Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

12 And the writing is given unto one that knoweth not writing, saying, Read this, pray; and he saith, I know not writing.

13 And the Lord said, F orasmuch as this people draweth near, honoureth me with its mouth and with its lips; and hath removed its heart away from me; and their fear of me is a precept of men, that is taught:

14 Therefore, behold, I am he that will again deal wonderquy with this people, wonderfully and a wonder; and the wisdom of its wise men shall perish, andthe discernment of its discerning men shall hide itself.

15 Ah, they that go deep from the Lord to hide counsel and their-works are in darkness, and they say, Who seeth us? and Who knoweth us?

16 The perverseness of you! shall the potter be reckoned as clay? that the thing made should say of him that made it, He made me not! and the thing formed of him that formed it, ’ discerneth not!

17 Is it not yet but a very little while, and Lebanon shall turn to garden-land, and the garden-land be reckoned as a forest?

[*](9. If the verbs are not identical, but of different meaning and similar roots, we must render, ‘Tarry. and be astonished : take your pleasure, and be blind!)[*](10. ‘poured poured ’: or, ‘spread over ’: cf. xxv. 7, xxx.)[*](11. Or, ‘ the vision throughout is ’)[*](16. Or. ‘ for the thing made saith...’ ‘of,’ or, ‘to him that...’ formed of him that formed ’: or, ‘pot of the ’: same word as earlier in verse.)[*](17. ‘ garden ’ same word as ‘Carmel.)

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18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of a writing, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of gloom and out of darkness.

19 And the meek shall add to their. joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.

20 For the terrible one is at an end, and all is overylwith the scoffer, and that watched for iniquity are cut off .

21 That make a man offend by a word, and lay a snare for him that convinceth in the gate; and turn aside the righteous with emptiness.

22 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the house of Jacob, he that redeemed Abraham 3 Not now shall Jacob be ashamed, neither shall his face now be pale.

23 For when he seeth his children, the work of my hands, in the midst of him, they shall count my name holy, and countholy the Holy One of Jacob, and fear the God of Israel.

24 And they that err in spirit shall learn discernment, and they that murmur shall receive instruction.

XXX. 1 Ah, the rebellious sons, saith the LORD, that take counsel, and not of me ; and weave a web, and not with my spirit, that they may add sin to sin

2 That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the stronghold of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt.

3 Therefore shall the stronghold of. Pharaoh be to yOu a shame, I and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.

[*](21. Or, ' offend in a cause.)[*](’ 22 Or, ‘ to the house of Jacob.')[*](23. Or, ‘ when his children see the work...' ‘ count holy ’: or, ‘ sanctify.)[*](1. ‘ weave a web ’: or, ‘ cover with a covering ’: or, ‘ pour a libation ’: cf. xxix. ιο. Very doubtful.)[*](2. Perhaps, ‘are on their way to go down into ’ ‘trust’: or, take refuge, and correspondingly ver. 3.)

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4 For his princes are at Zoan, and his messengers have reached Hanes.

5 All shall be. ashamed of a people · shall not profit them, not for a help nor profit, but for a shame, and also a reproach.

6 The burden of the beasts of the south country. Through a land of distress and anguish, whence are the lioness and lion, viper and ﬂying ﬁery serpent, they carry their riches on the shoulder of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit

7 And Egypt, vain and empty will be their help: therefore I cry concerning this, Rahab are they, a sitting still.