Isaiah 14:24-19:25

New International Version

“Surely, as I have planned,^(B) so it will be,
    and as I have purposed, so it will happen.^(C)
25 I will crush the Assyrian^(D) in my land;
    on my mountains I will trample him down.
His yoke^(E) will be taken from my people,
    and his burden removed from their shoulders.^(F)”

²⁶ This is the plan^(G) determined for the whole world;
    this is the hand^(H) stretched out over all nations.
²⁷ For the Lord Almighty has purposed,^(I) and who can thwart him?
    His hand^(J) is stretched out, and who can turn it back?^(K)

²⁹ Do not rejoice, all you Philistines,^(O)
    that the rod that struck you is broken;
from the root of that snake will spring up a viper,^(P)
    its fruit will be a darting, venomous serpent.^(Q)
30 The poorest of the poor will find pasture,
    and the needy^(R) will lie down in safety.^(S)
But your root I will destroy by famine;^(T)
    it will slay^(U) your survivors.^(V)

³¹ Wail,^(W) you gate!^(X) Howl, you city!
    Melt away, all you Philistines!^(Y)
A cloud of smoke comes from the north,^(Z)
    and there is not a straggler in its ranks.^(AA)
32 What answer shall be given
    to the envoys^(AB) of that nation?
“The Lord has established Zion,^(AC)
    and in her his afflicted people will find refuge.^(AD)”

Ar^(AH) in Moab is ruined,^(AI)
    destroyed in a night!
Kir^(AJ) in Moab is ruined,
    destroyed in a night!
² Dibon^(AK) goes up to its temple,
    to its high places^(AL) to weep;
    Moab wails^(AM) over Nebo^(AN) and Medeba.
Every head is shaved^(AO)
    and every beard cut off.^(AP)
3 In the streets they wear sackcloth;^(AQ)
    on the roofs^(AR) and in the public squares^(AS)
they all wail,^(AT)
    prostrate with weeping.^(AU)
4 Heshbon^(AV) and Elealeh^(AW) cry out,
    their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz.^(AX)
Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out,
    and their hearts are faint.

⁵ My heart cries out^(AY) over Moab;^(AZ)
    her fugitives^(BA) flee as far as Zoar,^(BB)
    as far as Eglath Shelishiyah.
They go up the hill to Luhith,
    weeping as they go;
on the road to Horonaim^(BC)
    they lament their destruction.^(BD)
6 The waters of Nimrim are dried up^(BE)
    and the grass is withered;^(BF)
the vegetation is gone^(BG)
    and nothing green is left.^(BH)
7 So the wealth they have acquired^(BI) and stored up
    they carry away over the Ravine of the Poplars.
⁸ Their outcry echoes along the border of Moab;
    their wailing reaches as far as Eglaim,
    their lamentation as far as Beer^(BJ) Elim.
⁹ The waters of Dimon^[a] are full of blood,
    but I will bring still more upon Dimon^[b]—
a lion^(BK) upon the fugitives of Moab^(BL)
    and upon those who remain in the land.

16 Send lambs^(BM) as tribute^(BN)
    to the ruler of the land,
from Sela,^(BO) across the desert,
    to the mount of Daughter Zion.^(BP)
2 Like fluttering birds
    pushed from the nest,^(BQ)
so are the women of Moab^(BR)
    at the fords^(BS) of the Arnon.^(BT)

³ “Make up your mind,” Moab says.
    “Render a decision.
Make your shadow like night—
    at high noon.
Hide the fugitives,^(BU)
    do not betray the refugees.
⁴ Let the Moabite fugitives stay with you;
    be their shelter^(BV) from the destroyer.”

The oppressor^(BW) will come to an end,
    and destruction will cease;^(BX)
    the aggressor will vanish from the land.
⁵ In love a throne^(BY) will be established;^(BZ)
    in faithfulness a man will sit on it—
    one from the house^[c] of David^(CA)—
one who in judging seeks justice^(CB)
    and speeds the cause of righteousness.

⁶ We have heard of Moab’s^(CC) pride^(CD)—
    how great is her arrogance!—
of her conceit, her pride and her insolence;
    but her boasts are empty.
⁷ Therefore the Moabites wail,^(CE)
    they wail together for Moab.
Lament and grieve
    for the raisin cakes^(CF) of Kir Hareseth.^(CG)
8 The fields of Heshbon^(CH) wither,^(CI)
    the vines of Sibmah^(CJ) also.
The rulers of the nations
    have trampled down the choicest vines,^(CK)
which once reached Jazer^(CL)
    and spread toward the desert.
Their shoots spread out^(CM)
    and went as far as the sea.^[d](CN)
9 So I weep,^(CO) as Jazer weeps,
    for the vines of Sibmah.
Heshbon and Elealeh,^(CP)
    I drench you with tears!^(CQ)
The shouts of joy^(CR) over your ripened fruit
    and over your harvests^(CS) have been stilled.
¹⁰ Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards;^(CT)
    no one sings or shouts^(CU) in the vineyards;
no one treads^(CV) out wine at the presses,^(CW)
    for I have put an end to the shouting.
¹¹ My heart laments for Moab^(CX) like a harp,^(CY)
    my inmost being^(CZ) for Kir Hareseth.
¹² When Moab appears at her high place,^(DA)
    she only wears herself out;
when she goes to her shrine^(DB) to pray,
    it is to no avail.^(DC)

“See, Damascus will no longer be a city
    but will become a heap of ruins.^(DK)
2 The cities of Aroer^(DL) will be deserted
    and left to flocks,^(DM) which will lie down,^(DN)
    with no one to make them afraid.^(DO)
3 The fortified^(DP) city will disappear from Ephraim,
    and royal power from Damascus;
the remnant of Aram will be
    like the glory^(DQ) of the Israelites,”^(DR)
declares the Lord Almighty.

⁴ “In that day^(DS) the glory^(DT) of Jacob will fade;
    the fat of his body will waste^(DU) away.
⁵ It will be as when reapers harvest the standing grain,
    gathering^(DV) the grain in their arms—
as when someone gleans heads of grain^(DW)
    in the Valley of Rephaim.^(DX)
6 Yet some gleanings will remain,^(DY)
    as when an olive tree is beaten,^(DZ)
leaving two or three olives on the topmost branches,
    four or five on the fruitful boughs,”
declares the Lord, the God of Israel.

⁷ In that day^(EA) people will look^(EB) to their Maker^(EC)
    and turn their eyes to the Holy One^(ED) of Israel.
⁸ They will not look to the altars,^(EE)
    the work of their hands,^(EF)
and they will have no regard for the Asherah poles^[e](EG)
    and the incense altars their fingers^(EH) have made.

¹⁰ You have forgotten^(EJ) God your Savior;^(EK)
    you have not remembered the Rock,^(EL) your fortress.^(EM)
Therefore, though you set out the finest plants
    and plant imported vines,^(EN)
11 though on the day you set them out, you make them grow,
    and on the morning^(EO) when you plant them, you bring them to bud,
yet the harvest^(EP) will be as nothing^(EQ)
    in the day of disease and incurable^(ER) pain.^(ES)

¹² Woe to the many nations that rage^(ET)—
    they rage like the raging sea!^(EU)
Woe to the peoples who roar^(EV)—
    they roar like the roaring of great waters!^(EW)
13 Although the peoples roar^(EX) like the roar of surging waters,
    when he rebukes^(EY) them they flee^(EZ) far away,
driven before the wind like chaff^(FA) on the hills,
    like tumbleweed before a gale.^(FB)
14 In the evening, sudden^(FC) terror!^(FD)
    Before the morning, they are gone!^(FE)
This is the portion of those who loot us,
    the lot of those who plunder us.

Go, swift messengers,
to a people tall and smooth-skinned,^(FJ)
    to a people feared far and wide,
an aggressive^(FK) nation of strange speech,
    whose land is divided by rivers.^(FL)

³ All you people of the world,^(FM)
    you who live on the earth,
when a banner^(FN) is raised on the mountains,
    you will see it,
and when a trumpet^(FO) sounds,
    you will hear it.
⁴ This is what the Lord says to me:
    “I will remain quiet^(FP) and will look on from my dwelling place,^(FQ)
like shimmering heat in the sunshine,^(FR)
    like a cloud of dew^(FS) in the heat of harvest.”
⁵ For, before the harvest, when the blossom is gone
    and the flower becomes a ripening grape,
he will cut off^(FT) the shoots with pruning knives,
    and cut down and take away the spreading branches.^(FU)
6 They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey^(FV)
    and to the wild animals;^(FW)
the birds will feed on them all summer,
    the wild animals all winter.

from a people tall and smooth-skinned,^(FY)
    from a people feared^(FZ) far and wide,
an aggressive nation of strange speech,
    whose land is divided by rivers^(GA)—

See, the Lord rides on a swift cloud^(GE)
    and is coming to Egypt.
The idols of Egypt tremble before him,
    and the hearts of the Egyptians melt^(GF) with fear.

² “I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian—
    brother will fight against brother,^(GG)
    neighbor against neighbor,
    city against city,
    kingdom against kingdom.^(GH)
3 The Egyptians will lose heart,^(GI)
    and I will bring their plans^(GJ) to nothing;^(GK)
they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead,
    the mediums and the spiritists.^(GL)
4 I will hand the Egyptians over
    to the power of a cruel master,
and a fierce king^(GM) will rule over them,”
    declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

⁵ The waters of the river will dry up,^(GN)
    and the riverbed will be parched and dry.^(GO)
6 The canals will stink;^(GP)
    the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up.^(GQ)
The reeds^(GR) and rushes will wither,^(GS)
7     also the plants^(GT) along the Nile,
    at the mouth of the river.
Every sown field^(GU) along the Nile
    will become parched, will blow away and be no more.^(GV)
8 The fishermen^(GW) will groan and lament,
    all who cast hooks^(GX) into the Nile;
those who throw nets on the water
    will pine away.
⁹ Those who work with combed flax^(GY) will despair,
    the weavers of fine linen^(GZ) will lose hope.
¹⁰ The workers in cloth will be dejected,
    and all the wage earners will be sick at heart.

¹¹ The officials of Zoan^(HA) are nothing but fools;
    the wise counselors^(HB) of Pharaoh give senseless advice.^(HC)
How can you say to Pharaoh,
    “I am one of the wise men,^(HD)
    a disciple of the ancient kings”?

¹² Where are your wise men^(HE) now?
    Let them show you and make known
what the Lord Almighty
    has planned^(HF) against Egypt.
¹³ The officials of Zoan^(HG) have become fools,
    the leaders of Memphis^(HH) are deceived;
the cornerstones^(HI) of her peoples
    have led Egypt astray.
¹⁴ The Lord has poured into them
    a spirit of dizziness;^(HJ)
they make Egypt stagger in all that she does,
    as a drunkard staggers^(HK) around in his vomit.
¹⁵ There is nothing Egypt can do—
    head or tail, palm branch or reed.^(HL)