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Isaiah 23-27
New American Standard Bible
Isaiah 23-27
New American Standard Bible
The Fall of Tyre
23 The pronouncement concerning (A)Tyre:
Wail, you (B)ships of (C)Tarshish,
For Tyre is destroyed, without house or [a](D)harbor;
It is reported to them from the land of [b](E)Cyprus.
2 (F)Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland,
You merchants of Sidon;
[c]Your messengers crossed the sea
3 And were on many waters.
(G)The grain of the [d](H)Nile, the harvest of the River was her revenue;
And she was the (I)market of nations.
4 Be ashamed, (J)Sidon,
For the sea speaks, the stronghold of the sea, saying,
“I have neither been in labor nor given birth,
I have neither brought up young men nor raised virgins.”
5 When the report reaches Egypt,
They will be in (K)anguish over the report of Tyre.
6 Pass over to (L)Tarshish;
Wail, you inhabitants of the coastland.
7 Is this your (M)jubilant city,
Whose origin is from antiquity,
Whose feet used to bring her to [e]colonize distant places?
8 Who has planned this against Tyre, (N)the bestower of crowns,
Whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?
9 (O)The Lord of armies has planned it, to (P)defile the pride of all beauty,
To despise all the (Q)honored of the earth.
10 [f]Overflow your land like the Nile, you daughter of Tarshish,
There is no more [g]restraint.
11 He has (R)stretched His hand out (S)over the sea,
He has (T)made the kingdoms tremble;
The Lord has given a command concerning Canaan to (U)demolish its strongholds.
12 He has said, “(V)You shall not be jubilant anymore, you crushed virgin daughter of Sidon.
Arise, pass over to [h](W)Cyprus; even there you will find no rest.”
13 Behold, the land of the Chaldeans—this is the people that did not exist; (X)Assyria allocated it for (Y)desert creatures—they erected their siege towers, they stripped its palaces, (Z)they made it a ruin.
14 Wail, you (AA)ships of Tarshish,
For your stronghold is destroyed.
15 Now on that day Tyre will be forgotten for (AB)seventy years like the days of one king. At the end of seventy years it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute:
16 Take your harp, wander around the city,
You forgotten prostitute;
Pluck the strings skillfully, sing many songs,
That you may be remembered.
17 It will come about at (AC)the end of seventy years that the Lord will visit Tyre. Then she will go back to her prostitute’s wages and (AD)commit prostitution with all the kingdoms [i]on the face of the earth. 18 Her (AE)profit and her prostitute’s wages will be (AF)sacred to the Lord; it will not be stored up or hoarded, but her profit will become sufficient food and magnificent attire for those who dwell in the presence of the Lord.
Judgment on the Earth
24 Behold, the Lord (AG)lays the earth waste, devastates it, twists its surface, and scatters its inhabitants. 2 And the people will be like the priest, the servant like his master, the female servant like her mistress, the buyer like the seller, the lender like the borrower, the (AH)creditor like the debtor. 3 The earth will be completely laid waste and completely plundered, for the Lord has spoken this word. 4 The (AI)earth dries up and crumbles away, the mainland dries out and crumbles away, the (AJ)exalted of the people of the earth dwindle. 5 The earth is also (AK)defiled [j]by its inhabitants, for they violated laws, altered statutes, and (AL)broke the everlasting covenant. 6 Therefore, a (AM)curse devours the earth, and those who live on it suffer for their guilt. Therefore, the (AN)inhabitants of the earth decrease in number, and few people are left.
7 The (AO)new wine mourns,
The vine decays,
All the joyful-hearted sigh.
8 The (AP)joy of tambourines ceases,
The noise of revelers stops,
The joy of the harp ceases.
9 They do not drink wine with song;
(AQ)Intoxicating drink is (AR)bitter to those who drink it.
10 The (AS)city of chaos is broken down;
(AT)Every house is shut up so that no one may enter.
11 There is an (AU)outcry in the streets concerning the wine;
(AV)All joy [k]turns to gloom.
The joy of the earth is banished.
12 Desolation is left in the city
And the (AW)gate is battered to ruins.
13 For (AX)so it will be in the midst of the earth among the peoples,
As the [l]shaking of an olive tree,
As the gleanings when the grape harvest is over.
14 (AY)They raise their voices, they shout for joy;
They cry out from the [m]west concerning the majesty of the Lord.
15 Therefore (AZ)glorify the Lord in the [n]east,
The (BA)name of the Lord, the God of Israel,
In the [o](BB)coastlands of the sea.
16 From the (BC)ends of the earth we hear songs: “(BD)Glory to the Righteous One,”
But I say, “[p]I am finished! I am finished! Woe to me!
The (BE)treacherous deal treacherously,
And the treacherous deal very treacherously.”
17 (BF)Terror and pit and snare
[q]Confront you, you inhabitant of the earth.
18 Then it will be that the one who flees the sound of terror will fall into the pit,
And the one who [r]climbs out of the pit will be caught in the snare;
For the (BG)windows [s]above are opened, and the (BH)foundations of the earth shake.
19 (BI)The earth is broken apart,
The earth is (BJ)split through,
The earth is shaken violently.
20 The earth (BK)trembles like a heavy drinker
And sways like a hut,
For its (BL)wrongdoing is heavy upon it,
And it will fall, (BM)never to rise again.
21 So it will happen on that day,
That the Lord will (BN)punish the rebellious [t](BO)angels of [u]heaven on high,
And the (BP)kings of the earth on earth.
22 They will be gathered together
Like (BQ)prisoners in the [v]dungeon,
And will be confined in prison;
And after many days they will (BR)be punished.
23 Then the (BS)moon will be ashamed and the sun be put to shame,
For the (BT)Lord of armies will reign on (BU)Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
And His glory will be before His elders.
Song of Praise for God’s Favor
25 Lord, You are (BV)my God;
I will exalt You, I will give thanks to Your name;
For You have (BW)worked wonders,
(BX)Plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.
2 For You have turned a city into a (BY)heap,
A (BZ)fortified city into a ruin;
A (CA)palace of strangers is no longer a city,
It will never be rebuilt.
3 Therefore a strong people will (CB)glorify You;
(CC)Cities of ruthless nations will revere You.
4 For You have been a (CD)stronghold for the helpless,
A stronghold for the poor in his distress,
A (CE)refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat;
For the breath of the (CF)ruthless
Is like a rain storm against a wall.
5 Like heat in a dry land, You subdue the (CG)uproar of foreigners;
Like heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the ruthless is [w]silenced.
6 (CH)Now the Lord of armies will prepare a [x]lavish banquet for (CI)all peoples on this mountain;
A banquet of [y]aged wine, [z]choice pieces with marrow,
And [aa]refined, aged wine.
7 And on this mountain He will destroy the [ab](CJ)covering which is over all peoples,
The veil which is [ac]stretched over all nations.
8 He will [ad](CK)swallow up death for all time,
And the Lord [ae]God will (CL)wipe tears away from all faces,
And He will remove the (CM)disgrace of His people from all the earth;
For the Lord has spoken.
9 And it will be said on that day,
“Behold, (CN)this is our God for whom we have (CO)waited [af]that (CP)He might save us.
This is the Lord for whom we have waited;
(CQ)Let’s rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
10 For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain,
And (CR)Moab will be trampled down in his place
As straw is trampled down in the water of a manure pile.
11 And he will (CS)spread out his hands in the middle of it
As a swimmer spreads out his hands to swim,
But the Lord will (CT)lay low his pride together with the trickery of his hands.
12 The (CU)unassailable fortifications of your walls He will bring down,
Lay low, and throw to the ground, to the dust.
Song of Trust in God’s Protection
26 (CV)On that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
“We have a (CW)strong city;
He sets up walls and ramparts for [ag](CX)security.
2 Open the (CY)gates, that the (CZ)righteous nation may enter,
The one that [ah]remains faithful.
3 The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect (DA)peace,
Because he trusts in You.
4 (DB)Trust in the Lord forever,
For in [ai]God the Lord, we have an everlasting (DC)Rock.
5 For He has brought low those who dwell on high, the (DD)unassailable city;
(DE)He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground, He casts it to the dust.
6 (DF)The foot will trample it,
The feet of the (DG)poor, the steps of the helpless.”
7 The (DH)way of the righteous is smooth;
O Upright One, (DI)make the path of the righteous level.
8 Indeed, while following the way of (DJ)Your judgments, Lord,
We have waited for You eagerly;
(DK)Your name, and (DL)remembering You, is the desire of our souls.
9 (DM)At night [aj]my soul longs for You,
Indeed, [ak]my spirit within me (DN)seeks You diligently;
For when the earth [al]experiences Your judgments,
The inhabitants of the world (DO)learn righteousness.
10 Though the wicked person is shown compassion,
He does not (DP)learn righteousness;
He (DQ)deals unjustly in the land of uprightness,
And does not perceive the majesty of the Lord.
11 Lord, Your hand is lifted up, yet they (DR)do not see it.
[am]They see (DS)Your zeal for the people and are put to shame;
Indeed, [an](DT)fire will devour Your enemies.
12 Lord, You will establish (DU)peace for us,
Since You have also performed for us all our works.
13 Lord, our God, (DV)other masters besides You have ruled us;
But through You alone we [ao](DW)confess Your name.
14 (DX)The dead will not live, the [ap]departed spirits will not rise;
Therefore You have (DY)punished and destroyed them,
And You have eliminated all remembrance of them.
15 (DZ)You have increased the nation, Lord,
You have increased the nation, You are glorified;
You have (EA)extended all the borders of the land.
16 Lord, they sought You (EB)in distress;
They [aq]could only whisper a prayer,
Your discipline was upon them.
17 (EC)As the pregnant woman approaches the time to give birth,
She writhes and cries out in her labor pains;
This is how we were before You, Lord.
18 We were pregnant, we writhed in labor,
We (ED)gave birth, as it seems, only to wind.
We could not accomplish deliverance for the earth,
Nor were (EE)inhabitants of the world [ar]born.
19 Your (EF)dead will live;
[as]Their corpses will rise.
You who lie in the dust, (EG)awake and shout for joy,
For your dew is as the dew of the [at]dawn,
And the earth will [au]give birth to the [av]departed spirits.
20 Come, my people, (EH)enter your rooms
And close your doors behind you;
Hide for a little [aw](EI)while
Until (EJ)indignation [ax]runs its course.
21 For behold, the Lord is about to (EK)come out from His place
To (EL)punish the inhabitants of the earth for their wrongdoing;
And the earth will (EM)reveal her bloodshed
And will no longer cover her slain.
God’s Blessings for Israel
27 On that day (EN)the Lord will punish [ay](EO)Leviathan the fleeing serpent,
With His fierce and great and mighty sword,
Even [az]Leviathan the twisted serpent;
And (EP)He will kill the dragon who lives in the sea.
2 On that day,
“A [ba](EQ)vineyard of beauty, sing of it!
3 I, the Lord, am its keeper;
(ER)I water it every moment.
So that no one will [bb]damage it,
I (ES)guard it night and day.
4 I have no wrath.
Should [bc]someone give Me (ET)briars and thorns in battle,
Then I would step on them, (EU)I would burn them [bd]completely.
5 Or let him [be](EV)rely on My protection,
Let him make peace with Me,
Let him (EW)make peace with Me.”
6 [bf]In the days to come Jacob (EX)will take root,
Israel will (EY)blossom and sprout,
And they will fill the [bg]whole world with (EZ)fruit.
7 Like the striking of Him who has struck them, has (FA)He struck them?
Or like the slaughter of His slain, [bh]have they been slain?
8 You contended with them [bi]by banishing them, by (FB)driving them away.
With His fierce wind He has expelled them on the day of the (FC)east wind.
9 Therefore through this Jacob’s wrongdoing will be (FD)forgiven;
And this will be [bj]the full price of the [bk](FE)pardoning of his sin:
When he makes all the (FF)altar stones like pulverized chalk stones;
When [bl]Asherim and incense altars will not stand.
10 For the fortified city is (FG)isolated,
A [bm]homestead deserted and abandoned like the desert;
(FH)There the calf will graze,
And there it will lie down and [bn]feed on its branches.
11 When its (FI)limbs are dry, they are broken off;
Women come and make a fire with them,
For they are not a people of (FJ)discernment,
Therefore (FK)their Maker (FL)will not have compassion on them.
And their Creator will not be gracious to them.
12 On that day the Lord (FM)will thresh from the flowing stream of the (FN)Euphrates River to the brook of Egypt, and you will be (FO)gathered up one by one, you sons of Israel. 13 It will come about also on that day that a great (FP)trumpet will be blown, and those who were perishing in the land of (FQ)Assyria and who were scattered in the land of Egypt will come and (FR)worship the Lord on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 23:1 Lit entering
- Isaiah 23:1 Heb Kittim
- Isaiah 23:2 As in DSS; MT Who passed over the sea, they replenished you
- Isaiah 23:3 Heb Shihor
- Isaiah 23:7 Lit sojourn afar off
- Isaiah 23:10 Lit Pass over
- Isaiah 23:10 Perhaps girdle or shipyard
- Isaiah 23:12 Heb Kittim
- Isaiah 23:17 Lit of the earth on the face of the land
- Isaiah 24:5 Lit under
- Isaiah 24:11 Lit is darkened
- Isaiah 24:13 Lit striking
- Isaiah 24:14 Lit sea
- Isaiah 24:15 Lit region of light
- Isaiah 24:15 Or islands
- Isaiah 24:16 Meaning uncertain
- Isaiah 24:17 Lit Are upon you
- Isaiah 24:18 Lit goes up from the midst of
- Isaiah 24:18 Lit from the height; i.e., heaven
- Isaiah 24:21 Lit host
- Isaiah 24:21 Lit the height in the height
- Isaiah 24:22 Lit pit
- Isaiah 25:5 Lit humbled
- Isaiah 25:6 Lit feast of fat things; i.e., abundance
- Isaiah 25:6 Lit wine on the lees
- Isaiah 25:6 Lit fat pieces
- Isaiah 25:6 Lit wine refined on the lees
- Isaiah 25:7 Lit face of the covering
- Isaiah 25:7 Lit woven
- Isaiah 25:8 I.e., destroy
- Isaiah 25:8 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 25:9 Or and He saved us
- Isaiah 26:1 Or salvation
- Isaiah 26:2 Lit keeps faithfulness
- Isaiah 26:4 Heb Yah, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 26:9 Lit with my soul I long
- Isaiah 26:9 Lit with my spirit...I seek
- Isaiah 26:9 Lit has
- Isaiah 26:11 Or Let them see...and be
- Isaiah 26:11 Or let the fire for Your adversaries devour them
- Isaiah 26:13 Or make Your name known
- Isaiah 26:14 Or shades
- Isaiah 26:16 Lit sound forth a whisper
- Isaiah 26:18 Lit fallen
- Isaiah 26:19 As in some ancient versions; MT My
- Isaiah 26:19 Lit lights
- Isaiah 26:19 Lit cause to fall
- Isaiah 26:19 Or shades
- Isaiah 26:20 Lit moment
- Isaiah 26:20 Lit passes over
- Isaiah 27:1 Or sea monster
- Isaiah 27:1 Or sea monster
- Isaiah 27:2 Some mss a vineyard of wine
- Isaiah 27:3 Lit punish
- Isaiah 27:4 Lit who
- Isaiah 27:4 Lit altogether
- Isaiah 27:5 Lit take hold of
- Isaiah 27:6 Lit Those coming
- Isaiah 27:6 Lit face of the world
- Isaiah 27:7 Lit he was slain
- Isaiah 27:8 Some ancient versions by exact measure
- Isaiah 27:9 Lit all the fruit
- Isaiah 27:9 Lit removing
- Isaiah 27:9 I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah)
- Isaiah 27:10 Lit pasture
- Isaiah 27:10 Lit consume
Isaiah 23-27
New International Version
Isaiah 23-27
New International Version
A Prophecy Against Tyre
23 A prophecy against Tyre:(A)
Wail,(B) you ships(C) of Tarshish!(D)
For Tyre is destroyed(E)
and left without house or harbor.
From the land of Cyprus
word has come to them.
2 Be silent,(F) you people of the island
and you merchants(G) of Sidon,(H)
whom the seafarers have enriched.
3 On the great waters
came the grain of the Shihor;(I)
the harvest of the Nile[a](J) was the revenue of Tyre,(K)
and she became the marketplace of the nations.
4 Be ashamed, Sidon,(L) and you fortress of the sea,
for the sea has spoken:
“I have neither been in labor nor given birth;(M)
I have neither reared sons nor brought up daughters.”
5 When word comes to Egypt,
they will be in anguish(N) at the report from Tyre.(O)
6 Cross over to Tarshish;(P)
wail, you people of the island.
7 Is this your city of revelry,(Q)
the old, old city,
whose feet have taken her
to settle in far-off lands?
8 Who planned this against Tyre,
the bestower of crowns,
whose merchants(R) are princes,
whose traders(S) are renowned in the earth?
9 The Lord Almighty planned(T) it,
to bring down(U) her pride in all her splendor
and to humble(V) all who are renowned(W) on the earth.
10 Till[b] your land as they do along the Nile,
Daughter Tarshish,
for you no longer have a harbor.
11 The Lord has stretched out his hand(X) over the sea
and made its kingdoms tremble.(Y)
He has given an order concerning Phoenicia
that her fortresses be destroyed.(Z)
12 He said, “No more of your reveling,(AA)
Virgin Daughter(AB) Sidon, now crushed!
“Up, cross over to Cyprus;(AC)
even there you will find no rest.”
13 Look at the land of the Babylonians,[c](AD)
this people that is now of no account!
The Assyrians(AE) have made it
a place for desert creatures;(AF)
they raised up their siege towers,(AG)
they stripped its fortresses bare
and turned it into a ruin.(AH)
15 At that time Tyre(AL) will be forgotten for seventy years,(AM) the span of a king’s life. But at the end of these seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute:
16 “Take up a harp, walk through the city,
you forgotten prostitute;(AN)
play the harp well, sing many a song,
so that you will be remembered.”
17 At the end of seventy years,(AO) the Lord will deal with Tyre. She will return to her lucrative prostitution(AP) and will ply her trade with all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.(AQ) 18 Yet her profit and her earnings will be set apart for the Lord;(AR) they will not be stored up or hoarded. Her profits will go to those who live before the Lord,(AS) for abundant food and fine clothes.(AT)
The Lord’s Devastation of the Earth
24 See, the Lord is going to lay waste the earth(AU)
and devastate(AV) it;
he will ruin its face
and scatter(AW) its inhabitants—
2 it will be the same
for priest as for people,(AX)
for the master as for his servant,
for the mistress as for her servant,
for seller as for buyer,(AY)
for borrower as for lender,
for debtor as for creditor.(AZ)
3 The earth will be completely laid waste(BA)
and totally plundered.(BB)
The Lord has spoken(BC) this word.
4 The earth dries up(BD) and withers,(BE)
the world languishes and withers,
the heavens(BF) languish with the earth.(BG)
5 The earth is defiled(BH) by its people;
they have disobeyed(BI) the laws,
violated the statutes
and broken the everlasting covenant.(BJ)
6 Therefore a curse(BK) consumes the earth;
its people must bear their guilt.
Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up,(BL)
and very few are left.
7 The new wine dries up(BM) and the vine withers;(BN)
all the merrymakers groan.(BO)
8 The joyful timbrels(BP) are stilled,
the noise(BQ) of the revelers(BR) has stopped,
the joyful harp(BS) is silent.(BT)
9 No longer do they drink wine(BU) with a song;
the beer is bitter(BV) to its drinkers.
10 The ruined city(BW) lies desolate;(BX)
the entrance to every house is barred.
11 In the streets they cry out(BY) for wine;(BZ)
all joy turns to gloom,(CA)
all joyful sounds are banished from the earth.
12 The city is left in ruins,(CB)
its gate(CC) is battered to pieces.
13 So will it be on the earth
and among the nations,
as when an olive tree is beaten,(CD)
or as when gleanings are left after the grape harvest.(CE)
14 They raise their voices, they shout for joy;(CF)
from the west(CG) they acclaim the Lord’s majesty.
15 Therefore in the east(CH) give glory(CI) to the Lord;
exalt(CJ) the name(CK) of the Lord, the God of Israel,
in the islands(CL) of the sea.
16 From the ends of the earth(CM) we hear singing:(CN)
“Glory(CO) to the Righteous One.”(CP)
But I said, “I waste away, I waste away!(CQ)
Woe(CR) to me!
The treacherous(CS) betray!
With treachery the treacherous betray!(CT)”
17 Terror(CU) and pit and snare(CV) await you,
people of the earth.(CW)
18 Whoever flees(CX) at the sound of terror
will fall into a pit;(CY)
whoever climbs out of the pit
will be caught in a snare.(CZ)
The floodgates of the heavens(DA) are opened,
the foundations of the earth shake.(DB)
19 The earth is broken up,(DC)
the earth is split asunder,(DD)
the earth is violently shaken.
20 The earth reels like a drunkard,(DE)
it sways like a hut(DF) in the wind;
so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion(DG)
that it falls(DH)—never to rise again.(DI)
21 In that day(DJ) the Lord will punish(DK)
the powers(DL) in the heavens above
and the kings(DM) on the earth below.
22 They will be herded together
like prisoners(DN) bound in a dungeon;(DO)
they will be shut up in prison
and be punished[d] after many days.(DP)
23 The moon will be dismayed,
the sun(DQ) ashamed;
for the Lord Almighty will reign(DR)
on Mount Zion(DS) and in Jerusalem,
and before its elders—with great glory.(DT)
Praise to the Lord
25 Lord, you are my God;(DU)
I will exalt you and praise your name,(DV)
for in perfect faithfulness(DW)
you have done wonderful things,(DX)
things planned(DY) long ago.
2 You have made the city a heap of rubble,(DZ)
the fortified(EA) town a ruin,(EB)
the foreigners’ stronghold(EC) a city no more;
it will never be rebuilt.(ED)
3 Therefore strong peoples will honor you;(EE)
cities of ruthless(EF) nations will revere you.
4 You have been a refuge(EG) for the poor,(EH)
a refuge for the needy(EI) in their distress,
a shelter from the storm(EJ)
and a shade from the heat.
For the breath of the ruthless(EK)
is like a storm driving against a wall
5 and like the heat of the desert.
You silence(EL) the uproar of foreigners;(EM)
as heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud,
so the song of the ruthless(EN) is stilled.
6 On this mountain(EO) the Lord Almighty will prepare
a feast(EP) of rich food for all peoples,
a banquet of aged wine—
the best of meats and the finest of wines.(EQ)
7 On this mountain he will destroy
the shroud(ER) that enfolds all peoples,(ES)
the sheet that covers all nations;
8 he will swallow up death(ET) forever.
The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears(EU)
from all faces;
he will remove his people’s disgrace(EV)
from all the earth.
The Lord has spoken.(EW)
9 In that day(EX) they will say,
“Surely this is our God;(EY)
we trusted(EZ) in him, and he saved(FA) us.
This is the Lord, we trusted in him;
let us rejoice(FB) and be glad in his salvation.”(FC)
10 The hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain;(FD)
but Moab(FE) will be trampled in their land
as straw is trampled down in the manure.
11 They will stretch out their hands in it,
as swimmers stretch out their hands to swim.
God will bring down(FF) their pride(FG)
despite the cleverness[e] of their hands.
12 He will bring down your high fortified walls(FH)
and lay them low;(FI)
he will bring them down to the ground,
to the very dust.
A Song of Praise
26 In that day(FJ) this song will be sung(FK) in the land of Judah:
We have a strong city;(FL)
God makes salvation
its walls(FM) and ramparts.(FN)
2 Open the gates(FO)
that the righteous(FP) nation may enter,
the nation that keeps faith.
3 You will keep in perfect peace(FQ)
those whose minds are steadfast,
because they trust(FR) in you.
4 Trust(FS) in the Lord forever,(FT)
for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock(FU) eternal.
5 He humbles those who dwell on high,
he lays the lofty city low;
he levels it to the ground(FV)
and casts it down to the dust.(FW)
6 Feet trample(FX) it down—
the feet of the oppressed,(FY)
the footsteps of the poor.(FZ)
7 The path of the righteous is level;(GA)
you, the Upright One,(GB) make the way of the righteous smooth.(GC)
8 Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws,[f](GD)
we wait(GE) for you;
your name(GF) and renown
are the desire of our hearts.
9 My soul yearns for you in the night;(GG)
in the morning my spirit longs(GH) for you.
When your judgments(GI) come upon the earth,
the people of the world learn righteousness.(GJ)
10 But when grace is shown to the wicked,(GK)
they do not learn righteousness;
even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil(GL)
and do not regard(GM) the majesty of the Lord.
11 Lord, your hand is lifted high,(GN)
but they do not see(GO) it.
Let them see your zeal(GP) for your people and be put to shame;(GQ)
let the fire(GR) reserved for your enemies consume them.
12 Lord, you establish peace(GS) for us;
all that we have accomplished you have done(GT) for us.
13 Lord our God, other lords(GU) besides you have ruled over us,
but your name(GV) alone do we honor.(GW)
14 They are now dead,(GX) they live no more;
their spirits(GY) do not rise.
You punished them and brought them to ruin;(GZ)
you wiped out all memory of them.(HA)
15 You have enlarged the nation, Lord;
you have enlarged the nation.(HB)
You have gained glory for yourself;
you have extended all the borders(HC) of the land.
16 Lord, they came to you in their distress;(HD)
when you disciplined(HE) them,
they could barely whisper(HF) a prayer.[g]
17 As a pregnant woman about to give birth(HG)
writhes and cries out in her pain,
so were we in your presence, Lord.
18 We were with child, we writhed in labor,
but we gave birth(HH) to wind.
We have not brought salvation(HI) to the earth,
and the people of the world have not come to life.(HJ)
19 But your dead(HK) will live, Lord;
their bodies will rise—
let those who dwell in the dust(HL)
wake up and shout for joy—
your dew(HM) is like the dew of the morning;
the earth will give birth to her dead.(HN)
20 Go, my people, enter your rooms
and shut the doors(HO) behind you;
hide(HP) yourselves for a little while
until his wrath(HQ) has passed by.(HR)
21 See, the Lord is coming(HS) out of his dwelling(HT)
to punish(HU) the people of the earth for their sins.
The earth will disclose the blood(HV) shed on it;
the earth will conceal its slain no longer.
Deliverance of Israel
27 In that day,(HW)
the Lord will punish with his sword(HX)—
his fierce, great and powerful sword—
Leviathan(HY) the gliding serpent,(HZ)
Leviathan the coiling serpent;
he will slay the monster(IA) of the sea.
2 In that day(IB)—
“Sing(IC) about a fruitful vineyard:(ID)
3 I, the Lord, watch over it;
I water(IE) it continually.
I guard(IF) it day and night
so that no one may harm(IG) it.
4 I am not angry.
If only there were briers and thorns confronting me!
I would march against them in battle;
I would set them all on fire.(IH)
5 Or else let them come to me for refuge;(II)
let them make peace(IJ) with me,
yes, let them make peace with me.”
6 In days to come Jacob will take root,(IK)
Israel will bud and blossom(IL)
and fill all the world with fruit.(IM)
7 Has the Lord struck her
as he struck(IN) down those who struck her?
Has she been killed
as those were killed who killed her?
8 By warfare[h] and exile(IO) you contend with her—
with his fierce blast he drives her out,
as on a day the east wind(IP) blows.
9 By this, then, will Jacob’s guilt be atoned(IQ) for,
and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin:(IR)
When he makes all the altar stones(IS)
to be like limestone crushed to pieces,
no Asherah poles[i](IT) or incense altars(IU)
will be left standing.
10 The fortified city stands desolate,(IV)
an abandoned settlement, forsaken(IW) like the wilderness;
there the calves graze,(IX)
there they lie down;(IY)
they strip its branches bare.
11 When its twigs are dry, they are broken off(IZ)
and women come and make fires(JA) with them.
For this is a people without understanding;(JB)
so their Maker has no compassion on them,
and their Creator(JC) shows them no favor.(JD)
12 In that day the Lord will thresh(JE) from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt,(JF) and you, Israel, will be gathered(JG) up one by one. 13 And in that day(JH) a great trumpet(JI) will sound. Those who were perishing in Assyria and those who were exiled(JJ) in Egypt(JK) will come and worship(JL) the Lord on the holy mountain(JM) in Jerusalem.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 23:3 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls Sidon, / who cross over the sea; / your envoys 3 are on the great waters. / The grain of the Shihor, / the harvest of the Nile,
- Isaiah 23:10 Dead Sea Scrolls and some Septuagint manuscripts; Masoretic Text Go through
- Isaiah 23:13 Or Chaldeans
- Isaiah 24:22 Or released
- Isaiah 25:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
- Isaiah 26:8 Or judgments
- Isaiah 26:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
- Isaiah 27:8 See Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
- Isaiah 27:9 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah
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