Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

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!