Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

LXV. 1 I was to be inquired of by them that asked not, have let myself be found by them that sought me not; I said, Here am I, Here am I, unto a nation that was not called by my name.

2 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a refractory people, which walk in a way which is not good, after their own thoughts.

[*](5 fin Very dubious. Some render, ‘in them (thy ways) is continuance (or eternity), and we shall be saved.)[*](7. ‘and melted us’: Seeker. Lowth, Cheyne, c. with Pesh. Targ. propose to read ‘delivered us into the hand of' [ root ABBREVfor ABBREVPerhaps ‘into’ is right.)[*](8. ‘potter': or ‘fashioner,’ xxix. 16, xlv. 9.)[*](9. ‘to the uttermost,' or, ‘to excess.)

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3 The people that irritate me continually to my face; which sacrifice in the gardens, and burn incense upon the bricks:

4 Which sit in the graves, and lodge in guarded places, which eat swine's ﬂesh, and broth of abominations is in their vessels:

5 Which say, Keep to thyself, come not near to me; for I am holy to thee. These are a smoke in my nose, a ﬁre that burneth all the day.

6 Behold, it is written before me: I will not hold my peace, unless I requite, and I will requite into their bosom,

7 Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD; which burned incense on the mountains, and reproached me upon the hills: and I will measure their recompense ﬁrst into their bosom.

8 Thus saith the LORD, As when the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it; so will I do for my servants’ sake, not to destroy the whole.

9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah a possessor of my mountains; and my chosen ones shall possess it, and my servants shall (go to) dwell there.

10 And Sharon shall become a home for ﬂocks, and the valley of Achor a resting place for oxen, for my people that have inquired of me.

11 And as for you, that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that set in order a table for Fortune, that ﬁll up a mingled draught for Destiny:

[*](4. Or, ‘who dwell...and pass the night in guarded places.)[*](5. Or, possibly, ‘I sanctify thee. ...)[*](7. ‘reproached,' or, ‘insulted.’)[*](9 ﬁn. Lit. ‘shall dwell thither.)

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12 I will (even) destine you for the sword, and ye shall all crouch down to the slaughter; because I called, and ye did not answer; I spake, and ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I took not pleasure.