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Isaiah 11-27
New American Standard Bible
Isaiah 11-27
New American Standard Bible
Righteous Reign of the Branch
11 Then a (A)shoot will spring from the (B)stem of Jesse,
And a (C)Branch from (D)his roots will bear fruit.
2 The (E)Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him,
The spirit of (F)wisdom and understanding,
The spirit of counsel and (G)strength,
The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
3 And He will delight in the fear of the Lord,
And He will not judge by what His eyes (H)see,
Nor make decisions by what His ears hear;
4 But with (I)righteousness He will judge the (J)poor,
And decide with fairness for the (K)humble of the earth;
And He will strike the earth with the (L)rod of His mouth,
And with the (M)breath of His lips He will slay the wicked.
5 Also (N)righteousness will be the belt around His hips,
And (O)faithfulness the belt around His waist.
6 And the (P)wolf will dwell with the lamb,
And the leopard will lie down with the young goat,
And the calf and the young lion [a]and the fattened steer will be together;
And a little boy will lead them.
7 Also the cow and the bear will graze,
Their young will lie down together,
And the (Q)lion will eat straw like the ox.
8 The nursing child will play by the hole of the cobra,
And the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den.
9 They will (R)not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain,
For the (S)earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord
As the waters cover the sea.
10 Then on that day
The (T)nations will resort to the (U)root of Jesse,
Who will stand as a (V)signal flag for the peoples;
And His (W)resting place will be [b]glorious.
The Restored Remnant
11 Then it will happen on that day that the Lord
Will again recover with His hand the second time
The (X)remnant of His people who will remain,
From (Y)Assyria, (Z)Egypt, Pathros, Cush, (AA)Elam, Shinar, Hamath,
And from the [c](AB)islands of the sea.
12 And He will lift up a (AC)flag for the nations
And (AD)assemble the banished ones of Israel,
And will gather the dispersed of Judah
From the four corners of the earth.
13 Then the (AE)jealousy of Ephraim will depart,
And those who harass Judah will be eliminated;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
And Judah will not harass Ephraim.
14 They will (AF)swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines on the (AG)west;
Together they will (AH)plunder the [d]people of the east;
[e]They will possess (AI)Edom and (AJ)Moab,
And the sons of Ammon will be [f]subject to them.
15 And the Lord will [g](AK)utterly destroy
The tongue of the [h]Sea of Egypt;
And He will (AL)wave His hand over the (AM)Euphrates River
With His scorching wind;
And He will strike it into seven streams
And make people walk over in dry sandals.
16 And there will be a (AN)highway from Assyria
For the (AO)remnant of His people who will be left,
Just as there was for Israel
On (AP)the day that they came up out of the land of Egypt.
Thanksgiving Expressed
12 Then you will say on that day,
“(AQ)I will give thanks to You, Lord;
For although (AR)You were angry with me,
Your anger is turned away,
And You comfort me.
2 Behold, (AS)God is my salvation,
I will (AT)trust and not be afraid;
For (AU)the Lord God is my strength and song,
And He has become my salvation.”
3 Therefore you will joyously (AV)draw water
From the (AW)springs of salvation.
4 And on that day you will (AX)say,
“(AY)Give thanks to the Lord, call on His name.
(AZ)Make known His deeds among the peoples;
[i]Make them remember that His name is exalted.”
5 (BA)Praise the Lord in song, for He has done [j]glorious things;
Let this be known throughout the earth.
6 (BB)Rejoice and shout for joy, you inhabitant of Zion,
For (BC)great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.
Prophecies about Babylon
13 The (BD)pronouncement concerning (BE)Babylon which (BF)Isaiah the son of Amoz saw:
2 (BG)Lift up a flag on the [k](BH)bare hill,
Raise your voice to them,
(BI)Wave the hand that they may (BJ)enter the doors of the nobles.
3 I have commanded My consecrated ones,
I have also called for My (BK)warriors
Who boast in My eminence,
To execute My anger.
4 A (BL)sound of a roar on the mountains,
Like that of many people!
A sound of an uproar of kingdoms,
Of nations gathered together!
The Lord of armies is mustering the army for battle.
5 They are coming from a distant country,
From the [l](BM)farthest horizons,
The Lord and the weapons of His (BN)indignation,
To (BO)destroy the whole land.
Judgment on the Day of the Lord
6 Wail, for the (BP)day of the Lord is near!
It will come as (BQ)destruction from [m]the Almighty.
7 Therefore (BR)all hands will fall limp,
And every human (BS)heart will melt.
8 They will be (BT)terrified,
Pains and anguish will take hold of them;
They will (BU)writhe like a woman in labor,
They will look at one another in astonishment,
Their faces aflame.
9 Behold, (BV)the day of the Lord is coming,
Cruel, with fury and burning anger,
To make the land a desolation;
And He will exterminate its sinners from it.
10 For the (BW)stars of heaven and their constellations
Will not flash their light;
The (BX)sun will be dark when it rises
And the moon will not shed its light.
11 So I will (BY)punish the world for its evil
And the (BZ)wicked for their wrongdoing;
I will also put an end to the (CA)audacity of the proud
And humiliate the (CB)arrogance of the [n](CC)tyrants.
12 I will make mortal man (CD)scarcer than pure gold
And mankind than the (CE)gold of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will make the (CF)heavens tremble,
And (CG)the earth will be shaken from its place
At the fury of the Lord of armies
In (CH)the day of His burning anger.
14 And it will be that, like a hunted gazelle,
Or like (CI)sheep with no one to gather them,
Each of them will turn to his own people,
And each of them will flee to his own land.
15 Anyone who is found will be (CJ)thrust through,
And anyone who is captured will fall by the sword.
16 Their (CK)little ones also will be dashed to pieces
Before their eyes;
Their houses will be plundered
And their wives raped.
Babylon Will Fall to the Medes
17 Behold, I am going to (CL)stir up the Medes against them,
Who will not value silver or (CM)take pleasure in gold.
18 And their bows will [o]mow down the (CN)young men,
They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb,
Nor will their (CO)eye pity [p]children.
19 And (CP)Babylon, the (CQ)beauty of kingdoms, the glory of the Chaldeans’ pride,
Will be as when God (CR)overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
20 It will (CS)never be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation;
Nor will the (CT)Arab pitch his tent there,
Nor will shepherds allow their flocks to lie down there.
21 But (CU)desert creatures will lie down there,
And their houses will be full of [q]owls;
Ostriches also will live there, and [r]shaggy goats will frolic there.
22 [s]Hyenas will howl in their fortified towers
And jackals in their luxurious (CV)palaces.
Her fateful time also [t]will soon come,
And her days will not be prolonged.
Israel’s Taunt against Babylon
14 When the Lord (CW)has compassion on Jacob and again (CX)chooses Israel, and settles them on their own land, then (CY)strangers will join them and attach themselves to the house of Jacob. 2 The peoples will take them along and bring them to their place, and the (CZ)house of Israel will make them their own possession in the land of the Lord (DA)as male and female servants; and [u]they will take their captors captive and will rule over their oppressors.
3 And it will be on the day when the Lord gives you (DB)rest from your hardship, your turmoil, and from the harsh service in which you have been enslaved, 4 that you will (DC)take up this [v]taunt against the king of Babylon, and say,
“How (DD)the oppressor has ceased,
And how the [w]onslaught has ceased!
5 The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked,
The scepter of rulers,
6 (DE)Which used to strike the peoples in fury with unceasing strokes,
Which [x]subdued the nations in anger with unrestrained persecution.
7 The whole earth is at rest and is quiet;
They (DF)break forth into shouts of joy.
8 Even the (DG)juniper trees rejoice over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
‘Since you have been laid low, no tree cutter comes up against us.’
9 (DH)Sheol below is excited about you, to meet you when you come;
It stirs the [y]spirits of the dead for you, all the [z]leaders of the earth;
It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones.
10 (DI)They will all respond and say to you,
‘Even you have become weak as we,
You have become like us.
11 Your (DJ)pride and the music of your harps
Have been brought down to Sheol;
Maggots are spread out as your bed beneath you
And worms are your covering.’
12 How you have (DK)fallen from heaven,
You [aa](DL)star of the morning, son of the dawn!
You have been cut down to the earth,
You who defeated the nations!
13 But you said in your heart,
‘I will (DM)ascend to heaven;
I will (DN)raise my throne above the stars of God,
And I will sit on the mount of assembly
In the recesses of the north.
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
(DO)I will make myself like the Most High.’
15 Nevertheless you (DP)will be brought down to Sheol,
To the recesses of the pit.
16 Those who see you will stare at you,
They will [ab]closely examine you, saying,
‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
Who shook kingdoms,
17 Who made the world like a (DQ)wilderness
And overthrew its cities,
Who (DR)did not [ac]allow his prisoners to go home?’
18 All the kings of the nations lie in glory,
Each in his own [ad]tomb.
19 But you have been (DS)hurled out of your tomb
Like [ae]a rejected branch,
[af]Clothed with those killed who have been pierced with a sword,
Who go down to the stones of the (DT)pit
Like a (DU)trampled corpse.
20 You will not be united with them in burial,
Because you have ruined your country,
You have killed your people.
May the (DV)descendants of evildoers never be mentioned.
21 Prepare a place of slaughter for his sons
Because of the (DW)wrongdoing of their fathers.
They must not arise and take possession of the earth,
And fill the surface of the world with cities.”
22 “I will rise up against them,” declares the Lord of armies, “and eliminate from Babylon (DX)name and survivors, (DY)offspring and descendants,” declares the Lord. 23 “I will also make it the property of the (DZ)hedgehog and swamps of water, and I will sweep it away with the broom of (EA)destruction,” declares the Lord of armies.
Judgment on Assyria
24 The Lord of armies has sworn, saying, “Certainly, (EB)just as I have intended, so it has happened, and just as I have planned, so it will stand, 25 to (EC)break Assyria in My land, and I will trample him on My mountains. Then his (ED)yoke will be removed from them, and his burden removed from their shoulders. 26 This is the (EE)plan [ag]devised against the entire earth; and this is the (EF)hand that is stretched out against all the nations. 27 For (EG)the Lord of armies has planned, and who can frustrate it? And as for His stretched-out hand, who can turn it back?”
Judgment on Philistia
28 In the (EH)year that King Ahaz died, this (EI)pronouncement came:
29 “Do not rejoice, (EJ)Philistia, all of you,
Because the rod that (EK)struck you is broken;
For from the serpent’s root a (EL)viper will come out,
And its fruit will be a (EM)winged serpent.
30 [ah]Those who are most (EN)helpless will eat,
And the poor will lie down in security;
I will kill your root with (EO)famine,
And it will kill your survivors.
31 Wail, you (EP)gate; cry, you city;
[ai]Melt away, (EQ)Philistia, all of you!
For smoke comes from the (ER)north,
And (ES)there is no straggler in his ranks.
32 What answer will one give the (ET)messengers of the nation?
That (EU)the Lord has founded Zion,
And (EV)the poor of His people will take refuge in it.”
Judgment on Moab
15 The pronouncement concerning (EW)Moab:
Certainly in a night (EX)Ar of Moab is devastated and ruined;
Certainly in a night Kir of Moab is devastated and ruined.
2 [aj]The people have gone up to the [ak]temple and to (EY)Dibon, to the high places to weep.
Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba;
Everyone’s head is (EZ)bald and every beard is cut off.
3 In their streets they have put on (FA)sackcloth;
(FB)On their housetops and in their public squares
Everyone is wailing, [al](FC)overcome with weeping.
4 (FD)Heshbon and Elealeh also cry out,
Their voice is heard all the way to Jahaz;
Therefore the [am]armed men of Moab cry aloud;
His soul trembles within him.
5 My heart cries out for Moab;
His fugitives are as far as (FE)Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah,
For they go up the (FF)ascent of Luhith weeping;
Indeed, on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of distress (FG)over their collapse.
6 For the (FH)waters of Nimrim are [an]desolate.
Indeed, the grass is withered, the new growth has died,
There is (FI)no greenery.
7 Therefore the (FJ)abundance which they have acquired and stored up,
They carry it off over the brook of [ao]Arabim.
8 For the cry of distress has gone around the territory of Moab,
Its wailing goes as far as Eglaim and its howling to Beer-elim.
9 For the waters of Dimon are full of [ap]blood;
I will certainly bring added woes upon Dimon,
A (FK)lion upon the fugitives of Moab and the remnant of the land.
Prophecy of Moab’s Devastation
16 (FL)Send the tribute lamb to the ruler of the land,
From [aq](FM)Sela by way of the wilderness to the (FN)mountain of the daughter of Zion.
2 Then, like (FO)fluttering birds or scattered nestlings,
The daughters of (FP)Moab will be at the crossing places of the (FQ)Arnon.
3 “[ar]Give us advice, make a decision;
[as]Cast your (FR)shadow like night [at]at high noon;
(FS)Hide the outcasts, do not betray the fugitive.
4 Let the [au]outcasts of Moab stay with you;
Be a hiding place to them from the destroyer.”
For the oppressor has come to an end, destruction has ceased,
(FT)Oppressors have been removed from the land.
5 A (FU)throne will be established in faithfulness,
And a judge will sit on it in trustworthiness in the tent of (FV)David;
Moreover, he will seek justice,
And be prompt in righteousness.
6 (FW)We have heard of the pride of Moab, an excessive pride;
Even of his arrogance, pride, and fury;
(FX)His idle boasts are [av]false.
7 Therefore Moab will wail; everyone of Moab will wail.
You will moan for the (FY)raisin cakes of (FZ)Kir-hareseth
As those who are utterly stricken.
8 For the fields of (GA)Heshbon have [aw]withered, the vines of (GB)Sibmah as well;
The lords of the nations have trampled down its choice clusters
Which reached as far as Jazer and wandered to the deserts;
(GC)Its [ax]tendrils spread themselves out and passed over the sea.
9 Therefore I will (GD)weep bitterly for Jazer, for the vine of Sibmah;
I will drench you with my tears, (GE)Heshbon and Elealeh;
For the shouting over your (GF)summer fruits and your harvest has fallen away.
10 (GG)Gladness and joy are taken away from the fruitful field;
In the (GH)vineyards also there will be no cries of joy or jubilant shouting,
No (GI)treader treads out wine in the presses,
For I have made the shouting to cease.
11 Therefore my [ay](GJ)inner being sounds like a harp for Moab.
And my [az]heart for Kir-hareseth.
12 So it will come about when Moab (GK)presents himself,
When he (GL)tires himself upon his (GM)high place
And comes to his sanctuary to pray,
That he will not prevail.
13 This is the word which the Lord spoke earlier concerning Moab. 14 But now the Lord has spoken, saying, “Within three years, as [ba](GN)a hired worker would count them, the glory of (GO)Moab will become contemptible along with all his great population, and his remnant will be very small and [bb]impotent.”
Prophecy about Damascus
17 The (GP)pronouncement concerning (GQ)Damascus:
“Behold, Damascus is about to be (GR)removed from being a city
And will become a (GS)fallen ruin.
2 The cities [bc]of (GT)Aroer are abandoned;
They will be for (GU)herds [bd]to lie down in,
And there will be (GV)no one to frighten them.
3 The [be](GW)fortified city will disappear from Ephraim,
And [bf]sovereignty from Damascus
And the remnant of Aram;
They will be like the (GX)glory of the sons of Israel,”
Declares the Lord of armies.
4 Now on that day the (GY)glory of Jacob will [bg]fade,
And (GZ)the fatness of his flesh will become lean.
5 It will be (HA)like the [bh]reaper gathering the standing grain,
As his arm harvests the ears,
Or it will be like one gleaning ears of grain
In the (HB)Valley of Rephaim.
6 Yet (HC)gleanings will be left in it like the [bi]shaking of an olive tree,
Two or three olives on the topmost branch,
Four or five on the branches of a fruitful tree,
Declares the Lord, the God of Israel.
7 On that day man will (HD)look to his Maker
And his eyes will look to the Holy One of Israel.
8 And he will not look to the (HE)altars, the work of his hands,
Nor will he look to that which his (HF)fingers have made,
Even the [bj](HG)Asherim and incense altars.
9 On that day [bk]their strong cities will be like [bl]abandoned places in the forest,
Or like branches which they abandoned before the sons of Israel;
And [bm]the land will be a desolation.
10 For (HH)you have forgotten the (HI)God of your salvation
And have not remembered the (HJ)rock of your refuge.
Therefore you plant delightful plants
And set them with vine shoots of a strange god.
11 On the day that you plant it you carefully fence it in,
And in the (HK)morning you bring your seed to blossom;
But the harvest will (HL)flee
On a day of illness and incurable pain.
12 Oh, the uproar of many peoples
(HM)Who roar like the roaring of the seas,
And the rumbling of nations
Who rush on like the (HN)rumbling of mighty waters!
13 The (HO)nations rumble on like the rumbling of many waters,
But He will (HP)rebuke them, and they will flee far away,
And be chased (HQ)like chaff on the mountains before the wind,
Or like whirling dust before a gale.
14 At evening time, behold, there is terror!
Before morning (HR)they are gone.
This will be the [bn]fate of those who plunder us
And the lot of those who pillage us.
Message to Ethiopia
18 Woe, land of whirring wings
Which lies beyond the rivers of [bo](HS)Cush,
2 Which sends messengers by the sea,
Even in (HT)papyrus vessels on the surface of the waters.
Go, swift messengers, to a nation [bp](HU)tall and smooth,
To a people (HV)feared [bq]far and wide,
A powerful and oppressive nation
Whose land the rivers divide.
3 (HW)All you who inhabit the world, and live on earth,
As soon as a flag is raised on the mountains, (HX)you will see it,
And as soon as the trumpet is blown, you will hear it.
4 For this is what the Lord has told me:
“I will quietly look [br]from My (HY)dwelling place
Like dazzling heat in the [bs](HZ)sunshine,
Like a cloud of (IA)dew in the heat of harvest.”
5 For (IB)before the harvest, as soon as the bud [bt]blossoms
And the flower becomes a ripening grape,
He will cut off the shoots with pruning knives,
And remove and tear away the spreading branches.
6 They will be left together for mountain birds (IC)of prey,
And for the animals of the earth;
And the birds of prey will spend the summer feeding on them,
And all the animals of the earth will spend harvest time on them.
7 At that time a gift of tribute will be brought to the Lord of armies
[bu]From a (ID)people [bv]tall and smooth,
From a people feared [bw]far and wide,
A powerful and oppressive nation,
Whose land the rivers divide—
To the (IE)place of the name of the Lord of armies, to Mount Zion.
Message to Egypt
19 The (IF)pronouncement concerning (IG)Egypt:
Behold, the Lord is (IH)riding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt;
The (II)idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence,
And the (IJ)heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.
2 “So I will incite Egyptians against Egyptians;
And they will fight, (IK)each against his brother and each against his neighbor,
City against city and kingdom against kingdom.
3 Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be demoralized within them;
And I will confuse their strategy,
So that (IL)they will resort to idols and ghosts of the dead,
And to [bx]mediums and spiritists.
4 Furthermore, I will hand the Egyptians over to a (IM)cruel master,
And a [by]mighty king will rule over them,” declares the Lord [bz]God of armies.
5 (IN)The waters from the sea will dry up,
And the river will be parched and dry.
6 The [ca](IO)canals will emit a stench,
The [cb](IP)streams of Egypt will thin out and dry up;
(IQ)The reeds and rushes will rot away.
7 The bulrushes by the (IR)Nile, by the [cc]edge of the Nile
And all the sown fields by the Nile
Will become dry, be driven away, and be no more.
8 And the (IS)fishermen will grieve,
And all those who cast a [cd]line into the Nile will mourn,
And those who spread nets on the waters will dwindle away.
9 Moreover, the manufacturers of linen made from combed flax
And the weavers of white (IT)cloth will be [ce]utterly dejected.
10 And [cf]the (IU)pillars of Egypt will be crushed;
All the hired laborers will be grieved in soul.
11 The officials of [cg](IV)Zoan are mere fools;
The advice of Pharaoh’s wisest advisers has become [ch]stupid.
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am a son of the (IW)wise, a son of ancient kings”?
12 Well then, where are your wise men?
Please let them tell you,
And let them [ci]understand what the Lord of armies
Has (IX)planned against Egypt.
13 The officials of [cj]Zoan have turned out to be fools,
The officials of (IY)Memphis are deluded;
Those who are the (IZ)cornerstone of her tribes
Have [ck]led Egypt astray.
14 The Lord has mixed within her a spirit of (JA)distortion;
(JB)They have led Egypt astray in all [cl]that it does,
As a (JC)drunken person [cm]staggers in his vomit.
15 There will be no work for Egypt
(JD)Which its head or tail, its palm branch or bulrush, may do.
16 On that day the Egyptians will become like women, and they will tremble and be in great (JE)fear because of the (JF)waving of the hand of the Lord of armies, which He is going to wave over them. 17 The land of Judah will become a cause of shame to Egypt; everyone to whom it is mentioned will be in great fear because of the (JG)plan of the Lord of armies which He is making against them.
18 On that day five cities in the land of Egypt will be speaking the language of Canaan and (JH)swearing allegiance to the Lord of armies; one will be called the City of [cn]Destruction.
19 On that day there will be an (JI)altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a (JJ)memorial stone to the Lord beside its border. 20 And it will become a sign and a witness to the Lord of armies in the land of Egypt; for they will cry out to the Lord because of oppressors, and He will send them a (JK)Savior and a (JL)Champion, and He will save them. 21 So the Lord will make Himself known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know the Lord on that day. They will even worship with (JM)sacrifice and offering, and will make a vow to the Lord and perform it. 22 And the Lord will strike Egypt, striking but (JN)healing; so they will (JO)return to the Lord, and He will respond to their pleas and heal them.
23 On that day there will be a (JP)road from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrians will come into Egypt and the Egyptians into Assyria; and the Egyptians will (JQ)worship with the Assyrians.
24 On that day Israel will be the third party to Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth, 25 whom the Lord of armies has blessed, saying, “Blessed is (JR)Egypt My people, and Assyria (JS)the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance.”
Prophecy about Egypt and Ethiopia
20 In the year that the [co](JT)commander came to (JU)Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him and he fought against Ashdod and captured it, 2 at that time the Lord spoke through (JV)Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go and loosen the (JW)sackcloth from your hips and take your (JX)sandals off your feet.” And he did so, going (JY)naked and barefoot. 3 Then the Lord said, “Even as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a (JZ)sign and symbol against Egypt and [cp](KA)Cush, 4 so the (KB)king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, (KC)young and old, naked and barefoot with buttocks uncovered, to the [cq]shame of Egypt. 5 Then they will be (KD)terrified and ashamed because of Cush their hope and Egypt their (KE)pride. 6 So the inhabitants of this coastland will say on that day, ‘Behold, such is our hope, where we fled (KF)for help to be saved from the king of Assyria; and (KG)how are we ourselves to escape?’”
God Commands That Babylon Be Taken
21 The (KH)pronouncement concerning the [cr](KI)wilderness of the sea:
As (KJ)windstorms in the [cs]Negev come in turns,
It comes from the wilderness, from a terrifying land.
2 A (KK)harsh vision has been shown to me;
The (KL)treacherous one still deals treacherously, and the destroyer still destroys.
Go up, (KM)Elam, lay siege, Media;
I have put an end to all [ct]the groaning she has caused.
3 For this reason my (KN)loins are full of anguish;
Pains have seized me like the pains of a (KO)woman in labor.
I am so bewildered I cannot hear, so terrified I cannot see.
4 My [cu]mind reels, [cv]horror overwhelms me;
The twilight I longed for has been (KP)turned into trembling for me.
5 They (KQ)set the table, they [cw]spread out the cloth, they eat, they drink;
“Rise up, captains, oil the shields!”
6 For this is what the Lord says to me:
“Go, station the lookout, have him (KR)report what he sees.
7 When he sees [cx]a (KS)column of chariots, horsemen in pairs,
A train of donkeys, a train of camels,
He is to pay close attention, very close attention.”
8 Then [cy]the lookout called,
“(KT)Lord, I stand continually by day on the watchtower,
And I am stationed every night at my guard post.
9 Now behold, here comes a troop of riders, horsemen in pairs.”
And one said, “(KU)Fallen, fallen is Babylon;
And all the (KV)images of her gods [cz]are shattered on the ground.”
10 My (KW)downtrodden people, and my [da]afflicted of the threshing floor!
What I have heard from the Lord of armies,
The God of Israel, I make known to you.
Pronouncements about Edom and Arabia
11 The pronouncement concerning [db](KX)Edom:
One keeps calling to me from (KY)Seir,
“Watchman, [dc]how far gone is the night?
Watchman, [dd]how far gone is the night?”
12 The watchman says,
“Morning comes but also night.
If you would inquire, inquire;
Come back again.”
13 The pronouncement about (KZ)Arabia:
In the thickets of Arabia you [de]must spend the night,
You caravans of (LA)Dedanites.
14 Bring water [df]for the thirsty,
You inhabitants of the land of (LB)Tema;
Meet the fugitive with bread.
15 For they have (LC)fled from the swords,
From the drawn sword, and from the bent bow,
And from the press of battle.
16 For this is what the Lord said to me: “In a (LD)year, as [dg]a hired worker would count it, all the splendor of (LE)Kedar will come to an end; 17 and the (LF)remainder of the number of bowmen, the warriors of the sons of Kedar, will be few; for the Lord God of Israel (LG)has spoken.”
The Valley of Vision
22 The pronouncement concerning the (LH)valley of vision:
What is the matter with you now, that you have all gone up to the (LI)housetops?
2 You who were full of noise,
You tumultuous town, you (LJ)jubilant city;
Your dead were (LK)not killed with the sword,
Nor [dh]did they die in battle.
3 (LL)All your rulers have fled together,
And have been captured [di]without the bow;
All of you who were found were taken captive together,
[dj]Though they had fled far away.
4 Therefore I say, “Look away from me,
Let me (LM)weep bitterly,
Do not [dk]try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
5 (LN)For the Lord [dl]God of armies has a (LO)day of panic, (LP)subjugation, and confusion
(LQ)In the valley of vision,
A breaking down of walls
And a crying [dm]to the mountain.
6 (LR)Elam picked up the quiver,
With the chariots, [dn]infantry, and horsemen;
And (LS)Kir uncovered the shield.
7 Then your choicest valleys were full of chariots,
And the horsemen took positions at the gate.
8 And He removed the [do]defense of Judah.
On that day you [dp]depended on the weapons of the (LT)house of the forest,
9 And you saw that the breaches
In the wall of the city of David were many;
And you (LU)collected the waters of the lower pool.
10 Then you counted the houses of Jerusalem
And tore down houses to fortify the wall.
11 And you made a reservoir (LV)between the two walls
For the waters of the (LW)old pool.
But you did not [dq]depend on Him who made it,
Nor did you [dr]take into consideration Him who planned it long ago.
12 Therefore on that day the Lord [ds]God of armies called you to (LX)weeping, to wailing,
To (LY)shaving the head, and to wearing sackcloth.
13 Instead, there is (LZ)joy and jubilation,
Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep,
Eating of meat and drinking of wine:
“(MA)Let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die.”
14 But the Lord of armies revealed Himself [dt]to me:
“Certainly this (MB)wrongdoing (MC)will not be [du]forgiven you
(MD)Until you die,” says the Lord [dv]God of armies.
15 This is what the Lord [dw]God of armies says:
“Come, go to this steward,
To (ME)Shebna who is in charge of the royal household,
16 ‘What right do you have here,
And whom do you have here,
That you have (MF)cut out a tomb for yourself here,
You who cut out a tomb on the height,
You who carve a resting place for [dx]yourself in the rock?
17 Behold, the Lord is about to hurl you violently, you strong man.
And He is about to grasp you firmly
18 And wrap you up tightly like a ball,
To be (MG)driven into a vast country;
There you will die,
And there your splendid chariots will be,
You shame of your master’s house!’
19 I will (MH)depose you from your office,
And [dy]I will pull you down from your position.
20 Then it will come about on that day,
That I will summon My servant (MI)Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,
21 And I will clothe him with your tunic
And tie your sash securely around him.
I will hand your [dz]authority over to him,
And he will become a (MJ)father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
22 Then I will put (MK)the key of the (ML)house of David on his shoulder;
When he opens, no one will shut,
When he shuts, no one will (MM)open.
23 I will drive him like a (MN)peg in a firm place,
And he will become a (MO)throne of glory to his father’s house.
24 So they will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the [ea]descendants, all the least of vessels, from bowls to all the jars. 25 On that day,” declares the Lord of armies, “the (MP)peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will even (MQ)break off and fall, and the load that is hanging on it will be cut off, for the (MR)Lord has spoken.”
The Fall of Tyre
23 The pronouncement concerning (MS)Tyre:
Wail, you (MT)ships of (MU)Tarshish,
For Tyre is destroyed, without house or [eb](MV)harbor;
It is reported to them from the land of [ec](MW)Cyprus.
2 (MX)Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland,
You merchants of Sidon;
[ed]Your messengers crossed the sea
3 And were on many waters.
(MY)The grain of the [ee](MZ)Nile, the harvest of the River was her revenue;
And she was the (NA)market of nations.
4 Be ashamed, (NB)Sidon,
For the sea speaks, the stronghold of the sea, saying,
“I have neither been in labor nor given birth,
I have neither brought up young men nor raised virgins.”
5 When the report reaches Egypt,
They will be in (NC)anguish over the report of Tyre.
6 Pass over to (ND)Tarshish;
Wail, you inhabitants of the coastland.
7 Is this your (NE)jubilant city,
Whose origin is from antiquity,
Whose feet used to bring her to [ef]colonize distant places?
8 Who has planned this against Tyre, (NF)the bestower of crowns,
Whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?
9 (NG)The Lord of armies has planned it, to (NH)defile the pride of all beauty,
To despise all the (NI)honored of the earth.
10 [eg]Overflow your land like the Nile, you daughter of Tarshish,
There is no more [eh]restraint.
11 He has (NJ)stretched His hand out (NK)over the sea,
He has (NL)made the kingdoms tremble;
The Lord has given a command concerning Canaan to (NM)demolish its strongholds.
12 He has said, “(NN)You shall not be jubilant anymore, you crushed virgin daughter of Sidon.
Arise, pass over to [ei](NO)Cyprus; even there you will find no rest.”
13 Behold, the land of the Chaldeans—this is the people that did not exist; (NP)Assyria allocated it for (NQ)desert creatures—they erected their siege towers, they stripped its palaces, (NR)they made it a ruin.
14 Wail, you (NS)ships of Tarshish,
For your stronghold is destroyed.
15 Now on that day Tyre will be forgotten for (NT)seventy years like the days of one king. At the end of seventy years it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute:
16 Take your harp, wander around the city,
You forgotten prostitute;
Pluck the strings skillfully, sing many songs,
That you may be remembered.
17 It will come about at (NU)the end of seventy years that the Lord will visit Tyre. Then she will go back to her prostitute’s wages and (NV)commit prostitution with all the kingdoms [ej]on the face of the earth. 18 Her (NW)profit and her prostitute’s wages will be (NX)sacred to the Lord; it will not be stored up or hoarded, but her profit will become sufficient food and magnificent attire for those who dwell in the presence of the Lord.
Judgment on the Earth
24 Behold, the Lord (NY)lays the earth waste, devastates it, twists its surface, and scatters its inhabitants. 2 And the people will be like the priest, the servant like his master, the female servant like her mistress, the buyer like the seller, the lender like the borrower, the (NZ)creditor like the debtor. 3 The earth will be completely laid waste and completely plundered, for the Lord has spoken this word. 4 The (OA)earth dries up and crumbles away, the mainland dries out and crumbles away, the (OB)exalted of the people of the earth dwindle. 5 The earth is also (OC)defiled [ek]by its inhabitants, for they violated laws, altered statutes, and (OD)broke the everlasting covenant. 6 Therefore, a (OE)curse devours the earth, and those who live on it suffer for their guilt. Therefore, the (OF)inhabitants of the earth decrease in number, and few people are left.
7 The (OG)new wine mourns,
The vine decays,
All the joyful-hearted sigh.
8 The (OH)joy of tambourines ceases,
The noise of revelers stops,
The joy of the harp ceases.
9 They do not drink wine with song;
(OI)Intoxicating drink is (OJ)bitter to those who drink it.
10 The (OK)city of chaos is broken down;
(OL)Every house is shut up so that no one may enter.
11 There is an (OM)outcry in the streets concerning the wine;
(ON)All joy [el]turns to gloom.
The joy of the earth is banished.
12 Desolation is left in the city
And the (OO)gate is battered to ruins.
13 For (OP)so it will be in the midst of the earth among the peoples,
As the [em]shaking of an olive tree,
As the gleanings when the grape harvest is over.
14 (OQ)They raise their voices, they shout for joy;
They cry out from the [en]west concerning the majesty of the Lord.
15 Therefore (OR)glorify the Lord in the [eo]east,
The (OS)name of the Lord, the God of Israel,
In the [ep](OT)coastlands of the sea.
16 From the (OU)ends of the earth we hear songs: “(OV)Glory to the Righteous One,”
But I say, “[eq]I am finished! I am finished! Woe to me!
The (OW)treacherous deal treacherously,
And the treacherous deal very treacherously.”
17 (OX)Terror and pit and snare
[er]Confront you, you inhabitant of the earth.
18 Then it will be that the one who flees the sound of terror will fall into the pit,
And the one who [es]climbs out of the pit will be caught in the snare;
For the (OY)windows [et]above are opened, and the (OZ)foundations of the earth shake.
19 (PA)The earth is broken apart,
The earth is (PB)split through,
The earth is shaken violently.
20 The earth (PC)trembles like a heavy drinker
And sways like a hut,
For its (PD)wrongdoing is heavy upon it,
And it will fall, (PE)never to rise again.
21 So it will happen on that day,
That the Lord will (PF)punish the rebellious [eu](PG)angels of [ev]heaven on high,
And the (PH)kings of the earth on earth.
22 They will be gathered together
Like (PI)prisoners in the [ew]dungeon,
And will be confined in prison;
And after many days they will (PJ)be punished.
23 Then the (PK)moon will be ashamed and the sun be put to shame,
For the (PL)Lord of armies will reign on (PM)Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
And His glory will be before His elders.
Song of Praise for God’s Favor
25 Lord, You are (PN)my God;
I will exalt You, I will give thanks to Your name;
For You have (PO)worked wonders,
(PP)Plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.
2 For You have turned a city into a (PQ)heap,
A (PR)fortified city into a ruin;
A (PS)palace of strangers is no longer a city,
It will never be rebuilt.
3 Therefore a strong people will (PT)glorify You;
(PU)Cities of ruthless nations will revere You.
4 For You have been a (PV)stronghold for the helpless,
A stronghold for the poor in his distress,
A (PW)refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat;
For the breath of the (PX)ruthless
Is like a rain storm against a wall.
5 Like heat in a dry land, You subdue the (PY)uproar of foreigners;
Like heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the ruthless is [ex]silenced.
6 (PZ)Now the Lord of armies will prepare a [ey]lavish banquet for (QA)all peoples on this mountain;
A banquet of [ez]aged wine, [fa]choice pieces with marrow,
And [fb]refined, aged wine.
7 And on this mountain He will destroy the [fc](QB)covering which is over all peoples,
The veil which is [fd]stretched over all nations.
8 He will [fe](QC)swallow up death for all time,
And the Lord [ff]God will (QD)wipe tears away from all faces,
And He will remove the (QE)disgrace of His people from all the earth;
For the Lord has spoken.
9 And it will be said on that day,
“Behold, (QF)this is our God for whom we have (QG)waited [fg]that (QH)He might save us.
This is the Lord for whom we have waited;
(QI)Let’s rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
10 For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain,
And (QJ)Moab will be trampled down in his place
As straw is trampled down in the water of a manure pile.
11 And he will (QK)spread out his hands in the middle of it
As a swimmer spreads out his hands to swim,
But the Lord will (QL)lay low his pride together with the trickery of his hands.
12 The (QM)unassailable fortifications of your walls He will bring down,
Lay low, and throw to the ground, to the dust.
Song of Trust in God’s Protection
26 (QN)On that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
“We have a (QO)strong city;
He sets up walls and ramparts for [fh](QP)security.
2 Open the (QQ)gates, that the (QR)righteous nation may enter,
The one that [fi]remains faithful.
3 The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect (QS)peace,
Because he trusts in You.
4 (QT)Trust in the Lord forever,
For in [fj]God the Lord, we have an everlasting (QU)Rock.
5 For He has brought low those who dwell on high, the (QV)unassailable city;
(QW)He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground, He casts it to the dust.
6 (QX)The foot will trample it,
The feet of the (QY)poor, the steps of the helpless.”
7 The (QZ)way of the righteous is smooth;
O Upright One, (RA)make the path of the righteous level.
8 Indeed, while following the way of (RB)Your judgments, Lord,
We have waited for You eagerly;
(RC)Your name, and (RD)remembering You, is the desire of our souls.
9 (RE)At night [fk]my soul longs for You,
Indeed, [fl]my spirit within me (RF)seeks You diligently;
For when the earth [fm]experiences Your judgments,
The inhabitants of the world (RG)learn righteousness.
10 Though the wicked person is shown compassion,
He does not (RH)learn righteousness;
He (RI)deals unjustly in the land of uprightness,
And does not perceive the majesty of the Lord.
11 Lord, Your hand is lifted up, yet they (RJ)do not see it.
[fn]They see (RK)Your zeal for the people and are put to shame;
Indeed, [fo](RL)fire will devour Your enemies.
12 Lord, You will establish (RM)peace for us,
Since You have also performed for us all our works.
13 Lord, our God, (RN)other masters besides You have ruled us;
But through You alone we [fp](RO)confess Your name.
14 (RP)The dead will not live, the [fq]departed spirits will not rise;
Therefore You have (RQ)punished and destroyed them,
And You have eliminated all remembrance of them.
15 (RR)You have increased the nation, Lord,
You have increased the nation, You are glorified;
You have (RS)extended all the borders of the land.
16 Lord, they sought You (RT)in distress;
They [fr]could only whisper a prayer,
Your discipline was upon them.
17 (RU)As the pregnant woman approaches the time to give birth,
She writhes and cries out in her labor pains;
This is how we were before You, Lord.
18 We were pregnant, we writhed in labor,
We (RV)gave birth, as it seems, only to wind.
We could not accomplish deliverance for the earth,
Nor were (RW)inhabitants of the world [fs]born.
19 Your (RX)dead will live;
[ft]Their corpses will rise.
You who lie in the dust, (RY)awake and shout for joy,
For your dew is as the dew of the [fu]dawn,
And the earth will [fv]give birth to the [fw]departed spirits.
20 Come, my people, (RZ)enter your rooms
And close your doors behind you;
Hide for a little [fx](SA)while
Until (SB)indignation [fy]runs its course.
21 For behold, the Lord is about to (SC)come out from His place
To (SD)punish the inhabitants of the earth for their wrongdoing;
And the earth will (SE)reveal her bloodshed
And will no longer cover her slain.
God’s Blessings for Israel
27 On that day (SF)the Lord will punish [fz](SG)Leviathan the fleeing serpent,
With His fierce and great and mighty sword,
Even [ga]Leviathan the twisted serpent;
And (SH)He will kill the dragon who lives in the sea.
2 On that day,
“A [gb](SI)vineyard of beauty, sing of it!
3 I, the Lord, am its keeper;
(SJ)I water it every moment.
So that no one will [gc]damage it,
I (SK)guard it night and day.
4 I have no wrath.
Should [gd]someone give Me (SL)briars and thorns in battle,
Then I would step on them, (SM)I would burn them [ge]completely.
5 Or let him [gf](SN)rely on My protection,
Let him make peace with Me,
Let him (SO)make peace with Me.”
6 [gg]In the days to come Jacob (SP)will take root,
Israel will (SQ)blossom and sprout,
And they will fill the [gh]whole world with (SR)fruit.
7 Like the striking of Him who has struck them, has (SS)He struck them?
Or like the slaughter of His slain, [gi]have they been slain?
8 You contended with them [gj]by banishing them, by (ST)driving them away.
With His fierce wind He has expelled them on the day of the (SU)east wind.
9 Therefore through this Jacob’s wrongdoing will be (SV)forgiven;
And this will be [gk]the full price of the [gl](SW)pardoning of his sin:
When he makes all the (SX)altar stones like pulverized chalk stones;
When [gm]Asherim and incense altars will not stand.
10 For the fortified city is (SY)isolated,
A [gn]homestead deserted and abandoned like the desert;
(SZ)There the calf will graze,
And there it will lie down and [go]feed on its branches.
11 When its (TA)limbs are dry, they are broken off;
Women come and make a fire with them,
For they are not a people of (TB)discernment,
Therefore (TC)their Maker (TD)will not have compassion on them.
And their Creator will not be gracious to them.
12 On that day the Lord (TE)will thresh from the flowing stream of the (TF)Euphrates River to the brook of Egypt, and you will be (TG)gathered up one by one, you sons of Israel. 13 It will come about also on that day that a great (TH)trumpet will be blown, and those who were perishing in the land of (TI)Assyria and who were scattered in the land of Egypt will come and (TJ)worship the Lord on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 11:6 Some ancient versions will feed together
- Isaiah 11:10 Lit glory
- Isaiah 11:11 Or coastlands
- Isaiah 11:14 Lit sons
- Isaiah 11:14 Lit Edom and Moab will be the outstretching of their hand
- Isaiah 11:14 Lit their obedience
- Isaiah 11:15 Another reading is dry up the tongue
- Isaiah 11:15 Perhaps the Red Sea
- Isaiah 12:4 Or Proclaim to them that
- Isaiah 12:5 Or gloriously
- Isaiah 13:2 Or wind-swept mountain
- Isaiah 13:5 Lit end of heaven
- Isaiah 13:6 Heb Shaddai
- Isaiah 13:11 Or violent
- Isaiah 13:18 Lit dash in pieces
- Isaiah 13:18 Lit sons
- Isaiah 13:21 Or howling creatures
- Isaiah 13:21 Or goat demons
- Isaiah 13:22 Or howling creatures
- Isaiah 13:22 Lit is near to come
- Isaiah 14:2 Lit the captors will become their captives
- Isaiah 14:4 Or proverb
- Isaiah 14:4 As in DSS and ancient versions; MT uncertain
- Isaiah 14:6 Or ruled
- Isaiah 14:9 Or shades (Heb Repha’im)
- Isaiah 14:9 Lit male goats
- Isaiah 14:12 Heb Helel; i.e., shining one
- Isaiah 14:16 Lit show themselves attentive to
- Isaiah 14:17 Lit open
- Isaiah 14:18 Lit house
- Isaiah 14:19 Lit an abhorred branch
- Isaiah 14:19 Or As the clothing of those who are slain
- Isaiah 14:26 Lit planned
- Isaiah 14:30 Lit The firstborn of the helpless
- Isaiah 14:31 Or Become demoralized
- Isaiah 15:2 Lit He has gone; i.e., Moab, meaning the people of Moab
- Isaiah 15:2 Lit house
- Isaiah 15:3 Lit going down in weeping
- Isaiah 15:4 Another reading is the loins of
- Isaiah 15:6 Lit desolations
- Isaiah 15:7 Or the poplars
- Isaiah 15:9 Heb dam (a wordplay)
- Isaiah 16:1 I.e., Petra in Edom
- Isaiah 16:3 Lit Bring
- Isaiah 16:3 Lit Set
- Isaiah 16:3 Lit in the midst of the noon
- Isaiah 16:4 As in most ancient versions; MT My outcasts, as for Moab
- Isaiah 16:6 Lit not so
- Isaiah 16:8 Or dried out
- Isaiah 16:8 I.e., parts of a climbing plant that attach to its support
- Isaiah 16:11 Lit entrails murmur
- Isaiah 16:11 Lit inward parts
- Isaiah 16:14 Lit the years of a hired
- Isaiah 16:14 Lit not mighty
- Isaiah 17:2 LXX forever and ever
- Isaiah 17:2 Lit and they will lie down
- Isaiah 17:3 Or fortification
- Isaiah 17:3 Or royal power
- Isaiah 17:4 Lit become little
- Isaiah 17:5 Lit gathering of the harvest, the standing grain
- Isaiah 17:6 Lit striking
- Isaiah 17:8 I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah)
- Isaiah 17:9 Lit his; i.e., mankind’s
- Isaiah 17:9 LXX the deserted places of the Amorites and the Hivites which they abandoned
- Isaiah 17:9 Lit it
- Isaiah 17:14 Lit portion
- Isaiah 18:1 Or Ethiopia
- Isaiah 18:2 Lit drawn out
- Isaiah 18:2 Lit from it and beyond
- Isaiah 18:4 Lit in
- Isaiah 18:4 Lit light
- Isaiah 18:5 Lit is finished
- Isaiah 18:7 Some ancient versions and DSS; MT implies Consisting of a people
- Isaiah 18:7 Lit drawn out
- Isaiah 18:7 Lit from it and beyond
- Isaiah 19:3 Or ghosts and spirits
- Isaiah 19:4 Or fierce
- Isaiah 19:4 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 19:6 Lit rivers
- Isaiah 19:6 Or Nile branches; i.e., the delta
- Isaiah 19:7 Or mouth
- Isaiah 19:8 Lit hook
- Isaiah 19:9 Lit ashamed
- Isaiah 19:10 Lit her pillars; or her weavers
- Isaiah 19:11 Or Tanis
- Isaiah 19:11 Or brutish
- Isaiah 19:12 Or know
- Isaiah 19:13 Or Tanis
- Isaiah 19:13 Or have caused Egypt to stagger
- Isaiah 19:14 Lit its work
- Isaiah 19:14 Or goes astray
- Isaiah 19:18 Some mss and ancient versions the Sun
- Isaiah 20:1 Heb Tartan
- Isaiah 20:3 Or Ethiopia, as in vv 4, 5
- Isaiah 20:4 Lit nakedness
- Isaiah 21:1 Or sandy wastes, sea country
- Isaiah 21:1 I.e., South country
- Isaiah 21:2 Lit her groaning
- Isaiah 21:4 Lit heart has wandered
- Isaiah 21:4 Lit shuddering
- Isaiah 21:5 Or spread out the rugs or possibly they arranged the seating
- Isaiah 21:7 Or riders
- Isaiah 21:8 As in DSS; MT he called like a lion
- Isaiah 21:9 Lit he has shattered to the earth
- Isaiah 21:10 Lit son
- Isaiah 21:11 As in LXX; MT Dumah, silence
- Isaiah 21:11 Lit what is the time of the night?
- Isaiah 21:11 Lit what is the time of the night?
- Isaiah 21:13 Or will spend
- Isaiah 21:14 Lit to meet
- Isaiah 21:16 Lit the years of a hired
- Isaiah 22:2 Lit dead in battle
- Isaiah 22:3 Lit from a bow
- Isaiah 22:3 As in ancient versions; MT They fled far away
- Isaiah 22:4 Lit insist
- Isaiah 22:5 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 22:5 Or against
- Isaiah 22:6 Lit man
- Isaiah 22:8 Lit covering
- Isaiah 22:8 Lit looked to
- Isaiah 22:11 Or look to, consider
- Isaiah 22:11 Lit see Him
- Isaiah 22:12 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 22:14 Lit in my ears
- Isaiah 22:14 Lit atoned for
- Isaiah 22:14 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 22:15 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 22:16 Lit himself
- Isaiah 22:19 As in many ancient versions; MT He
- Isaiah 22:21 Lit dominion
- Isaiah 22:24 Or perhaps, leaf
- Isaiah 23:1 Lit entering
- Isaiah 23:1 Heb Kittim
- Isaiah 23:2 As in DSS; MT Who passed over the sea, they replenished you
- Isaiah 23:3 Heb Shihor
- Isaiah 23:7 Lit sojourn afar off
- Isaiah 23:10 Lit Pass over
- Isaiah 23:10 Perhaps girdle or shipyard
- Isaiah 23:12 Heb Kittim
- Isaiah 23:17 Lit of the earth on the face of the land
- Isaiah 24:5 Lit under
- Isaiah 24:11 Lit is darkened
- Isaiah 24:13 Lit striking
- Isaiah 24:14 Lit sea
- Isaiah 24:15 Lit region of light
- Isaiah 24:15 Or islands
- Isaiah 24:16 Meaning uncertain
- Isaiah 24:17 Lit Are upon you
- Isaiah 24:18 Lit goes up from the midst of
- Isaiah 24:18 Lit from the height; i.e., heaven
- Isaiah 24:21 Lit host
- Isaiah 24:21 Lit the height in the height
- Isaiah 24:22 Lit pit
- Isaiah 25:5 Lit humbled
- Isaiah 25:6 Lit feast of fat things; i.e., abundance
- Isaiah 25:6 Lit wine on the lees
- Isaiah 25:6 Lit fat pieces
- Isaiah 25:6 Lit wine refined on the lees
- Isaiah 25:7 Lit face of the covering
- Isaiah 25:7 Lit woven
- Isaiah 25:8 I.e., destroy
- Isaiah 25:8 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 25:9 Or and He saved us
- Isaiah 26:1 Or salvation
- Isaiah 26:2 Lit keeps faithfulness
- Isaiah 26:4 Heb Yah, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 26:9 Lit with my soul I long
- Isaiah 26:9 Lit with my spirit...I seek
- Isaiah 26:9 Lit has
- Isaiah 26:11 Or Let them see...and be
- Isaiah 26:11 Or let the fire for Your adversaries devour them
- Isaiah 26:13 Or make Your name known
- Isaiah 26:14 Or shades
- Isaiah 26:16 Lit sound forth a whisper
- Isaiah 26:18 Lit fallen
- Isaiah 26:19 As in some ancient versions; MT My
- Isaiah 26:19 Lit lights
- Isaiah 26:19 Lit cause to fall
- Isaiah 26:19 Or shades
- Isaiah 26:20 Lit moment
- Isaiah 26:20 Lit passes over
- Isaiah 27:1 Or sea monster
- Isaiah 27:1 Or sea monster
- Isaiah 27:2 Some mss a vineyard of wine
- Isaiah 27:3 Lit punish
- Isaiah 27:4 Lit who
- Isaiah 27:4 Lit altogether
- Isaiah 27:5 Lit take hold of
- Isaiah 27:6 Lit Those coming
- Isaiah 27:6 Lit face of the world
- Isaiah 27:7 Lit he was slain
- Isaiah 27:8 Some ancient versions by exact measure
- Isaiah 27:9 Lit all the fruit
- Isaiah 27:9 Lit removing
- Isaiah 27:9 I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah)
- Isaiah 27:10 Lit pasture
- Isaiah 27:10 Lit consume
Isaiah 11-26
New International Version
Isaiah 11-26
New International Version
The Branch From Jesse
11 A shoot(A) will come up from the stump(B) of Jesse;(C)
from his roots a Branch(D) will bear fruit.(E)
2 The Spirit(F) of the Lord will rest on him—
the Spirit of wisdom(G) and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of might,(H)
the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—
3 and he will delight in the fear(I) of the Lord.
He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,(J)
or decide by what he hears with his ears;(K)
4 but with righteousness(L) he will judge the needy,(M)
with justice(N) he will give decisions for the poor(O) of the earth.
He will strike(P) the earth with the rod of his mouth;(Q)
with the breath(R) of his lips he will slay the wicked.(S)
5 Righteousness will be his belt(T)
and faithfulness(U) the sash around his waist.(V)
6 The wolf will live with the lamb,(W)
the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling[a] together;
and a little child will lead them.
7 The cow will feed with the bear,
their young will lie down together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox.(X)
8 The infant(Y) will play near the cobra’s den,
and the young child will put its hand into the viper’s(Z) nest.
9 They will neither harm nor destroy(AA)
on all my holy mountain,(AB)
for the earth(AC) will be filled with the knowledge(AD) of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.
10 In that day(AE) the Root of Jesse(AF) will stand as a banner(AG) for the peoples; the nations(AH) will rally to him,(AI) and his resting place(AJ) will be glorious.(AK) 11 In that day(AL) the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant(AM) of his people from Assyria,(AN) from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt,(AO) from Cush,[b](AP) from Elam,(AQ) from Babylonia,[c] from Hamath(AR) and from the islands(AS) of the Mediterranean.(AT)
12 He will raise a banner(AU) for the nations
and gather(AV) the exiles of Israel;(AW)
he will assemble the scattered people(AX) of Judah
from the four quarters of the earth.(AY)
13 Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish,
and Judah’s enemies[d] will be destroyed;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim.(AZ)
14 They will swoop down on the slopes of Philistia(BA) to the west;
together they will plunder the people to the east.(BB)
They will subdue Edom(BC) and Moab,(BD)
and the Ammonites(BE) will be subject to them.(BF)
15 The Lord will dry up(BG)
the gulf of the Egyptian sea;
with a scorching wind(BH) he will sweep his hand(BI)
over the Euphrates River.(BJ)
He will break it up into seven streams
so that anyone can cross over in sandals.(BK)
16 There will be a highway(BL) for the remnant(BM) of his people
that is left from Assyria,(BN)
as there was for Israel
when they came up from Egypt.(BO)
Songs of Praise
12 In that day(BP) you will say:
“I will praise(BQ) you, Lord.
Although you were angry with me,
your anger has turned away(BR)
and you have comforted(BS) me.
2 Surely God is my salvation;(BT)
I will trust(BU) and not be afraid.
The Lord, the Lord himself,(BV) is my strength(BW) and my defense[e];
he has become my salvation.(BX)”
3 With joy you will draw water(BY)
from the wells(BZ) of salvation.
4 In that day(CA) you will say:
“Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;(CB)
make known among the nations(CC) what he has done,
and proclaim that his name is exalted.(CD)
5 Sing(CE) to the Lord, for he has done glorious things;(CF)
let this be known to all the world.
6 Shout aloud and sing for joy,(CG) people of Zion,
for great(CH) is the Holy One of Israel(CI) among you.(CJ)”
A Prophecy Against Babylon
13 A prophecy(CK) against Babylon(CL) that Isaiah son of Amoz(CM) saw:(CN)
2 Raise a banner(CO) on a bare hilltop,
shout to them;
beckon to them
to enter the gates(CP) of the nobles.
3 I have commanded those I prepared for battle;
I have summoned my warriors(CQ) to carry out my wrath(CR)—
those who rejoice(CS) in my triumph.
4 Listen, a noise on the mountains,
like that of a great multitude!(CT)
Listen, an uproar(CU) among the kingdoms,
like nations massing together!
The Lord Almighty(CV) is mustering(CW)
an army for war.
5 They come from faraway lands,
from the ends of the heavens(CX)—
the Lord and the weapons(CY) of his wrath(CZ)—
to destroy(DA) the whole country.
6 Wail,(DB) for the day(DC) of the Lord is near;
it will come like destruction(DD) from the Almighty.[f](DE)
7 Because of this, all hands will go limp,(DF)
every heart will melt with fear.(DG)
8 Terror(DH) will seize them,
pain and anguish will grip(DI) them;
they will writhe like a woman in labor.(DJ)
They will look aghast at each other,
their faces aflame.(DK)
9 See, the day(DL) of the Lord is coming
—a cruel(DM) day, with wrath(DN) and fierce anger(DO)—
to make the land desolate
and destroy the sinners within it.
10 The stars of heaven and their constellations
will not show their light.(DP)
The rising sun(DQ) will be darkened(DR)
and the moon will not give its light.(DS)
11 I will punish(DT) the world for its evil,
the wicked(DU) for their sins.
I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty(DV)
and will humble(DW) the pride of the ruthless.(DX)
12 I will make people(DY) scarcer than pure gold,
more rare than the gold of Ophir.(DZ)
13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble;(EA)
and the earth will shake(EB) from its place
at the wrath(EC) of the Lord Almighty,
in the day of his burning anger.(ED)
14 Like a hunted(EE) gazelle,
like sheep without a shepherd,(EF)
they will all return to their own people,
they will flee(EG) to their native land.(EH)
15 Whoever is captured will be thrust through;
all who are caught will fall(EI) by the sword.(EJ)
16 Their infants(EK) will be dashed to pieces before their eyes;
their houses will be looted and their wives violated.(EL)
17 See, I will stir up(EM) against them the Medes,(EN)
who do not care for silver
and have no delight in gold.(EO)
18 Their bows(EP) will strike down the young men;(EQ)
they will have no mercy(ER) on infants,
nor will they look with compassion on children.(ES)
19 Babylon,(ET) the jewel of kingdoms,(EU)
the pride and glory(EV) of the Babylonians,[g]
will be overthrown(EW) by God
like Sodom and Gomorrah.(EX)
20 She will never be inhabited(EY)
or lived in through all generations;
there no nomads(EZ) will pitch their tents,
there no shepherds will rest their flocks.
21 But desert creatures(FA) will lie there,
jackals(FB) will fill her houses;
there the owls(FC) will dwell,
and there the wild goats(FD) will leap about.
22 Hyenas(FE) will inhabit her strongholds,(FF)
jackals(FG) her luxurious palaces.
Her time is at hand,(FH)
and her days will not be prolonged.(FI)
14 The Lord will have compassion(FJ) on Jacob;
once again he will choose(FK) Israel
and will settle them in their own land.(FL)
Foreigners(FM) will join them
and unite with the descendants of Jacob.
2 Nations will take them
and bring(FN) them to their own place.
And Israel will take possession of the nations(FO)
and make them male and female servants in the Lord’s land.
They will make captives(FP) of their captors
and rule over their oppressors.(FQ)
3 On the day the Lord gives you relief(FR) from your suffering and turmoil(FS) and from the harsh labor forced on you,(FT) 4 you will take up this taunt(FU) against the king of Babylon:(FV)
How the oppressor(FW) has come to an end!
How his fury[h] has ended!
5 The Lord has broken the rod(FX) of the wicked,(FY)
the scepter(FZ) of the rulers,
6 which in anger struck down peoples(GA)
with unceasing blows,
and in fury subdued(GB) nations
with relentless aggression.(GC)
7 All the lands are at rest and at peace;(GD)
they break into singing.(GE)
8 Even the junipers(GF) and the cedars of Lebanon
gloat over you and say,
“Now that you have been laid low,
no one comes to cut us down.”(GG)
9 The realm of the dead(GH) below is all astir
to meet you at your coming;
it rouses the spirits of the departed(GI) to greet you—
all those who were leaders(GJ) in the world;
it makes them rise from their thrones—
all those who were kings over the nations.(GK)
10 They will all respond,
they will say to you,
“You also have become weak, as we are;
you have become like us.”(GL)
11 All your pomp has been brought down to the grave,(GM)
along with the noise of your harps;(GN)
maggots are spread out beneath you
and worms(GO) cover you.(GP)
12 How you have fallen(GQ) from heaven,
morning star,(GR) son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
you who once laid low the nations!(GS)
13 You said in your heart,
“I will ascend(GT) to the heavens;
I will raise my throne(GU)
above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,(GV)
on the utmost heights(GW) of Mount Zaphon.[i]
14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;(GX)
I will make myself like the Most High.”(GY)
15 But you are brought down(GZ) to the realm of the dead,(HA)
to the depths(HB) of the pit.(HC)
16 Those who see you stare at you,
they ponder your fate:(HD)
“Is this the man who shook(HE) the earth
and made kingdoms tremble,
17 the man who made the world a wilderness,(HF)
who overthrew(HG) its cities
and would not let his captives go home?”(HH)
18 All the kings of the nations lie in state,
each in his own tomb.(HI)
19 But you are cast out(HJ) of your tomb
like a rejected branch;
you are covered with the slain,(HK)
with those pierced by the sword,(HL)
those who descend to the stones of the pit.(HM)
Like a corpse trampled underfoot,
20 you will not join them in burial,(HN)
for you have destroyed your land
and killed your people.
Let the offspring(HO) of the wicked(HP)
never be mentioned(HQ) again.
21 Prepare a place to slaughter his children(HR)
for the sins of their ancestors;(HS)
they are not to rise to inherit the land
and cover the earth with their cities.
22 “I will rise up(HT) against them,”
declares the Lord Almighty.
“I will wipe out Babylon’s name(HU) and survivors,
her offspring and descendants,(HV)”
declares the Lord.
23 “I will turn her into a place for owls(HW)
and into swampland;
I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,(HX)”
declares the Lord Almighty.(HY)
24 The Lord Almighty has sworn,(HZ)
“Surely, as I have planned,(IA) so it will be,
and as I have purposed, so it will happen.(IB)
25 I will crush the Assyrian(IC) in my land;
on my mountains I will trample him down.
His yoke(ID) will be taken from my people,
and his burden removed from their shoulders.(IE)”
26 This is the plan(IF) determined for the whole world;
this is the hand(IG) stretched out over all nations.
27 For the Lord Almighty has purposed,(IH) and who can thwart him?
His hand(II) is stretched out, and who can turn it back?(IJ)
A Prophecy Against the Philistines
28 This prophecy(IK) came in the year(IL) King Ahaz(IM) died:
29 Do not rejoice, all you Philistines,(IN)
that the rod that struck you is broken;
from the root of that snake will spring up a viper,(IO)
its fruit will be a darting, venomous serpent.(IP)
30 The poorest of the poor will find pasture,
and the needy(IQ) will lie down in safety.(IR)
But your root I will destroy by famine;(IS)
it will slay(IT) your survivors.(IU)
31 Wail,(IV) you gate!(IW) Howl, you city!
Melt away, all you Philistines!(IX)
A cloud of smoke comes from the north,(IY)
and there is not a straggler in its ranks.(IZ)
32 What answer shall be given
to the envoys(JA) of that nation?
“The Lord has established Zion,(JB)
and in her his afflicted people will find refuge.(JC)”
A Prophecy Against Moab(JD)
15 A prophecy(JE) against Moab:(JF)
Ar(JG) in Moab is ruined,(JH)
destroyed in a night!
Kir(JI) in Moab is ruined,
destroyed in a night!
2 Dibon(JJ) goes up to its temple,
to its high places(JK) to weep;
Moab wails(JL) over Nebo(JM) and Medeba.
Every head is shaved(JN)
and every beard cut off.(JO)
3 In the streets they wear sackcloth;(JP)
on the roofs(JQ) and in the public squares(JR)
they all wail,(JS)
prostrate with weeping.(JT)
4 Heshbon(JU) and Elealeh(JV) cry out,
their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz.(JW)
Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out,
and their hearts are faint.
5 My heart cries out(JX) over Moab;(JY)
her fugitives(JZ) flee as far as Zoar,(KA)
as far as Eglath Shelishiyah.
They go up the hill to Luhith,
weeping as they go;
on the road to Horonaim(KB)
they lament their destruction.(KC)
6 The waters of Nimrim are dried up(KD)
and the grass is withered;(KE)
the vegetation is gone(KF)
and nothing green is left.(KG)
7 So the wealth they have acquired(KH) 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(KI) Elim.
9 The waters of Dimon[j] are full of blood,
but I will bring still more upon Dimon[k]—
a lion(KJ) upon the fugitives of Moab(KK)
and upon those who remain in the land.
16 Send lambs(KL) as tribute(KM)
to the ruler of the land,
from Sela,(KN) across the desert,
to the mount of Daughter Zion.(KO)
2 Like fluttering birds
pushed from the nest,(KP)
so are the women of Moab(KQ)
at the fords(KR) of the Arnon.(KS)
3 “Make up your mind,” Moab says.
“Render a decision.
Make your shadow like night—
at high noon.
Hide the fugitives,(KT)
do not betray the refugees.
4 Let the Moabite fugitives stay with you;
be their shelter(KU) from the destroyer.”
The oppressor(KV) will come to an end,
and destruction will cease;(KW)
the aggressor will vanish from the land.
5 In love a throne(KX) will be established;(KY)
in faithfulness a man will sit on it—
one from the house[l] of David(KZ)—
one who in judging seeks justice(LA)
and speeds the cause of righteousness.
6 We have heard of Moab’s(LB) pride(LC)—
how great is her arrogance!—
of her conceit, her pride and her insolence;
but her boasts are empty.
7 Therefore the Moabites wail,(LD)
they wail together for Moab.
Lament and grieve
for the raisin cakes(LE) of Kir Hareseth.(LF)
8 The fields of Heshbon(LG) wither,(LH)
the vines of Sibmah(LI) also.
The rulers of the nations
have trampled down the choicest vines,(LJ)
which once reached Jazer(LK)
and spread toward the desert.
Their shoots spread out(LL)
and went as far as the sea.[m](LM)
9 So I weep,(LN) as Jazer weeps,
for the vines of Sibmah.
Heshbon and Elealeh,(LO)
I drench you with tears!(LP)
The shouts of joy(LQ) over your ripened fruit
and over your harvests(LR) have been stilled.
10 Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards;(LS)
no one sings or shouts(LT) in the vineyards;
no one treads(LU) out wine at the presses,(LV)
for I have put an end to the shouting.
11 My heart laments for Moab(LW) like a harp,(LX)
my inmost being(LY) for Kir Hareseth.
12 When Moab appears at her high place,(LZ)
she only wears herself out;
when she goes to her shrine(MA) to pray,
it is to no avail.(MB)
13 This is the word the Lord has already spoken concerning Moab. 14 But now the Lord says: “Within three years,(MC) as a servant bound by contract(MD) would count them,(ME) Moab’s splendor and all her many people will be despised,(MF) and her survivors will be very few and feeble.”(MG)
A Prophecy Against Damascus
17 A prophecy(MH) against Damascus:(MI)
“See, Damascus will no longer be a city
but will become a heap of ruins.(MJ)
2 The cities of Aroer(MK) will be deserted
and left to flocks,(ML) which will lie down,(MM)
with no one to make them afraid.(MN)
3 The fortified(MO) city will disappear from Ephraim,
and royal power from Damascus;
the remnant of Aram will be
like the glory(MP) of the Israelites,”(MQ)
declares the Lord Almighty.
4 “In that day(MR) the glory(MS) of Jacob will fade;
the fat of his body will waste(MT) away.
5 It will be as when reapers harvest the standing grain,
gathering(MU) the grain in their arms—
as when someone gleans heads of grain(MV)
in the Valley of Rephaim.(MW)
6 Yet some gleanings will remain,(MX)
as when an olive tree is beaten,(MY)
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(MZ) people will look(NA) to their Maker(NB)
and turn their eyes to the Holy One(NC) of Israel.
8 They will not look to the altars,(ND)
the work of their hands,(NE)
and they will have no regard for the Asherah poles[n](NF)
and the incense altars their fingers(NG) have made.
9 In that day their strong cities, which they left because of the Israelites, will be like places abandoned to thickets and undergrowth.(NH) And all will be desolation.
10 You have forgotten(NI) God your Savior;(NJ)
you have not remembered the Rock,(NK) your fortress.(NL)
Therefore, though you set out the finest plants
and plant imported vines,(NM)
11 though on the day you set them out, you make them grow,
and on the morning(NN) when you plant them, you bring them to bud,
yet the harvest(NO) will be as nothing(NP)
in the day of disease and incurable(NQ) pain.(NR)
12 Woe to the many nations that rage(NS)—
they rage like the raging sea!(NT)
Woe to the peoples who roar(NU)—
they roar like the roaring of great waters!(NV)
13 Although the peoples roar(NW) like the roar of surging waters,
when he rebukes(NX) them they flee(NY) far away,
driven before the wind like chaff(NZ) on the hills,
like tumbleweed before a gale.(OA)
14 In the evening, sudden(OB) terror!(OC)
Before the morning, they are gone!(OD)
This is the portion of those who loot us,
the lot of those who plunder us.
A Prophecy Against Cush
18 Woe(OE) to the land of whirring wings[o]
along the rivers of Cush,[p](OF)
2 which sends envoys(OG) by sea
in papyrus(OH) boats over the water.
Go, swift messengers,
to a people tall and smooth-skinned,(OI)
to a people feared far and wide,
an aggressive(OJ) nation of strange speech,
whose land is divided by rivers.(OK)
3 All you people of the world,(OL)
you who live on the earth,
when a banner(OM) is raised on the mountains,
you will see it,
and when a trumpet(ON) sounds,
you will hear it.
4 This is what the Lord says to me:
“I will remain quiet(OO) and will look on from my dwelling place,(OP)
like shimmering heat in the sunshine,(OQ)
like a cloud of dew(OR) 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(OS) the shoots with pruning knives,
and cut down and take away the spreading branches.(OT)
6 They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey(OU)
and to the wild animals;(OV)
the birds will feed on them all summer,
the wild animals all winter.
7 At that time gifts(OW) will be brought to the Lord Almighty
from a people tall and smooth-skinned,(OX)
from a people feared(OY) far and wide,
an aggressive nation of strange speech,
whose land is divided by rivers(OZ)—
the gifts will be brought to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the Lord Almighty.(PA)
A Prophecy Against Egypt
19 A prophecy(PB) against Egypt:(PC)
See, the Lord rides on a swift cloud(PD)
and is coming to Egypt.
The idols of Egypt tremble before him,
and the hearts of the Egyptians melt(PE) with fear.
2 “I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian—
brother will fight against brother,(PF)
neighbor against neighbor,
city against city,
kingdom against kingdom.(PG)
3 The Egyptians will lose heart,(PH)
and I will bring their plans(PI) to nothing;(PJ)
they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead,
the mediums and the spiritists.(PK)
4 I will hand the Egyptians over
to the power of a cruel master,
and a fierce king(PL) will rule over them,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.
5 The waters of the river will dry up,(PM)
and the riverbed will be parched and dry.(PN)
6 The canals will stink;(PO)
the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up.(PP)
The reeds(PQ) and rushes will wither,(PR)
7 also the plants(PS) along the Nile,
at the mouth of the river.
Every sown field(PT) along the Nile
will become parched, will blow away and be no more.(PU)
8 The fishermen(PV) will groan and lament,
all who cast hooks(PW) into the Nile;
those who throw nets on the water
will pine away.
9 Those who work with combed flax(PX) will despair,
the weavers of fine linen(PY) 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(PZ) are nothing but fools;
the wise counselors(QA) of Pharaoh give senseless advice.(QB)
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am one of the wise men,(QC)
a disciple of the ancient kings”?
12 Where are your wise men(QD) now?
Let them show you and make known
what the Lord Almighty
has planned(QE) against Egypt.
13 The officials of Zoan(QF) have become fools,
the leaders of Memphis(QG) are deceived;
the cornerstones(QH) of her peoples
have led Egypt astray.
14 The Lord has poured into them
a spirit of dizziness;(QI)
they make Egypt stagger in all that she does,
as a drunkard staggers(QJ) around in his vomit.
15 There is nothing Egypt can do—
head or tail, palm branch or reed.(QK)
16 In that day(QL) the Egyptians will become weaklings.(QM) They will shudder with fear(QN) at the uplifted hand(QO) that the Lord Almighty raises against them. 17 And the land of Judah will bring terror to the Egyptians; everyone to whom Judah is mentioned will be terrified,(QP) because of what the Lord Almighty is planning(QQ) against them.
18 In that day(QR) five cities(QS) in Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance(QT) to the Lord Almighty. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.[q](QU)
19 In that day(QV) there will be an altar(QW) to the Lord in the heart of Egypt,(QX) and a monument(QY) to the Lord at its border. 20 It will be a sign and witness(QZ) to the Lord Almighty in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the Lord because of their oppressors, he will send them a savior(RA) and defender, and he will rescue(RB) them. 21 So the Lord will make himself known to the Egyptians, and in that day they will acknowledge(RC) the Lord. They will worship(RD) with sacrifices and grain offerings; they will make vows to the Lord and keep them.(RE) 22 The Lord will strike(RF) Egypt with a plague;(RG) he will strike them and heal them. They will turn(RH) to the Lord, and he will respond to their pleas and heal(RI) them.
23 In that day(RJ) there will be a highway(RK) from Egypt to Assyria.(RL) The Assyrians will go to Egypt and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship(RM) together. 24 In that day(RN) Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria,(RO) a blessing[r](RP) on the earth. 25 The Lord Almighty will bless(RQ) them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people,(RR) Assyria my handiwork,(RS) and Israel my inheritance.(RT)”
A Prophecy Against Egypt and Cush
20 In the year that the supreme commander,(RU) sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod(RV) and attacked and captured it— 2 at that time the Lord spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz.(RW) He said to him, “Take off the sackcloth(RX) from your body and the sandals(RY) from your feet.” And he did so, going around stripped(RZ) and barefoot.(SA)
3 Then the Lord said, “Just as my servant(SB) Isaiah has gone stripped and barefoot for three years,(SC) as a sign(SD) and portent(SE) against Egypt(SF) and Cush,[s](SG) 4 so the king(SH) of Assyria will lead away stripped(SI) and barefoot the Egyptian captives(SJ) and Cushite(SK) exiles, young and old, with buttocks bared(SL)—to Egypt’s shame.(SM) 5 Those who trusted(SN) in Cush(SO) and boasted in Egypt(SP) will be dismayed and put to shame.(SQ) 6 In that day(SR) the people who live on this coast will say, ‘See what has happened(SS) to those we relied on,(ST) those we fled to for help(SU) and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?(SV)’”
A Prophecy Against Babylon
21 A prophecy(SW) against the Desert(SX) by the Sea:
Like whirlwinds(SY) sweeping through the southland,(SZ)
an invader comes from the desert,
from a land of terror.
2 A dire(TA) vision has been shown to me:
The traitor betrays,(TB) the looter takes loot.
Elam,(TC) attack! Media,(TD) lay siege!
I will bring to an end all the groaning she caused.
3 At this my body is racked with pain,(TE)
pangs seize me, like those of a woman in labor;(TF)
I am staggered by what I hear,
I am bewildered(TG) by what I see.
4 My heart(TH) falters,
fear makes me tremble;(TI)
the twilight I longed for
has become a horror(TJ) to me.
5 They set the tables,
they spread the rugs,
they eat, they drink!(TK)
Get up, you officers,
oil the shields!(TL)
6 This is what the Lord says to me:
“Go, post a lookout(TM)
and have him report what he sees.
7 When he sees chariots(TN)
with teams of horses,
riders on donkeys
or riders on camels,(TO)
let him be alert,
fully alert.”
8 And the lookout[t](TP) shouted,
“Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower;
every night I stay at my post.
9 Look, here comes a man in a chariot(TQ)
with a team of horses.
And he gives back the answer:
‘Babylon(TR) has fallen,(TS) has fallen!
All the images of its gods(TT)
lie shattered(TU) on the ground!’”
10 My people who are crushed on the threshing floor,(TV)
I tell you what I have heard
from the Lord Almighty,
from the God of Israel.
A Prophecy Against Edom
11 A prophecy against Dumah[u]:(TW)
Someone calls to me from Seir,(TX)
“Watchman, what is left of the night?
Watchman, what is left of the night?”
12 The watchman replies,
“Morning is coming, but also the night.
If you would ask, then ask;
and come back yet again.”
A Prophecy Against Arabia
13 A prophecy(TY) against Arabia:(TZ)
You caravans of Dedanites,(UA)
who camp in the thickets of Arabia,
14 bring water for the thirsty;
you who live in Tema,(UB)
bring food for the fugitives.
15 They flee(UC) from the sword,(UD)
from the drawn sword,
from the bent bow
and from the heat of battle.
16 This is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a servant bound by contract(UE) would count it, all the splendor(UF) of Kedar(UG) will come to an end. 17 The survivors of the archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.(UH)” The Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.(UI)
A Prophecy About Jerusalem
22 A prophecy(UJ) against the Valley(UK) of Vision:(UL)
What troubles you now,
that you have all gone up on the roofs,(UM)
2 you town so full of commotion,
you city of tumult(UN) and revelry?(UO)
Your slain(UP) were not killed by the sword,(UQ)
nor did they die in battle.
3 All your leaders have fled(UR) together;
they have been captured(US) without using the bow.
All you who were caught were taken prisoner together,
having fled while the enemy was still far away.
4 Therefore I said, “Turn away from me;
let me weep(UT) bitterly.
Do not try to console me
over the destruction of my people.”(UU)
5 The Lord, the Lord Almighty, has a day(UV)
of tumult and trampling(UW) and terror(UX)
in the Valley of Vision,(UY)
a day of battering down walls(UZ)
and of crying out to the mountains.
6 Elam(VA) takes up the quiver,(VB)
with her charioteers and horses;
Kir(VC) uncovers the shield.
7 Your choicest valleys(VD) are full of chariots,
and horsemen are posted at the city gates.(VE)
8 The Lord stripped away the defenses of Judah,
and you looked in that day(VF)
to the weapons(VG) in the Palace of the Forest.(VH)
9 You saw that the walls of the City of David
were broken through(VI) in many places;
you stored up water
in the Lower Pool.(VJ)
10 You counted the buildings in Jerusalem
and tore down houses(VK) to strengthen the wall.(VL)
11 You built a reservoir between the two walls(VM)
for the water of the Old Pool,(VN)
but you did not look to the One who made it,
or have regard(VO) for the One who planned(VP) it long ago.
12 The Lord, the Lord Almighty,
called you on that day(VQ)
to weep(VR) and to wail,
to tear out your hair(VS) and put on sackcloth.(VT)
13 But see, there is joy and revelry,(VU)
slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep,
eating of meat and drinking of wine!(VV)
“Let us eat and drink,” you say,
“for tomorrow we die!”(VW)
14 The Lord Almighty has revealed this in my hearing:(VX) “Till your dying day this sin will not be atoned(VY) for,” says the Lord, the Lord Almighty.
15 This is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says:
“Go, say to this steward,
to Shebna(VZ) the palace(WA) administrator:(WB)
16 What are you doing here and who gave you permission
to cut out a grave(WC) for yourself(WD) here,
hewing your grave on the height
and chiseling your resting place in the rock?
17 “Beware, the Lord is about to take firm hold of you
and hurl(WE) you away, you mighty man.
18 He will roll you up tightly like a ball
and throw(WF) you into a large country.
There you will die
and there the chariots(WG) you were so proud of
will become a disgrace to your master’s house.
19 I will depose you from your office,
and you will be ousted(WH) from your position.(WI)
20 “In that day(WJ) I will summon my servant,(WK) Eliakim(WL) son of Hilkiah. 21 I will clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash(WM) around him and hand your authority(WN) over to him. He will be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the people of Judah. 22 I will place on his shoulder(WO) the key(WP) to the house of David;(WQ) what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.(WR) 23 I will drive him like a peg(WS) into a firm place;(WT) he will become a seat[v] of honor(WU) for the house of his father. 24 All the glory of his family will hang on him: its offspring and offshoots—all its lesser vessels, from the bowls to all the jars.
25 “In that day,(WV)” declares the Lord Almighty, “the peg(WW) driven into the firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and will fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut down.” The Lord has spoken.(WX)
A Prophecy Against Tyre
23 A prophecy against Tyre:(WY)
Wail,(WZ) you ships(XA) of Tarshish!(XB)
For Tyre is destroyed(XC)
and left without house or harbor.
From the land of Cyprus
word has come to them.
2 Be silent,(XD) you people of the island
and you merchants(XE) of Sidon,(XF)
whom the seafarers have enriched.
3 On the great waters
came the grain of the Shihor;(XG)
the harvest of the Nile[w](XH) was the revenue of Tyre,(XI)
and she became the marketplace of the nations.
4 Be ashamed, Sidon,(XJ) and you fortress of the sea,
for the sea has spoken:
“I have neither been in labor nor given birth;(XK)
I have neither reared sons nor brought up daughters.”
5 When word comes to Egypt,
they will be in anguish(XL) at the report from Tyre.(XM)
6 Cross over to Tarshish;(XN)
wail, you people of the island.
7 Is this your city of revelry,(XO)
the old, old city,
whose feet have taken her
to settle in far-off lands?
8 Who planned this against Tyre,
the bestower of crowns,
whose merchants(XP) are princes,
whose traders(XQ) are renowned in the earth?
9 The Lord Almighty planned(XR) it,
to bring down(XS) her pride in all her splendor
and to humble(XT) all who are renowned(XU) on the earth.
10 Till[x] your land as they do along the Nile,
Daughter Tarshish,
for you no longer have a harbor.
11 The Lord has stretched out his hand(XV) over the sea
and made its kingdoms tremble.(XW)
He has given an order concerning Phoenicia
that her fortresses be destroyed.(XX)
12 He said, “No more of your reveling,(XY)
Virgin Daughter(XZ) Sidon, now crushed!
“Up, cross over to Cyprus;(YA)
even there you will find no rest.”
13 Look at the land of the Babylonians,[y](YB)
this people that is now of no account!
The Assyrians(YC) have made it
a place for desert creatures;(YD)
they raised up their siege towers,(YE)
they stripped its fortresses bare
and turned it into a ruin.(YF)
15 At that time Tyre(YJ) will be forgotten for seventy years,(YK) the span of a king’s life. But at the end of these seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute:
16 “Take up a harp, walk through the city,
you forgotten prostitute;(YL)
play the harp well, sing many a song,
so that you will be remembered.”
17 At the end of seventy years,(YM) the Lord will deal with Tyre. She will return to her lucrative prostitution(YN) and will ply her trade with all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.(YO) 18 Yet her profit and her earnings will be set apart for the Lord;(YP) they will not be stored up or hoarded. Her profits will go to those who live before the Lord,(YQ) for abundant food and fine clothes.(YR)
The Lord’s Devastation of the Earth
24 See, the Lord is going to lay waste the earth(YS)
and devastate(YT) it;
he will ruin its face
and scatter(YU) its inhabitants—
2 it will be the same
for priest as for people,(YV)
for the master as for his servant,
for the mistress as for her servant,
for seller as for buyer,(YW)
for borrower as for lender,
for debtor as for creditor.(YX)
3 The earth will be completely laid waste(YY)
and totally plundered.(YZ)
The Lord has spoken(ZA) this word.
4 The earth dries up(ZB) and withers,(ZC)
the world languishes and withers,
the heavens(ZD) languish with the earth.(ZE)
5 The earth is defiled(ZF) by its people;
they have disobeyed(ZG) the laws,
violated the statutes
and broken the everlasting covenant.(ZH)
6 Therefore a curse(ZI) consumes the earth;
its people must bear their guilt.
Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up,(ZJ)
and very few are left.
7 The new wine dries up(ZK) and the vine withers;(ZL)
all the merrymakers groan.(ZM)
8 The joyful timbrels(ZN) are stilled,
the noise(ZO) of the revelers(ZP) has stopped,
the joyful harp(ZQ) is silent.(ZR)
9 No longer do they drink wine(ZS) with a song;
the beer is bitter(ZT) to its drinkers.
10 The ruined city(ZU) lies desolate;(ZV)
the entrance to every house is barred.
11 In the streets they cry out(ZW) for wine;(ZX)
all joy turns to gloom,(ZY)
all joyful sounds are banished from the earth.
12 The city is left in ruins,(ZZ)
its gate(AAA) is battered to pieces.
13 So will it be on the earth
and among the nations,
as when an olive tree is beaten,(AAB)
or as when gleanings are left after the grape harvest.(AAC)
14 They raise their voices, they shout for joy;(AAD)
from the west(AAE) they acclaim the Lord’s majesty.
15 Therefore in the east(AAF) give glory(AAG) to the Lord;
exalt(AAH) the name(AAI) of the Lord, the God of Israel,
in the islands(AAJ) of the sea.
16 From the ends of the earth(AAK) we hear singing:(AAL)
“Glory(AAM) to the Righteous One.”(AAN)
But I said, “I waste away, I waste away!(AAO)
Woe(AAP) to me!
The treacherous(AAQ) betray!
With treachery the treacherous betray!(AAR)”
17 Terror(AAS) and pit and snare(AAT) await you,
people of the earth.(AAU)
18 Whoever flees(AAV) at the sound of terror
will fall into a pit;(AAW)
whoever climbs out of the pit
will be caught in a snare.(AAX)
The floodgates of the heavens(AAY) are opened,
the foundations of the earth shake.(AAZ)
19 The earth is broken up,(ABA)
the earth is split asunder,(ABB)
the earth is violently shaken.
20 The earth reels like a drunkard,(ABC)
it sways like a hut(ABD) in the wind;
so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion(ABE)
that it falls(ABF)—never to rise again.(ABG)
21 In that day(ABH) the Lord will punish(ABI)
the powers(ABJ) in the heavens above
and the kings(ABK) on the earth below.
22 They will be herded together
like prisoners(ABL) bound in a dungeon;(ABM)
they will be shut up in prison
and be punished[z] after many days.(ABN)
23 The moon will be dismayed,
the sun(ABO) ashamed;
for the Lord Almighty will reign(ABP)
on Mount Zion(ABQ) and in Jerusalem,
and before its elders—with great glory.(ABR)
Praise to the Lord
25 Lord, you are my God;(ABS)
I will exalt you and praise your name,(ABT)
for in perfect faithfulness(ABU)
you have done wonderful things,(ABV)
things planned(ABW) long ago.
2 You have made the city a heap of rubble,(ABX)
the fortified(ABY) town a ruin,(ABZ)
the foreigners’ stronghold(ACA) a city no more;
it will never be rebuilt.(ACB)
3 Therefore strong peoples will honor you;(ACC)
cities of ruthless(ACD) nations will revere you.
4 You have been a refuge(ACE) for the poor,(ACF)
a refuge for the needy(ACG) in their distress,
a shelter from the storm(ACH)
and a shade from the heat.
For the breath of the ruthless(ACI)
is like a storm driving against a wall
5 and like the heat of the desert.
You silence(ACJ) the uproar of foreigners;(ACK)
as heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud,
so the song of the ruthless(ACL) is stilled.
6 On this mountain(ACM) the Lord Almighty will prepare
a feast(ACN) of rich food for all peoples,
a banquet of aged wine—
the best of meats and the finest of wines.(ACO)
7 On this mountain he will destroy
the shroud(ACP) that enfolds all peoples,(ACQ)
the sheet that covers all nations;
8 he will swallow up death(ACR) forever.
The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears(ACS)
from all faces;
he will remove his people’s disgrace(ACT)
from all the earth.
The Lord has spoken.(ACU)
9 In that day(ACV) they will say,
“Surely this is our God;(ACW)
we trusted(ACX) in him, and he saved(ACY) us.
This is the Lord, we trusted in him;
let us rejoice(ACZ) and be glad in his salvation.”(ADA)
10 The hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain;(ADB)
but Moab(ADC) will be trampled in their land
as straw is trampled down in the manure.
11 They will stretch out their hands in it,
as swimmers stretch out their hands to swim.
God will bring down(ADD) their pride(ADE)
despite the cleverness[aa] of their hands.
12 He will bring down your high fortified walls(ADF)
and lay them low;(ADG)
he will bring them down to the ground,
to the very dust.
A Song of Praise
26 In that day(ADH) this song will be sung(ADI) in the land of Judah:
We have a strong city;(ADJ)
God makes salvation
its walls(ADK) and ramparts.(ADL)
2 Open the gates(ADM)
that the righteous(ADN) nation may enter,
the nation that keeps faith.
3 You will keep in perfect peace(ADO)
those whose minds are steadfast,
because they trust(ADP) in you.
4 Trust(ADQ) in the Lord forever,(ADR)
for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock(ADS) eternal.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 11:6 Hebrew; Septuagint lion will feed
- Isaiah 11:11 That is, the upper Nile region
- Isaiah 11:11 Hebrew Shinar
- Isaiah 11:13 Or hostility
- Isaiah 12:2 Or song
- Isaiah 13:6 Hebrew Shaddai
- Isaiah 13:19 Or Chaldeans
- Isaiah 14:4 Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain.
- Isaiah 14:13 Or of the north; Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.
- Isaiah 15:9 Dimon, a wordplay on Dibon (see verse 2), sounds like the Hebrew for blood.
- Isaiah 15:9 Dimon, a wordplay on Dibon (see verse 2), sounds like the Hebrew for blood.
- Isaiah 16:5 Hebrew tent
- Isaiah 16:8 Probably the Dead Sea
- Isaiah 17:8 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah
- Isaiah 18:1 Or of locusts
- Isaiah 18:1 That is, the upper Nile region
- Isaiah 19:18 Some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls, Symmachus and Vulgate; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text City of Destruction
- Isaiah 19:24 Or Assyria, whose names will be used in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or Assyria, who will be seen by others as blessed
- Isaiah 20:3 That is, the upper Nile region; also in verse 5
- Isaiah 21:8 Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac; Masoretic Text A lion
- Isaiah 21:11 Dumah, a wordplay on Edom, means silence or stillness.
- Isaiah 22:23 Or throne
- Isaiah 23:3 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls Sidon, / who cross over the sea; / your envoys 3 are on the great waters. / The grain of the Shihor, / the harvest of the Nile,
- Isaiah 23:10 Dead Sea Scrolls and some Septuagint manuscripts; Masoretic Text Go through
- Isaiah 23:13 Or Chaldeans
- Isaiah 24:22 Or released
- Isaiah 25:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
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