Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man is ceased; he hath broken the covenant, despised cities, not man.

9 The earth mourneth, languisheth; Lebanon is ashamed, withereth; Sharon becometh like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off (their leaves).

10 Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I exalt myself; now will I lift up myself.

11 Ye shall conceive hay, ye shall bring forth stubble; your breath is fire which shall devour you.

12 And peoples shall become burnings of lime; thorns cut up, they shall burn in the fire.

13 Hear, ye that are far, what I have done; and ye that are near, acknowledge my might.

14 The sinners are afraid in Zion; trembling hath seized the impious. Who among us can sojourn with deVOuring fire? who among us can sojourn with everlasting burnings?

15 He that walketh in righteousness, and speaketh upright- ness; that rejecteth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking hold on a bribe, that stoppeth his ear from hearing of bloodshed, and closeth his eyes from seeing evil:

[*](5. ‘exalted’: or, ‘secure’ (which sense at any rate underlies the word).)[*](7. ‘their valiant ’: doubtful. and the vowel-points must be altered to give this sense. Heb. text. as printed, suggests some form of a verb. Some render ‘the ’: i.e. ‘lions of ’ cf. xxix. 1)[*](15. ‘bloodshed,’ lit. ‘bloods.)
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16 He shall inhabit heights, fortresses of rocks (are) his high place; his bread is given him, his water is sure.