Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

28 And his breath is as an overflowing stream, dividing even to the neck, to shake the nations in the shaking sieve of vanity; and a bridle that leadeth astray shall be in the jaws of peoples.

29 Your song shall be like the night When a feast is kept holy; and joy of heart, like his that marcheth with the ﬂute, to go into the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.

[*](22. ‘molten’ undistinguishable from word rendered ‘covering in ver. 1.)[*](27. ‘denseness,’ lit. ‘heaviness’: akin to usual word for ‘weight,’ ‘glory,’ ‘rising’ ’ word near akin to ‘burden’ =oracle, utterance, as xiii. i c.)

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30 And the Lord shall cause the majesty of his voice to be heard, and the lighting down of his arm to be seen, with fury of anger, and ﬂame of devouring ﬁre; scattering, rainstorm, and hailstone. . ’

31 For at the voice of the Lord shall Asshur be affrighted ; with the rod shall he smite.

32 every passing of the staff of destiny, which the Lord shall make to light on him, shall be with tabrets and harps; and with waving wars shall he ﬁght against her. ’

33 For a burning place is made ready from yesterday; even it is prepared for the king; he hath made it deep, and hath made it broad; its pile ﬁre and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, bumeth against it.

XXXI. 1 Ah, they that go down to Egypt for help; and. they stay on horses, and trust in chariots, for they are many, and in horsemen, for they are very strong; and they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither. inquire of the Lord!

2 And he also is wise; and bringeth evil, and removeth not his words; and he riseth up against the house of evil doers, and against the help of them that work naughtiness.

3 And the Egyptians are men, and not God: and their horses ﬂesh, and not spirit: and the Lord shall stretch out his hand, and he that helpeth shall stumble, and he that is holpen shall fall, and they all shall come to an end together.

[*](30. ‘scattering’: or, ‘bursting’ (of clouds).)[*](31. ‘affrighted’: or, ‘broken.’)[*](33. Obscure. ‘ﬁght against them,’ Heb. marg.)[*](33. Heb. Tophteh: ‘an abomination,‘ Delitzsch (a place so called in Valley of Hinnom).)[*](1. Or,‘ ‘seek the Lord!’)[*](2. ‘help,’ i.e. ‘helpers.’)

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4 For thus said the LORD unto me, As the lion growleth, and the young lion over his prey, against whom a multitude of ’ shepherds is called forth: at their voice he is not affrighted, and at their uproar he is not dismayed; so shall the LORD of Hosts come down to ﬁght against mount Zion, and against the hill thereof.

5 As birds hovering, so will the LORD of Hosts protect Jeru- salem; protecting and rescuing, passing over, and setting free.

6 Return ye unto him from whom they have deeply revolted, Ο children of Israel.

7 For in that day they shall reject every man his false gods of silver, and his false gods of gold, which your own hands have made you, a sin.

8 And Asshur shall fall, by the sword of no man, and the sword, of none born of men, shall devour him; and he shall ﬂee from before the sword, and his young men shall be for tribute.

9 And his rock shall pass away, from fear, and his princes be frighted from the standard, saith the LORD, who hath his ﬁre in. Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem. ’

XXXII. 1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and (as) for princes, they shall rule in judgment.

2 And a man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the rainstorm; as channels of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be closed, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.

[*](4 ‘fight against mount ’ So Delitzsch; Kay, Driver, Hitzig, Naegelsbach: cf. xxix. 7. W. E. Barnes, ‘against,’ but with an ellipse, changing the sense:. ‘upon,’ Gesenius, Ewald, Alexander, Cheyne: others ‘for’ (Alb. Barnes) or ‘concerning.’)[*](8. ‘young ’: or, ‘chosen’: cf. xl. 30, and Ps. lxxviii. 31, 63 (A.V. and P.B.): ‘be for ’: or, ‘shall be ’ (in ﬂight, or with fear).)[*](9 init. Or, possibly, ‘And he shall pass by his rock..’)[*](3. ‘a ’: or, ‘each ’ Delitzsch, Gesenius, Ewald: ‘a great man, Cheyne. ‘a great ’: lit. ‘heavy’ ‘huge,’ Cheyne).)

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4 And the heart of the hasty shall have discernment to know, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be quick to speak clearly. ·

5 The fool shall no more be called noble, nor the mean spoken of as liberal.