Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen; because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to defy the eyes of his glory.

9 The show of their face doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have awarded evil unto themselves.

10 Say ye to the righteous, that it is well; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

11 Woe unto the wicked, it is ill! for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

[*](1. ‘staff’ in Heb. is fem. form of ‘stay.’)[*](4. ‘freakishness’ (plur. in Heb.), ‘difficult word: cf. lxvi. 4.)[*](5. ‘vile,’ or, ‘despised.’)[*](9. ‘awarded,’ or, ‘requited,’ ‘rendered.’)
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12 My people, their oppressors are children, and women rule over them. My people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and swallow up the way of thy paths.

13 The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the peoples.

14 The LORD will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and the princes thereof; and ye—ye have eaten up vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

15 What mean ye, that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of Hosts.

16 And the LORD said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with throat stretched out and staring eyes; tripping along they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:

17 Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the-crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will lay bare their secret parts.

18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of the anklets, and headbands, and crescents,

19 The pendants, and the bracelets, and the veils,

20 The head-tires, and the stepping chains, and the sashes, and the scent-boxes, and the amulets,

21 The (seal) rings, and nose-jewels,

22 The festal robes, and the mantles, and the shawls, and the satchels,

[*](12. ‘children’ is sing. in Heb.)
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23 The glasses, and the linen shifts, and the turbans, and the scarfs.

24 And it shall be, instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle a rope; and instead of curled hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; brandinginstead of beauty.

25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy might in the war.

26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be emptied; on the ground shall she sit.

IV. 1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel; only let thy name be called upon us; take away our reproach.