Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

6 And the aliens, that have joined themselves to the LORD, to minister unto him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath, not to profane it, and boldeth fast by my covenant :

7 Them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices (shall be) acceptable upon mine altar; for mine house ’ shall be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.

8 Saith the Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel, Yet I gather (more) unto him, to his gathered ones.

[*](13. ‘ﬁr’: or, ‘cypress. ’ ‘name,)[*](2. ‘not to profane,’ c. Lit. ‘from profaning...from)[*](3. ‘alien,’ lit. ‘son of a stranger' (so ver. ‘surely,’ or, ‘utterly (verb repeated).)[*](5. ‘memorial,’ or ‘monument’: lit.)[*](7. V Lit. ‘cause them to rejoice in my house...’ ‘acceptable,’ lit. acceptance.)

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9 All ye beasts of the ﬁeld, come to devour; all beasts of the forest.

10 His watchmen are blind, they know not, all of them; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

11 And the dogs are strong of soul, they know not satiety; and they, the shepherds, know not how to discern; they are all turned to their own. way, every one to his gain, from the furthest end of it.

12 Come ye, I will fetch wine, and we will ﬁll ourselves with strong drink; and to-morrow shall be as this day, very exceeding great.

LVII. 1 The. righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and men of lovingkindness are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the face of the evil.

2 He entereth into peace; they rest on their beds, whoso walketh straight forward.

3 And ye, draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, seed of an adulterer and a whore.

4 At whom do ye make sport? at whom widen ye the mouth, and lengthen the tongue? Are ye not children of rebellion, a seed of falsehood?

5 Inflaming yourselves among the terebinths; under every green tree; slaying the children in the torrent-valleys under the clefts of the rocks.

6 Among the smooth (stones) of the torrent-valley is thy portion; they, they are thy lot; even to them hast thou poured out a drink-offering, thou hast offered a meat-offering. Shall I relent for these things?

7 Upon a mountain exalted and lifted up hast thou set thy bed; even there hast thou gone up to offer sacrifice.