Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

XXXI. 1 Ah, they that go down to Egypt for help; and. they stay on horses, and trust in chariots, for they are many, and in horsemen, for they are very strong; and they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither. inquire of the Lord!

2 And he also is wise; and bringeth evil, and removeth not his words; and he riseth up against the house of evil doers, and against the help of them that work naughtiness.

3 And the Egyptians are men, and not God: and their horses ﬂesh, and not spirit: and the Lord shall stretch out his hand, and he that helpeth shall stumble, and he that is holpen shall fall, and they all shall come to an end together.

[*](30. ‘scattering’: or, ‘bursting’ (of clouds).)[*](31. ‘affrighted’: or, ‘broken.’)[*](33. Obscure. ‘ﬁght against them,’ Heb. marg.)[*](33. Heb. Tophteh: ‘an abomination,‘ Delitzsch (a place so called in Valley of Hinnom).)[*](1. Or,‘ ‘seek the Lord!’)[*](2. ‘help,’ i.e. ‘helpers.’)

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4 For thus said the LORD unto me, As the lion growleth, and the young lion over his prey, against whom a multitude of ’ shepherds is called forth: at their voice he is not affrighted, and at their uproar he is not dismayed; so shall the LORD of Hosts come down to ﬁght against mount Zion, and against the hill thereof.

5 As birds hovering, so will the LORD of Hosts protect Jeru- salem; protecting and rescuing, passing over, and setting free.

6 Return ye unto him from whom they have deeply revolted, Ο children of Israel.

7 For in that day they shall reject every man his false gods of silver, and his false gods of gold, which your own hands have made you, a sin.

8 And Asshur shall fall, by the sword of no man, and the sword, of none born of men, shall devour him; and he shall ﬂee from before the sword, and his young men shall be for tribute.

9 And his rock shall pass away, from fear, and his princes be frighted from the standard, saith the LORD, who hath his ﬁre in. Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem. ’

XXXII. 1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and (as) for princes, they shall rule in judgment.

2 And a man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the rainstorm; as channels of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be closed, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.

[*](4 ‘fight against mount ’ So Delitzsch; Kay, Driver, Hitzig, Naegelsbach: cf. xxix. 7. W. E. Barnes, ‘against,’ but with an ellipse, changing the sense:. ‘upon,’ Gesenius, Ewald, Alexander, Cheyne: others ‘for’ (Alb. Barnes) or ‘concerning.’)[*](8. ‘young ’: or, ‘chosen’: cf. xl. 30, and Ps. lxxviii. 31, 63 (A.V. and P.B.): ‘be for ’: or, ‘shall be ’ (in ﬂight, or with fear).)[*](9 init. Or, possibly, ‘And he shall pass by his rock..’)[*](3. ‘a ’: or, ‘each ’ Delitzsch, Gesenius, Ewald: ‘a great man, Cheyne. ‘a great ’: lit. ‘heavy’ ‘huge,’ Cheyne).)

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4 And the heart of the hasty shall have discernment to know, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be quick to speak clearly. ·