Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

18 And it shall be, he who ﬂeeth from the voice of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare; for windows from on high are opended, and the foundations of the earth do shake.

19 The earth is utterly broken, the earth is utterly shattered, the earth is utterly uprooted.

[*](10. Lit. ‘shut up from entering.)[*](11. ‘streets’: or, ‘ﬁelds’ (open places): ‘for,’ or, ‘because of ’ ‘gone,’ strictly, ‘into captivity.’)[*](13. Or, ‘When thus it shall be.’)[*](15. ‘the lights,’ perhaps meaning ‘the East.’ Some would changing a letter: cf. LXX.)[*](16. ‘corner,’ lit. ‘wing.’ or ‘edge.’ Similarly LXX. ‘indeed,’ Heb. verb repeated to intensify.)[*](19. ‘is utterly uprooted’: or, ‘totters ’: Heb. verbs in verse repeated intensively.)

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20 The earth staggereth like a drunkard, and swayeth to and fro like a but; and the rebellion thereof is heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.

21 And it shall be in that day, the Lord shall visit (upon) the host of the height in the height, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.

22 And they shall be gathered, as prisoners are gathered, into a pit, and after many days shall they be visited.

23 And the moon shall blush, and the sun be ashamed; for the LORD of Hosts is King in mount Zion, and before his elders (there is) glory.

XXV. 1 O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done a wonder; counsels from of old, truth, true.

2 For thou hast made of a city a heap; a fenced town to be a ruin; a castle of strangers to be no city; it shall not be built, for ever.

3 Therefore shall a strong people honour thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.