Isaiah 9:1–10:34
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Isaiah 9:1–10:34 · Psalm 105 (MT: 106) · Proverbs 25:1–2 · 2 Corinthians 1:1–24
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1O people walking in darkness, behold a great light: ye that dwell in the region [and] shadow of death, a light shall shine upon you.
1But there shall be no more gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time, he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali; but in the latter time he has made it glorious, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.
2The multitude of the people which thou hast brought down in thy joy, they shall even rejoice before thee as they that rejoice in harvest, and as they that divide the spoil.
2The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. The light has shined on those who lived in the land of the shadow of death.
3Because the yoke that was laid upon them has been taken away, and the rod that was on their neck: for he has broken the rod of the exactors, as in the day of Madiam.
3You have multiplied the nation. You have increased their joy. They rejoice before you according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the plunder.
4For they shall compensate for every garment that has been acquired by deceit, and [all] raiment with restitution; and they shall be willing, [even] if they were burnt with fire.
4For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as in the day of Midian.
5For a child is born to us, and a son is given to us, whose government is upon his shoulder: and his name is called the Messenger of great counsel: for I will bring peace upon the princes, and health to him.
5For all the armor of the armed man in the noisy battle, and the garments rolled in blood, will be for burning, fuel for the fire.
6His government shall be great, and of his peace there is no end: [it shall be] upon the throne of David, and [upon] his kingdom, to establish it, and to support [it] with judgment and with righteousness, from henceforth and for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts shall perform this.
6For a child is born to us. A son is given to us; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
7The Lord has sent death upon Jacob, and it has come upon Israel.
7Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on David’s throne, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from that time on, even forever. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.
8And all the people of Ephraim, and they that dwelt in Samaria shall know, who say in their pride and lofty heart,
8The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it falls on Israel.
9The bricks are fallen down, but come, let us hew stones, and cut down sycamores and cedars, and let us build for ourselves a tower.
9All the people will know, including Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria, who say in pride and in arrogance of heart,
10And God shall dash down them that rise up against him on mount Sion, and shall scatter his enemies;
10“The bricks have fallen, but we will build with cut stone. The sycamore fig trees have been cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.”
11[even] Syria from the rising of the sun, and the Greeks from the setting of the sun, who devour Israel with open mouth. For all this [his] anger is not turned away, but still [his] hand is exalted.
11Therefore Yahweh will set up on high against him the adversaries of Rezin, and will stir up his enemies,
12But the people turned not until they were smitten, and they sought not the Lord.
12The Syrians in front, and the Philistines behind; and they will devour Israel with open mouth. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
13So the Lord took away from Israel the head and tail, great and small, in one day:
13Yet the people have not turned to him who struck them, neither have they sought Yahweh of Armies.
14the old man, and them that respect persons, this is the head; and the prophet teaching unlawful things, he is the tail.
14Therefore Yahweh will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed, in one day.
15And they that pronounce this people blessed shall mislead them; and they mislead them that they may devour them.
15The elder and the honorable man is the head, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail.
16Therefore the Lord shall not take pleasure in their young men, neither shall he have pity on their orphans or on their widows: for they are all transgressors and wicked, and every mouth speaks unjustly. For all this [his] anger is not turned away, but [his] hand is yet exalted.
16For those who lead this people lead them astray; and those who are led by them are destroyed.
17And iniquity shall burn as fire, and shall be devoured by fire as dry grass: and it shall burn in the thickets of the wood, and shall devour all that is round about the hills.
17Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is profane and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
18The whole earth is set on fire because of the fierce anger of the Lord, and the people shall be as men burnt by fire: no man shall pity his brother.
18For wickedness burns like a fire. It devours the briers and thorns; yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
19But [one] shall turn aside to the right hand, for he shall be hungry; and shall eat on the left, and a man shall by no means be satisfied with eating the flesh of his own arm.
19Through Yahweh of Armies’ wrath, the land is burned up; and the people are the fuel for the fire. No one spares his brother.
20For Manasses shall eat [the flesh] of Ephraim, and Ephraim [the flesh] of Manasses; for they shall besiege Juda together. For all this [his] anger is not turned away, but [his] hand is yet exalted.
20One will devour on the right hand, and be hungry; and he will eat on the left hand, and they will not be satisfied. Everyone will eat the flesh of his own arm:
1Woe to them that write wickedness; for when they write they do write wickedness,
1Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees
2perverting the cause of the poor, violently wresting the judgment of the needy ones of my people , that the widow may be a prey to them, and the orphan a spoil.
2to deprive the needy of justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights, that widows may be their plunder, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
3And what will they do in the day of visitation? for affliction shall come to you from afar: and to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory,
3What will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
4that ye may not fall into captivity? For all this [his] wrath is not turned away, but [his] hand is yet exalted.
4They will only bow down under the prisoners, and will fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
5Woe to the Assyrians; the rod of my wrath, and anger are in their hands.
5Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!
6I will send my wrath against a sinful nation, and I will charge my people to take plunder and spoil, and to trample the cities, and to make them dust.
6I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people who anger me I will give him a command to take the plunder and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
7But he meant not thus, neither did he devise thus in his soul: but his mind shall change, and [that] to destroy nations not a few .
7However, he doesn’t mean so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off not a few nations.
8And if they should say to him, Thou alone art ruler;
8For he says, “Aren’t all of my princes kings?
9then shall he say, Have I not taken the country above Babylon and Chalanes, where the tower was built? and have I [not] taken Arabia, and Damascus, and Samaria ?
9Isn’t Calno like Carchemish? Isn’t Hamath like Arpad? Isn’t Samaria like Damascus?”
10As I have taken them, I will also take all the kingdoms: howl, ye idols in Jerusalem, and in Samaria.
10As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, whose engraved images exceeded those of Jerusalem and of Samaria,
11For as I did to Samaria and her idols, so will I do also to Jerusalem and her idols.
11shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
12And it shall come to pass, when the Lord shall have finished doing all things on mount Sion and Jerusalem, [that] I will visit upon the proud heart, [even] upon the ruler of the Assyrians, and upon the boastful haughtiness of his eyes.
12Therefore it will happen that when the Lord has performed his whole work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the willful proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the insolence of his arrogant looks.
13For he said, I will act in strength , and in the wisdom of [my] understandingI will remove the boundaries of nations, and will spoil their strength.
13For he has said, “By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding. I have removed the boundaries of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures. Like a valiant man I have brought down their rulers.
14And I will shake the inhabited cities: and I will take with my hand all the world as a nest: and I will even take them as eggs that have been left; and there is none that shall escape me, or contradict me.
14My hand has found the riches of the peoples like a nest, and like one gathers eggs that are abandoned, I have gathered all the earth. There was no one who moved their wing, or that opened their mouth, or chirped.”
15Shall the axe glorify itself without him that hews with it? or shall the saw lift up itself without him that uses it, as if one should lift a rod or staff? but it shall not be so;
15Should an ax brag against him who chops with it? Should a saw exalt itself above him who saws with it? As if a rod should lift those who lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up someone who is not wood.
16but the Lordof hosts shall send dishonour upon thine honour, and burning fire shall be kindled upon thy glory.
16Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory a burning will be kindled like the burning of fire.
17And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and he shall sanctify him with burning fire, and it shall devour the wood as grass.
17The light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it will burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day.
18In that day the mountains shall be consumed, and the hills, and the forests, and [fire] shall devour [both] soul and body: and he that flees shall be as one fleeing from burning flame.
18He will consume the glory of his forest and of his fruitful field, both soul and body. It will be as when a standard bearer faints.
19And they that are left of them shall be a [small] number, and a child shall write them.
19The remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child could write their number.
20And it shall come to pass in that day [that] the remnant of Israel shall no more join themselves with, and the saved of Jacob shall no more trust in, them that injured them; but they shall trust in the Holy God of Israel, in truth.
20It will come to pass in that day that the remnant of Israel, and those who have escaped from the house of Jacob will no more again lean on him who struck them, but shall lean on Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
21And the remnant of Jacob shall [trust] on the mighty God.
21A remnant will return, even the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.
22And though the people of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant of them shall be saved.
22For though your people, Israel, are like the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. A destruction is determined, overflowing with righteousness.
23He will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because the Lordwill make a short work in all the world.
23For the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will make a full end, and that determined, throughout all the earth.
24Therefore thus saith the Lordof hosts, Be not afraid, my people who dwell in Sion, of the Assyrians, because he shall smite thee with a rod: for I am bringing a stroke upon thee, that [thou] mayest see the way of Egypt .
24Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, says, “My people who dwell in Zion, don’t be afraid of the Assyrian, though he strike you with the rod, and lift up his staff against you, as Egypt did.
25For yet a little while, and the indignation shall cease: but my wrath shall be against their council.
25For yet a very little while, and the indignation against you will be accomplished, and my anger will be directed to his destruction.”
26And God will stir up [enemies] against them, according to the stroke of Madiam in the place of affliction: and his wrath shall be by the way of the sea, [even] to the way that leads to Egypt.
26Yahweh of Armies will stir up a scourge against him, as in the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb. His rod will be over the sea, and he will lift it up like he did against Egypt.
27And it shall come to pass in that day , [that] his yoke shall be taken away from thy shoulder, and his fear from thee, and the yoke shall be destroyed from off your shoulders.
27It will happen in that day that his burden will depart from off your shoulder, and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing oil.
28For he shall arrive at the city of Angai, and shall pass on to Maggedo, and shall lay up his stores in Machmas.
28He has come to Aiath. He has passed through Migron. At Michmash he stores his baggage.
29And he shall pass by the valley, and shall arrive at Angai: fear shall seize upon Rama, the city of Saul .
29They have gone over the pass. They have taken up their lodging at Geba. Ramah trembles. Gibeah of Saul has fled.
30The daughter of Gallim shall flee; Laisa shall hear; one shall hear in Anathoth.
30Cry aloud with your voice, daughter of Gallim! Listen, Laishah! You poor Anathoth!
31Madebena also is amazed, and the inhabitants of Gibbir.
31Madmenah is a fugitive. The inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.
32Exhort ye [them] to-day to remain in the way: exhort ye [beckoning] with the hand the mountain, the daughter of Sion, even ye hills that are in Jerusalem.
32This very day he will halt at Nob. He shakes his hand at the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
33Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will mightily confound the glorious ones; and the haughty in pride shall be crushed, and the lofty shall be brought low:
33Behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will lop the boughs with terror. The tall will be cut down, and the lofty will be brought low.
34and the lofty ones shall fall by the sword, and Libanus shall fall with his lofty ones.
34He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.