Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

LI. 1 Hearken to me, ye that pursue righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.

2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you; for I called him, being one, and blessed him, and increased him.

3 For the Lord hath comforted Zion; he hath comforted all her waste places; and he hath made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving and the voice of song.

4 Listen unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation; for a law shall go forth from me, and I will settle my judgment for a light of the peoples.

5 My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall, judge the peoples; the isles shall wait for me, and on mine arm shall they trust.

6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wear out like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die as in like manner; but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be dismayed.

7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, ’a people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of (weak) men, and be ye not dismayed at their revilings.

[*](11. ‘gird yourselves with...’: Pesh. has ‘set a light to’: followed (Seeker, Hitz., Ew.). ‘walk amid...’ or, ‘begone into the ﬂame into..’)[*](4. ‘from ’: lit. ‘from by ’: cf. Greek, παρ’ ἐμοῦ. ‘settle’: lit. ‘make to rest.’)[*](6. So (deictic phrase) = ‘like ’ Del.: ‘like a gnat’ (singular form word rendered ‘lice’ in Exod. viii. 12) many comm.: but this prob. requires slight emendation.)

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8 For the moth shall eat them like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake as in the ancient days, the generations of old. Art thou not it that hewed Rahab in pieces, that pierced the dragon?

10 Art thou not it that dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?

11 And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with song, and everlasting joy upon their head; they shall attain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing are ﬂed away.