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but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying + sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither + mollified with ointment. + +23:001:007 Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: + your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is + desolate, as overthrown by strangers. + +23:001:008 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, + as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city. + +23:001:009 Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small + remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been + like unto Gomorrah. + +23:001:010 Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto + the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. + +23:001:011 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? + saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and + the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of + bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. + +23:001:012 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at + your hand, to tread my courts? + +23:001:013 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto + me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I + cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. + +23:001:014 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they + are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. + +23:001:015 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes + from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: + your hands are full of blood. + +23:001:016 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings + from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; + +23:001:017 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge + the fatherless, plead for the widow. + +23:001:018 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though + your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; + though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. + +23:001:019 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the + land: + +23:001:020 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the + sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. + +23:001:021 How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of + judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. + +23:001:022 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water: + +23:001:023 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every + one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not + the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto + them. + +23:001:024 Therefore saith the LORD, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of + Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me + of mine enemies: + +23:001:025 And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy + dross, and take away all thy tin: + +23:001:026 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy + counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be + called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city. + +23:001:027 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with + righteousness. + +23:001:028 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners + shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be + consumed. + +23:001:029 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, + and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have + chosen. + +23:001:030 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden + that hath no water. + +23:001:031 And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a + spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall + quench them. + +23:002:001 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and + Jerusalem. + +23:002:002 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain + of the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the + mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all + nations shall flow unto it. + +23:002:003 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to + the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; + and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his + paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of + the LORD from Jerusalem. + +23:002:004 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many + people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and + their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword + against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. + +23:002:005 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the + LORD. + +23:002:006 Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, + because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers + like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the + children of strangers. + +23:002:007 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there + any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, + neither is there any end of their chariots: + +23:002:008 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of + their own hands, that which their own fingers have made: + +23:002:009 And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth + himself: therefore forgive them not. + +23:002:010 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of + the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty. + +23:002:011 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness + of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be + exalted in that day. + +23:002:012 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that + is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and + he shall be brought low: + +23:002:013 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted + up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, + +23:002:014 And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that + are lifted up, + +23:002:015 And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall, + +23:002:016 And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant + pictures. + +23:002:017 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the + haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall + be exalted in that day. + +23:002:018 And the idols he shall utterly abolish. + +23:002:019 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the + caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of + his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. + +23:002:020 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his + idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to + worship, to the moles and to the bats; + +23:002:021 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the + ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his + majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. + +23:002:022 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for + wherein is he to be accounted of? + +23:003:001 For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from + Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole + stay of bread, and the whole stay of water. + +23:003:002 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the + prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, + +23:003:003 The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the + counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent + orator. + +23:003:004 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall + rule over them. + +23:003:005 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and + every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself + proudly against the ancient, and the base against the + honourable. + +23:003:006 When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his + father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let + this ruin be under thy hand: + +23:003:007 In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; + for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a + ruler of the people. + +23:003:008 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their + tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the + eyes of his glory. + +23:003:009 The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and + they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto + their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves. + +23:003:010 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for + they shall eat the fruit of their doings. + +23:003:011 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward + of his hands shall be given him. + +23:003:012 As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women + rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee + to err, and destroy the way of thy paths. + +23:003:013 The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the + people. + +23:003:014 The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his + people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the + vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses. + +23:003:015 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the + faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts. + +23:003:016 Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are + haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, + walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with + their feet: + +23:003:017 Therefore the LORD will smite with a scab the crown of the + head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover + their secret parts. + +23:003:018 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their + tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and + their round tires like the moon, + +23:003:019 The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, + +23:003:020 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, + and the tablets, and the earrings, + +23:003:021 The rings, and nose jewels, + +23:003:022 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the + wimples, and the crisping pins, + +23:003:023 The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails. + +23:003:024 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there + shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of + well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding + of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty. + +23:003:025 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war. + +23:003:026 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate + shall sit upon the ground. + +23:004:001 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, + saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: + only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach. + +23:004:002 In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and + glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and + comely for them that are escaped of Israel. + +23:004:003 And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and + he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even + every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem: + +23:004:004 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the + daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of + Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, + and by the spirit of burning. + +23:004:005 And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount + Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and + the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory + shall be a defence. + +23:004:006 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the day time + from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert + from storm and from rain. + +23:005:001 Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved + touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a + very fruitful hill: + +23:005:002 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and + planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the + midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked + that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild + grapes. + +23:005:003 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, + I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. + +23:005:004 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not + done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring + forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? + +23:005:005 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: + I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; + and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down: + +23:005:006 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; + but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command + the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. + +23:005:007 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, + and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for + judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold + a cry. + +23:005:008 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to + field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone + in the midst of the earth! + +23:005:009 In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses + shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. + +23:005:010 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed + of an homer shall yield an ephah. + +23:005:011 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may + follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine + inflame them! + +23:005:012 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, + are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, + neither consider the operation of his hands. + +23:005:013 Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have + no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their + multitude dried up with thirst. + +23:005:014 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth + without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and + their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. + +23:005:015 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man + shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled: + +23:005:016 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God + that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness. + +23:005:017 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste + places of the fat ones shall strangers eat. + +23:005:018 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin + as it were with a cart rope: + +23:005:019 That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may + see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw + nigh and come, that we may know it! + +23:005:020 Woe unto them 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! + +23:005:021 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in + their own sight! + +23:005:022 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of + strength to mingle strong drink: + +23:005:023 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the + righteousness of the righteous from him! + +23:005:024 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame + consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and + their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away + the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the + Holy One of Israel. + +23:005:025 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, + and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath + smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases + were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger + is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. + +23:005:026 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: + +23:005:027 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: + +23:005:028 Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' + hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a + whirlwind: + +23:005:029 Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young + lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and + shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it. + +23:005:030 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring + of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and + sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof. + +23:006:001 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting + upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the + temple. + +23:006:002 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with + twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, + and with twain he did fly. + +23:006:003 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the + LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. + +23:006:004 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that + cried, and the house was filled with smoke. + +23:006:005 Then said I, 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. + +23:006:006 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in + his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the + altar: + +23:006:007 And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched + thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin + purged. + +23:006:008 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, + and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. + +23:006:009 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but + understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. + +23:006:010 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, + and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear + with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, + and be healed. + +23:006:011 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities + be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and + the land be utterly desolate, + +23:006:012 And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great + forsaking in the midst of the land. + +23:006:013 But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall + be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in + them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be + the substance thereof. + +23:007:001 And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the + son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, + and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward + Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it. + +23:007:002 And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is + confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the + heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with + the wind. + +23:007:003 Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, + thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of + the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field; + +23:007:004 And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither + be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, + for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of + Remaliah. + +23:007:005 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken + evil counsel against thee, saying, + +23:007:006 Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a + breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even + the son of Tabeal: + +23:007:007 Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it + come to pass. + +23:007:008 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is + Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be + broken, that it be not a people. + +23:007:009 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is + Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be + established. + +23:007:010 Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying, + +23:007:011 Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the + depth, or in the height above. + +23:007:012 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD. + +23:007:013 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small + thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? + +23:007:014 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a + virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name + Immanuel. + +23:007:015 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the + evil, and choose the good. + +23:007:016 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose + the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of + both her kings. + +23:007:017 The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon + thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that + Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria. + +23:007:018 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall + hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers + of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. + +23:007:019 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the + desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all + thorns, and upon all bushes. + +23:007:020 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is + hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of + Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also + consume the beard. + +23:007:021 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall + nourish a young cow, and two sheep; + +23:007:022 And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they + shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall + every one eat that is left in the land. + +23:007:023 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall + be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand + silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns. + +23:007:024 With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all + the land shall become briers and thorns. + +23:007:025 And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there + shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it + shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading + of lesser cattle. + +23:008:001 Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and + write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz. + +23:008:002 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the + priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. + +23:008:003 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a + son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name + Mahershalalhashbaz. + +23:008:004 For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, + and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria + shall be taken away before the king of Assyria. + +23:008:005 The LORD spake also unto me again, saying, + +23:008:006 Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that + go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son; + +23:008:007 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the + waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of + Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his + channels, and go over all his banks: + +23:008:008 And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go + over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out + of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. + +23:008:009 Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in + pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird + yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, + and ye shall be broken in pieces. + +23:008:010 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the + word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. + +23:008:011 For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and + instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this + people, saying, + +23:008:012 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people + shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be + afraid. + +23:008:013 Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, + and let him be your dread. + +23:008:014 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling + and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a + gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. + +23:008:015 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, + and be snared, and be taken. + +23:008:016 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. + +23:008:017 And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the + house of Jacob, and I will look for him. + +23:008:018 Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for + signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which + dwelleth in mount Zion. + +23:008:019 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have + familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: + should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the + dead? + +23:008:020 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according + to this word, it is because there is no light in them. + +23:008:021 And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and + it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they + shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and + look upward. + +23:008:022 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and + darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to + darkness. + +23:009:001 Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her + vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of + Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more + grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, + in Galilee of the nations. + +23:009:002 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: + they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them + hath the light shined. + +23:009:003 Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: + they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as + men rejoice when they divide the spoil. + +23:009:004 For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of + his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of + Midian. + +23:009:005 For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and + garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and + fuel of fire. + +23:009:006 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the + government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be + called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting + Father, The Prince of Peace. + +23:009:007 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no + end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order + it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from + henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will + perform this. + +23:009:008 The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon + Israel. + +23:009:009 And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant + of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart, + +23:009:010 The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn + stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them + into cedars. + +23:009:011 Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin + against him, and join his enemies together; + +23:009:012 The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall + devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not + turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. + +23:009:013 For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither + do they seek the LORD of hosts. + +23:009:014 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, + branch and rush, in one day. + +23:009:015 The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet + that teacheth lies, he is the tail. + +23:009:016 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they + that are led of them are destroyed. + +23:009:017 Therefore the LORD shall have no joy in their young men, + neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for + every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth + speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but + his hand is stretched out still. + +23:009:018 For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers + and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, + and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke. + +23:009:019 Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, + and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall + spare his brother. + +23:009:020 And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he + shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: + they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm: + +23:009:021 Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together + shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned + away, but his hand is stretched out still. + +23:010:001 Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write + grievousness which they have prescribed; + +23:010:002 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the + right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their + prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! + +23:010:003 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the + desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for + help? and where will ye leave your glory? + +23:010:004 Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they + shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not + turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. + +23:010:005 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand + is mine indignation. + +23:010:006 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against + the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the + spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the + mire of the streets. + +23:010:007 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; + but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a + few. + +23:010:008 For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings? + +23:010:009 Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not + Samaria as Damascus? + +23:010:010 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose + graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; + +23:010:011 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do + to Jerusalem and her idols? + +23:010:012 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath + performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I + will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of + Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. + +23:010:013 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and + by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds + of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put + down the inhabitants like a valiant man: + +23:010:014 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and + as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the + earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the + mouth, or peeped. + +23:010:015 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? + or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? + as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it + up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no + wood. + +23:010:016 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his + fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a + burning like the burning of a fire. + +23:010:017 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One + for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his + briers in one day; + +23:010:018 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful + field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a + standard-bearer fainteth. + +23:010:019 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a + child may write them. + +23:010:020 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of + Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall + no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay + upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. + +23:010:021 The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the + mighty God. + +23:010:022 For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a + remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall + overflow with righteousness. + +23:010:023 For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even + determined, in the midst of all the land. + +23:010:024 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that + dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall + smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against + thee, after the manner of Egypt. + +23:010:025 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, + and mine anger in their destruction. + +23:010:026 And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him + according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and + as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the + manner of Egypt. + +23:010:027 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall + be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy + neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the + anointing. + +23:010:028 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he + hath laid up his carriages: + +23:010:029 They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their + lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled. + +23:010:030 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard + unto Laish, O poor Anathoth. + +23:010:031 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather + themselves to flee. + +23:010:032 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his + hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of + Jerusalem. + +23:010:033 Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with + terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and + the haughty shall be humbled. + +23:010:034 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, + and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one. + +23:011:001 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and + a Branch shall grow out of his roots: + +23:011:002 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of + wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the + spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; + +23:011:003 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the + LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, + neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: + +23:011:004 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove + with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the + earth: with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his + lips shall he slay the wicked. + +23:011:005 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and + faithfulness the girdle of his reins. + +23:011:006 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall + lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the + fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. + +23:011:007 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall + lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. + +23:011:008 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and + the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. + +23:011:009 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for + the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the + waters cover the sea. + +23:011:010 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall + stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles + seek: and his rest shall be glorious. + +23:011:011 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set + his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his + people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and + from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, + and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. + +23:011:012 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall + assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the + dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. + +23:011:013 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of + Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and + Judah shall not vex Ephraim. + +23:011:014 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines + toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: + they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children + of Ammon shall obey them. + +23:011:015 And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian + sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the + river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men + go over dryshod. + +23:011:016 And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, + which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in + the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. + +23:012:001 And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: + though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, + and thou comfortedst me. + +23:012:002 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: + for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is + become my salvation. + +23:012:003 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of + salvation. + +23:012:004 And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his + name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that + his name is exalted. + +23:012:005 Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is + known in all the earth. + +23:012:006 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the + Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee. + +23:013:001 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. + +23:013:002 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice + unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of + the nobles. + +23:013:003 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my + mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my + highness. + +23:013:004 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great + people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered + together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. + +23:013:005 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the + LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole + land. + +23:013:006 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as + a destruction from the Almighty. + +23:013:007 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart + shall melt: + +23:013:008 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of + them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they + shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as + flames. + +23:013:009 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and + fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy + the sinners thereof out of it. + +23:013:010 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall + not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going + forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. + +23:013:011 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for + their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to + cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. + +23:013:012 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man + than the golden wedge of Ophir. + +23:013:013 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove + out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in + the day of his fierce anger. + +23:013:014 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man + taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and + flee every one into his own land. + +23:013:015 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one + that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword. + +23:013:016 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their + eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. + +23:013:017 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not + regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. + +23:013:018 Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they + shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall + not spare children. + +23:013:019 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the + Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and + Gomorrah. + +23:013:020 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from + generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent + there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. + +23:013:021 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their + houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall + dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. + +23:013:022 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate + houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is + near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged. + +23:014:001 For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose + Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers + shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house + of Jacob. + +23:014:002 And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: + and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the + LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them + captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over + their oppressors. + +23:014:003 And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give + thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the + hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve, + +23:014:004 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of + Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden + city ceased! + +23:014:005 The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre + of the rulers. + +23:014:006 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he + that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none + hindereth. + +23:014:007 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth + into singing. + +23:014:008 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, + saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against + us. + +23:014:009 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy + coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief + ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all + the kings of the nations. + +23:014:010 All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become + weak as we? art thou become like unto us? + +23:014:011 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy + viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover + thee. + +23:014:012 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the + morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst + weaken the nations! + +23:014:013 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, + I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also + upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: + +23:014:014 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like + the most High. + +23:014:015 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the + pit. + +23:014:016 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider + thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, + that did shake kingdoms; + +23:014:017 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities + thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners? + +23:014:018 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, + every one in his own house. + +23:014:019 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, + and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through + with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a + carcase trodden under feet. + +23:014:020 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou + hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of + evildoers shall never be renowned. + +23:014:021 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their + fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill + the face of the world with cities. + +23:014:022 For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and + cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and + nephew, saith the LORD. + +23:014:023 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of + water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, + saith the LORD of hosts. + +23:014:024 The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have + thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so + shall it stand: + +23:014:025 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my + mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart + from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders. + +23:014:026 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and + this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. + +23:014:027 For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul + it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back? + +23:014:028 In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden. + +23:014:029 Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that + smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come + forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying + serpent. + +23:014:030 And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall + lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and + he shall slay thy remnant. + +23:014:031 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art + dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and + none shall be alone in his appointed times. + +23:014:032 What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That + the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall + trust in it. + +23:015:001 The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid + waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of + Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; + +23:015:002 He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to + weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their + heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off. + +23:015:003 In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on + the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one + shall howl, weeping abundantly. + +23:015:004 And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard + even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall + cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him. + +23:015:005 My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto + Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of + Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of + Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction. + +23:015:006 For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is + withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing. + +23:015:007 Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they + have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the + willows. + +23:015:008 For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the + howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto + Beerelim. + +23:015:009 For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will + bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, + and upon the remnant of the land. + +23:016:001 Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the + wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. + +23:016:002 For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the + nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon. + +23:016:003 Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night + in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him + that wandereth. + +23:016:004 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to + them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at + an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out + of the land. + +23:016:005 And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit + upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and + seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness. + +23:016:006 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of + his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies + shall not be so. + +23:016:007 Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for + the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are + stricken. + +23:016:008 For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: + the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants + thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through + the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone + over the sea. + +23:016:009 Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of + Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and + Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy + harvest is fallen. + +23:016:010 And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful + field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither + shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine + in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease. + +23:016:011 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and + mine inward parts for Kirharesh. + +23:016:012 And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary + on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to + pray; but he shall not prevail. + +23:016:013 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab + since that time. + +23:016:014 But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as + the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be + contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant + shall be very small and feeble. + +23:017:001 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from + being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. + +23:017:002 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, + which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid. + +23:017:003 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom + from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the + glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts. + +23:017:004 And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob + shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax + lean. + +23:017:005 And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and + reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that + gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim. + +23:017:006 Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an + olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost + bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, + saith the LORD God of Israel. + +23:017:007 At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall + have respect to the Holy One of Israel. + +23:017:008 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, + neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either + the groves, or the images. + +23:017:009 In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, + and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the + children of Israel: and there shall be desolation. + +23:017:010 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast + not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt + thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange + slips: + +23:017:011 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the + morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest + shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow. + +23:017:012 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like + the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that + make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters! + +23:017:013 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but + God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall + be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and + like a rolling thing before the whirlwind. + +23:017:014 And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he + is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot + of them that rob us. + +23:018:001 Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the + rivers of Ethiopia: + +23:018:002 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of + bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to + a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their + beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose + land the rivers have spoiled! + +23:018:003 All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, + see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and + when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye. + +23:018:004 For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will + consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, + and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest. + +23:018:005 For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour + grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the + sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the + branches. + +23:018:006 They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, + and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer + upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon + them. + +23:018:007 In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of + hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people + terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and + trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the + place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion. + +23:019:001 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift + cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall + be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in + the midst of it. + +23:019:002 And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they + shall fight every one against his brother, and every one + against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against + kingdom. + +23:019:003 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I + will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the + idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar + spirits, and to the wizards. + +23:019:004 And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel + lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, + the LORD of hosts. + +23:019:005 And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be + wasted and dried up. + +23:019:006 And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of + defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags + shall wither. + +23:019:007 The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and + every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, + and be no more. + +23:019:008 The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle + into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon + the waters shall languish. + +23:019:009 Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave + networks, shall be confounded. + +23:019:010 And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that + make sluices and ponds for fish. + +23:019:011 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise + counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto + Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings? + +23:019:012 Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee + now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed + upon Egypt. + +23:019:013 The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are + deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the + stay of the tribes thereof. + +23:019:014 The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: + and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a + drunken man staggereth in his vomit. + +23:019:015 Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or + tail, branch or rush, may do. + +23:019:016 In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be + afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD + of hosts, which he shaketh over it. + +23:019:017 And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one + that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, + because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath + determined against it. + +23:019:018 In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the + language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall + be called, The city of destruction. + +23:019:019 In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst + of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to + the LORD. + +23:019:020 And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of + hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD + because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, + and a great one, and he shall deliver them. + +23:019:021 And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall + know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and + oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform + it. + +23:019:022 And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: + and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be + intreated of them, and shall heal them. + +23:019:023 In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, + and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into + Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. + +23:019:024 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with + Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land: + +23:019:025 Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt + my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine + inheritance. + +23:020:001 In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the + king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took + it; + +23:020:002 At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, + saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put + off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and + barefoot. + +23:020:003 And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked + and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and + upon Ethiopia; + +23:020:004 So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians + prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked + and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame + of Egypt. + +23:020:005 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their + expectation, and of Egypt their glory. + +23:020:006 And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, + such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be + delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape? + +23:021:001 The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the + south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a + terrible land. + +23:021:002 A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer + dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O + Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to + cease. + +23:021:003 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold + upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed + down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it. + +23:021:004 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my + pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. + +23:021:005 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, + ye princes, and anoint the shield. + +23:021:006 For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let + him declare what he seeth. + +23:021:007 And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of + asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently + with much heed: + +23:021:008 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the + watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole + nights: + +23:021:009 And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of + horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is + fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken + unto the ground. + +23:021:010 O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have + heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared + unto you. + +23:021:011 The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, + what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? + +23:021:012 The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if + ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come. + +23:021:013 The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye + lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim. + +23:021:014 The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that + was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled. + +23:021:015 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from + the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. + +23:021:016 For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Within a year, according + to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall + fail: + +23:021:017 And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of + the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God + of Israel hath spoken it. + +23:022:001 The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that + thou art wholly gone up to the housetops? + +23:022:002 Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, joyous city: + thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in + battle. + +23:022:003 All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the + archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which + have fled from far. + +23:022:004 Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, + labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the + daughter of my people. + +23:022:005 For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of + perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, + breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains. + +23:022:006 And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, + and Kir uncovered the shield. + +23:022:007 And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be + full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in + array at the gate. + +23:022:008 And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look + in that day to the armour of the house of the forest. + +23:022:009 Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they + are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower + pool. + +23:022:010 And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses + have ye broken down to fortify the wall. + +23:022:011 Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of + the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, + neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago. + +23:022:012 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and + to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: + +23:022:013 And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, + eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to + morrow we shall die. + +23:022:014 And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely + this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith + the Lord GOD of hosts. + +23:022:015 Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this + treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say, + +23:022:016 What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast + hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a + sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself + in a rock? + +23:022:017 Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, + and will surely cover thee. + +23:022:018 He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a + large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of + thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house. + +23:022:019 And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state + shall he pull thee down. + +23:022:020 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my + servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: + +23:022:021 And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with + thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: + and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and + to the house of Judah. + +23:022:022 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his + shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall + shut, and none shall open. + +23:022:023 And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall + be for a glorious throne to his father's house. + +23:022:024 And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's + house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small + quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of + flagons. + +23:022:025 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is + fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and + fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for + the LORD hath spoken it. + +23:023:001 The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid + waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the + land of Chittim it is revealed to them. + +23:023:002 Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants + of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. + +23:023:003 And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the + river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. + +23:023:004 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the + strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth + children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up + virgins. + +23:023:005 As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely + pained at the report of Tyre. + +23:023:006 Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle. + +23:023:007 Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? + her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn. + +23:023:008 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, + whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the + honourable of the earth? + +23:023:009 The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all + glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the + earth. + +23:023:010 Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: + there is no more strength. + +23:023:011 He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: + the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, + to destroy the strong holds thereof. + +23:023:012 And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed + virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there + also shalt thou have no rest. + +23:023:013 Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till + the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: + they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces + thereof; and he brought it to ruin. + +23:023:014 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste. + +23:023:015 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be + forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: + after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot. + +23:023:016 Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been + forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou + mayest be remembered. + +23:023:017 And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that + the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and + shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world + upon the face of the earth. + +23:023:018 And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the + LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her + merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to + eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing. + +23:024:001 Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, + and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the + inhabitants thereof. + +23:024:002 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as + with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so + with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as + with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of + usury, so with the giver of usury to him. + +23:024:003 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for + the LORD hath spoken this word. + +23:024:004 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and + fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. + +23:024:005 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; + because they have transgressed the laws, changed the + ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. + +23:024:006 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that + dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the + earth are burned, and few men left. + +23:024:007 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the + merryhearted do sigh. + +23:024:008 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice + endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. + +23:024:009 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be + bitter to them that drink it. + +23:024:010 The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, + that no man may come in. + +23:024:011 There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is + darkened, the mirth of the land is gone. + +23:024:012 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with + destruction. + +23:024:013 When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the + people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as + the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done. + +23:024:014 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the + majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea. + +23:024:015 Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of + the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea. + +23:024:016 From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even + glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, + woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; + yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously. + +23:024:017 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant + of the earth. + +23:024:018 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise + of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out + of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the + windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the + earth do shake. + +23:024:019 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean + dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. + +23:024:020 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be + removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be + heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again. + +23:024:021 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall + punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the + kings of the earth upon the earth. + +23:024:022 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered + in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many + days shall they be visited. + +23:024:023 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when + the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, + and before his ancients gloriously. + +23:025:001 O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy + name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old + are faithfulness and truth. + +23:025:002 For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a + ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be + built. + +23:025:003 Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of + the terrible nations shall fear thee. + +23:025:004 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the + needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from + the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm + against the wall. + +23:025:005 Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a + dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the + branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low. + +23:025:006 And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all + people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of + fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. + +23:025:007 And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering + cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all + nations. + +23:025:008 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will + wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his + people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD + hath spoken it. + +23:025:009 And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have + waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have + waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. + +23:025:010 For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab + shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down + for the dunghill. + +23:025:011 And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as + he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he + shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their + hands. + +23:025:012 And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring + down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust. + +23:026:001 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We + have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and + bulwarks. + +23:026:002 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the + truth may enter in. + +23:026:003 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on + thee: because he trusteth in thee. + +23:026:004 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is + everlasting strength: + +23:026:005 For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, + he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he + bringeth it even to the dust. + +23:026:006 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and + the steps of the needy. + +23:026:007 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost + weigh the path of the just. + +23:026:008 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for + thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the + remembrance of thee. + +23:026:009 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my + spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy + judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will + learn righteousness. + +23:026:010 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn + righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal + unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD. + +23:026:011 LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they + shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, + the fire of thine enemies shall devour them. + +23:026:012 LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast + wrought all our works in us. + +23:026:013 O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over + us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. + +23:026:014 They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they + shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed + them, and made all their memory to perish. + +23:026:015 Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased + the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto + all the ends of the earth. + +23:026:016 LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a + prayer when thy chastening was upon them. + +23:026:017 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her + delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we + been in thy sight, O LORD. + +23:026:018 We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it + were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance + in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world + fallen. + +23:026:019 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they + arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is + as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. + +23:026:020 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy + doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, + until the indignation be overpast. + +23:026:021 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the + inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also + shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. + +23:027:001 In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword + shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan + that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in + the sea. + +23:027:002 In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine. + +23:027:003 I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any + hurt it, I will keep it night and day. + +23:027:004 Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against + me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them + together. + +23:027:005 Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace + with me; and he shall make peace with me. + +23:027:006 He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel + shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with + fruit. + +23:027:007 Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is + he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by + him? + +23:027:008 In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: + he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. + +23:027:009 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and + this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all + the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in + sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up. + +23:027:010 Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation + forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf + feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches + thereof. + +23:027:011 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken + off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people + of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have + mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no + favour. + +23:027:012 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall + beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of + Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of + Israel. + +23:027:013 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet + shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish + in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, + and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem. + +23:028:001 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose + glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of + the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine! + +23:028:002 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a + tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty + waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the + hand. + +23:028:003 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden + under feet: + +23:028:004 And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat + valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit + before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, + while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up. + +23:028:005 In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, + and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people, + +23:028:006 And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, + and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate. + +23:028:007 But they also have erred through wine, and through strong + drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have + erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, + they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in + vision, they stumble in judgment. + +23:028:008 For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there + is no place clean. + +23:028:009 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to + understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and + drawn from the breasts. + +23:028:010 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line + upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: + +23:028:011 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to + this people. + +23:028:012 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the + weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not + hear. + +23:028:013 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, + precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a + little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall + backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken. + +23:028:014 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that + rule this people which is in Jerusalem. + +23:028:015 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and + with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge + shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have + made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid + ourselves: + +23:028:016 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a + foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a + sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. + +23:028:017 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the + plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and + the waters shall overflow the hiding place. + +23:028:018 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your + agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing + scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by + it. + +23:028:019 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for + morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: + and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report. + +23:028:020 For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on + it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in + it. + +23:028:021 For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be + wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his + strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act. + +23:028:022 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made + strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a + consumption, even determined upon the whole earth. + +23:028:023 Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech. + +23:028:024 Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break + the clods of his ground? + +23:028:025 When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast + abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the + principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their + place? + +23:028:026 For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach + him. + +23:028:027 For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, + neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the + fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a + rod. + +23:028:028 Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing + it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it + with his horsemen. + +23:028:029 This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is + wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working. + +23:029:001 Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye + year to year; let them kill sacrifices. + +23:029:002 Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and + sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel. + +23:029:003 And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege + against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against + thee. + +23:029:004 And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the + ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy + voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of + the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust. + +23:029:005 Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small + dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff + that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly. + +23:029:006 Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and + with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and + the flame of devouring fire. + +23:029:007 And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, + even all that fight against her and her munition, and that + distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision. + +23:029:008 It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, + he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a + thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he + awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: + so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight + against mount Zion. + +23:029:009 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are + drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong + drink. + +23:029:010 For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep + sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your + rulers, the seers hath he covered. + +23:029:011 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a + book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, + saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it + is sealed: + +23:029:012 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, + Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned. + +23:029:013 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me + with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have + removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is + taught by the precept of men: + +23:029:014 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work + among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for + the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the + understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. + +23:029:015 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the + LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth + us? and who knoweth us? + +23:029:016 Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as + the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, + He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that + framed it, He had no understanding? + +23:029:017 Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned + into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be + esteemed as a forest? + +23:029:018 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and + the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of + darkness. + +23:029:019 The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the + poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. + +23:029:020 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is + consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: + +23:029:021 That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for + him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a + thing of nought. + +23:029:022 Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, + concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, + neither shall his face now wax pale. + +23:029:023 But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the + midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the + Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel. + +23:029:024 They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, + and they that murmured shall learn doctrine. + +23:030:001 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take + counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but + not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: + +23:030:002 That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my + mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, + and to trust in the shadow of Egypt! + +23:030:003 Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the + trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion. + +23:030:004 For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to + Hanes. + +23:030:005 They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, + nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach. + +23:030:006 The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of + trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, + the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their + riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures + upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit + them. + +23:030:007 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: + therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to + sit still. + +23:030:008 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a + book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: + +23:030:009 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children + that will not hear the law of the LORD: + +23:030:010 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy + not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, + prophesy deceits: + +23:030:011 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the + Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. + +23:030:012 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye + despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, + and stay thereon: + +23:030:013 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to + fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh + suddenly at an instant. + +23:030:014 And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel + that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there + shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire + from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit. + +23:030:015 For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In + returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in + confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not. + +23:030:016 But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall + ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall + they that pursue you be swift. + +23:030:017 One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of + five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top + of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill. + +23:030:018 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto + you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy + upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all + they that wait for him. + +23:030:019 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt + weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice + of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee. + +23:030:020 And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the + water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed + into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: + +23:030:021 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is + the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and + when ye turn to the left. + +23:030:022 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of + silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou + shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say + unto it, Get thee hence. + +23:030:023 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow + the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and + it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle + feed in large pastures. + +23:030:024 The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground + shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the + shovel and with the fan. + +23:030:025 And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every + high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the + great slaughter, when the towers fall. + +23:030:026 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the + sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light + of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach + of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound. + +23:030:027 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his + anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of + indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire: + +23:030:028 And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the + midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of + vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, + causing them to err. + +23:030:029 Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is + kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to + come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of + Israel. + +23:030:030 And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and + shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation + of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with + scattering, and tempest, and hailstones. + +23:030:031 For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten + down, which smote with a rod. + +23:030:032 And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which + the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and + harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it. + +23:030:033 For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is + prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is + fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of + brimstone, doth kindle it. + +23:031:001 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on + horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in + horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto + the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD! + +23:031:002 Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call + back his words: but will arise against the house of the + evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity. + +23:031:003 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses + flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his + hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen + shall fall down, and they all shall fail together. + +23:031:004 For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and + the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of + shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid + of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so + shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and + for the hill thereof. + +23:031:005 As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; + defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will + preserve it. + +23:031:006 Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply + revolted. + +23:031:007 For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, + and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you + for a sin. + +23:031:008 Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty + man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but + he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be + discomfited. + +23:031:009 And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his + princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose + fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem. + +23:032:001 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall + rule in judgment. + +23:032:002 And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a + covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as + the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. + +23:032:003 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears + of them that hear shall hearken. + +23:032:004 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the + tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. + +23:032:005 The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl + said to be bountiful. + +23:032:006 For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will + work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error + against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he + will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. + +23:032:007 The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked + devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the + needy speaketh right. + +23:032:008 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things + shall he stand. + +23:032:009 Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless + daughters; give ear unto my speech. + +23:032:010 Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: + for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come. + +23:032:011 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless + ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon + your loins. + +23:032:012 They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for + the fruitful vine. + +23:032:013 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; + yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city: + +23:032:014 Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the + city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for + ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks; + +23:032:015 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the + wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be + counted for a forest. + +23:032:016 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness + remain in the fruitful field. + +23:032:017 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect + of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. + +23:032:018 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in + sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places; + +23:032:019 When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city + shall be low in a low place. + +23:032:020 Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth + thither the feet of the ox and the ass. + +23:033:001 Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and + dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with + thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; + and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they + shall deal treacherously with thee. + +23:033:002 O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou + their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of + trouble. + +23:033:003 At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up + of thyself the nations were scattered. + +23:033:004 And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the + caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run + upon them. + +23:033:005 The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled + Zion with judgment and righteousness. + +23:033:006 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, + and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his + treasure. + +23:033:007 Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors + of peace shall weep bitterly. + +23:033:008 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath + broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth + no man. + +23:033:009 The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and + hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel + shake off their fruits. + +23:033:010 Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now + will I lift up myself. + +23:033:011 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your + breath, as fire, shall devour you. + +23:033:012 And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut + up shall they be burned in the fire. + +23:033:013 Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are + near, acknowledge my might. + +23:033:014 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the + hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? + who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? + +23:033:015 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that + despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from + holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of + blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; + +23:033:016 He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the + munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall + be sure. + +23:033:017 Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold + the land that is very far off. + +23:033:018 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where + is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers? + +23:033:019 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper + speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that + thou canst not understand. + +23:033:020 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall + see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not + be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be + removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken. + +23:033:021 But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad + rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, + neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. + +23:033:022 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD + is our king; he will save us. + +23:033:023 Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their + mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a + great spoil divided; the lame take the prey. + +23:033:024 And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that + dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity. + +23:034:001 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let + the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all + things that come forth of it. + +23:034:002 For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his + fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he + hath delivered them to the slaughter. + +23:034:003 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come + up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted + with their blood. + +23:034:004 And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens + shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall + fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a + falling fig from the fig tree. + +23:034:005 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come + down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to + judgment. + +23:034:006 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat + with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the + fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in + Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea. + +23:034:007 And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks + with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and + their dust made fat with fatness. + +23:034:008 For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the year of + recompences for the controversy of Zion. + +23:034:009 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the + dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become + burning pitch. + +23:034:010 It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof + shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall + lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever. + +23:034:011 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl + also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out + upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. + +23:034:012 They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none + shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing. + +23:034:013 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles + in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of + dragons, and a court for owls. + +23:034:014 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild + beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; + the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a + place of rest. + +23:034:015 There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, + and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be + gathered, every one with her mate. + +23:034:016 Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these + shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath + commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them. + +23:034:017 And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided + it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from + generation to generation shall they dwell therein. + +23:035:001 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; + and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. + +23:035:002 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and + singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the + excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of + the LORD, and the excellency of our God. + +23:035:003 Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. + +23:035:004 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: + behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a + recompence; he will come and save you. + +23:035:005 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of + the deaf shall be unstopped. + +23:035:006 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the + dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and + streams in the desert. + +23:035:007 And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty + land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where + each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. + +23:035:008 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be + called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over + it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though + fools, shall not err therein. + +23:035:009 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up + thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall + walk there: + +23:035:010 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion + with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall + obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee + away. + +23:036:001 Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, + that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the + defenced cities of Judah, and took them. + +23:036:002 And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to + Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood + by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the + fuller's field. + +23:036:003 Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was + over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, + the recorder. + +23:036:004 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus + saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is + this wherein thou trustest? + +23:036:005 I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have + counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, + that thou rebellest against me? + +23:036:006 Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; + whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce + it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him. + +23:036:007 But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not + he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken + away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship + before this altar? + +23:036:008 Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king + of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou + be able on thy part to set riders upon them. + +23:036:009 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the + least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for + chariots and for horsemen? + +23:036:010 And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to + destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, + and destroy it. + +23:036:011 Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I + pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we + understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in + the ears of the people that are on the wall. + +23:036:012 But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and + to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men + that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and + drink their own piss with you? + +23:036:013 Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' + language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the + king of Assyria. + +23:036:014 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he + shall not be able to deliver you. + +23:036:015 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The + LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered + into the hand of the king of Assyria. + +23:036:016 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, + Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: + and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig + tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern; + +23:036:017 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a + land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards. + +23:036:018 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, the LORD will + deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his + land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? + +23:036:019 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of + Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? + +23:036:020 Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have + delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should + deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? + +23:036:021 But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for + the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not. + +23:036:022 Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the + household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, + the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told + him the words of Rabshakeh. + +23:037:001 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent + his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into + the house of the LORD. + +23:037:002 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna + the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with + sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. + +23:037:003 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day + of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children + are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring + forth. + +23:037:004 It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, + whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the + living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God + hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that + is left. + +23:037:005 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. + +23:037:006 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, + Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast + heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have + blasphemed me. + +23:037:007 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a + rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to + fall by the sword in his own land. + +23:037:008 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring + against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from + Lachish. + +23:037:009 And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is + come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he + sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, + +23:037:010 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not + thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, + Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of + Assyria. + +23:037:011 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to + all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be + delivered? + +23:037:012 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers + have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the + children of Eden which were in Telassar? + +23:037:013 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the + king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? + +23:037:014 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the + messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house + of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. + +23:037:015 And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying, + +23:037:016 O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the + cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the + kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth. + +23:037:017 Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, + and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath + sent to reproach the living God. + +23:037:018 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the + nations, and their countries, + +23:037:019 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, + but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they + have destroyed them. + +23:037:020 Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all + the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, + even thou only. + +23:037:021 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus + saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me + against Sennacherib king of Assyria: + +23:037:022 This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; + The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and + laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken + her head at thee. + +23:037:023 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom + hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? + even against the Holy One of Israel. + +23:037:024 By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, + By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of + the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down + the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and + I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of + his Carmel. + +23:037:025 I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet + have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places. + +23:037:026 Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of + ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to + pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into + ruinous heaps. + +23:037:027 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were + dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, + and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as + corn blasted before it be grown up. + +23:037:028 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, + and thy rage against me. + +23:037:029 Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into + mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my + bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by + which thou camest. + +23:037:030 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year + such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which + springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, + and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof. + +23:037:031 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall + again take root downward, and bear fruit upward: + +23:037:032 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that + escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall + do this. + +23:037:033 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, + He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, + nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it. + +23:037:034 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and + shall not come into this city, saith the LORD. + +23:037:035 For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and + for my servant David's sake. + +23:037:036 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp + of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: + and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were + all dead corpses. + +23:037:037 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and + returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. + +23:037:038 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of + Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote + him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: + and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. + +23:038:001 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the + prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus + saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, + and not live. + +23:038:002 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto + the LORD, + +23:038:003 And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have + walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have + done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. + +23:038:004 Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying, + +23:038:005 Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David + thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: + behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years. + +23:038:006 And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the + king of Assyria: and I will defend this city. + +23:038:007 And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the + LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken; + +23:038:008 Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is + gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So + the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone + down. + +23:038:009 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, + and was recovered of his sickness: + +23:038:010 I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates + of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years. + +23:038:011 I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land + of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants + of the world. + +23:038:012 Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's + tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off + with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an + end of me. + +23:038:013 I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all + my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. + +23:038:014 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a + dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am + oppressed; undertake for me. + +23:038:015 What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself + hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness + of my soul. + +23:038:016 O LORD, by these things men live, and in all these things is + the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to + live. + +23:038:017 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in + love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for + thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. + +23:038:018 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate + thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy + truth. + +23:038:019 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this + day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth. + +23:038:020 The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs + to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the + house of the LORD. + +23:038:021 For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it + for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover. + +23:038:022 Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to + the house of the LORD? + +23:039:001 At that time Merodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of + Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had + heard that he had been sick, and was recovered. + +23:039:002 And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of + his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, + and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, + and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in + his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them + not. + +23:039:003 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto + him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? + And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, + even from Babylon. + +23:039:004 Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah + answered, All that is in mine house have they seen: there is + nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them. + +23:039:005 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of + hosts: + +23:039:006 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and + that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, + shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the + LORD. + +23:039:007 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt + beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the + palace of the king of Babylon. + +23:039:008 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD + which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be + peace and truth in my days. + +23:040:001 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. + +23:040:002 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her + warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for + she hath received of the LORD's hand double for all her sins. + +23:040:003 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the + way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our + God. + +23:040:004 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill + shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and + the rough places plain: + +23:040:005 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh + shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken + it. + +23:040:006 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh + is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of + the field: + +23:040:007 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of + the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. + +23:040:008 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our + God shall stand for ever. + +23:040:009 O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high + mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy + voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the + cities of Judah, Behold your God! + +23:040:010 Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm + shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his + work before him. + +23:040:011 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the + lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall + gently lead those that are with young. + +23:040:012 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and + meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of + the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, + and the hills in a balance? + +23:040:013 Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his + counsellor hath taught him? + +23:040:014 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught + him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and + shewed to him the way of understanding? + +23:040:015 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted + as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the + isles as a very little thing. + +23:040:016 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof + sufficient for a burnt offering. + +23:040:017 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to + him less than nothing, and vanity. + +23:040:018 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye + compare unto him? + +23:040:019 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith + spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. + +23:040:020 He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a + tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman + to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved. + +23:040:021 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told + you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the + foundations of the earth? + +23:040:022 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the + inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out + the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to + dwell in: + +23:040:023 That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of + the earth as vanity. + +23:040:024 Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: + yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he + shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the + whirlwind shall take them away as stubble. + +23:040:025 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the + Holy One. + +23:040:026 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these + things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth + them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he + is strong in power; not one faileth. + +23:040:027 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is + hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God? + +23:040:028 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting + God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth + not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his + understanding. + +23:040:029 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might + he increaseth strength. + +23:040:030 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men + shall utterly fall: + +23:040:031 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; + they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and + not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. + +23:041:001 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew + their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let + us come near together to judgment. + +23:041:002 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to + his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over + kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven + stubble to his bow. + +23:041:003 He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he + had not gone with his feet. + +23:041:004 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the + beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he. + +23:041:005 The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were + afraid, drew near, and came. + +23:041:006 They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his + brother, Be of good courage. + +23:041:007 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that + smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It + is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that + it should not be moved. + +23:041:008 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, + the seed of Abraham my friend. + +23:041:009 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called + thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art + my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. + +23:041:010 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am + thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I + will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. + +23:041:011 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be + ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they + that strive with thee shall perish. + +23:041:012 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that + contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as + nothing, and as a thing of nought. + +23:041:013 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto + thee, Fear not; I will help thee. + +23:041:014 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help + thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of + Israel. + +23:041:015 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument + having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them + small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. + +23:041:016 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and + the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in + the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel. + +23:041:017 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and + their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I + the God of Israel will not forsake them. + +23:041:018 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst + of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, + and the dry land springs of water. + +23:041:019 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, + and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the + fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together: + +23:041:020 That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand + together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the + Holy One of Israel hath created it. + +23:041:021 Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong + reasons, saith the King of Jacob. + +23:041:022 Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let + them shew the former things, what they be, that we may + consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us + things for to come. + +23:041:023 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know + that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be + dismayed, and behold it together. + +23:041:024 Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an + abomination is he that chooseth you. + +23:041:025 I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from + the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall + come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth + clay. + +23:041:026 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and + beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is + none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, + there is none that heareth your words. + +23:041:027 The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will + give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings. + +23:041:028 For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there + was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a + word. + +23:041:029 Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their + molten images are wind and confusion. + +23:042:001 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul + delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring + forth judgment to the Gentiles. + +23:042:002 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard + in the street. + +23:042:003 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall + he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. + +23:042:004 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set + judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. + +23:042:005 Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and + stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that + which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people + upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein: + +23:042:006 I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold + thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant + of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; + +23:042:007 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the + prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. + +23:042:008 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give + to another, neither my praise to graven images. + +23:042:009 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do + I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them. + +23:042:010 Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of + the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is + therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof. + +23:042:011 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, + the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of + the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains. + +23:042:012 Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in + the islands. + +23:042:013 The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up + jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall + prevail against his enemies. + +23:042:014 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and + refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I + will destroy and devour at once. + +23:042:015 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their + herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up + the pools. + +23:042:016 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will + lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make + darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These + things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. + +23:042:017 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that + trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are + our gods. + +23:042:018 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. + +23:042:019 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I + sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the + LORD's servant? + +23:042:020 Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, + but he heareth not. + +23:042:021 The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will + magnify the law, and make it honourable. + +23:042:022 But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them + snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are + for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, + Restore. + +23:042:023 Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear + for the time to come? + +23:042:024 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not + the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not + walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law. + +23:042:025 Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and + the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round + about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not + to heart. + +23:043:001 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he + that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed + thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. + +23:043:002 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and + through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou + walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither + shall the flame kindle upon thee. + +23:043:003 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy + Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for + thee. + +23:043:004 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been + honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men + for thee, and people for thy life. + +23:043:005 Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the + east, and gather thee from the west; + +23:043:006 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not + back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends + of the earth; + +23:043:007 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created + him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him. + +23:043:008 Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that + have ears. + +23:043:009 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people + be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us + former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they + may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth. + +23:043:010 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I + have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand + that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall + there be after me. + +23:043:011 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. + +23:043:012 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there + was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, + saith the LORD, that I am God. + +23:043:013 Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can + deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it? + +23:043:014 Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; + For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down + all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the + ships. + +23:043:015 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your + King. + +23:043:016 Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path + in the mighty waters; + +23:043:017 Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the + power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they + are extinct, they are quenched as tow. + +23:043:018 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things + of old. + +23:043:019 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; + shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the + wilderness, and rivers in the desert. + +23:043:020 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the + owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in + the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen. + +23:043:021 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my + praise. + +23:043:022 But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been + weary of me, O Israel. + +23:043:023 Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt + offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. + I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied + thee with incense. + +23:043:024 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast + thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast + made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with + thine iniquities. + +23:043:025 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine + own sake, and will not remember thy sins. + +23:043:026 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, + that thou mayest be justified. + +23:043:027 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have + transgressed against me. + +23:043:028 Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and + have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches. + +23:044:001 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have + chosen: + +23:044:002 Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the + womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and + thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen. + +23:044:003 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods + upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and + my blessing upon thine offspring: + +23:044:004 And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the + water courses. + +23:044:005 One shall say, I am the LORD's; and another shall call himself + by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his + hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel. + +23:044:006 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the + LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside + me there is no God. + +23:044:007 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in + order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the + things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto + them. + +23:044:008 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that + time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there + a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any. + +23:044:009 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and + their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their + own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be + ashamed. + +23:044:010 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is + profitable for nothing? + +23:044:011 Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, + they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them + stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed + together. + +23:044:012 The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and + fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength + of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he + drinketh no water, and is faint. + +23:044:013 The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with + a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with + the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, + according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the + house. + +23:044:014 He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, + which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the + forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it. + +23:044:015 Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, + and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, + he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven + image, and falleth down thereto. + +23:044:016 He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he + eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he + warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the + fire: + +23:044:017 And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven + image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and + prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god. + +23:044:018 They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their + eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot + understand. + +23:044:019 And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge + nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the + fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I + have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue + thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a + tree? + +23:044:020 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, + that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie + in my right hand? + +23:044:021 Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I + have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt + not be forgotten of me. + +23:044:022 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, + as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed + thee. + +23:044:023 Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower + parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O + forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed + Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel. + +23:044:024 Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee + from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that + stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the + earth by myself; + +23:044:025 That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners + mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their + knowledge foolish; + +23:044:026 That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the + counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt + be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, + and I will raise up the decayed places thereof: + +23:044:027 That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers: + +23:044:028 That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all + my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; + and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid. + +23:045:001 Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right + hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will + loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved + gates; and the gates shall not be shut; + +23:045:002 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I + will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the + bars of iron: + +23:045:003 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden + riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the + LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel. + +23:045:004 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have + even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though + thou hast not known me. + +23:045:005 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside + me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: + +23:045:006 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the + west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there + is none else. + +23:045:007 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and + create evil: I the LORD do all these things. + +23:045:008 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down + righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth + salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the + LORD have created it. + +23:045:009 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd + strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to + him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath + no hands? + +23:045:010 Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? + or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth? + +23:045:011 Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, + Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning + the work of my hands command ye me. + +23:045:012 I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my + hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have + I commanded. + +23:045:013 I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all + his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my + captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts. + +23:045:014 Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of + Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over + unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after + thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down + unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, + Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no + God. + +23:045:015 Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, + the Saviour. + +23:045:016 They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they + shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols. + +23:045:017 But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting + salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world + without end. + +23:045:018 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself + that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he + created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the + LORD; and there is none else. + +23:045:019 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I + said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the + LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. + +23:045:020 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are + escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the + wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot + save. + +23:045:021 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel + together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath + told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no + God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none + beside me. + +23:045:022 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for + I am God, and there is none else. + +23:045:023 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in + righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee + shall bow, every tongue shall swear. + +23:045:024 Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and + strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are + incensed against him shall be ashamed. + +23:045:025 In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and + shall glory. + +23:046:001 Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the + beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; + they are a burden to the weary beast. + +23:046:002 They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the + burden, but themselves are gone into captivity. + +23:046:003 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the + house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which + are carried from the womb: + +23:046:004 And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will + I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, + and will deliver you. + +23:046:005 To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, + that we may be like? + +23:046:006 They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the + balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they + fall down, yea, they worship. + +23:046:007 They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him + in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not + remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, + nor save him out of his trouble. + +23:046:008 Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to + mind, O ye transgressors. + +23:046:009 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is + none else; I am God, and there is none like me, + +23:046:010 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times + the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall + stand, and I will do all my pleasure: + +23:046:011 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth + my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will + also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it. + +23:046:012 Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from + righteousness: + +23:046:013 I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my + salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion + for Israel my glory. + +23:047:001 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, + sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the + Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and + delicate. + +23:047:002 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make + bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. + +23:047:003 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be + seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a + man. + +23:047:004 As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy + One of Israel. + +23:047:005 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the + Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of + kingdoms. + +23:047:006 I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, + and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; + upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke. + +23:047:007 And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou + didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst + remember the latter end of it. + +23:047:008 Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, + that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, + and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither + shall I know the loss of children: + +23:047:009 But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one + day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon + thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, + and for the great abundance of thine enchantments. + +23:047:010 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None + seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted + thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else + beside me. + +23:047:011 Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from + whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou + shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come + upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know. + +23:047:012 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of + thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if + so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest + prevail. + +23:047:013 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the + astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, + stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon + thee. + +23:047:014 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; + they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: + there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before + it. + +23:047:015 Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, + even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every + one to his quarter; none shall save thee. + +23:048:001 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name + of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, + which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the + God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness. + +23:048:002 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves + upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name. + +23:048:003 I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they + went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them + suddenly, and they came to pass. + +23:048:004 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an + iron sinew, and thy brow brass; + +23:048:005 I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it + came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine + idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, + hath commanded them. + +23:048:006 Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I + have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden + things, and thou didst not know them. + +23:048:007 They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before + the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, + Behold, I knew them. + +23:048:008 Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that + time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou + wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a + transgressor from the womb. + +23:048:009 For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise + will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off. + +23:048:010 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have + chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. + +23:048:011 For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for + how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory + unto another. + +23:048:012 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am + the first, I also am the last. + +23:048:013 Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my + right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, + they stand up together. + +23:048:014 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath + declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his + pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans. + +23:048:015 I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought + him, and he shall make his way prosperous. + +23:048:016 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in + secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am + I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me. + +23:048:017 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 that thou shouldest go. + +23:048:018 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy + peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of + the sea: + +23:048:019 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy + bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been + cut off nor destroyed from before me. + +23:048:020 Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a + voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the + end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant + Jacob. + +23:048:021 And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he + caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave + the rock also, and the waters gushed out. + +23:048:022 There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked. + +23:049:001 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; + The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my + mother hath he made mention of my name. + +23:049:002 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of + his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his + quiver hath he hid me; + +23:049:003 And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I + will be glorified. + +23:049:004 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength + for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the + LORD, and my work with my God. + +23:049:005 And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his + servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not + gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and + my God shall be my strength. + +23:049:006 And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my + servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the + preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the + Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the + earth. + +23:049:007 Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, + to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, + to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes + also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and + the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee. + +23:049:008 Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, + and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will + preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to + establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate + heritages; + +23:049:009 That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that + are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, + and their pastures shall be in all high places. + +23:049:010 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor + sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead + them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them. + +23:049:011 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall + be exalted. + +23:049:012 Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the + north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim. + +23:049:013 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into + singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, + and will have mercy upon his afflicted. + +23:049:014 But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath + forgotten me. + +23:049:015 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have + compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet + will I not forget thee. + +23:049:016 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy + walls are continually before me. + +23:049:017 Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that + made thee waste shall go forth of thee. + +23:049:018 Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather + themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the + LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an + ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth. + +23:049:019 For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy + destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the + inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far + away. + +23:049:020 The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the + other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait + for me: give place to me that I may dwell. + +23:049:021 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me + these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a + captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up + these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been? + +23:049:022 Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to + the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they + shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be + carried upon their shoulders. + +23:049:023 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy + nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face + toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou + shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed + that wait for me. + +23:049:024 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive + delivered? + +23:049:025 But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall + be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be + delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with + thee, and I will save thy children. + +23:049:026 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; + and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet + wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour + and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. + +23:050:001 Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's + divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is + it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have + ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother + put away. + +23:050:002 Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was + there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it + cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my + rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their + fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for + thirst. + +23:050:003 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth + their covering. + +23:050:004 The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I + should know how to speak a word in season to him that is + weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to + hear as the learned. + +23:050:005 The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, + neither turned away back. + +23:050:006 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that + plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and + spitting. + +23:050:007 For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be + confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I + know that I shall not be ashamed. + +23:050:008 He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let + us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to + me. + +23:050:009 Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall + condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth + shall eat them up. + +23:050:010 Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice + of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? + let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God. + +23:050:011 Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves + about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the + sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; + ye shall lie down in sorrow. + +23:051:001 Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that + seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to + the hole of the pit whence ye are digged. + +23:051:002 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: + for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him. + +23:051:003 For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste + places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her + desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be + found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody. + +23:051:004 Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: + for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment + to rest for a light of the people. + +23:051:005 My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine + arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and + on mine arm shall they trust. + +23:051:006 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth + beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the + earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell + therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be + for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished. + +23:051:007 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in + whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, + neither be ye afraid of their revilings. + +23:051:008 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm + shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for + ever, and my salvation from generation to generation. + +23:051:009 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in + the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it + that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? + +23:051:010 Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the + great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the + ransomed to pass over? + +23:051:011 Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with + singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their + head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and + mourning shall flee away. + +23:051:012 I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou + shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of + man which shall be made as grass; + +23:051:013 And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth + the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast + feared continually every day because of the fury of the + oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the + fury of the oppressor? + +23:051:014 The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he + should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail. + +23:051:015 But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves + roared: The LORD of hosts is his name. + +23:051:016 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee + in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and + lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art + my people. + +23:051:017 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the + hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the + dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out. + +23:051:018 There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath + brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the + hand of all the sons that she hath brought up. + +23:051:019 These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for + thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the + sword: by whom shall I comfort thee? + +23:051:020 Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the + streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of + the LORD, the rebuke of thy God. + +23:051:021 Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not + with wine: + +23:051:022 Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the + cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand + the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; + thou shalt no more drink it again: + +23:051:023 But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; + which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: + and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, + to them that went over. + +23:052:001 Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy + beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth + there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the + unclean. + +23:052:002 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: + loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter + of Zion. + +23:052:003 For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; + and ye shall be redeemed without money. + +23:052:004 For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime + into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them + without cause. + +23:052:005 Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my + people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make + them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every + day is blasphemed. + +23:052:006 Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall + know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is + I. + +23:052:007 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that + bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth + good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith + unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! + +23:052:008 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together + shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD + shall bring again Zion. + +23:052:009 Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of + Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath + redeemed Jerusalem. + +23:052:010 The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the + nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation + of our God. + +23:052:011 Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean + thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear + the vessels of the LORD. + +23:052:012 For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the + LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your + rereward. + +23:052:013 Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted + and extolled, and be very high. + +23:052:014 As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more + than any man, and his form more than the sons of men: + +23:052:015 So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their + mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall + they see; and that which they had not heard shall they + consider. + +23:053:001 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the + LORD revealed? + +23:053:002 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a + root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and + when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should + desire him. + +23:053:003 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and + acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from + him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. + +23:053:004 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet + we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. + +23:053:005 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for + our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; + and with his stripes we are healed. + +23:053:006 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one + to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of + us all. + +23:053:007 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his + mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a + sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his + mouth. + +23:053:008 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall + declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of + the living: for the transgression of my people was he + stricken. + +23:053:009 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in + his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any + deceit in his mouth. + +23:053:010 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to + grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he + shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the + pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. + +23:053:011 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be + satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify + many; for he shall bear their iniquities. + +23:053:012 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he + shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured + out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the + transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made + intercession for the transgressors. + +23:054:001 Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into + singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with + child: for more are the children of the desolate than the + children of the married wife, saith the LORD. + +23:054:002 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the + curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, + and strengthen thy stakes; + +23:054:003 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; + and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate + cities to be inhabited. + +23:054:004 Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou + confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt + forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the + reproach of thy widowhood any more. + +23:054:005 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; + and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole + earth shall he be called. + +23:054:006 For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved + in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith + thy God. + +23:054:007 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great + mercies will I gather thee. + +23:054:008 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but + with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the + LORD thy Redeemer. + +23:054:009 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn + that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so + have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke + thee. + +23:054:010 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but + my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the + covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath + mercy on thee. + +23:054:011 O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, + behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy + foundations with sapphires. + +23:054:012 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of + carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. + +23:054:013 And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great + shall be the peace of thy children. + +23:054:014 In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far + from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for + it shall not come near thee. + +23:054:015 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: + whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for + thy sake. + +23:054:016 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the + fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and + I have created the waster to destroy. + +23:054:017 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every + tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt + condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and + their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. + +23:055:001 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he + that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine + and milk without money and without price. + +23:055:002 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and + your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently + unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul + delight itself in fatness. + +23:055:003 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall + live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even + the sure mercies of David. + +23:055:004 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader + and commander to the people. + +23:055:005 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and + nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the + LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath + glorified thee. + +23:055:006 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while + he is near: + +23:055:007 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his + thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have + mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. + +23:055:008 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways + my ways, saith the LORD. + +23:055:009 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways + higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. + +23:055:010 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and + returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it + bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and + bread to the eater: + +23:055:011 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall + not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I + please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. + +23:055:012 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the + mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into + singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their + hands. + +23:055:013 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead + of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to + the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be + cut off. + +23:056:001 Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my + salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be + revealed. + +23:056:002 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that + layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, + and keepeth his hand from doing any evil. + +23:056:003 Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself + to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me + from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a + dry tree. + +23:056:004 For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my + sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold + of my covenant; + +23:056:005 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a + place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will + give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. + +23:056:006 Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the + LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be + his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from + polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant; + +23:056:007 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them + joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their + sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house + shall be called an house of prayer for all people. + +23:056:008 The Lord GOD, which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, + Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are + gathered unto him. + +23:056:009 All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts + in the forest. + +23:056:010 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all + dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to + slumber. + +23:056:011 Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and + they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to + their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter. + +23:056:012 Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill + ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this + day, and much more abundant. + +23:057:001 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and + merciful men are taken away, none considering that the + righteous is taken away from the evil to come. + +23:057:002 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each + one walking in his uprightness. + +23:057:003 But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of + the adulterer and the whore. + +23:057:004 Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a + wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of + transgression, a seed of falsehood. + +23:057:005 Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, + slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the + rocks? + +23:057:006 Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, + they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink + offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive + comfort in these? + +23:057:007 Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even + thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice. + +23:057:008 Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy + remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than + me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee + a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest + it. + +23:057:009 And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase + thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst + debase thyself even unto hell. + +23:057:010 Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou + not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; + therefore thou wast not grieved. + +23:057:011 And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast + lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? + have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not? + +23:057:012 I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they + shall not profit thee. + +23:057:013 When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind + shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that + putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall + inherit my holy mountain; + +23:057:014 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take + up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people. + +23:057:015 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth + eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy + place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, + to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of + the contrite ones. + +23:057:016 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always + wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls + which I have made. + +23:057:017 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote + him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the + way of his heart. + +23:057:018 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, + and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. + +23:057:019 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is + far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will + heal him. + +23:057:020 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, + whose waters cast up mire and dirt. + +23:057:021 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. + +23:058:001 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and + shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob + their sins. + +23:058:002 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a + nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance + of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they + take delight in approaching to God. + +23:058:003 Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? + wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no + knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, + and exact all your labours. + +23:058:004 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the + fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to + make your voice to be heard on high. + +23:058:005 Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to + afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and + to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a + fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD? + +23:058:006 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of + wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the + oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? + +23:058:007 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring + the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the + naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself + from thine own flesh? + +23:058:008 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine + health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness + shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy + rereward. + +23:058:009 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt + cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the + midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and + speaking vanity; + +23:058:010 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the + afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and + thy darkness be as the noon day: + +23:058:011 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy + soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be + like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose + waters fail not. + +23:058:012 And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste + places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many + generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the + breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in. + +23:058:013 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy + pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the + holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing + thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking + thine own words: + +23:058:014 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause + thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee + with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the + LORD hath spoken it. + +23:059:001 Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; + neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: + +23:059:002 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, + and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not + hear. + +23:059:003 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with + iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath + muttered perverseness. + +23:059:004 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they + trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and + bring forth iniquity. + +23:059:005 They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he + that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed + breaketh out into a viper. + +23:059:006 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover + themselves with their works: their works are works of + iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. + +23:059:007 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent + blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and + destruction are in their paths. + +23:059:008 The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in + their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever + goeth therein shall not know peace. + +23:059:009 Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice + overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for + brightness, but we walk in darkness. + +23:059:010 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we + had no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in + desolate places as dead men. + +23:059:011 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for + judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off + from us. + +23:059:012 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our + sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; + and as for our iniquities, we know them; + +23:059:013 In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing + away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving + and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. + +23:059:014 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth + afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot + enter. + +23:059:015 Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh + himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him + that there was no judgment. + +23:059:016 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was + no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; + and his righteousness, it sustained him. + +23:059:017 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of + salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of + vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak. + +23:059:018 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to + his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he + will repay recompence. + +23:059:019 So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his + glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in + like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard + against him. + +23:059:020 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn + from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD. + +23:059:021 As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My + spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy + mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth + of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith + the LORD, from henceforth and for ever. + +23:060:001 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD + is risen upon thee. + +23:060:002 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross + darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and + his glory shall be seen upon thee. + +23:060:003 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the + brightness of thy rising. + +23:060:004 Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather + themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come + from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side. + +23:060:005 Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall + fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall + be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come + unto thee. + +23:060:006 The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of + Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall + bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises + of the LORD. + +23:060:007 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, + the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come + up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house + of my glory. + +23:060:008 Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their + windows? + +23:060:009 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish + first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold + with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy + One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee. + +23:060:010 And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their + kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, + but in my favour have I had mercy on thee. + +23:060:011 Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not + be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces + of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought. + +23:060:012 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall + perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted. + +23:060:013 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the + pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my + sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious. + +23:060:014 The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending + unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow + themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call + thee; The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of + Israel. + +23:060:015 Whereas thou has been forsaken and hated, so that no man went + through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of + many generations. + +23:060:016 Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck + the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am + thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. + +23:060:017 For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, + and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy + officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness. + +23:060:018 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor + destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls + Salvation, and thy gates Praise. + +23:060:019 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for + brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD + shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy + glory. + +23:060:020 Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw + itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the + days of thy mourning shall be ended. + +23:060:021 Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the + land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my + hands, that I may be glorified. + +23:060:022 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong + nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time. + +23:061:001 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath + anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent + me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the + captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are + bound; + +23:061:002 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of + vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; + +23:061:003 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them + beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of + praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called + trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he + might be glorified. + +23:061:004 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the + former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, + the desolations of many generations. + +23:061:005 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons + of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. + +23:061:006 But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call + you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the + Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves. + +23:061:007 For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they + shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they + shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them. + +23:061:008 For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt + offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will + make an everlasting covenant with them. + +23:061:009 And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their + offspring among the people: all that see them shall + acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath + blessed. + +23:061:010 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in + my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, + he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a + bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride + adorneth herself with her jewels. + +23:061:011 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden + causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the + Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth + before all the nations. + +23:062:001 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's + sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth + as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that + burneth. + +23:062:002 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings + thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the + mouth of the LORD shall name. + +23:062:003 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, + and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. + +23:062:004 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land + any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called + Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in + thee, and thy land shall be married. + +23:062:005 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry + thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall + thy God rejoice over thee. + +23:062:006 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall + never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of + the LORD, keep not silence, + +23:062:007 And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make + Jerusalem a praise in the earth. + +23:062:008 The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his + strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for + thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink + thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured: + +23:062:009 But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the + LORD; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in + the courts of my holiness. + +23:062:010 Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the + people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; + lift up a standard for the people. + +23:062:011 Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, + Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; + behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. + +23:062:012 And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the + LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not + forsaken. + +23:063:001 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from + Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in + the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, + mighty to save. + +23:063:002 Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like + him that treadeth in the winefat? + +23:063:003 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there + was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and + trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled + upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. + +23:063:004 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my + redeemed is come. + +23:063:005 And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that + there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought + salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. + +23:063:006 And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them + drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the + earth. + +23:063:007 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the + praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath + bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of + Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his + mercies, and according to the multitude of his + lovingkindnesses. + +23:063:008 For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not + lie: so he was their Saviour. + +23:063:009 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his + presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed + them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. + +23:063:010 But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was + turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them. + +23:063:011 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, + saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with + the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy + Spirit within him? + +23:063:012 That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious + arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an + everlasting name? + +23:063:013 That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, + that they should not stumble? + +23:063:014 As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD + caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make + thyself a glorious name. + +23:063:015 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy + holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, + the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are + they restrained? + +23:063:016 Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of + us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our + father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting. + +23:063:017 O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and + hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' + sake, the tribes of thine inheritance. + +23:063:018 The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little + while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary. + +23:063:019 We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not + called by thy name. + +23:064:001 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest + come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, + +23:064:002 As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters + to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the + nations may tremble at thy presence! + +23:064:003 When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou + camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence. + +23:064:004 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor + perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside + thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. + +23:064:005 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, + those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; + for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be + saved. + +23:064:006 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our + righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a + leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. + +23:064:007 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up + himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from + us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities. + +23:064:008 But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and + thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. + +23:064:009 Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for + ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. + +23:064:010 Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, + Jerusalem a desolation. + +23:064:011 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised + thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are + laid waste. + +23:064:012 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou + hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore? + +23:065:001 I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them + that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a + nation that was not called by my name. + +23:065:002 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious + people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their + own thoughts; + +23:065:003 A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; + that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars + of brick; + +23:065:004 Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, + which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in + their vessels; + +23:065:005 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am + holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that + burneth all the day. + +23:065:006 Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but + will recompense, even recompense into their bosom, + +23:065:007 Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, + saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, + and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure + their former work into their bosom. + +23:065:008 Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, + and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so + will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them + all. + +23:065:009 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah + an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, + and my servants shall dwell there. + +23:065:010 And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor + a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have + sought me. + +23:065:011 But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy + mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that + furnish the drink offering unto that number. + +23:065:012 Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow + down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not + answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before + mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not. + +23:065:013 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall + eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, + but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, + but ye shall be ashamed: + +23:065:014 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall + cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of + spirit. + +23:065:015 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for + the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another + name: + +23:065:016 That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself + in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall + swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are + forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes. + +23:065:017 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the + former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. + +23:065:018 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: + for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a + joy. + +23:065:019 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the + voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice + of crying. + +23:065:020 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old + man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an + hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old + shall be accursed. + +23:065:021 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall + plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. + +23:065:022 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not + plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days + of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of + their hands. + +23:065:023 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; + for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their + offspring with them. + +23:065:024 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will + answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. + +23:065:025 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall + eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's + meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, + saith the LORD. + +23:066:001 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is + my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and + where is the place of my rest? + +23:066:002 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things + have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even + to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at + my word. + +23:066:003 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that + sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that + offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that + burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have + chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their + abominations. + +23:066:004 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears + upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I + spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, + and chose that in which I delighted not. + +23:066:005 Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your + brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, + said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your + joy, and they shall be ashamed. + +23:066:006 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a + voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies. + +23:066:007 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, + she was delivered of a man child. + +23:066:008 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall + the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation + be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought + forth her children. + +23:066:009 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? + saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the + womb? saith thy God. + +23:066:010 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that + love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: + +23:066:011 That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her + consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the + abundance of her glory. + +23:066:012 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her + like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing + stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, + and be dandled upon her knees. + +23:066:013 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and + ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. + +23:066:014 And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones + shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be + known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his + enemies. + +23:066:015 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his + chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and + his rebuke with flames of fire. + +23:066:016 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all + flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many. + +23:066:017 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the + gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, + and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed + together, saith the LORD. + +23:066:018 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that + I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, + and see my glory. + +23:066:019 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that + escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, + that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, + that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and + they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles. + +23:066:020 And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto + the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and + in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy + mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel + bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the + LORD. + +23:066:021 And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, + saith the LORD. + +23:066:022 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, + shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and + your name remain. + +23:066:023 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, + and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to + worship before me, saith the LORD. + +23:066:024 And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men + that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not + die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be + an abhorring unto all flesh. + + + + + +*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK, THE BIBLE, KING JAMES, BOOK 23 *** + +********** This file should be named 8023.txt or 8023.zip ********** + +This eBook was produced by David Widger +See above the credits to previous producers of this text. + +Project Gutenberg eBooks are often created from several printed +editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the US +unless a copyright notice is included. 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