Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

17 And the remainder thereof he maketh to be a god, to be his (graven) image 3 he falleth down unto it, and boweth himself, and prayeth unto it, saith, Deliver me 3 for thou (art) my god.

18 They know not, and they discern not; for one hath daubed their eyes, that they see not, and their hearts, that they consider not.

19 And he recalleth it not to his heart, and there is no knowledge, and no discernment to say, I have burned half of it in the ﬁre, and also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof: I have roasted ﬂesh and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I bow myself to the produce of a tree?

[*](12. ‘(hath).’: or, ‘maketh.’ Some render the clause, ‘one worketh in iron with an ’: and so ver. 13, ‘one worketh (or, he carveth) in wood.’)[*](13. ‘pencil’: word not found elsewhere, and of uncertain meaning. ‘Shapeth it with planes,’ or, ‘maketh it with chisels.)[*](14. ‘He will hew¹: Heb. verb. is infin. ‘a pine’: or,)[*](18. ‘consider not’: perhaps, ‘act not wisely.)[*](19. ‘residue’: or, ‘superﬂuity.’)

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20 He is a feeder on ashes; a deluded heart hath turned him aside, and he delivereth not his soul, nor saith, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

21 Remember these things, O Jacob; and Israel, for thou art my servant; I have formed thee, thou art my servant: Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.

22 I have blotted out, as a mist, thy rebellions, and as a cloud thy sins; return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.

23 Sing, O ye heavens, for the Lord hath done it; shout, ye lowest parts of the earth; break forth, ye mountains, into singing; the forest, and every tree therein; for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and will beautify himself in Israel.

24 Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord, that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth forth the earth: who was with me?

25 That shattereth the signs of the praters, and diviners he will madden; that tumeth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish:

26 That setteth up the word of his servant, and fulfilleth the counsel of his messengers: that saith to Jerusalem, She shall be inhabited, and to the cities of Judah, They shall be built, and I will set up the wastes thereof:

27 That saith to the deep, Be wasted, I will dry up thy rivers:

28 That saith to Cyrus, My shepherd, and all my pleasure shall he fulfil; 3 and saying to Jerusalem, She shall be built, and a temple shall be founded.

[*](20. ‘a feeder on ashes’: as pointed, ‘a shepherd of . . . ’ Some render, ‘he followeth after ashes . . . ’)[*](24. ‘who was with me?’ So Heb. text: margin, ‘by myself.’)[*](26. Or, ‘that saith of Jerusalem’: and so to the end of the chapter, and beginning of chap. xlv.)[*](28. ‘pleasure’: or, ‘will,’ ‘purpose.’)

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XLV. 1 Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, of whose right hand I have taken hold, to bring down nations before him, and I will loose the loins of kings, to loose before his face two-leaved doors, and gates shall not be shut:

2 I will go before thee, and make swelling ground a I will break in pieces doors of brass, and cut in sunder bars of iron:

3 And I will give thee treasures of darkness, and hidden things of secret places, that thou mayest know that I am the Lord, which call thee by thy name, the God of Israel.

4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel's mine elect, therefore I have called thee by thy name: I have named thee honourably, and thou hast not known me.

5 I am the Lord, and there is none else: there is no God. beside me: I have girded thee, and thou hast not known me.

6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the setting thereof, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord, and there is none else,

7 That form light, and create darkness, that make peace, and create evil: I am the Lord, that do all these things

8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness; let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let her cause righteousness to spring up together: I the Lord have created it.