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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.
When it was reported to
the house of David that
Aram was in league with Ephraim,
the hearts of
Ahaz and his people
trembled like trees in
the forest
shaken by
the wind.
Then said
the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet
Ahaz, thou, and
Shear-jashub thy son, at
the end of
the conduit of
the upper
pool in
the highway of
the fuller’s field;
Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son
Shear-jashub to meet
Ahaz at
the end of
the aqueduct that feeds
the upper
pool, on
the road to
the Launderer’s Field,
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.
and say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Do not be afraid or
disheartened over
these two
smoldering stubs of
firewood—over
the fierce anger of Rezin and
Aram and of
the son of Remaliah.
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
For
Aram, along with Ephraim and
the son of Remaliah, has
plotted your ruin, saying:
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:
‘Let us
invade Judah,
terrorize it, and divide it among ourselves.
Then we can
install the son of Tabeal over it as king.’
Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
But this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘It will not arise; it will not happen.
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.
For
the head of
Aram is Damascus, and
the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be
shattered as a people.
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.
The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you do not stand firm in your faith, then you will not stand at all.’”
Moreover
the LORD spake again unto
Ahaz, saying,
Again
the LORD spoke to
Ahaz, saying,
Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
“Ask for a sign from
the LORD your God, whether from
the depths of
Sheol or
the heights of heaven.”
But
Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I
tempt the LORD.
But
Ahaz replied, “I will not ask; I will not test
the LORD.”
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?
Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it not enough to try
the patience of men? Will you try
the patience of my God as well?
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name
Immanuel.
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold,
the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him
Immanuel.
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
By
the time He knows enough to
reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.
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.
For before
the boy knows enough to
reject evil and choose good,
the land of
the two kings you
dread will be laid waste.
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.
The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.”
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.
On that day
the LORD will
whistle to
the flies at
the farthest streams of
the Nile and to
the bees in
the land of Assyria.
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.
And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines and clefts of the rocks, in all the thornbushes and watering holes.
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.
On that day
the Lord will use a
razor hired from beyond
the Euphrates—
the king of Assyria—to
shave your head and
the hair of your legs, and to remove your
beard as well.
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.
and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.
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.
And on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briers and thorns will be found.
With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.
Men will go
there with bow and
arrow, for
the land will be covered with briers and thorns.
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.
For fear of
the briers and thorns, you will no longer
traverse the hills once tilled by
the hoe;
they will become places for oxen to
graze and sheep to
trample.
Moreover
the LORD said unto me, Take
thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning Maher-shalal-
hash-baz.
Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large
scroll and write on it with an ordinary
stylus: Maher-shalal-
hash-baz.
And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah
the priest, and
Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
And I went unto
the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son.
Then said
the LORD to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-
hash-baz.
And I had relations with
the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son.
The LORD said to me, “Name him Maher-shalal-
hash-baz.
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.
For before
the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’
the wealth of Damascus and
the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by
the king of Assyria.”
The LORD spake also unto me again, saying,
And the LORD spoke to me further:
Forasmuch as this people refuseth
the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and
rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;
“Because this people has rejected
the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and
rejoiced in Rezin and
the son of Remaliah,
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:
the Lord will surely bring against
them the mighty floodwaters of
the Euphrates—
the king of Assyria and all his
pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
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.
It will pour into Judah,
swirling and
sweeping over it, reaching up to
the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O
Immanuel!
Take counsel together, and it shall come to
nought; speak
the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
Devise a plan, but it will be
thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”
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,
For this is what
the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand,
instructing me not to walk in
the way of this people:
Say ye not, A
confederacy, to all
them to whom this people shall say, A
confederacy; neither fear ye
their fear, nor be afraid.
Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your
dread.
The LORD of Hosts is
the One you shall regard as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be
dreaded.
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.
And He will be a sanctuary— but to both houses of Israel a stone of
stumbling and a rock of
offense, to
the dwellers of Jerusalem a
trap and a
snare.
And many among
them shall
stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be
snared, and be taken.
Many will
stumble over
these;
they will fall and be broken;
they will be ensnared and captured.”
Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.
And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.
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.
Here am I, and
the children
the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from
the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount
Zion.
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?
When men tell you to
consult the spirits of
the dead and
the spiritists who
whisper and
mutter, shouldn’t a people
consult their God instead? Why
consult the dead on behalf of
the living?
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
To
the law and to
the testimony! If
they do not speak according to this word,
they have no light of
dawn.
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.
And
they shall look unto
the earth; and behold trouble and darkness,
dimness of
anguish; and
they shall be driven to darkness.
Then they will look to
the earth and see only distress and darkness and
the gloom of
anguish. And
they will be driven into utter darkness.
Nevertheless,
there will be no more
gloom for those in distress. In
the past He humbled
the land of
Zebulun and
the land of
Naphtali, but in
the future He will honor
the Way of
the Sea, beyond
the Jordan,
Galilee of
the nations:
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.
The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in
the land of
the shadow of death, a light has
dawned.
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.
You have enlarged
the nation and increased its joy.
The people
rejoice before You as
they rejoice at harvest time, as men
rejoice in dividing
the plunder.
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.
For as in
the day of
Midian You have
shattered the yoke of
their burden,
the bar across
their shoulders, and
the rod of
their oppressor.
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.
For every
trampling boot of battle and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for
the fire.
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.
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and
the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful
Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
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.
Of
the increase of His government and peace
there will be no end. He will reign on
the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and
sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore.
The zeal of
the LORD of Hosts will
accomplish this.
The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.
The Lord has sent a message against Jacob, and it has fallen upon Israel.
And all
the people shall know, even Ephraim and
the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in
the pride and
stoutness of heart,
All
the people will know it— Ephraim and
the dwellers of Samaria. With pride and
arrogance of heart
they will say:
The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with
hewn stones:
the sycomores are cut down, but we will change
them into cedars.
“The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone; the sycamores have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.”
Therefore the LORD shall set up
the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;
The LORD has raised up the foes of Rezin against him and joined his enemies together.
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.
Aram from
the east and Philistia from
the west have
devoured Israel with open mouths.
Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.
But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts.
Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and
rush, in one day.
So the LORD will cut off Israel’s head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day.
The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.
For
the leaders of this people cause
them to
err; and
they that are led of
them are destroyed.
For those who guide this people mislead
them, and those
they mislead are
swallowed up.
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.
Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in
their young men; He has no
compassion on
their fatherless and widows. For every one of
them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly.
Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
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.
For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets which roll upward in billows of smoke.
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.
By
the wrath of
the LORD of Hosts
the land is
scorched, and
the people are fuel for
the fire. No man even spares his brother.
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:
They carve out what is on
the right, but
they are still
hungry;
they eat what is on
the left, but
they are still not satisfied. Each one devours
the flesh of his own offspring.
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.
Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim
Manasseh; together
they turn against Judah.
Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
Woe unto
them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write
grievousness which
they have prescribed;
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!
to deprive
the poor of fair treatment and
withhold justice from
the oppressed of My people, to make widows
their prey and orphans
their plunder.
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?
What will you do on
the day of
reckoning when
devastation comes from
afar? To whom will you
flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
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.
Nothing will remain but to
crouch among
the captives or fall among
the slain.
Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
O Assyrian,
the rod of mine anger, and
the staff in
their hand is mine
indignation.
Woe to Assyria,
the rod of My anger;
the staff in
their hands is My wrath.
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.
I will send him against a godless nation; I will
dispatch him against a people destined for My
rage, to take spoils and seize
plunder, and to
trample them down like clay in
the streets.
As my hand hath found
the kingdoms of
the idols, and whose
graven images did
excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
As my hand seized
the idolatrous kingdoms whose images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
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.
So when
the Lord has completed all His work against Mount
Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will
punish the king of Assyria for
the fruit of his
arrogant heart and
the proud look in his eyes.
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:
For he says: ‘By
the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am
clever. I have removed
the boundaries of nations and
plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued
their rulers.
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.
My hand reached as into a nest to seize
the wealth of
the nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered all
the earth. No wing
fluttered, no
beak opened or
chirped.’”
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.
Does an
axe raise itself above
the one who swings it? Does a saw
boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving
the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!
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.
Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts will send a wasting disease among Assyria’s
stout warriors, and under his
pomp will be
kindled a fire like a burning flame.
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;
And
the Light of Israel will become a fire, and its Holy One a flame. In a single day it will burn and
devour Assyria’s thorns and thistles.
And shall
consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and
they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth.
The splendor of its forests and orchards, both soul and body, it will completely destroy, as a sickness consumes a man.
And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
The remaining trees of its forests will be so few that a child could count them.
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.
On that day
the remnant of Israel and
the survivors of
the house of Jacob will no longer depend on him who struck
them, but
they will truly
rely on
the LORD,
the Holy One of Israel.
The remnant shall return, even
the remnant of Jacob, unto
the mighty God.
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.
Though your people, O Israel, be like
the sand of
the sea, only a
remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness.
For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.
For the Lord GOD of Hosts will carry out the destruction decreed upon the whole land.
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.
Therefore this is what
the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “O My people who dwell in
Zion, do not fear Assyria, who strikes you with a rod and lifts his staff against you as
the Egyptians did.
For yet a very little while, and
the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in
their destruction.
For in just a little while My
fury against you will
subside, and My anger will turn to
their destruction.”
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.
And
the LORD of Hosts will
brandish a
whip against
them, as when He struck
Midian at
the rock of Oreb. He will raise His staff over
the sea, as He did in Egypt.
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.
On that day the burden will be lifted from your shoulders, and the yoke from your neck. The yoke will be broken because your neck will be too large.
He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at
Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:
Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing
their supplies at
Michmash.
They are gone over
the passage:
they have taken up
their lodging at Geba;
Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.
They have crossed at
the ford: “We will
spend the night at Geba.”
Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.
Madmenah is removed;
the inhabitants of Gebim gather
themselves to
flee.
Madmenah flees; the people of Gebim take refuge.
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.
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.
Behold,
the Lord GOD of Hosts will
lop off
the branches with
terrifying power.
The tall trees will be cut down,
the lofty ones will be felled.
And he shall cut down
the thickets of
the forest with iron, and
Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
He will clear
the forest thickets with an
axe, and
Lebanon will fall before
the Mighty One.
And
there shall come forth a rod out of
the stem of
Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
Then a shoot will spring up from
the stump of
Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
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;
The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him— the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.
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:
And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,
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.
but with righteousness He will judge
the poor, and with
equity He will decide for
the lowly of
the earth. He will strike
the earth with
the rod of His mouth and
slay the wicked with
the breath of His lips.
And righteousness shall be
the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness
the girdle of his
reins.
Righteousness will be
the belt around His hips, and faithfulness
the sash around His
waist.
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.
The wolf will live with
the lamb, and
the leopard will lie down with
the goat;
the calf and young lion and
fatling will be together, and a little child will lead
them.
