Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

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