Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

21 And it shall be in that day, the Lord shall visit (upon) the host of the height in the height, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.

22 And they shall be gathered, as prisoners are gathered, into a pit, and after many days shall they be visited.

23 And the moon shall blush, and the sun be ashamed; for the LORD of Hosts is King in mount Zion, and before his elders (there is) glory.

XXV. 1 O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done a wonder; counsels from of old, truth, true.

2 For thou hast made of a city a heap; a fenced town to be a ruin; a castle of strangers to be no city; it shall not be built, for ever.

3 Therefore shall a strong people honour thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.

4 For thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat; for the blast of the terrible (ones) is as a (rain)storm upon a wall.

[*](23. ‘moon.’ ‘sun.’ poetic words, meaning ‘white’ and ‘hot’: ‘brick’ differs from ‘moon’ in vowel-points (same root), and ‘wall’ from ‘sun’ by a letter.)[*](3. ‘strong’: or, ‘harsh,’ ‘ﬁerce.’)[*](4. ‘poor’ or ‘weak,’ freq. of sufferers. ‘upon,’ lit. of a wall.)

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5 Thou shalt subdue the uproar of strangers, like heat in a parched land 3 (as) heat by the shadow of a cloud 3 the song of the terrible shall be brought low.

6 And in this mountain shall the Lord of Hosts make unto all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined

7 And he will swallow up in this mountain the face of the veil that veileth all peoples, and the covering that covereth all nations.

8 He hath swallowed up death for ever; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces 3 and the reproach of his people shall he take away from 06 the earth 3 for the Lord hath spoken it.

9 And one shall say in that day, Lo, this is our God 3 we waited for him, and he will save us ; this is the LORD, we waited for him 3 we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation

10 For on this mountain shall the hand of the Lord rest, and Moab shall be trampled in his place, as straw is trampled in the water of the dung pit.

11 And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst thereof, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth (his hands) to swim 3 and he shall lay low his haughtiness, together With the wiles of his hands. ’

12 And the fortress of the high place of thy walls hath he brought down, laid low, brought to the ground, even to the dust.

XXVI. 1 In. that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: We have a city of strength; salvation will he appoint for walls and rampart.

[*](6. Lit. ‘a feast of oils, a of wine-lees.’ c.)[*](9. ‘ and he will...’ or, ‘that he might save us.)[*](10. ‘trampled’: word rendered ‘threshed,’ xxi. 10, xxviii. 27, xli. 15 ‘in his place’: or, ‘under him.’ ‘the dung pit’; perhaps a proper name, Madmenah (Jer. er. xlviii. 2), or an allusion to it.)

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2 Open ye the gates, that a righteous nation which keepeth truth may enter in.,

3 A steadfast mind thou keepest in peace, peace; because he is secure in thee.

4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever ; for in Jah the Lord is a Rock of Ages.

5 For he hath brought doWn the dwellers in the height, the lofty city 3 he bringeth. it low, bringeth it low even to the earth ; he bringeth it even to the dust.