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Isaiah 6-9
New King James Version
Isaiah 6-9
New King James Version
Isaiah Called to Be a Prophet(A)
6 In the year that (B)King Uzziah died, I (C)saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple. 2 Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, (D)with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one cried to another and said:
4 And the posts of the door were shaken by the voice of him who cried out, and the house was filled with smoke.
5 So I said:
“Woe is me, for I am [a]undone!
Because I am a man of (G)unclean lips,
And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips;
For my eyes have seen the King,
The Lord of hosts.”
6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal which he had taken with the tongs from (H)the altar. 7 And he (I)touched my mouth with it, and said:
“Behold, this has touched your lips;
Your iniquity is taken away,
And your sin [b]purged.”
8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying:
“Whom shall I send,
And who will go for (J)Us?”
Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”
9 And He said, “Go, and (K)tell this people:
‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand;
Keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’
10 “Make (L)the heart of this people dull,
And their ears heavy,
And shut their eyes;
(M)Lest they see with their eyes,
And hear with their ears,
And understand with their heart,
And return and be healed.”
11 Then I said, “Lord, how long?”
And He answered:
(N)“Until the cities are laid waste and without inhabitant,
The houses are without a man,
The land is utterly desolate,
12 (O)The Lord has removed men far away,
And the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.
13 But yet a tenth will be in it,
And will return and be for consuming,
As a terebinth tree or as an oak,
Whose stump remains when it is cut down.
So (P)the holy seed shall be its stump.”
Isaiah Sent to King Ahaz(Q)
7 Now it came to pass in the days of (R)Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to make war against (S)it, but could not [c]prevail against it. 2 And it was told to the house of David, saying, “Syria’s forces are [d]deployed in Ephraim.” So his heart and the heart of his people were moved as the trees of the woods are moved with the wind.
3 Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and [e]Shear-Jashub your son, at the end of the aqueduct from the upper pool, on the highway to the Fuller’s Field, 4 and say to him: [f]‘Take heed, and [g]be (T)quiet; do not fear or be fainthearted for these two stubs of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and the son of Remaliah. 5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have plotted evil against you, saying, 6 “Let us go up against Judah and [h]trouble it, and let us make a gap in its wall for ourselves, and set a king over them, the son of Tabel”— 7 thus says the Lord God:
(U)“It shall not stand,
Nor shall it come to pass.
8 (V)For the head of Syria is Damascus,
And the head of Damascus is Rezin.
Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be [i]broken,
So that it will not be a people.
9 The head of Ephraim is Samaria,
And the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son.
(W)If you will not believe,
Surely you shall not be established.” ’ ”
The Immanuel Prophecy
10 Moreover the Lord spoke again to Ahaz, saying, 11 (X)“Ask a sign for yourself from the Lord your God; [j]ask it either in the depth or in the height above.”
12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, nor will I test the Lord!”
13 Then he said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will you weary my God also? 14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: (Y)Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear (Z)a Son, and shall call His name (AA)Immanuel.[k] 15 Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good. 16 (AB)For before the Child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that you dread will be forsaken by (AC)both her kings. 17 (AD)The Lord will bring the king of Assyria upon you and your people and your father’s house—days that have not come since the day that (AE)Ephraim departed from Judah.”
18 And it shall come to pass in that day
That the Lord (AF)will whistle for the fly
That is in the farthest part of the rivers of Egypt,
And for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
19 They will come, and all of them will rest
In the desolate valleys and in (AG)the clefts of the rocks,
And on all thorns and in all pastures.
20 In the same day the Lord will shave with a (AH)hired (AI)razor,
With those from beyond [l]the River, with the king of Assyria,
The head and the hair of the legs,
And will also remove the beard.
21 It shall be in that day
That a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep;
22 So it shall be, from the abundance of milk they give,
That he will eat curds;
For curds and honey everyone will eat who is left in the land.
23 It shall happen in that day,
That wherever there could be a thousand vines
Worth a thousand shekels of silver,
(AJ)It will be for briers and thorns.
24 With arrows and bows men will come there,
Because all the land will become briers and thorns.
25 And to any hill which could be dug with the hoe,
You will not go there for fear of briers and thorns;
But it will become a range for oxen
And a place for sheep to roam.
Assyria Will Invade the Land
8 Moreover the Lord said to me, “Take a large scroll, and (AK)write on it with a man’s pen concerning [m]Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz. 2 And I will take for Myself faithful witnesses to record, (AL)Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.”
3 Then I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then the Lord said to me, “Call his name Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz; 4 (AM)for before the child [n]shall have knowledge to cry ‘My father’ and ‘My mother,’ (AN)the riches of Damascus and the [o]spoil of Samaria will be taken away before the king of Assyria.”
5 The Lord also spoke to me again, saying:
6 “Inasmuch as these people refused
The waters of (AO)Shiloah that flow softly,
And rejoice (AP)in Rezin and in Remaliah’s son;
7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up over them
The waters of [p]the River, strong and mighty—
The king of Assyria and all his glory;
He will [q]go up over all his channels
And go over all his banks.
8 He will pass through Judah,
He will overflow and pass over,
(AQ)He will reach up to the neck;
And the stretching out of his wings
Will [r]fill the breadth of Your land, O (AR)Immanuel.[s]
9 “Be(AS) shattered, O you peoples, and be broken in pieces!
Give ear, all you from far countries.
Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces;
Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces.
10 (AT)Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
Speak the word, (AU)but it will not stand,
(AV)For [t]God is with us.”
Fear God, Heed His Word
11 For the Lord spoke thus to me with [u]a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying:
12 “Do not say, ‘A conspiracy,’
Concerning all that this people call a conspiracy,
Nor be afraid of their [v]threats, nor be [w]troubled.
13 The Lord of hosts, Him you shall hallow;
Let Him be your fear,
And let Him be your dread.
14 (AW)He will be as a [x]sanctuary,
But (AX)a stone of stumbling and a rock of [y]offense
To both the houses of Israel,
As a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
15 And many among them shall (AY)stumble;
They shall fall and be broken,
Be snared and [z]taken.”
16 Bind up the testimony,
Seal the law among my disciples.
17 And I will wait on the Lord,
Who (AZ)hides His face from the house of Jacob;
And I (BA)will hope in Him.
18 (BB)Here am I and the children whom the Lord has given me!
We (BC)are for signs and wonders in Israel
From the Lord of hosts,
Who dwells in Mount Zion.
19 And when they say to you, (BD)“Seek those who are mediums and wizards, (BE)who whisper and mutter,” should not a people seek their God? Should they (BF)seek the dead on behalf of the living? 20 (BG)To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because (BH)there[aa] is no light in them.
21 They will pass through it hard-pressed and hungry; and it shall happen, when they are hungry, that they will be enraged and (BI)curse [ab]their king and their God, and look upward. 22 Then they will look to the earth, and see trouble and darkness, gloom of anguish; and they will be driven into darkness.
The Government of the Promised Son(BJ)
9 Nevertheless (BK)the gloom will not be upon her who is distressed,
As when at (BL)first He lightly esteemed
The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
And (BM)afterward more heavily oppressed her,
By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan,
In Galilee of the Gentiles.
2 (BN)The people who walked in darkness
Have seen a great light;
Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death,
Upon them a light has shined.
3 You have multiplied the nation
And [ac]increased its joy;
They rejoice before You
According to the joy of harvest,
As men rejoice (BO)when they divide the spoil.
4 For You have broken the yoke of his burden
And the staff of his shoulder,
The rod of his oppressor,
As in the day of (BP)Midian.
5 For every warrior’s [ad]sandal from the noisy battle,
And garments rolled in blood,
(BQ)Will be used for burning and fuel [ae]of fire.
6 (BR)For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a (BS)Son is given;
And (BT)the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
(BU)Wonderful, Counselor, (BV)Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, (BW)Prince of Peace.
7 Of the increase of His government and peace
(BX)There will be no end,
Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,
To order it and establish it with judgment and justice
From that time forward, even forever.
The (BY)zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
The Punishment of Samaria
8 The Lord sent a word against (BZ)Jacob,
And it has fallen on Israel.
9 All the people will know—
Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria—
Who say in pride and arrogance of heart:
10 “The bricks have fallen down,
But we will rebuild with hewn stones;
The sycamores are cut down,
But we will replace them with cedars.”
11 Therefore the Lord shall set up
The adversaries of Rezin against him,
And spur his enemies on,
12 The Syrians before and the Philistines behind;
And they shall devour Israel with an open mouth.
For all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is [af]stretched out still.
13 For the people do not turn to Him who strikes them,
Nor do they seek the Lord of hosts.
14 Therefore the Lord will cut off head and tail from Israel,
Palm branch and bulrush (CA)in one day.
15 The elder and honorable, he is the head;
The prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.
16 For (CB)the leaders of this people cause them to err,
And those who are led by them are destroyed.
17 Therefore the Lord (CC)will have no joy in their young men,
Nor have mercy on their fatherless and widows;
For everyone is a hypocrite and an evildoer,
And every mouth speaks [ag]folly.
(CD)For all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is stretched out still.
18 For wickedness (CE)burns as the fire;
It shall devour the briers and thorns,
And kindle in the thickets of the forest;
They shall mount up like rising smoke.
19 Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts
(CF)The land is burned up,
And the people shall be as fuel for the fire;
(CG)No man shall spare his brother.
20 And he shall [ah]snatch on the right hand
And be hungry;
He shall devour on the left hand
(CH)And not be satisfied;
(CI)Every man shall eat the flesh of his own arm.
21 Manasseh shall devour Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh;
Together they shall be (CJ)against Judah.
(CK)For all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is stretched out still.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 6:5 destroyed, cut off
- Isaiah 6:7 atoned for
- Isaiah 7:1 conquer it
- Isaiah 7:2 Lit. settled upon
- Isaiah 7:3 Lit. A Remnant Shall Return
- Isaiah 7:4 Be careful
- Isaiah 7:4 be calm
- Isaiah 7:6 cause a sickening dread
- Isaiah 7:8 Lit. shattered
- Isaiah 7:11 Lit. make the request deep or make it high above
- Isaiah 7:14 Lit. God-With-Us
- Isaiah 7:20 The Euphrates
- Isaiah 8:1 Lit. Speed the Spoil, Hasten the Booty
- Isaiah 8:4 knows how
- Isaiah 8:4 plunder
- Isaiah 8:7 The Euphrates
- Isaiah 8:7 Overflow
- Isaiah 8:8 Lit. be the fullness of
- Isaiah 8:8 Lit. God-With-Us
- Isaiah 8:10 Heb. Immanuel
- Isaiah 8:11 Mighty power
- Isaiah 8:12 Lit. fear or terror
- Isaiah 8:12 Lit. in dread
- Isaiah 8:14 holy abode
- Isaiah 8:14 stumbling over
- Isaiah 8:15 captured
- Isaiah 8:20 Or they have no dawn
- Isaiah 8:21 Or by their king and by their God
- Isaiah 9:3 So with Qr., Tg.; Kt., Vg. not increased joy; LXX Most of the people You brought down in Your joy
- Isaiah 9:5 boot
- Isaiah 9:5 for the fire
- Isaiah 9:12 In judgment
- Isaiah 9:17 foolishness
- Isaiah 9:20 slice off or tear
Isaiah 6-9
New International Version
Isaiah 6-9
New International Version
Isaiah’s Commission
6 In the year that King Uzziah(A) died,(B) I saw the Lord,(C) high and exalted,(D) seated on a throne;(E) and the train of his robe(F) filled the temple. 2 Above him were seraphim,(G) each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet,(H) and with two they were flying. 3 And they were calling to one another:
4 At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.(M)
5 “Woe(N) to me!” I cried. “I am ruined!(O) For I am a man of unclean lips,(P) and I live among a people of unclean lips,(Q) and my eyes have seen(R) the King,(S) the Lord Almighty.”(T)
6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal(U) in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips;(V) your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.(W)”
8 Then I heard the voice(X) of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send?(Y) And who will go for us?(Z)”
And I said, “Here am I.(AA) Send me!”
9 He said, “Go(AB) and tell this people:
“‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’(AC)
10 Make the heart of this people calloused;(AD)
make their ears dull
and close their eyes.[a](AE)
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,(AF)
understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.”(AG)
11 Then I said, “For how long, Lord?”(AH)
And he answered:
“Until the cities lie ruined(AI)
and without inhabitant,
until the houses are left deserted(AJ)
and the fields ruined and ravaged,(AK)
12 until the Lord has sent everyone far away(AL)
and the land is utterly forsaken.(AM)
13 And though a tenth remains(AN) in the land,
it will again be laid waste.(AO)
But as the terebinth and oak
leave stumps(AP) when they are cut down,
so the holy(AQ) seed will be the stump in the land.”(AR)
The Sign of Immanuel
7 When Ahaz(AS) son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, King Rezin(AT) of Aram(AU) and Pekah(AV) son of Remaliah(AW) king of Israel marched up to fight against Jerusalem, but they could not overpower it.
2 Now the house of David(AX) was told, “Aram has allied itself with[b] Ephraim(AY)”; so the hearts of Ahaz and his people were shaken,(AZ) as the trees of the forest are shaken by the wind.
3 Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out, you and your son Shear-Jashub,[c](BA) to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.(BB) 4 Say to him, ‘Be careful, keep calm(BC) and don’t be afraid.(BD) Do not lose heart(BE) because of these two smoldering stubs(BF) of firewood—because of the fierce anger(BG) of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah.(BH) 5 Aram, Ephraim and Remaliah’s(BI) son have plotted(BJ) your ruin, saying, 6 “Let us invade Judah; let us tear it apart and divide it among ourselves, and make the son of Tabeel king over it.” 7 Yet this is what the Sovereign Lord says:(BK)
“‘It will not take place,
it will not happen,(BL)
8 for the head of Aram is Damascus,(BM)
and the head of Damascus is only Rezin.(BN)
Within sixty-five years
Ephraim will be too shattered(BO) to be a people.
9 The head of Ephraim is Samaria,(BP)
and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah’s son.
If you do not stand(BQ) firm in your faith,(BR)
you will not stand at all.’”(BS)
10 Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz, 11 “Ask the Lord your God for a sign,(BT) whether in the deepest depths or in the highest heights.(BU)”
12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask; I will not put the Lord to the test.(BV)”
13 Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, you house of David!(BW) Is it not enough(BX) to try the patience of humans? Will you try the patience(BY) of my God(BZ) also? 14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you[d] a sign:(CA) The virgin[e](CB) will conceive and give birth to a son,(CC) and[f] will call him Immanuel.[g](CD) 15 He will be eating curds(CE) and honey(CF) when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, 16 for before the boy knows(CG) enough to reject the wrong and choose the right,(CH) the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.(CI) 17 The Lord will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since Ephraim broke away(CJ) from Judah—he will bring the king of Assyria.(CK)”
Assyria, the Lord’s Instrument
18 In that day(CL) the Lord will whistle(CM) for flies from the Nile delta in Egypt and for bees from the land of Assyria.(CN) 19 They will all come and settle in the steep ravines and in the crevices(CO) in the rocks, on all the thornbushes(CP) and at all the water holes. 20 In that day(CQ) the Lord will use(CR) a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates River(CS)—the king of Assyria(CT)—to shave your head and private parts, and to cut off your beard(CU) also.(CV) 21 In that day,(CW) a person will keep alive a young cow and two goats.(CX) 22 And because of the abundance of the milk they give, there will be curds to eat. All who remain in the land will eat curds(CY) and honey.(CZ) 23 In that day,(DA) in every place where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels,[h](DB) there will be only briers and thorns.(DC) 24 Hunters will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers(DD) and thorns. 25 As for all the hills(DE) once cultivated by the hoe, you will no longer go there for fear of the briers and thorns;(DF) they will become places where cattle are turned loose and where sheep run.(DG)
Isaiah and His Children as Signs
8 The Lord said to me, “Take a large scroll(DH) and write on it with an ordinary pen: Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.”[i](DI) 2 So I called in Uriah(DJ) the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah as reliable witnesses(DK) for me. 3 Then I made love to the prophetess,(DL) and she conceived and gave birth to a son.(DM) And the Lord said to me, “Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.(DN) 4 For before the boy knows(DO) how to say ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus(DP) and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.(DQ)”
5 The Lord spoke to me again:
6 “Because this people has rejected(DR)
the gently flowing waters of Shiloah(DS)
and rejoices over Rezin
and the son of Remaliah,(DT)
7 therefore the Lord is about to bring against them
the mighty floodwaters(DU) of the Euphrates—
the king of Assyria(DV) with all his pomp.(DW)
It will overflow all its channels,
run over all its banks(DX)
8 and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it,(DY)
passing through it and reaching up to the neck.
Its outspread wings(DZ) will cover the breadth of your land,
Immanuel[j]!”(EA)
9 Raise the war cry,[k](EB) you nations, and be shattered!(EC)
Listen, all you distant lands.
Prepare(ED) for battle, and be shattered!
Prepare for battle, and be shattered!
10 Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted;(EE)
propose your plan, but it will not stand,(EF)
for God is with us.[l](EG)
11 This is what the Lord says to me with his strong hand upon me,(EH) warning me not to follow(EI) the way of this people:
12 “Do not call conspiracy(EJ)
everything this people calls a conspiracy;
do not fear what they fear,(EK)
and do not dread it.(EL)
13 The Lord Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy,(EM)
he is the one you are to fear,(EN)
he is the one you are to dread.(EO)
14 He will be a holy place;(EP)
for both Israel and Judah he will be
a stone(EQ) that causes people to stumble(ER)
and a rock that makes them fall.(ES)
And for the people of Jerusalem he will be
a trap and a snare.(ET)
15 Many of them will stumble;(EU)
they will fall and be broken,
they will be snared and captured.”
16 Bind up this testimony of warning(EV)
and seal(EW) up God’s instruction among my disciples.
17 I will wait(EX) for the Lord,
who is hiding(EY) his face from the descendants of Jacob.
I will put my trust in him.(EZ)
18 Here am I, and the children the Lord has given me.(FA) We are signs(FB) and symbols(FC) in Israel from the Lord Almighty, who dwells on Mount Zion.(FD)
The Darkness Turns to Light
19 When someone tells you to consult(FE) mediums and spiritists,(FF) who whisper and mutter,(FG) should not a people inquire(FH) of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? 20 Consult God’s instruction(FI) and the testimony of warning.(FJ) If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light(FK) of dawn. 21 Distressed and hungry,(FL) they will roam through the land;(FM) when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse(FN) their king and their God. 22 Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom,(FO) and they will be thrust into utter darkness.(FP)
9 [m]Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom(FQ) for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,(FR) but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan—
2 The people walking in darkness(FS)
have seen a great light;(FT)
on those living in the land of deep darkness(FU)
a light has dawned.(FV)
3 You have enlarged the nation(FW)
and increased their joy;(FX)
they rejoice before you
as people rejoice at the harvest,
as warriors rejoice
when dividing the plunder.(FY)
4 For as in the day of Midian’s defeat,(FZ)
you have shattered(GA)
the yoke(GB) that burdens them,
the bar across their shoulders,(GC)
the rod of their oppressor.(GD)
5 Every warrior’s boot used in battle
and every garment rolled in blood
will be destined for burning,(GE)
will be fuel for the fire.
6 For to us a child is born,(GF)
to us a son is given,(GG)
and the government(GH) will be on his shoulders.(GI)
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor,(GJ) Mighty God,(GK)
Everlasting(GL) Father,(GM) Prince of Peace.(GN)
7 Of the greatness of his government(GO) and peace(GP)
there will be no end.(GQ)
He will reign(GR) on David’s throne
and over his kingdom,
establishing and upholding it
with justice(GS) and righteousness(GT)
from that time on and forever.(GU)
The zeal(GV) of the Lord Almighty
will accomplish this.
The Lord’s Anger Against Israel
8 The Lord has sent a message(GW) against Jacob;
it will fall on Israel.
9 All the people will know it—
Ephraim(GX) and the inhabitants of Samaria(GY)—
who say with pride
and arrogance(GZ) of heart,
10 “The bricks have fallen down,
but we will rebuild with dressed stone;(HA)
the fig(HB) trees have been felled,
but we will replace them with cedars.(HC)”
11 But the Lord has strengthened Rezin’s(HD) foes against them
and has spurred their enemies on.
12 Arameans(HE) from the east and Philistines(HF) from the west
have devoured(HG) Israel with open mouth.
13 But the people have not returned(HJ) to him who struck(HK) them,
nor have they sought(HL) the Lord Almighty.
14 So the Lord will cut off from Israel both head and tail,
both palm branch and reed(HM) in a single day;(HN)
15 the elders(HO) and dignitaries(HP) are the head,
the prophets(HQ) who teach lies(HR) are the tail.
16 Those who guide(HS) this people mislead them,
and those who are guided are led astray.(HT)
17 Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men,(HU)
nor will he pity(HV) the fatherless and widows,
for everyone is ungodly(HW) and wicked,(HX)
every mouth speaks folly.(HY)
Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
his hand is still upraised.(HZ)
18 Surely wickedness burns like a fire;(IA)
it consumes briers and thorns,(IB)
it sets the forest thickets ablaze,(IC)
so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.
19 By the wrath(ID) of the Lord Almighty
the land will be scorched(IE)
and the people will be fuel for the fire;(IF)
they will not spare one another.(IG)
20 On the right they will devour,
but still be hungry;(IH)
on the left they will eat,(II)
but not be satisfied.
Each will feed on the flesh of their own offspring[n]:
21 Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, and Ephraim on Manasseh;(IJ)
together they will turn against Judah.(IK)
Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
his hand is still upraised.(IL)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 6:10 Hebrew; Septuagint ‘You will be ever hearing, but never understanding; / you will be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ / 10 This people’s heart has become calloused; / they hardly hear with their ears, / and they have closed their eyes
- Isaiah 7:2 Or has set up camp in
- Isaiah 7:3 Shear-Jashub means a remnant will return.
- Isaiah 7:14 The Hebrew is plural.
- Isaiah 7:14 Or young woman
- Isaiah 7:14 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls son, and he or son, and they
- Isaiah 7:14 Immanuel means God with us.
- Isaiah 7:23 That is, about 25 pounds or about 12 kilograms
- Isaiah 8:1 Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz means quick to the plunder, swift to the spoil; also in verse 3.
- Isaiah 8:8 Immanuel means God with us.
- Isaiah 8:9 Or Do your worst
- Isaiah 8:10 Hebrew Immanuel
- Isaiah 9:1 In Hebrew texts 9:1 is numbered 8:23, and 9:2-21 is numbered 9:1-20.
- Isaiah 9:20 Or arm
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