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Isaiah 26-27
American Standard Version
Isaiah 26-27
American Standard Version
26 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation will he appoint for walls and bulwarks. 2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth faith may enter in. 3 [a]Thou wilt keep him [b]in perfect peace, whose [c]mind is stayed on thee; because he trusteth in thee. 4 Trust ye in Jehovah for ever; for in [d]Jehovah, even Jehovah, is an [e]everlasting rock. 5 For he hath brought 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. 6 The foot shall tread it down; even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy. 7 The way of the just is [f]uprightness: thou that art upright dost [g]direct the path of the just.
8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; to thy name, even to thy memorial name, is the desire of our soul. 9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness. 10 Let favor be showed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness will he deal wrongfully, and will not behold the majesty of Jehovah.
11 Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up, yet they see not: but they shall see [h]thy zeal for the people, and be put to shame; yea, [i]fire shall devour thine adversaries. 12 Jehovah, thou wilt ordain peace for us; for thou hast also wrought all our works for us. 13 O Jehovah our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us; but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. 14 [j]They are dead, they shall not live; they are [k]deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all remembrance of them to perish. 15 Thou hast increased the nation, O Jehovah, thou hast increased the nation; thou art glorified; [l]thou hast enlarged all the borders of the land.
16 Jehovah, in trouble have they [m]visited thee; they poured out a [n]prayer when thy chastening was upon them. 17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain and crieth out in her pangs; so we have been [o]before thee, O Jehovah. 18 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; [p]neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen. 19 Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust; for thy dew is as the dew of [q]herbs, and the earth shall cast forth [r]the dead.
20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. 21 For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth 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.
27 In that day Jehovah with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the [s]swift serpent, and leviathan the [t]crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the sea.
2 In that day: A vineyard of wine, sing ye [u]unto it. 3 I Jehovah am its keeper; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. 4 Wrath is not in me: would that the briers and thorns were against me in battle! I would march upon them, I would burn them together. 5 Or else let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; yea, let him make peace with me. 6 [v]In days to come shall Jacob take root; Israel shall blossom and bud; and they shall fill the face of the world with fruit.
7 Hath he smitten them as he smote those that smote them? or are they slain according to the slaughter [w]of them that were slain by them? 8 [x]In measure, [y]when thou sendest them away, thou dost contend with them; he hath removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind. 9 Therefore by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be [z]forgiven, and this is all the fruit [aa]of taking away his sin: that he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, so that the Asherim and the sun-images shall rise no more. 10 For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof. 11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.
12 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will [ab]beat off his fruit from the flood of the River unto the brook of Egypt; and ye shall be [ac]gathered [ad]one by one, O ye children of Israel.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great trumpet shall be blown; and they shall come that were [ae]ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and they that were outcasts in the land of Egypt; and they shall worship Jehovah in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 26:3 Or, A stedfast mind thou keepest in perfect peace, because it etc.
- Isaiah 26:3 Hebrew peace, peace.
- Isaiah 26:3 Or, imagination
- Isaiah 26:4 Hebrew Jah.
- Isaiah 26:4 Or, a rock of ages
- Isaiah 26:7 Or, a right way; the path of the just thou directest aright
- Isaiah 26:7 Or, level
- Isaiah 26:11 Or, and be put to shame, in their envy at the people
- Isaiah 26:11 Or, the fire of thine adversaries shall devour them
- Isaiah 26:14 Or, The dead live not, the deceased rise not
- Isaiah 26:14 Or, shades. Hebrew Rephaim.
- Isaiah 26:15 Or, thou hast removed it far unto all the ends of the earth
- Isaiah 26:16 Or, looked for
- Isaiah 26:16 Hebrew whisper.
- Isaiah 26:17 Or, at thy presence
- Isaiah 26:18 Or, neither have inhabitants of the world been born
- Isaiah 26:19 Or, light
- Isaiah 26:19 Or, the shades. Hebrew Rephaim.
- Isaiah 27:1 Or, gilding. Or, fleeing
- Isaiah 27:1 Or, winding
- Isaiah 27:2 Or, of
- Isaiah 27:6 Or, In the generations that come
- Isaiah 27:7 Or, of their slain
- Isaiah 27:8 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain.
- Isaiah 27:8 Or, by sending them away
- Isaiah 27:9 Or, expiated
- Isaiah 27:9 Or, to take away
- Isaiah 27:12 Or, beat out his grain
- Isaiah 27:12 Or, gleaned
- Isaiah 27:12 Or, one to another
- Isaiah 27:13 Or, lost
Isaiah 26-27
New International Version
Isaiah 26-27
New International Version
A Song of Praise
26 In that day(A) this song will be sung(B) in the land of Judah:
We have a strong city;(C)
God makes salvation
its walls(D) and ramparts.(E)
2 Open the gates(F)
that the righteous(G) nation may enter,
the nation that keeps faith.
3 You will keep in perfect peace(H)
those whose minds are steadfast,
because they trust(I) in you.
4 Trust(J) in the Lord forever,(K)
for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock(L) eternal.
5 He humbles those who dwell on high,
he lays the lofty city low;
he levels it to the ground(M)
and casts it down to the dust.(N)
6 Feet trample(O) it down—
the feet of the oppressed,(P)
the footsteps of the poor.(Q)
7 The path of the righteous is level;(R)
you, the Upright One,(S) make the way of the righteous smooth.(T)
8 Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws,[a](U)
we wait(V) for you;
your name(W) and renown
are the desire of our hearts.
9 My soul yearns for you in the night;(X)
in the morning my spirit longs(Y) for you.
When your judgments(Z) come upon the earth,
the people of the world learn righteousness.(AA)
10 But when grace is shown to the wicked,(AB)
they do not learn righteousness;
even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil(AC)
and do not regard(AD) the majesty of the Lord.
11 Lord, your hand is lifted high,(AE)
but they do not see(AF) it.
Let them see your zeal(AG) for your people and be put to shame;(AH)
let the fire(AI) reserved for your enemies consume them.
12 Lord, you establish peace(AJ) for us;
all that we have accomplished you have done(AK) for us.
13 Lord our God, other lords(AL) besides you have ruled over us,
but your name(AM) alone do we honor.(AN)
14 They are now dead,(AO) they live no more;
their spirits(AP) do not rise.
You punished them and brought them to ruin;(AQ)
you wiped out all memory of them.(AR)
15 You have enlarged the nation, Lord;
you have enlarged the nation.(AS)
You have gained glory for yourself;
you have extended all the borders(AT) of the land.
16 Lord, they came to you in their distress;(AU)
when you disciplined(AV) them,
they could barely whisper(AW) a prayer.[b]
17 As a pregnant woman about to give birth(AX)
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(AY) to wind.
We have not brought salvation(AZ) to the earth,
and the people of the world have not come to life.(BA)
19 But your dead(BB) will live, Lord;
their bodies will rise—
let those who dwell in the dust(BC)
wake up and shout for joy—
your dew(BD) is like the dew of the morning;
the earth will give birth to her dead.(BE)
20 Go, my people, enter your rooms
and shut the doors(BF) behind you;
hide(BG) yourselves for a little while
until his wrath(BH) has passed by.(BI)
21 See, the Lord is coming(BJ) out of his dwelling(BK)
to punish(BL) the people of the earth for their sins.
The earth will disclose the blood(BM) shed on it;
the earth will conceal its slain no longer.
Deliverance of Israel
27 In that day,(BN)
the Lord will punish with his sword(BO)—
his fierce, great and powerful sword—
Leviathan(BP) the gliding serpent,(BQ)
Leviathan the coiling serpent;
he will slay the monster(BR) of the sea.
2 In that day(BS)—
“Sing(BT) about a fruitful vineyard:(BU)
3 I, the Lord, watch over it;
I water(BV) it continually.
I guard(BW) it day and night
so that no one may harm(BX) 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.(BY)
5 Or else let them come to me for refuge;(BZ)
let them make peace(CA) with me,
yes, let them make peace with me.”
6 In days to come Jacob will take root,(CB)
Israel will bud and blossom(CC)
and fill all the world with fruit.(CD)
7 Has the Lord struck her
as he struck(CE) down those who struck her?
Has she been killed
as those were killed who killed her?
8 By warfare[c] and exile(CF) you contend with her—
with his fierce blast he drives her out,
as on a day the east wind(CG) blows.
9 By this, then, will Jacob’s guilt be atoned(CH) for,
and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin:(CI)
When he makes all the altar stones(CJ)
to be like limestone crushed to pieces,
no Asherah poles[d](CK) or incense altars(CL)
will be left standing.
10 The fortified city stands desolate,(CM)
an abandoned settlement, forsaken(CN) like the wilderness;
there the calves graze,(CO)
there they lie down;(CP)
they strip its branches bare.
11 When its twigs are dry, they are broken off(CQ)
and women come and make fires(CR) with them.
For this is a people without understanding;(CS)
so their Maker has no compassion on them,
and their Creator(CT) shows them no favor.(CU)
12 In that day the Lord will thresh(CV) from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt,(CW) and you, Israel, will be gathered(CX) up one by one. 13 And in that day(CY) a great trumpet(CZ) will sound. Those who were perishing in Assyria and those who were exiled(DA) in Egypt(DB) will come and worship(DC) the Lord on the holy mountain(DD) in Jerusalem.
Footnotes
- 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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