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t^5^ HE present rendering of the Old Testament is not a revision of '^""^ the Authorized Version, but a New Translation from the Hebrew, in modern English. Tlie aim has been to render the sense of the original as faithfully as possible rather than to sacrifice that 5 sense in order to give a literal translation.
This new Translation appeals to all interested in the Bible. The Explanatory Notes are free from technical details wliich have no interest for the average reader. We had no desire (as the translators of the Authorized Version say in their Preface) lo io zucary the unlearned, who need not know so much; and trouble the learned, who know it already. The reader may rest assured, however, that all variations from the Authorized Version in the present Translation are the results of the ripest Biblical scholarship of the present generation both in Europe and in America. The translation is based throughout on the new critical edition of the 15 Hebrew text of the Old Testament, published under the auspices of the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.
Departures from the Received Text are indicated by special marks, whereby the reader can see at a glance whether a variation is based on parallel passages, or on the authority of the Ancient Versions, or is merely a conjectural emenda- 20 tion, &c. These critical marks are, designedly, so unobtrusive as not to inter- fere with the comfort of the ordinary reader ; they are mainly intended for the benefit of those who are interested in the details of textual criticism.
Crpfanotton of Crittcaf (jTlarfta.
(i) « > {i. e. \ = Versions) indicate a reading adopted on the authority of 25 the Ancient Versions (Septuagint, Targums, Peshita, Vulgate, &c., in reference to which the reader may consult the Preface to the Authorized Version, also the List of Abbreviations below, p. ix, under LXX, Pesh., Targ., Vulg. ).
(2) ■ ■ (i.e. c = conjecture) indicate Conjectural Emendations.
(3) ■ ■ (i. e. 'i, the first letter of the Hebrew word Tipj niqqud 'punctua- 30 tion') indicate changes involving merely a different division of the consonantal text, or a departure from the vowel-points which the so-called Masorites added
to the original consonantal text in the eighth and ninth centuries A. d.
(4) » " (i. e. Q = Qt're) indicate that the marginal reading (Heb. QSre 'what
is to be read ' ) has been adopted instead of" the Ktth'ib ' what is written. ' 35
(5) • ■ indicate changes introduced by reason of Parallel Passages.
(6) t 1 indicate Doubtful Words or Passages.
(7) • • indicate deviations from the Received (or Masoretic) Text, suggested by the Versions as well as by Parallel Passages.
5 (8) < > indicate departures from the Masoretic reading of the consonantal
text, whicii are supported by the Ancient Versions.
(9) In cases where critical marks occur without any letters or words between them (-•, <>, &c. ), Omissions are indicated, based on the Versions or on Conjectural Emendations, &c. 10 (10) •♦ indicate words implied, but not expressed, in the Hebrew. These
marks, therefore, take the place of i/a/ics in the Authorized Version.
(11) [ ] indicate Transposed Passages, the traditional position of the words in the Received Text being marked by [], while the transposed words ;ire enclosed in [ ] ; see e. g. Ps. 35 , 7.
15 (12) I indicates transposition of the Masoretic ":" which marks the end of
a verse in the Hebrew Text.
(13) indicate Corrupt and Unintelligible Passages.
(14) ***** indicate Lacuna; in the Hebrew Text.
fitpfanatton of Coforo.
20 Older incorporated documents or later sections in Biblical Books of a com-
posite character are printed on backgrounds of diflferent colors. The explana- tion of the colors employed in the Books of Isaiah and of Judges is given on p. 132 of the Notes on Isaiah and on p. 46 of the Notes on Judges, respectively.
;§'ootnot«6.
25 Words or passages printed as notes at the bottom of the pages of the
translation represent subsequent additions to the original text ; cf. Notes on Judges, p. 47, 11. 5 fl". ; Notes on Isaiah, p. 209, 11. 33 ff.
(TRarginaf J'igurce.
In the Explanatory Notes the figures in the margin on the right refer to 30 the chapters and verses commented on ; the figures in the margin on the left merely number the lines. On those pages, however, where there are no references to chapters and verses in the margin the line-numbers are placed in the outer margin. In the Translati'on the lines are always numbered in the inner margin, while the traditional numbers of the chapters and verses are 35 placed in the outer margin.
%t.Oi'0'^-\cMX> (Jlutncrafa.
Heavy-faced numerals are used instead of Roman letters to distinguish the number of the chapter from the number of the verse; <*. ^. Ps. 88 , 8 = P.salm Ixxxviii, verse 8; but Pss. 88 . 89 = Ps.ilin Ixxxviii and Psalm Ixxxix.
40 (^cf£r«ncca to (§t6ficaP (paeeagce.
References to Biblical passages follow, throughout, the Authorized X'ersion,
not the Hebrew Text. It is well known that the division of the chapters is
occasionally not the same in the Hebrew and in the English Bibles ; and that
the title of a Psalm, where it consists of more than two words, is usually
45 reckoned in Hebrew as the first verse.
— »4«#ffi»- 3"'rc6ucforg (R<;marRe -^BS^s^-s — vii
(Untranefatcft l^cBrcit (SOorbs.
A few Hebrew words have been left untranslated, viz. l>c>i, the Hebrew word for son (e. g. Isaiah hen- Amo:: — Isaiah, the son of Amoz); Shedl (Heb. sht'ol), the abode of departed spirits, the habitation of the dead (Greek Hades); Asherdh, the sacred post or pole, the wooden symbol of a goddess, beside an 5 altar -(see Notes on Judges, p. 57, 1. 32 ; p. 69, 1. 22) ; Negeb, the steppe-like region in the South of Palestine (see Notes on Judges, p. 49, 1. 8) ; Arabah, the great geologic depression extending from the Dead Sea to the eastern gulf of the Red Sea (see Notes on Judges, p. 64, 1. 39; cf. Notes on Isaiah, p. 159, 1. 14) ; Selah at the end of certain stanzas in the Psalms (see Notes on 10 the Psalms, p. 165, 1.8); Satan, in Wuhxnwi = adversary, accuser (see Notes on Ps. 109,6); Hallelujah ( Ps. 104,35 &c. ) = Praise ye Jah (a shorter form of Jhvh) ; Sabaoth (</.Jas. 5,4; Rom. 9 , 29 = Is. 1,9) in the vasan Jrivil Sabaoth, Jhvh of the Hosts, /. e. the God of the armies of Israel (r Sam. 17,45; cf. Pss. 44,9; 60,10=108,11). For Jhvh, see below, List of Abbreviations, p. viii. 15
S^tanefttcratton of Orunfaf (Jlamca.
All Biblical names are given in the form used in the Authorized Version. In the transliteration of other Hebrew words, or of modern Oriental (Arabic) names, the vowels have their Italian sounds: a is like the a m far or father ; f is the i in marine ; and ?J = 00 in cool ; e = a in natne ; short ? = / in />in ; 20 &c. (e. g. Tel-Abu-Oiides= Tel-Aboo-Koodace). As to the consonants, j and jc are pronounced as in English ; q has about the same sound as English c in cool (not as k in keel, or q:t in queen) ; ' is the Arabic Ain, the voiced form of the Arabic h which may be described as a stronger variety of our h ; kh is the guttural ch in German or Scotch loch ( Spanish .1- or 7 ) ; f is a modification of 25 our 5 (with an inner rounding) which affects the pronunciation of the following vowels (e. g. (;in, not ^ seen, but more like sane; fd^saw, &c. ). In the majority of English books of a popular character the letters k and s are used for q and f, respectively (e. g. el-Aksa for el-Aq(d; see Psalms, p. 235, I.41).
^pcfftng.
English readers who object to the 'American' spelling, honor, &c., may be referred to Henry Sweet's Nezu English Grammar (0.\ford, Clarendon Press, 1892), p. xi and ? 1710, &c., or to Dr. Murray's remarks on the spelling of a.r in the A^ew English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford, Clarendon Press). 35
JlBBrcoiafiona.
The following List includes a large number of abbreviations which would not require explanation if the present Translation were for the exclusive use of American or English readers.
&c. stands for And others, or, and of the Book of Isaiah in the present 40
soior\.\\(l.al. et cceteri, cirtero', co'tera. Translation, &c. respectively). ^, or 3, &c. , after the title of a book
I, 2, 3, &c., before the name of a (e.g. Notes on Isaiah, p. 157, 1. 19), Biblical book, stands for First Book, stands for second or third editions, re- Second Book, Third Book, &c., respec- spectively. — For D^, E^, &c., see D, E, 45 lively: I Kings is the First Book of &c.
Kings; 2 Sam. = the Second Book of » stands for first part (or first line)
Samuel ; 3 Psalms = the Third Book of a verse. Subdivisions of parts of
of Psalms. 4 Isaiah = the fourth part verses are indicated by " ^, respec-
►-Ms^es*- 3n'r<'J>"''t>rg (RcmarRo -*j*»fr-^*< —
lively; e. g. 2, 14^" (Judges, p. 54, 1. 36) refers to the second clause (") of the first part (a) of the verse [and delivered Iheiit lo spoilers who despoiled 5 them). The first clause of the second half of the verse {and he sold them into the power 0/ their enemies on all sides) uinild be v. I4'''.
A. i>. = In the year of our Lord 10 (Lat. Anno Domini).
Am. = Amos.
Ant. = Antiquities, especially the
work of the Jewish historian Josephus
(i37-iooi A. D. ) on Jewish Antiquities.
15 ARV = Authorized and Revised
Versions.
AV = Authorized Version.
AVM = Authorized Version, mar- gin. 20 ij = Second part (or second line)
of a verse ; see =.
Bar. = Baruch.
B. c.= Before Christ. Bibl.= Biblical.
25 <;=; Third part (or third line) of a
verse ; see '^.
c, or C.= Chapter, cc, or CC. = Chapters. r«.= about (Lat. cirea). 30 Cant. = Song of Solomon {Canti-
cles).
cent. = Century.
cf., or Cf.= Compare (Lat. confer). Chr., or Chron,= Chronicles. 35 col., or Col.= Column.
Col.= Colossians. Cor. = Corinthians. d = Fourth part (or fourth line) of a verse ; see '^. 40 D = Deuteronomy, or the author of
Deuteronomy ; see Notes on Judges,
p. 46, 1- 15; P- 53. •• to-
D^ = Deuteronomistic editors.
Dan.= Daniel. 45 Deut.= Deuteronomy.
E = East.
E = Ephraimitic Writer ; see Notes on Judges, p. 46, 1. 24.
E'^ = Later additions to E ; see 50 Notes on Judges, p. 46, 1. 40.
Eccl., or Eccles.= Ecclesiastes.
ed.= Edition.
e. g. = For example ( Lat. exempli gratid).
ENE = East-North-East.
Eph.= Ephesians.
esp.= Especially.
Esth.= Esther.
Ex., or Exod.= Exodus.
Ez., or Ezek.= Ezekiel.
f=and the following verse (or line, or page, &c. ).
fli". = and the following verses (or lines, or pages, &c.).
fig., or Fig.= Figure.
Gal.= Galatians.
Gen.= Genesis.
H = The Law of Holiness (Lev. 17-26) -, see Notes on Leviticus, p. 56.
Hal).= Habakkuk.
Hag., or Hagg. = Haggai.
Heb.= Hebrew, or Epistle to the Hebrews.
Her. = Herodotus.
Honi.= Homer.
Hos. = Hosea.
ib., or ihid.= \n the same place (Lat. ihidem).
i. (•. = That is (Lat. id est).
//.= Iliad.
in. = inch, or inches.
Inscr. = Inscription.
Is., or Isa.= Isaiah.
J = Judaic Writer ; see Notes on Judges, p. 46, 1. 23.
Jas. = James.
JE = The Prophetic Narrative of the Hexateuch, composed of J and E ; see Notes on Judges, p. 46, II. 26.41 ;
P- 53. 1- ,35-
Jer. = Jeremiah.
jHVH = the Hebrew name of the Supreme Being, erroneously written and pronounced Jehovah. The true pronunciation seems to have been Yati- u<av ; see Notes on the Psalms, p. 163, 11. 36 if.
Jon.= lonah.
Jos., or Josh. = Joshua.
K.= Kings.
I. or L.= Line.
II. or LL.= Lines. Lam.= Lamentations. Lat.= Latin.
Ib.= Pound (Lat. libra). Ibs.= Pounds.
/. r. = In the place before citetl (Lat. loco citato).
— »*^«@Sc 3nfro6uc'org (^cmarfta -sj^fsw-^ —
Lev. = Leviticus.
lit., or Lit.= Literally.
LXX = Septuagint, the ancient Greek Version of OT, made in Egypt by Hellenistic Jews (3^-15' cent. B.C.),
M = margin. Cf. AV, RV.
Mace. = Maccabees.
Mal.= Malachi.
Matth.= Matthew.
Meg. = Megillah (the Heb. word for scroll, volume).
Mic.= Micah.
MS = Manuscript.
MSS = Manuscripts.
Mt.= Mount, or Mountain.
n.= Note.
nn.= Notes.
Nah.= Nahum.
NE = North-East.
Neh.= Nehemiah.
NNE = North-North-East.
no., or No. = Number.
nos., or Nos.= Numbers.
NT = New Testament.
Num. = The Book of Numbers.
NW = North-West.
Ob., or Obad. = Obadiah.
Od., or 0(/)'M. = Odyssey.
op. cit.= In the work before cited (Lat. opcre citato).
OT = Old Testament.
P = Priestly Writer ; see Notes on Judges, p. 92, 41 ; cf. Notes on Levit- icus, p. 56.
p., or P.= Page.
pp., or PP. = Pages.
Pesh.= Peshita, the earliest Syriac Version of the Old Testament.
Pliil.= Philippians.
Prov. = Proverbs.
Ps.= Psalm.
Pss. = Psalms.
R = Redactor or editor. 5
RJ^ = Redactor of JE ; see Notes on Judges, p. 46, 11. 26.45.
Rev.= Revelation.
Rom.= Romans.
RV = Revised Version. 10
RVM = Revised Version, margin.
S = South.
S., or Sam. = Samuel.
SE = South-East.
sec.= Second. 15
Sir.= Ecclesiasticus (The Wisdom of Jesus, the son of Sirach).
Sol.= Solomon.
SW = South -West.
Targ. = Targum, the Jewish trans- 20 lation or paraphrase of the Scriptures in the Western Aramaic dialect.
Thess. = Thessalonians.
Tim. = Timothy.
Tob. = Tobit. 25
v., or V.= Verse.
vv., or VV.= Verses.
z'«>.= Namely (Lat. videlicet).
vol., or Vol. = Volume.
vols., or Vols. = Volumes. 30
Vulg. = V^ulgate, the ancient Latin Version of the Bible, made by St. Jerome about 400 a. d.
W = West.
WNW = West-North-West. 35
WS\V = \Vest-South-West.
Zech.= Zechariah.
Zeph.= Zephaniah.
(E;i:<racfe from t%t (preface of i%t. ilut^ortjcS (Pcreion.
In conclusion, no words of ours can so befittingly, or so eloquently, set 40 forth the motives which have guided us, or so amply justify our Translation, as the following extracts from thc^ Preface to the Authorized Version of 161 1; three hundred years have not veiled their truth, and tliey encourage us to-day in tones as commanding as when the pious translators first uttered them : —
"Things of this quality have ever been subject to the censures of illmeaning 45 and discontented persons. For was there ever any thing projected, that savored any way of newness or renewing, but the same endured many a storm of gain- saying or opposition? In some Commonweals it was made a capital crime, once to motion the making of a new law for the abrogating of an old, though the same were most pernicious. As oft as we do any thing of note or consequence, 50 we subject ourselves to every one's censure. So hard a thing is it to please all, even when we please God best, and do seek to approve ourselves to every one's
conscience. Whosoever attempteth any tiling for the public (specially if it pertain to religion, and to the opening and clearing of the word of (jod) the same setteth himself upon a stage to be gloated upon by every evil eye ; yea, he casteth himself headlong upon pikes, to be gored by every^ sharp tongue. 5 For he that meddleth with men's religion in any part meddleth with their cus- tom, nay, with their freehold ; and though they find no content in that which they have, yet they cannot abide to hear of altering.
But now what piety without truth? What truth, what saving truth, without tile word of God? What word of God, whereof we may be sure, without tlie
lo .Scripture? The Scriptures we are ct)nimanded to search, John 5,39; Esa. 8,20. The Scripture is not only an armor, but also a whole armory of weapons, both offensive and defensive ; it is a fountain of most pure water springing up unto everlasting life. Happy is the man that delighteth in the Scripture, and thrice happy that meditateth in it day and night. -
15 But how shall men meditate in that which they cannot understand? How
shall they understand that which is kept close in an unknown tongue? Trans- lation it is that openeth the window, to let in the light ; tliat breaketh the shell, that we may eat the kernel ; that putteth aside the curtain, that we may look into the most holy place ; that removeth the cover of the well, that we may
20 come by the water. Indeed without translation into the vulgar tongue, the unlearned are but like children at Jacob's well (which was deep)* without a bucket or something to draw with ; or as that person mentioned by Esay,^ to whom when a sealed book was delivered with this motion : Read //lis, I pray //ler, he was fain to make this answer : / canno/, for i/ is sea/ed.
25 The godly learned were not content to have the Scriptures in the language
which themselves understood, but also for the behoof and edifying of the unlearned, which hungered and thirsted after righteousness,* and had souls to be saved as well as they, they provided translations into the vulgar for their countrymen. So that to have the Scriptures in the mother tongue is not a
30 quaint conceit lately taken up, but has been thought upon, and put in practice of old, even from the first times of the conversion of any nation ; no doubt because it was esteemed most profitable to cause faith to grow in men's hearts the sooner, and to make them to be able to say with the words of the Psalm :' As we /lave /leard, so xve have seen.
35 Many men's mouths have been open a good while (and yet are not
stopped) with speeches about the translation so long in hand, and ask what may be the reason, what the necessity, of the etnployment. Hath the Church been deceived, say they, all this while ? We hoped that we had been in the right way, that we had had the Oracles of God delivered unto us, and that
40 though all the world had cause to be oflended, and to complain, yet that w-e had none. Hath the nurse holden out the breast, and nothing but wind in it? Was their translation good before. Why do they now mend it? Was it not good. Why then was it obtruded to the people? We will answer them briefly with St. Hicrotne : Do we condemn //le ancicn/ ? In no case ; but af/er //le
45 endeavors of //tern //lat were before us, we take f/ie best pains we can in t/ie liouse of God. Blessed be they, and most honored be their name, that break the ice, and give the onset upon that which helpeth forward to the saving of souls !
Now what can be more available thereto, than to deliver God's book unto
50 God's people in a tongue which they understand? Since of an hidden treasure, and of a fountain that is sealed, there is no profit. As St. Augustine saith :
'Ps,ilml,2. ''John 4,11. »Is:iiah 29 , II . 12. •> Mattli. 5 . 6- ■ Psalm 48 , 8.
— »*s^<Sfi:- 3n'ro^i'^'«rH (Jlcmarfta -s:S*t^*«-» — XI
A man had rather be with his dog than with a stranger (whose tongue is strange to him). If we, building upon their foundation that went before us, and being holpen by their labors, do endeavor to make that better which they left so good, no man, we are sure, hath cause to mislike us ; they, we persuade ourselves, if they were alive, would thank us. How many books of profane 5 learning ha\e been gone over again and again, by the same translators, by others ? Let us bless God from the ground of our heart for working this religious care to have the translations of the Bible maturely considered of and examined. We do not deny that the very meanest translation of the Bible in English containeth the word of God. But to whom ever was it imputed for a 10 fault (by such as were wise) to go over that which he had done, and to amend it where he saw cause? If we will be sons of the truth, we must consider what it speaketh, and trample upon our own credit, yea, and upon other men's too, if either be any way an hindrance to it.
To that purpose there were many chosen, that were greater in other men's 15 eyes than in their own, and that sought the truth rather than their own praise. And in what sort did these assemble? In the trust of their own knowledge, or of their sharpness of wit, or deepness of judgment, as it were in an arm of flesh ? At no hand. They trusted in Him that hath the key of David, opening, and no man sliutting.^ In this confidence, and with this devotion, did they 20 assemble together ; not too many, lest one should trouble another ; and yet many, lest many things haply might escape them. If you ask what they had before them, truly it was the Hebrew text of the Old Testament, the Greek of the New. These are the two golden pipes, or rather conduits, wherethrough the olive branches empty themselves into the gold.^ 25
Matters of such weight and consequence are to be speeded with maturity; for in a business of moment a man feareth not the blame of convenient slack- ness. Neither did we think much to consult the translators or commentators, Chaldee, Hebrew, Syrian, Greek, or Latin ; neither did we disdain to revise that which we had done, and to bring back to the anvil that which we had 30 hammered ; but having and using as great helps as were needful, and fearing no reproach for slowness, nor coveting praise for expedition, we have at length, through the good hand of the Lord upon us,' brought the work to that pass that you see.
Some peradventure would have no variety of senses to be set in the margin, 35 lest the authority of the Scriptures for deciding of controversies by that show of uncertainty should somewhat be shaken. But we hold their judgment not to be so sound in this point. There be many words in the Scriptures, which be never found there but once (having neither brother nor neighbor, as the Hebrews speak) so that we cannot be holpen by conference of places. Again, there 40 be many rare names of certain birds, beasts, and precious stones, &c., concern- ing which the Hebrezvs themselves are so divided among themselves for judg- ment, that they may seem to have defined this or that, rather because they would say something, than because they were sure of that which they said. Now in such a case, doth not a margin do well to admonish the Reader to 45 seek further, and not to conclude or dogmatize upon this or that peremptorily? For as it is a fault of incredulity, to doubt of those things that are evident ; so to determine of such things as the Spirit of God hath left (even in the judgment of the judicious) questionable, can be no less than presumption. Diversity of signification and sense in the margin, where the text is not so clear, must needs 50 do good ; yea, is necessary, as we are persuaded.
• Rev. 3,7. « Zech. 4,12. ' » Ezra 7,9; Neh. 2,8.18
3n<robuctorg (^cmarfte ■
Anotln-r lliing we think jjixxl to admcmisli thee of, gentle Reader, that we have not tied ourselves to an uniformity of phrasing, or to an identity of words, as some peradventure would wish that we had done, because they observe, that some learned men somewhere have been as exact as they could that way. 5 Truly, that we might not vary from the sense of that wliich we had translated before, if the word signified the same thing in both places (for there be some words that lie not of the same sense every where) we were especially careful, and made a conscience, according to our duty. But that we should e.xpress the same notion in the same particular word ; as for e.xample, if we translate the to Uehrciv or Greek word once by purpose, never to call it intent; if one where journeying, w^witr traveling \ if one where think, never suppose; if one where pain, never aehe; if one where joy, never gladness, &c., thus to mince the matter, we thought to savor more of curiosity than wisdom, and that rather it would breed .scorn in the atheist, than bring profit to the godly reader. For is 15 the kingdom of God become words or syllables? Why should we be in bond- age to them, if we may be free? Use one precisely, when we may use another no less fit as commodiously ?
A godly Father" in the primitive time reporteth that he was much abused
for turning cueurbila^ (to which reading the people had been used) into
20 hcilera.'' Now if this happen in better times, and upon so small occasions,
we might justly fear hard censure, if generally we should make verbal and
unnecessary changings.
We might also be charged (by scoffers) with some unequal dealing towards a great number of good English words. If we should say, as it were, unto 25 certain words: Stand up higher, have a place in the Bible always; and to others of like quality : Get you hence, be banished for ever ; we might be ta.xed per- ad\enture with St. James's words, namely, To be partial in ourselves, and judges of evil thoughts.'
Lastly, we have on the one side avoided the scrupulosity of the Puritanes, 30 who leave the old Ecclesiastical words, and betake them to other, as when they put ivashing for baptism, and eongrcgation instead of Church ; as also on the other side we have shunned the obscurity of the Papists, in their azymes, tunike, rational, holocausts, prccpuce, pasche, and a number of such like. We desire that the Scripture may speak like itself, as in the language of Canaan, 35 that it may be understood even of tlie very vulgar.
Many other things we might give thee warning of, gentle Reader, if we
had not exceeded the measure of a preface already. It remaineth that we
commend thee to God, and to the Spirit of His grace, which is able to build
further than we can ask or think. He removeth the scales from our eyes, the
40 veil from our hearts, opening our wits that we may understand His word,
enlarging our hearts, yea, correcting our affections, that we may love it above
gold and silver, yea, that we may love it to the end. Ye are brought unto
fountains of living water which ye digged not ; do not cast earth into them,
neither prefer broken pits before them. Others have labored, and you may
45 enter into their labors. O receive not so great things in vain. Be not like
swine to tread under foot so precious things, neither yet like dogs to tear and
abuse holy things. If light be come into the world, love not darkness more
than light ; if food, if clothing be offered, go not naked, starve not yourselves.
Remember the advice, It is a grievous thing to neglect a great fair, and to
50 seek to make markets afterwards. Amen."
*a>!^
"St. Jerome (about 400 A. D.). »gourd (Jonali 4 , 6). >'ivy. 'Jas. 2,4.
a&aia^
!♦ (BenuiM (prophecies of '^eaia^
Prophecv I .
§iv6t to^cdion of Jeata^'© (prop^ccie©
2. I
1. Z?)C ^m^tnlxn^ ®ap of t(it £ov6.
(Soon after 740 b. c. )
HE WORD that Isaiali ben-Amoz saw' concerning 5 Judah and Jerusalem.
************ [of Jhvh ! (3 House of Jacob ! come, let us walk in the light Yea, Thou, -Jhvh*, hast renounced Thy people,^ the
House of Jacob, 10 Because they are full of cdiviners) from the East, 3 and of soothsayers like the Philistines,* And with foreigners they strike hands *in agreement*. 7 Israel's land is become full of sih-er and gold — endless +the sum
of* his treasures — 15 His land is become full of horses — endless *the number of* his S His land is become full of idols, [chariots, ^
To the work of his own hands ihe bows downi, to that which his
own fingers have wrought ;
2,9-22 -^«*e^®Ss- 1 3e<»ia5 -^S^*^**— 2
2,9+All* humankind is bowed down, and man is brought low; and
Thou canst not forgive themi !
10 Go into "tile clefts- of the rocks, and hide thyself in the dust, At the terror of Jhvii and the splendor of His majesty,
■ When He arises to strike awe throughout the earth-. 5
THE SAME SUBJECT AGAIN (fROM ANOTHER POEM).^ ****************
11 The chaughtiness) of humankind shall be cbowed down), And the loftiness of man (brought low),
And in that day shall Jhvh alone be exalted. 10
12 For a day'' ♦of doom+ has Jhvh Sabaoth for all that is proud And for all that is lifted up and <high> ; [and lofty,
13 For all the cedars of Lebanon, the lofty. And for all the oaks of Bashan, the uplifted,
14 For all the mountains, the lofty, 15 And for all the hills, the uplifted,
15 For every high tower, And for every fenced wall,
16 For all ships of Tarshish,^
And for all stately ivessels? .5 20
17 The haughtiness of humankind shall be bowed down. And the loftiness of man brought low.
And in that day shall Jhvh alone be exalted.
CONTINUATION OF THE FIRST DESCRIPTION.
18 The idols 25
*************** *************** *************** [ground,
19 And men shall go into caverns of rocks, and into holes of the At the terror of Jhvh, and the splendor of His majesty, 30 When He arises to strike awe throughout the earth."
2 , 20 * To 'the moles' and to the bats, in that day, shall men cast their idols of
21 silver and gold, which they made to bow down to, that they may go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the rents of the cliffs, at the terror of Jhvh and the splendor of His majesty, when He arises to strike awe throughout the
22 earth. Oh, cease trusting in man, in whose nostrils is a breath ! for at what is he to be valued !
3 ^«4-e|«ss«- 1 36ata5 -sjiBfeM.^— 3,1-15
2. faff cf 3u5a6.
Its cause indicated (735 n. c. )i°
3,1 I ''OR behold, the Lord Jhvh Sabaoth removes from Jerusalem
2 1 and from Judah every stay and support :" the knight and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the diviner and the elder, the 5
3 captain of fifty and the man of eminence, the counselor, the magi-
4 cian and the expert in charms. I will make youths their princes,
5 and insulting boys shall rule over them ; yea, the people shall tyrannize one over another, man over man, and neighbor over neighbor ; they shall be insolent, the boy to the aged, the mean to 10
6 the honorable. When one man takes hold of another in his father's house, tsaying* : Thou hast tstilh an upper garment, be
7 thou our chieftain, be thine this heap of ruins ! in that day, he shall cry aloud : I will not be tyour+ physician ; in my house is neither bread nor upper garment ; ye shall not make me chieftain. 15
8 For Jerusalem comes to ruin, and Judah falls. Because their tongue and their deeds are against Jhvh To defy His glorious eyes.
9 Their observance of persons witnesses against them,"
And their sin they publish* without disguise ; 20
Woe unto them ! for they have wrought their own misfortunes.'
12 My people — a boy is their governor, and over them rule
women. "^ • My people ! thy guides lead thee astray, and' thy paths they
have brought to confusion. 25
13 Jhvh comes forward to plead; He stands to judge <His people> ;
14 Jhvh enters into judgment with the elders of His people and
with the princes thereof +sayingt : And ye, ye, +like cattle*, have devoured the vineyard ; the spoil
of the destitute is in your houses. 3°
15 What mean ye by crushing my people, and by grinding the face Thus says the Lord Jhvh Sabaoth. [of the destitute?
3,1 -all stay of bread and all support of water 9 ^like Sodom
*
10 ''Happy is the righteous, it is well 'with him*; the fruit of his deeds he shall
11 eat. Woe unto the wicked ! he fares ill ; the work of his hands shall be done to him.
12 ''the way
3, i6-4.6 — ^-^-emsai-X ^aataB -sy-^?sH«— 4
3. (pumo^ment of t^i (proub BaStco of Jcnieafcm.
(735 B-C.) 3, 16 AND JiiVH said :'3
iV Because Zion's daughters are haughty,
And walk with neck thrown back and leering eyes, [ankles, 5 Tri])i)iiig along as they go, and making a chime with their 17 With scabs will the Lord encrust the crowns of their heads,
Jii\'H will expose their cshames) ;" 24 Instead of perfume there shall be rottenness, and instead of a
girdle a rope, 10 Instead of artful curls, baldness, and instead of a flowing
mantle, girding of sackcloth." 4,1 In that day seven women will seize upon one man, saying: Our own bread will we eat, and with our own garments will we be clad ; only let us be called by thy name, take thou awaj' our 15 disgrace.'''
4. QUeeetantc JtlppcnJtv.'s
(Post-Exilic )
2 T N that day, to those of Israel who have escaped, will the *self—
J. springing plants of Jhvh'* be grace and glory, and the fruit of 20
3 the land pride and adornment."' Then will he who is left in Zion, and remains in Jerusalem, be called holy,'? +yea+ every one who is
4 registered *and appointed* for life"^ in Jerusalem, when the Lord has washed off the filth of Zion's daughters, and cleansed the guilt}- blood-stains of Jerusalem from the midst thereof'' by a breath of 25
5 judgment and a breath of extirpation.'" <He will come, and there will be> over the whole place of Mount Zion and o\'er Zion's assemblies a cloud by day, and smoke with the brightness of a
6 flaming fire by nighty" and -He will show Himself> as a shade'' from the heat, and as a refuge and as a shelter from storm and 30 from rain.
3,18 "In that day Jhvh will put away the finery of the anklets, and the little suns 19.20 and moons; the ear-drops, the arm-chains, and the long veils; the diadems,
21 the step-chains, the girdles, the perfume-boxes, and the amulets; the signet-
22 rings and the nose-rings ; the rich dresses, the mantles, the shawls, and the
23 purses ; the mirrors, the linen vests, the turbans, and the large veils.
* 24.25 "A liraiul instead of beauty. — Thy burghers will fall l^y the sword, and thy 26 warriors in battle. And her gates will sigh and lament, and being emptied she will sit on the ground. * 4,5' for over every glorious thing will l)e a canopy 6 ' by day
Prophecy 2.
(paraBfc of t^c (^inc^atb:
(About 735 B. c. )
5,1 A SONG will I sint; of my friend,
l\. A cloven-song touching his vineyard. 5
A vineyard belongs to my friend, On a hill that is fruitful and sunny;
2 He digged it, and cleared it of stones,
And planted there vines that are choice; A tower he built in the midst, 10
And hewed also therein a wine-vat; And he looked to find grapes that are good,
Alas I it bore grapes that are wild.
3 Ye, in Jerusalem dwelling.
And ye, who are freemen of Judah, 15
Judge ye, I pray, between me And my +cherished* vineyard.
4 What could have been done for my vineyard
That I had not done ? When I looked to find grapes that are good, 20
Why bore it grapes that are wild ?
5 And now let me give you to know
What I purpose to do to my vineyard: ♦I willt take away its hedge.
That it be eaten up, 25
*I will* break through its walls,
That it be trodden down;
6 Yea, I will make it a waste.
Neither pruned nor weeded;
It shall shoot up in thorns and briars, 30
And the clouds will I enjoin that they rain not upon it.
7 For the vineyard of Jhvh Sabaoth is the House of Israel, And the men of Judah His cherished plantation ;
And He looked for justice, but behold! sbloodshedi.
For righteousness, but behold ! an outcry. 35
5,8-2o — 9.«^«SSs- 1 38ata^ •«**g3-«-'^
Prophecy 3.
^i;i:fof5 ©cnunctafton.'
(About 735 B.C.)
5,8 "\ ^ /"OE unto those who join house to house, who add field to V V field, till there is no more room, 5
And ye are settled alone in the midst of the land !^ 9 cThcrcfore thus> has Jhvh Sabaoth crevealcd Himself, in mine ears : Surely +your+ many houses shall become a desolation, tyour* great
and fair tplaces* without inhabitant ;
10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield 'but* one bath, and the seed 10
of a homer *but* an ephah.3
11 Woe unto those who rise at dawn to addict themselves to mead,'' Who tarry late in the evening, inflamed with wine ; [banquets,'
12 And lute and harp, timbrel and flute, and wine are at their But they regard not Jhvh's work, and they see not the operation 15
13 Therefore my people go into exile unawares, [of His hands. And their honored ones are <sapless from; hunger, and their noisy
throng parched with thirst.
14 Therefore Sheol gapes ravenously, and opens the mouth to its
widest ; 20 And the splendor of Zion, and her busy throng, and all who are joyous within her, plunge *headlong« into it,"
17 And lambs graze . . . , and the fatlings* feed amid ruins.
18 Woe unto those who draw guilt ^on themselves* with cords of And punishment as with traces of a wain ; [ungodliness, 25
19 Who say : Let His work hasten, let it speed, that we may see it. Let the purpose of Israel's Holy One draw nigh and come, that
we may perceive it !*
20 Woe unto those who call evil good, and good evil,
Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness, 3°
Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter P
5,15 "So 'all' humankind is bowed down, and man is brou,a;ht low, and the eyes
16 of the hi^h ones are brought low; but Jhvh Sabaoth is -seen to be« high through judgment, and the holy God shows Himself hol>- through right- eousness.
*
17 ^-kids-
■ X 'ieaia^ -^im^im-^^- 5,21-9,12
5,21 Woe unto those who are wise in their own eyes, and keen-witted ************ [in their own conceit !
[in spicing mead,
22 Woe unto those who are mighty — in drinking wine, and valiant —
23 Who, for a bribe, declare the wicked righteous, and strip the 5
righteous of his righteousness !^ *************** [a flame,
24 Therefore, as fire's tongue devours stubble, and as hay shrivels in Their root shall become rottenness, and their blossom go up like
dust, 10 Because they have despised the instruction of Jhvh Sabaoth, and
spurned the word of Israel's Holy One.
25 Therefore against His people the wrath of Jhvh is' kindled, and against them He stretches His hand. He smites them until the mountains tremble, and their carcasses rot in the streets. For all 15 this His anger is not turned away, and His hand is still outstretched.
Prophecy 4.
^ucce00tt?e 0ta^c0 of t^c ^ub^mcnt upon aff ^etacV
(735 B. C.)
9,S A WORD has the Lord sent into Jacob, 20
l\. And it shall light down on Israel, 9 That all the people may feel it, *Yea+, Ephraim and the men of Samaria, cWho have stiffened their neck> in pride And in stoutness of heart, saying : 25
10 Bricks have fallen down, but with hewn stone will we build up, Sycomores have been felled, but cedars shall fill their place. ^
11 Hence against tliem Jhvh stirred up tthcir foe^," And their enemies He spurred on,
12 Syria on the East, the Philistines on the Wcst,3 30 And they devoured Israel greedily.
For all this His anger turned not away. And still was His hand outstretched.
9,11 "Rezin
9,13-10.3 — -ic^reSfs- 1 38ai<»6 -^S^Ss** — 8
9,13 But to Him vviio smote thcni the people turned not, And Jhvh" they did not regard.
14 So from Israel Jhvh cut off head and tail, Palm-branch and rush in one day ;■•
15 The elder and the man of eminence, he is the head, 5 And the prophet who gives false oracles, he is the tail.
36 So the guides of this people proved misleading.
And those who were guided tby them+ were distraught.
17 Therefore the Lord tspares> not their young warriors,
And on orphans and widows He has no compassion, 10
Because every one is impious and an evil-doer,
And every mouth speaks folly.
For all this His anger turned not away,
And still was His ha n d outstretched.
iS For unrighteousness burns like a fire, 15
Consuming thorns and briars ;
It kindles the thickets of the forest,
Upward they cwhirh in columns of smoke.' ig^'By the fury of Jhvh" the land was ^burned up>,
And the people became food for the flames. [famished, 20
2o"They carved off slices on the right, and *stilU they were
They devoured on the left, and +stilh were unsatisfied ;* ig'^None had pity on his fellow, 2o''Every one devoured his -neighbor' s> flesh : 21 Manasseh tdevoured* Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh, 25
^But* both together were against Judah.'
For all this His anger turned not away,
And still was His hand outstretched.
10,1 Woe unto those who set up unjust decrees,'
And the scribes who busily write oppression 30
2 To turn aside the helpless from judgment,
And to despoil the wretched of my people of their rights
That widows may be their prey,
And that orphans may be their plunder !
3 What, then, will ye do in the day of visitation 35 And of crashing storm which comes from afar ?
To whom for aid will ye flee,
And where will ye leave your wealth ?
9. 13. 19 '.Sab.ioth
9 — «-s«S<€i> I Jeaid^ -siSjsiE*^-* — 10,4-6,2
io,4cBeltis has sunk down, Osiris is broken;,^ And under the slain they fall.
For all this His anger is not turned away, And His hand is still outstretched.
5,26 So He will raise a signal'" to a distant cnationj, 5
And hiss" to them to come from the end of the earth ; And lo I speedily, swiftly they come.
27 None there is weary, and among them none stumbles,'
The zone of their loins is not loosened, of their sandals there
tears not a thong, 10
28 Their arrows are sharpened, and their bows are all bent,
The hoofs of their horses are counted as flint, and as a whirl- wind their wheels ;
29 Their roaring is like that of the lion, yea, like young lions
they roar, 15 And growl, and seize the prey, and carry it off safe, and none
rescues +it*.
30 And there shall be over them, in that day,'^ a booming, like the booming of the sea, and if one look to the earth, behold, dark- ness full of distress * * « * * 20
Pkophecv 5.
1- ^eata^'e dHcceunf of tU QOieion of 6t6 Coneecrafton."
(About 734 B.C.) 25
6,1 T N the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting
1 upon a high and uplifted throne ; the train of His +robe+
2 filled the Temple. Seraphim stood erect before Him;= each one
5 , 27 » they neither slumber nor sleep
6,3-7,2 -it^^mif 1 3g'''ft& -3»B»j^i°« — 10
6 had six wings : one pair covered the face, another the loins," and
3 the third served for flight. And again and again tliey cried to one another, saying :
Holy, holy, holy, is Jhvh Sabaoth,
The whole earth is full of His glory. 5
4 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the sound of their
5 voices, and the Temple was filled with smoke. 3 And I said ; Woe is me ! I am undone ! I am a man of unclean lips \'> I dwell amid a people of unclean lips 1 mine eyes have seen The King,
6 JnvH Sabaoth ! Then flew to me one of the Seraphim, with a hot lo stone in his hand, that he had taken with tongs from off the
7 altar;5 and with it he touched m)^ mouth, and said: Lo! this has
8 touched thy lips ; thy iniquity is gone, and thy sin forgiven. And I heard the voice of Jhvh, saying: Whom shall I send? and who
9 will go for us ?* And I said : Here am I ; send me. And He 15 said : Go, and say to this people :
Hear on, but understand not ! See on, but perceive not ! 10 Make fat this people's heart, make dull their ears, and besmear
their eyes. Lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and their 20 heart understand, and their health be restored.
II And I said: How long, O Lord? And He said:
Until cities be waste without inhabitants, and houses without
men, and the land <be left> a desolation,
12 And JiiVH have sent the men far away, and in the heart of the 25
land the deserted regions be wide.
13 And should there be still a tenth in it, this must, in turn, be
consumed, Like the terebinth and the oak, whereof a stock after felling The stock thereof is holy seed. [remains.' 30
2. 3w<J6ton of (^c?tn, ani tHii ^tgn of 3"»»"a»«"«f.^
(734 n. c; edited late)
7,1 A ND it came to pass in the days of Ahaz ben-Jotham ben-
-Lx. Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin, king of Syria, with
Pekah ben-Remaliah, king of Israel, w'ent up to Jerusalem to assault 35
2 it, but he was not able to take it.' And it was reported to the
House of David that S\'ria had settled down'° upon Ephraim. And
II — »*«*6@Si- 1 38ata^ -iasjgs** — 7,3-19
7 +Ahaz'* heart and the heart of his people shook as the trees of
3 the forest shake before the wind. And Jhvh said to Isaiah : Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou and thy son Shear-jashub, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, on the highwa)- by the
4 fuller's field," and say to him : Be wary, and keep thyself calm ; 5 fear not, neither be faint-hearted because of these two fag-ends of smoking firebrands, however fierce be the wrath of Rezin and
5 Syria, and of ben-Remaliah. Because Syria has purposed evil
6 against thee, *with* Ephraim and ben-Remaliah, saying : Let us go up against Judah, and tdistressj it, and win it for ourselves, 10
7 and appoint ben-Tabel" to be king therein. Thus says the Lord
8 Jhvh : It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass. For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin,"
9 and the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is ben-Remaliah * * * * . If ye hold not fast, verily }'e shall 15 not stand fast.'^
10. II And Jhvh spoke further to Ahaz, saying: Ask thee a sign
of Jhvh, thy God ; choose it *either+ ifrom Sheob below, or from
12 the height above."* But Ahaz said : I will not ask, neither will
13 I put Jhvh to the test. Then *Isaiah* said : Hear now, O House 20 of David ; is it not enough for you to wear>' men, but ye must
14 weary my God also ? Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign : '5 Behold, a young woman will conceive, and bear a son,
16 and will call his name Immanuel ;" because before the boy knows how to refuse the e\-il, and choose the good,"'' the land, of whose 25 two kings thou art sore afraid, will be unpeopled.'
3. ^i^agmenfes on tU "^ixvoc wrought 6p tf)i dReejnane.
(Date uncertain; partly recast by a late editor)
18 AND in that day will Jhvh hiss to the flies,' and to the
19 l\ bees,'^' and they will all come, and settle in the ravines 30
7, 8'' "and within sixty-five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it shall be no
longer a people *
15 « soured milk and honey will be his food when he knows how to refuse the
evil, and choose the good *
17 'Jhyh will bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days such as have not been since the day of Ephraim's departing from Judah, •/. e.' the king of Assyria. 17
*
18 "at the end of the streams of Egypt 'in the land of Assyria
7 . 2' I ~ 8 . 7 -' - :—•:;■- I 3o'i'i>5 ^®*^3*«^ 12
7 between the steep heJLjhts, and in the clefts of the rocks, and on
20 all thorn-hed!|es, and on all pastures. In that day will the Lord sha\ e with the razor that is hired be\'ond The I\.i\er*' the head, and the hitlden hair,"' and the beard also will it take away^°
21 » * « ;t * And it w"ill come to pass in that day^' that 5
22 a man will keep a yoimg cow and two sheep, and it will come to pass that, because of the abundance of milk, a man will live on soured milk; soured milk and honey will be the food of every one who is left in the land *********
23 And it will come to pass in that day that wherever there used 10 to be a thousand vines at a thousand pieces of silver, ^^ that place
24 will be all thorns and briars. With arrows and with bow will men
25 come thither, for all the land will become thorns and briars. And as for all the mountains that used to be hoed, men will keep aloof from them for fear of thorns and briars; and it will be a place 15 whereto cattle may be sent, and where sheep may trample.
4. (Rutn of ^jvta anb (Sp^ratm.
(734 "-c-.) 1,1 A^'D Jhvh said to me: Take thee a large tablet, ^^ and inscribe iV upon it in plain characters :=t swift ■ spoil • speeuv ■ pkev; 20
2 and -take* for me as credible witnesses Uriah, the priest, '^s and
3 Zechariah ben-Jeberechiah. And I approached the prophetess, and she conceived, and bore a son. And Jhvh said to me: Call his
4 name Maher-shalal-hash-baz ;''' for before the boy knows how to cry "My father" and "My mother" the_\- will carr\- off the riches 25 of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria before the king of Assyria.''
5. dReepvian J^f^isiot '» t^c Sort's (gaming (0 ^aciia^.
(734-723 B-C.)
5 A XD Jhvh spoke )-et further to me, saying:
6 l\. Forasmuch as this people have rejected the waters of Shiloah 30 And despond* * * * * * » [which flow softly, =^
7 Therefore behold, upon them, the Lord brings up the waters of
The River, the might}' and great/
7,20 "with the king of A.ssyria
8,5'' "because of Rezin and ben-Remaliah * 7 •• the king of Assyria and all his glory
13 ^«^«3S«€S*- 1 S'^'^'oS •SSSJcS*^^ 8, 8-18
8 And it shall rise above all its channels, and overflow all its banks, 8 And shall sweep onward into Judah, shall flow o\-er it, and
pass over it, reaching e\en to the neck.
*****************
************** [thcc^ land.^' 5
And *Jhvh's+ outspread wings shall cover the full breadth of
cFor= With us is God .3° [of the earth !
9<Knovv>, ye peoples, and . . . ; and give ear, all }-e far lands
Gird yourselves, yet ye shall be terror-stricken; gird yoursehes,
yet ye shall be terror-stricken ! 10
10 Devise a plan, but it shall come to nought ; decree a resolve, For With us is God. 3° [but it shall not stand ;
11 For thus JuvH said to me, mastering me with *His*3' hand, warning mc not to follow the custom of this people ;
12 Call ye not conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy, '^ 15 And that which they fear, fear not ye, neither count it worthy
13 Jhvh Sabaoth, Him count ye holy, [of dread. Let Him be your fear, and let Him be your dread.
14 He shall be" a stone to strike against, 33
A rock of stumbling to both Houses of Israel, 20
A trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
15 Many shall stumble thereover, and shall fall and be broken,
and be snared and be taken.
6. (Bptfogue (0 (Recent (prophetic (Kcpcfattono.
(170I1 B.C.)
25
16 + T WILL* bind up the admonition, ^and* seal the instruction
17 i. among my disciples ;3t and I will wait for Jhvh, who hides His face from the House of Jacob, and in Him will I hope.
18 Behold, I and the children whom Jhvh has given me3s are signs
-'00
and symbols +of what shall be* in Israel from Jhvh Sabaoth who 30 dwells in Zion.
-?^«®e5s^7^-«'
8,14 ° a sanctuary, and
8,19-9.6 — »»i«^eEBi- 1 38ata5 •si»8»«-8— 14
7. 5«'03>»en( on tU ©eepatr of (^e (piOTpk of 3»i*6.
(734 B. c; edited late)
8 , 19 A ND when they say to you : Consult the ghosts and the famihar IX. spirits that cheep and that moan, 3* -tgive this answer*: Should not a people ♦rather* consult its God? on behalf of the living 5 20 *should men consult* the dead? To the instruction and to the admonition! 37 Surely they will speak according to this word.
* * * * •he* for whom there is no daybreak. 3^
21 And he will pass through it, 39 hard-pressed and famishing.
And it will be that, when he is famished, he will be enraged, 10 Antl will curse his king and his God,''° and turn his gaze
22 * * * * , and tthen* to earth will he look, [upward, But behold, distress and gloom, a dark veil of anguish,
And thick darkness
8. Z9)t 3j4af Tltng. 15
(Probably post-E.\ilic)
9 > I ° T N the former time He brought into contempt the land of A Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter *time* He confers honor on the road to the Sea, the other side of the Jordan, the district of the nations. t" • 20
2 The people who walked in darkness behold a great light ; Those who dwell in the land of deepest gloom, upon them a
light brightly shines.
3 Thou multipliest cexultation>, thou increasest joy ;
They joy before thee as men joy in harvest, *and* as men exult 25
when they di\ide spoil.
4 For ♦Israel's* burdensome yoke, and the ccrossban laid on his
shoulder, The rod of his taskmaster, thou hast broken as in Midian's
day *of battle*." 30
5 For every boot of the warrior whose tread resounds, and ♦eveiy*
war-cloak drenched with blood, Will be burned up, ♦will be+ the prey of the flames.
6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given,
[And dominion rests on his shoulder, 35
9, I* "For is there not a dark veil to "the land- which has anguish? 42
r. '^ 'J <
15 -^>*B|6S*- 1 Jetatag -ia*s^»««^ 9i7-i7i6
9 And his name will be Counselor of Wonders, Mighty Divinity, Father of Spoil, Prince of Peace ;**
1 (Increased will be:> dominion, and to peace will there be no end Upon the throne of David, and throughout his kingdom, To establish and to support it by justice and by righteousness 5 from henceforth and for ever. The zeal of Jhvh' will perform,
•■thid
17,1 TO! ♦ 2 1 -/ an
Prophecy 6.
^<xit of ^6fce llingiome
t. ©eronfaff of ^jria an5 36i:acf.' (Before 734 b. c; edited late) Oracle on Damascus, the day is at hand when* Damascus ceases to be a city.
<for ever>, given up to flocks, which shall lie down there, none 15 3 making them afraid. Ephraim shall lose her fortresses, and Damas- cus her sovereignty ; and the remnant of Aram — like the glory of the Israelites ^ shall they be, says Jhvh Sabaoth.
4 In that day shall the glory of Jacob' grow dim.
And the fatness of his flesh become lean. 20
5 It shall be as when a harvestman gathers standing wheat,
And his arms reap the ears; [Rephaim;^
Yea, it shall be as when he gathers ears in the Vale of
6 And gleanings thereof shall be left, as at the beating of an Two or three berries on the uppermost branch, [olive-tree, 25 Four or five on ithe boughs of the fruit-tree^,
Says Jhvh Sabaoth.*
■ass^
9,7° Sabaoth 17 , 6 * the God of Israel
17.7-14 — •*e#^!s- 1 36ata^ -sss^a-c-^— 16
17,7 In that day shall mortality look to its Maker, And its eyes have regard to Israel's Holy One;
8 It shall not look to the work of its hands,"
And what its ♦own* fingers have made it shall not regard.^"
9 In that day shall <thy cities be deserted* 5 Like the deserted places of the <Hivites and Amorites>,5'
10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy safety,
And the Rock that is th)- bulwark thou hast not remembered. Therefore, though thou plantest ♦little gardens with* shoots for
Adonis, 10 And stockest them with scions ♦dedicated^ to a foreign ♦god^,*
11 ♦Even^ though as soon as thou plantest them, thou fencest And early bringest thy shoots to blossom, [them in, ♦Therefore^ the harvest shall [vanishi in a day of sickness and
■desperate paim. 15
2. (Tpreeervafion of ^uia^.J
(723 B.C.)
12 "\ ^rOE! the tumult of many peoples,
V V Like the tumult of the seas is their tumultuousness ! And the uproar of <[mighty]j nations, 20
Like the roaring of [] waters is their roar!"*
13 * * * * but when He rebukes them, they flee afar off
And are driven like chaff of mountain ♦threshing floors* before And like whirling dust before the tempest. [the wind,
14 At eventide, behold terror! 25 Before morning, they are gone !
Be this the portion of our despoilers And the lot of our plunderers!
17,8 "the altars *and the Asherahs, and the sun-pillars
* 9 'which they deserted ♦fleeing* before the Israelites; it will be a desolation
* 12 'the nations, like the roaring of many waters is their roar
3 ^
2 a
3 ^
17 — »44^^»- 1 38<i<a6 <*?*fe**'*— 28,1-1,31
Prophecv 7.
§ai( of ^amarta.
A fragment.' (Before 722 b. c; edited late)
28,1 AX /"OK! '-lie proud coronet of the drunkards of Ephraim
V V And tlie fading flower of her beauteous adornment, 5 Whicli crown the rich valley of those who with wine are
down-smitten ! ^
2 Behold, Jhvh has +in readiness* one who is strong and un- Like a storm of hail, a destroying tempest; [flinching, Like a storm of mighty, overflowing waters, 10 He casts down to the earth with violence.
3 With feet shall they be trampled upon —
The proud crown of the drimkards of Ephraim,
4 And the fading flower of her beauteous adornment,
Which crown the rich valley; 15
And it will be like an early fig before the fruit-season. Which as soon as a man sees in his hand, he swallows.
5 In tliat day -will Jhvh Sabaoth be a coronet of beauty And a diadem of adornment to the remnant of His people,
6 And a spirit of judgment to him who sits on the judgment- 20
seat, And of might <t0j those who beat back assailants from the
gates. 3
Prophecv 8.
J^^ainet ^rcc-(n)ore^tp. 25
A fragment.' (At any rate before 722 B. c.)
********** [\'e have had pleasure,
1,29 For <ye' will be ashamed because of the terebinths'' wherein And will blush for the gardens which }'e have chosen ;
30 For ye will be like a terebinth whose lea\'es are withered, 30 And like a garden that has no water;
31 The strong man will become tow, and his work^ a spark. And they will both burn together, and none will quench them.
2,2-23,3 — »*K#®S(- 1 36(iia6 -SBr^a**— i8
QUceetanic <Sppcn5t;i:.^
(Post-Exilic)
,2 AND in the latter daj-s the mountain of Jhvh's house will be l\ established as the highest of the mountains, and will be
3 exalted above the hills, s and all nations will stream to it;* and 5 many peoples will set forth, and say :
Come let us go up to the mountain of Jhvh, To the house of the God of Jacob, That He may instruct us out of His precepts,' And that we may walk in His paths ; 10
For from Zion goes forth instruction, And the word of Jhvh from Jerusalem. 4 Then will He judge between the nations, And give decision to many peoples ;
And they will beat their swords into mattocks, 15
And their spears into pruning-knives;' Nation will not lift up sword against nation, Neither will they learn war any more.^ ************
Prophecy 9. 20
fafe of Z^u.'
(If partly Isaiah's, about 725 B.C. Edited late)
Oracle on Tyre.
23,1 "\ ^TAIL, ye ships of Tarshish, for =your fortress^ has been
VV destroyed!" 25
************** [Phoenicia,
2 cExtinct arej the inhabitants of the coast, the merchants of Who traversed the sea, <whose messengers) were on many
waters,
3 cWhose) harvest was the wheat of Shihor,* and twhosei revenue 30
o was the traffic of nations.
23, it) 'from the land of Chittim it has become known to them 5 * the Nile
19 ^**^S»i- 1 3*i»*5 •«@3*3*« — 23,4-16
23,4 Be ashamed, Phoenicia, for the sea ■" says : I have not tra- vailed nor brought forth, I have not reared youths, *nor* brought up virgins."
6 Pass ye over to Tarshish ;" wail, \e inhabitants of the coast !
7 Fares it thus with *Tyret your joj-ous one, whose origin is 5
of ancient days ? Whose feet were wont to carry her afar off to sojourn P^ S Who has purposed this against Tyre, that <crowned> ^queen*,* Whose merchants were princes, o the most honored of the
earth? 10 9 Jiivii Sabaoth has purposed it, to profane +all+ majesty [] To bring into contempt ([all splendor]?, +yea*, all the most
honored of the earth.
10 Pass through thy land, like the Nile ; O people of Tarshish,
there are no more^ ... 15
11 His hand He stretched out over the sea. He made kingdoms
tremble ; Jhvh Sabaoth gave charge to destroy the fortresses of Canaan.*
12 'Exult no more, thou violated virgin, Phoenicia, [rest.' Arise, pass over to Chittim, +but* there, too, thou shalt ha\'e nc^2o
13 Behold the land of Chaldea ;*"' rthey havd appointed ^Tyre*
for desert-beasts ; They have set up ctheir' siege-towers ; they have razed the iThey havd made it a ruin. [palaces thereof;
14 Wail, ye ships of Tarshish, your fortress is destroyed. ^^^^25
■'I
(|?oet-6xtftc dtlppcniiy.
N that day Tyre will pass into oblivion for seventy years, during the reign of one line of kings ;S at the end of seventy years Tyre will fare like the Harlot in the song :
16 Take thy lute, and go about the city, 30
Harlot, forgotten -now by men-! Play thou with skill, sing many a ditty, To win remembrance -then*.
23 , 4 " the fortress of the sea *
5 *When the Egyptians receive the tidings, they will be sore pained at the tidings concerning Tyre. 12 ' He said
* 13 ' this is the people ; it was not Assyria ♦which destroyed Tyre*
23,17-14,32 ^-*4'^^*- X 38<»«<>? -sessfss*^- 20
23,17 For at the end of ,se\'enty years Jhvh will take notice of Tyre, so that she will return to her hire, and play the harlot with all 18 kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth. But her gains and her hire will be dedicated to Jhvh; they will not be stored up nor hoarded, but to those who dwell in the presence of Jh\h 5 will her gains belong, to provide abimdant food and stately apparel.
Prophecv 10.
SciU of t^^ fpmetince.
(720 n. c. ) 14,2s JN the year king Ahaz died came this avord):' 10
29 Rejoice not in all th}- borders, Philistia,^ That the rod which smote thee is broken !
For out of the serpent's root will issue a basilisk, And a flying ch-agon will be its fruit. ^
30 The poor will feed ton my meadows), 15 And the needy will lie down securely;
But thy <seed» will I kill with famine. And thy remnant will <h slay.
31 Howl, O gate ! Cry, O city !
Faint in all thy borders, Philistia! / 20
For out of the North comes the smoke +of the foe*, And no straggler is found in his levies.
32 And what will (the king of my peoplo answer
clf) messengers of a nation ^should speak to hiniJ? That Jhvh has founded Zion, 25
And there the afflicted of His people find refuge.
21 — s^es^ess- 1 3^*'*5 •*^^**~~ 10,5-13
Prophecy ii.
(Fragments of more than one date, combined and edited late)
I. ^^i. IplAn of dtleejna ani tU (pfan cf tU Bovi contraeteb.
(7u B.C.) 5
10,5 "\ IS rOE! Assur, the rod of mine anger V V And the .staff' of mine indignation !
6 Against an impious nation am I wont to send him,=
And against the people of my wrath to give him a charge,
To take spoil, and to seize booty, 10
And to trample them like mire in the streets.
7 But he — not so does he plan.
And his mind, not so does it reckon ;
For extirpation i.s in his mind.
And to cut off nations not a few. 15
8 For he says :
Are not my captains, all of them, kings ?
9 Has not Caino fared like Carchemish ? And Hamath like Arpad ?3
Or Samaria like Damascus? 20
10 As my hand has seized upon <those> kingdoms, — though their
11 images did outnumber those of Jeru.salem" — can I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, do likewise to Jerusalem and her
12 images?* Moreover, when the Lord shall have finished all His work on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, cHe^ will punish the fruit 25 of the stoutness of heart of the king of Assyria, and the vainglory
13 of the upHfting of his eyes. For he has said :
By . the strength of my hand have I done it.
And by my wisdom, for I have discernment;
And I cremovedi the bounds of the peoples, 30
And their treasures I plundered.
And ibroughti down ->;- * .* *
* * » * * those who were enthroned ;
■^^smi-^
1.5 "wiiich is in their hand -is my indignation. 10 ** and Samaria
lo, 14-19 — t'-i'S^^iSi- 1 'ieaia^ ^m^^^ — 22
10 , 14 And on the riches of the peoples My hand has seized as on a nest ; As unguarded eggs are carried away, Have I carried off all the earth ;
There was none that fluttered the wing, 5
Or opened the beak, and chirped. 15 Is the ax to vaunt itself over him who hews therewith ? Or is the saw to brag over him who saws therewith ? As if a rod should sway him who carries it ! As if a staff should Uft up him who is not — wood Is jq
14,24 Sworn has Jhvh Sabaoth :
Surely, as I have planned, so shall it be. And as I have purposed, it shall stand,
25 To break in pieces Assur in my land.
And to tread him under foot upon my mountains." ig
26 This is the purpose formed against the w'hole earth. This is the hand stretched out over all nations.
27 Jhvh Sabaoth has purposed, who can thwart Him? His is the outstretched hand, who can turn it back ?
2. ^ubgment upon dReepm, ani t(e Conecquencce for 3"^*5* 20
First Description, followed by a Promise. * (Mostly late)
10, t6 'T^HEREFORE will the Lord Jhvh Sabaoth strike Assur's
A fat ^\•ith a wasting disease.
And under his glory a burning will burn like the burning
of fire ; 25 17 The Light of Israel will be the fire, and his Holy One the
flame, Which kindles and devours his briars and thorns in a day; iS The glory of his forest and of his fruitful gardens, both soul
and body, will *the Lord* consume, 30 And he will be like a sick man who pines away; 19 Yea, the remnant of his forest-trees will be so small that a
child might write it down.
14,25'' "and his yoke shall be removed from them, and his bnrden be removed from tluir neck
23 ^-»*e#6@S:- 1 38ata6 -*S?3€s*** — 10,20-34
10,20 And in that day will the remnant of Israel, ♦alU those of the
House of Jacob who have escaped, lean no more on him who
21 smote them, but lean in faithfulness on Jhvh, Israel's Holy One.
22 The remnant will turn, the remnant of Jacob, to the Might}' God. For though thy people, O Israel, were as the sand of the sea, a 5 »meret remnant thereof would turn ; destruction is strictly decreed,
23 bringing in justice like a flood. For a strict decree of destruction will the Lord, Jhvh Sabaoth, execute upon all the earth.'
3. ^amc ^u&jtct. Second Description, preceded by a Promise. 8 (722 B.C.; edited late) 10
24 ' I "THEREFORE thus says the Lord Jhvh Sabaoth: Fear not,
A my people who dwell in Zion, because of Assur, who smites you with the rod, and lifts up his staff upon you like
25 Egypt tof old+. For yet a very little while, and tmyj fury has
26 an end, and mine anger *turns itself* to his destruction. Jhvh 15 Sabaoth will brandish over him a scourge, as at the smiting of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and His rod over the sea — He will
27 lift it up as against Egypt ♦of old*. In that day —
His burden will be removed from thy shoulder,
And his yoke will cpress no more^ upon thy neck. 20
28 ; tthe foe* has fallen upon Aiath ; [baggage ; '
He has passed through Migron; at Michmash he lays up his
29 He goes through the pass ; in Geba he halts for the night ; Ramah is terror-stricken ; Saul's Gibeah flees.
30 Shriek, people of Gallim! 25 Listen, Laishah ! <answer her>, Anathoth ! [for flight.
31 Madmenah flees ; the inhabitants of Gebim gather their goods
32 This very day he will halt in Nob ; his +clenchedt hand he
shakes Against the mount of the people of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. 30
33 Behold, the Lord Jhvh Sabaoth lops with a crash the crown
of branches; The high of stature are hewn down, and the lofty are brought
34 The thickets of the forest are cut down with the ax, [low; And Lebanon's grove with <itS) mighty +cedars* is felled.'" 35
4. ZU 3ieaf Ittng.
Second Description (probably post-Exilic)."
II , I ' I ^HERE will come forth a shoot from the stock of Jesse, '- ■ X And a scion from his roots will bear fruit. 2 'The spirit of Jh\'h will rest on him, '3 5
A spirit of wisdom and discernment, A spirit of counsel and miL;ht, A spirit of knowledge and fear of Jhvh.'"
3 He will not judge according to that which his eyes have seen, Nor give decision according to that which his ears have 10
4 But with righteousness will he judge the helpless, [heard, '■' And with equity will he give decision for the cdestitute= in the And he will smite ttyrantsi with the rod of his mouth, [land; j\iid with the breath of his lips will he slay the ungodly ;'5
5 And righteousness will be the zone about his loins, 15 And faithfulness the cgirdle^ about his reins.
6 And the wolf will lodge with the lamb,'* And the leopard lie down with the kid ;
And the calf and the young lion <will graze> together,
And a little child serve as their leader. 20
7 The cow and the bear will graze. Together will their young ones lie down, And the lion will eat straw like the ox ;
s And the suckling will play about the hole of the asp. And the weaned child will stretch forth his hand to the 25
basilisk's tdeni. 9 No harm nor destruction will there be in all mj' holy moun-
tain,'' for the land is becoinc full of the knowledge of Jhvh, as wtiters fill the sea.
10 In that da)-, the Root of Jesse ''^ which stands as a banner 30
to the peoples — to him will the nations resort, and glorious will be his habitation. '9
II 7 'and he will find a sweet savor in the fear of Jhvh
25 ^«*e!j8»i- 1 36aia5 ->;®3#3*< — 11,11-12,2
11,11 T
5. (Jle(urn of t6« 6rtfce.
(Post-Exilic)
N that day, the Lord will put forth His hand, the second time, to recover the remnant of His people,''" the captives in Assyria, and Egypt, and Pathros, and Ethiopia, and Elam, and Shinar, and 5 Hamath, and the countries by the sea.''
[casts of Israel, 12 He will lift up a banner to the nations, and gather the out- And the dispersed of Judah will He collect from the four 13^ The jealousy of Ephraim will cease, [corners of the earth ; 10
And the adversaries of Judah be cut off"
14 They will swoop down on the slope of the Philistines in the
West, together will they spoil the Sons of the East ; Edom and Moab will be within their grasp, and the Sons of
Amnion will be their subjects. 15
15 Jhvh will <dry up- the tongue of the Egyptian Sea, <[**]) and
shake His ^clenched* hand over The River [],'^ And strike it into seven 'shallow* streams, and make men cross
it dry-shod.
16 So a highway will arise for the remnant of His people, the 20
captives in Assyria, as there arose *a. highway* for Israel when it came up out of the land of Egypt.
6. ^0afm of '^(lan^e^xvin^.
(Latest Addition)
12,1 /\ND thou wilt say in that day:'^ [nie, 25
l\~ I thank Thee, Jhvh ! for Thou hadst been wroth with Thy wrath <turned away>, and Thou <didst comfort* me. 2 Behold, God, my Help, will I trust without fear, Jah ' is my strength and my song, It is He who has helped me. 3°
11,13'' "Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah, and Judah will not be adverse to Ephraim * 15b «with the 'violence' of His blast * 12,2 'Jhvh
i2,;,-ao,6 — ^-i«g^a<- 1 38ota5 -5S@*8a+< — 26
12,3.4 Ye will draw water with joy from the founts of deliverance, and will say in that day :
Thank ye Jhvh, call upon His Name, [Make known among the peoples His deeds. Declare that His Name is exalted.
5 Strike the harp to Jhvh, for He has wrought in majesty, Let this be known through the whole earth !
6 Give a resounding cry, O Zion,
For great in_the midst^of thee is the Holy One of IsraeJ.
Prophecy i 2. 10
Captivity of <Bg5pi anb (Bf^iopia."
( Not before 711 n. C.)
20 , 1 T N the year that tThe* Tartan came to Ashdod, sent by Sargon,
3 A king of Ass)'ria, and assaulted Ashdod, and took it," Jhvh said: Just as my Servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot three 15
4 years= as a sign and a warning to Egypt and Ethiopia, so will the king of Assyria lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Ethiopia ; young and old, naked and barefoot and their
5 bodies exposed.* And those who looked to Ethiopia, and boasted
6 of Egypt, will be dismayed and disappointed. And the inhabitants 20 of this coasts will say in that day.- Truly, if such is the plight of those to whom we looked, ♦and* to whom we fled for help to obtain safety from the king of Assyria, how can we ourselves thope to* escape?
20,2 "At that time spoke Jhvh through Isaiah ben-Amoz, saying: Go, and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and take thy shoe from off thy foot. And he did so, going naked and barefoot. * 4 ^the shame of Egypt
27 — »*ta|{aSS5- 1 'ieaia^ -m^^sH^ — 28,7-17
Prophecy 13.
(Central Portion, shortly before Sennacherib's Invasion, 701 b. c.)
I. ^aii of ^amavta.
(See Prophecy 7, p. 17)
2. (pDarntnga to Jerueafetn,
Suggested by the earlier prophecy (703 b. c).
28,7'nr^HESE also *in Jerusalem* reel with wine, and stagger A Priest and prophet reel with mead, [with mead;'
They are confused by wine, they stagger because of mead; 10 They reel during ttheir* visions, they totter while giving judg- ment. 8 All tables are full of loathsome disgorgements; filth everywhere. 9 Whom, -fsay they+, would he teach knowledge ? and to whom
explain a re\-clation ? To weanlings forsooth just parted from the 15
10 breast ? For *he is ever gibbering* : (Jav la-gav, gav la-gav ; qav
11 la-qav, qav la-qav; here a word, there a word. *Yea* through a gibbering people, and in a foreign tongue, will He tverily* speak to
12 this people ! - who said to them : This is the +true* rest, grant rest to the weary ; this is the *true* refreshment. But they would 20
13 not hear. So to them the word of Jhvh shall come : ^av la-gav, 9av la-gav ; qav la-qa\% qav la-qav ; here a word, there a word. So that, as they go, they may stumble, +and fall* backward, and be shattered, be ensnared, and be taken.
14 Therefore hear the word of Jhvh, ye men of scorn ! 25 Rulers of this people which is in Jerusalem ! [death, 3
15 Because ye have said : We have entered into a covenant with And with Sheol have we made a compact;
The overwhelming scourge,'* when it passes, will not reach us. For we have made a lie our refuge, and in falsehood have we 3°
16 Thus, therefore, says the Lord Jhvh : [hidden ourselves. Behold, I cfoundi in Zion a stone, a tried stone, [firmly planted; .s A precious foundation-cornerstone: he who believes will cbe
17 And I will make justice the measuring-line, and righteousness
the plumb-w eight ; * 35
28,iS-27 — »4^^!s- I 38aia5 -sgssfg**-! —
28
28 AikI hail will sweep away the refuge," and waters will over- whelm the hiding-place ;
18 And )-our covenant with death will be wiped out, and your
compact with Sheol will not stand: When the whelming scourge passes through, by it will ye be 5
beaten down.
19 As often as it passes through, it will take }-ou away.
For morning by morning will it pass, and by day and by night. And •then* it will be sheer terror to understand the revelation.^"
21 Jhvh will arise, as on Mount Perazim, He will be wroth, as in 10 To do His work — -alien is His work! [the Plain of Gibeon," And to CcU-ry out His task — strange is His task ! » [tight,
22 And now, behave not as scorners, le.st your bands'" become For a strict decree of destruction' have I heard from Jiuii
Sabaoth." 15
3. ^ropcrBtaf (poem."
(E.xilic, or post-Exilic)
23 T ISTEN, and hear ye my voice, -L/ Attend, and hear ye my speech.
24 Is the ploughman never done with his ploughing, 20
With the opening' and harrowing of ground?
25 Docs he not, when its surface is leveled.
Scatter fennel, and sow cummin broadcast, And duly set wheat there and barley.
And for its border *plant* spelt ? 25
25 It is cJhvh> who has taught these right courses. It is his God who has trained him.
27 We do not thresh fennel with sledges,
Nor are cart-wheels rolled over cummin. But fennel is threshed with a staff, 30
And cummin »is threshed* with a rod.
28 , 17 'of a lie * 20 "for too short is the bed for one to stretrh himself out at length, and too narrow the coverlet to wrap oneself in it
22 nipon the whole earth 'the Lord
24 'in order to sow
29 -^!-»«3Ss@55- 1 38'*ta3 -«>S3#5*** — 28,28-29,8
28 , 28 Do we ever crush bread-corn to pieces ?
Nay, the threshing goes not on for ever, But when +over it* cart-wheels are driven. Or csledgesj, our care is never to crush it. 29 This also from Jhvh" proceeds:
Wonderful counsel, great wisdom has He.
4. Strange ^aU of cSnaf.
(703 B. C. )
29,i"\^7"OE! cArial, Ariah," city against which David encamped!
V V Add year to year; let cAriab feasts *againt run their 10 «******■»*»**** [course ;'3
**************
2 Then will I distress cAriah, so that there will be moaning and And it will become to me a true cAriab:'* [bemoaning,
3 I will encamp like <David> against thee,'' [thee, 15 And close thee in with intrenchments, and set up forts against
4 Then being humbled, thou wilt speak from the ground. And from the dust will thy speech come submissiveh'."
5 Then will the horde of thine enemies become as fine dust, and the horde of the tj'rants like flitting chaff"' 20
6 And then — suddenly, full suddenly, ♦AriaU will receive punish-
ment from Jhvh Sabaoth,
With thunder, and with earthquake, and a great noise, with
whirlwind, and tempest, and flame of devouring fire.
7 Like a dream, a vision of the night, will it be with the hordes 25 of all the nations that fight against cAriab and all . . . and its
8 strongholds?, and of those who distress it. Yea, as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, but awakes with his appetite keen ; or when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, but awakes faint from his unquenched thirst ; so will it be with the hordes of all the 30 nations that fight against Mount Zion.
28, 29 "Sabaoth
29,4 "and thy voice shall be Uke that of a ghost from the ground, and from the dust thy speech shall chirp
5. Q0ftnJnC66 of tf)t (Rufcve.
(703 B.C.)
29,9 OTUPEFY yourselves, and be .stupid! blind yourselves, and v_/ be blind ! [mead.'^
<Be drunken', but not with wine ; <stagger>, but not with 5 10 For Jhvh has poured out upon you a spirit of deep .sleep. And has closed your eyes," and covered your heads,"
11 so that the prophecy of all these things is become to \'ou like the words of a sealed book, which if one delivers to a man
12 who is a scholar, saying: Pray read this, he says : I cannot, for it 10 is sealed ; and should it be delivered to one w4io is no scholar with the words: Pray read this, he says: I am no scholar.
6. (punteCmcnf of ;§'onnaft6m.
(703 B.C.)
13 A^^D Jhvh .said: 1\. mouth, and wi(
Because this people draw near' with their 15 lith their lips honor me, but their heart they keep far from me, and their fear of me is but a precept of men, learned by rote :
[wonderful and astonishing 14 Therefore, behold, I will deal with it again' in a fashion so 20 That the wisdom of their wise men will be lost, and the dis- cernment of their discerning ones will disappear.
7. Z?>i 63ppftan oRfftancc.
First Fragment ( 703 B. c. ). 25
[purpose,''
15 T 11 rOE unto those who from Jhvh hide deeply their
V V So that their work is done in the dark, * * «
And who say : Who sees us, and who knows of us ?
4S-**************** 30
29,10 "♦?■. e.* the [srophets *♦/. <■.♦ the seers
14 'with this people
31 — »*s=geas- 1 38ata5 -iS^^ceM-s— 29,16-30,2
8. ^er&ife MppvoacUn^ (Regeneration. dRgatnat ©ouBtere."?
(Post-Exilic)
29,16 TD^RVERSE that ye are! Is the potter no better than clay? X Shall the thing made say of its maker: He has not made me aright? A thing fashioned say of its fashioner: He has no under- 5 17 standing? Surely, yet a very little while,
And Lebanon will be turned into fruitful gardens, And fruitful gardens be accounted a forest. ^°
18 In that day •••even* the deaf will hear the words of a book. And out of gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will 10
19 The humble will win fresh joy in Jhvh, [-see; And the poorest exult in Israel's Holy One ; [no more,
20 For tyrants will have +then» disappeared, the scorner will be And all who were zealous for iniquity will have been cut off,
21 Who made men appear sinners by words, and laid snares for 15
the umpire in the gate, And turned away the just by a pretext.^'
22 Thus, therefore, says Jhvh, cthe God of the House of Jacob,
who freed Abraham :'"' Jacob will not thenceforth be shamed, nor will his face thence- 20
forth turn pale;
23 For when he" sees the work of my hands °3 in the midst of
him, they shall count my Name holy. They will count the Holy One of Jacob holy, and hold in
dread the God of Israel, 25
24 Those who erred in spirit will attain discernment, and the
murmurers receive instruction.
9. ZU Sgjpttan <Hfftance.=^t
Second Fragment (703 b. c).
30,i"\^7'OE to the unruly sons! says Jhvh, 30
V V Carr^'ing out a purpose which is not mine, And concluding a treaty contrary to my spirit, Thus adding sin to sin ; [counsel,
2 Who set forth on the way to Egypt, without asking my
29,23 ■■•;'. f.» his children
30,3-io — »*«^^C»- I 38<»'o3 •*SS»eK-«— 32
30 To flee to tlie shelter of Pharaoh, and to seek protection in
the shadow of Egj'pt.
3 The shelter" will turn to your shame, and the refuge* to your
confusion.
4 For thouyii his ^vassals, the* princes are in Zoan, and his 5
messengers go as far as Hanes,^'
5 None wins aught but disappointment from a people which can
avail nothing, cFrom a people; which brings no help,' but disappointment and
also disgrace. 10
10. ^ame ^uBject.
Third Prophecy (703 B.C.).
6 Oracle on the Beasts of the South -land.
**'******■»***»**** ****************** 15
* * * through a land of distress and difficulty, [dragon,'^* Of the <roaring> lion and lioness, the viper and the fl>'ing They carry their wealth upon the backs of young asses, and upon the humps of camels their treasures, 7^ To a people that can profit no one,* whose help is ^but* 20
vapor and emptiness.'^'
11. 3wpen6tng (Ruin of t{>i ^tatt.
(703 B.C.)
NOW go in, write it That it mav serve
it down,' and on a scroll inscribe it, /e in days to come las a testimon\-: for 25 9 For it is a rebellious people, lying sons, [e\er.
Sons who will not hear the direction of Jhvh ; 10 W' ho say to the seers : See not ! and to the prophets : Prophesy
not to us true things! Speak to us smooth things, prophesy delusions ! 3°
30,3 "of Pharaoh "in the shadow of Egypt
5 'and no profit
7 ''Egypt 'therefore do I name her -Egypt*, Rahab the quelled «nionster»
*
8 ' on a tablet in their company
33 — »-l«g^Si- 1 380'o5 -^SH^^** — 30,11-20
30,11 Turn from the way, go aside from the path, Trouble us no more with Israel's Holy One!
12 Thus, therefore, says Israel's Holy One : Because ye reject this
13 Word, and trust in <wile> and policy, and rely thereon, therefore this guilty act shall be to \"ou like a bulge caused by a breach in a 5 lofty wall ready to fall ♦at an instant*, and to which breaking comes
14 suddenly, full suddenly. Yea, it breaks, as one dashes an earthen pitcher to pieces, shattering it ruthlessly, so that, among its shattered pieces, not a sherd is found wherewith to take up fire from the
15 hearth, or to draw water from the cistern. For thus had the Lord 10 Jhvh, Israel's Holy One, said :
By turning and remaining quiet ye would have been delivered, In quietness and *pious+ trust ye would have found your *truet
strength ;
16 But ye refused, and said : 15
"No, but on horses will we fly." Therefore shall ye flee! "And on that which runs swift will we ride." Therefore shall
your pursuers be swift ! 17 °Ye shall flee at a war-cry of five, till your remnant is become Like a pole on the top of a mountain, and like a signal on a 20
hill.
12. I^appj Coneequencea of '^evAcVe (Regeneration.^^
(Post-E.xilic)
iS Therefore Jhvh longs to be gracious to you, 25
Therefore He lifts Himself up to show mercy to you ; For Jhvh is a God of justice; Happy are all who long for Him !
19 For, O ye people in Zion, twho dwelb in Jerusalem, ye shall
weep no more; 30 He will be gracious to you at the tfirst* sound of your crying; so that when He has heard it, He has ^already answered you.
20 And though the Lord give thee ♦O Israel* bread in short
measure and water in scant allowance, Yet will not th)- Teacher^' any more withdraw Himself, 35
But thine eyes will constantly see thy Teacher,
■fms^^^
30, 17a "each thousand at the war-cn' of one
30.21-30 — *-*«?«s:<:- 1 3oaia6 -sB^fsa*-* — 34
30,21 Thine ears will hear the call behind thee, [walk ye in it!
When ye swerve to the right or to the left : This is the way !
22 Then wilt thou defile thy car\-ed statues overlaid with silver, And thy molten images covered with gold ;
Ye will scatter them as a thing that is loathsome ; Begone ! 5
wilt thou sa\- to them.^°
23 And He will give rain for thy seed, wherewith thou sowest
the ground. And thy wheat, the produce of thy ground, will be rich and
nourishing. 10 In that day, thy cattle will feed in a broad pasture;
24 And the oxen and the young asses that till the ground — Salted provender will they eat, which has been winnowed with
25 And there will be on every lofty mountain, [shovel and fork. And on every high hill, streams running with water, 15 In the day of the great slaughter, 3^ when the towers 3' fall.
26 And the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, And the light of the sun will be sevenfold,"
In the day that Jhvh binds up the fracture of His people,
And heals the bruise with which they have been wounded. 20
13. ^6« ^orb'o £om6af mtfi dRoepm."
(Post-Exilic)
27 TOEHOLD, the Name of Jiivh3+ comes from far <with -L) burning anger and heavy, rising clouds,
With lips full of rage, and a tongue like de\-ouring fire, 25
2.8 And breath like an overflowing torrent, which reaches to a
man's neck), 35
To toss nations with the fan of destruction, while between the
jaws of peoples is a bridle that leads astray.
29 From you ♦meantime* a song will rise, as at night when a feast 30
is opened, 3^
And joy of heart, like his who sets forth to the flute to go to
the mountain of Jhvh, to the Rock of Israel.
30 And Jhvh will cause the crash of His voice to be heard, antl
the descent of His arm to be seen, 55
30,26 "as the light of seven days
35 — ix^-B^esBs- 1 38iito§ «a»e(3*.<— 30,31-31,4
30 In furious anger and the flame of devouring fire, storm and
rain, and hail-stones.
31 Assur will be terror-stricken at the voice of Jhvh, who csmites^
32 with the rod). Wherever the appointed staff passes, which JiivH causes to light upon him, it will be to the sound of timbrels and 5 lutes ; and with onsets of vehement smiting will he assail them.^'
[wide ;
33 A pyre has been made ready beforehand," made deep and
The pile thereof is kindled wood in abundance; Jhvh's breath,
_ like a stream of brimstone, fires it.3^ 10
14. Z^i. Sgjpttan JRfftance.
Fourth Fragment (702 b. c. ).
3i,i"\^7'OE unto those who go down to Egypt for help,
V V And who rely on horses, and [] on chariots because
they are many, 15 And t[who trustjj in horsemen because they are in great
number, But look not to Israel's Holy One, nor consult Jhvh !
2 But He also is wise, and brings evil to pass, and His words
He has not recalled, 20 He will arise against the house of evil-doers, and against the
help of the workers of wickedness.
3 Yea, the Egyptians are men and not God; their horses are
flesh and not spirit; Jhvh will stretch out His hand, so that the helper stumbles, 25
and he falls who is helped. 3? They all shall come to an end together.
15. Z^t Bovi'a (protection of Jcrueafem.
A Fragment (702 b. c).
4 ' I ^HUS has Jhvh said to me: 30
A As a lion, or as a young lion, growls over his prey. When against him the band of shepherds is summoned. But at their shouting is not dismayed, and at their noise not
daunted,
30,33 "Is this also prepared for the ' King?'
31,5-32.6 — >+!*;;'.•> 1 3'">'l5 -SSafc-^H^ 36
31 SO will Jin'H Sah.ioth come down to figlit against Mount Zion and against thi.- liiU tliL-rcof.
5 Like fluttering birds, so will Jhvh Sabaoth shelter Jerusalem, Sheltering and delivering, sparing and rescuing *her«.
6 Return ye to Him, against whom they went deep in trans- 5
7 gression, ye Sons of Israel. For in that day they will reject every one his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which <their> own iguilty hands have made tfor thenu.
*************
8 Assur will fall by the sword of no mortal, 10 The sword of no earth-born man will devour him :
He will betake himself to flight from the sword, and his young warriors will be put to task-work ;
9 His rock will pass by through terror, and his captains flee
affrighted from the <refuge>; 15 Says Jhvh, who has a fire in Zion and a furnace in Jerusalem. t"
Appendix i. 16. (piceotanic jElge ©eecriBcb.^'
(Post-Exilic)
32,1 T3KHOLD, a king will reign righteously, 20
XJ And princes rule justly.
2 Each tof them* will be like a hiding-place from the wind, +Like' a covert from the rain-.storm * *,
Like water-courses in a parched land,
Like the shadow of a high rock in a thirsty land. 25
3 The eyes of those who see will not be closed, The ears of those who hear will hearken ;
4 The mind of the rash will judge correctly,
The tongue of stammerers will hasten to speak distinctly.
5 No more will the fool be called noble, 30 Nor the knave any more be named gentle*^
6 For the fool speaks foil)-, : And his heart <meditates> wickedness, Practicing impiety,
And uttering error concerning Jhvh, 35
Leaving the hungry unsatisfied, And unto the thirsty refusing drink.
37 ^-»*^^iSs- 1 36aio6 •^SM^<3*^— 32,7-i6
33,7 And the knave — his knaveries are evil, Such a one devises tricks To ruin the humble with lying words, Even when the plea of the poor is right; 8 But the noble devises noble things, And in noble things will he persist.
Appendix 2. 17. (SJarmng to t^i fine Baike of ^erueafetn.^
(Post-E.\ilic)
9 "\ /"E women who are at ease! arise and hear my voice! lo
X Ye self-flattering daughters ! give ear to my speech ! lo *Add* some days to a year,*'* and ye will shudder, ye self- flatterers. For the vintage will fail, the gathering of fruit will not come. I r Tremble, ye who are at ease! shudder, ye self-flatterers! 15
Strip you ! make you bare ! and about the loins gird ♦sack-
12 They smite upon the breast [cloth*! For the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine!
13 Over the land of my people thorns and briars shoot up,
Yea, on all houses of mirth in the joyous town. 20
14 For the palaces are forsaken, the city with its stir is desolate, Ophelts and the watch-tower serve as caves for ever,**
The joy of wild asses, the pasture of flocks.
Appendlx 3. 18. (Rcgcnctrafton of !}6vatt'*^ 25
(Post-Exilic)
15 ***** "there will be poured out A spirit upon us from the ^heavenly* height.
And the wild pasture-land will become a land of gardens, And the land of fruitful trees will be accounted a forest;''^ 30
16 Justice will inhabit the wild pasture-land,
And righteousness dwell in the land of gardens,
32, 15 'until 'there be*
32 . 17-33 . S^" — i>*egessi- 1 'ieaiai -s:--*>fes4.^— 38
32,17 And tlie fruit of rigliteousness will be peace,
And assurance for ever the produce of" cjustice ;**
18 Yea, my people will inhabit the mansion of peace, Sure dwellings +and* easeful resting-places.'
20 Happy are ye who sow beside all waters,
Who check not the feet of the ox and the ass!'»s
Appendix 4. 19. (pva^iv of ©pprC66Cb ^0vad.^°
(Post-Exilic)
33.iAXrOE! Thou spoiler — }-et never despoiled, 10
V V Thou robber, whom none has robbed ! When thou hast ceased to spoil, thou wilt be despoiled ; When thou hast cmade an end of robbing, thou wilt be robbed.
2 Jnvii ! be gracious to us; for Thee we wait.
*«**■)«■*******#* 15
Be Thou -our-- arm every morning. Our deliverance in time of distress.
3 At the sound of a tumult peoples flee.
At the uplifting of thyself nations are scattered;
4 <) Booty is gathered up as by +swarming* locusts, 20 Ravenously as grasshoppers +the foe* rushes upon it.
5 In\'ioIable is Jhvh, for He dwells on high,
He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.''
6 With a wealth of deli\'erance, with wisdom and knowledge ;
The fear of Jhvh — that is its treasure. 25
7 Behold, ttlie Arielsi cry without, 5'
The ambassadors of peace weep bitter!)- ;
32,17 "righteousness *and
* 19 'and it will hail, when the forest comes down, and the city will be low in lowliness * 33 , 6 " steadfast fortunes shalt thou have.
Sa ' the highways are desolate ; the wayfaring man ceases
33,s''He has broken the covenant, despises cities, Of men makes no account.
9 The eartii mourns, it languishes, Lebanon is shamed, it is dried up;
Sharon has become Hke the Arabah,^^ 5
Bashan and Carmel'- shake off *their leaves*.
10 Now will I arise, says Jhvh,
Now will I exalt, now uplift, myself
11 Ye conceive hay, ye will bring forth stubble,
Your own +angr>^* breath is a fire which will devour you; lo
12 Nations will become ^as if* burned to lime. Like thorns cut off, which are kindled with fire.
13 The far-off <hear> what I have done.
And the near <acknowledge> ni)- heroic might.
14 Terror-stricken in Zion are the sinners, 15 Shuddering seizes the impious ;
Who can sojourn, ♦they think*, with devouring fire? Who can sojourn with burnings everlasting? 53
15 He who walks in righteousness, and speaks uprightness, — '
16 He will abide on ♦impregnable* heights ; 20 Fastnesses of rocks will be his stronghold.
His bread is supplied, his waters never drj' up.
17 The king in his beauty will thine eyes behold, s-* They will see a land stretching afar;55
iS Thy mind will +thus* muse on the terror *that is past* : 25
Where is he who counted?" where is he who weighed?
Where is []****«? 19 The insolent people wilt thou see no more. The people of obscure, unintelligible speech, Gibbering in a meaningless tongue. ,0
«3gSK=#«-
33^I5 "he who rejects the gain of oppressions, whose hand refuses to hold a bribe,
who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and wiio closes his eyes from
looking on evil.
* 18 * '[he who counted the towers]-
33.20-22,18 ^^-i^e£5*- 1 38<ita8 •«*3#M»« — 40
33,20 "Thine eyes will see Jerusalem
As an easeful mansion, a tent never removed. Whose pegs are never drawn out, And whereof no cord ever breaks ;
21 There have we dhe river of JfiVH 5 In place of broad ^encompassing- streams j^*
Thereon no fleet with oars can sail. Nor can stately ships traverse it.
22 Jhvh is our Judge!
Jhvh is our Marshal ! 10
Jhvh is our King! He will deliver us I
23'' ''Then will spoil in abundance be divided,^'
♦ Even* the lame will seize on a prey.
24 Then will no inhabitant saj' : I am sick f^ [forgiven. 15
• For* the people who dwell therein have had their iniquity
Prophecv 14.
<S (ISifp (pofiftctan ©cnounccft.
(704-701 B. c. Edited late) 22, IS*" Against Shebna," the Governor of the Palace. 20
15" ' 1 ^HUS says the Lord, Jhvh Sabaoth : Go in to this prefect,
16 A 'and say* : What tright* hast thou here, and what *kin* hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thyself out a sepulchre here ? thou that hewest out thy sepulchre on high, cutting thyself out in
17 the rock a habitation ! Behold, Jhvh will hurl, will hurl thee, lO 25
18 mighty mani, and . . . ; He will roll, will roll thee together, •and toss thee* like a ball into a wide-stretching land ; thither shalt thou
33,20 " behold Zion, city of our festival assembly! * 23a * thy tackliiigs hang loose ; they do not keep firm the stand of their mast, nor keep the sail spread out
41 -^>*e|M*- 1 3bi'*^ -^S*^***^ 33,19-18,2
22 go to die, and thither will go thy splendid chariots, thou disgrace of the house of thy lord ! '
First Addition.
19 And I will thrust thee from thy post, and from thy station
20 will <I. pull thee down. Moreover, in that day, I will call my 5
21 servant Eliakim ben-Hilkiah, and I will clothe him with thy robe, and thy sash will I bind about him, and thy authority will I give into his hand, that he may be a father to the inhabitants of
22 Jerusalem and to the House of Judah ; and I will lay the ke)' of the House of David upon his shoulder,- so that when he opens, 10
23 none shall shut, and when he shuts, none shall open. I will drive him in like a nail +fastened+ in a firm place, and he will be a throne of honor to his family.
Second Addition.
24 The whole mass of his family will hang upon him, those of 15 high and those of low degree, +aye,t all vessels of the inferior class,
25 be they bowls or be they pitchers. In that day, says Jhvh Sabaoth, the nail that is struck into a firm place will give way; it will be cut down and fall, and the burden *hung* upon it will come to ruin. Jhvh has spoken ! 20
"■:A
Prophecy 15. ®C0(ruc(iott of tU (Seegrian ilrm^.
An Address to Ethiopia ' (702 B.C.).
H, land of the shrill buzzing of +insects'+ wings, ^'' Which sends ambassadors on the sea, and in skiffs of 25
reed on the face of the water! 3 Depart, ye fleet messengers, to a nation tall and of polished
skin. To a people dreaded far and wide, a nation of sinewy strength, Whose land rivers cut through. [and victorious, 30
18 , I ' which is beyond the rivers of Cush
l8,3-I,2 — »*«JeS3fs- 1 3''aia6 -«S59|s** — 42
18,3 All ye inhabitants of the world and dwellers on the earth,
When a signal is raised on the mountains, behold ! when a
horn is sounded, hearken !■*
4 Thus has Jh\"h said to me: I will liold mi.' still, and look on
in my place, 5 ♦As stilK as the clear heat in sunshine, as the dew}- mist in
the heat of the harvest.
5 For before the har\'est, when the blossom is over, and the
berry becomes a ripening grape, He will lop the branches with pruning-kniv-es, and cut off 10
and cast away the tendrils.
6 They will be left together to the ravenous birds of the
mountains, and to the beasts of the land. Thereon the ravenous birds will summer, thereon all the beasts
of the land will winter. 15
(Post-Exilic)
7 AT that time will a gift be brought = to Jhvh Sabaoth <from> IX. a people tall and of polished skin, from a people dreaded far and wide, a nation of sinewy strength and victorious, whose land 20 rivers cut through, to the place of the Name of Jhvh Sabaoth, Mount Zion.
Prophecy i6. (preaching of (Kcpcnfancc during ^cnnac^criB'© jfnt^aeion.
Before the Siege of Jerusalem (701 B.C.)- 25
1,1 "\ VISION' of Isaiah ben-Amoz, w^iich he saw concerning Judah V and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
2 Hear, O lieavens, and give ear, O earth, for Jn\'H speaks: Sons have I reared and set on high, and they have rebelled 30
against mc.
1,3 The ox knows its owner, and the ass its master's crib; Israel has no knowledge, my people no discernment !
4 Ah! sinful nation, guilt-laden people,
Race of evil-doers, degenerate children ! [back in estrangement. They have forsaken Jhvh, spurned Israel's Holy One, gone 5
[and more?
5 On what *part* can ye still be smitten,^ seeing ye revolt more The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
6 From the sole of the foot to the head there is no sound part; ^Nothing but* wounds, and bruises, and fresh stripes! [with oil. lo ♦Which* have been neither pressed, nor bound up, nor softened
7 Your land is a desolation, 3 your cities are burned with fire, Your tilled land — strangers devour it before your face."
S Zion* is left like a booth in a vineyard.
Like a lodge in a field of cucumbers, s Hke a besieged city. 15
9 Except Jhvh Sabaoth had left to us a remnant n , ♦Almost* had we been as Sodom, we had been like Gomorrah.*
10 Hear Jhvh's word, ye chieftains of Sodom ;7
Give ear to our God's instruction,* ye people of Gomorrah !
11 What care I for the great number of your sacrifices?* says Jhvh ; 20 I am sated with burnt-offerings of rams, and fat of fed beasts, And in the blood of bullocks, and lambs, and he-goats I have
no delight'
12 When ye come do see my facei'° — who has required this at
your hand? 25
13 No more may ye trample my courts, tnor* bring *me* oblations; Vain the sweet vapor ♦of sacrifice*, it is an abomination unto me; New moon and sabbath, calling of assemblies, —
I cannot * * * ; <fast> and solemn meeting."
14 Your new moons and your set days my soul hates ; 30 They are an encumbrance to me ; I am tired of bearing it.
15 If ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from
}'OU ;
Even if ye make manj' prayers, I will not hear; your hands
are stained with blood. 35
16 Wash you, make you clean, let me see the evil of your
doinsfs no more."
1,7" and it is a desolation, like the ruined land of <Sodom--
* 173 * Cease to do evil, learn to do well!
I, i7''-28 — «*e!j«aift 3 8 ai a 6 •«?*!&«•* — 44
1,17^ Seek out justice, cchastise> the \iolent,
Riijht the orphan, plead for the widow. '^
iS Come now, and let us argue together, '3 says Jhvh ; If \'our sins be scarlet, they may become white as snow; Be they red as crimson, they may become as wool.'-' 5
19 If \-e be willing and obedient, the good of the land shall ye eat,
20 But if ye refuse and resist, by the sword be ye eaten ! The mouth of Jhvh has spoken it !
21 O how is she become a harlot, '^ the faithful city,
<Zion- which was full of justice, where righteousness abode!" 10
22 Thy silver is changed to dross, thy wine is a ithick juicei." 2;, Thy rulers are unruly'* and companions of thieves ;
Every one loves bribes, and is running after fees ;
The cause of the widow comes not near them, the orphan
they right not. 15
24 Therefore *this is* the oracle '^ of the Lord,' the Hero of
Israel : Aha ! I will vent my displeasure on mine adversaries, and
take vengeance on mine enemies ;
25 I will turn my hand against thee, and will smelt out <in the 20 I will remove all thine alloy; [furnace^ thy dross,
26 I will bring back thy judges as at the first, and thy counselors
as at the beginning; Tliereafter thou wilt be called Citadel of Righteousness,
Faithful City. 25
(|)06f-6xtftc dR^jpcnitx.
27 ''^lON will be set free through judgment, and those in her /-^ who have turned 'from evil* through righteousness;
2S But »there will be* a destruction of apostates and sinners
together. Those who forsake Jhvh will perish. '^ 30
1,21 "and now •full of* murderers * 22 * •weakened- with water 24 '■Jhvh Sabaoth
45 — »*e«^Si- 1 38«»«5 ■*^«^«-= — 22,1-iia
Prophecy 17.
(701 li. c.)
Oracle on the Valley of Vis ion. 3
22, 1 "\ 11 THAT ails thee, then, that all thy people have gone up 5 V V to the housetops. Thou who art full of uproar, tumultuous city, joyous town?
2 Thy slain are not slain with the sword, nor fallen in battle.
3 All thy chieftains fled together, swithout -the shooting of+ a
bow they were made prisoners ; 10 All thine who were seized were together made prisoners!,
♦thought they had fled far away.=
4 Therefore I say; Look away from me, let me weep bitterly! Press not to comfort me for the destruction of my people !
5 For a day of tumult, and of trampling, and of confusion has 15
♦in store* the Lord Jhvh Sabaoth : In the valley of vision 3 ithey break down the wall, and the
crying tsounds*' to the mountain.
tThey come from far — a great nation from the ends of the ************** fearth);'' 20
************** **************
6 And Elam took up the quiver, on chariots with horses," And Kir 5 uncovered the shield * * *
7 * * * *" thy fairest \-ales were full of chariots, 25 And the horsemen set themselves in array against the gate,
8 * * and tthe enemy- drew aside the screen of Judah.'' Then cye> looked '' to the armor in the House of the Forest,'
9^* And ye saw that the breaches in David's cit)- were many;"
22,6 "with •troops of* men, •horsemen*, *
7 *and it came to pass •that when*
*
8 'in that day
* gb.io 'and ye collected the water of the lower pool, and the houses of Jerusalem iia ye counted, and ye broke down the houses to fortify the wall, and ye made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool
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22,11'' But yc looked not to Him who prepared all this,
And Him who fashioned it long ago ye did ndt regard.
12 And the Lord, Jhvh Sabaoth, called" [with sackcloth;^ To weeping and to lamentation, to baldness and to girding
13 But behold, joy and gladness, killing of oxen and slaught- 5 Eating flesh and drinking wine — [<-'ring of sheep, Eating and drinking ; for *ye thought* : To-morrow we may die,
14 But Jhvh Sabaoth has revealed Himself in mine ears, Never can this your iniquity be canceled till ye die!*
22 , 12 'in that day
14^ says the Lord, Jhvh Sabaoth
2» ()f[att<xtmB fo un^eb on t^t ilc^a of 3^^ta^
Including Prophecies and Songs of Disputed Origin ( Post-Deuteronomic )'
36, 1
First Narrative.
ND it came to pass' cat that timej^ that Senna- cherib, kins.;" of Assyria, went up aL,'^ainst all the
j^V fenced cities of Judah, and took them. And the 5
^'SM* king of As.syria sent the Rab-shakeh from Lachish
^ to Jerusalem to king Hezekiah with a great force;
and he took up his position near the conduit of
H' ^^ ^ ^^^ upper pool, on the highway of the Fuller's
3 'f' 'i' °f° Field. And there went out to him Eliakim ben- 10
•?• Hilkiah, who was over the palace, and Shebna, the
4 Secretary, 3 and Joah ben-Asaph, the Recorder. And the Rab-shakeh said to them : Say, I pray, to Hezekiah : Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria : What is this confidence which thou dost
5 cherish? Thinkest thou that a mere word of the lips is counsel 15 and strength for war? Now in whom dost thou confide that thou
6 rebellest against me? Surely, thou confidest in the staff of that splintered reed, Egypt, which, if a man lean thereon, will run into his hand, and pierce it. Such is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all
S who confide in him.*" And now, lay a wager, I pray, with my 20
36, I "in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah * 7 *And if 'ye say to me: We confide in Jhvh, our God, is not that He whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem: Ye shall worship before the altar here?
36,9^22 — •*e#e@Si- 2 38aiaB
36 lord, the king:" I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou
9 canst furnish for thyself riders on them. How then canst thou
repel the onset of one of the least servants" of my lord? And
yet thou puttest thy trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen !
10 And now, have I come up without Jhvh against this land to 5 destroy it? Jhvh ^Himself- said to me : Go up agiiinst yonder land, and destroy it.'
11 Then Eliakim, and Shebna, and Joah said to the Rab-shakeh: Speak, we pray, to thy servants in Aramaic; we understand
it ; but speak not to us in Hebrew,'' in the presence of the 10
12 people who are on the wall. And the Rab-shakeh said : Is it to th)- lord and to thee that my lord has sent me to speak these words ? is it not to the men who arc upon the wall, tand who will be driven* to eat and drink filthy food with
13 you ? And the Rab-shakeh stood forth, and cried with a loud 1,5
14 voice in Hebrew, and said : Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria. Thus says the king : Let not Heze-
15 kiah deceive you, for he is unable to rescue you, and let not Hezekiah make you trust in Jhvh, saying : Jhvh will surely rescue us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king 20
16 of Assyria. Hearken not to Hezekiah; for thus .says the king:" Make friendship with me, and come out to me, and ye shall, every one, eat of his own vine, and every one of his own fig-tree, and every one shall drink the water of his own cistern,
17 until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, 25 a land of wheat and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards. ''
21 And they kept silence, and answered him not a word, for the
22 king's commandment ran thus : Answer him not. Then came Eliakim ben-Hilkiah, the Governor of the palace, and Shebna, the Secretary, and Joah ben-Asaph, the Recorder, with rent clothes, to 30 Hezekiah, and told him the words of the Rab-shakeh.
36,8. 16 "of Assyria * 9 " 'governors' *
18 'Beware lest Hezekiah entice you, sayina; : Jhvh will rescue us! Did the gods of the nations rescue each one his own land from the hand of the king of
19 Assyria? Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sephan,'aim? -And where are the gods of the land of Samaria? Have they
20 indeed- delivered Samaria out of my hand? Which are they among all the gods of these lands which rescued their land out of my hand, that Jhvh should Miow* rescue Jerusalem out of my hand?
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37 , 1 When King Hezekiah heard it, he rent his clothes, and
covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of Jiivh.
2 And he sent Eliakim, the Governor of the palace, and Shebna, the Secretary, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to
3 the prophet Isaiah ben-Anioz. And they said to him : Thus 5 says Hezekiah : This is a day of trouble, and of punishment, and of rejection, for children are come to the birth, and there
4 is no strength to bring forth. Perhaps Jhvh, thy God, will hear the words of the Rab-shakeh, which the king of Assyria, his lord, has sent through him," and will punish the words which Jii\'h, 10 thy God, has heard ; therefore utter a prayer for the remnant which is left.
5 When the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah, Isaiah said to them : Carry this message to your lord : Thus says Jh\"ii : Be not afraid because of the words which thou hast heard." 15
7 Surely, I will strike him with a groundless fright,* that when he hears a +disquietingt report, he will return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. .s Then the Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of As.syria
9<still at Lachish>."' And he heard say concerning Tirhakah, king 20 of Ethiopia: He has gone forth to fight against thee; and when 37 he heard it, he moved camp, and departed. So Sennacherib, 3S king of As.syria, returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. And as he was worshiping in the house of . . , his god, his sons Adram- melech and Sharezer slew him with the sword. The}', however, 25 made their escape into the land of Armenia, and his son Esar- haddon became king in his stead. '° i
2. ^ame ^uBjecf.
Second Narrative.
9^ A'
10 1\
ND Sennacherib ad\'anced as far as Libnah^,'' and sent 30 messengers to Hezekiah, saj'ing;" * » -s- vt * . Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, so that thou
37,4 "to insult the living God * 6 '^with which the minions of the king of Assyria have reviled me
* 8 'besieging Libnah, for he had heard that he had moved camp from Lachish
* 10 * Deliver this message to Hezekiah, king of Jndah
37.11-36 — »»i«ges»- 2 36a«a9 •«;%>»»«-«— 5°
37 shouldst say: Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the
1 1 king of Assyria. Behold, thou thyself hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, laying them under a ban ; and
12 shalt thou make good thy escape? Did the gods of the nations, destroyed b\- my fathers, rescue those -nations, such as* Gozan, and 5
13 Haran, and Rezeph, and the Edenites in Telassar? Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the
14 city of Sephar\aim, <> and of iA\'i\ah?" And Hezekiah took the letter out of the hand of the messengers, and read it, and went up into the house of Jhvh. And Hezekiah spread it before Jhvh,'^" 10
15. 16 saying: O Jhvh,* God of Israel, who art enthroned upon the Cherubim, . Thou alone art the *true* God for all kingdoms of the earth ; Thou
17 hast made the heaven and the earth. '3 Incline Thine ear, O Jhvh, and hear; open Thine lexes., O Jhvh, and see; and hear the message
iS of Sennacherib, wherewith he would insult the Li\ing God. Of 15 a truth, O Jhvh, the kings of Assyria have laitl under a bam
19 all the.nationsi and their land, and ha\-e put their gods into the fire; for no treal* gods were they, but men's handiwork, wood and' stone ; hence they destroyed them. And now, O Jhvh, our God, deliver us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth 20 may know that Thou alone, O Jhvh, art God.
Then Isaiah ben-Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying: Thus says Jhvh, the God of Israel: As to that which thou hast pra\-ed to me concerning Sennacherib, king of Assyria, ******
33 Therefore thus says Jhvh concerning the king of Assyria: 25
He shall not come into this city. Nor shoot an arrow into it. Nor come before it with a shield. Nor cast up a mound against it.' 35 I will guard this city that I ma\' rescue it, j^™^°
For my own sake and for my Servant Da\-id's sake. IV
36 Then the angel of Jhvh went out,'* and slew in the camp of
the Assyrians a hundred and eight\--five thousand. When ♦the people* arose in the morning, behold, all those were stark dead.
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37,15 "and Hezekiah prayed to Jhvh «Sabaoth
* 34 'by the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and into this city he shall not come, says Jhvh
51 — •^e^eas- 2 S^aia? -^S^i^siM-! — 37,22-32
3. ^ong of ©cneton upon ^cnnac6cn6.
37,22 *" I "^HIS is the word tliat Jhvh has spoken against him :'5
L Thee she despises and at thee is mocking — Zion, the \irgin! Behind thee her head she is wagging — the maiden, Jerusalem !
23 Whom hast thou reviled and insulted ? against whom uplifted 5
the voice ? Yea, thine eyes to the heavens hast thou raised against Israel's
Holy One.
24 By thy minions hast thou insulted the Lord; thou hast said: With my chariots ascend I the highest mountains, the recesses 10
of Lebanon, Its tallest of cedars I fell, and its choicest of pine-trees, And press on to its last "halting-placen, where its rich woods
are thickest, 25tWells, too, in the wastest do I dig, and I drink iforeigni waters, 15 I dry up with the sole of my foot all canals of Egypt.
26 Hast thou not heard ? Long ago +all this* I prepared, I planned it of old ; at last I have brought it to pass ; Hence thy task : to lay low fenced cities in desolate heaps.
27 Their inhabitants, paralyzed all, were dismayed, put to shame, 20 ♦ Like+ grass, tender grass, they became, *like* blades on the
housetops and hills. aScThou art full in my view> rising up, sitting down, going out,
coming in ; Thy raging and cuproan against me have come to my ears. 25 29 So I put my ring through thy nose, and between thy lips my
bridle, And by the way thou art come, ♦by that* do I make thee
return.
30 And let this be the sign to thee : Ye eat this year that 30 which grows of itself,"' and the second year that which springs from the roots, and the third year ye will sow and reap, and
31 plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof And those of the House of Judah who have escaped and are left shall again take
32 root downward, and bear fruit upward ; for out of Jerusalem shall 35 go forth a remnant, and those who have escaped out of Mount Zion. The zeal of Jhvh ° will perform this.
37,32 "Sabaoth
38,1-12 -^-*e*«S»- 2 3oaia^ -sSiiCis-*-^
52
4. Ipc^efttaB'e 3fft»i6e (^ni (Ricovir^.''
(By the Author of tht- pre. ^Ini. s,r,,n,| X.uiMlixx- ■")
38 , 1 T N those days Hezekiah was seized witli a mortal sickness. And 1 the prophet Isaiah ben-Amoz came to him, and said to liim : Give »th)- last* charge to thy house, for thou wilt die and not 5
2 recover. Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and pra>-ed to
3 Jhvh, and said: Ah, Jhvh ! bethink Thee now, how I have walked before Thee faithfully, and with undivided heart, and have done what
4 is good in Thine eyes. And Hezekiah wept aloud. And the word
5 of Jhvh came to Isaiah: Go, and say to Hezekiah: Thus says Jhvh, 10 the God of thy father David : I have heard th)' prayer, I have seen thy tears ; behold, I will add to thy da\-s fifteen >-ears.'^
6 And from the grasp of the king of Assyria will I resctie thee
7 and this cit)-, and I will shield this city.'y And let this be the sign to thee from Jhvh, that Jhvh will perform this thing which 15
S He has promised: Behold, I will cause the- shadow to go back as many steps as 'the> sun has gone down on the step-clock of Ahaz.^"* So on the step-clock the sun went back »the* ten steps which it had gone down.
A cMI l\ .sic
5. ^eafm of ^Oonftegiftng.^'
( Certainly post-E.xilic 1
KTAM of Hezekiah, king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered from his sickness :
10 I thought, I must go ♦hence* in the noontide of my days. Within Sheol's gates am I held for the rest of my years. 25
11 I thought, I shall no more see Jah in the land of the lixing, Not a man shall I behold any more with tlwellers in the
tworldj.
12 My abode is plucked up and uncovered from me like the
tent of a shepherd ;=' 30
■»esS^«S<-
38,21 •'.'Vnd Isaiah said: Let them fetch a cake of figs, and press it as a poultice on 22 the boil, that he may recover. And Hezekiah said: What is the sign that I shall go up to Jhvh's house? * 8 "ten steps
/ -^ V S4fv
53 -^*e;t^S5- 2 3«*'<»§ -^SS^sM-^ 38,13-20
38 I have rolled up, like a wea\-er. my life ; from the loom He
severs me.^^
13 Night and day Thou givest me up *to my pains+; I cry even
till morning; Like a lion — so does +my torturing pain+ break all my bones." 5
14 Like a swift, "^ so do I scream ;=■* I mourn like a dove;
Mine eyes <Iook tearfully^ heavenward: Jhvh, ibe carefuh for
me, be Thou my surety !
15 What shall I say, and twhat* tobjecti against Him, when He
Himself has done it ? 10 because of the bitterness of my soul.
16 O Lord,
cDo thou refresh; my spirit, and make me sound, and revive *******x***** [me 1
*********** X * 15
17 Behold for +my* welfare came bitterness to me.^s ^ ^ ^ . ****************** But Thou hast cwithheldj me from the cbottomlessj pit of<ruin>,=* Yea, Thou hast cast all my sins behind Thy back.
18 For Sheol does not thank Thee, nor does Death praise Thee,^^ 20 Those who have gone down to the pit hope not for Thy
floving-kindness> . The Ii\'ing, the li\ing, he praises Thee, as I do this day, A father to sons makes known Thy faithfulness.^*
Liturgical Appendix.'? 25
20 cBe Thou pleased), O Jhvh, to deliver me; And we will play on ctho stringed instruments xA.U the days of our life before Jhvh's house.
38, 13 "night and day Thou givest me up * 14 "'or* a crane
39. I -S ^^^js^tglii. 2 3cai'>B ->S»?<sM.«— 54
6. 6in6ae6ji of Q1lcro5ac6 QBafaSan.^"
I I>y saiiu- author as 2 and 4 <
39.1 AT that time tlic king of Bab)-lon, Mcrodach Baladan ben- l\. Baladan, sent cchamberlains: and presents to Hezekiah, for
2 he had" heard that he had been sick, and had reco\-ered. And 5 Hezekiah had pleasure at this, and showed them his treasure-house, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the fine oil, and the whole of his armory, and all that was found in his stores ; there was nothing in his house, and in all his dominion, that Hezekiah
3 did not show them. Then came the prophet Isaiah to King 10 Hezekiah, and said to him : What have these men said, and \vhence come they to thee ? And Hezekiah said : From a far
4 country are they come to me, from Babylon. And he said : What ha\ c they seen in thy house ? And Hezekiah said : All that is in my house the)- have seen ; there is nothing in m\- stores which 15
5 I did not show them. Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah : Hear the
6 word of Jhvh !" Behold, the days come when all that is in thy house, and that which th}' fathers have stored up until this day,
7 will be carried to Babylon ;3' nothing will be left, saj's Jhvh. And of thy sons wdio will issue from thee" some will be taken as 20
.s chamberlains in the palace of the king of Bab\-lon. And Hezekiah said to Isaiah : Good is the word of Jin'u which thou hast spoken. P'or jjeace and stability, he thought, will be 'at least* in my days.
39,6° Sabaoth 7 " whom thou wilt beget
Whereof each now contains an Isaianic Fragment
15. 1
Prophecy i.
faff of (moaV
(722. or 1589- B. C; Isaiah's portion 711 B. C; the whole edited late)
Oracle on Moab.
AIL YE,* because in the night Ar-Moab was 5
stormed, destroyed ! Because in the night Kir-Moab was stormed, de- stroyed ! -
<Dibon's people go up^ to the sanctuaries to weep, 3 On Nebo and on Medeba Moab wails, 10
On all heads baldness, every beard shorn. '9' In Moab's streets they gird themselves with sack- cloth, on her roofs cis lamentation^. In her market-places all Moab wails, weeping sbitterly?. [heard.
4 Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, even as far as Jahaz the sound is 15
Therefore the +very* iloinsi of Moab complain, her inmost soul
quails. ^
5 My heart cries out for Moab,^ * * *
Whose fugitives * * * * as far as Zoar;°
15,5 "'to* the -third Eglathi
i5.6-i6,H — »*^*sai- 3 3eata^ -jgS^isM^— 56
15 For the ascent of Luhitli, in tears do they ascend it, In the way to Horonaini a cry of ruin do they ishouti.
6 For the waters of Nimrim become waste places,'^ [none. Withered is the grass, gone is the herbage, \erdure there is
7 Therefore the abundance which tiiey have gotten, and their 5 0\er the torrent of the ;willowsi do they carry it, [store,
8 Because the cry has gone round the border of Moab; [waiHng; Even to Eglaim »resounds* its wailing, and to Beer-Elim its
9 Because the waters of Dimon are become full of blood.
For I destine fresh +woest for Dimon, [land ***».' 10 For the escaped of Moab lions, and for the remnant of the
i6,i Send ye the cpresentS) for the ruler of the land; *send them* b\-
the way of the rocky country through the wilderness, to the moun- 2 tain of Zion.^ Then will be seen at the fords of Arnon, like fluttering birds, scattered nestlings, the communities of Moab. 15
3 Apply counsel, act an umpire's part,^ At highest noon make thy shadow like the night. Shelter the outcasts, betray not the fugitive!
4 Let ithe outcasts of Moab sojourn with thee ; be to them a
shelter from the destroyer -, for the cviolenb are no more,'° spoilers 20 are disappeared, they who trampled down are perished from the land ;
5 The throne is established by kindness, There sits upon it in faithfulness in David's tent [justice.
A judge who is both zealous for judgment and skilled in 25
6 We have heard of the pride of Moab, the \-er\' ]3roud ; of her
pride, and her haughtiness, and her insolence, and of her baseless pratings."
7 Therefore Moab wails for Moab, she wails in all her borders ; For the raisin-cakes"'' of Kir-Hareseth ttheyj moan, utterh- 30
crushed. S Withered are the tvine-blossoms- of Heshbon «and- the \ines
of Sibmah, Whose choice grapes smote down the lords of nations, '^ Which reached as far as Jazer, which straj'ed 'CX-en* into the 35
desert,''' Whose shoots spread abroad, ♦and. passed over the Sea.'s
To face p.s6
STOXE OF MESHA (Seep.}6S, 1. 30; p,i6g, 1. 3; ^,213, Xo.r)
57 — •*e|^*- 3 38a«a§ -«^^4-< — 16,9-21,12
16,9 Therefore do I join in Jazer's weeping for the vine of Sibmah; I water thee with m\- tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh, [fallen, "" For upon thy fruitage and upon thy vintage is a war-cry 10 Vanished are joy and gladness from the land of gardens.
In the vineyards there is no singing, no shouting; [stilled. 5
None treads out wine in the presses; the cry of the vintage is
iisTherefore my inmost parts wail like a lute for Moab, And all that is within me for Kir-Hareseth:.
12 And it shall come to pass, that when Moab wearies herself" 10 on the high place, and comes to her sanctuary to pray, and prevails not, <then shall Moab be ashamed of Chemosh in whom she trusted^/'
13 Such is the word which Jhvh spoke concerning Moab afore-
14 time. But now Jhvh speaks thus : In three years, exactly 15 measured, shall Moab's glory^ become contemptible, despite all that great tumult, and the remnant shall be very small *and* without strength.'*
Prophecy 2.
^ragm<^n(0 on t^c ®oom of (Biom anb Ivedar.
(.5S9. ; VV. 15- 17:. 711. B. C.)'
Oracle on <Edom>
of Seir there comes a voice to me: /atchman, how late is the hour of the night? W'atch- 12 The watchman answers: [man, how late is the hour? 25
SI, II /^UT \y \Va
The morning comes, and also the nieht :
'&
Would ye inquire, inquire; come ye again.'
16, 12 "appears
21, 13-1/
— 5~H^«@Ss- 3 38aia5 •*?*«< —
58
Oracle ''In Arabia."
31,13 In the thickets of +the wilderness- must ye lodge <at eventide>,
ye caravans of Dedanites Is
14 Bring ye water to meet the thirsty,
Ye dwellers in the land of Tema,* <offer> bread to the fugitive. 5
15 For before the swords are they fled, before the t\vhetted> And before the bent bow, and before the press of war. [sw^ord,
16 For thus has the Lord said to me : In a year more, exactly
17 measured, all the glory of Kedar will be over, and the number that is left of the warlike archers of the Kedarenes' will become 10 small. Jhvh, Israel's God, has spoken it.
4. {pvop^mtB on t^t 5^£f of (§(X^^2on
By Unknown Writers at the Close of the Exile
ai,i
Prophecy i. (B. c. 55t>-545)
Oracle on" cChaldea^.
IKE the rush of storms in the Southland 5
It comes from the desert, from a terrible land.^ To me is announced a direful vision : [dexastates ; The robber ♦still* robs, and the devastator +stilh Go up, O Elam ! Besiege, O Media ! All sighing +of captives* I ^vill hush for ever. 10
Therefore are my loins full of anguish ; Pangs have seized me like ♦the pangs of* a woman
in travail :
f ft ■ '
I writhe, so that I cannot hear; I am troubled, so that I cannot
4 My mind is bewildered; a horrible dread has dismayed me; [see. 15 Eventide that I long for is turned for me into trembling.
5 They prepare the table ; they spread the carpets ;" Arise, ye princes, make the shield ready with oil ! ^
6 For thus has the Lord said to me :
Go, station a watcher ; what he sees he shall announce. 20
^ <^
ai , I " the wilderness of the sea
5 '^they eat, the}' drink
21,7 13. f> — »*is*ssffiit- 4 38ata5 -sSSifEM-e— 6o
21,7 And when he sees a troop of riders, horsemen in double rank, A train of asses, a train of camels,-' He shall liearken with the utmost heed. S Then he cried -in my audience*: Upon the watch-tower, O Lord, Do I stand continually by day, 5
And I remain at my post through all the nights. — [rank;
9 And behold, just then came a troop of horsemen in double So lie began, and said: Fallen, fallen is Babylon ! All the images of her gods have come shattered to the ground, lo O my *people*, threshed out and downtrodden!' lo
What I have heard from Jiivii Sabaoth, the God of Israel,
have I announced to you.
Prophecy 2. Jaff of QBa6pfon,
With an Ode of Triumph. ( b. c. 550-545). 15
13,1 Oracle on Babylon which Isaiah ben-Amoz saw.'
2 T T PON a treeless mountain raise ye a signal, lift up the \-J voice to them,
Wave the hand, that they may enter the gates of the princes.
3 I have given a charge ([concerning my wrath]) to my conse- 20
crated ones, I have also summoned my heroes [], my proudly triumphant
ones.
4 Hark, a tumult in the mountains, as of a great multitude! Hark, an uproar of kingdoms, of nations gathered together! 25 It is Jhvh Sabaoth nmstering the warlike host.
5 They come from a far country^ from the end of the heaven, Jhvh and the instruments of His indignation, to destroy the
whole earth.
6 Wail ! The day of Jhvh is near, as destruction from Shaddai^ 30
will it come!
7 Therefore will all hands hang down, » * » * ,
8 And every heart of mortals will quiver, | and dismayed will be
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6i — 9*e!^S3> 4 36ata3 -*©*§»«"« — 13,9-19
13 Pangs and throes will seize them, they will writhe like a
woman in travail, Stupefied each will look at tlie other, their faces will glow
like flames.
9 Behold," He comes, inexorable, with fury and burning wrath, 5
To make earth a desolation, and to extirpate the sinners thereon. lo^The heavens and the Orions thereof' will not shed their bright
beams, The sun will be darkened at his going forth, and the moon
will not give her brilliant light. 10
11 I will punish the world for tits^ evil, and the wicked for their
iniquity, I will still the arrogance of the proud, and will lay low the
haughtiness of tyrants.
12 I will make mortals more scarce than fine gold, and men than 15
the rich ore of (Jphir.
13 Therefore will I make heaven tremble, and the earth will
mo\-e quaking from its place, At the fury of Jhvh Sabaoth, and in the day of His burning
anger. 20
14 And then, like a hunted gazelle, like sheep which no man
folds. They will turn, every one to his own people, and flee, e\'ery
one to his own land ;
15 Whoso is seized will be thrust through, whoso is caught will 25
fall by the sword ;
16 And their children will be dashed in pieces before their eyes. Their houses will be .spoiled * * , their wives ravished.
17 Behold, I stir up against them the Medes, * * * * * Who regard not silver, and take no pleasure in gold. 30
iS * * * and bows * * * *
* * young men * cmaidens) iwill bei dashed in pieces ; With ruth the)' will not look on children, nor will they have
pity on the fruit of the womb. 19 And Babylon, glory of kingdoms, proud ornament of the 35
Chaldeans, will fare As when God +Himself* overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
13,9 "the day of Jhvh 10® the stars of
13,20-14,10 — ».»e^tjg»- 4 3ga«a6 ■^mm>f'^ 62
13,20 It will be uninhabited for ever, and tenantless age after age;^ No roving herdsman will pitch tent there, nor shepherds let
■•their flocks* lie down there.
21 Wild cats will lie down there, * * x * *
Their houses will be full of jackals, * * * * 5
Ostriches will dwell there, satyrs will dance there,
22 H_\enas will howl to each other in cits; towers, and woh'es in
the voluptuous palaces : Its time is nearly come, and its days will not be prolonged.
14,1 For Jhvh will have compassion upon Jacob, and will }'et again 10
choose Israel, and settle them upon their own land, and the sojourners will join themselves to them, and attach themselves to
2 the House of Jacob. 5 The peoples will take them, and bring them to their place, and those of the House of Israel will take them
in possession on Jhvh's land, as bondmen and bondmaids, and they 15 will become the captors of their captors, and will subdue their
3 taskmasters. And then, Jhvh having given thee rest from thy travail, and from thy disquiet, and from the hard service which men
4 laid upon thee, thou wilt recite this strain of derision upon the king of Babylon, and wilt say: 20
How still is the despot become, || how still is the -raging* !
5 Broken has Jhvh the staff of the wicked, || the rod of the
tyrants,
6 Which smote peoples in passion |i with stroke luircmitting. Which trampled the nations in anger, || unchecked was his 25
trampling !
7 Still and at rest, the whole earth ; || into shoutings of triumph
break they ;
8 At th>' fate the pine-trees rejoice || nind- Lebanon's cedars,
+saying* : 30 No woodman comes up against us || since thou art laid low.
9 Sheol beneath is startled because of thee, || expecting •soon*
thine arrival;* For thee the shades it arouses, || all the bell-wethers of man- kind; 35 It makes arise from their thrones || all the kings of the 10 They all address thee * * * , II and say to thee: [nations. Thou, too, art made strengthless as we are — || to us hast
thou been leveled!
63 ^«*e#^Ss- 4 3sata5 -s^^**^ 14 , n - 22
14,11 Brought down to Sheol is thy pride || tand* the twang of thy
harps ; Beneath thee corruption is spread, || with worms art thou
covered.
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, || O radiant one. Son of the 5
Dawn ! ^ <Howj art thou struck down to the ground, || ♦to lie- a stiff
♦corpse* upon <corpses> !
13 And thou, thou didst say in thy heart: || The heavens will I Above the stars of God || will I exalt my throne, [scale,* 10 I will sit on the Mount of Assembly || in the recesses of the
North,
14 I will mount above 'even* the hills of the clouds,' || I will
match the Most High.
15 Nathless thou art brought down to Sheol, || to the -ver)'* 15
recesses of the pit.
i5 They who see thee, on thee do they gaze || and thee they
consider, ♦saying* : Is this he who startled the earth, || who shook kingdoms,
17 Who made the world a desert, || and broke down its cities, 20 Who sent not his prisoners back free, || c[each one doj his
house])?
18 oKings of nations, all of them, || repose in high estate, []
19 But thou camong the slain^ art flung down, || ♦among^ those
who are pierced with the sword, 25 Who go down to the every base^ of the pit,'° || as a carcass
trodden under foot.
cHow art thou cut off' from thy grave, || as a scion abhorred, ***** clothed cwith shames. [with them.
20 <As for thy fathers), thou mayest not be joined || in burial 30
Because thou hast destroyed th)- land, || hast slain thy people. Nevermore be named || the race of -the e\'il-doer> ! [<father>,
21 Shambles prepare for his sons, || because of the guilt of their That they arise not, and take the earth in possession, || and
fill the face of the world with theaps). " 35
22 And I will arise against them, says Jhvh Sabaoth, and will
cut off from Babvlon record and remnant, scion and seed, ♦such* is
14 . ^3 - 40 , II _».,.e^^f!- 4 3Baia6 -ss^jga^^ 64
14,23 Jhvh's oracle; and I will make it a possession of the bittern, and pools of water, and will sweep it with the besom of extirpation, says Jhvh Sabaoth.
Prophecy 3.
Original Prophecies of the Second Isaiah.'
t. (Boob. (IXirva for t6e 6rif«6.
40, 1 /^~~^OMFORT yc, comfort ye m\- people, says your God. - V_^ S])eak ye tendcrlj^ to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her That her hard service is accomplished, her ^debt of* guilt is 10
discharged, That slie has recei\'ed from Jhvh's hand double for all her sins.'
3 Hark! there is a cry: Clear ye in the wilderness the wa\- of Jhvh, Make plain 111 the desert a highway for our God, [uplifted,
4 Let every mountain and hill sink down, and ever)- valley be 15 And let the steep ground become Ie\'el, and the rough
counlr)- plain ! ' 9 To a high mountain get thee up, O compaii}- that bringest
good news to Zion, Lift up mightih' thy voice, O compan\- that bringest good 20 Lift it up courageously, [news to Jerusalem, 3
Say to the cities of Judah: Behold! your God!
10 Behold," Jhvh comes as a .strong one, His arm ruling for Him; Behold, His reward is with Him, and His recompense *goes*
before Him. 25
11 As a shepherd will He tend His flock," with His arm will He
gatlier «it». The lambs t> in His bosom will He carr\-, those that give
suck will He lead.
40,5 "And the glory of Jhvh will be revealed, and all flesh will see it together, for the nioulli of Jiivii has spoken it. * 10 ''the Lord
65 — »4ei^s- 4 3«i»«a? •®JS*5«-'— 40,6-19
2. Ztx. creature firet ^umfifeJ an6 t^in encouraged
by true thoughts of Jhvh.
40,6 T TARK! ♦A voice* says: Proclaim! and <I say> : What A L shall I proclaim?
All flesh is grass, and all the <strength' thereof like the flowers 5
of the field;
7 The grass withers, the flowers fade, because the breath of
Jhvh has blown thereon."
8 The grass withers, the flowers fade, but the word of our God
stands for ever. 10
12 Who has measured the waters with the hollow of his hand,
and meted out heaven with a span, And comprehended the dust of the earth in one third *of an
ephah*, And weighed mountains with scales, and hills with a balance? 15
13 Who has meted out the minds of Jhvh, and ♦who*, as His
counselor, gives Him knowledge?
14 With whom has He taken counsel, that He might obtain I insight, And be taught as to the path of right,* and be shown the 20
way of understanding?
15 Behold, the nations are like a drop on a bucket,* and as fine
dust on a balance are they reckoned; Behold, He lifts up ♦the* islands' like a mote ;
16 And Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its beasts enough 25
for burnt-ofiferings.
17 All nations are as nothing before Him ; they are reckoned by
Him as vacancy and chaos. iS To whom then will ye liken God, and what sort of likeness
place beside Him? 30 19 An image! a craftsman has cast it, and a goldsmith over- lays it with gold;'
40,7'' "surely, the people is grass
* 14b "and teach Him knowledge
* 19 'and chains of silver a goldsmith * *
41,6-40,27 — ».*e^*@S!- 4 38aia6 -sssslea** — 66
41 , 6 One help.s tlic other, and sa)'.s to his fellow .- Be of good
courage.
7 And tlie craftsman encourages the goldsmith ; he who
smooths with the hammer, him who smites on the anvil,
Saying of the soldering: It is good; and he fastens it with 5
40,20 . . . . chooses an undecaying wood, [nails."
Seeks for himself a skilled craftsman, to set up an image that
shall not totter.^
21 Do ye not perceive? Do ye not hear? has it not been told
you from the beginning? 10 Have ye not understood tfroni) the foundation of the earth?'
22 *It is He* who sits above the vault of the earth'° -so high*
that its inhabitants are as locusts, Who has stretched out the heavens as -a firmament*, and
spread them out as a tent to dwell in; 15
23 *It is He* who turns princes to nothing; twho* makes the
judges of the earth like chaos.
24 Scarcely have they been planted, scarcely ha\e they been sown. Scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth.
When He blows upon them, they wither, and like stubble a 20
tempest carries them away.
25 To whom then will ye liken me, that I should be equal to
him ? says the Holy One.
26 Lift up your eyes on high ; who has created those ? "
He who brings out their host in *full* number, *and» calls 25
them all by name ; For tfear of* His great strength and <mighty> power, not one
remains behind.
27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel :
My fortune is hidden from Jhvh, and my right is unnoticed :■
by ni)- God?
30
41, 7 "it will not totter
67 — »*«#eSS!- 4 3*<''i? -^ssJSa*-!- 40,28-41,9
40 , 28 Hast thou not perceived ? hast thou not heard ? '^pekfffl.'*
An everlasting God is Jhvh, the Creator of the ends of the He faints not, nor can He be wearied; His insight is
unsearciiable;
29 To the weary He gives vigor, and to the powerless He 5
increases strength ;
30 Youths may faint and grow weary, young warriors may
stumble,
31 But they who wait for Jhvh renew 'their* vigor, they put
forth, as it were, eagles' wings." 10
3. ZU Korl, tU onfj true <5o&,
proved as such by the prophecy concerning Cyrus.
ti,iT T EARKEN to me in silence, ye +far+ countries;" and ye' A 1 peoples, cwait for my arguingj; [tribunal.
Come near! afterwards speak ! together let us approach the 15
[steps attends victory,
2 Who was it that roused up from the East him on whose +That« gives up before him peoples, and into kings strikes a
terror ?
His sword cmakes them; like dust, his bow like driven stubble; 20
3 He pursues them, passes on in safety ; the path with his
feet he treads not. '3
4 Who has wrought and accomplished this ? He who called
the generations from the beginning, I, Jhvh, 'who am* the first, and with those who come after ^am 25
still* the same."'**
8 But thou, Israel, my Servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, Offspring of Abraham, my friend, [from its remotest parts, I
9 Thou, whom I fetched from the ends of the earth, '^ and called To whom I said : My Servant art thou, I have chosen and 30
have not rejected thee;
«siS3^8«>
40,31 "they run, and are never weary; they go onward, and are never faint
* 41,5 ^the •far-off* lands saw it, and 'feared'; the ends of the earth trembled; they approached, and came -together to judgment-
41,10-19 — »**^«Si- 4 36ata^ -!Gs»tE»*<— 68
41,10 Fear not, for I am with thec; cast no look of terror, for I
am thy God. I strengthen thee ; yea, I help thee ; yea, I uphold thee with
my triumphant right hand, [confounded, 5
11 Behold, all who were enraged at thee will be ashamed and The men who contended with thee will become nought, and
perish ;
12 Thou wilt seek them, and not find them, the men who strove
with thee; 10 They will become nought and mere vacancy, the men who
warred with thee.
13 For I, Jhvh, thy God, hold fast thy right hand, I who say to thee: Fear not, I help thee.
14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, ye cpuny worms) of Israel ; 15 I help thee, such is Jhvh's oracle, and J am* thy redeemer,"
O Israel.
15 Behold, I make of thee a new threshing-sledge,* furnished
with teeth ; Thou shalt thresh mountains, and crush them, and shalt treat 20
hills like chaff.'*
16 Thou shalt winnow them, and the wind shall carrj' them awa\-,
and the tempest shall scatter them ; But thou wilt exult in Jhvh, and of Israel's Holy One wilt
thou make thy boast. 25
17 'The poor who seek water, while there is none, whose tongue
is parched with thirst, I, Jhvh, will answer; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake.
18 On bare hills I will open rivers, and fountains in the midst of
valleys. 30 I will make the wilderness a brimming lake, and dry land
channels of water.
19 I will set in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, the m\'rtlc,
and the olive-tree,
41, 14 "is the Holy One 'of Israel ♦ * 15 "a pointed instrument * 17 ' the afflicted and
69 — >-Ms#*af!- 4 3eaia5 -«gS#3*-«^ — 41,20-29
41 I will place in the desert the pine, the plane-tree, and the
cypress together,''
20 That men may see, and acknowledge, and consider, and
understand at once. That Jhvh's hand has done this, and Israel's Holy One has 5
created it.
4. ©tepufe Bttroan t^i trut (Bob anl t^i ^aisi ©ctftea.
21 TURING forward your suit! says Jhvh;'* J_J Produce your cidolsj ! says Jacob's King.
22 Let them cdraw near=, and announce to us what shall happen; 10 The former events, how they were foretold, '^ do ye announce,
that we may reflect upon them !
Or else the future events do ye declare to us, that we may
mark their issue ;
23 Announce the things that are to come hereafter, that we may 15
know that ye are gods ; Yea, do something, either good or bad, that we may at once
marvel, and have somewhat to see.
24 Behold, ye are nought, and your work is cnothingness)."
25 I roused up one from the North, and he came ; from the 20
rising of the sun, one who calls upon my Name, That he may ttrample^ governors like mortar, and as a potter
who treads clay.
26 Who announced this from the beginning, that we might know
it? and from aforetime, that we might say: Right. ^° 25 None was there who announced it, none who declared it, none
who heard your words.
27 I, the first one, tannouncedj it to Zion, and to Jerusalem I
gave a harbinger of good news.'''
28 But when I tlooked abouti, there was no one, and among 30
those ♦vain gods* there was none who prophesied. So that I might ask them, and they might give an answer. j
29 Behold, they all are \anity ; their work is nothing worth ; wind
and vacancy are their molten images. ^^
41.24 "an abomination is he who chooses yo'i
5. d^onfraef Sttnun t^i ibtai Ml tU attuat ^av&d.
42,1 "TyKHOLD, my Servant^' vvhom I uphold; JU M\- chosen, in whom my soul delights; I ha\e put my spirit upon hini, He will set forth the law to the nations.-*
2 He will not ci')' aloud, nor ^roar* *as a lion*, Nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
3 A cracked reed he will not break, And a dimly burning wick he will not quench.^'
Faithfully will he set forth the law ;
4 He will not burn dimly nor be crushed 'in spirit*, Till he have set the law in the earth, And for his instruction the -tfar* countries wait.^*
5 Thus says Jhvh,'?'
He who created the heavens, and stretched them forth, 15
Who spread out firmly the earth with the products thereof. Who gives breath to the folk upon it, and spirit to those who
walk thereon ;
6 I, Jhvh, have called thee in righteousness, and ihave taken
holdi of thy hand, 20 And iformedi thee, and 'seti thee as a covenant for ♦the human- folk, as a light of the nations,
7 Opening blind eyes, tand unclosing deaf earsj.
Bringing out captives from confinement, and from the prison- house those who sit in darkness ; 25
8 I am Jhvh, that is my Name, [images. And my honor will I not give to another, nor my praise to
9 The former events, behold, they are come, and new things do
I ainiounce ; Before they spring forth -into being*, I tell you of them.=^ 30
10 Sing to Jhvh a new song,
And His praise from the end of the earth ; T^et) the sea troan, and all that is therein, The -far* countries *by the sea* anti the inhabitants thereof
42, 5 "the -true' God
71 -^<««*e€Cif 4 36'i»a5 -^Bsia** — 42,11-21
42,11 Let the wilderness and the cdesert rejoico, The villages which Kedar inhabits ; Let Sela's inhabitants exult. From the top of +their+ mountains let them shout amain ;"
13 Jhvh goes forth like a hero, 5 Like a warrior He stirs up 'His* rage,
He gives a cry, a piercing battle-cry, Upon His foes He proves Himself a hero.
14 I have been long time silent,=9 I have been still, and restrained
myself; 10 *Nowt like a woman in travail will I groan, I will both pant
and gasp.
15 I will lay waste mountains and hills, and all their herbage
will I dry up; I will turn rivers into islands, and pools will I dry up; 15
16 And I will lead the blind on the way ;" in paths which they
know not will I guide them ; I will turn darkness into light before them, and rugged ground
into level.
17 These are the promises which I will not omit to fulfil. They 20
will *then surely+ draw backward; they will be tclothed with; shame, who trust in graven images, who say to molten images : Ye are our gods.
18 Ye deaf, hear; and ye bhnd, look up, that ye may see.3°
19 Who is blind' but <the Servants of Jhvh>, and deaf as <their
rulers*.'' 25
20 Much hast thou seen, without observing it; *thou+ whose ears
were open, yet didst <thou> not hear!
21 Jhvh was pleased, for His righteousness' sake to make ^His*
instruction great and glorious,3"
42,12 "Let them render glory to Jhvh,
And declare His praise in the •far-ofF* lands. * i6a * which they know not
* 19 '<> as the Servant of Jhvh * ''as my messenger whom I send
42,22-43.7 — »*«s^j3!- 4 3eaia^ •'S*'*^**-'^ 72
42,22 Yet it is tstilU a people spoiled and plundered, [houses;
iThey are all snaredi lin diingeonsi.^' and hid in prison- They are become a spoil, and there is no rescuer; a plunder,
and there is none who says : Restore.
23 Who among you will give ear to this, will attend, and hear 5
for the time to come?
24 Who gave up Jacob to iplunderersj, and Israel to spoilers,"
25 And poured out upon him the heat of His anger, and tHisj
violence dike a flame, So that it scorched him round about, but he marked it not ; 10 and it burned him, but he laid it not to heart?
43,1 And now, thus says Jhvh, thy Creator, O Jacob, and thy
Fashioner, O Israel ; Fear not, I redeem thee ; I call thee by name, mine art thou.
2 When thou passest through waters I will be with thee, and 15
rivers shall not overflow thee, When thou goest through fire thou shalt not be scorched,
neither shall flame burn thee.
3 For I, Jhvh, am thy God ; ♦!♦, Israel's Holy One, thy
deliverer; 20 I give Egypt as thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee,"
4 Since thou art precious in mine eyes ; thou art honored, and
I love thee ; I will give the +far* tcountries^ in thy stead, and peoples for
thy life. 25
5 ^From lands of the sunrise I bring thy offspring, and from
lands of the sunset I gather thee ;
6 I say to the North : Give up ! and to the South : Withhold not ! Bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of
the earth, 30
7 Every one who is called by my name, and whom for my
glory I have' formed and made.
■atasss^ssfo-
42,24 "Was it not Jhvh, He against whom we sinned, and in whose ways they would not walk, and to whose instruction they were not obedient ? * 43, S-'' "Fear not, I am with thee 7 'created
6. ^Bv&it, eoen iv^en fiftni, muet Bear mifneee
for the true God against the false gods ; the arsfument from prophecy repeated.
43,8 cTTO', ye people with eyes, but blind, and ye with ears, JTl but deaf! 3"
*************** * * *5 .)(.************** * * * 9 <Let) all the nations cassemble themselves> , and let the peoples
gather together. Who among them can announce such things, and <as the first
one^^s ideclare it to usi? 10 Let them produce their witnesses, that they may be .proved* in the right, and that two may hear, and say : It is truth.
10 Ye are my witnesses, says Jhvh, and imy Servantsi whom I
have chosen. That ye may acknowledge and believe me, and discern that I 15
am He .who* works; s* Before me no God was formed, nor shall there be after me.
11 I, I am Jhvh, and beside me there is no deliverer.
12 It was I who *both* announced ^> and declared, — there was no strange god among you ;3' ye are my witnesses, says Jhvh, and 20
13 I am cyour redeemer^ <from the beginning>,° and none can rescue out of my hand; when I work, who can hinder it?
7. 5aff of (gafijfon anJ t^i ^cconb &xoi\ia.
14 '' I ^HUS says Jhvh, your redeemer, Israel's Holy One:
A F"or your sake have I sent to Babylon 25
15 I, Jhvh, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.
16 Thus says Jhvh :***** [waters, Who opens a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty
I- Who brings forth chariot and horse, <a larger and potent host; 30 Together they lie down, they cannot arise, they are quenched,
they have gone out like a wick. 3*
[not ! 18 Remember not former things, and things of old time consider
43, 13 " I am He
43, '9-44,3 — »*«Si«**- 4 3B'»ta6 -sBJJta** — 74
43,19 Heboid, I accomplish a new thing; already it springs fort
Do ye not perceive it? Yea, I will set a way in the wilderness, ♦and. ri\-ers in the
desert ; 20 Wild beasts of the field will honor me, the jackals and the 5
ostriches/
8. Z^t Bovt) pfcafta wit^ carefeee ^^i^o^f-
22 A/'ET not upon me hast thou called, 1° O Jacob, ♦nor* o
X about me hast thou wearied thyself, O Israel ;
23 Thou hast not brought me the sheep of thy burnt-offerings, 10
nor honored me with thy sacrifices. •Truly, I burdened thee not with offerings, nor wearied thee
with incense,
24 ♦Yet. thou boughtest me not sweet cane with money, nor
with the fat of thy sacrifices didst thou satisfy me; 15 Burdens, nothing else, hast thou given me by thy sins, and
weariness b}' th)- iniquities,
25 ^Yet* I myself am He who blots out thy rebellions,'''* and
thy sins I remember not.
26 Put me in mind, let us plead together; recount thou, that 20
thou mayest be justified.
27 Thy first father sinned,''' and thy mediators-'s rebelled against me, 2S 'And thy princes profaned my sanctuary •■'•' * * » * *
iSo I gave up' Jacob to the ban, and Israel to contumely.
44 , 1 And now hear, O Jacob, my Servant, and Israel whom I 25
hate chosen ;
2 Thus says Jhvh, thy Creator, and He who formed thee from
the womb, who helps thee : Fear not my S.ervant, Jacob, and thou, Jeshurun,-*-^ whom I
have chosen: 30
3 I will pour water upon the thirsty, and streams upon the dry
ground. I will pour my spirit ""> upon thy posterity, and m>- blessing
upon thy offspring.
43, 20b ' For I give waters in the wilderness, streams in the desert, to yield drink to my
31 people, my chosen. The people which I have formed for myself, they will
proclaim my praise. 25 *for my own sake
75 ^**B|^as- 4 36<»ta5 -s®*^***— 44,4-13
44.4 So that they spring up <as grass> amidst <waters>, as willows
by water-courses.
5 One will say: I am Jhvh's; and another will .name himselfi
by the name of Jacob, And another will mark <on5 his hand : Jhvh's,'" and <receive 5 ;'. the surname> Israel.'''*
9. ^6« eofe Jtotnitp of t^i Botl propel 6p l^te pvopUcne.
(With a later insertion on Idolatry)
6 'nr^HUS says Jhvh, the King of Israel, yea, his redeemer,'
A Jhvh Sabaoth : 10
I am the first and the last, and beside me there is no God.
7 And who is like me? <let him stand forth, and- cry; let him
declare it, and set it in order before me ! (Who has announced very long since> the future ? and things
that are to come let +the vain gods* declare <to us> ! 15
8 Shudder not, nor tbe disquieted^ ; have I not long ago
declared' and announced it? Ye are my witnesses. Is there a God* <or> a Rock <beside me) ?
9 Those'''' who fashion images are all of them dike* chaos, and
their precious things are unprofitable, 20 Their .own* witnesses neither see nor perceive -anything* —
that they may be put to shame.
10 Who dares fashion a god, and cast an image, to no profit?
11 Behold, all his icharmersi will be put to shame, and ihisi
enchanters^" cwill be confounded;. 25 Let them all assemble, -and* stand forth; they will all shudder,
and be shamed.
12 The smith prepares it over the burning coals, and with ham- He prepares it with his strong arm ; [mers fashions it. He becomes hungry also, and has no 'more* strength ; he 30
drinks no water, and is faint.
13 The carpenter stretches out a line, [<with a carving tool>,'' He 'determines the proportions> with a stilus, he shapes it * And makes it like the human figure, hke the beauty of a man,
to dwell in a house. 35
44. S -to thee * beside me
* *
13 'he makes it ''with compasses
44.14-23 ^<-M3|*i6a<- 4 3Baia§ -!ias*6*i.'— 76
44,14 cedars, and took an ilex,
An oak, too, he reared up for his use among the trees of the He planted a pine, and the rain nourished it. [forest;
15 So it served for a man to burn ;
He kindled a fire therewith, and warmed himself; 5
He heated the oven also, and baked bread ; Yea, he formed it -into- a tjod, and prostrated himself; made it into an image, and bowed down to it.
16 Half of it he has burned in the fire, [and is satisfied ; And <upon the coals thereof- he roasts flesh ; he eats the roast, 10 He warms himself also, and says: Aha! I am warm, I feel
the glow ;
17 And the residue of it he has made into a god, .into an image,
and bows down to it> ; He prostrates himself, and prays to it, and says : Rescue me, 15
for thou art my God !
18 They have no perception nor discernment.
For their eyes <are bedaubed), past seeing, and their minds
past comprehending.
19 And he considers not, nor is there knowledge or sense to say : 20 Half thereof I have burned in the fire, [ate,
1 have also baked bread upon its coals, I roasted flesh, and
And of the remainder thereof shall I make an abomination?
to a wooden cimage> shall I bow down?
20 Whoso troubles himself for ashes, a deluded heart has turned 25
him aside. That he cannot rescue himself, nor say: Is there not a lie
in my right hand?
21 Remember these things,'^' O Jacob; -yea, heed them., O Israel,
for thou art my Servant; 30 I have formed thee, a Servant art thou to me; O Israel, thou
wilt not trenounce> me!
22 I have blotted out as a mist thy rebellions, and as a cloud Return to me, I have redeemed thee. [thy sins;
23 Be triumphant, O heavens; Jhvh has finished .His work.! 35 Shout, O depths of the earth !
Break forth, O mountains, into cries of triumph !
O forest, and e\'cry tree therein !
For Jhvh has redeemed Jacob,
And glorifies Himself in Israel! ,4°
77 -^-»«3|eaSs- 4 ']eaia^ -«5J3|6*(i-.— 44 , 24 - 45 , 3
to. £pru6 conquera for t^t eafie of (Bob ani of Jeracf.
44, 24 ' I ^HUS says Jhvh, thy redeemer, and He who formed 1 thee from the womb : I am Jhvh, who wrought everything,
Who stretched forth the heavens, alone, who spread forth the 5
earth — owho was with mea ? —
25 Who brings to nought the omens of the impostors, and
makes the diviners ♦of Babylon* mad, Who turns the wise backward, and makes their knowledge
folly, 10
26 Who ratifies the word of His <servants>, and' the prophecy
of His messengers, 5' Saying of Jerusalem : Be it inhabited ! and cof> the Temple : Be
thy foundations laid ! And of the cities of Judah : Let them be built ! and the ruins 15
of the land will I raise up ;
27 Who says to the flood : Be dry ! and thy rivers will I parch
up;
28 Who says of Cyrus : My ifriendi" .is he*, and all my pur-
poses will he accomplish. 5** 20
45,1 Thus says Jhvh to His anointed, to Cyrus, 5? whose right
hand I have grasped, That nations cmay be terror-stricken> before him, and that I
may ungird the loins of kings. To open doors before him, and that gates may not be closed; 25
2 I myself will go before thee; cways) will I make level. Doors of bronze will I break in pieces, 5* and bars of iron
cut in sunder;
3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness and the hoards
of secret places ;' 30 For it is I, Jhvh, who calls thee by thy name, *!♦, the God
of Israel. 57
44, 26 -accomplishes * 28 ^«who» say«s- of Jerusalem: Let it be built! and iof> the Temple : Be thy founda- tions laid ! * 45 , 3 ' that thou mayest acknowledge
45.4-14 — »-j-!i^«:a<- 4 38010? -W**^**^- — 78
45,4 For the sake of Jacob, my Servant, and Israel, my Chosen, I called thee by thy name; I -took delight in> thee, though
thou knewest me not. < [°] >
5 I am Jhvh, and there is none else; beside me there is no
God[]; 5
6 That men ma\- acknowledge, both in the east and in the west. That there is none beside me — I am Jhvh, and there is
none else —
7 Who forms light, and creates darkness, who makes welfare,
and creates calamity ,s^ 10 I, Jii\ii, -the *true* God-, am the author of all this. ,s Shower, ye heavens, from above. And let the sky rain righteousness ! Let the earth open <its womb>,
And cbear the fruit of> deliverance * » * 15
And <let it> cause victory to spring up also ! I, Jhvh, have created this. 55
9 Woe unto him who strives with Him who formed him, a potsherd like mother* potsherds of earth 1"° Does the clay say to him who moulds it: What canst thou 20 make? and <his work>: <Thou hast> no hands!
10 Woe unto him who says to a father: What canst thou beget?
and to a woman: What canst thou bring forth?
11 Thus .says Jhvh, the Holy One of Israel, and He who formed
it : 25 Of things to come twill ye question, me ! and concerning the work of my hands" will ye lay commands upon me!
12 I m\,-self made the earth, and man upon it I created.
My hands have stretched out the heavens, and upon all their
host have I laid commands. 30
13 «So' it was I who aroused him in righteousness, and all his
wa)-s will I make level; He will build my city, and my exiled ones will he set free.'
14
Thus says Jhvh <Sabaoth. : The texiles> of Egypt, [stature,^'' And the ccaptives) of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of 35
45 .5'' "I s'irdtd thee, though thou knewest me not * II "concerning my sons*'
13 'not for price, and not for reward, says Jhvh Sabaoth
z ^
79 — »*e*S»- 4 Ssata? -^SS^es** — 45.15-25
45 Before thee will pass," * * * * »
And to thee will they bow down, to thee will they pray,*3 ♦Saying*: Only in thee is God, and beside there is none, no
Godhead at all ;
15 Truly cwith thee^ God hides Himself,*^ the God of Israel is 5
a deliverer!
16 Ashamed, yea, confounded are all <who rose up against Him>; Together are gone into confusion the <idol> -making craftsmen.
17 tBut* Israel has received from Jhvh an everlasting deliverance;
Ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded to all eternity. 10
18 For thus says Jhvh, the Creator of the heavens, — He is the
♦true* God; The Former and Maker of the earth, — He established it, Not as a waste did He create it, to be inhabited He formed (I am Jhvh, and there is none else. [it.** 15
19 Not in secref's have I spoken, in* the land of darkness,** Nor have I said to the posterity of Jacob: Seek that which
<I>, I, Jhvh, promise truly, +andt announce rightly. [is vain;
20 Assemble, and come ; draw near together, ye of the nations
who have escaped ! 20 No knowledge have they who bear about their wooden idols, *' And pray to a god who cannot deliver. [counsel together!
21 Announce ye and produce *your idols*; let them also take Who has declared this from ancient times, +andt long ago
has announced it? 25 Is it not I, Jhvh? and there is no God beside me, A God who speaks truth and delivers, there is not beside me.
22 Turn to me, and receive deliverance, all ye ends of the earth, For I am God, and there is none else.
23 By myself have I sworn, [not be recalled, 30 A true word has gone out of my mouth, a word that shall That to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
24 Only through Jhvh has Jacob; victories and strength ; 'Together will they perish), and be put to shame — all those
who were incensed against him, 35
25 tBut* in Jhvh will triumph, and *in Him* make their boast,
all who spring from Israel.
45, 14 "and become thine; after thee will they sjo, in chains will they pass * 19 * a place of
46 , I - 12 — »*«#6@5c 4 36aia^ -jSi*9-^*«-» — 8o
n. ZU ©ctftee of Q0a6jfon anb t()i (Bob of [ievAd contvaeM.^^
46,1 T3 ML lias bowed down, Nebo <ha.s crouched>,''' Their -L/ images have passed to the beasts and to the cattle ; that which ye bore about ''° is carried as a burden, a burden for the jaded «beast*. 5
2 They have crouched, they ha\'e bowed down together; They, 'the gods*, could not rescue the burden,
But are themselves gone into captivity.
3 Hearken to me, O House of Jacob, and all the remnant of
the House of Israel, 10 Who have been carried as a load from the birth, who have been borne'" from the mother's womb, —
4 Even to old age I am the same, even to gray hairs I will
support ♦you*, I have tcarried the burden), and I will •stilh bear, yea, I will 15
support and rescue *you».
5 To whom will ye liken and equal me, and compare me, that
we may be like?
6 +Behold* those who <contribute> gold from the bag, and weigh
silver in the balance, 20 They hire a goldsmith, that he make a god thereof; they fall
down — aye, prostrate themselves,
7 They bear it upon the shoulder laden therewith, and set it tThere it standsi, not moving from its place; [on its base.
Yea, let a man cry to it, it neither answers, nor rescues him 25
out of his trouble.
8 Remember ye this, and own* yourselves <guilty>; lay it to heart,
9 Remember the former things in distant ages, [ye apostates ! For I am God, and there is none else, — divine, and there is
none like me, — 30
10 Who has announced the latter end from the beginning, and
from ancient times things before they happened. Who has said: My purpose shall stand, and all my pleasure
will I perform ;
11 Who has called from the East a bird of prey, the man of 35
His purpose from a far country, — As I have spoken, I will bring to pass; as I have planned, I
will accomplish.
12 Hearken to me, ye <discouraged> ones, who are far from ^the
thought of Israel's* victory ; '' 40
8i —^^Hs^msf ^ 'ieaia^ ■^Bm*i~— 46,13-47.10
46,13 I have brought near my *gift of* victory, it is not far off, and
my dehverance will not tarry; I appoint in Zion deliverance, ^and* for Israel my glory.
12. ^ong of ©meton upon (^afijfon.
47,1 /^^OME down, and sit in the dust, || O virgin Babylon!" 5 \^^ Throneless, sit on the ground, || O maiden Chaldea! j For thou shalt be called nevermore || The Tender, The Dainty. 2 Take the mill-stones, and grind meal ; || put back thy veil. Lift up the train, bare the leg,'['']> || wade through streams. []
3.4 clrreversible> vengeance will I take, || csays> our redeemer, — 10 Jhvh Sabaoth is His name, || Israel's Holy One.
5 Sit silent, be closed in darkness, || O maiden Chaldea ! [doms. For thou shalt be called nevermore || The Mistress of King-
6 I was wroth with my people, || ^and* profaned my heritage,
I gave them to thee, tbut* thou showedst them || no compas- 15 On the aged thou madest thy yoke || to press heavily.''-' [sion,
7 And thou saidst: I shall last for ever, || ♦yea, be* mistress
perpetually.
Thou didst not lay this to thy heart, || nor think of the future.
t
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8 And now hear this, O Voluptuous One, || who sittest securely, 20 Who sayest in thy heart: || I, and none but me!
T shall not sit in widowhood, || nor know the loss of children;-:
9 Therefore shall come to thee both of these || in a moment
♦and* in the same day : • Loss of children and widowhood, in full measure || shall they 25 f come upon thee.
Despite the vast number of thy spells, || despite thy many
enchantments, 10 And ^though* thou wast secure in thy wickedness, || and j saidst : None sees me. 30
tLo=, thy wisdom, thy knowledge, |) this has turned thee aside, So that thou saidst in thy heart: || I, and none but me!
47 , 3» " bared be thy nakedness ; yea, let thy shame be seen
47.11-48,4 -^>*f^es»- 'I 'ieaia^ -m^m**— 82
47,11 Therefore a -demon of* calamity shall fall upon thee || whom
thou art powerless to appease, And suddenly a crushing storm shall come <>, || which thou art
unskilled ^to* * * .
12 Pray, persist in thy spells, || and in thy many enchantments;" 5 Perchance thou canst help somewhat, || perchance thou wilt
strike terror !
13 Self-wearied art thou with counsels; || pray, let them stand forth. Yea, let them deliver thee, the sdividersi of heaven," || the
gazers on stars, 10 Who make known, each new moon, || whence -troubles, are
coming ! ^
14 Behold, they are become like stubble || which fire has burned. They cannot rescue their own life || from the grasp of the
flame;* 15
15 Such are they become to thee || about whom thou didst trouble
thyself' from thy youth up, They flee staggering, every one straight onward; || there is none
to save thee!
13. 'Zlii new ani tU of& (propS^cus.?? 20
48,1 T T EAR ye this, O House of Jacob,
1. 1 Who are called by the name of Israel, and have come
forth from the cloinsi of Judah, Who swear by the Name of Jhvh, and celebrate the God of
Israel, — 25
2 Not indeed truthfully nor rightly, — for they call themselves
after the Holy City, And stay themselves on Israel's God, whose name is Jhvh
3 The former things I announced long ago ; [Sabaoth. From my mouth came they forth, and I tdcclaredi them; 30
suddenly I wrought, and they came,
4 Because I knew that thou wast obstinate, and thy neck an And thy forehead brass. [iron band,
47,12 "about which thou didst trouble thyself from thy youth *
14 *it is not a coal for giving warmth, nor a fire to sit before
*
15 'thy traffickers
83 ^*-M=«6S> 4 3B<ita{! -«»Bsa*<— 48,5-17
48,5 And I announced it to thee long ago, before it came I
showed it to thee,
Lest thou shouldst say : My idol has wrought it, and my
gra\en and my molten image has appointed it.
6 Thou hast heard it; .... ; and cthom, wilt thou not 5
bear witness tO) it? New events I declare to thee henceforth, »yea* <difficult> things
which thou hast not known.
7 Now have they been created, not of old, and in former times
thou heardest them not, 10 Lest thou shouldst say: Behold, I knew them.
8 Thou hast neither heard nor known them, nor cwas^ thine
ear openced> heretofore, For I knew that thou wast indeed treacherous, and wast
called: Apostate from The Birth, 15
9 For my Name's sake I defer mine anger, and because of my
praise I cam indulgent> to thee, that I may not cut thee off.
10 Surely I have refined thee, but without gain of silver; I have
tried thee in the furnace <in vain>.
11 For cmy Name's^ sake will I do it, — [not give. 20 For how is it desecrated! — and my glory to another I will
12 Hearken to me, O Jacob; 'give ear*, O Israel, my Called One: I am He *who works*, I first, I also last, [out the heavens ;
13 Yea, my hand founded the earth, and my right hand spread When I call to them, they stand forth together. 25
14 Assemble yourselves, all of you, and hear; who among them
has announced this, "♦Who* thas brought him> to accomplish his pleasure on Baby- lon, and etc cause) his arm cto be known in) Chaldea?
15 I myself have spoken, and also called him, brought him, and 30
<made his way prosper>.
16 "From the beginning I have not spoken in secret, from the
time that cJhvh declared it to mc).^^'
17 Thus says Jhvh, thy redeemer, Israel's Holy One,
I, Jhvh, am thy God, who teaches thee to do what is 35
*indeed* profitable,
48,14 "Jhvh 16 "Draw ye near to me, hear ye this
* 16 'And now has the Lord Jhvh sent m? aid Kis spirit
48,18-494 ^-»*eS«^)s- 4 36ataS -«S»§a*« — 84
48,1s Who leads thee in the way thou shouldst go. Oh, that thou
wouldst hearken to my commands! Then would thy peace abound like a river, and thy pros- perity like the waves of the sea,
19 And thy posterity would be tcountless* as the sand, and thy 5
offspring as the <dust of the earth> ; ^9 <Then also> would its name not be cut off nor destroyed from
before me.
20 Go ye out from Babylon, || flee ye from Chaldea ;
With sounds of triumph declare it, || and make it heard ; 10
Cause it to go forth || to the end of the earth, Say: Jhvh has redeemed || His Servant, Jacob:
21 They thirsted not, || when through deserts He led them. Water from the rock || He caused to flow for them.
He cleft the rock, || so that water gushed out. 15
22 tBut* there is no peace, says Jhvh, for the wicked.^
Appendix. 14. ^araeCe (Rceforatton.
49,1 y T EARKEN, ye +far* countries, to me, and listen, ye
1. 1 distant peoples, ^o
Jhvh has called me from the womb, from my mother's lap
has He celebrated my name ;
2 He made my mowth like a sharp sword, in the shadow of
His hand He hid me; He made me a polished shaft, in His quiver He stored me. 25
3 He said to me : Thou art my Servant," in whom I will
glorify myself, 5^ And I iwas honored; in the eyes of Jhvh, and my God
became my strength ;
4 And as for nie, I said, I have labored in vain j to no pur- 30
pose and for nothing have I spent my strength ; Nevertheless my right is with Jhvh, and my recompense with
my God. «s®ii=;^*;'' — -
49.3 "Israel.
85 ■ — •*^SiS«- 4 3«««<>6 -^^^s*** — 49,6-12
49,5 And now Jhvh says, — He who formed me from the womb
to be a Servant to Him, That I might bring Jacob back to Him, that Israel •> might
be gathered : —
6 "It is too light a thing" to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and 5 t to restore the preserved of Israel;;
So I set thee as a light of the nations, that my deliverance ^ ._ may be to the end of the earth. ^'
7 Thus says Jhvh, the redeemer of Israel, his Holy One,
To him who is deeply cdespised), labhorredi of the people, a 10
servant of tyrants : Kings shall see tthce*, and shall arise; princes, and they shall
bow down,^^ Because of Jhvh who is faithful, and of Israel's Holy One,
8 Thus says Jhvh : [who chose thee. 15 In a time of favor do I answer thee, and in a day of
deliverance I help thee. And form thee, and set thee as a covenant of the people, *3
* * * That thou raise up the land, that thou distribute the desolate 20
heritages,
9 Saying to the bondmen : Go forth ! and to those in darkness :
Show yourselves! They will pasture on <all> ways, and 'even* on all bare hills
shall be their pasture : 25
10 They will not hunger or thirst, nor will the glowing heat or
the sun smite them : He who has compassion on them will lead them, and to brim- ming fountains will He guide them.
11 And I will make all -mountains- a road, and <causeways> 30
shall be raised on high ; ******************
12 Behold, these, from afar do they come, tand these from the
end of the earths, And behold, these' from the sea, and these from the land 35
of tthe Syenites^,*''
49,6 "He says *for thy being a Servant to me
* 12 'from the North and
49.13-23 — ^*e§^!s- 4 Jeaio? •'S*****^ 86
49,
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Rin_<; with shouts of jo}-, |
0 heavens, |
anii 1 |
cxu |
it, 0 |
earth ! |
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the mountains |
break |
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of |
joy! |
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Jii\ii comforts |
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has compassion on |
His afflicted |
ones. |
15. Coneofattone for jion an6 ^cr €6tf6ren. 5
14 T3 UT Zion said: Jh\'h has forsaken me, and my Lord has J_J fortjotten mc ! — [sion on the son of her womb ?
15 Can a woman so forget her suckling, as not to have compas- Should even these forget, yet I will not forget thee !
i6 Behold, on the palms of *my« hands have I graven thee ; thy 10
17 walls are continually before me;*^ <those who will build thee-*'' make haste ; those who destroyed thee, and laid thee waste, will
18 go forth from thee. Lift up thine eyes round about, and see; they are all assembled, they come to thee. As I live, says Jh\h, thou wilt clothe thee with them all as with an ornament. And 15 fasten tlicni on thee, as a bride -.her jewels*.
19 I'"or thy ruined and desolate places, and thy destroyed land ***************** * For then thou wilt be too narrow for the inhabitants, and
those who swallowed thee up will be far away. 20
20 Thou wilt yet hear this cr}' from the sons of thy bereavement: The place is too narrow for me ; move away from me that
I may establish myself
21 And thou wilt say in th)- heart: Who has borne me these. Seeing I am bereaved and unfruitful? )'ea, these, who has 25
brought them up? Behold, I was left alone; these, how are they indeed mine?*'
22 Thus says the Lord Jhvh:
Behold, I lift up my hand towards the nations, and set up
my banner towards the peoples, 30 And they shall bring thy sons in ttheir* lap, and thy daughters
shall be carried on ♦their* shoulders.
23 Kings will be thy foster-fathers, and their queens thy nursing-
mothers ; With face to the earth will they do thee homage, and lick 35
the dust of thy feet, And thou wilt know that I am Juvii, in whom those who
hope will not be put to shame.
87 — .*«)#SBi- 4 38<»«<l? ^@9§3*«^ 49,24-50,5
49, 24 "Can the prey be taken from a warrior, or the captives of a
25 *Yea, verily*, for thus says Jhvh: [ <tyrant> escape ?" '*
Even the captives of a warrior shall be taken, and the prey
of a tyrant shall escape; With him who contends with thee I will contend, and thy 5
children will I save.
26 I will cause thy oppressors to eat their own flesh ; [drunken. With their own blood, as with new wine, shall they be So that all flesh shall know that I, Jhvh, am thy deliverer, And that thy redeemer is the Hero of Jacob. 10
50,1 Thus says Jhvh : [her away,
Where is your mother's bill of divorce wherewith I put Or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you?^'' Surely, for your iniquities were ye sold, and for your rebel- lions was your mother put away. 15
2 Wherefore, when I came, was there no one? was there
no one to answer, when I called ? Is my hand too short to deliver? or have I no power to
rescue? Surely, with my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make rivers 20
a desert, +So that* their fish -dry up' for lack of water, and ctheir
monsters) on thirsty lands ;
3 I clothe the heavens in mourning, and sackcloth I make
their covering; 25 ******************
16. Z^i Servant ae QUartjr.
4 '' I ""HE Lord Jhvh has given me the eloquence of *Hist
A disciples, 9° That I ma}' know how cto revive) the wear\' one with 30
words *of comfort* ;'' " In the morning He wakens mine ear^^ that I ma\' hearken
as *His* disciple,
5 /And I have not been rebellious ; I have not turned back. 93
50, 4 " He wakens in the morning *
5 *the Lord Jhvh has opened mine ear
50,6-51.3 »'»c8ttaii- 4 JaaiaB -^Sa^sH-;^- 88
50,6 My back I gave to smiters, and m\- cheeks to those who
plucked out the beard, My face I hid not from insult and spitting."* [founded;
7 But the Lord, Jhvh. will help me; therefore am I not con- Therefore I hardened m\- face like flint, and was sure that I 5
should not be ashamed.
S Near is He who redresses m\- wrongs; who will contend with
mc? Let us stand forth together! Who is my opponent ? Let him draw near to me ! 9 Behold, the Lord, Jhvh, will help me : who is he that can 10
worst me? Behold, they will all fall to pieces like a garment; the moths
will eat them.
Application to L.\tek Times.
10 Whoso among you fears Jhvh, clet him hearken> to the voice 15
of His Servant; Whoso walks in darkness, with no brightness ^of dawn*, Let him trust in the Name of Jhvh, and lean upon his God.
11 Behold, all ye who kindle a fire, who <set' arrows <aflame» -.^^ Begone into the flame of your fire, and into the firebrands 20
which ye have lighted ! This befalls you from my hand, that ye lie down in a place
of pain.''
17. 6x6orfafton anb Comforf.
Midway, the Prophet encourages himself by prayer.'' 25
EARKFIN to me, ye who pursue righteousness, who seek Jhvh ! Look to the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the quarry"
'■ H
whence ye were digged !-
30
2 Look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah who bore you He was alone when I called him, and I iblessed him, and
increased hini).
3 -So- Jhvh comforts Zion, He comforts all her ruins,
.And makes her desert like Jhvh's garden, and her wilderness
like Eden; 35
51. 1 'pit
51 Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the ************ [voice of song,
4 Attend to me, my people, yea, to me give ear,"
For from me will instruction go forth, and my law as a light
of the -nations'. 5
5 (Suddenly will I bring nean my redress, ^suddenly* will my
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deliverance go forth ; |
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Mine arms |
will judge the peoples, |
for me do the »far» coun- |
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tries wait/ |
6 Lift up your eyes to heaven, and look on the earth beneath ; 10 For the heavens will be fretted to dust as by the moth=,
and the earth like a garment, <The world will fall to pieces, and the dwellers therein will die
like gnats ; But my deliverance will be for ever, and my righteousness 15
will not ccome to an end>.
7 Hearken to me, ye that know righteousness, the people in
whose heart is my teaching. Fear ye not the insults of frail men, and be not dismaj-ed at
their revilings ! 20
8 For like a garment the moths will eat them; and like wool,
the worms ;' But my redress will last for ever, and my deliverance age
after age.
9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jhvh \^ 25 Awake, as in the days of yore, the ages of far-off antiquity ! Was it not Thou who didst <shatten Rahab, who didst <deal
despitefully with> the dragon?"" 10 Was it not Thou who didst dr}- up the sea, the waters of the
great ocean ? 30 Who didst make the depths of the sea a way for the
redeemed to pass over?'"'"
51 , 4 ■ niy people
* 5 ^and for my arm do they hope
« 8 ' will eat them
II 'And Jhvh's freed ones \v\]\ return, and will come to Zion with exultation, and with everlasting joy upon their heads; joy and gladness will overtake them-; sorrow and sighing will flee away.'o^
51 , 12-22 ->"*Ke#^a*- 4 36aia6 -ss^^ta^'* — 90
51,12 I, I am He who comforts ^thee*. <Whom dreadest thou) that
thou art afraid Of frail man who dies, and of a son of the earth-born, who
is destroyed like grass ?
13 And forgettest Jhvh, tliy Maker, who has stretched out the 5
heavens, and spread out firmly the earth ?
And trembfest continually all the day for the fury of the
[oppressor?
14
10
15 seeing that I am Jhvh, thy God, who stirs up the sea, that
16 its waves roar, whose name is Jhvh Sabaoth. And I put my words in thy mouth, and with the shadow of my hand I covered thee, to <stretch out- the heavens, and to found the earth, and to say to Zion : Thou art my people.'"' 15
ts. (JOorlie of tf>itr to (pvoetrati Jton.
17 T~) OUSE thee ! rouse thee ! stand up, O Jerusalem,
Xv Who hast drunken at Jhvh's hand the cup of His fury! The goblet" of bewilderment thou hast drunken and drained.'"*"
19 A double +woet befell thee; who can tfitly* condole with thee? 20 Storming and destruction, famine and sword; who <can- com- fort thee?
20 Thy sons lie fainting,' as an antelope in a net, [God. So full are they of the fury of Jhvh, of the rebuke of thy
21 Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted one, and drunken, but 25
not with wine,
22 Thus says <> Jhvh, <■ thy God, who befriends the cause of
His people, Behold, I take out of thy hand the cup of bewilderment; The goblet" of my fury — thou shalt not drink it again; 30
51,17.22 "cup
18 ^ There is not one to guide her of all the sons whom she has borne, and none to take hold of her hand of all the sons whom she has brought up. * 20 'at all the corners of the streets
91 — .*e#fSSs- 4 36110^ -)aj3#*«-«^ 51,23-52,11
51 , 23 And I put it into the hand <of those who oppressed, and of
those who afflicted* thee, Who have said to thee: Bow down, that we may pass over! So thou madest thy back the ground, a street for wayfarers.
52,1 Awake! awake! put on thy strength, O Zion ! '°5 5
Put on thy splendid garments, O Jerusalem, holy city ! No more shall enter thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. 2 Shake from thyself the dust, ♦and* arise, O <captive= Jerusalem! Loose thyself from the bonds of thy neck, O captive maiden, ************* [Zion ! 10
*************
3 For thus says Jhvh : For nought were ye sold, and not for
4 money will ye be redeemed. For thus says the Lord, Jhvh: To Egypt my people went down at the first to sojourn there, and
5 Assyria oppressed them without cause. And now, what have I 15 ♦received* here, says Jhvh, that my people have been taken away?'°* cBehold, those who waited for me are become a byword^, says Jhvh, and continually, all the day, my Name is
6 reviled.'"' Therefore in that day <= will my people know my Name, that it is I who promised. 20
[brings good news,'°^
7 cBehold, hastening) over the mountains are the feet of one who
Of one who announces peace, of the harbinger of good tid- ings, of one who announces deliverance. Who says to Zion: cThy redeemer is come), thy God is 25
become king !
8 Hark, thy watchmen! They cry aloud; together they shout
triumphantly; For they behold, eye to eye, '°9 Jhvh returning to Zion!"°
9 Break forth into exultation together, ye ruins of Jerusalem ! 30 For Jhvh has comforted His people. He has redeemed Jeru- salem !
10 His holy arm has Jhvh made bare in the sight of all nations. And all the ends of the earth shall see the deliverance of our
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11 Away! away! go out thence! touch not an unclean thing! Go out of the midst of her; purify yourselves, ye who bear
the vessels of Jhvh!"'
52.12 53.5 — i-»^^m)f 'i 'ieaia^ ■inmm*-'^- 92
52.12 Not liLirriedly may ye go out, and not in flight may ye
• depart;"" Before you goes Jhvh,"^ and your rear-guard is the God
of Israel.
10. ^6c ^crpanf'e QUarfprliem ani Hb (Kewarb.'""
13 \ /"ERILV, my Serv^ant will deal wisely,
V He will rise, be exalted, and be very high.
14 As <on his account> many were appalled, So will <manv in him take delight>.
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Deeply marred was his appearance, out of all human likeness, 10 And his form out of semblance to sons of man, 15 *Butt as deep <will be the obeisance of many, Before him kings will be awe-struck in silence ;
For that which had not been told them, do they see, And that which they had not heard, do they perceive. 15
53, I Who ♦indeed* can ♦yet. believe our revelation ?"s
And the arm of Jhvh, — to whom has it disclosed itself?
2 He grew up as a sapling before usj,
And as a sprout from a root in dry ground.
He had no form nor majesty," 20
And no beauty that we should delight in him."''
3 Despised ♦was he», and forsaken of men,"'
A man of ♦many* pains, and familiar with sickness,"^
Yea, like one from whom men hide the face,"'
Despised, and we esteemed him not. 25
4 But our sicknesses, ♦alone^, he bore,'^° And our pains — he carried them, Whilst we esteemed him stricken,'^' Smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But ♦alone- he was humiliated- because of our rebellions, 30 •Alone he was^ crushed because of our iniquities ;
A chastisement, all for our peace, was upon him. And to us came healing through his stripes.
53.2 'that we should see him
93 'jo^KBi- 4 Jeaia^ -igSj#5*«-«— 53, 6- 12
53,6 All we, like sheep, had gone astray,
We had turned, every one to his own