Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

LVII. 1 The. righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and men of lovingkindness are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the face of the evil.

2 He entereth into peace; they rest on their beds, whoso walketh straight forward.

3 And ye, draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, seed of an adulterer and a whore.

4 At whom do ye make sport? at whom widen ye the mouth, and lengthen the tongue? Are ye not children of rebellion, a seed of falsehood?

5 Inflaming yourselves among the terebinths; under every green tree; slaying the children in the torrent-valleys under the clefts of the rocks.

6 Among the smooth (stones) of the torrent-valley is thy portion; they, they are thy lot; even to them hast thou poured out a drink-offering, thou hast offered a meat-offering. Shall I relent for these things?

7 Upon a mountain exalted and lifted up hast thou set thy bed; even there hast thou gone up to offer sacrifice.

[*](9. Object of ‘devour,’ acc. to Heb. accents, is ‘beasts’ (of the forest).)[*](10. ‘dreaming,’ or, ‘raving’: some MSS. read 'seers,’ and (Π for Π).)[*](11. ‘soul’ here = appetite: ‘from the furthest end’ apparently out exception: some render, from his quarter.)[*](1. ‘taken away,' lit. gathered.)[*](2. ‘entereth into...' or, ‘goeth in peace.)[*](5. ‘Inflaming...slaying...’ or, ‘Ye that ﬂame...that slay...)

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8 And behind the door and the post hast thou set thy memorial; for away from me hast thou uncovered, and gone up, hast enlarged thy bed, and gotten thee a covenant from them; thou hast loved their bed, hast looked on a hand.

9 And thou hast travelled to the king with oil, and hast multiplied thy perfumes, and hast sent thine envoys far off, and hast brought (thyself )1 down, even to hell.

10 Thou hast wearied thyself with the abundance of thy travel; thou saidst not, It is hopeless; thou hast found revival of thy strength; therefore thou wast not faint.

11 And of whom hast thou been afraid, and feared, that thou shouldest lie, and hast not remembered me, hast not laid it to thine heart? Have I not held my peace, and that from of old, and thou fearest not me?

12 I will declare thy righteousness; and thy works, and they shall not profit thee.

13 When thou criest, let thy gatherings deliver thee; and a wind shall lift them all up, a breath shall take them away; and he that trusteth in me shall inherit the land, and shall. possess my holy mountain:

14 And (one) saith, Cast up, cast up, clear a. way; take up the stumbling block out of the way of my people.

15 For thus saith he. that is high and lifted up, that dwelleth for ever, and. holy 15 ms name ; I dwell in the high andholy place, and with him that is crushed and humble of spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the crushed ones.

16 For I will not contend forever, and not always I be, wroth; for the spirit would fail from before me, and the souls which I have made.

[*](8. Very doubtful: for ‘looked on,' ‘perhaps ‘chosen’; and ‘hand’ may =place, monument, as in. lvi. 5.)[*](10. ‘strength,’ lit. ‘hang.’)[*](12. Some propose to emend to ‘my righteousness.)[*](13 init. Lit. ‘In (or at) thy crying.’)[*](15. ‘that dwelleth for ever,' or. ‘dwelleth in eternity': ‘I dwell in the high...' or, ‘in the height and in holiness.')[*](16. 'soulds. ’ lit. ‘breaths.’)

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17 For the iniquity of his gain was I wroth, and smote him I hid myself and was ’wroth, and he wenton perversely in the way of his heart.

18 I have seen his ways, and I will heal him; and I will lead him, and requite with comfort him and his mourners;

19 Creating fruit of the lips, Peace, peace, to the far off and the near, saith the LORD, and I will heal him.

20 And the wicked are like the stirred up sea; for it cannot. rest, and its waters stir up mire and