Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

16 Thus saith the Lord, which giveth a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters:

17 Which bringeth forth chariot and horse, force and warrior: they lie down together, they shall not rise: they are quenched, they are gone out like a wick:

[*](9. ‘produce,’ lit. ‘give’: ‘appear righteous,’ or, ‘be justified.’ So xlv. 25, c.)[*](13. ‘from the beginning,’ lit. ‘from the day.)
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18 Remember ye not the first things, neither consider the things of old.

19 Behold, I do a new thing; now is it springing forth; will ye not know it? Yea, I will set a way in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.

20 The beast of the field shall honour. me, jackals and (daughters of) ostriches : for I have given ’waters in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.

21 The people which 1,Ι have formed for myself, they shall recount my praise.

22 And thou hast noi: called upon me, Jacob : for thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.

23 Thou hast not brought me the’lambs of thy burnt offerings, neither hast thou honoured me with tb’y sacrifices: I have not caused thee to serve with a (meal) offering,nor wearied thee with . incense.

24 Thou hast not bought me sweet cane with silver, neither hast thou steeped me with the fat of thy sacrifices: only thou hast caused me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with a thine iniquities.

25 I, I am he that blotteth out thy rebellions for mine own sake, and I will not remember thy sins.

26 Put me in remembrance; let us plead together: do thou recount, that thou mayest appear righteous.

27 Thy first father sinned, and thine interpreters rebelled ” against me.

28 And I will profane princes of holiness, and will give up Jacob to the ban, and Israel to reproaches.

[*](22. Some render, ‘much less hast thou wearied’thyself with me.’)[*](26. ‘let us plead together,’ or, ‘judge one another’: possibly, ‘ be judged.’)[*](28. Or past tenses, altering the points: ‘ princes of holiness’: or, ‘of the sanctuary’ (?) or, ‘consecrated princes.’)
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XLIV. 1 And now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen;

2 Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, that will help thee: Fear not, O Jacob my servant, and (thou) Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and flowing streams upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon them that go forth of thee.

4 And they shall spring up in the midst of the grass, as willows by the water courses.

5 This one shall say, I am the ’s; and this shall call on the name of Jacob; and this shall write with his hand, The Lord's and entitle, In the name of Israel.

6 Thus saith the Lord, the King of Israel, and his redeemer, the Lord of Hosts; I am the first, and I, am the last; and beside me there is no God.

7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall tell it, and state it in order for me? since I set up the people of old time? and things which are coming, and things which shall come, let them tell it to them.