Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

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.