Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

16 And the LORD of Hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy sheweth himself holy in righteousness.

17 Then shall the lambs feed as (in) their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall sojourners eat.

[*](8. ‘earth,’ or, ‘land.’)[*](9. ‘If there be not...’ (a threat)=There shall be many... &c)[*](10. ‘vield,’ lit. ‘make,’ cf. ver. 2. 4.)[*](11. Or, as Greek, ‘wine shall inflame them.)[*](13. Lit. ‘his glory,’ abundance.’)[*](14. “enlarged her appetite,’ lit. ‘made broad her soul.’ Cf. lvi. 10 So the Greek. Or, ‘and he that rejoiceth in her shall descend.’)[*](15. ‘mean ’...‘mighty man,’ Heb. adam ... ish.)[*](16. Or, ‘by,’ ‘through judgment.’)

18 Woe, they that drag iniquity with cords of vanity, and (their) sin as it were with a cart rope:

19 That say, Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know;

20 Woe, they that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

21 Woe, they that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

22 Woe, they that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to ’strong drink:

23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the justice of the just from him!

24 Therefore as the tongue of ﬁre devoureth the stubble, and the dry grass sinketh down in ﬂame, their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have rejected the law of the LORD of Hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

25 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched ’ his hand against them, and hath smitten them; and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were as refuse in the midst of the open places. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:

[*](18. ‘vanity,’ same word as ‘lies,’ lix. 4. Cf. Ex. xx. 7 ἐπὶ ματαίῳ).)

27 None shall be weary, nor stumble among. them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:

28 Whose arrows are sharpened, and all his bows bent, his ’ hoofs shall be counted like flint. and his wheels like. a whirlwind:

29 His roar is like a ’; he shall roar like young lions; and he growleth, and seizeth the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.

30 And in that day he shall growl over him, as the growling of the sea; and if one look unto the earth, behold darkness, distress, and light; it groweth dark in the heavens thereof.

VI. 1 In the year that king Uzziah died saw I the Lord sitting ’upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train ﬁlled the temple.

2 Seraphim stood above him; each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did ﬂy.

3 And one kept crying unto another, and saying, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of his glory.

4 And the bases of the thresholds were shaken at the voice (of him) that cried, and the house began to fill with smoke.

5 And I said, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.