Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

12 Hearken unto me, Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he, I am the ﬁrst, I also am the last.

13 Mine hand also laid the foundation of the earth, and my ’ right hand spread out the heavens; I call unto them, they will stand up together. ·

14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do lgiausre on Babylon, and his arm (shall be) on the Chaldaeans.

[*](5. ‘ Therefore,’ Heb. ‘ And,’ marking principal clause.)[*](8‘. “didst deal’: or, ‘wouldst deal.’ -)[*](9.· ‘defer,’ ‘ refrain ’: lit. ‘ prolong...muzzle.’)[*](10. ‘ chosen ’: or, ‘ tried.’)[*](11. ‘how is it... ?’ or, ‘ how shall it be profaned?’)[*](13. ‘ spread,’ or, ‘ spanned out the heavens.’)[*](14. ‘among them’: some MSS. read, ‘among you.’ i.e. ‘he whom the LORD hath loved will do....’ The end of the verse is djﬁicult and rather uncertain. Some make ‘his arm’ object to ‘ will do,’ parallel to ‘pleasure’ = will, purpose.)

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15 I, I, have spoken; yea, I have called him; I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.

16 Draw near unto me, hear ye this; not from the beginning have I spoken in secret; from the time that it was, there am I and now the Lord God, and his spirit, hath sent me.

17 Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the Lord thy God, which teacheth thee to profit. which leadeth thee by the way thou shouldest walk.

18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! and ’ thy peace had been as the river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the seal

19 And thy seed had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the grains thereof: his name should not be cut off nor destroyed before me.

20 Go ye forth of Babylon, ﬂee ye from the Chaldaeans; with a voice of singing declare ye, make this heard, send it forth to the end of the earth; say ye, The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob.

21. And they thirsted not in the deserts (where) he made them go; he caused the waters to ﬂow out Of the rock for them; and he clave the rock, and the waters gushed out.

22 There is no peace, saith the Lord, to the wicked.

XLIX. 1 Hearken, ye isles, to me, and listen, ye peoples, from afar; the Lord hath called me from the. womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.

2 And he made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand he hid me; and set me for a polished arrow; in his quiver be concealed me,