Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

15 There shall the arrowsnake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather in her shadow; there surely shall the kites be , brought together, each with her mate.

16 Inquire ye out of the book of the Lord, and read; none of these is missing, none shall want her mate; for my mouth, it hath commanded, and his spirit, it hath brought them together.

17 And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line; they shall possess it for ever, to generation and generation shall they dwell therein.

XXXV. 1 The wilderness and the dry place shall rejoice; and the desert shall exult, and blossom like the narcissus.

2 It shall. blossom abundantly and exult, yea with exultation. and singing; there shall be given to it the glory of Lebanon, the honour of Carmel and Sharon: they shall see the glory of the Lord, the honour of our God.

[*](11. ‘bittern,’ some render ‘porcupine.’ or ‘hedgehog’: ‘plummet,’ lit. ‘stones.’)[*](12. Very doubtful: some render ‘there is no kingdom that they may proclaim.’)[*](15, 16. ‘each,’ ‘none,’ are feminine: also ‘mate.’)
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3 Strengthen ye the slack hands, and confirm the stumbling, knees.

4 Say to the hasty of heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God, vengeance cometh, retribution of God; himself cometh, and will save you.

5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped:

6 Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

7 And the burning sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water; in the habitation of jackals, their lair, a court for reed and rush.

8 And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called the holy way; there shall not pass over it (any) unclean; and his for them; and whosoever walketh in the way, and fools, shall not go astray.

9 No lion shall be there, nor shall the (most) violent of beasts go up thereon; it shall not be found there; and redeemed ones shall walk (there),

10 And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with song, and everlasting joy upon their head 3 they shall attain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

XXXVI. 1 And it came to pass, in the fourteenth year of the king Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.

2 And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to the king Hezekiah with a great army. And he took his stand by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.

[*](7. ‘burning ’ Some render ‘hot ’; others, ‘mirage.’ Only here and xlix. 10.)[*](8. Or, ‘even fools....)[*](2. or, ‘ ’ as being a—apparently=chief butler, in Hebrew: but prob. representing Assyrian word for chief staff officer.)
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3 And there went out to him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and Shebna the secretary, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder;

4 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say, I pray, to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What trust is this wherewith thou trustest?

5 I say, It is only a word of -the lips, counsel and strength for war: now, in whom trustest thou, that thou rebellest against me?

6 Lo, thou trustest on this bruised reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh ’of Egypt to all that trust in him.

7 And if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath removed, and said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?