall
there
be
any
work
for
Egypt,
which
head
or
tail,
palm
branch
or rush,
may
do.
\VS{16}In
that
day
the
Egyptians
will
be
like
women.
They
will
tremble
and
fear
because
of
the shaking
of
the
LORD
of Armies’s
hand,
which
he
shakes
over
them.
\VS{17}The
land
of
Judah
will
become
a
terror
to
Egypt.
Everyone
to
whom
mention
is
made
of
it
will
be
afraid,
because
of
the
plans
of
the
LORD
of
Armies,
which
he determines
against
it.
\VS{18}In
that
day,
there
will
be
five
cities
in
the
land
of
Egypt
that
speak
the
language
of
Canaan,
and
swear
to
the
LORD
of
Armies.
One
will
be
called “The
city
of
destruction.”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}In
that
day,
there
will
be
an
altar
to
the
LORD
in
the
middle
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
a
pillar
to
the
LORD
at
its
border.
\VS{20}It
will
be
for
a
sign
and
for
a
witness
to
the
LORD
of
Armies
in
the
land
of
Egypt;
for
they
will
cry
to
the
LORD
because
of
oppressors,
and
he
will
send
them
a saviour
and
a defender,
and
he
will
deliver
them.
\VS{21}The
LORD
will
be
known
to
Egypt,
and
the
Egyptians
will
know
the
LORD
in
that
day. Yes,
they
will
worship
with
sacrifice
and
offering,
and
will
vow
a
vow
to
the
LORD,
and
will
perform
it.
\VS{22}The
LORD
will
strike
Egypt,
striking
and
healing.
They
will
return
to
the
LORD,
and
he
will
be
entreated
by
them,
and
will
heal
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}In
that
day
there
will
be
a
highway
out
of
Egypt
to
Assyria,
and
the Assyrian
shall
come
into
Egypt,
and
the
Egyptian
into
Assyria;
and
the
Egyptians
will
worship
with
the Assyrians.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}In
that
day,
Israel
will
be
the
third
with
Egypt
and
with
Assyria,
a
blessing
within
the
earth;
\VS{25}because
the
LORD
of
Armies
has
blessed
them,
saying, “Blessed
be
Egypt
my
people,
Assyria
the
work
of
my
hands,
and
Israel
my
inheritance.”

\par }\Chap{20}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
the
year
that
Tartan
came
to
Ashdod,
when
Sargon
the
king
of
Assyria
sent
him,
and
he
fought
against
Ashdod
and
took
it;
\VS{2}at
that
time
the
LORD
spoke
by
Isaiah
the
son
of
Amoz,
saying, “Go,
and
loosen
the
sackcloth
from
off
your
waist,
and
take
your
sandals
from
off
your
feet.”
He
did
so,
walking
naked
and
barefoot.
\VS{3}The
LORD
said, “As
my
servant
Isaiah
has
walked
naked
and
barefoot
three
years
for
a
sign
and
a
wonder
concerning
Egypt
and
concerning
Ethiopia,
\VS{4}so
the
king
of
Assyria
will lead
away
the
captives
of
Egypt
and
the
exiles
of
Ethiopia,
young
and
old,
naked
and
barefoot,
and
with buttocks
uncovered,
to
the
shame
of
Egypt.
\VS{5}They
will
be
dismayed
and
confounded,
because
of
Ethiopia
their
expectation,
and
of
Egypt
their
glory.
\VS{6}The
inhabitants
of
this
coast
land
will
say
in
that
day, ‘Behold,
this
is
our
expectation,
where
we
fled
for
help
to
be
delivered
from
the
king
of
Assyria.
And
we,
how
will
we
escape?’ ”

\par }\Chap{21}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
burden
of
the
wilderness
of
the
sea.
\par }{\PP As whirlwinds
in
the
South
sweep
through,
it
comes
from
the
wilderness,
from
an
awesome
land.
\VS{2}A grievous
vision
is
declared
to
me.
The
treacherous
man
deals
treacherously,
and
the
destroyer
destroys.
Go
up,
Elam;
attack! I
have stopped
all
of Media’s
sighing.
\VS{3}Therefore
my thighs
are
filled
with
anguish. Pains
have
seized
me,
like
the pains
of
a woman
in labour.
I am
in
so
much pain
that
I can’t
hear.
I am
so
dismayed
that
I can’t
see.
\VS{4}My
heart flutters.
Horror
has
frightened
me.
The
twilight
that
I desired
has been
turned into
trembling for
me.
\VS{5}They
prepare
the
table.
They
set
the watch.
They
eat.
They
drink.
Rise
up,
you
princes,
oil
the
shield!
\VS{6}For
the
Lord
said
to
me, “Go,
set
a
watchman.
Let
him
declare
what
he
sees.
\VS{7}When
he
sees
a troop,
horsemen
in
pairs,
a troop
of
donkeys,
a troop
of
camels,
he shall
listen diligently
with
great attentiveness.”
\VS{8}He
cried
like
a
lion: “Lord,
I
stand
continually
on
the
watchtower
in
the
daytime,
and
every
night
I
stay
at
my
post.
\VS{9}Behold,
here
comes
a
troop
of
men,
horsemen
in
pairs.”
He
answered, “Fallen,
fallen
is
Babylon;
and
all
the
engraved
images
of
her
gods
are
broken
to
the
ground.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}You
are
my
threshing,
and
the grain
of
my
floor!”
That
which
I
have
heard
from
the
LORD
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel,
I
have
declared
to
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}The
burden
of
Dumah.
\par }{\PP One
calls
to
me
out
of
Seir, “Watchman,
what
of
the
night?
Watchman,
what
of
the
night?”
\VS{12}The
watchman
said, “The
morning
comes,
and
also
the
night.
If
you
will enquire, enquire.
Come
back
again.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}The
burden on
Arabia.
\par }{\PP You will lodge in the thickets in
Arabia, you
caravans
of
Dedanites.
\VS{14}They brought
water
to
him
who
was
thirsty.
The
inhabitants
of
the
land
of
Tema
met
the
fugitives
with
their
bread.
\VS{15}For
they
fled
away
from
the
swords,
from
the
drawn
sword,
from
the
bent
bow,
and
from
the heat
of
battle.
\VS{16}For
the
Lord
said
to
me, “Within
a
year,
as
a
worker bound
by contract
would
count
it,
all
the
glory
of
Kedar
will
fail,
\VS{17}and
the residue
of
the
number
of
the
archers,
the
mighty
men
of
the
children
of
Kedar,
will
be
few;
for
the
LORD,
the
God
of
Israel,
has
spoken
it.”

\par }\Chap{22}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
burden
of
the
valley
of
vision.
\par }{\PP What ails
you
now,
that
you
have
all
gone
up
to
the
housetops?
\VS{2}You
that
are
full
of shouting,
a tumultuous
city,
a joyous
town,
your
slain
are
not
slain
with
the
sword,
neither
are
they
dead
in
battle.
\VS{3}All
your
rulers
fled
away
together.
They
were
bound
by
the
archers.
All
who
were
found
by
you
were
bound
together.
They
fled
far
away.
\VS{4}Therefore
I
said, “Look
away
from
me.
I
will
weep
bitterly.
Don’t labour
to
comfort
me
for
the
destruction
of
the
daughter
of
my
people.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}For
it
is
a
day
of
confusion,
and
of treading
down,
and
of perplexity
from
the
Lord,
the
LORD
of
Armies,
in
the
valley
of
vision,
a breaking
down
of
the
walls,
and
a crying
to
the
mountains.”
\VS{6}Elam
carried
his
quiver,
with
chariots
of
men
and
horsemen;
and
Kir
uncovered
the
shield.
\VS{7}Your
choicest
valleys
were
full
of
chariots,
and
the
horsemen
set
themselves
in array
at
the
gate.
\VS{8}He
took
away
the
covering
of
Judah;
and
you
looked
in
that
day
to
the armour
in
the
house
of
the
forest.
\VS{9}You
saw
the
breaches
of
David’s
city,
that
they
were
many;
and
you
gathered
together
the
waters
of
the
lower
pool.
\VS{10}You
counted
the
houses
of
Jerusalem,
and
you
broke
down
the
houses
to
fortify
the
wall.
\VS{11}You
also
made
a
reservoir
between
the
two
walls
for
the
water
of
the
old
pool.
But
you
didn’t
look
to
him
who
had
done
this,
neither
did
you
have respect
for
him
who
planned
it
long
ago.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}In
that
day,
the
Lord,
the
LORD
of
Armies,
called
to
weeping,
to
mourning,
to
baldness,
and
to dressing
in
sackcloth;
\VS{13}and
behold,
there
is
joy
and
gladness,
killing
cattle
and
killing
sheep,
eating
meat
and
drinking
wine: “Let’s
eat
and
drink,
for
tomorrow
we
will
die.”
\VS{14}The
LORD
of
Armies
revealed
himself
in
my
ears, “Surely
this
iniquity
will
not
be forgiven
you
until
you
die,”
says
the
Lord,
the
LORD
of
Armies.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}The
Lord,
the
LORD
of
Armies
says, “Go,
get
yourself
to
this treasurer,
even
to
Shebna,
who
is
over
the
house,
and
say,
\VS{16}‘What
are
you doing
here?
Who
has
you
here,
that
you
have dug
out
a
tomb
here?’ Cutting himself
out
a
tomb
on
high, chiselling
a habitation
for himself
in
the
rock!”
\VS{17}Behold,
the
LORD
will overcome
you
and
hurl
you away violently.
Yes,
he
will grasp
you firmly.
\VS{18}He
will
surely wind
you
around
and
around,
and throw
you
like
a
ball
into
a
large
country.
There
you
will
die,
and
there
the
chariots
of
your
glory
will
be,
you
disgrace
of
your
lord’s
house.
\VS{19}I will
thrust
you
from
your
office.
You will be pulled
down
from
your
station.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}It
will
happen
in
that
day
that
I
will
call
my
servant
Eliakim
the
son
of
Hilkiah,
\VS{21}and
I
will
clothe
him
with
your
robe,
and
strengthen
him
with
your belt.
I
will
commit
your government
into
his
hand;
and
he
will
be
a
father
to
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
and
to
the
house
of
Judah.
\VS{22}I
will
lay
the
key
of
David’s
house
on
his
shoulder.
He
will
open,
and
no
one
will
shut.
He
will
shut,
and
no
one
will
open.
\VS{23}I
will
fasten
him
like
a nail
in
a
sure
place.
He
will
be
for
a
throne
of
glory
to
his
father’s
house.
\VS{24}They
will
hang
on
him
all
the
glory
of
his
father’s
house,
the
offspring
and
the
issue,
every
small
vessel,
from
the cups
even
to
all
the pitchers.
\VS{25}“In
that
day,”
says
the
LORD
of
Armies, “the nail
that
was
fastened
in
a
sure
place
will
give
way.
It
will
be
cut
down
and
fall.
The
burden
that
was
on
it
will
be
cut
off,
for
the
LORD
has
spoken
it.”

\par }\Chap{23}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
burden
of
Tyre.
\par }{\PP Howl,
you
ships
of
Tarshish!
For
it
is
laid
waste,
so
that there
is no
house, no
entering
in.
From
the
land
of
Kittim
it
is
revealed
to
them.
\VS{2}Be
still,
you
inhabitants
of
the
coast,
you whom
the
merchants
of
Sidon
that
pass
over
the
sea
have replenished.
\VS{3}On
great
waters,
the
seed
of
the
Shihor,
the
harvest
of
the
Nile,
was
her
revenue. She
was
the market
of
nations.
\VS{4}Be
ashamed,
Sidon;
for
the
sea
has
spoken,
the
stronghold
of
the
sea,
saying, “I
have
not travailed,
nor
given
birth,
neither
have
I nourished
young
men,
nor
brought
up
virgins.”
\VS{5}When
the
report comes
to
Egypt,
they
will be
in
anguish at
the
report
of
Tyre.
\VS{6}Pass
over
to
Tarshish!
Wail,
you
inhabitants
of
the
coast!
\VS{7}Is
this
your joyous
city, whose
antiquity
is
of ancient
days, whose
feet
carried
her
far
away
to travel?
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Who
has
planned
this
against
Tyre,
the giver
of
crowns,
whose
merchants
are
princes,
whose
traders
are
the honourable
of
the
earth?
\VS{9}The
LORD
of
Armies
has
planned
it,
to stain
the
pride
of
all
glory,
to bring
into
contempt
all
the honourable
of
the
earth.
\VS{10}Pass
through
your
land
like
the
Nile,
daughter
of
Tarshish.
There
is
no restraint
any
more.
\VS{11}He
has
stretched
out
his
hand
over
the
sea.
He
has shaken
the
kingdoms.
The
LORD
has
ordered
the
destruction
of
Canaan’s
strongholds.
\VS{12}He
said, “You
shall
rejoice
no
more,
you
oppressed
virgin
daughter
of
Sidon.
Arise,
pass
over
to
Kittim.
Even
there
you
will
have
no
rest.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Behold,
the
land
of
the
Chaldeans.
This
people
didn’t exist.
The Assyrians
founded
it
for
those
who dwell
in
the wilderness.
They
set
up
their
towers.
They overthrew
its
palaces.
They
made
it
a ruin.
\VS{14}Howl,
you
ships
of
Tarshish,
for
your
stronghold
is laid
waste!
\VS{15}It
will
come
to
pass
in
that
day
that
Tyre
will
be
forgotten
seventy
years, according
to
the
days
of
one
king.
After
the
end
of
seventy
years
it
will
be
to
Tyre
like
in
the
song
of
the
prostitute.
\VS{16}Take
a
harp;
go
about
the
city,
you
prostitute
that
has
been
forgotten.
Make sweet melody. Sing
many
songs,
that
you
may be
remembered.
\VS{17}It
will
happen
after
the
end
of
seventy
years
that
the
LORD
will
visit
Tyre.
She
will
return
to
her
wages,
and
will
play
the
prostitute
with
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
world
on
the
surface
of
the
earth.
\VS{18}Her
merchandise
and
her
wages
will
be
holiness
to
the
LORD.
It
will
not
be treasured
nor
laid
up;
for
her
merchandise
will
be
for
those
who
dwell
before
the
LORD,
to
eat sufficiently,
and
for durable clothing.

\par }\Chap{24}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Behold,
the
LORD
makes
the
earth empty,
makes
it
waste, turns
it upside
down,
and scatters
its
inhabitants.
\VS{2}It
will
be
as
with
the
people,
so
with
the
priest;
as
with
the
servant,
so
with
his
master;
as
with
the
maid,
so
with
her
mistress;
as
with
the
buyer,
so
with
the
seller;
as
with
the
creditor,
so
with
the debtor;
as
with
the taker
of interest,
so
with
the giver
of interest.
\VS{3}The
earth
will
be utterly emptied
and utterly laid waste;
for
the
LORD
has
spoken
this
word.
\VS{4}The
earth
mourns
and
fades
away.
The
world
languishes
and
fades
away.
The
lofty
people
of
the
earth
languish.
\VS{5}The
earth
also
is
polluted
under
its
inhabitants,
because
they
have transgressed
the
laws,
violated
the
statutes,
and
broken
the
everlasting
covenant.
\VS{6}Therefore
the
curse
has
devoured
the
earth,
and
those
who
dwell therein
are
found
guilty.
Therefore
the
inhabitants
of
the
earth
are burnt,
and
few
men
are
left.
\VS{7}The
new
wine
mourns.
The
vine
languishes.
All
the merry-hearted
sigh.
\VS{8}The mirth
of
tambourines
ceases.
The sound
of those who
rejoice
ends.
The
joy
of
the
harp
ceases.
\VS{9}They
will
not
drink
wine
with
a
song.
Strong
drink
will
be
bitter
to those
who
drink
it.
\VS{10}The confused
city
is
broken
down.
Every
house
is
shut
up,
that
no
man
may
come
in.
\VS{11}There
is
a crying
in
the
streets
because
of
the
wine.
All
joy
is darkened.
The
mirth
of
the
land
is
gone.
\VS{12}The
city
is
left
in
desolation,
and
the
gate
is struck with
destruction.
\VS{13}For
it
will
be
so
within
the
earth amongst
the
peoples,
as
the
shaking
of
an
olive
tree,
as
the
gleanings
when
the
vintage
is
done.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}These
shall
lift
up
their
voice.
They
will
shout
for
the majesty
of
the
LORD.
They
cry
aloud
from
the
sea.
\VS{15}Therefore
glorify
the
LORD
in
the east,
even
the
name
of
the
LORD,
the
God
of
Israel,
in
the
islands
of
the
sea!
\VS{16}From
the uttermost part
of
the
earth
have
we
heard
songs. Glory
to
the
righteous!
\par }{\PP But
I
said, “I pine
away!
I pine
away!
woe
is me!”
The
treacherous
have
dealt
treacherously. Yes,
the
treacherous
have
dealt
very
treacherously.
\VS{17}Fear,
the
pit,
and
the
snare
are
on
you
who
inhabit
the
earth.
\VS{18}It
will
happen
that
he
who
flees
from
the
noise
of
the
fear
will
fall
into
the
pit;
and
he
who
comes
up
out
of
the
middle
of
the
pit
will
be
taken
in
the
snare;
for
the
windows
on
high
are
opened,
and
the
foundations
of
the
earth
tremble.
\VS{19}The
earth
is utterly
broken.
The
earth
is torn apart.
The
earth
is
shaken
violently.
\VS{20}The
earth
will
stagger
like
a
drunken
man,
and
will sway back
and forth
like
a hammock.
Its disobedience
will
be
heavy
on
it,
and
it
will
fall
and
not
rise
again.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}It
will
happen
in
that
day
that
the
LORD
will
punish
the
army
of
the
high ones
on
high,
and
the
kings
of
the
earth
on
the
earth.
\VS{22}They
will
be
gathered
together,
as
prisoners
are
gathered
in
the
pit,
and
will
be
shut
up
in
the
prison;
and
after
many
days
they
will
be
visited.
\VS{23}Then
the
moon
will
be
confounded,
and
the
sun
ashamed;
for
the
LORD
of
Armies
will
reign
on
Mount
Zion
and
in
Jerusalem;
and
glory
will
be
before
his
elders.

\par }\Chap{25}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
LORD,
you
are
my
God.
I
will
exalt
you!
I
will
praise
your
name,
for
you
have
done
wonderful
things,
things planned
long
ago,
in complete
faithfulness
and
truth.
\VS{2}For
you
have
made
a
city into
a
heap,
a
fortified
city into
a ruin,
a
palace
of
strangers
to
be
no
city.
It
will
never
be
built.
\VS{3}Therefore
a
strong
people
will
glorify
you.
A
city
of
awesome
nations
will
fear
you.
\VS{4}For
you
have
been
a
stronghold
to
the
poor,
a
stronghold
to
the
needy
in
his
distress,
a
refuge
from
the
storm,
a
shade
from
the heat,
when
the
blast
of
the dreaded
ones
is
like
a
storm against
the
wall.
\VS{5}As
the heat in a
dry place
you
will bring down
the
noise
of
strangers;
as
the heat by
the
shade
of a
cloud,
the
song
of
the dreaded
ones
will be brought low.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}In
this
mountain,
the
LORD
of
Armies
will
make
all
peoples
a
feast
of
choice meat,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 25:6 }
literally, fat things}
a
feast
of
choice wines,
of
choice meat
full
of marrow,
of well
refined
choice wines.
\VS{7}He
will
destroy
in
this
mountain
the
surface
of
the
covering
that covers
all
peoples,
and
the veil
that
is spread
over
all
nations.
\VS{8}He
has
swallowed
up
death
forever!
The
Lord
GOD
will
wipe
away
tears
from
off
all
faces.
He
will
take
the
reproach
of
his
people
away
from
off
all
the
earth,
for
the
LORD
has
spoken
it.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}It
shall
be
said
in
that
day, “Behold,
this
is
our
God!
We
have waited
for
him,
and
he
will
save
us!
This
is
the
LORD!
We
have waited
for
him.
We
will
be
glad
and
rejoice
in
his
salvation!”
\VS{10}For
the
LORD’s
hand
will
rest
in
this
mountain.
\par }{\PP Moab
will
be
trodden
down
in
his
place,
even
like
straw
is
trodden
down
in
the water
of
the dunghill.
\VS{11}He
will
spread
out
his
hands
in
the
middle
of
it,
like
one
who swims
spreads
out
hands
to
swim,
but
his
pride
will
be humbled
together
with
the craft
of
his
hands.
\VS{12}He
has
brought
the high
fortress
of
your
walls
down,
laid
low,
and
brought
to
the
ground,
even
to
the
dust.

\par }\Chap{26}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
that
day,
this
song
will
be
sung
in
the
land
of
Judah:
\par }{\Q “We
have
a
strong
city.
\par }{\QB God appoints
salvation
for
walls
and bulwarks.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}Open
the
gates,
that
the
righteous
nation
may
enter:
\par }{\QB the
one
which
keeps faith.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}You
will
keep whoever’s
mind
is
steadfast
in
perfect
peace,
\par }{\QB because
he
trusts
in
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Trust
in
the
LORD
forever;
\par }{\QB for
in
the
LORD,
the
LORD,
is
an
everlasting
Rock.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}For
he
has
brought
down
those
who
dwell
on
high,
the
lofty
city.
\par }{\QB He
lays
it
low.
\par }{\QB He
lays
it
low
even
to
the
ground.
\par }{\QB He
brings
it
even
to
the
dust.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}The
foot shall
tread
it
down,
\par }{\QB even
the
feet
of
the
poor
\par }{\QB and
the
steps
of
the
needy.”
\par }{\Q \VS{7}The
way
of
the
just
is
uprightness.
\par }{\QB You
who
are
upright
make
the
path
of
the
righteous
level.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{8}Yes,
in
the
way
of
your judgements,
LORD,
we
have waited
for
you.
\par }{\QB Your
name
and
your
renown
are
the
desire
of
our
soul.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}With
my
soul
I
have
desired
you
in
the
night.
\par }{\QB Yes,
with
my
spirit
within
me
I
will
seek
you
earnestly;
\par }{\QB for
when
your judgements
are
in
the
earth,
the
inhabitants
of
the
world
learn
righteousness.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Let favour
be
shown
to
the
wicked,
\par }{\QB yet
he
will
not
learn
righteousness.
\par }{\Q In
the
land
of uprightness
he
will deal wrongfully,
\par }{\QB and
will
not
see
the
LORD’s
majesty.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{11}LORD,
your
hand
is
lifted
up,
yet
they don’t
see;
\par }{\QB but
they
will
see
your
zeal
for
the
people
and
be
disappointed.
\par }{\QB Yes,
fire
will
consume
your adversaries.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}LORD,
you
will ordain
peace
for
us,
\par }{\QB for
you
have
also
done
all
our
work
for
us.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}LORD
our
God, other
lords
besides
you
have
had dominion
over
us,
\par }{\QB but
we
will
only acknowledge
your
name.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}The
dead
shall
not
live.
\par }{\QB The
departed
spirits
shall
not
rise.
\par }{\Q Therefore
you
have
visited
and
destroyed
them,
\par }{\QB and
caused
all
memory
of
them
to
perish.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}You
have
increased
the
nation,
O
LORD.
\par }{\QB You
have
increased
the
nation!
\par }{\Q You
are
glorified!
\par }{\QB You
have enlarged
all
the
borders
of
the
land.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{16}LORD,
in
trouble
they
have
visited
you.
\par }{\QB They
poured out
a
prayer
when
your
chastening
was
on
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}Just
as
a
woman
with
child,
who
draws
near
the
time
of
her
delivery,
\par }{\QB is
in pain
and
cries
out
in
her pangs,
\par }{\QB so we
have
been
before
you,
LORD.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}We
have
been
with
child.
\par }{\QB We
have
been
in pain.
\par }{\Q We
gave
birth,
it seems,
only
to
wind.
\par }{\QB We
have
not
worked any
deliverance
in
the
earth;
\par }{\QB neither
have
the
inhabitants
of
the
world
fallen.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}Your
dead
shall
live.
\par }{\QB Their
dead
bodies
shall
arise.
\par }{\Q Awake
and
sing,
you
who
dwell
in
the
dust;
\par }{\QB for
your
dew
is
like
the
dew
of herbs,
\par }{\QB and
the
earth
will
cast
out
the
departed
spirits.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{20}Come,
my
people,
enter
into
your
rooms,
\par }{\QB and
shut
your
doors
behind
you.
\par }{\Q Hide yourself
for
a
little
moment,
\par }{\QB until
the
indignation
is past.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}For,
behold,
the
LORD
comes
out
of
his
place
to
punish
the
inhabitants
of
the
earth
for
their
iniquity.
\par }{\QB The
earth
also
will disclose
her
blood,
and
will
no
longer
cover
her
slain.

\par }\Chap{27}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
that
day,
the
LORD
with
his
hard
and
great
and
strong
sword
will
punish
leviathan,
the
fleeing
serpent,
and
leviathan,
the
twisted
serpent;
and
he
will
kill
the
dragon
that
is
in
the
sea.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}In
that
day,
sing
to
her, “A
pleasant
vineyard!
\VS{3}I,
the
LORD,
am
its
keeper.
I
will
water
it
every
moment.
Lest anyone
damage
it,
I
will
keep
it
night
and
day.
\VS{4}Wrath
is
not
in
me,
but if
I
should
find
briers
and
thorns,
I
would
do
battle!
I
would march
on
them
and
I
would burn
them
together.
\VS{5}Or
else let
him
take
hold
of
my
strength,
that
he
may
make
peace
with
me. Let
him
make
peace
with
me.”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}In days
to
come,
Jacob
will
take
root.
Israel
will blossom
and
bud.
They
will
fill
the
surface
of
the
world
with
fruit.
\VS{7}Has
he
struck
them
as
he
struck those
who
struck
them?
Or
are
they
killed
like those
who
killed
them were
killed?
\VS{8}In measure,
when
you
send
them
away,
you
contend
with
them.
He
has removed
them
with
his rough
blast
in
the
day
of
the
east
wind.
\VS{9}Therefore
by
this
the
iniquity
of
Jacob
will
be forgiven,
and
this
is
all
the
fruit
of
taking
away
his
sin:
that
he
makes
all
the
stones
of
the
altar
as
chalk
stones
that
are beaten
in pieces,
so
that
the
Asherah poles
and
the
incense
altars
shall
rise
no
more.
\VS{10}For
the
fortified
city
is solitary,
a habitation
deserted
and forsaken,
like
the
wilderness.
The
calf
will
feed
there,
and
there
he
will
lie
down,
and
consume
its
branches.
\VS{11}When
its boughs
are
withered,
they
will
be
broken
off.
The
women
will
come
and
set
them
on
fire,
for
they
are
a
people
of
no
understanding.
Therefore
he
who
made
them
will
not
have
compassion
on
them,
and
he
who
formed
them
will
show
them
no favour.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}It
will
happen
in
that
day
that
the
LORD
will thresh
from
the flowing
stream
of
the
Euphrates
to
the
brook
of
Egypt;
and
you
will
be
gathered
one
by
one,
children
of
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}It
will
happen
in
that
day
that
a
great
trumpet
will
be
blown;
and
those
who
were ready
to
perish
in
the
land
of
Assyria,
and
those
who
were
outcasts
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
shall
come;
and
they
will
worship
the
LORD
in
the
holy
mountain
at
Jerusalem.

\par }\Chap{28}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Woe
to
the
crown
of
pride
of
the
drunkards
of
Ephraim,
and
to
the fading
flower
of
his
glorious
beauty,
which
is
on
the
head
of
the
fertile
valley
of
those
who
are
overcome
with
wine!
\VS{2}Behold,
the
Lord
has
one
who
is
mighty
and
strong.
Like
a
storm
of
hail,
a destroying
storm,
and
like
a
storm
of
mighty
waters
overflowing,
he
will cast
them
down
to
the
earth
with
his
hand.
\VS{3}The
crown
of pride
of
the
drunkards
of
Ephraim
will be
trodden
under
foot.
\VS{4}The fading
flower
of
his
glorious
beauty,
which
is
on
the
head
of
the
fertile
valley,
shall
be
like
the first-ripe fig
before
the
summer,
which someone picks
and eats
as
soon
as
he
sees
it.
\VS{5}In
that
day,
the
LORD
of
Armies
will
become
a
crown
of
glory
and
a
diadem
of
beauty
to
the residue
of
his
people,
\VS{6}and
a
spirit
of
justice
to
him
who
sits
in judgement,
and
strength
to
those
who
turn
back
the
battle
at
the
gate.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}They
also
reel
with
wine,
and
stagger
with
strong
drink.
The
priest
and
the
prophet
reel
with
strong
drink.
They
are
swallowed
up
by
wine.
They
stagger
with
strong
drink.
They
err
in vision.
They stumble
in judgement.
\VS{8}For
all
tables
are
completely
full
of
filthy
vomit
and
filthiness.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Whom
will
he
teach
knowledge?
To
whom
will
he
explain
the
message?
Those
who
are
weaned
from
the
milk,
and drawn
from
the
breasts?
\VS{10}For
it
is precept
on precept, precept
on precept; line
on line, line
on line;
here
a
little,
there
a
little.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}But
he
will
speak
to
this
nation
with
stammering
lips
and
in
another
language,
\VS{12}to
whom
he
said, “This
is
the
resting
place.
Give
rest
to
the
weary,”
and “This
is
the refreshing;”
yet
they
would
not
hear.
\VS{13}Therefore
the
LORD’s
word
will
be
to
them precept
on precept, precept
on precept;
line
on
line,
line
on
line;
here
a
little,
there
a
little;
that
they
may
go,
fall
backward,
be
broken,
be
snared,
and
be
taken.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Therefore
hear
the
LORD’s
word,
you scoffers,
that
rule
this
people
in
Jerusalem:
\VS{15}“Because
you
have
said, ‘We
have
made
a
covenant
with
death,
and
we
are
in
agreement
with
Sheol.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 28:15 }
Sheol is the place of the dead.}
When
the
overflowing scourge
passes
through,
it
won’t
come
to
us;
for
we
have
made
lies
our
refuge,
and
we
have
hidden ourselves
under
falsehood.’ ”
\VS{16}Therefore
the
Lord
GOD
says, “Behold,
I
lay
in
Zion
for
a
foundation
a
stone,
a tried
stone,
a
precious
cornerstone
of
a
sure
foundation.
He
who
believes
shall
not act hastily.
\VS{17}I
will
make
justice
the measuring line,
and
righteousness
the plumb line.
The
hail
will
sweep
away
the
refuge
of
lies,
and
the
waters
will
overflow
the
hiding
place.
\VS{18}Your
covenant
with
death
shall
be annulled,
and
your
agreement
with
Sheol\FTNT{†}{{\FR 28:18 }
Sheol is the place of the dead.}
shall
not
stand.
When
the
overflowing
scourge
passes
through,
then
you
will
be
trampled
down
by
it.
\VS{19}As
often
as
it
passes
through,
it
will
seize
you;
for
morning
by
morning
it
will
pass
through,
by
day
and
by
night;
and
it
will
be nothing
but
terror
to
understand
the
message.”
\VS{20}For
the
bed
is too short
to
stretch out on, and
the blanket
is too narrow
to
wrap oneself
in.
\VS{21}For
the
LORD
will
rise
up
as
on
Mount
Perazim.
He
will
be angry
as
in
the
valley
of
Gibeon;
that
he
may
do
his
work,
his unusual
work,
and bring
to
pass
his
act,
his
extraordinary
act.
\VS{22}Now
therefore
don’t
be scoffers,
lest
your
bonds
be
made
strong;
for
I
have
heard
a decree
of
destruction
from
the
Lord,
the
LORD
of
Armies,
on
the
whole
earth.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}Give
ear,
and
hear
my
voice!
Listen,
and
hear
my speech!
\VS{24}Does
he
who ploughs
to
sow plough
continually? Does
he keep turning
the
soil
and breaking
the clods?
\VS{25}When
he
has levelled
its
surface,
doesn’t
he
plant
the
dill,
and
scatter
the cumin seed,
and
put
in
the
wheat
in rows,
the
barley
in
the
appointed
place,
and
the
spelt
in
its
place?
\VS{26}For
his
God
instructs
him
in
right judgement
and
teaches
him.
\VS{27}For
the
dill
isn’t
threshed
with
a sharp instrument,
neither
is
a
cart
wheel
turned
over
the cumin;
but
the
dill
is
beaten
out
with
a stick,
and
the cumin
with
a
rod.
\VS{28}Bread flour
must
be
ground;
so
he
will
not
always
be
threshing
it.
Although
he drives
the
wheel
of
his
threshing
cart over
it,
his
horses
don’t grind
it.
\VS{29}This
also
comes
out
from
the
LORD
of
Armies,
who
is
wonderful
in
counsel,
and excellent
in
wisdom.

\par }\Chap{29}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Woe
to
Ariel!
Ariel,
the
city
where
David
encamped!
Add
year
to
year; let
the
feasts come
around;
\VS{2}then
I
will
distress
Ariel,
and
there
will
be
mourning
and lamentation. She shall
be
to
me
as
an altar hearth.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 29:2 }
or, Ariel}
\VS{3}I will
encamp
against
you all
around
you,
and will lay siege
against
you
with
posted troops.
I will
raise siege
works
against
you.
\VS{4}You
will
be
brought
down,
and
will
speak out
of
the
ground.
Your
speech
will mumble out
of
the
dust.
Your
voice
will
be
as
of
one
who
has
a familiar
spirit, out
of
the
ground,
and
your
speech
will
whisper out
of
the
dust.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}But
the
multitude
of
your foes
will
be
like
fine
dust,
and
the
multitude
of
the
ruthless
ones
like
chaff
that blows
away. Yes,
it
will
be
in
an
instant,
suddenly.
\VS{6}She
will
be
visited
by
the
LORD
of
Armies
with
thunder,
with
earthquake,
with
great
noise,
with whirlwind
and
storm,
and
with
the
flame
of
a
devouring
fire.
\VS{7}The
multitude
of
all
the
nations
that fight
against
Ariel,
even
all
who fight
against
her
and
her stronghold,
and
who
distress
her,
will
be
like
a
dream,
a
vision
of
the
night.
\VS{8}It
will
be
like
when
a
hungry
man dreams,
and
behold,
he
eats;
but
he awakes,
and
his
hunger isn’t
satisfied;
or
like
when
a
thirsty
man dreams,
and
behold,
he
drinks;
but
he awakes,
and
behold,
he
is
faint,
and
he
is
still
thirsty.
The
multitude
of
all
the
nations
that fight
against
Mount
Zion
will
be
like
that.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Pause
and
wonder!
Blind yourselves
and
be
blind!
They
are drunken,
but
not
with
wine;
they
stagger,
but
not
with
strong
drink.
\VS{10}For
the
LORD
has poured
out
on
you
a
spirit
of
deep
sleep,
and
has
closed
your
eyes,
the
prophets;
and
he
has
covered
your
heads,
the
seers.
\VS{11}All
vision
has
become
to
you
like
the
words
of
a
book
that
is
sealed,
which
men
deliver
to
one
who
is educated,
saying, “Read
this,
please;”
and
he
says, “I
can’t,
for
it
is
sealed;”
\VS{12}and
the
book
is
delivered
to
one
who
is
not educated,
saying, “Read
this,
please;”
and
he
says, “I
can’t
read.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}The
Lord
said, “Because
this
people draws
near
with
their
mouth
and honours
me
with
their
lips,
but
they
have
removed
their
heart
far
from
me,
and
their
fear
of
me
is
a
commandment
of
men
which
has
been
taught;
\VS{14}therefore,
behold,
I
will proceed
to
do
a marvellous work amongst
this
people,
even
a marvellous work
and
a wonder;
and
the
wisdom
of
their
wise
men
will
perish,
and
the
understanding
of
their
prudent
men
will
be
hidden.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Woe
to
those
who
deeply
hide
their
counsel
from
the
LORD,
and
whose
deeds
are
in
the
dark,
and
who
say, “Who
sees
us?”
and “Who
knows
us?”
\VS{16}You
turn
things upside
down!
Should
the
potter
be
thought
to
be
like clay,
that
the
thing
made
should
say about
him
who
made
it, “He
didn’t
make
me;”
or
the
thing
formed
say
of
him
who
formed
it, “He
has
no
understanding?”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Isn’t
it
yet
a
very
little
while,
and
Lebanon
will
be
turned
into
a
fruitful
field,
and
the
fruitful
field
will
be
regarded
as
a
forest?
\VS{18}In
that
day,
the
deaf
will
hear
the
words
of
the
book,
and
the
eyes
of
the
blind
will
see
out
of
obscurity
and
out
of
darkness.
\VS{19}The
humble
also
will
increase
their
joy
in
the
LORD,
and
the
poor amongst
men
will
rejoice
in
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
\VS{20}For
the
ruthless
is
brought
to
nothing,
and
the scoffer ceases,
and
all
those
who are alert
to
do
evil are
cut
off—
\VS{21}who
cause
a
person
to
be
indicted
by
a
word,
and lay
a snare
for
one
who
reproves
in
the
gate,
and
who
deprive
the
innocent
of justice
with false
testimony.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Therefore
the
LORD,
who
redeemed
Abraham,
says
concerning
the
house
of
Jacob: “Jacob
shall
no
longer
be
ashamed,
neither
shall
his
face grow
pale.
\VS{23}But
when
he
sees
his
children,
the
work
of
my
hands,
in
the
middle
of
him,
they
will
sanctify
my
name.
Yes,
they
will
sanctify
the
Holy
One
of
Jacob,
and
will
stand
in
awe
of
the
God
of
Israel.
\VS{24}They
also
who
err
in
spirit
will come
to
understanding,
and those
who grumble
will receive
instruction.”

\par }\Chap{30}{\PP \VerseOne{1}“Woe
to
the
rebellious
children”,
says
the
LORD, “who take
counsel,
but
not
from
me;
and
who
make
an alliance,
but
not
with
my
Spirit,
that
they
may
add
sin
to
sin;
\VS{2}who
set
out
to
go
down
into
Egypt
without
asking
for
my
advice,
to strengthen themselves
in
the
strength
of
Pharaoh,
and
to
take
refuge
in
the
shadow
of
Egypt!
\VS{3}Therefore
the
strength
of
Pharaoh
will
be
your
shame,
and
the
refuge
in
the
shadow
of
Egypt
your confusion.
\VS{4}For
their
princes
are
at
Zoan,
and
their
ambassadors
have
come
to
Hanes.
\VS{5}They
shall
all
be ashamed
because
of
a
people
that
can’t
profit
them,
that
are
not
a
help
nor
profit,
but
a
shame,
and
also
a
reproach.”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}The
burden
of
the
animals
of
the
South.
\par }{\PP Through
the
land
of
trouble
and
anguish,
of
the
lioness
and
the
lion,
the
viper
and fiery flying serpent,
they
carry
their
riches
on
the
shoulders
of
young
donkeys,
and
their
treasures
on
the
humps
of
camels,
to
an unprofitable
people.
\VS{7}For
Egypt
helps
in
vain,
and
to no purpose;
therefore
I
have
called
her
Rahab
who sits still.
\VS{8}Now
go,
write
it
before
them
on
a
tablet,
and
inscribe
it
in
a
book,
that
it
may
be
for
the
time
to
come
forever
and
ever.
\VS{9}For
it
is
a
rebellious
people, lying
children,
children
who
will
not
hear
the
LORD’s
law;
\VS{10}who
tell
the
seers, “Don’t
see!”
and
the
prophets, “Don’t
prophesy
to
us right
things.
Tell
us pleasant
things.
Prophesy deceits.
\VS{11}Get
out
of
the
way.
Turn
away
from
the
path. Cause
the
Holy
One
of
Israel
to
cease
from
before
us.”
\VS{12}Therefore
the
Holy
One
of
Israel
says, “Because
you
despise
this
word,
and
trust
in
oppression
and perverseness,
and
rely
on
it,
\VS{13}therefore
this
iniquity
shall
be
to
you
like
a
breach ready
to
fall, swelling
out
in
a
high
wall,
whose breaking
comes
suddenly
in
an
instant.
\VS{14}He
will
break
it
as
a
potter’s
vessel
is
broken,
breaking
it
in
pieces
without
sparing,
so
that
there
won’t
be
found amongst
the
broken
pieces
a piece good
enough
to
take
fire
from
the
hearth,
or
to dip
up
water
out
of
the
cistern.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}For
thus
said
the
Lord
GOD,
the
Holy
One
of
Israel, “You
will
be
saved
in returning
and
rest.
Your
strength
will
be
in
quietness
and
in confidence.”
You
refused,
\VS{16}but
you
said, “No,
for
we
will
flee
on
horses;”
therefore
you
will
flee;
and, “We
will
ride
on
the
swift;”
therefore
those
who
pursue
you
will
be
swift.
\VS{17}One
thousand
will
flee
at
the
threat
of
one.
At
the
threat
of
five,
you
will
flee
until
you
are
left
like
a beacon
on
the
top
of
a
mountain,
and
like
a
banner
on
a
hill.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Therefore
the
LORD
will
wait,
that
he
may
be gracious
to
you;
and
therefore
he
will
be
exalted,
that
he
may
have
mercy
on
you,
for
the
LORD
is
a
God
of
justice.
Blessed
are
all
those
who
wait
for
him.
\VS{19}For
the
people
will
dwell
in
Zion
at
Jerusalem.
You
will
weep
no
more.
He
will
surely
be gracious
to
you
at
the
voice
of
your
cry.
When
he
hears
you,
he
will
answer
you.
\VS{20}Though
the
Lord
may
give
you
the
bread
of adversity
and
the
water
of affliction,
yet
your teachers
won’t
be hidden
any
more,
but
your
eyes
will
see
your teachers;
\VS{21}and
when
you turn
to
the right hand,
and
when
you turn
to
the
left,
your
ears
will
hear
a voice
behind
you,
saying, “This
is
the
way.
Walk
in
it.”
\VS{22}You
shall
defile
the
overlaying
of
your
engraved
images
of
silver,
and
the
plating
of
your molten
images
of
gold.
You
shall cast
them
away
as
an
unclean
thing.
You
shall
tell
it, “Go
away!”
\par }{\PP \VS{23}He
will
give
the
rain
for
your
seed,
with
which
you
will
sow
the
ground;
and
bread
of
the
increase
of
the
ground
will
be
rich
and plentiful.
In
that
day,
your
livestock
will
feed
in
large
pastures.
\VS{24}The
oxen likewise
and
the
young
donkeys
that
till
the
ground
will
eat savoury
feed,
which
has
been
winnowed
with
the
shovel
and
with
the
fork.
\VS{25}There
will
be brooks
and
streams
of
water
on
every
lofty
mountain
and
on
every
high
hill
in
the
day
of
the
great
slaughter,
when
the
towers
fall.
\VS{26}Moreover
the
light
of
the
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,
in
the
day
that
the
LORD
binds
up
the
fracture
of
his
people,
and
heals
the
wound
they
were struck
with.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}Behold,
the
LORD’s
name
comes
from
far
away,
burning
with
his
anger,
and
in thick rising
smoke.
His
lips
are
full
of
indignation.
His
tongue
is
as
a
devouring
fire.
\VS{28}His
breath
is
as
an
overflowing
stream
that
reaches
even
to
the
neck,
to sift
the
nations
with
the sieve
of destruction.
A
bridle
that
leads
to
ruin
will
be
in
the
jaws
of
the
peoples.
\VS{29}You
will
have
a
song,
as
in
the
night
when
a
holy
feast
is kept,
and
gladness
of
heart,
as
when
one
goes
with
a
flute
to
come
to
the
LORD’s
mountain,
to
Israel’s
Rock.
\VS{30}The
LORD
will cause
his
glorious
voice
to
be
heard,
and
will
show
the descent
of
his
arm,
with
the
indignation
of
his
anger
and
the
flame
of
a
devouring
fire,
with
a blast,
storm,
and
hailstones.
\VS{31}For
through
the
LORD’s
voice
the Assyrian
will
be
dismayed.
He
will
strike
him
with
his
rod.
\VS{32}Every stroke
of
the
rod
of
punishment,
which
the
LORD
will
lay
on
him,
will
be
with
the sound
of
tambourines
and
harps.
He
will
fight
with
them
in
battles,
brandishing
weapons.
\VS{33}For
his
burning
place
has long
been
ready.
Yes,
it
is
prepared
for
the
king.
He
has
made
its
pyre
deep
and
large
with
fire
and
much
wood.
The
LORD’s
breath,
like
a
stream
of sulphur, kindles
it.

\par }\PoetryChap{31}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Woe
to
those
who
go
down
to
Egypt
for
help,
\par }{\QB and
rely
on
horses,
\par }{\QB and
trust
in
chariots
because
they
are
many,
\par }{\QB and
in
horsemen
because
they
are
very
strong,
\par }{\QB but
they
don’t
look
to
the
Holy
One
of
Israel,
\par }{\QB and
they
don’t
seek
the
LORD!
\par }{\Q \VS{2}Yet
he
also
is
wise,
and
will
bring
disaster,
\par }{\QB and
will
not call
back
his
words,
but
will
arise
against
the
house
of
the
evildoers,
\par }{\QB and
against
the
help
of
those
who
work
iniquity.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Now
the
Egyptians
are
men,
and
not
God;
\par }{\QB and
their
horses
flesh,
and
not
spirit.
\par }{\Q When
the
LORD
stretches
out
his
hand,
both
he
who
helps
shall
stumble,
\par }{\QB and
he
who
is
helped
shall
fall,
\par }{\QB and
they
all
shall
be
consumed
together.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{4}For
the
LORD
says
to
me,
\par }{\Q “As
the
lion
and
the
young
lion
growling
over
his
prey,
\par }{\QB if
a
multitude
of
shepherds
is
called
together
against
him,
\par }{\QB will
not
be
dismayed
at
their
voice,
\par }{\QB nor abase
himself
for
their
noise,
\par }{\QB so
the
LORD
of
Armies
will
come
down
to fight
on
Mount
Zion
and
on
its heights.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}As
birds hovering,
so
the
LORD
of
Armies
will
protect
Jerusalem.
\par }{\QB He
will
protect
and
deliver
it.
\par }{\QB He
will pass
over
and preserve
it.”
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Return
to
him
from
whom
you
have
deeply revolted,
children
of
Israel.
\VS{7}For
in
that
day
everyone
shall cast away
his
idols
of
silver
and
his
idols
of
gold—sin
which
your
own
hands
have
made
for
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}“The Assyrian
will
fall
by
the
sword,
not
of
man;
\par }{\QB and
the
sword,
not
of
mankind,
shall
devour
him.
\par }{\Q He
will
flee
from
the
sword,
\par }{\QB and
his
young
men
will
become subject
to
forced labour.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}His
rock
will
pass
away
by
reason
of
terror,
\par }{\QB and
his
princes
will
be afraid
of
the
banner,”
\par }{\Q says
the
LORD,
whose
fire
is
in
Zion,
\par }{\QB and
his
furnace
in
Jerusalem.

\par }\PoetryChap{32}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Behold,
a
king
shall
reign
in
righteousness,
\par }{\QB and
princes
shall
rule
in
justice.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}A
man
shall
be
as
a
hiding
place
from
the
wind,
\par }{\QB and
a covert
from
the
storm,
\par }{\QB as
streams
of
water
in
a
dry
place,
\par }{\QB as
the
shade
of
a
large
rock
in
a
weary
land.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}The
eyes
of those
who
see
will
not
be dim,
\par }{\QB and
the
ears
of those
who
hear
will
listen.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}The
heart
of
the rash
will
understand
knowledge,
\par }{\QB and
the
tongue
of
the
stammerers
will
be ready
to
speak plainly.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}The
fool
will
no
longer
be
called
noble,
\par }{\QB nor
the scoundrel
be highly respected.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}For
the
fool
will
speak
folly,
\par }{\QB and
his
heart
will work
iniquity,
\par }{\QB to practise profanity,
\par }{\QB and
to
utter
error
against
the
LORD,
\par }{\QB to
make
empty
the
soul
of
the
hungry,
\par }{\QB and
to cause
the drink
of
the
thirsty
to fail.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}The ways
of
the scoundrel
are
evil.
\par }{\QB He
devises
wicked
plans
to destroy
the
humble
with
lying
words,
\par }{\QB even
when
the
needy
speaks
right.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}But
the
noble
devises
noble things,
\par }{\QB and
he
will
continue
in
noble things.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{9}Rise
up,
you
women
who
are
at
ease!
Hear
my
voice!
\par }{\QB You
careless
daughters,
give
ear
to
my speech!
\par }{\Q \VS{10}For
days
beyond
a
year
you
will
be
troubled,
you
careless women;
\par }{\QB for
the
vintage
will
fail.
\par }{\QB The
harvest won’t
come.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Tremble,
you women
who are
at
ease!
\par }{\QB Be
troubled,
you
careless ones!
\par }{\QB Strip
yourselves,
make
yourselves naked,
\par }{\QB and
put sackcloth
on
your
waist.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}Beat
your
breasts
for
the
pleasant
fields,
\par }{\QB for
the
fruitful
vine.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}Thorns
and briers
will
come
up
on
my
people’s
land;
\par }{\QB yes,
on
all
the
houses
of
joy
in
the joyous
city.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}For
the
palace
will
be
forsaken.
\par }{\QB The populous
city
will
be
deserted.
\par }{\QB The
hill
and
the watchtower
will
be
for dens
forever,
\par }{\QB a
delight
for
wild
donkeys,
\par }{\QB a
pasture
of
flocks,
\par }{\Q \VS{15}until
the
Spirit
is
poured
on
us
from
on
high,
\par }{\QB and
the
wilderness
becomes
a
fruitful
field,
\par }{\QB and
the
fruitful
field
is
considered
a
forest.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{16}Then
justice
will
dwell
in
the
wilderness;
\par }{\QB and
righteousness
will
remain
in
the
fruitful
field.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}The
work
of
righteousness
will
be
peace,
\par }{\QB and
the effect
of
righteousness,
quietness
and
confidence
forever.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}My
people
will
live
in
a
peaceful habitation,
\par }{\QB in
safe
dwellings,
\par }{\QB and
in
quiet
resting
places,
\par }{\Q \VS{19}though
hail flattens
the
forest,
\par }{\QB and
the
city is levelled completely.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}Blessed
are
you
who
sow
beside
all
waters,
\par }{\QB who
send
out
the
feet
of
the
ox
and
the
donkey.

\par }\PoetryChap{33}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Woe
to
you
who
destroy,
but
you weren’t
destroyed,
\par }{\QB and
who betray,
but
nobody
betrayed
you!
\par }{\Q When
you
have
finished
destroying,
you
will
be
destroyed;
\par }{\QB and when
you
have
finished betrayal,
you
will
be
betrayed.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{2}LORD,
be gracious
to us. We
have
waited
for
you.
\par }{\QB Be
our
strength
every
morning,
\par }{\QB our
salvation
also
in
the
time
of
trouble.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}At
the
noise
of
the
thunder,
the
peoples
have
fled.
\par }{\QB When
you lift yourself up,
the
nations
are
scattered.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Your
plunder will be
gathered
as
the
caterpillar
gathers.
\par }{\QB Men will leap
on
it
as locusts leap.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}The
LORD
is
exalted,
for
he
dwells
on
high.
\par }{\QB He
has
filled
Zion
with
justice
and
righteousness.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}There
will
be
stability
in
your
times, abundance
of
salvation,
wisdom,
and
knowledge.
\par }{\QB The
fear
of
the
LORD
is
your
treasure.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{7}Behold, their valiant ones
cry
outside;
\par }{\QB the
ambassadors
of
peace
weep
bitterly.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}The
highways
are
desolate.
\par }{\QB The travelling
man
ceases.
\par }{\QB The
covenant
is
broken.
\par }{\QB He
has despised
the
cities.
\par }{\QB He
doesn’t respect
man.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}The
land
mourns
and
languishes.
\par }{\QB Lebanon
is
confounded
and
withers
away.
\par }{\QB Sharon
is
like
a
desert,
and
Bashan
and
Carmel
are stripped bare.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}“Now
I
will
arise,”
says
the
LORD.
\par }{\QB “Now
I
will
lift myself
up.
\par }{\QB Now
I
will
be
exalted.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}You
will
conceive
chaff.
\par }{\QB You
will
give
birth
to
stubble.
\par }{\QB Your
breath
is
a
fire
that
will
devour
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}The
peoples
will
be
like
the
burning
of
lime,
\par }{\QB like
thorns
that
are
cut
down
and burnt
in
the
fire.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{13}Hear,
you
who
are
far
off,
what
I
have
done;
\par }{\QB and,
you
who
are
near,
acknowledge
my
might.”
\par }{\Q \VS{14}The
sinners
in
Zion
are
afraid.
\par }{\QB Trembling
has
seized
the
godless ones.
\par }{\Q Who amongst us
can
live
with
the
devouring
fire?
\par }{\QB Who amongst us
can
live
with
everlasting
burning?
\par }{\Q \VS{15}He
who
walks
righteously
\par }{\QB and
speaks blamelessly,
\par }{\QB he
who
despises
the
gain
of oppressions,
\par }{\QB who gestures
with
his
hands, refusing
to
take
a
bribe,
\par }{\QB who
stops
his
ears
from
hearing
of
bloodshed,
\par }{\QB and
shuts
his
eyes
from
looking
at
evil—
\par }{\Q \VS{16}he
will
dwell
on
high.
\par }{\QB His
place
of defence
will
be
the fortress
of
rocks.
\par }{\QB His
bread
will
be
supplied.
\par }{\QB His
waters
will
be
sure.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{17}Your
eyes
will
see
the
king
in
his
beauty.
\par }{\QB They
will
see
a
distant
land.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}Your
heart
will
meditate
on
the
terror.
\par }{\QB Where
is
he who
counted?
\par }{\QB Where
is
he who
weighed?
\par }{\QB Where
is
he who
counted
the
towers?
\par }{\Q \VS{19}You
will
no
longer
see
the
fierce
people,
\par }{\QB a
people
of
a deep
speech
that
you
can’t comprehend,
\par }{\QB with
a strange
language
that
you
can’t
understand.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}Look
at
Zion,
the
city
of
our
appointed
festivals.
\par }{\QB Your
eyes
will
see
Jerusalem,
a quiet habitation,
\par }{\QB a
tent
that won’t
be
removed.
\par }{\Q Its
stakes
will
never
be
plucked
up,
\par }{\QB nor
will
any
of
its
cords
be
broken.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}But
there
the
LORD
will
be
with
us
in majesty,
\par }{\QB a
place
of
wide
rivers
and
streams,
\par }{\QB in
which
no
galley
with
oars
will
go,
\par }{\QB neither
will
any gallant ship
pass
by
there.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}For
the
LORD
is
our
judge.
\par }{\QB The
LORD
is
our
lawgiver.
\par }{\QB The
LORD
is
our
king.
\par }{\QB He
will
save
us.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{23}Your rigging
is untied.
\par }{\QB They couldn’t
strengthen
the foot
of
their
mast.
\par }{\QB They couldn’t
spread
the
sail.
\par }{\Q Then
the
prey
of
a great
plunder
was
divided.
\par }{\QB The
lame
took
the
prey.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{24}The
inhabitant won’t
say, “I am
sick.”
\par }{\QB The
people
who
dwell therein
will
be
forgiven
their
iniquity.

\par }\PoetryChap{34}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Come
near,
you
nations,
to
hear!
\par }{\QB Listen,
you
peoples.
\par }{\QB Let
the
earth
and
all
it
contains
hear,
\par }{\QB the
world,
and
everything
that
comes
from
it.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}For
the
LORD
is enraged
against
all
the
nations,
\par }{\QB and
angry
with
all
their
armies.
\par }{\Q He
has utterly destroyed
them.
\par }{\QB He
has
given
them
over
for
slaughter.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Their
slain
will also be
cast
out,
\par }{\QB and
the
stench
of
their
dead
bodies
will
come
up.
\par }{\QB The
mountains
will
melt
in
their
blood.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}All
of
the
army
of
the
sky
will
be dissolved.
\par }{\QB The
sky
will
be
rolled
up
like
a
scroll,
\par }{\QB and
all
its
armies
will fade
away,
\par }{\QB as
a
leaf fades
from off
a
vine
or
a
fig
tree.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}For
my
sword
has
drunk
its
fill
in
the
sky.
\par }{\QB Behold,
it
will
come
down
on
Edom,
\par }{\QB and
on
the
people
of
my curse,
for judgement.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}The
LORD’s
sword
is
filled
with
blood.
\par }{\QB It
is
covered
with
fat,
with
the
blood
of
lambs
and
goats,
\par }{\QB with
the
fat
of
the
kidneys
of
rams;
\par }{\QB for
the
LORD
has
a
sacrifice
in
Bozrah,
\par }{\QB and
a
great
slaughter
in
the
land
of
Edom.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}The
wild
oxen
will
come
down
with
them,
\par }{\QB and
the
young
bulls
with
the
mighty
bulls;
\par }{\QB and
their
land
will
be drunken
with
blood,
\par }{\QB and
their
dust
made
greasy
with
fat.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{8}For
the
LORD
has
a
day
of
vengeance,
\par }{\QB a
year
of
recompense
for
the
cause
of
Zion.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Its
streams
will
be
turned
into
pitch,
\par }{\QB its
dust
into sulphur,
\par }{\QB and
its
land
will
become
burning
pitch.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}It
won’t
be
quenched
night
or
day.
\par }{\QB Its
smoke
will
go
up
forever.
\par }{\QB From
generation
to
generation,
it
will
lie waste.
\par }{\QB No
one
will
pass
through
it
forever
and
ever.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}But
the
pelican
and
the porcupine
will
possess
it.
\par }{\QB The
owl
and
the
raven
will
dwell
in
it.
\par }{\Q He
will
stretch
the
line
of
confusion
over
it,
\par }{\QB and
the
plumb
line
of
emptiness.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}They
shall
call
its
nobles
to
the
kingdom,
but
none
shall
be
there;
\par }{\QB and
all
its
princes
shall
be
nothing.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}Thorns
will
come
up
in
its
palaces,
\par }{\QB nettles
and
thistles
in
its
fortresses;
\par }{\QB and
it
will
be
a habitation
of
jackals,
\par }{\QB a court
for
ostriches.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}The wild animals
of
the desert
will
meet
with
the
wolves,
\par }{\QB and
the wild
goat
will
cry
to
his
fellow.
\par }{\Q Yes,
the night creature\FTNT{*}{{\FR 34:14 }
literally, lilith, which could also be a night demon or night monster} shall settle
there,
\par }{\QB and shall
find
herself
a
place
of
rest.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}The arrow
snake
will
make
her
nest
there,
\par }{\QB and
lay,
hatch,
and
gather under
her
shade.
\par }{\QB Yes,
the kites
will
be
gathered
there,
every
one
with
her
mate.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{16}Search
in
the
book
of
the
LORD,
and
read:
\par }{\QB not
one
of
these
will
be
missing.
\par }{\QB None
will
lack
her
mate.
\par }{\QB For
my
mouth
has
commanded,
\par }{\QB and
his
Spirit
has
gathered
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}He
has
cast
the
lot
for
them,
\par }{\QB and
his
hand
has
divided
it
to
them
with
a measuring line.
\par }{\QB They
shall
possess
it
forever.
\par }{\QB From
generation
to
generation
they
will
dwell
in
it.
\par }{\BB \par }
\PoetryChap{35}{\Q \VerseOne{1}The
wilderness
and the
dry
land
will be
glad.
\par }{\QB The
desert
will
rejoice
and blossom like
a
rose.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}It
will blossom abundantly,
\par }{\QB and
rejoice
even
with
joy
and singing.
\par }{\QB Lebanon’s
glory
will
be
given
to
it,
\par }{\QB the excellence
of
Carmel
and
Sharon.
\par }{\QB They
will
see
the
LORD’s
glory,
\par }{\QB the excellence
of
our
God.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{3}Strengthen
the
weak
hands,
\par }{\QB and
make
the
feeble
knees
firm.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Tell
those
who
have
a
fearful
heart, “Be
strong!
\par }{\QB Don’t
be
afraid!
\par }{\Q Behold,
your
God
will
come
with
vengeance,
God’s
retribution.
\par }{\QB He
will
come
and
save
you.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{5}Then
the
eyes
of
the
blind
will
be
opened,
\par }{\QB and
the
ears
of
the
deaf
will
be unstopped.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Then
the
lame
man
will
leap like
a
deer,
\par }{\QB and
the
tongue
of
the
mute
will
sing;
\par }{\QB for
waters
will
break
out
in
the
wilderness,
\par }{\QB and
streams
in
the
desert.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}The burning sand
will
become
a
pool,
\par }{\QB and
the
thirsty
ground
springs
of
water.
\par }{\QB Grass
with
reeds
and
rushes
will
be
in
the habitation
of
jackals, where they
lay.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}A
highway
will
be
there,
a
road,
\par }{\QB and
it
will
be
called “The
Holy
Way”.
\par }{\Q The
unclean
shall
not
pass
over
it,
\par }{\QB but
it
will
be
for
those
who
walk
in
the
Way.
\par }{\QB Wicked
fools
shall
not
go
there.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}No
lion
will
be
there,
\par }{\QB nor
will
any ravenous
animal
go
up
on
it.
\par }{\QB They
will
not
be
found
there;
\par }{\QB but
the
redeemed
will
walk
there.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Then
the
LORD’s
ransomed ones
will
return,
\par }{\QB and
come
with
singing
to
Zion;
\par }{\QB and
everlasting
joy
will
be
on
their
heads.
\par }{\Q They
will
obtain
gladness
and
joy,
\par }{\QB and
sorrow
and
sighing
will
flee
away.”

\par }\Chap{36}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
in
the fourteenth
year
of
King
Hezekiah,
Sennacherib
king
of
Assyria
attacked
all
of
the
fortified
cities
of
Judah
and
captured
them.
\VS{2}The
king
of
Assyria
sent
Rabshakeh
from
Lachish
to
Jerusalem
to
King
Hezekiah
with
a
large
army.
He
stood
by
the aqueduct
from
the
upper
pool
in
the
fuller’s
field
highway.
\VS{3}Then
Eliakim
the
son
of
Hilkiah,
who
was
over
the
household,
and
Shebna
the
scribe,
and
Joah,
the
son
of
Asaph
the
recorder
came
out
to
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Rabshakeh
said
to
them, “Now
tell
Hezekiah, ‘The
great
king,
the
king
of
Assyria,
says, “What
confidence
is
this
in
which
you
trust?
\VS{5}I
say
that
your
counsel
and
strength
for
the
war
are
only vain
words.
Now
in
whom
do
you
trust,
that
you
have
rebelled
against
me?
\VS{6}Behold,
you
trust
in
the
staff
of
this
bruised
reed,
even
in
Egypt,
which
if
a
man
leans
on
it,
it
will
go
into
his
hand
and pierce
it.
So
is
Pharaoh
king
of
Egypt
to
all
who
trust
in
him.
\VS{7}But
if
you
tell
me, ‘We
trust
in
the
LORD
our
God,’
isn’t
that
he
whose
high
places
and
whose
altars
Hezekiah
has
taken
away,
and
has
said
to
Judah
and
to
Jerusalem, ‘You
shall
worship
before
this
altar?’ ”
\VS{8}Now
therefore,
please
make
a pledge
to
my
master
the
king
of
Assyria,
and
I
will
give
you two
thousand
horses,
if
you
are
able
on
your
part
to
set
riders
on
them.
\VS{9}How
then
can
you
turn
away
the
face
of
one captain
of
the least
of
my
master’s
servants,
and
put
your
trust
in
Egypt
for
chariots
and
for
horsemen?
\VS{10}Have
I
come
up
now
without
the
LORD
against
this
land
to
destroy
it?
the
LORD
said
to
me, “Go
up
against
this
land,
and
destroy
it.” ’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Then
Eliakim,
Shebna
and
Joah
said
to
Rabshakeh, “Please
speak
to
your
servants
in
Aramaic,
for
we
understand
it.
Don’t
speak
to
us
in
the Jews’
language
in
the
hearing
of
the
people
who
are
on
the
wall.”
\par }{\PP \VS{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,
who
will
eat
their
own
dung
and
drink
their
own
urine
with
you?”
\VS{13}Then
Rabshakeh
stood,
and
called
out
with
a
loud
voice
in
the Jews’
language,
and
said, “Hear
the
words
of
the
great
king,
the
king
of
Assyria!
\VS{14}The
king
says, ‘Don’t
let
Hezekiah
deceive
you;
for
he
will
not
be
able
to
deliver
you.
\VS{15}Don’t
let
Hezekiah
make
you
trust
in
the
LORD,
saying, “The
LORD
will
surely
deliver
us.
This
city
won’t
be
given
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Assyria.” ’
\VS{16}Don’t
listen
to
Hezekiah,
for
the
king
of
Assyria
says, ‘Make
your
peace
with
me,
and
come
out
to
me;
and
each
of
you
eat
from
his
vine,
and
each
one
from
his
fig
tree,
and
each
one
of
you
drink
the
waters
of
his
own
cistern;
\VS{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.
\VS{18}Beware
lest
Hezekiah persuade
you,
saying, “The
LORD
will
deliver
us.”
Have
any
of
the
gods
of
the
nations
delivered
their
lands
from
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Assyria?
\VS{19}Where
are
the
gods
of
Hamath
and
Arpad?
Where
are
the
gods
of
Sepharvaim?
Have
they
delivered
Samaria
from
my
hand?
\VS{20}Who
are
they amongst
all
the
gods
of
these
countries
that
have
delivered
their
country
out
of
my
hand,
that
the
LORD
should
deliver
Jerusalem
out
of
my
hand?’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{21}But
they remained
silent,
and
said
nothing
in
reply,
for
the
king’s
commandment
was, “Don’t
answer
him.”
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Then
Eliakim
the
son
of
Hilkiah,
who
was
over
the
household,
and
Shebna
the
scribe,
and
Joah,
the
son
of
Asaph
the
recorder,
came
to
Hezekiah
with
their
clothes
torn,
and
told
him
the
words
of
Rabshakeh.

\par }\Chap{37}{\PP \VerseOne{1}When
King
Hezekiah
heard
it,
he
tore
his
clothes,
covered himself
with
sackcloth,
and
went
into
the
LORD’s
house.
\VS{2}He
sent
Eliakim,
who
was
over
the
household,
and
Shebna
the
scribe,
and
the
elders
of
the
priests,
covered
with
sackcloth,
to
Isaiah
the
prophet,
the
son
of
Amoz.
\VS{3}They
said
to
him, “Hezekiah
says, ‘Today
is
a
day
of
trouble,
and
of
rebuke,
and
of rejection;
for
the
children
have
come
to
the
birth,
and
there
is
no
strength
to
give
birth.
\VS{4}It
may
be
the
LORD
your
God
will
hear
the
words
of
Rabshakeh,
whom
the
king
of
Assyria
his
master
has
sent
to
defy
the
living
God,
and
will
rebuke
the
words
which
the
LORD
your
God
has
heard.
Therefore
lift
up
your
prayer
for
the
remnant
that
is
left.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}So
the
servants
of
King
Hezekiah
came
to
Isaiah.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Isaiah
said
to
them, “Tell
your
master, ‘The
LORD
says, “Don’t
be
afraid
of
the
words
that
you
have
heard,
with
which
the
servants
of
the
king
of
Assyria
have
blasphemed
me.
\VS{7}Behold,
I
will
put
a
spirit
in
him
and
he
will
hear
news,
and
will
return
to
his own
land.
I
will
cause
him
to
fall
by
the
sword
in
his own
land.” ’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}So
Rabshakeh
returned,
and
found
the
king
of
Assyria warring
against
Libnah,
for
he
heard
that
he
had
departed
from
Lachish.
\VS{9}He
heard
news
concerning
Tirhakah
king
of
Ethiopia, “He
has
come
out
to
fight
against
you.”
When
he
heard
it,
he
sent
messengers
to
Hezekiah,
saying,
\VS{10}“Thus
you
shall
speak
to
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah,
saying, ‘Don’t
let
your
God
in
whom
you
trust
deceive
you,
saying, “Jerusalem
won’t
be
given
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Assyria.”
\VS{11}Behold,
you
have
heard
what
the
kings
of
Assyria
have
done
to
all
lands,
by destroying
them utterly.
Shall
you
be
delivered?
\VS{12}Have
the
gods
of
the
nations
delivered
them,
which
my
fathers
have
destroyed,
Gozan,
Haran,
Rezeph,
and
the
children
of
Eden
who
were
in
Telassar?
\VS{13}Where
is
the
king
of
Hamath,
and
the
king
of
Arpad,
and
the
king
of
the
city
of
Sepharvaim,
of
Hena,
and
Ivvah?’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Hezekiah
received
the
letter
from
the
hand
of
the
messengers
and
read
it.
Then
Hezekiah
went
up
to
the
LORD’s
house,
and
spread
it
before
the
LORD.
\VS{15}Hezekiah
prayed
to
the
LORD,
saying,
\VS{16}“LORD
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel,
who
is
enthroned amongst
the
cherubim,
you
are
the
God,
even
you
alone,
of
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth.
You
have
made
heaven
and
earth.
\VS{17}Turn
your
ear,
LORD,
and
hear.
Open
your
eyes,
LORD,
and
behold.
Hear
all
of
the
words
of
Sennacherib,
who
has
sent
to
defy
the
living
God.
\VS{18}Truly,
LORD,
the
kings
of
Assyria
have
destroyed
all
the
countries
and
their
land,
\VS{19}and
have
cast
their
gods
into
the
fire;
for
they
were
no
gods,
but
the
work
of
men’s
hands,
wood
and
stone;
therefore
they
have
destroyed
them.
\VS{20}Now
therefore,
LORD
our
God,
save
us
from
his
hand,
that
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth
may
know
that
you
are
the
LORD,
even
you
only.”
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Then
Isaiah
the
son
of
Amoz
sent
to
Hezekiah,
saying, “The
LORD,
the
God
of
Israel
says, ‘Because
you
have
prayed
to
me
against
Sennacherib
king
of
Assyria,
\VS{22}this
is
the
word
which
the
LORD
has
spoken
concerning
him:
The
virgin
daughter
of
Zion
has
despised
you
and ridiculed
you.
The
daughter
of
Jerusalem
has
shaken
her
head
at
you.
\VS{23}Whom
have
you defied
and
blasphemed?
Against
whom
have
you
exalted
your
voice
and
lifted
up
your
eyes
on
high?
Against
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
\VS{24}By
your
servants,
you
have defied
the
Lord,
and
have
said, “With
the
multitude
of
my
chariots
I
have
come
up
to
the
height
of
the
mountains,
to
the
innermost
parts
of
Lebanon.
I
will
cut
down
its
tall
cedars
and
its
choice
cypress
trees.
I
will
enter
into
its
farthest
height,
the
forest
of
its
fruitful
field.
\VS{25}I
have
dug
and
drunk
water,
and
with
the
sole
of
my
feet
I
will
dry
up
all
the
rivers
of
Egypt.”
\par }{\PP \VS{26}“ ‘Have
you
not
heard
how
I
have
done
it
long
ago,
and
formed
it
in ancient
times?
Now
I
have
brought
it
to
pass,
that
it
should
be yours
to
destroy
fortified
cities, turning
them
into ruinous
heaps.
\VS{27}Therefore
their
inhabitants
had little
power.
They
were
dismayed
and
confounded.
They
were
like
the
grass
of
the
field,
and
like
the
green
herb,
like
the
grass
on
the
housetops,
and
like
a
field
before
its crop
has
grown.
\VS{28}But
I
know
your
sitting
down,
your
going
out,
your
coming
in,
and
your
raging
against
me.
\VS{29}Because
of
your
raging
against
me,
and
because
your
arrogance
has
come
up
into
my
ears,
therefore
I
will
put
my
hook
in
your
nose
and
my
bridle
in
your
lips,
and
I
will
turn
you
back
by
the
way
by
which
you
came.
\par }{\PP \VS{30}“ ‘This
shall
be
the
sign
to
you:
You
will
eat
this
year
that
which grows
of
itself,
and
in
the
second
year
that
which springs
from
it;
and
in
the
third
year
sow
and
reap
and
plant
vineyards,
and
eat
their
fruit.
\VS{31}The
remnant
that
is
escaped
of
the
house
of
Judah
will
again
take
root
downward,
and bear
fruit
upward.
\VS{32}For
out
of
Jerusalem
a
remnant
will
go
out,
and
survivors
will
escape
from
Mount
Zion.
The
zeal
of
the
LORD
of
Armies
will
perform
this.’
\par }{\PP \VS{33}“Therefore
the
LORD
says
concerning
the
king
of
Assyria, ‘He
will
not
come
to
this
city,
nor
shoot
an
arrow
there,
neither
will
he
come
before
it
with
shield,
nor
cast
up
a mound
against
it.
\VS{34}He
will
return
the
way
that
he
came,
and
he
won’t
come
to
this
city,’
says
the
LORD.
\VS{35}‘For
I
will
defend
this
city
to
save
it,
for
my own
sake,
and
for
my
servant
David’s
sake.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{36}Then
the
LORD’s
angel
went
out
and
struck
one
hundred
and
eighty-five
thousand
men
in
the
camp
of
the Assyrians.
When
men
arose
early
in
the
morning,
behold,
these
were
all
dead
bodies.
\VS{37}So
Sennacherib
king
of
Assyria
departed,
went
away,
returned
to
Nineveh,
and
stayed
there.
\VS{38}As
he
was worshipping
in
the
house
of
Nisroch
his
god,
Adrammelech
and
Sharezer
his
sons
struck
him
with
the
sword;
and
they
escaped
into
the
land
of
Ararat. Esar Haddon
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.

\par }\Chap{38}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
those
days
Hezekiah
was
sick
and
near
death.
Isaiah
the
prophet,
the
son
of
Amoz,
came
to
him,
and
said
to
him, “The
LORD
says, ‘Set
your
house
in
order,
for
you
will
die,
and
not
live.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{2}Then
Hezekiah
turned
his
face
to
the
wall
and
prayed
to
the
LORD,
\VS{3}and
said, “Remember
now,
the
LORD,
I
beg
you,
how
I
have
walked
before
you
in
truth
and
with
a
perfect
heart,
and
have
done
that
which
is
good
in
your
sight.”
Then
Hezekiah
wept
bitterly.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Then
the
LORD’s
word
came
to
Isaiah,
saying,
\VS{5}“Go,
and
tell
Hezekiah, ‘The
LORD,
the
God
of
David
your
father,
says, “I
have
heard
your
prayer.
I
have
seen
your
tears.
Behold,
I
will
add
fifteen
years
to
your
life.
\VS{6}I
will
deliver
you
and
this
city
out
of
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Assyria,
and
I
will
defend
this
city.
\VS{7}This
shall
be
the
sign
to
you
from
the
LORD,
that
the
LORD
will
do
this
thing
that
he
has
spoken.
\VS{8}Behold,
I
will
cause
the
shadow
on
the sundial,
which
has
gone
down
on
the sundial
of
Ahaz
with
the
sun,
to
return
backward
ten
steps.” ’ ”
So
the
sun
returned
ten
steps
on
the sundial
on
which
it
had
gone
down.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}The
writing
of
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah,
when
he
had been
sick,
and
had recovered
of
his
sickness:
\par }{\Q \VS{10}I
said, “In
the
middle
of
my
life
I go into
the
gates
of
Sheol.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 38:10 }
Sheol is the place of the dead.}
\par }{\QB I
am
deprived
of
the residue
of
my
years.”
\par }{\Q \VS{11}I
said, “I
won’t
see
the
LORD,
\par }{\QB the
LORD
in
the
land
of
the
living.
\par }{\QB I
will
see
man
no
more
with
the
inhabitants
of
the
world.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}My
dwelling
is
removed,
\par }{\QB and
is
carried
away
from
me
like
a
shepherd’s
tent.
\par }{\Q I
have
rolled
up
my
life
like
a
weaver.
\par }{\QB He
will
cut
me
off
from
the loom.
\par }{\QB From
day
even
to
night
you
will
make
an end
of
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}I waited patiently
until
morning.
\par }{\QB He
breaks
all
my
bones
like
a
lion.
\par }{\QB From
day
even
to
night
you
will make
an end
of
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}I chattered
like
a
swallow or
a
crane.
\par }{\QB I moaned
like
a
dove.
\par }{\QB My
eyes weaken looking upward.
\par }{\QB Lord,
I am
oppressed.
\par }{\QB Be
my
security.”
\par }{\Q \VS{15}What
will
I
say?
\par }{\QB He
has
both
spoken
to
me,
and
himself
has
done
it.
\par }{\QB I
will walk
carefully
all
my
years
because
of
the anguish
of
my
soul.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}Lord,
men
live
by
these
things;
\par }{\QB and
my
spirit finds
life
in
all
of
them.
\par }{\QB You restore
me,
and cause
me
to
live.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}Behold,
for
peace
I
had
great anguish,
\par }{\QB but
you
have
in love
for
my
soul
delivered
it
from
the
pit
of
corruption;
\par }{\QB for
you
have
cast
all
my
sins
behind
your
back.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}For
Sheol\FTNT{†}{{\FR 38:18 }
Sheol is the place of the dead.}
can’t
praise
you.
\par }{\QB Death
can’t celebrate
you.
\par }{\Q Those
who
go
down
into
the
pit
can’t hope
for
your
truth.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}The
living,
the
living,
he
shall
praise
you,
as
I do
today.
\par }{\QB The
father
shall
make
known
your
truth
to
the
children.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}The
LORD
will
save
me.
\par }{\QB Therefore
we
will sing
my
songs
with
stringed
instruments
all
the
days
of
our
life
in
the
LORD’s
house.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Now
Isaiah had
said, “Let
them
take
a
cake
of
figs,
and lay
it
for
a poultice
on
the
boil,
and
he shall
recover.”
\VS{22}Hezekiah
also
had
said, “What
is
the
sign
that
I
will
go
up
to
the
LORD’s
house?”

\par }\Chap{39}{\PP \VerseOne{1}At
that
time,
Merodach-baladan
the
son
of
Baladan,
king
of
Babylon,
sent
letters
and
a
present
to
Hezekiah,
for
he
heard
that
he
had
been
sick,
and
had
recovered.
\VS{2}Hezekiah
was
pleased
with
them,
and
showed
them
the
house
of
his precious
things,
the
silver,
the
gold,
the
spices,
and
the precious
oil,
and
all
the
house
of
his armour,
and
all
that
was
found
in
his
treasures.
There
was
nothing
in
his
house,
nor
in
all
his
dominion,
that
Hezekiah
didn’t
show
them.
\VS{3}Then
Isaiah
the
prophet
came
to
King
Hezekiah,
and
asked
him, “What
did
these
men
say?
From
where
did
they
come
to
you?”
\par }{\PP Hezekiah
said, “They
have
come
from
a
country
far
from
me,
even
from
Babylon.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Then
he
asked, “What
have
they
seen
in
your
house?”
\par }{\PP Hezekiah
answered, “They
have
seen
all
that
is
in
my
house.
There
is
nothing amongst
my
treasures
that
I
have
not
shown
them.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Then
Isaiah
said
to
Hezekiah, “Hear
the
word
of
the
LORD
of
Armies:
\VS{6}‘Behold,
the
days
are
coming
when
all
that
is
in
your
house,
and
that
which
your
fathers
have
stored
up
until
today,
will
be
carried
to
Babylon.
Nothing
will
be
left,’
says
the
LORD.
\VS{7}‘They
will
take
away
your
sons
who
will
issue
from
you,
whom
you
shall
father,
and
they
will
be
eunuchs
in
the
king
of
Babylon’s
palace.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Then
Hezekiah
said
to
Isaiah, “The
LORD’s
word
which
you
have
spoken
is
good.”
He
said
moreover, “For
there
will
be
peace
and
truth
in
my
days.”

\par }\Chap{40}{\PP \VerseOne{1}“Comfort,
comfort
my
people,”
says
your
God.
\VS{2}“Speak comfortably
to
Jerusalem,
and
call
out
to
her
that
her
warfare
is
accomplished,
that
her
iniquity
is pardoned,
that
she
has
received
of
the
LORD’s
hand
double
for
all
her
sins.”
\par }{\Q \VS{3}The
voice
of
one
who
calls out,
\par }{\QB “Prepare
the
way
of
the
LORD
in
the
wilderness!
\par }{\QB Make
a level
highway
in
the
desert
for
our
God.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Every
valley
shall
be
exalted,
\par }{\QB and
every
mountain
and
hill
shall
be
made
low.
\par }{\QB The uneven
shall
be
made
level,
\par }{\QB and
the rough
places
a
plain.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}The
LORD’s
glory
shall
be
revealed,
\par }{\QB and
all
flesh
shall
see
it
together;
\par }{\QB for
the
mouth
of
the
LORD
has
spoken
it.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{6}The
voice
of
one
saying, “Cry
out!”
\par }{\QB One
said, “What
shall
I
cry?”
\par }{\Q “All
flesh
is like
grass,
\par }{\QB and
all
its glory
is like
the
flower
of
the
field.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}The
grass
withers,
\par }{\QB the
flower fades,
\par }{\QB because
the
LORD’s
breath
blows
on
it.
\par }{\QB Surely
the
people
are
like
grass.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}The
grass
withers,
\par }{\QB the
flower fades;
\par }{\QB but
the
word
of
our
God
stands
forever.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{9}You
who
tell
good
news
to
Zion,
go
up
on
a
high
mountain.
\par }{\QB You
who
tell
good
news
to
Jerusalem,
lift
up
your
voice
with
strength!
\par }{\QB Lift
it
up!
Don’t
be
afraid!
\par }{\QB Say
to
the
cities
of
Judah, “Behold,
your
God!”
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Behold,
the
Lord
GOD
will
come
as
a
mighty one,
\par }{\QB and
his
arm
will
rule
for
him.
\par }{\QB Behold,
his
reward
is
with
him,
\par }{\QB and
his
recompense
before
him.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}He
will
feed
his
flock
like
a
shepherd.
\par }{\QB He
will
gather
the
lambs
in
his
arm,
\par }{\QB and
carry
them
in
his
bosom.
\par }{\QB He
will gently
lead those who
have
their young.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{12}Who
has
measured
the
waters
in
the
hollow
of
his
hand,
\par }{\QB and
marked
off
the
sky
with
his
span,
\par }{\QB and
calculated
the
dust
of
the
earth
in
a measuring basket,
\par }{\QB and
weighed
the
mountains
in
scales,
\par }{\QB and
the
hills
in
a
balance?
\par }{\Q \VS{13}Who
has
directed
the
LORD’s
Spirit,
\par }{\QB or
has
taught
him
as
his counsellor?
\par }{\Q \VS{14}Who did
he
take
counsel
with,
\par }{\QB and
who
instructed
him,
\par }{\QB and
taught
him
in
the
path
of
justice,
\par }{\QB and
taught
him
knowledge,
\par }{\QB and showed
him
the
way
of
understanding?
\par }{\Q \VS{15}Behold,
the
nations
are
like
a
drop
in
a
bucket,
\par }{\QB and
are
regarded
as
a
speck
of
dust on
a
balance.
\par }{\QB Behold,
he
lifts up
the
islands
like
a very little thing.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}Lebanon
is
not
sufficient
to
burn,
\par }{\QB nor
its
animals
sufficient for
a
burnt offering.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}All
the
nations
are
like
nothing
before
him.
\par }{\QB They
are
regarded
by
him
as
less
than
nothing,
and vanity.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{18}To
whom
then
will
you
liken
God?
\par }{\QB Or
what
likeness
will
you
compare
to
him?
\par }{\Q \VS{19}A workman
has cast an
image,
\par }{\QB and the
goldsmith
overlays
it
with
gold,
\par }{\QB and
casts
silver
chains
for
it.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}He
who
is
too impoverished
for
such
an
offering
chooses
a
tree
that
will
not
rot.
\par }{\QB He
seeks
a skilful workman
to
set up
a
carved
image
for
him
that
will
not
be
moved.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{21}Haven’t
you
known?
\par }{\QB Haven’t
you
heard?
\par }{\QB Haven’t
you
been
told
from
the
beginning?
\par }{\QB Haven’t
you
understood
from
the
foundations
of
the
earth?
\par }{\Q \VS{22}It
is
he
who
sits
above
the
circle
of
the
earth,
\par }{\QB and
its
inhabitants
are
like
grasshoppers;
\par }{\QB who
stretches
out
the
heavens
like
a
curtain,
\par }{\QB and
spreads
them
out
like
a
tent
to
dwell
in,
\par }{\QB \VS{23}who
brings princes
to
nothing,
\par }{\QB who
makes
the
judges
of
the
earth
meaningless.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}They
are
planted scarcely.
\par }{\QB They
are
sown scarcely.
\par }{\QB Their
stock
has scarcely
taken
root
in
the
ground.
\par }{\QB He
merely
blows
on
them,
and
they
wither,
\par }{\QB and
the whirlwind
takes
them
away
as
stubble.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{25}“To
whom
then
will
you
liken
me?
\par }{\QB Who
is
my
equal?”
says
the
Holy
One.
\par }{\Q \VS{26}Lift
up
your
eyes
on
high,
\par }{\QB and
see
who
has
created
these,
\par }{\QB who
brings
out
their
army
by
number.
\par }{\QB He
calls
them
all
by
name.
\par }{\QB by
the
greatness
of
his
might,
\par }{\QB and
because
he
is
strong
in
power,
\par }{\QB not
one
is lacking.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{27}Why
do
you
say,
Jacob,
\par }{\QB and
speak,
Israel,
\par }{\QB “My
way
is
hidden
from
the
LORD,
\par }{\QB and
the
justice
due
me
is disregarded
by
my
God?”
\par }{\Q \VS{28}Haven’t
you
known?
\par }{\QB Haven’t
you
heard?
\par }{\QB The
everlasting
God,
the
LORD,
\par }{\QB the Creator
of
the
ends
of
the
earth,
doesn’t faint.
\par }{\QB He
isn’t
weary.
\par }{\QB His
understanding
is unsearchable.
\par }{\Q \VS{29}He
gives
power
to
the weak.
\par }{\QB He
increases
the
strength
of
him
who
has
no
might.
\par }{\Q \VS{30}Even
the
youths faint
and
get
weary,
\par }{\QB and
the
young
men utterly
fall;
\par }{\QB \VS{31}but those
who
wait
for
the
LORD
will renew
their
strength.
\par }{\QB They
will
mount
up
with
wings
like
eagles.
\par }{\QB They
will
run,
and
not
be
weary.
\par }{\QB They
will walk,
and
not faint.

\par }\PoetryChap{41}{\Q \VerseOne{1}“Keep
silent
before
me,
islands,
\par }{\QB and let
the
peoples renew
their
strength.
\par }{\Q Let
them
come
near,
\par }{\QB then let
them
speak.
\par }{\QB Let’s meet
together
for judgement.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}Who
has
raised
up
one
from
the
east?
\par }{\QB Who
called
him
to
his
feet
in
righteousness?
\par }{\QB He hands
over
nations
to
him
\par }{\QB and
makes
him
rule
over
kings.
\par }{\QB He
gives
them
like
the
dust
to
his
sword,
\par }{\QB like
the
driven
stubble
to
his
bow.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}He
pursues
them
\par }{\QB and
passes
by
safely,
\par }{\QB even
by
a
way
that
he
had
not
gone
with
his
feet.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Who
has
worked
and
done
it,
\par }{\QB calling
the
generations
from
the
beginning?
\par }{\QB I,
the
LORD,
the
first,
and
with
the
last,
I
am
he.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{5}The
islands
have
seen,
and
fear.
\par }{\QB The
ends
of
the
earth
tremble.
\par }{\QB They
approach,
and
come.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Everyone
helps
his neighbour.
\par }{\QB They
say
to
their
brothers, “Be
strong!”
\par }{\Q \VS{7}So
the carpenter
encourages
the
goldsmith.
\par }{\QB He
who smooths
with
the
hammer
encourages
him
who strikes
the
anvil,
\par }{\QB saying
of
the
soldering, “It
is
good;”
\par }{\QB and
he
fastens
it
with
nails,
that
it might
not
totter.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{8}“But
you,
Israel,
my
servant,
\par }{\QB Jacob
whom
I
have
chosen,
\par }{\QB the
offspring
of
Abraham
my
friend,
\par }{\QB \VS{9}you
whom
I
have
taken
hold
of
from
the
ends
of
the
earth,
\par }{\QB and
called
from
its
corners,
\par }{\QB and
said
to
you, ‘You
are
my
servant.
I
have
chosen
you
and
have
not cast
you away.’
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Don’t
you
be
afraid,
for
I
am
with
you.
\par }{\QB Don’t
be dismayed,
for
I
am
your
God.
\par }{\QB I
will
strengthen
you.
\par }{\QB Yes,
I
will
help
you.
\par }{\QB Yes,
I
will
uphold
you
with
the
right
hand
of
my
righteousness.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Behold,
all
those
who
are incensed
against
you
will
be
disappointed
and
confounded.
\par }{\QB Those
who strive
with
you
will
be
like
nothing,
and
shall
perish.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}You
will
seek
them,
and
won’t
find
them,
\par }{\QB even
those
who contend
with
you.
\par }{\QB Those
who
war
against
you
will
be
as
nothing,
\par }{\QB as
a nonexistent thing.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}For
I,
the
LORD
your
God,
will
hold
your
right
hand,
\par }{\QB saying
to
you, ‘Don’t
be
afraid.
\par }{\QB I
will
help
you.’
\par }{\Q \VS{14}Don’t
be
afraid,
you worm
Jacob,
\par }{\QB and
you
men
of
Israel.
\par }{\QB I
will
help
you,”
says
the
LORD.
\par }{\QB “Your
Redeemer
is
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}Behold,
I
have
made
you into
a
new sharp
threshing instrument
with teeth.
\par }{\QB You
will
thresh
the
mountains,
\par }{\QB and beat
them small,
\par }{\QB and
will
make
the
hills
like
chaff.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}You
will
winnow
them,
\par }{\QB and
the
wind
will
carry
them
away,
\par }{\QB and
the whirlwind
will
scatter
them.
\par }{\Q You
will
rejoice
in
the
LORD.
\par }{\QB You
will glory
in
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{17}The
poor
and
needy
seek
water,
and
there
is
none.
\par }{\QB Their
tongue
fails
for
thirst.
\par }{\Q I,
the
LORD,
will
answer
them.
\par }{\QB I,
the
God
of
Israel,
will
not
forsake
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}I
will
open
rivers
on
the
bare
heights,
\par }{\QB and
springs
in
the
middle
of
the
valleys.
\par }{\QB I
will
make
the
wilderness
a
pool
of
water,
\par }{\QB and
the
dry
land
springs
of
water.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}I
will
put
cedar,
acacia,
myrtle,
and
oil
trees
in
the
wilderness.
\par }{\QB I
will
set
cypress
trees, pine,
and
box
trees
together
in
the
desert;
\par }{\QB \VS{20}that
they
may
see,
know,
consider,
and
understand
together,
\par }{\QB that
the
LORD’s
hand
has
done
this,
\par }{\QB and
the
Holy
One
of
Israel
has
created
it.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{21}Produce
your
cause,”
says
the
LORD.
\par }{\QB “Bring out
your
strong reasons!”
says
the
King
of
Jacob.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}“Let
them
announce
and
declare
to
us
what
will happen!
\par }{\QB Declare
the
former
things,
what
they
are,
\par }{\QB that
we
may
consider
them,
and
know
the
latter
end
of
them;
\par }{\QB or
show
us
things
to
come.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}Declare
the
things
that
are
to
come
hereafter,
\par }{\QB that
we
may
know
that
you
are
gods.
\par }{\Q Yes,
do
good,
or
do
evil,
\par }{\QB that
we
may
be dismayed,
\par }{\QB and
see
it
together.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}Behold,
you
are
nothing,
\par }{\QB and
your
work
is
nothing.
\par }{\QB He
who
chooses
you
is
an
abomination.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{25}“I
have raised
up
one
from
the
north,
and
he
has
come,
\par }{\QB from
the
rising
of
the
sun,
one
who
calls
on
my
name,
\par }{\QB and
he
shall
come
on
rulers
as
on mortar,
\par }{\QB and
as
the
potter
treads
clay.
\par }{\Q \VS{26}Who
has
declared
it
from
the
beginning,
that
we
may
know?
\par }{\QB and
before,
that
we
may
say, ‘He
is
right?’
\par }{\Q Surely,
there
is
no
one
who
declares.
\par }{\QB Surely,
there
is
no
one
who shows.
\par }{\QB Surely,
there
is
no
one
who
hears
your
words.
\par }{\Q \VS{27}I
am
the
first
to say
to
Zion, ‘Behold,
look
at
them;’
\par }{\QB and
I
will
give
one
who
brings
good
news
to
Jerusalem.
\par }{\Q \VS{28}When
I
look,
there
is
no
man,
\par }{\QB even amongst
them
there
is
no counsellor
who,
when
I
ask,
can
answer
a
word.
\par }{\Q \VS{29}Behold,
all
of
their
deeds
are
vanity
and
nothing.
\par }{\QB Their molten images
are
wind
and
confusion.

\par }\PoetryChap{42}{\Q \VerseOne{1}“Behold,
my
servant, whom
I
uphold,
\par }{\QB my
chosen,
in whom
my
soul
delights:
\par }{\QB I
have
put
my
Spirit
on
him.
\par }{\QB He
will
bring
justice
to
the
nations.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}He
will
not
shout,
\par }{\QB nor
raise
his
voice,
\par }{\QB nor cause
it
to
be
heard
in
the
street.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}He
won’t
break
a
bruised
reed.
\par }{\QB He
won’t
quench
a
dimly
burning
wick.
\par }{\QB He
will
faithfully
bring
justice.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}He
will
not
fail
nor
be discouraged,
\par }{\QB until
he
has
set
justice
in
the
earth,
\par }{\QB and
the
islands
wait
for
his
law.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{5}God
the
LORD,
\par }{\QB he
who
created
the
heavens
and
stretched
them
out,
\par }{\QB he
who
spread
out
the
earth
and
that
which
comes
out
of
it,
\par }{\QB he
who
gives
breath
to
its
people
and
spirit
to
those
who
walk
in
it,
says:
\par }{\Q \VS{6}“I,
the
LORD,
have
called
you
in
righteousness.
\par }{\QB I
will
hold
your
hand.
\par }{\QB I
will
keep
you,
\par }{\QB and
make
you
a
covenant
for
the
people,
\par }{\QB as
a
light
for
the
nations,
\par }{\QB \VS{7}to
open
the
blind
eyes,
\par }{\QB to
bring
the
prisoners
out
of
the
dungeon,
\par }{\QB and those
who
sit
in
darkness
out
of
the
prison.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{8}“I
am
the
LORD.
\par }{\QB That
is
my
name.
\par }{\QB I
will
not
give
my
glory
to
another,
\par }{\QB nor
my
praise
to
engraved
images.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Behold,
the
former
things
have
happened
\par }{\QB and
I
declare
new
things.
\par }{\QB I
tell
you
about
them
before
they
come
up.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{10}Sing
to
the
LORD
a
new
song,
\par }{\QB and
his
praise
from
the
end
of
the
earth,
\par }{\QB you
who
go
down
to
the
sea,
\par }{\QB and
all
that
is therein,
\par }{\QB the
islands
and
their
inhabitants.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Let
the
wilderness
and
its
cities
raise
their voices,
\par }{\QB with
the villages
that
Kedar
inhabits.
\par }{\QB Let
the
inhabitants
of
Sela
sing.
\par }{\QB Let
them
shout
from
the
top
of
the
mountains!
\par }{\Q \VS{12}Let
them
give
glory
to
the
LORD,
\par }{\QB and
declare
his
praise
in
the
islands.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}The
LORD
will
go
out
like
a
mighty
man.
\par }{\QB He
will
stir
up
zeal
like
a
man
of
war.
\par }{\QB He
will
raise
a
war
cry.
\par }{\QB Yes,
he
will
shout
aloud.
\par }{\QB He
will
triumph
over
his
enemies.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{14}“I
have
been
silent
a
long
time.
\par }{\QB I
have
been quiet
and
restrained myself.
\par }{\QB Now I will cry out
like
a travailing woman. I will
both
gasp
and pant.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}I
will
destroy
mountains
and
hills,
\par }{\QB and
dry
up
all
their
herbs.
\par }{\QB I
will
make
the
rivers
islands,
\par }{\QB and
will
dry
up
the
pools.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}I
will
bring
the
blind
by
a
way
that
they
don’t
know.
\par }{\QB I
will
lead
them
in
paths
that
they
don’t
know.
\par }{\QB I
will
make
darkness
light
before
them,
\par }{\QB and crooked
places straight.
\par }{\QB I
will
do
these
things,
\par }{\QB and
I
will
not
forsake
them.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{17}“Those
who
trust
in engraved
images,
\par }{\QB who
tell molten
images,
\par }{\QB ‘You
are
our
gods,’
\par }{\QB will
be
turned
back.
\par }{\QB They
will
be
utterly
disappointed.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{18}“Hear,
you
deaf,
\par }{\QB and
look,
you
blind,
\par }{\QB that
you
may
see.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}Who
is
blind,
but
my
servant?
\par }{\QB Or
who
is
as
deaf
as
my
messenger
whom
I
send?
\par }{\Q Who
is
as
blind
as
he
who
is
at peace,
\par }{\QB and
as
blind
as
the
LORD’s
servant?
\par }{\Q \VS{20}You
see
many
things,
but
don’t
observe.
\par }{\QB His
ears
are
open,
but
he
doesn’t
listen.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}It
pleased
the
LORD,
for
his
righteousness’
sake,
to
magnify
the
law
\par }{\QB and
make
it honourable.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}But
this
is
a robbed
and
plundered
people.
\par }{\QB All
of
them
are snared
in holes,
\par }{\QB and
they
are
hidden
in
prisons.
\par }{\Q They
have
become captives,
and
no
one
delivers,
\par }{\QB and
a
plunder,
and
no
one
says, ‘Restore
them!’
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{23}Who
is
there amongst
you
who
will
give
ear
to
this?
\par }{\QB Who
will
listen
and
hear
for
the time
to come?
\par }{\Q \VS{24}Who
gave
Jacob
as
plunder,
\par }{\QB and
Israel
to
the robbers?
\par }{\QB Didn’t
the
LORD,
he
against
whom
we
have
sinned?
\par }{\QB For
they
would
not
walk
in
his
ways,
\par }{\QB and
they disobeyed
his
law.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}Therefore
he
poured
the
fierceness
of
his
anger
on
him,
\par }{\QB and
the
strength
of
battle.
\par }{\Q It
set
him
on
fire
all
around,
but
he
didn’t
know.
\par }{\QB It burnt
him,
but
he
didn’t
take
it
to
heart.”

\par }\PoetryChap{43}{\Q \VerseOne{1}But
now
the
LORD
who
created
you,
Jacob,
\par }{\QB and
he
who
formed
you,
Israel,
says:
\par }{\Q “Don’t
be
afraid,
for
I
have
redeemed
you.
\par }{\QB I
have
called
you
by
your
name.
\par }{\QB You
are mine.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}When
you
pass
through
the
waters,
I
will
be
with
you,
\par }{\QB and
through
the
rivers,
they
will
not
overflow
you.
\par }{\Q When
you walk
through
the
fire,
you
will
not
be burnt,
\par }{\QB and
flame
will
not scorch
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}For
I
am
the
LORD
your
God,
\par }{\QB the
Holy
One
of
Israel,
\par }{\QB your Saviour.
\par }{\Q I
have
given
Egypt
as
your
ransom,
\par }{\QB Ethiopia
and
Seba
in
your
place.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Since
you
have
been
precious
and honoured
in
my
sight,
\par }{\QB and
I
have
loved
you,
\par }{\QB therefore
I
will
give
people
in
your
place,
\par }{\QB and
nations
instead
of
your
life.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}Don’t
be
afraid,
for
I
am
with
you.
\par }{\QB I
will
bring
your
offspring
from
the
east,
\par }{\QB and
gather
you
from
the
west.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}I
will
tell
the
north, ‘Give
them
up!’
\par }{\QB and
tell
the
south, ‘Don’t
hold
them
back!
\par }{\QB Bring
my
sons
from
far
away,
\par }{\QB and
my
daughters
from
the ends
of
the
earth—
\par }{\Q \VS{7}everyone
who
is
called
by
my
name,
\par }{\QB and
whom
I
have
created
for
my
glory,
\par }{\QB whom
I
have
formed,
\par }{\QB yes,
whom
I
have
made.’ ”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{8}Bring
out
the
blind
people
who
have
eyes,
\par }{\QB and
the
deaf
who
have
ears.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Let
all
the
nations
be
gathered
together,
\par }{\QB and
let
the
peoples
be
assembled.
\par }{\Q Who amongst
them
can
declare
this,
\par }{\QB and
show
us
former
things?
\par }{\Q Let
them
bring
their
witnesses,
that
they
may
be
justified,
\par }{\QB or
let
them
hear,
and
say, “That
is
true.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{10}“You
are
my
witnesses,”
says
the
LORD,
\par }{\QB “With
my
servant
whom
I
have
chosen;
\par }{\QB that
you
may
know
and
believe
me,
\par }{\QB and
understand
that
I
am
he.
\par }{\Q Before
me
there
was
no
God
formed,
\par }{\QB neither
will
there
be
after
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}I
myself
am
the
LORD.
\par }{\QB Besides
me,
there
is
no saviour.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}I
have
declared,
I
have
saved,
and
I
have
shown,
\par }{\QB and
there
was
no
strange
god amongst
you.
\par }{\Q Therefore
you
are
my
witnesses”,
\par }{\QB says
the
LORD, “and
I
am
God.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}Yes,
since
the
day
was,
I
am
he.
\par }{\QB There
is
no
one
who
can
deliver
out
of
my
hand.
\par }{\QB I
will
work,
and
who
can hinder
it?”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}The
LORD,
your
Redeemer,
the
Holy
One
of
Israel
says: “For
your
sake,
I
have
sent
to
Babylon,
and
I
will
bring
all
of
them
down
as
fugitives,
even
the
Chaldeans,
in
the
ships
of
their rejoicing.
\VS{15}I
am
the
LORD,
your
Holy
One,
the Creator
of
Israel,
your
King.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}The
LORD,
who
makes
a
way
in
the
sea,
\par }{\QB and
a
path
in
the
mighty
waters,
\par }{\Q \VS{17}who
brings
out
the
chariot
and
horse,
\par }{\QB the
army
and
the
mighty
man
\par }{\QB (they
lie
down
together,
they shall
not
rise;
\par }{\QB they
are extinct,
they
are
quenched
like
a
wick) says:
\par }{\Q \VS{18}“Don’t
remember
the
former
things,
\par }{\QB and
don’t
consider
the
things
of
old.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}Behold,
I
will
do
a
new
thing.
\par }{\QB It
springs
out
now.
\par }{\QB Don’t
you
know
it?
\par }{\Q I
will
even
make
a
way
in
the
wilderness,
\par }{\QB and
rivers
in
the
desert.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}The
animals
of
the
field,
the
jackals
and
the
ostriches,
shall honour
me,
\par }{\QB because
I
give
water
in
the
wilderness
and
rivers
in
the
desert,
\par }{\QB to
give
drink
to
my
people,
my
chosen,
\par }{\QB \VS{21}the
people
which
I
formed
for myself,
\par }{\QB that
they might
declare
my
praise.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{22}Yet
you
have
not
called
on
me,
Jacob;
\par }{\QB but
you
have
been
weary
of
me,
Israel.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}You
have
not
brought
me
any
of
your
sheep
for
burnt
offerings,
\par }{\QB neither
have
you honoured
me
with
your
sacrifices.
\par }{\Q I
have
not
burdened
you
with
offerings,
\par }{\QB nor
wearied
you
with
frankincense.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}You
have
bought
me
no
sweet
cane
with
money,
\par }{\QB nor
have
you
filled
me
with
the
fat
of
your
sacrifices,
\par }{\Q but
you
have
burdened
me
with
your
sins.
\par }{\QB You
have
wearied
me
with
your
iniquities.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{25}I,
even
I,
am
he
who blots
out
your
transgressions
for
my own
sake;
\par }{\QB and
I
will
not
remember
your
sins.
\par }{\Q \VS{26}Put
me
in
remembrance.
\par }{\QB Let
us
plead
together.
\par }{\Q Declare
your
case,
\par }{\QB that
you
may
be
justified.
\par }{\Q \VS{27}Your
first
father
sinned,
\par }{\QB and
your teachers
have
transgressed
against
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{28}Therefore
I
will
profane
the
princes
of
the
sanctuary;
\par }{\QB and
I
will
make
Jacob
a curse,
\par }{\QB and
Israel
an insult.”

\par }\PoetryChap{44}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Yet
listen
now,
Jacob
my
servant,
\par }{\QB and
Israel, whom
I
have
chosen.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}This
is
what
the
LORD
who
made
you,
\par }{\QB and
formed
you
from
the
womb,
\par }{\QB who
will
help
you
says:
\par }{\Q “Don’t
be
afraid,
Jacob
my
servant;
\par }{\QB and
you,
Jeshurun, whom
I
have
chosen.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}For
I
will
pour
water
on
him
who
is
thirsty,
\par }{\QB and
streams
on
the
dry
ground.
\par }{\Q I
will
pour
my
Spirit
on
your
descendants,
\par }{\QB and
my
blessing
on
your
offspring;
\par }{\Q \VS{4}and
they
will
spring
up amongst
the
grass,
\par }{\QB as
willows
by
the watercourses.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}One
will
say, ‘I
am
the
LORD’s.’
\par }{\QB Another
will
be
called
by
the
name
of
Jacob;
\par }{\QB and
another
will
write
with
his
hand ‘to
the
LORD,’
\par }{\QB and honour
the
name
of
Israel.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{6}This
is
what
the
LORD,
the
King
of
Israel,
\par }{\QB and
his
Redeemer,
the
LORD
of
Armies,
says:
\par }{\Q “I
am
the
first,
and
I
am
the
last;
\par }{\QB and
besides
me
there
is
no
God.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}Who
is
like
me?
\par }{\QB Who
will
call,
\par }{\QB and
will
declare
it,
\par }{\QB and
set
it
in order
for
me,
\par }{\QB since
I
established
the
ancient
people?
\par }{\Q Let
them
declare
the
things
that
are
coming,
\par }{\QB and
that
will happen.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Don’t
fear,
\par }{\QB neither
be
afraid.
\par }{\Q Haven’t
I
declared
it
to
you long ago,
\par }{\QB and
shown
it?
\par }{\Q You
are
my
witnesses.
\par }{\QB Is
there
a
God
besides
me?
\par }{\Q Indeed,
there
is
not.
\par }{\QB I
don’t
know
any
other
Rock.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{9}Everyone
who
makes
a
carved
image
is vain.
\par }{\QB The
things
that
they
delight
in
will
not
profit.
\par }{\QB Their own
witnesses don’t
see,
nor
know,
that
they
may
be
disappointed.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Who
has
fashioned
a
god,
\par }{\QB or moulds an
image
that
is
profitable for
nothing?
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Behold,
all
his
fellows
will
be
disappointed;
\par }{\QB and
the workmen
are
mere
men.
\par }{\Q Let
them
all
be
gathered
together.
\par }{\QB Let
them
stand
up.
\par }{\QB They
will
fear.
\par }{\QB They
will
be
put
to
shame
together.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{12}The
blacksmith takes
an
axe,
\par }{\QB works
in
the
coals,
\par }{\QB fashions
it
with
hammers,
\par }{\QB and
works
it
with
his
strong
arm.
\par }{\Q He
is
hungry,
\par }{\QB and
his
strength
fails;
\par }{\Q he
drinks
no
water,
\par }{\QB and
is faint.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}The carpenter
stretches
out
a line.
\par }{\QB He marks
it
out
with
a pencil.
\par }{\QB He
shapes
it
with
planes.
\par }{\QB He marks
it
out
with compasses,
\par }{\QB and
shapes
it
like
the
figure
of
a
man,
\par }{\QB with
the
beauty
of
a
man,
\par }{\QB to
reside
in
a
house.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}He
cuts
down
cedars
for
himself,
\par }{\QB and
takes
the
cypress
and
the
oak,
\par }{\QB and strengthens
for
himself one amongst
the
trees
of
the
forest.
\par }{\Q He
plants
a
cypress
tree,
\par }{\QB and
the
rain nourishes
it.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}Then
it
will
be
for
a
man
to
burn;
\par }{\QB and
he
takes
some
of
it
and
warms
himself.
\par }{\QB Yes,
he
burns
it
and bakes
bread.
\par }{\Q Yes,
he
makes
a
god
and
worships
it;
\par }{\QB he
makes
it
a
carved
image,
and
falls
down
to
it.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}He
burns
part
of
it
in
the
fire.
\par }{\QB With
part
of
it,
he
eats
meat.
\par }{\QB He
roasts
a
roast
and
is
satisfied.
\par }{\Q Yes,
he
warms himself
\par }{\QB and
says, “Aha!
I am
warm.
I
have
seen
the
fire.”
\par }{\Q \VS{17}The
rest
of
it
he
makes
into
a
god,
\par }{\QB even
his engraved
image.
\par }{\Q He
bows
down
to
it
and
worships,
\par }{\QB and
prays
to
it,
and
says, “Deliver
me,
for
you
are
my
god!”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{18}They
don’t
know,
neither do
they
consider,
\par }{\QB for
he
has shut
their
eyes,
that
they
can’t
see,
\par }{\QB and
their
hearts,
that
they
can’t
understand.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}No
one thinks,
\par }{\QB neither
is
there
knowledge
nor
understanding
to
say,
\par }{\QB “I
have
burnt
part
of
it
in
the
fire.
\par }{\QB Yes,
I
have
also
baked
bread
on
its
coals.
\par }{\QB I
have roasted
meat
and
eaten
it.
\par }{\QB Shall
I
make
the
rest
of
it
into
an
abomination?
\par }{\QB Shall
I
bow
down
to
a
tree trunk?”
\par }{\Q \VS{20}He
feeds
on
ashes.
\par }{\QB A deceived
heart
has
turned
him
aside;
\par }{\QB and
he
can’t
deliver
his
soul,
\par }{\QB nor
say, “Isn’t there
a
lie
in
my
right
hand?”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{21}Remember
these
things,
Jacob
and
Israel,
\par }{\QB for
you
are
my
servant.
\par }{\QB I
have
formed
you.
\par }{\QB You
are
my
servant.
\par }{\QB Israel,
you
will
not
be
forgotten
by
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}I
have blotted
out,
as
a
thick
cloud,
your
transgressions,
\par }{\QB and,
as
a
cloud,
your
sins.
\par }{\QB Return
to
me,
for
I
have
redeemed
you.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{23}Sing,
you
heavens,
for
the
LORD
has
done
it!
\par }{\QB Shout,
you
lower
parts
of
the
earth!
\par }{\QB Break
out
into
singing,
you
mountains,
O
forest,
all
of
your
trees,
\par }{\QB for
the
LORD
has
redeemed
Jacob,
\par }{\QB and
will
glorify himself
in
Israel.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{24}The
LORD,
your
Redeemer,
\par }{\QB and
he
who
formed
you
from
the
womb
says:
\par }{\Q “I
am
the
LORD,
who
makes
all
things;
\par }{\QB who
alone
stretches
out
the
heavens;
\par }{\QB who spreads
out
the
earth
by
myself;
\par }{\Q \VS{25}who frustrates
the
signs
of
the liars,
\par }{\QB and makes
diviners mad;
\par }{\Q who
turns
wise
men
backward,
\par }{\QB and makes
their
knowledge
foolish;
\par }{\Q \VS{26}who
confirms
the
word
of
his
servant,
\par }{\QB and performs
the
counsel
of
his
messengers;
\par }{\Q who
says
of
Jerusalem, ‘She
will
be
inhabited;’
\par }{\QB and
of
the
cities
of
Judah, ‘They
will
be
built,’
\par }{\QB and ‘I
will
raise
up
its
waste
places;’
\par }{\Q \VS{27}who
says
to
the deep, ‘Be
dry,’
\par }{\QB and ‘I
will
dry
up
your
rivers,’
\par }{\Q \VS{28}who
says
of
Cyrus, ‘He
is
my
shepherd,
and shall perform
all
my
pleasure,’
\par }{\QB even
saying
of
Jerusalem, ‘She
will
be
built;’
\par }{\QB and
of
the
temple, ‘Your
foundation
will
be
laid.’ ”

\par }\Chap{45}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
LORD
says
to
his
anointed,
to
Cyrus,
whose
right
hand
I
have
held
to
subdue
nations
before
him
and strip
kings
of
their armour,
to
open
the
doors
before
him,
and
the
gates
shall
not
be
shut:
\par }{\Q \VS{2}“I
will go
before
you
\par }{\QB and
make
the
rough
places
smooth.
\par }{\Q I
will
break
the
doors
of
bronze
in
pieces
\par }{\QB and
cut apart
the
bars
of
iron.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}I
will
give
you
the
treasures
of
darkness
\par }{\QB and
hidden riches
of
secret
places,
\par }{\Q that
you
may
know
that
it
is
I,
the
LORD,
who
calls
you
by
your
name,
\par }{\QB even
the
God
of
Israel.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}For
Jacob
my
servant’s
sake,
\par }{\QB and
Israel
my
chosen,
\par }{\Q I
have
called
you
by
your
name.
\par }{\QB I
have
given
you
a
title,
\par }{\QB though
you
have
not
known
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}I
am
the
LORD,
and
there
is
no
one
else.
\par }{\QB Besides
me,
there
is
no
God.
\par }{\Q I
will strengthen\FTNT{*}{{\FR 45:5 }
or, equip}
you,
\par }{\QB though
you
have
not
known
me,
\par }{\Q \VS{6}that
they
may
know
from
the
rising
of
the
sun,
\par }{\QB and
from
the
west,
\par }{\Q that
there
is
no
one
besides
me.
\par }{\QB I
am
the
LORD,
and
there
is
no
one
else.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}I form
the
light
\par }{\QB and
create
darkness.
\par }{\Q I
make
peace
\par }{\QB and
create
calamity.
\par }{\Q I
am
the
LORD,
\par }{\QB who
does
all
these
things.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{8}Rain,
you
heavens,
from
above,
\par }{\QB and let
the
skies
pour
down
righteousness.
\par }{\Q Let
the
earth
open,
that
it
may produce
salvation,
\par }{\QB and let
it
cause
righteousness
to
spring
up
with
it.
\par }{\Q I,
the
LORD,
have
created
it.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{9}Woe
to
him
who strives
with
his
Maker—
\par }{\QB a
clay pot amongst
the
clay pots
of
the
earth!
\par }{\Q Shall
the
clay
ask
him
who
fashions
it, ‘What
are
you
making?’
\par }{\QB or
your
work, ‘He
has
no
hands?’
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Woe
to
him
who
says
to
a
father, ‘What
have
you
become
the
father
of?’
\par }{\QB or
to
a mother, ‘What
have
you
given
birth
to?’ ”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{11}The
LORD,
the
Holy
One
of
Israel
\par }{\QB and
his
Maker
says:
\par }{\Q “You
ask
me
about
the
things
that
are
to
come,
concerning
my
sons,
\par }{\QB and
you
command
me
concerning
the
work
of
my
hands!
\par }{\Q \VS{12}I
have
made
the
earth,
and
created
man
on
it.
\par }{\QB I,
even
my
hands,
have
stretched
out
the
heavens.
\par }{\QB I
have
commanded
all
their
army.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}I
have raised
him
up
in
righteousness,
\par }{\QB and
I
will
make
all
his
ways
straight.
\par }{\Q He
shall
build
my
city,
\par }{\QB and
he
shall
let
my
exiles
go
free,
\par }{\QB not
for
price
nor
reward,”
says
the
LORD
of
Armies.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{14}The
LORD
says: “The labour
of
Egypt,
\par }{\QB and
the merchandise
of
Ethiopia,
\par }{\QB and
the
Sabeans,
men
of stature,
will
come
over
to
you,
\par }{\QB and
they
will
be yours.
\par }{\Q They
will
go
after
you.
\par }{\QB They
shall
come
over
in chains.
\par }{\QB They
will
bow
down
to
you.
\par }{\Q They
will
make
supplication
to
you:
\par }{\QB ‘Surely
God
is
in
you;
and
there
is
no
one
else.
\par }{\QB There
is
no
other
god.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}Most
certainly
you
are
a
God
who
has
hidden
yourself,
\par }{\QB God
of
Israel,
the Saviour.’ ”
\par }{\Q \VS{16}They
will
be
disappointed,
\par }{\QB yes,
confounded,
all
of
them.
\par }{\QB Those
who
are makers
of
idols
will
go
into confusion
together.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}Israel
will
be
saved
by
the
LORD
with
an
everlasting
salvation.
\par }{\QB You
will
not
be
disappointed
nor
confounded
to
ages
everlasting.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{18}For
the
LORD
who
created
the
heavens,
\par }{\QB the
God
who
formed
the
earth
and
made
it,
\par }{\QB who
established
it
and
didn’t
create
it
a
waste,
\par }{\QB who
formed
it
to
be
inhabited
says:
\par }{\Q “I
am
the
LORD.
\par }{\QB There
is
no
other.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}I
have
not
spoken
in secret,
\par }{\QB in
a
place
of
the
land
of
darkness.
\par }{\Q I
didn’t
say
to
the
offspring
of
Jacob, ‘Seek
me
in vain.’
\par }{\QB I,
the
LORD,
speak
righteousness.
\par }{\QB I
declare
things
that
are
right.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{20}“Assemble
yourselves
and
come.
\par }{\QB Draw
near
together,
you
who
have escaped
from
the
nations.
\par }{\Q Those
have
no
knowledge
who
carry
the
wood
of
their engraved
image,
\par }{\QB and
pray
to
a
god
that
can’t
save.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}Declare
and
present
it.
\par }{\QB Yes,
let
them
take
counsel
together.
\par }{\Q Who
has
shown
this
from ancient
time?
\par }{\QB Who
has
declared
it
of old?
\par }{\QB Haven’t
I,
the
LORD?
\par }{\Q There
is
no
other
God
besides
me,
a
just
God
and
a Saviour.
\par }{\QB There
is
no
one
besides
me.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{22}“Look
to
me,
and
be
saved,
all
the
ends
of
the
earth;
\par }{\QB for
I
am
God,
and
there
is
no
other.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}I
have
sworn
by myself.
\par }{\QB The
word
has
gone
out
of
my
mouth
in
righteousness,
and
will
not
be
revoked,
\par }{\Q that
to
me
every
knee
shall
bow,
\par }{\QB every
tongue
shall
take
an
oath.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}They
will
say
of
me,
\par }{\QB ‘There
is
righteousness
and
strength
only
in
the
LORD.’ ”
\par }{\Q Even
to
him
will
men
come.
\par }{\QB All
those
who
raged
against
him
will
be
disappointed.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}All
the
offspring
of
Israel
will
be
justified
in
the
LORD,
\par }{\QB and
will rejoice!

\par }\PoetryChap{46}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Bel bows
down.
\par }{\QB Nebo
stoops.
\par }{\Q Their
idols
are carried
by
animals,
\par }{\QB and
on
the
livestock.
\par }{\Q The
things
that
you carried around
are heavy
loads,
\par }{\QB a
burden
for
the
weary.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}They stoop
and
they
bow
down
together.
\par }{\QB They
could
not
deliver
the
burden,
\par }{\QB but
they
have
gone
into
captivity.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{3}“Listen
to
me,
house
of
Jacob,
\par }{\QB and
all
the
remnant
of
the
house
of
Israel,
\par }{\QB that
have
been
carried
from
their
birth,
\par }{\QB that
have
been
carried
from
the
womb.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Even
to
old
age
I
am
he,
\par }{\QB and
even
to grey
hairs
I
will
carry
you.
\par }{\Q I
have
made,
and
I
will
bear.
\par }{\QB Yes,
I
will
carry,
and
will
deliver.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{5}“To
whom
will you
compare
me, and consider my
equal,
\par }{\QB and
compare
me, as if
we were
the same?
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Some pour
out
gold
from
the
bag,
\par }{\QB and
weigh
silver
in
the balance.
\par }{\Q They
hire
a
goldsmith,
\par }{\QB and
he
makes
it
a
god.
\par }{\Q They
fall
down—
\par }{\QB yes,
they
worship.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}They
bear
it
on
their
shoulder.
\par }{\QB They
carry
it,
and
set
it
in
its
place,
and
it
stands
there.
\par }{\QB It
cannot
move
from
its
place.
\par }{\Q Yes,
one
may
cry
to
it,
yet
it
can
not
answer.
\par }{\QB It
cannot
save
him
out
of
his
trouble.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{8}“Remember
this,
and show
yourselves men.
\par }{\QB Bring
it
to
mind
again,
you
transgressors.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Remember
the
former
things
of
old;
\par }{\QB for
I
am
God,
and
there
is
no
other.
\par }{\QB I
am
God,
and
there
is
none
like
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}I
declare
the
end
from
the
beginning,
\par }{\QB and
from ancient times
things
that
are
not
yet
done.
\par }{\Q I
say:
My
counsel
will
stand,
\par }{\QB and
I
will
do
all
that
I please.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}I
call
a ravenous
bird
from
the
east,
\par }{\QB the
man
of
my
counsel
from
a
far
country.
\par }{\Q Yes,
I
have
spoken.
\par }{\QB I
will
also
bring
it
to
pass.
\par }{\Q I
have
planned.
\par }{\QB I
will
also
do
it.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{12}Listen
to
me,
you stubborn-hearted,
\par }{\QB who
are
far
from
righteousness!
\par }{\Q \VS{13}I
bring
my
righteousness
near.
\par }{\QB It
is
not
far
off,
\par }{\QB and
my
salvation
will
not
wait.
\par }{\Q I
will
grant
salvation
to
Zion,
\par }{\QB my
glory
to
Israel.
\par }{\BB \par }
\Chap{47}{\PP \VerseOne{1}“Come
down
and
sit
in
the
dust,
virgin
daughter
of
Babylon.
\par }{\QB Sit
on
the
ground
without
a
throne,
daughter
of
the
Chaldeans.
\par }{\QB For
you
will
no
longer
be
called
tender
and
delicate.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}Take
the
millstones
and
grind
flour.
\par }{\QB Remove
your
veil,
lift
up
your
skirt,
uncover
your
legs,
\par }{\QB and wade
through
the
rivers.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Your
nakedness
will
be
uncovered.
\par }{\QB Yes,
your
shame
will
be
seen.
\par }{\Q I
will
take
vengeance,
\par }{\QB and
will
spare
no
one.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{4}Our
Redeemer,
the
LORD
of
Armies
is
his
name,
\par }{\QB is
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{5}“Sit
in silence,
and
go
into
darkness,
\par }{\QB daughter
of
the
Chaldeans.
\par }{\Q For
you
shall
no
longer
be
called
\par }{\QB the
mistress
of
kingdoms.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}I
was
angry
with
my
people.
\par }{\QB I
profaned
my
inheritance
\par }{\QB and
gave
them
into
your
hand.
\par }{\Q You
showed
them
no
mercy.
\par }{\QB You
laid
a
very
heavy
yoke
on
the
aged.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}You
said, ‘I
will
be
a princess
forever,’
\par }{\QB so
that
you
didn’t
lay
these
things
to
your
heart,
\par }{\QB nor
did
you
remember
the results.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{8}“Now
therefore
hear
this,
you
who
are
given
to pleasures,
\par }{\QB who
sit
securely,
\par }{\Q who
say
in
your
heart,
\par }{\QB ‘I
am,
and
there
is
no
one
else
besides
me.
\par }{\Q I
won’t
sit
as
a
widow,
\par }{\QB neither
will
I
know
the
loss
of
children.’
\par }{\Q \VS{9}But
these
two
things
will
come
to
you
in
a
moment
in
one
day:
\par }{\QB the
loss
of
children
and
widowhood.
\par }{\Q They
will
come
on
you
in
their
full
measure,
\par }{\QB in
the
multitude
of
your
sorceries,
\par }{\QB and
the
great
abundance
of
your enchantments.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}For
you
have
trusted
in
your
wickedness.
\par }{\QB You
have
said, ‘No
one
sees
me.’
\par }{\Q Your
wisdom
and
your
knowledge
has perverted
you.
\par }{\QB You
have
said
in
your
heart, ‘I
am,
and
there
is
no
one
else
besides
me.’
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Therefore
disaster
will
come
on
you.
\par }{\QB You
won’t
know
when
it dawns.
\par }{\Q Mischief
will
fall
on
you.
\par }{\QB You
won’t
be
able
to
put
it
away.
\par }{\Q Desolation
will
come
on
you
suddenly,
\par }{\QB which
you
don’t
understand.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{12}“Stand
now
with
your enchantments
\par }{\QB and
with
the
multitude
of
your
sorceries,
\par }{\QB in
which
you
have laboured
from
your
youth,
\par }{\Q as
if
you
might
profit,
\par }{\QB as
if
you
might
prevail.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}You
are
wearied
in
the
multitude
of
your
counsels.
\par }{\QB Now
let
the astrologers,
the stargazers,
and
the
monthly prognosticators
stand
up
and
save
you
from
the
things
that
will happen
to
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}Behold,
they
are
like
stubble.
\par }{\QB The
fire
will
burn
them.
\par }{\QB They
won’t
deliver
themselves
from
the
power
of
the
flame.
\par }{\Q It
won’t
be
a
coal
to
warm
at
\par }{\QB or
a
fire
to
sit
by.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}The
things
that
you laboured
in
will
be
like
this:
\par }{\QB those
who
have
trafficked
with
you
from
your
youth
will
each
wander
in
his
own
way.
\par }{\QB There
will
be
no
one
to
save
you.
\par }{\BB \par }
\PoetryChap{48}{\Q \VerseOne{1}“Hear
this,
house
of
Jacob,
\par }{\QB you
who
are
called
by
the
name
of
Israel,
\par }{\QB and
have
come
out
of
the
waters
of
Judah.
\par }{\Q You
swear
by
the
LORD’s
name,
\par }{\QB and
make
mention
of
the
God
of
Israel,
\par }{\QB but
not
in
truth,
nor
in
righteousness—
\par }{\Q \VS{2}for
they
call
themselves citizens
of
the
holy
city,
\par }{\QB and rely
on
the
God
of
Israel;
\par }{\QB the
LORD
of
Armies
is
his
name.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}I
have
declared
the
former
things
from
of
old.
\par }{\QB Yes,
they
went
out
of
my
mouth,
and
I revealed
them.
\par }{\QB I
did
them
suddenly,
and
they
happened.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Because
I knew
that
you
are
obstinate,
\par }{\QB and
your
neck
is
an
iron
sinew,
\par }{\QB and
your brow
bronze;
\par }{\Q \VS{5}therefore
I
have
declared
it
to
you
from
of old;
\par }{\QB before
it
came
to
pass
I showed
it
to
you;
\par }{\QB lest
you
should
say, ‘My
idol
has
done
them.
\par }{\QB My engraved
image
and
my molten
image
has
commanded
them.’
\par }{\Q \VS{6}You
have
heard
it.
\par }{\QB Now
see
all
this.
\par }{\QB And
you,
won’t
you
declare
it?
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q “I
have
shown
you
new
things
from
this
time,
\par }{\QB even
hidden
things, which
you
have
not
known.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}They
are
created
now,
and
not
from
of
old.
\par }{\QB Before
today,
you
didn’t
hear
them,
\par }{\QB lest
you
should
say, ‘Behold,
I
knew
them.’
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Yes,
you
didn’t
hear.
\par }{\QB Yes,
you
didn’t
know.
\par }{\QB Yes,
from
of old
your
ear
was
not
opened,
\par }{\Q for
I
knew
that
you
dealt
very
treacherously,
\par }{\QB and
were
called
a transgressor
from
the
womb.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}For
my
name’s
sake,
I
will defer
my
anger,
\par }{\QB and
for
my
praise,
I hold
it back
for
you
\par }{\QB so
that
I don’t
cut
you
off.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Behold,
I
have
refined
you,
\par }{\QB but
not
as
silver.
\par }{\QB I
have
chosen
you
in
the
furnace
of affliction.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}For
my own
sake,
\par }{\QB for
my own
sake,
I
will
do
it;
\par }{\Q for
how
would
my name
be
profaned?
\par }{\QB I
will
not
give
my
glory
to
another.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{12}“Listen
to
me,
O
Jacob,
\par }{\QB and
Israel
my
called:
\par }{\Q I
am
he.
\par }{\QB I
am
the
first.
\par }{\QB I
am
also
the
last.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}Yes,
my
hand
has
laid
the
foundation
of
the
earth,
\par }{\QB and
my
right
hand
has
spread
out
the
heavens.
\par }{\QB when
I
call
to
them,
they
stand
up
together.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{14}“Assemble
yourselves,
all
of
you,
and
hear!
\par }{\QB Who amongst
them
has
declared
these
things?
\par }{\Q He
whom
the
LORD
loves
will
do
what
he likes
to
Babylon,
\par }{\QB and
his
arm
will
be
against
the
Chaldeans.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}I,
even
I,
have
spoken.
\par }{\QB Yes,
I
have
called
him.
\par }{\Q I
have
brought
him
\par }{\QB and
he
shall
make
his
way
prosperous.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}“Come
near
to
me
and
hear
this:
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q “From
the
beginning
I
have
not
spoken
in secret;
\par }{\QB from
the
time
that
it
happened,
I
was
there.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q Now
the
Lord
GOD
has
sent
me
\par }{\QB with
his
Spirit.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{17}The
LORD,
\par }{\QB your
Redeemer,
\par }{\QB the
Holy
One
of
Israel,
says:
\par }{\Q “I
am
the
LORD
your
God,
\par }{\QB who
teaches
you
to
profit,
\par }{\QB who
leads
you
by
the
way
that
you
should go.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}Oh
that
you
had
listened
to
my
commandments!
\par }{\QB Then
your
peace
would
have
been
like
a
river
\par }{\QB and
your
righteousness
like
the
waves
of
the
sea.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}Your
offspring also
would
have
been
as
the
sand
\par }{\QB and
the
descendants
of
your
body
like
its
grains.
\par }{\QB His
name
would
not
be
cut
off
nor
destroyed
from
before
me.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{20}Leave
Babylon!
\par }{\QB Flee
from
the
Chaldeans!
\par }{\Q With
a
voice
of
singing
announce
this,
\par }{\QB tell
it
even
to
the
end
of
the
earth;
\par }{\QB say, “The
LORD
has
redeemed
his
servant
Jacob!”
\par }{\Q \VS{21}They
didn’t
thirst when
he led them
through
the
deserts.
\par }{\QB He caused
the
waters
to
flow
out
of
the
rock
for them.
\par }{\QB He also
split
the
rock
and
the
waters
gushed
out.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{22}“There
is
no
peace”,
says
the
LORD, “for
the
wicked.”

\par }\PoetryChap{49}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Listen,
islands,
to
me.
\par }{\QB Listen,
you
peoples,
from
afar:
\par }{\Q the
LORD
has
called
me
from
the
womb;
\par }{\QB from
the
inside
of
my
mother,
he
has
mentioned
my
name.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}He
has
made
my
mouth
like
a
sharp
sword.
\par }{\QB He
has
hidden
me
in
the
shadow
of
his
hand.
\par }{\Q He
has
made
me
a polished
shaft.
\par }{\QB He
has kept
me close
in
his
quiver.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}He
said
to
me, “You
are
my
servant,
\par }{\QB Israel,
in
whom
I
will
be
glorified.”
\par }{\Q \VS{4}But
I
said, “I
have laboured
in
vain.
\par }{\QB I
have
spent
my
strength
in
vain
for
nothing;
\par }{\Q yet
surely
the
justice
due
to
me
is
with
the
LORD,
\par }{\QB and
my
reward
with
my
God.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{5}Now
the
LORD,
he
who
formed
me
from
the
womb
to
be
his
servant,
\par }{\QB says
to
bring
Jacob
again
to
him,
\par }{\QB and
to
gather
Israel
to
him,
\par }{\QB for
I
am honourable
in
the
LORD’s
eyes,
\par }{\QB and
my
God
has
become
my
strength.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Indeed,
he
says, “It
is too
light
a
thing
that
you
should
be
my
servant
to
raise
up
the
tribes
of
Jacob,
\par }{\QB and
to
restore
the
preserved
of
Israel.
\par }{\Q I
will
also
give
you
as
a
light
to
the
nations,
\par }{\QB that
you
may
be
my
salvation
to
the
end
of
the
earth.”
\par }{\Q \VS{7}The
LORD,
the
Redeemer
of
Israel,
and
his
Holy
One,
\par }{\QB says
to
him
whom
man
despises,
to
him
whom
the
nation
abhors,
to
a
servant
of
rulers:
\par }{\Q “Kings
shall
see
and
rise
up,
\par }{\QB princes,
and
they
shall
worship,
\par }{\QB because
of
the
LORD
who
is
faithful,
even
the
Holy
One
of
Israel,
who
has
chosen
you.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{8}The
LORD
says, “I
have
answered
you
in
an
acceptable
time.
\par }{\QB I
have
helped
you
in
a
day
of
salvation.
\par }{\Q I
will
preserve
you
and
give
you
for
a
covenant
of
the
people,
\par }{\QB to
raise
up
the
land,
to
make
them
inherit
the
desolate
heritage,
\par }{\Q \VS{9}saying
to
those
who
are
bound, ‘Come
out!’;
\par }{\QB to
those
who
are
in
darkness, ‘Show
yourselves!’
\par }{\Q “They
shall
feed
along
the
paths,
\par }{\QB and
their
pasture
shall
be
on
all treeless
heights.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}They
shall
not
hunger
nor
thirst;
\par }{\QB neither
shall
the
heat
nor
sun
strike
them,
\par }{\QB for
he
who
has
mercy
on
them
will
lead
them.
\par }{\QB He
will
guide
them
by
springs
of
water.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}I
will
make
all
my
mountains
a
road,
\par }{\QB and
my
highways
shall
be
exalted.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}Behold,
these
shall
come
from
afar,
\par }{\QB and
behold,
these
from
the
north
and
from
the
west,
\par }{\QB and
these
from
the
land
of
Sinim.”
\par }{\Q \VS{13}Sing,
heavens,
and
be
joyful,
earth!
\par }{\QB Break
out
into
singing,
mountains!
\par }{\Q For
the
LORD
has
comforted
his
people,
\par }{\QB and
will
have
compassion
on
his
afflicted.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{14}But
Zion
said, “The
LORD
has forsaken
me,
\par }{\QB and
the
Lord
has
forgotten
me.”
\par }{\Q \VS{15}“Can
a
woman
forget
her
nursing
child,
\par }{\QB that
she
should
not
have
compassion
on
the
son
of
her
womb?
\par }{\Q Yes,
these
may
forget,
\par }{\QB yet
I
will
not
forget
you!
\par }{\Q \VS{16}Behold,
I
have engraved
you
on
the
palms
of
my
hands.
\par }{\QB Your
walls
are
continually
before
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}Your
children
hurry.
\par }{\QB Your
destroyers
and
those
who devastated
you
will
leave
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}Lift
up
your
eyes
all
around,
and
see:
\par }{\QB all
these
gather
themselves
together,
and
come
to
you.
\par }{\Q As
I
live,”
says
the
LORD, “you
shall
surely
clothe
yourself
with
them
all
as
with
an ornament,
\par }{\QB and
dress
yourself
with
them,
like
a
bride.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}“For,
as
for
your
waste
and
your
desolate
places,
\par }{\QB and
your
land
that
has
been
destroyed,
\par }{\Q surely
now
that
land
will
be too small
for
the
inhabitants,
\par }{\QB and
those
who
swallowed
you
up
will
be
far
away.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}The
children
of
your bereavement
will
say
in
your
ears,
\par }{\QB ‘This
place
is
too small
for
me.
\par }{\QB Give
me
a
place
to
live
in.’
\par }{\Q \VS{21}Then
you
will
say
in
your
heart, ‘Who
has conceived
these
for
me,
since
I
have
been
bereaved
of
my
children
\par }{\QB and
am
alone,
an
exile,
and wandering back
and
forth?
\par }{\Q Who
has
brought
these
up?
\par }{\QB Behold,
I
was
left
alone.
Where
were
these?’ ”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{22}The
Lord
GOD
says, “Behold,
I
will
lift
up
my
hand
to
the
nations,
\par }{\QB and
lift
up
my
banner
to
the
peoples.
\par }{\Q They
shall
bring
your
sons
in
their
bosom,
\par }{\QB and
your
daughters
shall
be
carried
on
their
shoulders.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}Kings
shall
be
your foster fathers,
\par }{\QB and
their queens
your
nursing mothers.
\par }{\Q They
will
bow
down
to
you
with
their
faces
to
the
earth,
\par }{\QB and
lick
the
dust
of
your
feet.
\par }{\Q Then
you
will
know
that
I
am
the
LORD;
\par }{\QB and
those
who
wait
for
me
won’t
be
disappointed.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{24}Shall
the
plunder
be
taken
from
the
mighty,
\par }{\QB or
the lawful
captives
be
delivered?
\par }{\Q \VS{25}But
the
LORD
says, “Even
the
captives
of
the
mighty
shall
be
taken
away,
\par }{\QB and
the
plunder retrieved
from
the fierce,
\par }{\Q for
I
will
contend
with
him
who
contends
with
you
\par }{\QB and
I
will
save
your
children.
\par }{\Q \VS{26}I
will
feed
those
who
oppress
you
with
their own
flesh;
\par }{\QB and
they
will
be
drunk
on
their own
blood,
as
with
sweet
wine.
\par }{\Q Then
all
flesh
shall
know
that
I,
the
LORD,
am
your Saviour
\par }{\QB and
your
Redeemer,
the
Mighty
One
of
Jacob.”

\par }\PoetryChap{50}{\Q \VerseOne{1}The
LORD
says, “Where
is
the bill
of
your
mother’s
divorce,
with
which
I
have
put
her
away?
\par }{\QB Or
to
which
of
my
creditors
have
I
sold
you?
\par }{\Q Behold,
you
were
sold
for
your
iniquities,
\par }{\QB and
your
mother
was
put
away
for
your
transgressions.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}Why,
when
I
came,
was
there
no
one?
\par }{\QB When
I
called,
why
was
there
no
one
to
answer?
\par }{\Q Is
my
hand
shortened
at
all,
that
it can’t redeem?
\par }{\QB Or
have
I
no
power
to
deliver?
\par }{\Q Behold,
at
my
rebuke
I
dry
up
the
sea.
\par }{\QB I
make
the
rivers
a
wilderness.
\par }{\QB Their
fish
stink
because
there
is
no
water,
and
die
of
thirst.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}I
clothe
the
heavens
with
blackness.
\par }{\QB I
make
sackcloth
their
covering.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{4}The
Lord
GOD
has
given
me
the
tongue
of
those who
are
taught,
\par }{\QB that
I
may
know
how
to
sustain
with
words
him who
is
weary.
\par }{\Q He
awakens
morning
by
morning,
\par }{\QB he
awakens
my
ear
to
hear
as
those who
are
taught.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}The
Lord
GOD
has
opened
my
ear.
\par }{\QB I
was
not
rebellious.
\par }{\QB I
have
not
turned
back.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}I
gave
my back
to those
who
beat
me,
\par }{\QB and
my
cheeks
to those
who plucked
off
the
hair.
\par }{\QB I
didn’t
hide
my
face
from
shame
and
spitting.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}For
the
Lord
GOD
will
help
me.
\par }{\QB Therefore
I
have
not
been
confounded.
\par }{\Q Therefore
I
have
set
my
face
like
a
flint,
\par }{\QB and
I
know
that
I
won’t
be
disappointed.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}He
who
justifies
me
is
near.
\par }{\QB Who
will
bring charges
against
me?
\par }{\Q Let
us
stand
up
together.
\par }{\QB Who
is
my adversary?
\par }{\QB Let
him
come
near
to
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Behold,
the
Lord
GOD
will
help
me!
\par }{\QB Who
is
he
who
will
condemn
me?
\par }{\Q Behold,
they
will
all grow
old
like
a
garment.
\par }{\QB The moths
will
eat
them
up.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{10}Who amongst
you
fears
the
LORD
\par }{\QB and
obeys
the
voice
of
his
servant?
\par }{\Q He
who
walks
in
darkness
\par }{\QB and
has
no
light,
\par }{\Q let
him
trust
in
the
LORD’s
name,
\par }{\QB and
rely
on
his
God.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Behold,
all
you
who
kindle
a
fire,
\par }{\QB who adorn
yourselves
with torches
around
yourselves,
\par }{\Q walk
in
the
flame
of
your
fire,
\par }{\QB and amongst
the torches
that
you
have
kindled.
\par }{\Q You
will
have
this
from
my
hand:
\par }{\QB you
will
lie
down
in sorrow.

\par }\PoetryChap{51}{\Q \VerseOne{1}“Listen
to
me,
you
who
follow
after
righteousness,
\par }{\QB you
who
seek
the
LORD.
\par }{\Q Look
to
the
rock
you
were
cut
from,
\par }{\QB and
to
the
quarry
you
were
dug
from.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}Look
to
Abraham
your
father,
\par }{\QB and
to
Sarah
who bore
you;
\par }{\Q for
when
he
was
but
one
I
called
him,
\par }{\QB I
blessed
him,
\par }{\QB and
made
him
many.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}For
the
LORD
has
comforted
Zion.
\par }{\QB He
has
comforted
all
her
waste
places,
\par }{\QB and
has
made
her
wilderness
like
Eden,
\par }{\QB and
her
desert
like
the
garden
of
the
LORD.
\par }{\Q Joy
and
gladness
will
be
found
in
them,
\par }{\QB thanksgiving,
and
the
voice
of
melody.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{4}“Listen
to
me,
my
people;
\par }{\QB and
hear
me,
my
nation,
\par }{\Q for
a
law
will
go
out
from
me,
\par }{\QB and
I
will establish
my
justice
for
a
light
to
the
peoples.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}My
righteousness
is
near.
\par }{\QB My
salvation
has
gone
out,
\par }{\QB and
my
arms
will
judge
the
peoples.
\par }{\Q The
islands
will
wait
for
me,
\par }{\QB and
they
will trust
my
arm.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Lift
up
your
eyes
to
the
heavens,
\par }{\QB and
look
at
the
earth
beneath;
\par }{\Q for
the
heavens
will vanish
away
like
smoke,
\par }{\QB and
the
earth
will
wear
out
like
a
garment.
\par }{\Q Its
inhabitants
will
die
in
the
same
way,
\par }{\QB but
my
salvation
will
be
forever,
\par }{\QB and
my
righteousness
will
not
be abolished.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{7}“Listen
to
me,
you
who
know
righteousness,
\par }{\QB the
people
in whose
heart
is
my
law.
\par }{\Q Don’t
fear
the
reproach
of
men,
\par }{\QB and
don’t
be
dismayed
at
their
insults.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}For
the
moth
will
eat
them
up
like
a
garment,
\par }{\QB and
the worm
will
eat
them
like
wool;
\par }{\Q but
my
righteousness
will
be
forever,
\par }{\QB and
my
salvation
to
all
generations.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{9}Awake,
awake,
put
on
strength,
arm
of
the
LORD!
\par }{\QB Awake,
as
in
the
days
of
old,
\par }{\QB the
generations
of
ancient
times.
\par }{\Q Isn’t
it
you
who
cut
Rahab
in
pieces,
\par }{\QB who
pierced
the
monster?
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Isn’t
it
you
who dried
up
the
sea,
\par }{\QB the
waters
of
the
great
deep;
\par }{\QB who
made
the
depths
of
the
sea
a
way
for
the
redeemed
to
pass
over?
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Those
ransomed
by
the
LORD
will
return,
\par }{\QB and
come
with
singing
to
Zion.
\par }{\QB Everlasting
joy
shall
be
on
their
heads.
\par }{\Q They
will
obtain
gladness
and
joy.
\par }{\QB Sorrow
and
sighing
shall
flee
away.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{12}“I, even
I,
am
he
who
comforts
you.
\par }{\QB Who
are
you,
that
you
are
afraid
of
man
who
shall
die,
\par }{\QB and
of
the
son
of
man
who
will
be
made
as
grass?
\par }{\Q \VS{13}Have
you
forgotten
the
LORD
your Maker,
\par }{\QB who
stretched
out
the
heavens,
\par }{\QB and
laid
the
foundations
of
the
earth?
\par }{\Q Do
you
live
in
fear
continually
all
day
because
of
the
fury
of
the
oppressor,
\par }{\QB when
he
prepares
to
destroy?
\par }{\QB Where
is
the
fury
of
the
oppressor?
\par }{\Q \VS{14}The captive
exile
will speedily
be freed.
\par }{\QB He
will
not
die
and go
down into
the
pit.
\par }{\QB His
bread
won’t
fail.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}For
I
am
the
LORD
your
God,
who stirs
up
the
sea
\par }{\QB so
that
its
waves
roar.
\par }{\QB the
LORD
of
Armies
is
his
name.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}I
have
put
my
words
in
your
mouth
\par }{\QB and
have
covered
you
in
the
shadow
of
my
hand,
\par }{\Q that
I
may
plant
the
heavens,
\par }{\QB and
lay
the
foundations
of
the
earth,
\par }{\QB and
tell
Zion, ‘You
are
my
people.’ ”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{17}Awake,
awake!
\par }{\QB Stand
up,
Jerusalem,
\par }{\QB you
who
have
drunk
from
the
LORD’s
hand
the
cup
of
his
wrath.
\par }{\Q You
have drunken
the bowl
of
the
cup
of staggering,
\par }{\QB and
drained
it.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}There
is
no
one
to
guide
her amongst
all
the
sons
to whom she
has
given
birth;
\par }{\QB and
there
is
no
one
who
takes
her
by
the
hand amongst
all
the
sons whom she
has
brought
up.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}These
two
things
have
happened
to
you—
\par }{\QB who
will
grieve
with
you?—
\par }{\Q desolation
and
destruction,
\par }{\QB and
famine
and
the
sword.
\par }{\QB How
can
I
comfort
you?
\par }{\Q \VS{20}Your
sons
have
fainted.
\par }{\QB They
lie
at
the
head
of
all
the
streets,
\par }{\QB like
an
antelope
in
a net.
\par }{\Q They
are
full
of
the
LORD’s
wrath,
\par }{\QB the
rebuke
of
your
God.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{21}Therefore
now
hear
this,
you
afflicted,
\par }{\QB and drunken,
but
not
with
wine:
\par }{\Q \VS{22}Your
Lord
GOD,
\par }{\QB your
God
who
pleads
the cause
of
his
people,
says,
\par }{\Q “Behold,
I
have
taken
out
of
your
hand
the
cup
of staggering,
\par }{\QB even
the bowl
of
the
cup
of
my
wrath.
\par }{\QB You
will
not
drink
it
any
more.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}I
will
put
it
into
the
hand
of
those
who afflict
you,
\par }{\QB who
have
said
to
your
soul, ‘Bow
down,
that
we
may walk
over
you;’
\par }{\QB and
you
have
laid
your back
as
the
ground,
\par }{\QB like
a
street
to
those
who walk
over.”

\par }\PoetryChap{52}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Awake,
awake!
Put
on
your
strength,
Zion.
\par }{\QB Put
on
your
beautiful
garments,
Jerusalem,
the
holy
city,
\par }{\QB for
from
now
on
the
uncircumcised
and
the
unclean
will
no
more
come
into
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}Shake
yourself
from
the
dust!
\par }{\QB Arise,
sit
up,
Jerusalem!
\par }{\QB Release
yourself
from
the
bonds
of
your
neck, captive
daughter
of
Zion!
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{3}For
the
LORD
says, “You were
sold
for
nothing;
\par }{\QB and
you
will
be
redeemed
without
money.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{4}For
the
Lord
GOD
says:
\par }{\Q “My
people
went
down
at
the
first
into
Egypt
to
live
there;
\par }{\QB and
the Assyrian
has
oppressed
them
without
cause.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{5}“Now
therefore,
what
do
I
do
here,”
says
the
LORD,
\par }{\QB “seeing
that
my
people
are
taken
away
for
nothing?
\par }{\Q Those
who
rule
over
them mock,”
says
the
LORD,
\par }{\QB “and
my
name
is
blasphemed
continually
all
day
long.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Therefore
my
people
shall
know
my
name.
\par }{\QB Therefore
they
shall
know
in
that
day
that
I
am
he
who
speaks.
\par }{\QB Behold,
it
is
I.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{7}How beautiful
on
the
mountains
are
the
feet
of
him
who
brings
good
news,
\par }{\QB who publishes
peace,
\par }{\QB who
brings
good
news,
\par }{\QB who
proclaims
salvation,
\par }{\QB who
says
to
Zion, “Your
God
reigns!”
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Your
watchmen
lift
up
their
voice.
\par }{\QB Together
they
sing;
\par }{\QB for
they
shall
see
eye
to
eye
when
the
LORD
returns
to
Zion.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Break out
into
joy!
\par }{\QB Sing
together,
you
waste
places
of
Jerusalem;
\par }{\QB for
the
LORD
has
comforted
his
people.
\par }{\QB He
has
redeemed
Jerusalem.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}The
LORD
has
made
his
holy
arm
bare
in
the
eyes
of
all
the
nations.
\par }{\QB All
the
ends
of
the
earth
have
seen
the
salvation
of
our
God.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{11}Depart!
Depart!
Go
out
from
there!
Touch
no
unclean
thing!
\par }{\QB Go
out
from amongst
her!
\par }{\QB Cleanse
yourselves,
you
who
carry
the
LORD’s
vessels.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}For
you
shall
not
go
out
in
haste,
\par }{\QB neither
shall
you
go
by flight;
\par }{\Q for
the
LORD
will
go
before
you,
\par }{\QB and
the
God
of
Israel
will
be
your
rear
guard.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{13}Behold,
my
servant
will
deal wisely.
\par }{\QB He
will
be
exalted
and
lifted
up,
\par }{\QB and
will
be
very
high.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}Just
as
many
were
astonished
at
you—
\par }{\QB his
appearance
was marred
more
than
any
man,
and
his
form
more
than
the
sons
of
men—
\par }{\Q \VS{15}so
he
will cleanse\FTNT{*}{{\FR 52:15 }
or, sprinkle}
many
nations.
\par }{\QB Kings
will
shut
their
mouths
at
him;
\par }{\QB for
they
will
see
that
which
had
not
been
told
them,
\par }{\QB and
they
will
understand
that
which
they
had
not
heard.

\par }\PoetryChap{53}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Who
has
believed
our
message?
\par }{\QB To
whom
has
the
LORD’s
arm
been
revealed?
\par }{\Q \VS{2}For
he
grew
up
before
him
as
a
tender plant,
\par }{\QB and
as
a
root
out
of
dry
ground.
\par }{\Q He
has
no good
looks
or
majesty.
\par }{\QB When
we
see
him,
there
is
no beauty
that
we
should
desire
him.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}He
was
despised
\par }{\QB and rejected
by
men,
\par }{\Q a
man
of suffering
\par }{\QB and
acquainted
with
disease.
\par }{\Q He
was
despised
as
one
from whom
men
hide
their
face;
\par }{\QB and we
didn’t
respect
him.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{4}Surely
he
has
borne
our
sickness
\par }{\QB and
carried
our suffering;
\par }{\Q yet
we
considered
him
plagued,
\par }{\QB struck
by
God,
and
afflicted.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}But
he
was
pierced
for
our
transgressions.
\par }{\QB He
was
crushed
for
our
iniquities.
\par }{\Q The
punishment
that brought
our
peace
was
on
him;
\par }{\QB and
by
his
wounds we
are
healed.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}All
we
like
sheep
have
gone
astray.
\par }{\QB Everyone
has
turned
to
his
own
way;
\par }{\QB and
the
LORD
has laid
on
him
the
iniquity
of
us
all.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{7}He
was
oppressed,
\par }{\QB yet when
he
was afflicted
he
didn’t
open
his
mouth.
\par }{\Q As
a
lamb
that
is
led
to
the
slaughter,
\par }{\QB and
as
a
sheep
that
before
its
shearers
is
silent,
\par }{\QB so
he
didn’t
open
his
mouth.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}He
was
taken
away
by
oppression
and judgement.
\par }{\QB As
for
his
generation,
\par }{\QB who
considered
that
he
was
cut
off
out
of
the
land
of
the
living
\par }{\QB and stricken
for
the disobedience
of
my
people?
\par }{\Q \VS{9}They
made
his
grave
with
the
wicked,
\par }{\QB and
with
a
rich
man
in
his
death,
\par }{\Q although
he
had
done
no
violence,
\par }{\QB nor
was
any
deceit
in
his
mouth.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{10}Yet
it
pleased
the
LORD
to bruise
him.
\par }{\QB He
has caused
him
to suffer.
\par }{\Q When
you
make
his
soul
an
offering
for
sin,
\par }{\QB he
will
see
his
offspring.
\par }{\Q He
will
prolong
his
days
\par }{\QB and
the
LORD’s
pleasure
will
prosper
in
his
hand.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}After
the suffering
of
his
soul,
\par }{\QB he
will
see
the light\FTNT{*}{{\FR 53:11 }
So read the Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint. Masoretic Text omits “the light”.}
and
be
satisfied.
\par }{\Q My
righteous
servant
will
justify
many
by
the
knowledge
of
himself;
\par }{\QB and
he
will
bear
their
iniquities.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}Therefore
I
will
give
him
a portion
with
the
great.
\par }{\QB He
will
divide
the
plunder
with
the
strong,
\par }{\Q because
he
poured
out
his
soul
to
death
\par }{\QB and
was
counted
with
the
transgressors;
\par }{\Q yet
he
bore
the
sins
of
many
\par }{\QB and
made intercession
for
the
transgressors.

\par }\PoetryChap{54}{\Q \VerseOne{1}“Sing,
barren,
you
who
didn’t
give
birth!
\par }{\QB Break out
into
singing,
and
cry
aloud,
you
who
didn’t travail
with
child!
\par }{\QB For
more
are
the
children
of
the
desolate
than
the
children
of
the
married
wife,”
says
the
LORD.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}“Enlarge
the
place
of
your
tent,
\par }{\QB and
let
them
stretch
out
the
curtains
of
your habitations;
\par }{\QB don’t
spare;
lengthen
your
cords,
and
strengthen
your
stakes.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}For
you
will
spread
out
on
the
right
hand
and
on
the
left;
\par }{\QB and
your
offspring
will
possess
the
nations
\par }{\QB and
settle
in
desolate
cities.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{4}“Don’t
be
afraid,
for
you
will
not
be
ashamed.
\par }{\QB Don’t
be
confounded,
for
you
will
not
be
disappointed.
\par }{\Q For
you
will
forget
the
shame
of
your
youth.
\par }{\QB You
will
remember
the
reproach
of
your
widowhood
no
more.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}For
your Maker
is
your
husband;
the
LORD
of
Armies
is
his
name.
\par }{\QB The
Holy
One
of
Israel
is
your
Redeemer.
\par }{\QB He
will
be
called
the
God
of
the
whole
earth.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}For
the
LORD
has
called
you
as
a
wife forsaken
and
grieved
in
spirit,
\par }{\QB even
a
wife
of
youth,
when
she
is cast off,”
says
your
God.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{7}“For
a
small
moment
I
have forsaken
you,
\par }{\QB but
I
will
gather
you with
great
mercies.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}In overflowing
wrath
I
hid
my
face
from
you
for
a
moment,
\par }{\QB but
with
everlasting loving
kindness
I
will
have
mercy
on
you,”
says
the
LORD
your
Redeemer.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{9}“For
this
is
like
the
waters
of
Noah
to
me;
\par }{\QB for
as
I
have
sworn
that
the
waters
of
Noah
will no
more
go
over
the
earth,
\par }{\QB so
I
have
sworn
that
I
will
not
be
angry
with
you, nor
rebuke
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}For
the
mountains
may
depart,
\par }{\QB and
the
hills
be
removed,
\par }{\Q but
my loving
kindness
will
not
depart
from
you,
\par }{\QB and
my
covenant
of
peace
will
not
be
removed,”
\par }{\QB says
the
LORD
who
has
mercy
on
you.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{11}“You
afflicted, tossed
with storms,
and
not
comforted,
\par }{\QB behold,
I
will
set
your
stones
in beautiful colours,
\par }{\QB and
lay
your
foundations
with
sapphires.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}I
will
make
your pinnacles
of
rubies,
\par }{\QB your
gates
of sparkling jewels,
\par }{\QB and
all
your walls
of
precious
stones.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}All
your
children
will
be
taught
by
the
LORD,
\par }{\QB and
your
children’s
peace
will
be
great.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}You
will
be
established
in
righteousness.
\par }{\QB You
will
be
far
from
oppression,
\par }{\QB for
you
will
not
be
afraid,
\par }{\QB and
far
from
terror,
\par }{\QB for
it
shall
not
come
near
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}Behold,
they
may gather
together,
but
not
by
me.
\par }{\QB Whoever gathers
together
against
you
will
fall
because
of
you.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{16}“Behold,
I
have
created
the
blacksmith
who fans
the
coals
into
flame,
\par }{\QB and forges
a
weapon
for
his
work;
\par }{\QB and
I
have
created
the
destroyer
to
destroy.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}No
weapon
that
is
formed
against
you
will prevail;
\par }{\QB and
you
will
condemn
every
tongue
that
rises
against
you
in judgement.
\par }{\Q This
is
the
heritage
of
the
LORD’s
servants,
\par }{\QB and
their
righteousness
is
of
me,”
says
the
LORD.

\par }\PoetryChap{55}{\Q \VerseOne{1}“Hey! Come,
everyone
who
thirsts,
to
the
waters!
\par }{\QB Come,
he
who
has
no
money,
buy,
and
eat!
\par }{\QB Yes, come,
buy
wine
and
milk
without
money
and
without
price.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}Why
do
you
spend
money
for
that
which
is
not
bread,
\par }{\QB and
your labour
for
that
which
doesn’t
satisfy?
\par }{\Q Listen
diligently
to
me,
and
eat
that
which
is
good,
\par }{\QB and
let
your
soul
delight itself
in richness.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Turn
your
ear,
and come
to
me.
\par }{\QB Hear,
and
your
soul
will
live.
\par }{\QB I
will
make
an
everlasting
covenant
with
you, even
the
sure mercies
of
David.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Behold,
I
have
given
him
for
a
witness
to
the
peoples,
\par }{\QB a
leader
and
commander
to
the
peoples.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}Behold,
you
shall
call
a
nation
that
you
don’t
know;
\par }{\QB and
a
nation
that
didn’t
know
you
shall
run
to
you,
\par }{\QB because
of
the
LORD
your
God,
\par }{\QB and
for
the
Holy
One
of
Israel;
\par }{\QB for
he
has
glorified
you.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{6}Seek
the
LORD
while
he
may
be
found.
\par }{\QB Call
on
him
while
he
is
near.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}Let
the
wicked
forsake
his
way,
\par }{\QB and
the
unrighteous
man
his
thoughts.
\par }{\Q Let
him
return
to
the
LORD,
and
he
will
have
mercy
on
him,
\par }{\QB to
our
God,
for
he
will freely
pardon.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{8}“For
my
thoughts
are
not
your
thoughts,
\par }{\QB and
your
ways
are
not
my
ways,”
says
the
LORD.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}“For
as
the
heavens
are
higher
than
the
earth,
\par }{\QB so
are
my
ways
higher
than
your
ways,
\par }{\QB and
my
thoughts
than
your
thoughts.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}For
as
the
rain
comes
down
and
the
snow
from
the
sky,
\par }{\QB and
doesn’t
return
there,
but
waters
the
earth,
\par }{\QB and
makes
it
grow
and bud,
\par }{\QB and
gives
seed
to
the
sower
and
bread
to
the
eater;
\par }{\Q \VS{11}so
is
my
word
that
goes
out
of
my
mouth:
\par }{\QB it
will
not
return
to
me void,
\par }{\QB but
it
will
accomplish
that
which
I please,
\par }{\QB and
it
will
prosper
in
the
thing
I
sent
it
to
do.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}For
you
shall
go
out
with
joy,
\par }{\QB and
be
led
out
with
peace.
\par }{\Q The
mountains
and
the
hills
will
break
out
before
you
into
singing;
\par }{\QB and
all
the
trees
of
the
fields
will
clap
their
hands.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}Instead
of
the
thorn
the
cypress tree
will
come
up;
\par }{\QB and
instead
of
the brier
the
myrtle tree
will
come
up.
\par }{\Q It
will
make
a
name
for
the
LORD,
\par }{\QB for
an
everlasting
sign
that
will
not
be
cut
off.”

\par }\Chap{56}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
LORD
says:
\par }{\Q “Maintain
justice
\par }{\QB and
do
what
is
right,
\par }{\Q for
my
salvation
is
near
\par }{\QB and
my
righteousness
will
soon
be
revealed.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}Blessed
is
the
man
who
does
this,
\par }{\QB and
the
son
of
man
who
holds
it
fast;
\par }{\Q who
keeps
the
Sabbath without
profaning
it
\par }{\QB and
keeps
his
hand
from
doing
any
evil.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{3}Let
no
foreigner
who
has
joined
himself
to
the
LORD
speak,
saying,
\par }{\QB “The
LORD
will
surely
separate
me
from
his
people.”
\par }{\QB Do
not
let
the
eunuch
say, “Behold,
I
am
a
dry
tree.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{4}For
the
LORD
says, “To
the
eunuchs
who
keep
my
Sabbaths,
\par }{\QB choose
the
things
that please
me,
\par }{\QB and
hold
fast
to
my
covenant,
\par }{\Q \VS{5}I
will
give
them
in
my
house
and
within
my
walls
a
memorial
and
a
name
better
than
of
sons
and
of
daughters.
\par }{\QB I
will
give
them
an
everlasting
name
that
will
not
be
cut
off.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{6}Also
the
foreigners
who
join
themselves
to
the
LORD
\par }{\QB to
serve
him,
\par }{\Q and
to
love
the
LORD’s
name,
\par }{\QB to
be
his
servants,
\par }{\Q everyone
who
keeps
the
Sabbath
from
profaning
it,
\par }{\QB and
holds
fast
my
covenant,
\par }{\Q \VS{7}I
will
bring
these
to
my
holy
mountain,
\par }{\QB and
make
them
joyful
in
my
house
of
prayer.
\par }{\Q Their
burnt
offerings
and
their
sacrifices
will
be
accepted
on
my
altar;
\par }{\QB for
my
house
will
be
called
a
house
of
prayer
for
all
peoples.”
\par }{\Q \VS{8}The
Lord
GOD,
who
gathers
the outcasts
of
Israel,
says,
\par }{\QB “I
will
yet
gather others
to
him,
\par }{\QB in
addition
to
his own
who
are
gathered.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{9}All
you
animals
of
the
field,
\par }{\QB come
to
devour,
\par }{\QB all
you
animals
in
the
forest.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}His
watchmen
are
blind.
\par }{\QB They
are
all
without
knowledge.
\par }{\Q They
are
all
mute
dogs.
\par }{\QB They
can’t
bark—
\par }{\QB dreaming,
lying
down,
loving
to
slumber.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Yes,
the
dogs
are greedy.
\par }{\QB They
can
never
have enough.
\par }{\Q They
are
shepherds
who
can’t
understand.
\par }{\QB They
have
all
turned
to
their
own
way,
\par }{\QB each
one
to
his
gain,
from
every quarter.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}“Come,”
they say, “I
will
get
wine,
\par }{\QB and
we
will fill ourselves
with
strong
drink;
\par }{\QB and
tomorrow
will
be
as
today,
\par }{\QB great beyond
measure.”

\par }\PoetryChap{57}{\Q \VerseOne{1}The
righteous
perish,
\par }{\QB and
no
one
lays
it
to
heart.
\par }{\Q Merciful
men
are
taken
away,
\par }{\QB and
no
one
considers
that
the
righteous
is
taken
away
from
the
evil.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}He
enters
into
peace.
\par }{\QB They
rest
in
their
beds,
\par }{\QB each one
who
walks
in
his
uprightness.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{3}“But
draw
near
here,
you
sons
of
a sorceress,
\par }{\QB you
offspring
of
adulterers
and
prostitutes.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Whom
do
you mock?
\par }{\QB Against
whom
do
you
make
a
wide
mouth
\par }{\QB and
stick
out
your
tongue?
\par }{\Q Aren’t
you
children
of disobedience
\par }{\QB and
offspring
of
falsehood,
\par }{\Q \VS{5}you
who
inflame
yourselves amongst
the oaks,
\par }{\QB under
every
green
tree;
\par }{\Q who
kill
the
children
in
the
valleys,
\par }{\QB under
the
clefts
of
the
rocks?
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Amongst
the smooth stones
of
the
valley
is
your
portion.
\par }{\QB They,
they
are
your
lot.
\par }{\Q You
have
even
poured
a drink
offering
to
them.
\par }{\QB You
have
offered
an
offering.
\par }{\QB Shall
I
be
appeased
for
these
things?
\par }{\Q \VS{7}On
a
high
and
lofty
mountain
you
have
set
your
bed.
\par }{\QB You
also
went
up
there
to
offer
sacrifice.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}You
have
set
up
your
memorial
behind
the
doors
and
the
posts,
\par }{\QB for
you
have
exposed
yourself
to someone
besides
me,
\par }{\QB and
have
gone
up.
\par }{\Q You
have
enlarged
your
bed
\par }{\QB and
made
you
a covenant
with
them.
\par }{\QB You
loved
what
you
saw
on
their
bed.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}You went
to
the
king
with
oil,
\par }{\QB increased
your
perfumes,
\par }{\QB sent
your ambassadors
far
off,
\par }{\QB and degraded yourself
even
to
Sheol.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 57:9 }
Sheol is the place of the dead.}
\par }{\Q \VS{10}You
were
wearied
with
the
length
of
your
ways;
\par }{\QB yet
you
didn’t
say, ‘It
is
in vain.’
\par }{\Q You
found
a reviving
of
your
strength;
\par }{\QB therefore
you weren’t faint.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{11}“Whom
have
you dreaded
and
feared,
\par }{\QB so
that
you
lie,
\par }{\QB and
have
not
remembered
me,
nor
laid
it
to
your
heart?
\par }{\Q Haven’t
I held
my peace
for
a
long
time,
\par }{\QB and
you
don’t
fear
me?
\par }{\Q \VS{12}I
will
declare
your
righteousness;
\par }{\QB and
as
for
your
works,
they
will
not
benefit
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}When
you
cry,
\par }{\QB let
those whom
you
have gathered
deliver
you,
\par }{\Q but
the
wind
will
take
them.
\par }{\QB A
breath
will
carry
them
all
away,
\par }{\Q but
he
who
takes
refuge
in
me
will
possess
the
land,
\par }{\QB and
will
inherit
my
holy
mountain.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{14}He
will
say, “Build
up,
build
up,
prepare
the
way!
\par }{\QB Remove
the stumbling-block out
of
the
way
of
my
people.”
\par }{\Q \VS{15}For
the
high
and
lofty
One
who inhabits eternity,
\par }{\QB whose
name
is
Holy,
says:
\par }{\Q “I
dwell
in
the
high
and
holy place,
with
him
also
who
is
of
a
contrite
and
humble
spirit,
\par }{\QB to
revive
the
spirit
of
the
humble,
\par }{\QB and
to
revive
the
heart
of
the
contrite.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}For
I
will
not
contend
forever,
neither
will
I
always
be
angry;
\par }{\QB for
the
spirit
would faint
before
me,
\par }{\QB and
the souls whom
I
have
made.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}I
was
angry
because
of
the
iniquity
of
his covetousness
and
struck
him.
\par }{\QB I
hid
myself
and
was
angry;
\par }{\QB and
he went
on backsliding
in
the
way
of
his
heart.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}I
have
seen
his
ways,
and
will
heal
him.
\par }{\QB I
will
lead
him also,
\par }{\QB and restore comforts
to
him
and
to
his
mourners.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}I
create
the fruit
of
the
lips:
\par }{\QB Peace,
peace,
to
him
who
is
far
off
and
to
him
who
is
near,”
\par }{\QB says
the
LORD; “and
I
will
heal
them.”
\par }{\Q \VS{20}But
the
wicked
are
like
the troubled
sea;
\par }{\QB for
it
can’t
rest
and
its
waters cast
up
mire
and
mud.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}“There
is
no
peace”,
says
my
God,
\par }{\QB “for
the
wicked.”

\par }\PoetryChap{58}{\Q \VerseOne{1}“Cry
aloud!
Don’t
spare!
\par }{\QB Lift
up
your
voice
like
a
trumpet!
\par }{\Q Declare
to
my
people
their disobedience,
\par }{\QB and
to
the
house
of
Jacob
their
sins.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}Yet
they
seek
me
daily,
\par }{\QB and
delight
to
know
my
ways.
\par }{\Q As
a
nation
that
did
righteousness,
\par }{\QB and
didn’t
forsake
the
ordinance
of
their
God,
\par }{\Q they
ask
of
me
righteous judgements.
\par }{\QB They
delight
to draw
near
to
God.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}‘Why
have
we
fasted,’
they say, ‘and
you
don’t
see?
\par }{\QB Why
have
we afflicted
our
soul,
and
you
don’t
notice?’
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q “Behold,
in
the
day
of
your
fast
you
find
pleasure,
\par }{\QB and
oppress
all
your labourers.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Behold,
you
fast
for
strife
and
contention,
\par }{\QB and
to
strike
with
the
fist
of
wickedness.
\par }{\QB You
don’t
fast
today
so
as
to
make
your
voice
to
be
heard
on
high.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}Is
this
the
fast
that
I
have
chosen?
\par }{\QB A
day
for
a
man
to humble
his
soul?
\par }{\Q Is
it
to
bow
down
his
head
like
a
reed,
\par }{\QB and
to
spread
sackcloth
and
ashes under
himself?
\par }{\Q Will
you
call
this
a
fast,
\par }{\QB and
an
acceptable
day
to
the
LORD?
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{6}“Isn’t
this
the
fast
that
I
have
chosen:
\par }{\QB to
release
the
bonds
of
wickedness,
\par }{\QB to undo
the straps
of
the
yoke,
\par }{\QB to
let
the
oppressed
go
free,
\par }{\QB and
that
you
break
every
yoke?
\par }{\Q \VS{7}Isn’t
it
to distribute
your
bread
to
the
hungry,
\par }{\QB and
that
you
bring
the
poor
who
are cast
out
to
your
house?
\par }{\Q When
you
see
the
naked,
\par }{\QB that
you
cover
him;
\par }{\QB and
that
you
not
hide yourself
from
your own
flesh?
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Then
your
light
will
break
out
as
the
morning,
\par }{\QB and
your healing
will appear
quickly;
\par }{\Q then
your
righteousness
shall
go
before
you,
\par }{\QB and
the
LORD’s
glory
will
be
your
rear
guard.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Then
you
will
call,
and
the
LORD
will
answer.
\par }{\QB You
will
cry
for
help,
and
he
will
say, ‘Here
I
am.’
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q “If
you
take
away
from amongst
you
the
yoke,
\par }{\QB finger
pointing,
\par }{\QB and
speaking
wickedly;
\par }{\Q \VS{10}and if
you pour out
your
soul
to
the
hungry,
\par }{\QB and
satisfy
the afflicted
soul,
\par }{\Q then
your
light
will
rise
in
darkness,
\par }{\QB and
your
obscurity
will
be
as
the noonday;
\par }{\Q \VS{11}and
the
LORD
will
guide
you
continually,
\par }{\QB satisfy
your
soul
in dry
places,
\par }{\QB and make
your
bones strong.
\par }{\Q You
will
be
like
a
watered
garden,
\par }{\QB and
like
a
spring
of
water
\par }{\QB whose
waters
don’t
fail.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}Those
who
will
be
of
you
will
build
the
old
waste
places.
\par }{\QB You
will
raise
up
the
foundations
of
many
generations.
\par }{\Q You
will
be
called
Repairer
of
the
Breach,
\par }{\QB Restorer
of
Paths
with Dwellings.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{13}“If
you
turn
away
your
foot
from
the
Sabbath,
\par }{\QB from
doing
your
pleasure
on
my
holy
day,
\par }{\Q and
call
the
Sabbath
a
delight,
\par }{\QB and
the
holy
of
the
LORD honourable,
\par }{\QB and honour
it,
\par }{\QB not
doing
your own
ways,
\par }{\QB nor
finding
your own
pleasure,
\par }{\QB nor
speaking
your own
words,
\par }{\Q \VS{14}then
you
will
delight
yourself
in
the
LORD,
\par }{\QB and
I
will
make
you
to
ride
on
the
high
places
of
the
earth,
\par }{\QB and
I
will
feed
you
with
the
heritage
of
Jacob
your
father;”
\par }{\QB for
the
LORD’s
mouth
has
spoken
it.

\par }\PoetryChap{59}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Behold,
the
LORD’s
hand
is
not
shortened,
that
it
can’t
save;
\par }{\QB nor
his
ear
dull,
that
it
can’t
hear.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}But
your
iniquities
have
separated
you
and
your
God,
\par }{\QB and
your
sins
have
hidden
his
face
from
you,
\par }{\QB so
that
he
will
not
hear.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}For
your
hands
are
defiled
with
blood,
\par }{\QB and
your
fingers
with
iniquity.
\par }{\Q Your
lips
have
spoken
lies.
\par }{\QB Your
tongue
mutters
wickedness.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}No
one
sues
in
righteousness,
\par }{\QB and
no
one
pleads
in
truth.
\par }{\Q They
trust
in
vanity
\par }{\QB and
speak
lies.
\par }{\Q They
conceive
mischief
\par }{\QB and
give
birth
to
iniquity.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}They
hatch adders’
eggs
\par }{\QB and
weave
the
spider’s
web.
\par }{\Q He who
eats
of
their
eggs
dies;
\par }{\QB and
that which
is crushed
breaks
out into
a
viper.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Their
webs
won’t
become
garments.
\par }{\QB They
won’t
cover
themselves
with
their
works.
\par }{\Q Their
works
are
works
of
iniquity,
\par }{\QB and acts
of
violence
are
in
their
hands.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}Their
feet
run
to
evil,
\par }{\QB and
they
hurry
to
shed
innocent
blood.
\par }{\Q Their
thoughts
are
thoughts
of
iniquity.
\par }{\QB Desolation
and
destruction
are
in
their paths.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}They
don’t
know
the
way
of
peace;
\par }{\QB and
there
is
no
justice
in
their
ways.
\par }{\Q They
have
made
crooked
paths
for
themselves;
\par }{\QB whoever goes
in
them
doesn’t
know
peace.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{9}Therefore
justice
is
far
from
us,
\par }{\QB and
righteousness
doesn’t
overtake
us.
\par }{\Q We
look
for
light,
but
see
darkness;
\par }{\QB for
brightness,
but
we
walk
in
obscurity.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}We
grope
for
the
wall
like
the
blind.
\par }{\QB Yes,
we
grope as
those
who
have
no
eyes.
\par }{\Q We
stumble
at
noon as if
it
were
twilight.
\par }{\QB Amongst
those
who
are strong,
we
are
like
dead
men.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}We
all
roar
like
bears
\par }{\QB and
moan
sadly
like
doves.
\par }{\Q We
look
for
justice,
but
there
is
none,
\par }{\QB for
salvation,
but
it
is
far
off
from
us.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{12}For
our
transgressions
are
multiplied
before
you,
\par }{\QB and
our
sins
testify
against
us;
\par }{\Q for
our
transgressions
are
with
us,
\par }{\QB and
as
for
our
iniquities,
we
know
them:
\par }{\Q \VS{13}transgressing
and
denying
the
LORD,
\par }{\QB and turning
away
from
following
our
God,
\par }{\QB speaking
oppression
and
revolt,
\par }{\QB conceiving
and
uttering
from
the
heart
words
of
falsehood.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}Justice
is turned
away
backward,
\par }{\QB and
righteousness
stands
far
away;
\par }{\Q for
truth
has
fallen
in
the
street,
\par }{\QB and uprightness
can’t
enter.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}Yes,
truth
is lacking;
\par }{\QB and
he
who departs
from
evil
makes himself
a prey.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q The
LORD
saw
it,
\par }{\QB and
it
displeased
him
that
there
was
no
justice.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}He
saw
that
there
was
no
man,
\par }{\QB and wondered
that
there
was
no intercessor.
\par }{\Q Therefore
his
own
arm
brought
salvation
to
him;
\par }{\QB and
his
righteousness
sustained
him.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}He
put
on
righteousness as
a
breastplate,
\par }{\QB and
a
helmet
of
salvation
on
his
head.
\par }{\Q He
put
on
garments
of
vengeance
for
clothing,
\par }{\QB and
was clad
with
zeal as
a
mantle.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}According
to
their
deeds,
\par }{\QB he
will
repay as appropriate:
\par }{\QB wrath
to
his adversaries,
\par }{\QB recompense
to
his
enemies.
\par }{\QB He
will
repay
the
islands
their
due.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}So
they
will
fear
the
LORD’s
name
from
the
west,
\par }{\QB and
his
glory
from
the
rising
of
the
sun;
\par }{\Q for
he
will
come
as
a rushing
stream,
\par }{\QB which
the
LORD’s
breath
drives.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{20}“A
Redeemer
will
come
to
Zion,
\par }{\QB and
to those
who
turn
from disobedience
in
Jacob,”
says
the
LORD.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}“As
for
me,
this
is
my
covenant
with
them,”
says
the
LORD. “My
Spirit
who
is
on
you,
and
my
words
which
I
have
put
in
your
mouth
shall
not
depart
out
of
your
mouth,
nor
out
of
the
mouth
of
your
offspring,
nor
out
of
the
mouth
of
your
offspring’s
offspring,”
says
the
LORD, “from
now
on
and
forever.”

\par }\PoetryChap{60}{\Q \VerseOne{1}“Arise,
shine;
for
your
light
has
come,
\par }{\QB and
the
LORD’s
glory
has
risen
on
you!
\par }{\Q \VS{2}For
behold,
darkness
will
cover
the
earth,
\par }{\QB and
thick
darkness
the
peoples;
\par }{\Q but
the
LORD
will arise
on
you,
\par }{\QB and
his
glory
shall
be
seen
on
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Nations
will
come
to
your
light,
\par }{\QB and
kings
to
the
brightness
of
your
rising.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{4}“Lift
up
your
eyes
all
around,
and
see:
\par }{\QB they
all
gather
themselves
together.
\par }{\QB They
come
to
you.
\par }{\Q Your
sons
will
come
from
far
away,
\par }{\QB and
your
daughters
will
be
carried
in
arms.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}Then
you
shall
see
and
be radiant,
\par }{\QB and
your
heart
will
thrill
and
be
enlarged;
\par }{\Q because
the
abundance
of
the
sea
will
be
turned
to
you.
\par }{\QB The
wealth
of
the
nations
will
come
to
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}A
multitude
of
camels
will
cover
you,
\par }{\QB the dromedaries
of
Midian
and
Ephah.
\par }{\Q All
from
Sheba
will
come.
\par }{\QB They
will
bring
gold
and
frankincense,
\par }{\QB and
will
proclaim
the
praises
of
the
LORD.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}All
the
flocks
of
Kedar
will
be
gathered
together
to
you.
\par }{\QB The
rams
of
Nebaioth
will
serve
you.
\par }{\Q They
will
be
accepted
as
offerings
on
my
altar;
\par }{\QB and
I
will
beautify
my
glorious
house.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{8}“Who
are
these
who
fly
as
a
cloud,
\par }{\QB and
as
the
doves
to
their
windows?
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Surely
the
islands
will
wait
for
me,
\par }{\QB and
the
ships
of
Tarshish
first,
\par }{\Q to
bring
your
sons
from
far
away,
\par }{\QB their
silver
and
their
gold
with
them,
\par }{\Q for
the
name
of
the
LORD
your
God,
\par }{\QB and
for
the
Holy
One
of
Israel,
\par }{\QB because
he
has
glorified
you.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{10}“Foreigners
will
build
up
your
walls,
\par }{\QB and
their
kings
will
serve
you;
\par }{\Q for
in
my
wrath
I
struck
you,
\par }{\QB but
in
my favour
I
have
had
mercy
on
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Your
gates
also
shall
be
open
continually;
they
shall
not
be
shut
day
nor
night,
that men
may
bring
to
you
the
wealth
of
the
nations,
and
their
kings
led captive.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}For
that
nation
and
kingdom
that
will
not
serve
you
shall
perish;
yes,
those
nations
shall
be
utterly wasted.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{13}“The
glory
of
Lebanon shall
come
to
you,
the
cypress
tree,
the pine,
and
the
box
tree
together,
to
beautify
the
place
of
my
sanctuary;
and
I
will
make
the
place
of
my
feet
glorious.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}The
sons
of
those
who
afflicted
you
will
come
bowing
to
you;
\par }{\QB and
all
those
who
despised
you
will
bow
themselves
down
at
the
soles
of
your
feet.
\par }{\Q They
will
call
you
the
LORD’s
City,
\par }{\QB the
Zion
of
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{15}“Whereas
you
have
been forsaken
and
hated,
\par }{\QB so
that
no
one
passed
through
you,
\par }{\Q I
will
make
you
an
eternal excellency,
\par }{\QB a
joy
of
many
generations.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}You
will
also drink
the
milk
of
the
nations,
\par }{\QB and
will
nurse
from
royal
breasts.
\par }{\Q Then
you
will
know
that
I,
the
LORD,
am
your Saviour,
\par }{\QB your
Redeemer,
\par }{\QB the
Mighty
One
of
Jacob.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}For
bronze
I
will
bring
gold;
\par }{\QB for
iron
I
will
bring
silver;
\par }{\QB for
wood,
bronze,
\par }{\QB and
for
stones,
iron.
\par }{\Q I
will
also
make
peace
your governor,
\par }{\QB and
righteousness
your
ruler.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}Violence
shall
no
more
be
heard
in
your
land,
\par }{\QB nor desolation
or
destruction
within
your
borders;
\par }{\Q but
you
will
call
your
walls
Salvation,
\par }{\QB and
your
gates
Praise.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}The
sun
will
be
no
more
your
light
by
day,
\par }{\QB nor
will
the
brightness
of
the
moon
give
light
to
you,
\par }{\Q but
the
LORD
will
be
your
everlasting
light,
\par }{\QB and
your
God
will
be
your
glory.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}Your
sun
will
not
go
down
any
more,
\par }{\QB nor
will
your moon
withdraw itself;
\par }{\Q for
the
LORD
will
be
your
everlasting
light,
\par }{\QB and
the
days
of
your
mourning
will end.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}Then
your
people
will
all
be
righteous.
\par }{\QB They
will
inherit
the
land
forever,
\par }{\QB the
branch
of
my
planting,
\par }{\QB the
work
of
my
hands,
\par }{\QB that
I
may
be
glorified.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}The
little
one
will
become
a
thousand,
\par }{\QB and
the
small
one
a
strong
nation.
\par }{\QB I,
the
LORD,
will
do
this
quickly
in
its
time.”

\par }\PoetryChap{61}{\Q \VerseOne{1}The
Lord GOD’s
Spirit
is
on
me,
\par }{\QB because
the
LORD
has
anointed
me
to preach
good
news
to
the
humble.
\par }{\Q He
has
sent
me
to
bind
up
the
broken hearted,
\par }{\QB to
proclaim
liberty
to
the
captives
\par }{\QB and
release
to
those
who
are
bound,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 61:1 }
LXX and DSS add: recovery of sight to the blind}
\par }{\Q \VS{2}to
proclaim
the
year
of
the
LORD’s favour
\par }{\QB and
the
day
of
vengeance
of
our
God,
\par }{\QB to
comfort
all
who
mourn,
\par }{\Q \VS{3}to
provide
for those
who
mourn
in
Zion,
\par }{\QB to
give
to
them
a garland
for
ashes,
\par }{\QB the
oil
of
joy
for
mourning,
\par }{\QB the garment
of
praise
for
the
spirit
of heaviness,
\par }{\Q that
they
may
be
called trees
of
righteousness,
\par }{\QB the
planting
of
the
LORD,
\par }{\QB that
he
may
be
glorified.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{4}They
will
rebuild
the
old
ruins.
\par }{\QB They
will
raise
up
the
former
devastated
places.
\par }{\Q They
will
repair
the
ruined
cities
\par }{\QB that
have
been
devastated
for
many
generations.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}Strangers
will
stand
and
feed
your
flocks.
\par }{\QB Foreigners
will work
your fields
and
your vineyards.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}But
you
will
be
called
the
LORD’s
priests.
\par }{\QB Men
will
call
you
the
servants
of
our
God.
\par }{\Q You
will
eat
the
wealth
of
the
nations.
\par }{\QB You
will
boast
in
their
glory.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}Instead
of
your
shame
you
will
have
double.
\par }{\QB Instead
of dishonour,
they
will
rejoice
in
their
portion.
\par }{\Q Therefore
in
their
land
they
will
possess
double.
\par }{\QB Everlasting
joy
will
be
to
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}“For
I,
the
LORD,
love
justice.
\par }{\QB I
hate
robbery
and iniquity.
\par }{\Q I
will
give
them
their
reward
in
truth
\par }{\QB and
I
will
make
an
everlasting
covenant
with
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Their
offspring
will
be
known amongst
the
nations,
\par }{\QB and
their
offspring amongst
the
peoples.
\par }{\Q All
who
see
them
will
acknowledge
them,
\par }{\QB that
they
are
the
offspring
which
the
LORD
has
blessed.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{10}I
will
greatly
rejoice
in
the
LORD!
\par }{\QB My
soul
will
be joyful
in
my
God,
\par }{\Q for
he
has
clothed
me
with
the
garments
of
salvation.
\par }{\QB He
has covered
me
with
the
robe
of
righteousness,
\par }{\QB as
a bridegroom
decks
himself
with
a garland
\par }{\QB and
as
a
bride adorns
herself
with
her
jewels.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}For
as
the
earth
produces
its bud,
\par }{\QB and
as
the
garden
causes
the
things
that
are
sown
in
it
to
spring
up,
\par }{\QB so
the
Lord
GOD
will cause
righteousness
and
praise
to
spring
up
before
all
the
nations.

\par }\PoetryChap{62}{\Q \VerseOne{1}For
Zion’s
sake
I
will
not hold
my
peace,
\par }{\QB and
for
Jerusalem’s
sake
I
will
not
rest,
\par }{\Q until
her
righteousness shines
out
like
the
dawn,
\par }{\QB and
her
salvation
like
a
burning lamp.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}The
nations
will
see
your
righteousness,
\par }{\QB and
all
kings
your
glory.
\par }{\Q You
will
be
called
by
a
new
name,
\par }{\QB which
the
LORD’s
mouth
will
name.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}You
will
also
be
a
crown
of
beauty
in
the
LORD’s
hand,
\par }{\QB and
a
royal
diadem
in
your
God’s
hand.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}You
will
not
be
called Forsaken
any
more,
\par }{\QB nor
will
your
land
be
called
Desolate
any
more;
\par }{\Q but
you
will
be
called
Hephzibah,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 62:4 }
Hephzibah means “I delight in her”.}
\par }{\QB and
your
land Beulah;\FTNT{†}{{\FR 62:4 }
Beulah means “married”}
\par }{\Q for
the
LORD
delights
in
you,
\par }{\QB and
your
land
will
be
married.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}For
as
a
young
man
marries
a
virgin,
\par }{\QB so
your
sons
will
marry
you.
\par }{\Q As
a bridegroom
rejoices
over
his
bride,
\par }{\QB so
your
God
will
rejoice
over
you.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{6}I
have set
watchmen
on
your
walls,
Jerusalem.
\par }{\QB They
will
never
be
silent
day
nor
night.
\par }{\Q You
who
call
on
the
LORD,
take
no
rest,
\par }{\QB \VS{7}and
give
him
no
rest
until
he
establishes,
\par }{\QB and
until
he
makes
Jerusalem
a
praise
in
the
earth.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{8}The
LORD
has
sworn
by
his
right
hand,
\par }{\QB and
by
the
arm
of
his
strength,
\par }{\Q “Surely
I
will
no
more
give
your
grain
to
be
food
for
your
enemies,
\par }{\QB and
foreigners
will
not
drink
your
new
wine,
for
which
you
have laboured,
\par }{\Q \VS{9}but
those
who
have harvested
it
will
eat
it,
and
praise
the
LORD.
\par }{\QB Those
who
have
gathered
it
will
drink
it
in
the courts
of
my
sanctuary.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{10}Go
through,
go
through
the
gates!
\par }{\QB Prepare
the
way
of
the
people!
\par }{\Q Build
up,
build
up
the
highway!
\par }{\QB Gather
out
the
stones!
\par }{\QB Lift
up
a
banner
for
the
peoples.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Behold,
the
LORD
has
proclaimed
to
the
end
of
the
earth:
\par }{\QB “Say
to
the
daughter
of
Zion,
\par }{\QB ‘Behold,
your
salvation
comes!
\par }{\Q Behold,
his
reward
is
with
him,
\par }{\QB and
his
recompense
before
him!’ ”
\par }{\Q \VS{12}They
will
call
them “The
Holy
People,
\par }{\QB The
LORD’s
Redeemed”.
\par }{\Q You
will
be
called “Sought Out,
\par }{\QB A
City
Not Forsaken”.

\par }\PoetryChap{63}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Who
is
this
who
comes
from
Edom,
\par }{\QB with dyed
garments
from
Bozrah?
\par }{\Q Who
is
this
who
is glorious
in
his
clothing,
\par }{\QB marching
in
the
greatness
of
his
strength?
\par }{\Q “It
is
I
who
speak
in
righteousness,
\par }{\QB mighty
to
save.”
\par }{\Q \VS{2}Why
is your
clothing
red,
\par }{\QB and your
garments like him
who
treads
in
the
wine vat?
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{3}“I
have
trodden
the wine press
alone.
\par }{\QB Of
the
peoples,
no
one
was
with
me.
\par }{\Q Yes,
I
trod
them
in
my
anger
\par }{\QB and
trampled
them
in
my
wrath.
\par }{\Q Their
lifeblood
is sprinkled
on
my
garments,
\par }{\QB and
I
have
stained
all
my
clothing.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}For
the
day
of
vengeance
was
in
my
heart,
\par }{\QB and
the
year
of
my
redeemed
has
come.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}I
looked,
and
there
was
no
one
to
help;
\par }{\QB and
I wondered
that
there
was
no
one
to
uphold.
\par }{\Q Therefore
my own
arm
brought
salvation
to
me.
\par }{\QB My own
wrath
upheld
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}I
trod
down
the
peoples
in
my
anger
\par }{\QB and
made
them
drunk
in
my
wrath.
\par }{\QB I
poured
their
lifeblood out
on
the
earth.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{7}I
will
tell
of
the loving kindnesses
of
the
LORD
\par }{\QB and
the
praises
of
the
LORD,
\par }{\QB according
to
all
that
the
LORD
has given
to
us,
\par }{\Q and
the
great
goodness towards
the
house
of
Israel,
\par }{\QB which
he
has given
to
them
according
to
his
mercies,
\par }{\QB and
according
to
the
multitude
of
his loving kindnesses.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}For
he
said, “Surely,
they
are
my
people,
\par }{\QB children
who
will
not
deal
falsely;”
\par }{\QB so
he
became
their Saviour.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}In
all
their affliction
he
was afflicted,
\par }{\QB and
the
angel
of
his
presence
saved
them.
\par }{\Q In
his
love
and
in
his pity
he
redeemed
them.
\par }{\QB He
bore
them,
\par }{\QB and
carried
them
all
the
days
of
old.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{10}But
they
rebelled
\par }{\QB and
grieved
his
Holy
Spirit.
\par }{\Q Therefore
he
turned
and
became
their
enemy,
\par }{\QB and
he
himself
fought
against
them.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{11}Then
he
remembered
the
days
of
old,
\par }{\QB Moses
and
his
people, saying,
\par }{\Q “Where
is
he who
brought
them
up
out
of
the
sea
with
the
shepherds
of
his
flock?
\par }{\QB Where
is
he who
put
his
Holy
Spirit amongst
them?”
\par }{\Q \VS{12}Who caused
his
glorious
arm
to
be
at
Moses’
right
hand?
\par }{\QB Who
divided
the
waters
before
them,
to
make
himself
an
everlasting
name?
\par }{\Q \VS{13}Who led them through
the
depths,
\par }{\QB like
a
horse
in
the
wilderness,
\par }{\QB so
that
they
didn’t
stumble?
\par }{\Q \VS{14}As
the
livestock
that
go
down
into
the
valley,
\par }{\QB the
LORD’s
Spirit caused
them
to
rest.
\par }{\QB So
you
led
your
people
to
make yourself
a
glorious
name.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{15}Look
down
from
heaven,
\par }{\QB and
see
from
the
habitation
of
your
holiness
and
of
your
glory.
\par }{\Q Where
are
your
zeal
and
your
mighty
acts?
\par }{\QB The yearning
of
your
heart
and
your
compassion
is
restrained towards
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}For
you
are
our
Father,
\par }{\QB though
Abraham
doesn’t
know
us,
\par }{\QB and
Israel
does
not
acknowledge
us.
\par }{\Q You,
LORD,
are
our
Father.
\par }{\QB Our
Redeemer
from
everlasting
is
your
name.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}O
LORD,
why
do
you
make
us
wander
from
your
ways,
\par }{\QB and
harden
our
heart
from
your
fear?
\par }{\Q Return
for
your
servants’
sake,
\par }{\QB the
tribes
of
your
inheritance.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}Your
holy
people
possessed
it
but
a
little
while.
\par }{\QB Our adversaries have
trodden
down
your
sanctuary.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}We
have
become
like
those
over
whom
you
never
ruled,
\par }{\QB like
those
who
were
not
called
by
your
name.

\par }\PoetryChap{64}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Oh
that
you
would tear
the heavens,
\par }{\QB that
you
would
come
down,
\par }{\QB that
the mountains might
quake
at
your
presence—
\par }{\Q \VS{2}as
when fire kindles
the brushwood,
\par }{\QB and
the fire causes
the water
to boil.
\par }{\Q Make
your name
known
to
your adversaries,
\par }{\QB that
the nations
may tremble
at
your
presence!
\par }{\Q \VS{3}When
you
did awesome
things
which
we
didn’t
look
for,
\par }{\QB you came down,
and
the mountains quaked
at
your
presence.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}For
from
of
old
men
have
not heard,
\par }{\QB nor perceived
by
the ear,
\par }{\QB nor
has
the eye seen
a God besides
you,
\par }{\QB who
works
for
him
who waits
for
him.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}You meet
him
who rejoices
and does
righteousness,
\par }{\QB those
who remember
you
in
your ways.
\par }{\Q Behold,
you
were angry,
and
we sinned.
\par }{\QB We
have
been
in
sin
for
a long
time.
\par }{\QB Shall
we
be saved?
\par }{\Q \VS{6}For
we
have
all
become
like
one
who
is unclean,
\par }{\QB and
all
our righteousness
is
like
a polluted garment.
\par }{\Q We
all fade
like
a leaf;
\par }{\QB and
our
iniquities,
like
the wind,
take
us
away.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}There
is
no
one
who calls
on
your name,
\par }{\QB who stirs
himself
up
to take hold
of
you;
\par }{\Q for
you
have hidden
your face
from
us,
\par }{\QB and
have consumed
us
by
means
of
our iniquities.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{8}But
now,
LORD,
you
are
our Father.
\par }{\QB We
are
the clay
and
you
our potter.
\par }{\QB We
all
are
the work
of
your hand.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Don’t
be furious, LORD.
\par }{\QB Don’t remember iniquity forever.
\par }{\Q Look
and see, we beg
you,
\par }{\QB we
are all
your people.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Your
holy cities
have
become
a wilderness.
\par }{\QB Zion
has
become
a wilderness,
\par }{\QB Jerusalem
a
desolation.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Our holy
and
our beautiful house
where
our fathers praised
you
\par }{\QB is burnt
with fire.
\par }{\QB All
our pleasant places
are
laid waste.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}Will you hold yourself back for these things, LORD?
\par }{\QB Will you keep silent and punish us very severely?

\par }\PoetryChap{65}{\Q \VerseOne{1}“I
am enquired
of
by those
who
didn’t
ask.
\par }{\QB I
am
found
by those
who
didn’t
seek
me.
\par }{\QB I
said, ‘See
me,
see
me,’
to
a
nation
that
was
not
called
by
my
name.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}I
have
spread
out
my
hands
all
day
to
a
rebellious
people,
\par }{\QB who
walk
in
a
way
that
is
not
good,
\par }{\QB after
their own
thoughts;
\par }{\Q \VS{3}a
people who
provoke
me
to
my
face
continually,
\par }{\QB sacrificing
in
gardens,
\par }{\QB and
burning
incense
on
bricks;
\par }{\Q \VS{4}who
sit amongst
the
graves,
\par }{\QB and
spend nights
in
secret
places;
\par }{\Q who
eat pig’s
meat,
\par }{\QB and broth
of abominable
things
is
in
their
vessels;
\par }{\Q \VS{5}who
say, ‘Stay
by
yourself,
\par }{\QB don’t
come
near
to
me,
\par }{\QB for
I am
holier
than
you.’
\par }{\Q These
are
smoke
in
my
nose,
\par }{\QB a
fire
that
burns
all
day.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{6}“Behold,
it
is
written
before
me:
\par }{\QB I
will
not
keep silence,
\par }{\QB but
will
repay,
\par }{\QB yes,
I
will
repay
into
their
bosom
\par }{\Q \VS{7}your own
iniquities
and
the
iniquities
of
your
fathers
together”,
says
the
LORD,
\par }{\QB “who
have
burnt
incense
on
the
mountains,
\par }{\QB and blasphemed
me
on
the
hills.
\par }{\QB Therefore
I
will
first
measure
their
work
into
their
bosom.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{8}The
LORD
says,
\par }{\Q “As
the
new
wine
is
found
in
the
cluster,
\par }{\QB and
one
says, ‘Don’t
destroy
it,
for
a
blessing
is
in
it:’
\par }{\Q so
I
will
do
for
my
servants’
sake,
\par }{\QB that
I
may
not
destroy
them
all.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}I
will
bring
offspring
out
of
Jacob,
\par }{\QB and
out
of
Judah
an inheritor
of
my
mountains.
\par }{\Q My
chosen
will
inherit
it,
\par }{\QB and
my
servants
will
dwell
there.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Sharon
will
be
a fold
of
flocks,
\par }{\QB and
the
valley
of
Achor
a
place
for
herds
to
lie down
in,
\par }{\QB for
my
people
who
have
sought
me.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{11}“But
you
who
forsake
the
LORD,
\par }{\QB who
forget
my
holy
mountain,
\par }{\QB who
prepare
a
table
for Fortune,
\par }{\QB and
who
fill
up
mixed
wine
to
Destiny;
\par }{\Q \VS{12}I
will
destine
you
to
the
sword,
\par }{\QB and
you
will
all
bow
down
to
the
slaughter;
\par }{\Q because
when
I
called,
you
didn’t
answer.
\par }{\QB When
I
spoke,
you
didn’t
listen;
\par }{\Q but
you
did
that
which
was
evil
in
my
eyes,
\par }{\QB and
chose
that
in
which
I
didn’t
delight.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{13}Therefore
the
Lord
GOD
says,
\par }{\Q “Behold,
my
servants
will
eat,
\par }{\QB but
you
will
be
hungry;
\par }{\Q behold,
my
servants
will
drink,
\par }{\QB but
you
will
be
thirsty.
\par }{\Q Behold,
my
servants
will
rejoice,
\par }{\QB but
you
will
be
disappointed.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}Behold,
my
servants
will
sing
for
joy
of
heart,
\par }{\QB but
you
will
cry
for
sorrow
of
heart,
\par }{\QB and
will
wail
for anguish
of
spirit.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}You
will
leave
your
name
for
a
curse
to
my
chosen,
\par }{\QB and
the
Lord
GOD
will
kill
you.
\par }{\Q He
will
call
his
servants
by
another
name,
\par }{\QB \VS{16}so
that
he
who
blesses himself
in
the
earth
will
bless himself
in
the
God
of
truth;
\par }{\QB and
he
who
swears
in
the
earth
will
swear
by
the
God
of
truth;
\par }{\Q because
the
former troubles
are
forgotten,
\par }{\QB and
because
they
are
hidden
from
my
eyes.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{17}“For,
behold,
I
create
new
heavens
and
a
new
earth;
\par }{\QB and
the
former
things
will
not
be
remembered,
\par }{\QB nor
come
into
mind.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}But
be
glad
and
rejoice
forever
in
that
which
I
create;
\par }{\QB for,
behold,
I
create
Jerusalem
to
be
a
delight,
\par }{\QB and
her
people
a
joy.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}I
will
rejoice
in
Jerusalem,
\par }{\QB and
delight
in
my
people;
\par }{\Q and
the
voice
of
weeping
and
the
voice
of
crying
\par }{\QB will
be
heard
in
her
no
more.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{20}“No
more
will
there
be
an
infant
who only
lives
a few
days,
\par }{\QB nor
an
old
man
who
has
not
filled
his
days;
\par }{\Q for
the
child
will
die
one
hundred
years
old,
\par }{\QB and
the
sinner
being
one
hundred
years
old
will
be
accursed.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}They
will
build
houses
and
inhabit
them.
\par }{\QB They
will
plant
vineyards
and
eat
their
fruit.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}They
will
not
build
and
another
inhabit.
\par }{\QB They
will
not
plant
and
another
eat;
\par }{\Q for
the
days
of
my
people
will
be
like
the
days
of
a
tree,
\par }{\QB and
my
chosen
will
long enjoy
the
work
of
their
hands.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}They
will
not labour
in vain
\par }{\QB nor
give
birth
for
calamity;
\par }{\Q for
they
are
the
offspring
of
the
LORD’s
blessed
\par }{\QB and
their
descendants
with
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}It
will
happen
that
before
they
call,
I
will
answer;
\par }{\QB and
while
they
are
yet
speaking,
I
will
hear.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}The
wolf
and
the
lamb
will
feed
together.
\par }{\QB The
lion
will
eat
straw
like
the
ox.
\par }{\QB Dust
will
be
the
serpent’s
food.
\par }{\Q They
will
not hurt
nor
destroy
in
all
my
holy
mountain,”
\par }{\QB says
the
LORD.

\par }\Chap{66}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
LORD
says:
\par }{\Q “Heaven
is
my
throne,
and
the
earth
is
my footstool.
\par }{\QB What kind
of
house
will
you
build
to
me?
\par }{\QB Where
will
I
rest?
\par }{\Q \VS{2}For
my
hand
has
made
all
these
things,
\par }{\QB and
so
all
these
things
came
to
be,”
says
the
LORD:
\par }{\Q “but
I
will
look
to
this
man,
\par }{\QB even
to
he
who
is
poor
and
of
a
contrite
spirit,
\par }{\QB and
who trembles
at
my
word.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}He
who
kills
an
ox
is
as
he
who
kills
a
man;
\par }{\QB he
who
sacrifices
a
lamb,
as
he
who
breaks
a
dog’s
neck;
\par }{\QB he
who
offers
an
offering,
as
he
who
offers pig’s
blood;
\par }{\QB he
who
burns
frankincense,
as
he
who
blesses
an
idol.
\par }{\Q Yes,
they
have
chosen
their
own
ways,
\par }{\QB and
their
soul
delights
in
their
abominations.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}I
also
will
choose
their delusions,
\par }{\QB and
will
bring
their fears
on
them,
\par }{\Q because
when
I
called,
no
one
answered;
\par }{\QB when
I
spoke,
they
didn’t
listen,
\par }{\Q but
they
did
that
which
was
evil
in
my
eyes,
\par }{\QB and
chose
that
in
which
I
didn’t
delight.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{5}Hear
the
LORD’s
word,
\par }{\QB you
who tremble
at
his
word:
\par }{\Q “Your
brothers
who
hate
you,
\par }{\QB who cast
you
out
for
my
name’s
sake,
have
said,
\par }{\Q ‘Let
the
LORD
be
glorified,
\par }{\QB that
we
may
see
your
joy;’
\par }{\QB but
it
is
those
who
shall
be
disappointed.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}A
voice
of
tumult
from
the
city,
\par }{\QB a
voice
from
the
temple,
\par }{\QB a
voice
of
the
LORD
that
repays
his
enemies
what
they deserve.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{7}“Before
she travailed,
she
gave
birth.
\par }{\QB Before
her pain
came,
she
delivered
a son.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Who
has
heard
of
such
a
thing?
\par }{\QB Who
has
seen
such
things?
\par }{\Q Shall
a
land
be
born
in
one
day?
\par }{\QB Shall
a
nation
be
born
at
once?
\par }{\Q For
as
soon
as
Zion travailed,
\par }{\QB she
gave
birth
to
her
children.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Shall
I
bring
to
the
birth,
and
not cause
to
be
delivered?”
says
the
LORD.
\par }{\QB “Shall
I
who cause
to
give
birth
shut
the womb?”
says
your
God.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{10}“Rejoice
with
Jerusalem,
and
be
glad
for
her,
all
you
who
love
her.
\par }{\QB Rejoice
for
joy
with
her,
all
you
who
mourn
over
her;
\par }{\Q \VS{11}that you
may
nurse
and
be
satisfied at
the
comforting
breasts;
\par }{\QB that you
may
drink deeply,
\par }{\QB and
be
delighted
with
the
abundance
of
her
glory.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{12}For
the
LORD
says, “Behold,
I
will
extend
peace
to
her
like
a
river,
\par }{\QB and
the
glory
of
the
nations
like
an
overflowing
stream,
\par }{\QB and
you
will
nurse.
\par }{\Q You
will
be
carried
on
her
side,
\par }{\QB and
will
be dandled
on
her
knees.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}As
one
whom
his
mother
comforts,
\par }{\QB so
I
will
comfort
you.
\par }{\QB You
will
be
comforted
in
Jerusalem.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{14}You
will
see
it,
and
your
heart
shall
rejoice,
\par }{\QB and
your
bones
will flourish
like
the
tender
grass.
\par }{\Q The
LORD’s
hand
will
be
known amongst
his
servants;
\par }{\QB and
he
will
have
indignation
against
his
enemies.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{15}For,
behold,
the
LORD
will
come
with
fire,
\par }{\QB and
his
chariots
will
be
like
the whirlwind;
\par }{\Q to
render
his
anger
with fierceness,
\par }{\QB and
his
rebuke
with
flames
of
fire.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}For
the
LORD
will
execute judgement
by
fire
and
by
his
sword
on
all
flesh;
\par }{\QB and
those
slain
by
the
LORD
will
be
many.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}“Those
who
sanctify
themselves
and
purify
themselves
to go
to
the
gardens,
following
one
in
the
middle,
eating pig’s
meat, abominable
things,
and
the
mouse,
they
shall
come
to
an
end
together,”
says
the
LORD.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}“For
I know
their
works
and
their
thoughts.
The time
comes
that
I
will
gather
all
nations
and
languages,
and
they
will
come,
and
will
see
my
glory.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}“I
will
set
a
sign amongst
them,
and
I
will
send
those
who
escape
of
them
to
the
nations,
to
Tarshish,
Pul,
and
Lud,
who
draw
the
bow,
to
Tubal
and
Javan,
to far-away
islands,
who
have
not
heard
my
fame,
nor
have
seen
my
glory;
and
they
shall
declare
my
glory amongst
the
nations.
\VS{20}They
shall
bring
all
your
brothers
out
of
all
the
nations
for
an
offering
to
the
LORD,
on
horses,
in
chariots,
in litters,
on
mules,
and
on
camels,
to
my
holy
mountain
Jerusalem,
says
the
LORD,
as
the
children
of
Israel
bring
their
offering
in
a
clean
vessel
into
the
LORD’s
house.
\VS{21}Of
them
I
will
also
select
priests
and
Levites,”
says
the
LORD.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}“For
as
the
new
heavens
and
the
new
earth,
which
I
will
make,
shall
remain
before
me,”
says
the
LORD, “so
your
offspring
and
your
name
shall
remain.
\VS{23}It
shall
happen
that
from
one
new
moon
to another,
and
from
one
Sabbath
to another,
all
flesh
will
come
to
worship
before
me,”
says
the
LORD.
\VS{24}“They
will
go
out,
and
look
at
the
dead
bodies
of
the
men
who
have
transgressed
against
me;
for
their worm
will
not
die,
nor
will
their
fire
be
quenched,
and
they
will
be loathsome
to
all
mankind.”
\par }