Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

XXXII. 1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and (as) for princes, they shall rule in judgment.

2 And a man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the rainstorm; as channels of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be closed, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.

[*](4 ‘fight against mount ’ So Delitzsch; Kay, Driver, Hitzig, Naegelsbach: cf. xxix. 7. W. E. Barnes, ‘against,’ but with an ellipse, changing the sense:. ‘upon,’ Gesenius, Ewald, Alexander, Cheyne: others ‘for’ (Alb. Barnes) or ‘concerning.’)[*](8. ‘young ’: or, ‘chosen’: cf. xl. 30, and Ps. lxxviii. 31, 63 (A.V. and P.B.): ‘be for ’: or, ‘shall be ’ (in ﬂight, or with fear).)[*](9 init. Or, possibly, ‘And he shall pass by his rock..’)[*](3. ‘a ’: or, ‘each ’ Delitzsch, Gesenius, Ewald: ‘a great man, Cheyne. ‘a great ’: lit. ‘heavy’ ‘huge,’ Cheyne).)

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4 And the heart of the hasty shall have discernment to know, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be quick to speak clearly. ·

5 The fool shall no more be called noble, nor the mean spoken of as liberal.

6 For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work naughtiness, todo impiety, and to speak error against the Lord, to empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

7 And the means of the mean are evil; it is he that deviseth plots to destroy the meek with words of falsehood, even when the needy speaketh judgment.

8 But the noble deviseth noble things; and he shall stand ﬁrm on noble things.

9 Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice: ye conﬁdent daughters, give ear unto my speech.

10 In a year, and days over, shall ye be disquieted, ye conﬁdent Ones ; for the vintage is at an end, the gathering shall not come.

11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease: be disquieted, ye conﬁdent ones; strip you, and make you bare, and gird (sackcloth) upon your loins.

12 They shall smite upon the breasts, for the pleasant ﬁelds, for the fruitful vine.

13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers ; yea, upon all houses of joy the exultant city.

14 For the palace is forsaken: the uproar of the city deserted; hill and watchtower serve for caves for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of ﬂocks:

[*](4 ﬁn. Lit. ‘to speak clearuesses.’)[*](7 ‘means‘: or, instruments’: but Heb. has an apparent play on words. ‘judgment,’ i.e. right.)[*](10 init. Lit. ‘Days upon a year...’ )[*](12. ‘smite upon,’ or, ‘lament for...’ ‘breasts’: perhaps a play on words with ‘ﬁelds.’)[*](13 ﬁn.‘Or, ‘of the ex. city.’)[*](14 ‘uproar...deserted’: or, ‘multitude of the city a solitude.’)

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15 Until a spirit be poured out upon us from on high, and the wilderness become a garden-land, and the garden-land be counted for a forest.

16 And judgment shall rest in the wilderness, and righteousness. dwell in the garden-land. -

17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace, and the effect of righteousness quietness and conﬁdence for ever.

18 And my people shall abide in a home of peace, and in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.

19 And it shall hail at the downfall of the forest; and the city shall lie low in lowliness.

20 Happy are ye, that sow beside all waters; that send forth the foot of the ox and the ass.