Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

18 I have seen his ways, and I will heal him; and I will lead him, and requite with comfort him and his mourners;

19 Creating fruit of the lips, Peace, peace, to the far off and the near, saith the LORD, and I will heal him.

20 And the wicked are like the stirred up sea; for it cannot. rest, and its waters stir up mire and

21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

LVIII. 1 Cry with the throat, withhold not, raise thy voice like a trumpet, and tell my people their rebellion, and the house of Jacob their sins. ’

2 And (yet) they inquire of me day by day, and take pleasure in the knowledge of my, ways; as a nation that hath done righteousness, and not forsaken the judgment of its God; they ask of me the judgments of righteousness; they take pleasure in drawing near to God.

3 Wherefore have we fasted, and thou seest not? afflited our soul, and thou knowest not? Behold, in the day of your fast ye ﬁnd pleasure, and exact all your tasks.

4 Behold, ye fast for contention and quarrel, and to smite with the ﬁst of wickedness; ye shall not fast as to-day, to make your voice to be heard on high.

5 Shall such be the fast I will choose? a day of man's afflicting his soul? is it to bow down his head like a bulrush, and spread out sackcloth and ashes (as a bed)? Wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the-LORD?

[*](17. ‘smote,’ imperf. ; perhaps, ‘kept smiting.)[*](19. ‘Creating’: participle, construction doubtful.)[*](21. ‘saith the Lord,' several MSS)[*](3. 'pleasure ’: or, 'will,' ‘bent’: according to some, ‘business.’ Cf. Some render the last clause, ‘and oppress all your labourers.)[*](4. Or, ‘ye do not fast to-day so as to make your voice heard...)[*](5. 'acceptable,' lit. ‘ of acceptance.’)

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6 Is not this the fast that I will choose? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the thongs of the yoke, and to let the crushed go free, and that ye should break every yoke?

7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring afflicted outcasts home? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him, and hide not thyself from thine own ﬂesh?

8 Then shall thy light break forth as the dawn, and thy healing shall spring up speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee, the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.