Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

17 Instead of brass I will bring gold, and instead of iron I will bring silver, and instead of wood brass, and instead of stones iron; and I will make thy government peace, and thine overseers righteousness.

18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction in thy borders; and thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.

19 The sun shall no more be thy light by day; and as for shining, the moon shall not give light to thee; and the LORD shall be to thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy beauty.

20 Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself; for the LORD shall be to thee an everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be fulfilled

21 And thy people shall be all of them righteous; they shall possess the land for ever; the shoot of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may beautify myself.

22 The smallest shall become a thousand, and the least a strong nation; I the LORD will hasten it in its time.

LXI. 1 The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to bring glad tidings unto the afflicted; hath sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to captives, and opening of eyes to the bound:

[*](15. Lit. ‘and I will..' ‘and’ prob. marking principal clause.)[*](17. Or, ‘I will set peace (for) thy government, and righteousness thine overseers)[*](21. Or, ‘possess the earth': ‘planting’: or, ‘plantation.’ Heb. text has 'his,' margin ‘my’ (??) (for). (??). Lit. ‘for beautifying)[*](22. Lit. ‘the small' (Heb. has no comp. or superl. forms) : ‘the little.)[*](1. ‘opening,’ generally of eyes, but perhaps here of the prison.)

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2 To proclaim a year of acceptance for the LORD, and a day of vengeance for our God; to comfort all mourners

3 To appoint for the mourners of Zion, to give unto them. a garland instead of ashes, the Oil of gladness instead Of mourning, a garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; and they shall be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may beautify himself.

4 And they shall build up ruins of old time; they shall raise up desolations of the ﬁrst days; and they shall restore ruined cities, desolations of generation upon generation.

5 And strangers shall stand and feed your ﬂocks, and aliens shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

6 And ye shall be called the Priests of the LORD; men shall say of you, The Ministers of our God; ye shall eat the wealth of nations, and in their glory shall ye boast.