1:1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning



Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah,



kings of Judah.







1:2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken,



I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled



against me.







1:3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but



Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.







1:4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of



evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD,



they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone



away backward.







1:5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more:



the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.







1:6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness



in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not



been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.







1:7 Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your



land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as



overthrown by strangers.







1:8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a



lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.







1:9 Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we



should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.







1:10 Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the



law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.







1:11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me?



saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat



of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of



lambs, or of he goats.







1:12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your



hand, to tread my courts?  1:13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense



is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of



assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn



meeting.







1:14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are



a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.







1:15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from



you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are



full of blood.







1:16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from



before mine eyes; cease to do evil; 1:17 Learn to do well; seek



judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the



widow.







1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your



sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red



like crimson, they shall be as wool.







1:19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:



1:20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword:



for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.







1:21 How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of



judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.







1:22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water: 1:23 Thy



princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth



gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless,



neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.







1:24 Therefore saith the LORD, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of



Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine



enemies: 1:25 And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away



thy dross, and take away all thy tin: 1:26 And I will restore thy



judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning:



afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the



faithful city.







1:27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with



righteousness.







1:28 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall



be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.







1:29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and



ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.







1:30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that



hath no water.







1:31 And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark,



and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.







2:1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and



Jerusalem.







2:2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of



the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and



shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.







2:3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the



mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will



teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion



shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.







2:4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many



people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their



spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against



nation, neither shall they learn war any more.







2:5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the



LORD.







2:6 Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob,



because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like



the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of



strangers.







2:7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any



end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is



there any end of their chariots: 2:8 Their land also is full of idols;



they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers



have made: 2:9 And the mean man boweth down, and the great man



humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.







2:10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the



LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.







2:11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of



men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that



day.







2:12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is



proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be



brought low: 2:13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high



and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, 2:14 And upon all the



high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, 2:15 And



upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall, 2:16 And upon all



the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.







2:17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness



of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that



day.







2:18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish.







2:19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves



of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty,



when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.







2:20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols



of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles



and to the bats; 2:21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the



tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of



his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.







2:22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein



is he to be accounted of ?  3:1 For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of



hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the



staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water.







3:2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet,



and the prudent, and the ancient, 3:3 The captain of fifty, and the



honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the



eloquent orator.







3:4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule



over them.







3:5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every



one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against



the ancient, and the base against the honourable.







3:6 When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his



father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this



ruin be under thy hand: 3:7 In that day shall he swear, saying, I will



not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make



me not a ruler of the people.







3:8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue



and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his



glory.







3:9 The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they



declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for



they have rewarded evil unto themselves.







3:10 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they



shall eat the fruit of their doings.







3:11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of



his hands shall be given him.







3:12 As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule



over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and



destroy the way of thy paths.







3:13 The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.







3:14 The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his



people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard;



the spoil of the poor is in your houses.







3:15 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the



faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.







3:16 Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are



haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking



and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: 3:17



Therefore the LORD will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the



daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts.







3:18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling



ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires



like the moon, 3:19 The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,



3:20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands,



and the tablets, and the earrings, 3:21 The rings, and nose jewels,



3:22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the



wimples, and the crisping pins, 3:23 The glasses, and the fine linen,



and the hoods, and the vails.







3:24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there



shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well



set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth;



and burning instead of beauty.







3:25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.







3:26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate



shall sit upon the ground.







4:1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We



will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be



called by thy name, to take away our reproach.







4:2 In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and



glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for



them that are escaped of Israel.







4:3 And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he



that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that



is written among the living in Jerusalem: 4:4 When the Lord shall have



washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged



the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of



judgment, and by the spirit of burning.







4:5 And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion,



and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of



a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.







4:6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the day time from



the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and



from rain.







5:1 Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching



his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:



5:2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted



it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and



also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring



forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.







5:3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I



pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.







5:4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not



done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth



grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?  5:5 And now go to; I will tell



you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof,



and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it



shall be trodden down: 5:6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be



pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will



also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.







5:7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and



the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but



behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.







5:8 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field,



till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of



the earth!  5:9 In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many



houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.







5:10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of



an homer shall yield an ephah.







5:11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may



follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame



them!  5:12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and



wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD,



neither consider the operation of his hands.







5:13 Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no



knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude



dried up with thirst.







5:14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth



without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp,



and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.







5:15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall



be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled: 5:16 But the



LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall



be sanctified in righteousness.







5:17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste



places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.







5:18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as



it were with a cart rope: 5:19 That say, Let him make speed, and



hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy



One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!  5:20 Woe unto



them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light,



and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for



bitter!  5:21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and



prudent in their own sight!  5:22 Woe unto them that are mighty to



drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: 5:23 Which



justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the



righteous from him!  5:24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble,



and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as



rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have



cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the



Holy One of Israel.







5:25 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people,



and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten



them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the



midst of the streets.







For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched



out still.







5:26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will



hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come



with speed swiftly: 5:27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them;



none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins



be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken: 5:28 Whose arrows



are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be



counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: 5:29 Their



roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea,



they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away



safe, and none shall deliver it.







5:30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of



the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow,



and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.







6:1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting upon



a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.







6:2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain



he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with



twain he did fly.







6:3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the



LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.







6:4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried,



and the house was filled with smoke.







6:5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of



unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips:



for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.







6:6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his



hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: 6:7 And he



laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and



thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.







6:8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and



who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.







6:9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but



understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.







6:10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and



shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their



ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.







6:11 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be



wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be



utterly desolate, 6:12 And the LORD have removed men far away, and



there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.







6:13 But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be



eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when



they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance



thereof.







7:1 And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son



of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the



son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war



against it, but could not prevail against it.







7:2 And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate



with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as



the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.







7:3 Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou,



and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool



in the highway of the fuller's field; 7:4 And say unto him, Take heed,



and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of



these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria,



and of the son of Remaliah.







7:5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil



counsel against thee, saying, 7:6 Let us go up against Judah, and vex



it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the



midst of it, even the son of Tabeal: 7:7 Thus saith the Lord GOD, It



shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.







7:8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is



Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken,



that it be not a people.







7:9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is



Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be



established.







7:10 Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying, 7:11 Ask thee a



sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height



above.







7:12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.







7:13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing



for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?  7:14 Therefore



the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall



conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.







7:15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the



evil, and choose the good.







7:16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose



the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her



kings.







7:17 The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy



father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim



departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.







7:18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss



for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and



for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.







7:19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate



valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon



all bushes.







7:20 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired,



namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head,



and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.







7:21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a



young cow, and two sheep; 7:22 And it shall come to pass, for the



abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter



and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.







7:23 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be,



where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall



even be for briers and thorns.







7:24 With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the



land shall become briers and thorns.







7:25 And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there



shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be



for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.







8:1 Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write



in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.







8:2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest,



and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.







8:3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son.







Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.







8:4 For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and



my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be



taken away before the king of Assyria.







8:5 The LORD spake also unto me again, saying, 8:6 Forasmuch as this



people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in



Rezin and Remaliah's son; 8:7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth



up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king



of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his



channels, and go over all his banks: 8:8 And he shall pass through



Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck;



and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy



land, O Immanuel.







8:9 Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in



pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye



shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in



pieces.







8:10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the



word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.







8:11 For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed



me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, 8:12 Say



ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A



confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.







8:13 Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and



let him be your dread.







8:14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and



for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for



a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.







8:15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and



be snared, and be taken.







8:16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.







8:17 And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the



house of Jacob, and I will look for him.







8:18 Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for



signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth



in mount Zion.







8:19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have



familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should



not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?  8:20 To



the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this



word, it is because there is no light in them.







8:21 And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it



shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret



themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.







8:22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and



darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.







9:1 Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation,



when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the



land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the



way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.







9:2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they



that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the



light shined.







9:3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they



joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice



when they divide the spoil.







9:4 For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his



shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.







9:5 For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and



garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of



fire.







9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the



government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called



Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The



Prince of Peace.







9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end,



upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to



establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for



ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.







9:8 The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.







9:9 And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of



Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart, 9:10 The bricks



are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are



cut down, but we will change them into cedars.







9:11 Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against



him, and join his enemies together; 9:12 The Syrians before, and the



Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For



all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out



still.







9:13 For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do



they seek the LORD of hosts.







9:14 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch



and rush, in one day.







9:15 The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that



teacheth lies, he is the tail.







9:16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that



are led of them are destroyed.







9:17 Therefore the LORD shall have no joy in their young men, neither



shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an



hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all



this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out



still.







9:18 For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers



and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they



shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.







9:19 Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and



the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his



brother.







9:20 And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he



shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they



shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm: 9:21 Manasseh, Ephraim;



and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For



all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out



still.







10:1 Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write



grievousness which they have prescribed; 10:2 To turn aside the needy



from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people,



that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!



10:3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the



desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help?



and where will ye leave your glory?  10:4 Without me they shall bow



down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all



this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out



still.







10:5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is



mine indignation.







10:6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the



people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to



take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.







10:7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but



it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.







10:8 For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?  10:9 Is not



Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as



Damascus?  10:10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and



whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; 10:11



Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to



Jerusalem and her idols?  10:12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that



when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on



Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of



Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.







10:13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by



my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the



people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the



inhabitants like a valiant man: 10:14 And my hand hath found as a nest



the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left,



have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing,



or opened the mouth, or peeped.







10:15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or



shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the



rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the



staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.







10:16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat



ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the



burning of a fire.







10:17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One



for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in



one day; 10:18 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his



fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a



standard-bearer fainteth.







10:19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a



child may write them.







10:20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of



Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more



again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the



Holy One of Israel, in truth.







10:21 The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the



mighty God.







10:22 For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a



remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow



with righteousness.







10:23 For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even



determined, in the midst of all the land.







10:24 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that



dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee



with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner



of Egypt.







10:25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease,



and mine anger in their destruction.







10:26 And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according



to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was



upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.







10:27 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be



taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and



the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.







10:28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath



laid up his carriages: 10:29 They are gone over the passage: they have



taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is



fled.







10:30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard



unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.







10:31 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves



to flee.







10:32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand



against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.







10:33 Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with



terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the



haughty shall be humbled.







10:34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and



Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.







11:1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a



Branch shall grow out of his roots: 11:2 And the spirit of the LORD



shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the



spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear



of the LORD; 11:3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the



fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes,



neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: 11:4 But with



righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the



meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth: with the rod of his



mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.







11:5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and



faithfulness the girdle of his reins.







11:6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall



lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling



together; and a little child shall lead them.







11:7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie



down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.







11:8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the



weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.







11:9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the



earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover



the sea.







11:10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall



stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and



his rest shall be glorious.







11:11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set



his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people,



which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros,



and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and



from the islands of the sea.







11:12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall



assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of



Judah from the four corners of the earth.







11:13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of



Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall



not vex Ephraim.







11:14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward



the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay



their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey



them.







11:15 And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian



sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river,



and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.







11:16 And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people,



which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day



that he came up out of the land of Egypt.







12:1 And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee:



though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou



comfortedst me.







12:2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for



the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my



salvation.







12:3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of



salvation.







12:4 And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his



name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name



is exalted.







12:5 Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is



known in all the earth.







12:6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy



One of Israel in the midst of thee.







13:1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.







13:2 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto



them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.







13:3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty



ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.







13:4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great



people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered



together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.







13:5 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the



LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.







13:6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a



destruction from the Almighty.







13:7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall



melt: 13:8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold



of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall



be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.







13:9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and



fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the



sinners thereof out of it.







13:10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not



give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and



the moon shall not cause her light to shine.







13:11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for



their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease,



and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.







13:12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than



the golden wedge of Ophir.







13:13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove



out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of



his fierce anger.







13:14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man



taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every



one into his own land.







13:15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one



that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.







13:16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes;



their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.







13:17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not



regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.







13:18 Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they



shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not



spare children.







13:19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees'



excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.







13:20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from



generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there;



neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.







13:21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses



shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and



satyrs shall dance there.







13:22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate



houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to



come, and her days shall not be prolonged.







14:1 For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose



Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be



joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.







14:2 And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place:



and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for



servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose



captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.







14:3 And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give



thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard



bondage wherein thou wast made to serve, 14:4 That thou shalt take up



this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the



oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!  14:5 The LORD hath broken



the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.







14:6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that



ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.







14:7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into



singing.







14:8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon,



saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.







14:9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming:



it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the



earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the



nations.







14:10 All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become



weak as we? art thou become like unto us?  14:11 Thy pomp is brought



down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread



under thee, and the worms cover thee.







14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!



how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!



14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I



will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the



mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14:14 I will



ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.







14:15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.







14:16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider



thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did



shake kingdoms; 14:17 That made the world as a wilderness, and



destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his



prisoners?  14:18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie



in glory, every one in his own house.







14:19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch,



and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a



sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden



under feet.







14:20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast



destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall



never be renowned.







14:21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their



fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the



face of the world with cities.







14:22 For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and



cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith



the LORD.







14:23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of



water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the



LORD of hosts.







14:24 The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought,



so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:



14:25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains



tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and



his burden depart from off their shoulders.







14:26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and



this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.







14:27 For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it?



and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?  14:28 In



the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.







14:29 Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that



smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a



cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.







14:30 And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall



lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall



slay thy remnant.







14:31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved:



for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone



in his appointed times.







14:32 What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That



the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in



it.







15:1 The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid



waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is



laid waste, and brought to silence; 15:2 He is gone up to Bajith, and



to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and



over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut



off.







15:3 In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on



the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl,



weeping abundantly.







15:4 And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard



even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out;



his life shall be grievous unto him.







15:5 My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto



Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith



with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they



shall raise up a cry of destruction.







15:6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is



withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.







15:7 Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they



have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.







15:8 For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling



thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.







15:9 For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring



more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the



remnant of the land.







16:1 Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the



wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.







16:2 For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest,



so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.







16:3 Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in



the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that



wandereth.







16:4 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them



from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the



spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.







16:5 And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit



upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking



judgment, and hasting righteousness.







16:6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his



haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be



so.







16:7 Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the



foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.







16:8 For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the



lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof,



they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness:



her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.







16:9 Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of



Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for



the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.







16:10 And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field;



and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be



shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I



have made their vintage shouting to cease.







16:11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine



inward parts for Kirharesh.







16:12 And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on



the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he



shall not prevail.







16:13 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since



that time.







16:14 But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the



years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with



all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and



feeble.







17:1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being



a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.







17:2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which



shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.







17:3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from



Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the



children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.







17:4 And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob



shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.







17:5 And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and



reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth



ears in the valley of Rephaim.







17:6 Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an



olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough,



four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD



God of Israel.







17:7 At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall



have respect to the Holy One of Israel.







17:8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands,



neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the



groves, or the images.







17:9 In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and



an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of



Israel: and there shall be desolation.







17:10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast



not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou



plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips: 17:11 In



the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt



thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the



day of grief and of desperate sorrow.







17:12 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the



noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing



like the rushing of mighty waters!  17:13 The nations shall rush like



the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall



flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before



the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.







17:14 And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is



not.







This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that



rob us.







18:1 Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers



of Ethiopia: 18:2 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels



of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a



nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning



hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers



have spoiled!  18:3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on



the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and



when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.







18:4 For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will



consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a



cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.







18:5 For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour



grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with



pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.







18:6 They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and



to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and



all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.







18:7 In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts



of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from



their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot,



whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the



LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.







19:1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud,



and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at



his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.







19:2 And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they



shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his



neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.







19:3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I



will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols,



and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to



the wizards.







19:4 And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord;



and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of



hosts.







19:5 And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be



wasted and dried up.







19:6 And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of



defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall



wither.







19:7 The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and



every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be



no more.







19:8 The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into



the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters



shall languish.







19:9 Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave



networks, shall be confounded.







19:10 And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make



sluices and ponds for fish.







19:11 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise



counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I



am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?  19:12 Where are



they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them



know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.







19:13 The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are



deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of



the tribes thereof.







19:14 The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof:



and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken



man staggereth in his vomit.







19:15 Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or



tail, branch or rush, may do.







19:16 In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be



afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of



hosts, which he shaketh over it.







19:17 And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one



that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the



counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it.







19:18 In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the



language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be



called, The city of destruction.







19:19 In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of



the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD.







19:20 And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of



hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because



of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one,



and he shall deliver them.







19:21 And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall



know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea,



they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it.







19:22 And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and



they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them,



and shall heal them.







19:23 In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria,



and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria,



and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.







19:24 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with



Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land: 19:25 Whom the LORD



of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria



the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.







20:1 In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king



of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it; 20:2 At



the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and



loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy



foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.







20:3 And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked



and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon



Ethiopia; 20:4 So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians



prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and



barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.







20:5 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their



expectation, and of Egypt their glory.







20:6 And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold,



such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from



the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?  21:1 The burden of the



desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it



cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.







21:2 A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer



dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam:



besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.







21:3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold



upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at



the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.







21:4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my



pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.







21:5 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye



princes, and anoint the shield.







21:6 For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him



declare what he seeth.







21:7 And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of



asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much



heed: 21:8 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the



watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights: 21:9



And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen.







And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the



graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.







21:10 O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have



heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto



you.







21:11 The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman,



what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?  21:12 The watchman



said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire,



enquire ye: return, come.







21:13 The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge,



O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.







21:14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that



was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.







21:15 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from



the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.







21:16 For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Within a year, according to



the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail: 21:17



And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the



children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel



hath spoken it.







22:1 The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that



thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?  22:2 Thou that art full of



stirs, a tumultuous city, joyous city: thy slain men are not slain



with the sword, nor dead in battle.







22:3 All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers:



all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from



far.







22:4 Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour



not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my



people.







22:5 For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of



perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking



down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.







22:6 And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and



Kir uncovered the shield.







22:7 And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be



full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at



the gate.







22:8 And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in



that day to the armour of the house of the forest.







22:9 Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they



are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.







22:10 And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses



have ye broken down to fortify the wall.







22:11 Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the



old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had



respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.







22:12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and



to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: 22:13 And



behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating



flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall



die.







22:14 And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely



this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord



GOD of hosts.







22:15 Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this



treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say, 22:16



What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed



thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on



high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?  22:17



Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and



will surely cover thee.







22:18 He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a



large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy



glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house.







22:19 And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall



he pull thee down.







22:20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my



servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: 22:21 And I will clothe him with



thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy



government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants



of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.







22:22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder;



so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none



shall open.







22:23 And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be



for a glorious throne to his father's house.







22:24 And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's



house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity,



from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.







22:25 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is



fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and



the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken



it.







23:1 The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid



waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of



Chittim it is revealed to them.







23:2 Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of



Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.







23:3 And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river,



is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.







23:4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the



strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children,



neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.







23:5 As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained



at the report of Tyre.







23:6 Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.







23:7 Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her



own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.







23:8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city,



whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of



the earth?  23:9 The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the



pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of



the earth.







23:10 Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there



is no more strength.







23:11 He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms:



the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to



destroy the strong holds thereof.







23:12 And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed



virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also



shalt thou have no rest.







23:13 Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the



Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up



the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought



it to ruin.







23:14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.







23:15 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be



forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the



end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.







23:16 Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been



forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be



remembered.







23:17 And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that



the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall



commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of



the earth.







23:18 And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD:



it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be



for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for



durable clothing.







24:1 Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and



turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.







24:2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with



the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her



mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender,



so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of



usury to him.







24:3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the



LORD hath spoken this word.







24:4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and



fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.







24:5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because



they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the



everlasting covenant.







24:6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell



therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are



burned, and few men left.







24:7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted



do sigh.







24:8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice



endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.







24:9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be



bitter to them that drink it.







24:10 The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up,



that no man may come in.







24:11 There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened,



the mirth of the land is gone.







24:12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with



destruction.







24:13 When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people,



there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning



grapes when the vintage is done.







24:14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty



of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea.







24:15 Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the



LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.







24:16 From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even



glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto



me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the



treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.







24:17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of



the earth.







24:18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of



the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the



midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on



high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.







24:19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved,



the earth is moved exceedingly.







24:20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be



removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy



upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.







24:21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall



punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of



the earth upon the earth.







24:22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered



in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days



shall they be visited.







24:23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the



LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before



his ancients gloriously.







25:1 O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy



name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are



faithfulness and truth.







25:2 For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin:



a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.







25:3 Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the



terrible nations shall fear thee.







25:4 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the



needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the



heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the



wall.







25:5 Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a



dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the



terrible ones shall be brought low.







25:6 And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people



a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things



full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.







25:7 And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering



cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.







25:8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe



away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he



take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.







25:9 And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have



waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited



for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.







25:10 For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab



shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the



dunghill.







25:11 And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he



that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring



down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.







25:12 And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring



down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.







26:1 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have



a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.







26:2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the



truth may enter in.







26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on



thee: because he trusteth in thee.







26:4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is



everlasting strength: 26:5 For he bringeth down them that dwell on



high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the



ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.







26:6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the



steps of the needy.







26:7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost



weigh the path of the just.







26:8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for



thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of



thee.







26:9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my



spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in



the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.







26:10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn



righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and



will not behold the majesty of the LORD.







26:11 LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they



shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire



of thine enemies shall devour them.







26:12 LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought



all our works in us.







26:13 O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over



us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.







26:14 They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they



shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and



made all their memory to perish.







26:15 Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the



nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the



ends of the earth.







26:16 LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a



prayer when thy chastening was upon them.







26:17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her



delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in



thy sight, O LORD.







26:18 We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it



were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the



earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.







26:19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they



arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the



dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.







26:20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy



doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until



the indignation be overpast.







26:21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the



inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall



disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.







27:1 In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword



shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that



crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.







27:2 In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.







27:3 I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any



hurt it, I will keep it night and day.







27:4 Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me



in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.







27:5 Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with



me; and he shall make peace with me.







27:6 He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall



blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.







27:7 Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he



slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?  27:8



In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he



stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.







27:9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this



is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones



of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and



images shall not stand up.







27:10 Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation



forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and



there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.







27:11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off:



the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no



understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on



them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.







27:12 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat



off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye



shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.







27:13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet



shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the



land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall



worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.







28:1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose



glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat



valleys of them that are overcome with wine!  28:2 Behold, the Lord



hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a



destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast



down to the earth with the hand.







28:3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden



under feet: 28:4 And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the



fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before



the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet



in his hand he eateth it up.







28:5 In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and



for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people, 28:6 And for a



spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength



to them that turn the battle to the gate.







28:7 But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink



are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through



strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way



through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.







28:8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is



no place clean.







28:9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to



understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn



from the breasts.







28:10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line



upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: 28:11



For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this



people.







28:12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the



weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.







28:13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept,



precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little,



and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be



broken, and snared, and taken.







28:14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule



this people which is in Jerusalem.







28:15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and



with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass



through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge,



and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: 28:16 Therefore thus saith



the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried



stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth



shall not make haste.







28:17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the



plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the



waters shall overflow the hiding place.







28:18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your



agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge



shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.







28:19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning



by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a



vexation only to understand the report.







28:20 For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on



it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.







28:21 For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be



wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange



work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.







28:22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong:



for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even



determined upon the whole earth.







28:23 Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.







28:24 Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the



clods of his ground?  28:25 When he hath made plain the face thereof,



doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast



in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their



place?  28:26 For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth



teach him.







28:27 For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument,



neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches



are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.







28:28 Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it,



nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his



horsemen.







28:29 This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is



wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.







29:1 Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year



to year; let them kill sacrifices.







29:2 Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and



sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.







29:3 And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege



against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.







29:4 And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the



ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice



shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground,



and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.







29:5 Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust,



and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth



away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.







29:6 Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with



earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of



devouring fire.







29:7 And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel,



even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress



her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.







29:8 It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he



eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty



man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold,



he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all



the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.







29:9 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are



drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.







29:10 For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep,



and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers



hath he covered.







29:11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book



that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read



this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: 29:12 And



the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I



pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.







29:13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me



with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed



their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the



precept of men: 29:14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a



marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a



wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the



understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.







29:15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the



LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and



who knoweth us?  29:16 Surely your turning of things upside down shall



be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that



made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that



framed it, He had no understanding?  29:17 Is it not yet a very little



while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the



fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?  29:18 And in that day



shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind



shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.







29:19 The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor



among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.







29:20 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is



consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: 29:21 That make



a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth



in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.







29:22 Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning



the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his



face now wax pale.







29:23 But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the



midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One



of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.







29:24 They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and



they that murmured shall learn doctrine.







30:1 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take



counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my



spirit, that they may add sin to sin: 30:2 That walk to go down into



Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the



strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!  30:3



Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust



in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.







30:4 For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.







30:5 They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor



be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.







30:6 The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble



and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and



fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders



of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a



people that shall not profit them.







30:7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose:



therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit



still.







30:8 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book,



that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: 30:9 That this



is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear



the law of the LORD: 30:10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the



prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth



things, prophesy deceits: 30:11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out



of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.







30:12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise



this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:



30:13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to



fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at



an instant.







30:14 And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel



that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not



be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth,



or to take water withal out of the pit.







30:15 For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In



returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence



shall be your strength: and ye would not.







30:16 But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall



ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that



pursue you be swift.







30:17 One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of



five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a



mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.







30:18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto



you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon



you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait



for him.







30:19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep



no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry;



when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.







30:20 And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the



water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a



corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: 30:21 And



thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way,



walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the



left.







30:22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of



silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast



them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee



hence.







30:23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the



ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be



fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large



pastures.







30:24 The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall



eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with



the fan.







30:25 And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high



hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter,



when the towers fall.







30:26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun,



and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven



days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people,



and healeth the stroke of their wound.







30:27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his



anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of



indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire: 30:28 And his breath,



as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to



sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle



in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.







30:29 Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is



kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come



into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.







30:30 And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and



shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his



anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and



tempest, and hailstones.







30:31 For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten



down, which smote with a rod.







30:32 And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which



the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and



in battles of shaking will he fight with it.







30:33 For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared;



he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much



wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle



it.







31:1 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses,



and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because



they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel,



neither seek the LORD!  31:2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil,



and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of



the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.







31:3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh,



and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that



helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they



all shall fail together.







31:4 For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the



young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is



called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor



abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come



down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.







31:5 As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem;



defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve



it.







31:6 Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply



revolted.







31:7 For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver,



and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a



sin.







31:8 Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man;



and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee



from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.







31:9 And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his



princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is



in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.







32:1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall



rule in judgment.







32:2 And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert



from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of



a great rock in a weary land.







32:3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of



them that hear shall hearken.







32:4 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the



tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.







32:5 The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl



said to be bountiful.







32:6 For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work



iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD,



to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of



the thirsty to fail.







32:7 The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked



devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy



speaketh right.







32:8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things



shall he stand.







32:9 Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless



daughters; give ear unto my speech.







32:10 Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for



the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.







32:11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless



ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your



loins.







32:12 They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for



the fruitful vine.







32:13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea,



upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city: 32:14 Because the



palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left;



the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses,



a pasture of flocks; 32:15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on



high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field



be counted for a forest.







32:16 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness



remain in the fruitful field.







32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of



righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.







32:18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure



dwellings, and in quiet resting places; 32:19 When it shall hail,



coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.







32:20 Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth



thither the feet of the ox and the ass.







33:1 Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest



treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou



shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make



an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.







33:2 O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou



their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.







33:3 At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of



thyself the nations were scattered.







33:4 And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the



caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon



them.







33:5 The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion



with judgment and righteousness.







33:6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and



strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.







33:7 Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of



peace shall weep bitterly.







33:8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken



the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.







33:9 The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn



down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off



their fruits.







33:10 Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will



I lift up myself.







33:11 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your



breath, as fire, shall devour you.







33:12 And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut



up shall they be burned in the fire.







33:13 Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are



near, acknowledge my might.







33:14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the



hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who



among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?  33:15 He that walketh



righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of



oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that



stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from



seeing evil; 33:16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall



be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall



be sure.







33:17 Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold



the land that is very far off.







33:18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is



the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?  33:19 Thou shalt



not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst



perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.







33:20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall



see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken



down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither



shall any of the cords thereof be broken.







33:21 But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad



rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither



shall gallant ship pass thereby.







33:22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is



our king; he will save us.







33:23 Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their



mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great



spoil divided; the lame take the prey.







33:24 And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that



dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.







34:1 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the



earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that



come forth of it.







34:2 For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury



upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath



delivered them to the slaughter.







34:3 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up



out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their



blood.







34:4 And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens



shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall



down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from



the fig tree.







34:5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come



down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.







34:6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with



fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the



kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great



slaughter in the land of Idumea.







34:7 And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with



the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust



made fat with fatness.







34:8 For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the year of



recompences for the controversy of Zion.







34:9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust



thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning



pitch.







34:10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall



go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none



shall pass through it for ever and ever.







34:11 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also



and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the



line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.







34:12 They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none



shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.







34:13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in



the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and



a court for owls.







34:14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild



beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the



screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of



rest.







34:15 There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and



gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered,



every one with her mate.







34:16 Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these



shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded,



and his spirit it hath gathered them.







34:17 And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it



unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to



generation shall they dwell therein.







35:1 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and



the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.







35:2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and



singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency



of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the



excellency of our God.







35:3 Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.







35:4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not:



behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence;



he will come and save you.







35:5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the



deaf shall be unstopped.







35:6 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the



dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams



in the desert.







35:7 And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land



springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall



be grass with reeds and rushes.







35:8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called



The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall



be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.







35:9 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up



thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk



there: 35:10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to



Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall



obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.







36:1 Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that



Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of



Judah, and took them.







36:2 And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem



unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of



the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.







36:3 Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over



the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder.







36:4 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith



the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein



thou trustest?  36:5 I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words)



I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that



thou rebellest against me?  36:6 Lo, thou trustest in the staff of



this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his



hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in



him.







36:7 But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not



he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and



said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?



36:8 Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of



Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on



thy part to set riders upon them.







36:9 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least



of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and



for horsemen?  36:10 And am I now come up without the LORD against



this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this



land, and destroy it.







36:11 Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I



pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand



it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the



people that are on the wall.







36:12 But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to



thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit



upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own



piss with you?  36:13 Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud



voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great



king, the king of Assyria.







36:14 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall



not be able to deliver you.







36:15 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The



LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the



hand of the king of Assyria.







36:16 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria,



Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye



every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye



every one the waters of his own cistern; 36:17 Until I come and take



you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land



of bread and vineyards.







36:18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, the LORD will deliver



us.







Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand



of the king of Assyria?  36:19 Where are the gods of Hamath and



Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered



Samaria out of my hand?  36:20 Who are they among all the gods of



these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the



LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?  36:21 But they held



their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment



was, saying, Answer him not.







36:22 Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the



household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the



recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words



of Rabshakeh.







37:1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent



his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the



house of the LORD.







37:2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the



scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto



Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.







37:3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of



trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to



the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.







37:4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom



the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God,



and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard:



wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.







37:5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.







37:6 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master,



Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard,



wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.







37:7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour,



and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword



in his own land.







37:8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring



against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.







37:9 And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come



forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers



to Hezekiah, saying, 37:10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of



Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee,



saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of



Assyria.







37:11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to



all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?



37:12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers



have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of



Eden which were in Telassar?  37:13 Where is the king of Hamath, and



the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and



Ivah?  37:14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the



messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the



LORD, and spread it before the LORD.







37:15 And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying, 37:16 O LORD of



hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art



the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast



made heaven and earth.







37:17 Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD,



and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to



reproach the living God.







37:18 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the



nations, and their countries, 37:19 And have cast their gods into the



fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and



stone: therefore they have destroyed them.







37:20 Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all



the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou



only.







37:21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus



saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against



Sennacherib king of Assyria: 37:22 This is the word which the LORD



hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath



despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem



hath shaken her head at thee.







37:23 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast



thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against



the Holy One of Israel.







37:24 By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By



the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the



mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall



cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter



into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.







37:25 I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet



have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.







37:26 Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient



times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou



shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.







37:27 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were



dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as



the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted



before it be grown up.







37:28 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and



thy rage against me.







37:29 Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into



mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in



thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.







37:30 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such



as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the



same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and



eat the fruit thereof.







37:31 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall



again take root downward, and bear fruit upward: 37:32 For out of



Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount



Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.







37:33 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He



shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come



before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.







37:34 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall



not come into this city, saith the LORD.







37:35 For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and



for my servant David's sake.







37:36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of



the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they



arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.







37:37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned,



and dwelt at Nineveh.







37:38 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of



Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with



the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon



his son reigned in his stead.







38:1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the



prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith



the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.







38:2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto



the LORD, 38:3 And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I



have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have



done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.







38:4 Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying, 38:5 Go, and



say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I



have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto



thy days fifteen years.







38:6 And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king



of Assyria: and I will defend this city.







38:7 And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD



will do this thing that he hath spoken; 38:8 Behold, I will bring



again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of



Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which



degrees it was gone down.







38:9 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and



was recovered of his sickness: 38:10 I said in the cutting off of my



days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the



residue of my years.







38:11 I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of



the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the



world.







38:12 Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's



tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with



pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.







38:13 I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all



my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.







38:14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a



dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed;



undertake for me.







38:15 What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath



done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.







38:16 O LORD, by these things men live, and in all these things is the



life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.







38:17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love



to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou has