Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

21 Do ye not know? do ye not hear? hath it not been told to you from the beginning? have ye not discerned from the founda- ’of the earth?

22 He that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants habitants are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as ﬁne gauze, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;

23 That giveth over chiefs to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as waste.

24 Yea, they have not been planted, yea, they have not been sown; yea, their stock hath not taken root in the earth; and he - even bloweth upon them, and they wither, and a whirlwind taketh ’ - them away as stubble.

25 To whom then will ye liken me, and I shall be equal to him? saith the Holy One.

26 Lift up your eyes on high, and see: who hath created these? he who bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by name, from the greatness of his might, and being strong in power: not one is missing.

[*](15. ‘isles’: or, ‘coast-lands’; or, ‘countries’; and so xli. 1, c)[*](17. Or, ‘as less than nought.)[*](21. Or, ‘Will ye not know? will ye not ’ Or, ‘have ye not discerned the ‘ (against accents).)[*](26. Lit. ‘not a man is missing.)

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27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment will pass away from my God?

28 Hast thou not known, hast thou not heard? an everlasting God is the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth; he fainteth not, neither is—there is no searching of his—

29 Giving power to the weary; and to the powerless he in- ’ creaseth strength. ’

30 And youths faint and are weary, and young men stumble:

31 But they that wait for the LORD shall renew strength; they ’shall lift up wings like the eagles: they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.

XLI. 1 Keep silence before me, O isles; and the peoples shall renew strength; let them come near, then let them speak; let us draw near together to judgment.

2 Who raised up from the East him (whom) Righteousness calleth to his foot; gave up nations before him, maketh him subdue kings; giveth them as dust for his sword, as driven stubble for his bow?

3 He pursueth them, passeth on in peace: a path he shall not go with his feet.

4 Who hath wrought and done it? He that calleth the gene- rations from the beginning; I the LORD am the first, and with the last, I am he.

5 The isles have seen it, and are afraid: the ends of the earth tremble; they have drawn near, and come. ’

[*](31. Lit. ‘exchange ’: so LXX. Or, ’put forth wings.)[*](1. ‘before,’ or, ‘for ’ ’renew,’ as in ch. xl. 31.)[*](2. Very doubtful: perh. ‘Whom he calleth in Righteousness to his foot (i.e. to follow him). ‘Or, him whom Righteousness meeteth at every ’ interpreting ‘righteousnes’ as=victory)

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6 They help everyone his neighbour; and one saith to his brother, Be strong!

7 And the craftsman strengthened the smelter, he that smootheth with the hammer him that smiteth the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good: and he fasteneth it with nails, that it should not totter.

8 And thou, Israel my sevant, Jacob whom I have chosen; the seed of Abraham that loved me;

9 Thou on whom I have taken hold from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the corners thereof; and said to thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not rejected thee.