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Isaiah 27:6-28:13
New King James Version
Isaiah 27:6-28:13
New King James Version
6 Those who come He shall cause (A)to take root in Jacob;
Israel shall blossom and bud,
And fill the face of the world with fruit.
7 (B)Has He struck [a]Israel as He struck those who struck him?
Or has He been slain according to the slaughter of those who were slain by Him?
8 (C)In measure, by sending it away,
You contended with it.
(D)He removes it by His rough wind
In the day of the east wind.
9 Therefore by this the iniquity of Jacob will be covered;
And this is all the fruit of taking away his sin:
When he makes all the stones of the altar
Like chalkstones that are beaten to dust,
[b]Wooden images and incense altars shall not stand.
10 Yet the fortified city will be (E)desolate,
The habitation forsaken and left like a wilderness;
There the calf will feed, and there it will lie down
And consume its branches.
11 When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off;
The women come and set them on fire.
For (F)it is a people of no understanding;
Therefore He who made them will (G)not have mercy on them,
And (H)He who formed them will show them no favor.
12 And it shall come to pass in that day
That the Lord will thresh,
From the channel of [c]the River to the Brook of Egypt;
And you will be (I)gathered one by one,
O you children of Israel.
13 (J)So it shall be in that day:
(K)The great trumpet will be blown;
They will come, who are about to perish in the land of Assyria,
And they who are outcasts in the land of (L)Egypt,
And shall (M)worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
Woe to Ephraim and Jerusalem
28 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim,
Whose glorious beauty is a fading flower
Which is at the head of the [d]verdant valleys,
To those who are overcome with wine!
2 Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one,
(N)Like a tempest of hail and a destroying storm,
Like a flood of mighty waters overflowing,
Who will bring them down to the earth with His hand.
3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim,
Will be trampled underfoot;
4 And the glorious beauty is a fading flower
Which is at the head of the [e]verdant valley,
Like the first fruit before the summer,
Which an observer sees;
He eats it up while it is still in his hand.
5 In that day the Lord of hosts will be
For a crown of glory and a diadem of beauty
To the remnant of His people,
6 For a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment,
And for strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
7 But they also (O)have erred through wine,
And through intoxicating drink are out of the way;
(P)The priest and the prophet have erred through intoxicating drink,
They are swallowed up by wine,
They are out of the way through intoxicating drink;
They err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
8 For all tables are full of vomit and filth;
No place is clean.
9 “Whom(Q) will he teach knowledge?
And whom will he make to understand the message?
Those just weaned from milk?
Those just drawn from the breasts?
10 (R)For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept,
Line upon line, line upon line,
Here a little, there a little.”
11 For with (S)stammering lips and another tongue
He will speak to this people,
12 To whom He said, “This is the (T)rest with which
You may cause the weary to rest,”
And, “This is the refreshing”;
Yet they would not hear.
13 But the word of the Lord was to them,
“Precept upon precept, precept upon precept,
Line upon line, line upon line,
Here a little, there a little,”
That they might go and fall backward, and be broken
And snared and caught.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 27:7 Lit. him
- Isaiah 27:9 Heb. Asherim, Canaanite deities
- Isaiah 27:12 The Euphrates
- Isaiah 28:1 Lit. valleys of fatness
- Isaiah 28:4 Lit. valley of fatness
Isaiah 27:6-28:13
New International Version
Isaiah 27:6-28:13
New International Version
6 In days to come Jacob will take root,(A)
Israel will bud and blossom(B)
and fill all the world with fruit.(C)
7 Has the Lord struck her
as he struck(D) down those who struck her?
Has she been killed
as those were killed who killed her?
8 By warfare[a] and exile(E) you contend with her—
with his fierce blast he drives her out,
as on a day the east wind(F) blows.
9 By this, then, will Jacob’s guilt be atoned(G) for,
and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin:(H)
When he makes all the altar stones(I)
to be like limestone crushed to pieces,
no Asherah poles[b](J) or incense altars(K)
will be left standing.
10 The fortified city stands desolate,(L)
an abandoned settlement, forsaken(M) like the wilderness;
there the calves graze,(N)
there they lie down;(O)
they strip its branches bare.
11 When its twigs are dry, they are broken off(P)
and women come and make fires(Q) with them.
For this is a people without understanding;(R)
so their Maker has no compassion on them,
and their Creator(S) shows them no favor.(T)
12 In that day the Lord will thresh(U) from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt,(V) and you, Israel, will be gathered(W) up one by one. 13 And in that day(X) a great trumpet(Y) will sound. Those who were perishing in Assyria and those who were exiled(Z) in Egypt(AA) will come and worship(AB) the Lord on the holy mountain(AC) in Jerusalem.
Woe to the Leaders of Ephraim and Judah
28 Woe(AD) to that wreath, the pride of Ephraim’s(AE) drunkards,
to the fading flower, his glorious beauty,
set on the head of a fertile valley(AF)—
to that city, the pride of those laid low by wine!(AG)
2 See, the Lord has one who is powerful(AH) and strong.
Like a hailstorm(AI) and a destructive wind,(AJ)
like a driving rain and a flooding(AK) downpour,
he will throw it forcefully to the ground.
3 That wreath, the pride of Ephraim’s(AL) drunkards,
will be trampled(AM) underfoot.
4 That fading flower, his glorious beauty,
set on the head of a fertile valley,(AN)
will be like figs(AO) ripe before harvest—
as soon as people see them and take them in hand,
they swallow them.
5 In that day(AP) the Lord Almighty
will be a glorious(AQ) crown,(AR)
a beautiful wreath
for the remnant(AS) of his people.
6 He will be a spirit of justice(AT)
to the one who sits in judgment,(AU)
a source of strength
to those who turn back the battle(AV) at the gate.
7 And these also stagger(AW) from wine(AX)
and reel(AY) from beer:
Priests(AZ) and prophets(BA) stagger from beer
and are befuddled with wine;
they reel from beer,
they stagger when seeing visions,(BB)
they stumble when rendering decisions.
8 All the tables are covered with vomit(BC)
and there is not a spot without filth.
9 “Who is it he is trying to teach?(BD)
To whom is he explaining his message?(BE)
To children weaned(BF) from their milk,(BG)
to those just taken from the breast?
10 For it is:
Do this, do that,
a rule for this, a rule for that[c];
a little here, a little there.(BH)”
11 Very well then, with foreign lips and strange tongues(BI)
God will speak to this people,(BJ)
12 to whom he said,
“This is the resting place, let the weary rest”;(BK)
and, “This is the place of repose”—
but they would not listen.
13 So then, the word of the Lord to them will become:
Do this, do that,
a rule for this, a rule for that;
a little here, a little there(BL)—
so that as they go they will fall backward;
they will be injured(BM) and snared and captured.(BN)
Footnotes
- 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
- Isaiah 28:10 Hebrew / sav lasav sav lasav / kav lakav kav lakav (probably meaningless sounds mimicking the prophet’s words); also in verse 13
Isaiah 27:6-28:13
New King James Version
Isaiah 27:6-28:13
New King James Version
6 Those who come He shall cause (A)to take root in Jacob;
Israel shall blossom and bud,
And fill the face of the world with fruit.
7 (B)Has He struck [a]Israel as He struck those who struck him?
Or has He been slain according to the slaughter of those who were slain by Him?
8 (C)In measure, by sending it away,
You contended with it.
(D)He removes it by His rough wind
In the day of the east wind.
9 Therefore by this the iniquity of Jacob will be covered;
And this is all the fruit of taking away his sin:
When he makes all the stones of the altar
Like chalkstones that are beaten to dust,
[b]Wooden images and incense altars shall not stand.
10 Yet the fortified city will be (E)desolate,
The habitation forsaken and left like a wilderness;
There the calf will feed, and there it will lie down
And consume its branches.
11 When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off;
The women come and set them on fire.
For (F)it is a people of no understanding;
Therefore He who made them will (G)not have mercy on them,
And (H)He who formed them will show them no favor.
12 And it shall come to pass in that day
That the Lord will thresh,
From the channel of [c]the River to the Brook of Egypt;
And you will be (I)gathered one by one,
O you children of Israel.
13 (J)So it shall be in that day:
(K)The great trumpet will be blown;
They will come, who are about to perish in the land of Assyria,
And they who are outcasts in the land of (L)Egypt,
And shall (M)worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
Woe to Ephraim and Jerusalem
28 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim,
Whose glorious beauty is a fading flower
Which is at the head of the [d]verdant valleys,
To those who are overcome with wine!
2 Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one,
(N)Like a tempest of hail and a destroying storm,
Like a flood of mighty waters overflowing,
Who will bring them down to the earth with His hand.
3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim,
Will be trampled underfoot;
4 And the glorious beauty is a fading flower
Which is at the head of the [e]verdant valley,
Like the first fruit before the summer,
Which an observer sees;
He eats it up while it is still in his hand.
5 In that day the Lord of hosts will be
For a crown of glory and a diadem of beauty
To the remnant of His people,
6 For a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment,
And for strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
7 But they also (O)have erred through wine,
And through intoxicating drink are out of the way;
(P)The priest and the prophet have erred through intoxicating drink,
They are swallowed up by wine,
They are out of the way through intoxicating drink;
They err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
8 For all tables are full of vomit and filth;
No place is clean.
9 “Whom(Q) will he teach knowledge?
And whom will he make to understand the message?
Those just weaned from milk?
Those just drawn from the breasts?
10 (R)For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept,
Line upon line, line upon line,
Here a little, there a little.”
11 For with (S)stammering lips and another tongue
He will speak to this people,
12 To whom He said, “This is the (T)rest with which
You may cause the weary to rest,”
And, “This is the refreshing”;
Yet they would not hear.
13 But the word of the Lord was to them,
“Precept upon precept, precept upon precept,
Line upon line, line upon line,
Here a little, there a little,”
That they might go and fall backward, and be broken
And snared and caught.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 27:7 Lit. him
- Isaiah 27:9 Heb. Asherim, Canaanite deities
- Isaiah 27:12 The Euphrates
- Isaiah 28:1 Lit. valleys of fatness
- Isaiah 28:4 Lit. valley of fatness
Isaiah 27:6-28:13
New International Version
Isaiah 27:6-28:13
New International Version
6 In days to come Jacob will take root,(A)
Israel will bud and blossom(B)
and fill all the world with fruit.(C)
7 Has the Lord struck her
as he struck(D) down those who struck her?
Has she been killed
as those were killed who killed her?
8 By warfare[a] and exile(E) you contend with her—
with his fierce blast he drives her out,
as on a day the east wind(F) blows.
9 By this, then, will Jacob’s guilt be atoned(G) for,
and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin:(H)
When he makes all the altar stones(I)
to be like limestone crushed to pieces,
no Asherah poles[b](J) or incense altars(K)
will be left standing.
10 The fortified city stands desolate,(L)
an abandoned settlement, forsaken(M) like the wilderness;
there the calves graze,(N)
there they lie down;(O)
they strip its branches bare.
11 When its twigs are dry, they are broken off(P)
and women come and make fires(Q) with them.
For this is a people without understanding;(R)
so their Maker has no compassion on them,
and their Creator(S) shows them no favor.(T)
12 In that day the Lord will thresh(U) from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt,(V) and you, Israel, will be gathered(W) up one by one. 13 And in that day(X) a great trumpet(Y) will sound. Those who were perishing in Assyria and those who were exiled(Z) in Egypt(AA) will come and worship(AB) the Lord on the holy mountain(AC) in Jerusalem.
Woe to the Leaders of Ephraim and Judah
28 Woe(AD) to that wreath, the pride of Ephraim’s(AE) drunkards,
to the fading flower, his glorious beauty,
set on the head of a fertile valley(AF)—
to that city, the pride of those laid low by wine!(AG)
2 See, the Lord has one who is powerful(AH) and strong.
Like a hailstorm(AI) and a destructive wind,(AJ)
like a driving rain and a flooding(AK) downpour,
he will throw it forcefully to the ground.
3 That wreath, the pride of Ephraim’s(AL) drunkards,
will be trampled(AM) underfoot.
4 That fading flower, his glorious beauty,
set on the head of a fertile valley,(AN)
will be like figs(AO) ripe before harvest—
as soon as people see them and take them in hand,
they swallow them.
5 In that day(AP) the Lord Almighty
will be a glorious(AQ) crown,(AR)
a beautiful wreath
for the remnant(AS) of his people.
6 He will be a spirit of justice(AT)
to the one who sits in judgment,(AU)
a source of strength
to those who turn back the battle(AV) at the gate.
7 And these also stagger(AW) from wine(AX)
and reel(AY) from beer:
Priests(AZ) and prophets(BA) stagger from beer
and are befuddled with wine;
they reel from beer,
they stagger when seeing visions,(BB)
they stumble when rendering decisions.
8 All the tables are covered with vomit(BC)
and there is not a spot without filth.
9 “Who is it he is trying to teach?(BD)
To whom is he explaining his message?(BE)
To children weaned(BF) from their milk,(BG)
to those just taken from the breast?
10 For it is:
Do this, do that,
a rule for this, a rule for that[c];
a little here, a little there.(BH)”
11 Very well then, with foreign lips and strange tongues(BI)
God will speak to this people,(BJ)
12 to whom he said,
“This is the resting place, let the weary rest”;(BK)
and, “This is the place of repose”—
but they would not listen.
13 So then, the word of the Lord to them will become:
Do this, do that,
a rule for this, a rule for that;
a little here, a little there(BL)—
so that as they go they will fall backward;
they will be injured(BM) and snared and captured.(BN)
Footnotes
- 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
- Isaiah 28:10 Hebrew / sav lasav sav lasav / kav lakav kav lakav (probably meaningless sounds mimicking the prophet’s words); also in verse 13
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