A Remnant Prepared

For seven women will take hold of (A)one man on that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; (B)take away our disgrace!”

On that day the (C)Branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious, and the (D)fruit of the earth will be the pride and the beauty of the (E)survivors of Israel. And it will come about that the one who is (F)left in Zion and remains behind in Jerusalem will be called (G)holy—everyone who is (H)recorded for life in Jerusalem. When the Lord has washed away the filth of the (I)daughters of Zion and [a]purged the (J)bloodshed of Jerusalem from her midst, by the (K)spirit of judgment and the (L)spirit of [b]burning, then the Lord will create over the entire area of Mount Zion and over her assemblies (M)a cloud by day, and smoke, and the brightness of a flaming fire by night; for over all the (N)glory will be a canopy. And there will be a (O)shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and refuge and [c]protection from the storm and the rain.

Parable of the Vineyard

Let me sing now for my beloved
A song of my beloved about His vineyard.
My beloved had a (P)vineyard on [d]a fertile hill.
He dug it all around, cleared it of stones,
And planted it with [e]the (Q)choicest vine.
And He built a tower in the middle of it,
And also carved out a [f]wine vat in it;
Then He (R)expected it to produce good grapes,
But it produced only [g]worthless ones.

“And now, you inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah,
(S)Judge between Me and My vineyard.
(T)What more was there to do for My vineyard [h]that I have not done in it?
Why, when I expected it to produce good grapes did it produce [i]worthless ones?
So now let Me tell you what I am going to do to My vineyard:
I will (U)remove its hedge and it will be consumed;
I will (V)break down its wall and it will become (W)trampled ground.
I will (X)lay it waste;
It will not be pruned nor hoed,
But briars and thorns will come up.
I will also command the clouds not to (Y)rain on it.”

For the (Z)vineyard of the Lord of armies is the house of Israel,
And the people of Judah are His delightful plant.
So He waited for justice, but behold, there was (AA)bloodshed;
For righteousness, but behold, a cry for help.

Woes for the Wicked

Woe to those who (AB)attach house to house and join field to field,
Until there is no more room,
And you alone are a landowner in the midst of the land!
In my ears the Lord of armies has sworn, “(AC)Many houses shall certainly become (AD)desolate,
Even great and fine ones, without occupants.
10 For (AE)ten acres of vineyard will yield only one [j]bath of wine,
And a [k](AF)homer of seed will yield only an [l]ephah of grain.”
11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning so that they may pursue (AG)intoxicating drink,
Who stay up late in the evening so that wine may inflame them!
12 Their banquets are accompanied by lyre and (AH)harp, by tambourine and flute, and by wine;
But they (AI)do not pay attention to the deeds of the Lord,
Nor do they consider the work of His hands.

13 Therefore My people go into exile for their (AJ)lack of knowledge;
And their [m](AK)nobles are famished,
And their multitude is parched with thirst.
14 Therefore (AL)Sheol has enlarged its [n]throat and opened its mouth beyond measure;
And [o]Jerusalem’s splendor, her multitude, her noise of revelry, and the jubilant within her, descend into it.
15 So the common people will be humbled and the person of importance brought low,
(AM)The eyes of the haughty also will be brought low.
16 But the (AN)Lord of armies will be (AO)exalted in judgment,
And the holy God will show Himself (AP)holy in righteousness.
17 (AQ)Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture,
And strangers will eat in the ruins of the [p]wealthy.

18 Woe to those who drag (AR)wrongdoing with the cords of [q]deceit,
And sin as if with cart ropes;
19 (AS)Who say, “Let Him hurry, let Him do His work quickly, so that we may see it;
And let the plan of the Holy One of Israel approach
And come to pass, so that we may know it!”
20 Woe to those who (AT)call evil good, and good evil;
Who [r](AU)substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;
Who [s]substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe to those who are (AV)wise in their own eyes
And [t]clever in their own sight!
22 (AW)Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine,
And valiant men in mixing intoxicating drink,
23 (AX)Who declare the wicked innocent for a bribe,
And (AY)take away the [u]rights of the ones who are in the right!

24 Therefore, (AZ)as a tongue of fire consumes stubble,
And dry grass collapses in the flame,
So their (BA)root will become (BB)like rot, and their blossom [v]blow away like dust;
For they have (BC)rejected the Law of the Lord of armies,
And discarded the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25 For this reason the (BD)anger of the Lord has burned against His people,
And He has stretched out His hand against them and struck them.
And the (BE)mountains quaked, and their (BF)corpses [w]lay like refuse in the middle of the streets.
(BG)Despite all this, His anger [x]is not spent,
But His (BH)hand is still stretched out.

26 He will also lift up a (BI)flag to the distant [y]nation,
And (BJ)whistle for it (BK)from the ends of the earth;
And behold, it will (BL)come with speed swiftly.
27 (BM)No one in it is tired or stumbles,
No one slumbers or sleeps;
Nor is the (BN)undergarment at his waist loosened,
Nor his sandal strap broken.
28 [z](BO)Its arrows are sharp and all its bows are bent;
The hoofs of its horses [aa]seem like flint, and its chariot (BP)wheels like a storm wind.
29 Its (BQ)roaring is like a lioness, and it roars like young lions;
It growls as it (BR)seizes the prey
And carries it off with (BS)no one to save it.
30 And it will (BT)roar against it on that day like the roaring of the sea.
If one (BU)looks across to the land, behold, there is darkness and distress;
Even the light is darkened by its clouds.

Isaiah’s Vision

In the year of (BV)King Uzziah’s death (BW)I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple. Seraphim were standing above Him, (BX)each having six wings: with two each covered his face, and with two each covered his feet, and with two each flew. And one called out to another and said,

(BY)Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of armies.
The [ab](BZ)whole earth is full of His glory.”

And the [ac]foundations of the thresholds trembled at the voice of him who called out, while the [ad](CA)temple was filling with smoke. Then I said,

(CB)Woe to me, for I am ruined!
Because I am a man of (CC)unclean lips,
And I live among a (CD)people of unclean lips;
For my eyes have seen the (CE)King, the Lord of armies.”

Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the (CF)altar with tongs. He (CG)touched my mouth with it and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and (CH)your guilt is taken away and atonement is made for your sin.”

Isaiah’s Commission

Then I heard the (CI)voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then (CJ)I said, “Here am I. Send me!” And He said, “Go, and tell this people:

‘Keep on (CK)listening, but do not understand;
And keep on looking, but do not gain knowledge.’
10 (CL)Make the hearts of this people [ae](CM)insensitive,
Their ears [af]dull,
And their eyes [ag]blind,
(CN)So that they will not see with their eyes,
Hear with their ears,
Understand with their hearts,
And return and be healed.”

11 Then I said, “Lord, (CO)how long?” And He answered,

“Until (CP)cities are devastated and without inhabitant,
Houses are without people
And the land is utterly desolate,
12 The Lord has (CQ)completely removed people,
And there [ah]are many (CR)forsaken places in the midst of the land.
13 Yet there will still be a tenth portion in it,
And it will again be subject to burning,
Like a terebinth or an (CS)oak
Whose stump remains when it is cut down.
The (CT)holy seed is its stump.”

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 4:4 Lit rinsed away
  2. Isaiah 4:4 Or destruction
  3. Isaiah 4:6 Lit a hiding place
  4. Isaiah 5:1 Lit horn, a son of fatness
  5. Isaiah 5:2 Lit a bright red grape
  6. Isaiah 5:2 Or wine press
  7. Isaiah 5:2 Or unripe
  8. Isaiah 5:4 Lit and I have not done
  9. Isaiah 5:4 Or unripe
  10. Isaiah 5:10 About 6 gallons or 23 liters
  11. Isaiah 5:10 About 7.7 cubic feet or 0.22 cubit meters or more
  12. Isaiah 5:10 About 1 cubic foot or 0.03 cubic meters
  13. Isaiah 5:13 Lit glory is men of famine
  14. Isaiah 5:14 Or appetite
  15. Isaiah 5:14 Lit her
  16. Isaiah 5:17 Lit fat
  17. Isaiah 5:18 Or worthlessness
  18. Isaiah 5:20 Lit set
  19. Isaiah 5:20 Lit set
  20. Isaiah 5:21 Lit discerning
  21. Isaiah 5:23 Lit justice
  22. Isaiah 5:24 Lit ascend
  23. Isaiah 5:25 Lit were
  24. Isaiah 5:25 Lit has not turned away
  25. Isaiah 5:26 Lit nations; prob. Assyria
  26. Isaiah 5:28 Lit Which, its arrows
  27. Isaiah 5:28 Lit are regarded as
  28. Isaiah 6:3 Lit fullness of the whole earth is His glory
  29. Isaiah 6:4 Lit door sockets
  30. Isaiah 6:4 Lit house
  31. Isaiah 6:10 Lit fat
  32. Isaiah 6:10 Lit heavy
  33. Isaiah 6:10 Lit sealed over
  34. Isaiah 6:12 Or forsakenness will be great

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