Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

11 Calling a bird of prey from the east, the man of his counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken, yea, I will bring it to pass: I have purposed it, I will also do it.

12 Hearken unto me, ye stout of heart, that are far from righteousness;

13 I bring near my righteousness: it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry; and I will give in Zion salvation, for Israel my glory.

[*](2. ‘their soul’: prob. =)[*](6. ‘balance’: word means a read, then a rod or bar.)[*](8. ‘stand firm’: meaning and derivation obscure.)[*](11. ‘a far country,’ lit. ‘a land of)[*](13. ‘for Is. my glory’: or, ‘my glory to)
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XLVII. 1 Come down, and sit in the dust, O Virgin daughter of Babylon: sit on the earth, there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldaeans; for thou shaltno more be (one) they call tender and delicate.

2 Take the millstones, and grind meal; take off thy veil, lift up thy train, uncover the leg, pass through rivers.