Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

6 The LORD hath a sword, it is ﬁlled with blood, it is made rich with fat, with the blood of lambs and he goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for the ’LORD bath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter ’the land of Edom.

7 And ’ oxen shall come down with them, and bullocks with bulls; and their land shall be drenched with blood, and their dust made rich with fat.

8 For the Lord hatha day of vengeance, and a year of recompense for the quarrel of Zion.

9 And her streams shall be turned into pitch, and her dust into brimstone; and the land thereof shall become pitch that burneth.

10 Night and day it shall not be quenched; for ever its smoke shall go up; from generation to generation it shall lie waste; for ever and ever there shall be none passing through it.

[*](4. ‘waste,’ or, ‘moulder away.)[*](7. ‘come ’ i.e. to slaughter: some take it ‘fall.)[*](8. Or, ‘to plead for ’)[*](10. Some rearrange the clauses, joining the adverbial phrase of each clause to the previous one, and leaving the last unqualified. Cf. Lxx.)

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11 But the pelican and the bittern shall possess it; and the horned owl and the raven shall dwell in it; and he shall stretch out upon it the line of wasteness and the plummet of void.

12 As for the nobles thereof, none shall be there to proclaim the kingdom ; and all her princes shall be no more.

13 And her castles shall spring up (with) thorns; nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof; and it shall be a habitation for jackals, a court for [daughters of ] ostriches.

14 And desert creatures shall meet the wolves, and the shaggy beast shall call to his fellow; the screech owl surely shall repose there, and ﬁnd for herself a resting-place.

15 There shall the arrowsnake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather in her shadow; there surely shall the kites be , brought together, each with her mate.

16 Inquire ye out of the book of the Lord, and read; none of these is missing, none shall want her mate; for my mouth, it hath commanded, and his spirit, it hath brought them together.

17 And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line; they shall possess it for ever, to generation and generation shall they dwell therein.

XXXV. 1 The wilderness and the dry place shall rejoice; and the desert shall exult, and blossom like the narcissus.

2 It shall. blossom abundantly and exult, yea with exultation. and singing; there shall be given to it the glory of Lebanon, the honour of Carmel and Sharon: they shall see the glory of the Lord, the honour of our God.

[*](11. ‘bittern,’ some render ‘porcupine.’ or ‘hedgehog’: ‘plummet,’ lit. ‘stones.’)[*](12. Very doubtful: some render ‘there is no kingdom that they may proclaim.’)[*](15, 16. ‘each,’ ‘none,’ are feminine: also ‘mate.’)

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3 Strengthen ye the slack hands, and confirm the stumbling, knees.

4 Say to the hasty of heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God, vengeance cometh, retribution of God; himself cometh, and will save you.