Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers ; yea, upon all houses of joy the exultant city.

14 For the palace is forsaken: the uproar of the city deserted; hill and watchtower serve for caves for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks:

[*](4 fin. Lit. ‘to speak clearuesses.’)[*](7 ‘means‘: or, instruments’: but Heb. has an apparent play on words. ‘judgment,’ i.e. right.)[*](10 init. Lit. ‘Days upon a year...’ )[*](12. ‘smite upon,’ or, ‘lament for...’ ‘breasts’: perhaps a play on words with ‘fields.’)[*](13 fin.‘Or, ‘of the ex. city.’)[*](14 ‘uproar...deserted’: or, ‘multitude of the city a solitude.’)
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15 Until a spirit be poured out upon us from on high, and the wilderness become a garden-land, and the garden-land be counted for a forest.

16 And judgment shall rest in the wilderness, and righteousness. dwell in the garden-land. -