Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near.

7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the man of iniquity his thoughts; and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

9 “For (as) the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, unless it have watered the earth, and made it bringtforth and sprout, and given seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth; it shall not return unto me void, unless it have accomplished that which I please, and made to prosper thatfor which I sent it.

12 For ye shall go forth with joy, and be led in peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you [into singing, and all the trees of the ﬁeld shall clap the hand.

[*](6. ‘while he may be,’ lit. ‘in his being found.’)[*](7 ﬁn. ‘will be abundant in pardoning.’)[*](10. ‘unless it have...’: or, ‘without watering...and making...’ (and so ver. 11).)

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13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the ﬁr tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree; and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

LVI. 1 Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and. do righteousness 3 for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.

2 Happy is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that boldeth fast by it; that keepeth the sabbath, not to profane it, and keepeth his hand, not to do any evil.

3 And let not the alien, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD will surely separate me from his people; and let not the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.

4 For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and hold fast by my covenant:

5 I Will even give unto them in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give him an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.

6 And the aliens, that have joined themselves to the LORD, to minister unto him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath, not to profane it, and boldeth fast by my covenant :

7 Them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices (shall be) acceptable upon mine altar; for mine house ’ shall be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.

8 Saith the Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel, Yet I gather (more) unto him, to his gathered ones.

[*](13. ‘ﬁr’: or, ‘cypress. ’ ‘name,)[*](2. ‘not to profane,’ c. Lit. ‘from profaning...from)[*](3. ‘alien,’ lit. ‘son of a stranger' (so ver. ‘surely,’ or, ‘utterly (verb repeated).)[*](5. ‘memorial,’ or ‘monument’: lit.)[*](7. V Lit. ‘cause them to rejoice in my house...’ ‘acceptable,’ lit. acceptance.)

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9 All ye beasts of the ﬁeld, come to devour; all beasts of the forest.

10 His watchmen are blind, they know not, all of them; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

11 And the dogs are strong of soul, they know not satiety; and they, the shepherds, know not how to discern; they are all turned to their own. way, every one to his gain, from the furthest end of it.

12 Come ye, I will fetch wine, and we will ﬁll ourselves with strong drink; and to-morrow shall be as this day, very exceeding great.