Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

22 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the house of Jacob, he that redeemed Abraham 3 Not now shall Jacob be ashamed, neither shall his face now be pale.

23 For when he seeth his children, the work of my hands, in the midst of him, they shall count my name holy, and countholy the Holy One of Jacob, and fear the God of Israel.

24 And they that err in spirit shall learn discernment, and they that murmur shall receive instruction.

XXX. 1 Ah, the rebellious sons, saith the LORD, that take counsel, and not of me ; and weave a web, and not with my spirit, that they may add sin to sin

2 That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the stronghold of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt.

3 Therefore shall the stronghold of. Pharaoh be to yOu a shame, I and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.

[*](21. Or, ' offend in a cause.)[*](’ 22 Or, ‘ to the house of Jacob.')[*](23. Or, ‘ when his children see the work...' ‘ count holy ’: or, ‘ sanctify.)[*](1. ‘ weave a web ’: or, ‘ cover with a covering ’: or, ‘ pour a libation ’: cf. xxix. ιο. Very doubtful.)[*](2. Perhaps, ‘are on their way to go down into ’ ‘trust’: or, take refuge, and correspondingly ver. 3.)

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4 For his princes are at Zoan, and his messengers have reached Hanes.

5 All shall be. ashamed of a people · shall not profit them, not for a help nor profit, but for a shame, and also a reproach.

6 The burden of the beasts of the south country. Through a land of distress and anguish, whence are the lioness and lion, viper and ﬂying ﬁery serpent, they carry their riches on the shoulder of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit