Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

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.

8 Shudder not, and fear not: have I not caused thee to hear, from that time, and told it? and ye are my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? and there is no Rock: I know not (any).

9 They that form a graven image are all of them waste; and their desirable things shall not profit; and their witnesses, they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.

10 Who hath formed a god, and molten a graven, image, to no profit?

11 Behold, all his company shall be ashamed; and the craftsmen, they are of men; they shall all be gathered together, they shall stand up; they shall fear, they shall be ashamed together.

[*](5. ‘call on . . . ,’ or, ‘proclaim, In the name of Jacob.’ ‘write with . . . ’: or, ‘inscribe on his hand, To the Lord.’ ‘entitle’: or, ‘call in honour.)[*](7. Some render, ‘let him tell it, and . . . ‘to them’; or, ‘on their part’ (ethic dat.).)

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12 The craftsman in iron (hath) an adze, and worketh in the coals, and formeth it with hammers, with the arm of his strehgth moreover he is hungry, and there is no strength: he drinketh no water, and is faint.