Isaiah 30
30
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1Wo unto the rebellious children, saith Jehovah,
Who form counsels, but not from me;
And make oblations, but not by my spirit:
That they may add sin to sin.
2Who set forward to go down to Egypt;
But have not inquired at my mouth:
To strengthen themselves with the strength of Pharaoh;
And to trust in the shadow of Egypt.
3But the strength of Pharaoh shall be your shame;
And your trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
4When his princes were at Zoan,
And his ambassadors arrived at Hanes:
5They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them;
Nor be an help nor profit;
But a shame and also a reproach.
6THE ORACLE CONCERNING THE BEASTS OF THE SOUTH.
Through a land of distress and difficulty,
From whence come the lioness and the lion,
The viper and the flying fiery serpent,
They carry on the shoulder of young asses their wealth;
And on the bunch of the camel their treasures;
To a people that shall not profit them:
7For Egypt shall help in vain, and to no purpose;
Wherefore I have called her, Rahab Hem Shabeth.
8Now, go write it for them on a tablet;
And note it in a book:
That it might be for time to come;
For ever and ever.
9For this is a rebellious people, lying children;
Children, who will not hear the law of Jehovah;
10Who say to the seers, See not;
And to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us rightthings;
Speak unto us smooth things;
Prophesy deceits.
11Get you out of the way,
Turn out of the path;
Cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
12Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel:
Because ye have rejected this word,
And have trusted in oppression and perverseness;
And have stayed thereon:
13Therefore this iniquity shall be unto you
Like a breach ready to fall, bulging out in a high wall;
Whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
14And it shall be broken, as the breaking of a potter's vessel that is broken in pieces;
He shall not spare;
So that there shall not be found a sherd among its fragments,
To take up fire from the hearth,
Or to take water from the cistern.
15Verily thus saith the Lord Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel:
In returning and rest should ye have been saved;
In quietness and in confidence should have been your strength;
But ye would not.
16And ye said: No, for we will flee upon horses;
Therefore shall ye certainly flee:
And, we will ride upon swift coursers;
Therefore shall they be made swift that pursue you.
17One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one;
At the rebuke of five shall ye flee:
Till ye be left as a standard on the summit of a mountain;
And as a beacon on an hill.
18And therefore shall Jehovah delay, that he may be gracious unto you;
And therefore shall he withdraw himself that he may have mercy upon you;
For Jehovah is a God of judgment;
Blessed are all they that wait for him.
19Surely 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;
No sooner shall he hear it, than he will answer thee.
20And the Lord shall give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction;
And thy teachers shall not be hid any more;
But thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
21And 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.
22And ye shall defile the covering of your graven images of silver,
And the clothing of your molten images of gold:
Thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth;
Thou shalt say unto them, Begone.
23Then shall he give rain for thy seed,
With which thou shalt sow thy ground,
And bread of the produce of the ground;
And it shall be abundant and plenteous:
And thy cattle shall feed in that day in large pastures.
24And the oxen, and the young asses, that till the ground,
Shall eat clean provender,
Which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.
25And there shall be upon every high mountain,
And upon every lofty hill,
Brooks, even streams of water,
In the day of the great slaughter,
When the towers fall.
26Moreover 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 when Jehovah shall bind up the breach of his people;
And shall heal the wound which his stroke hath inflicted.
27Behold! the name of Jehovah cometh from afar,
His wrath burneth, and vehement is the flame;
His lips are full of indignation,
And his tongue is as a consuming fire.
28And his breath is like an overflowing torrent,
That reacheth to the middle of the neck;
To sift the nations with the sieve of destruction:
And there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people causing them to err.
29Ye shall have a song, as in the night when the feast
is celebrated;
And gladness of heart, as when one marcheth after the pipe,
To go to the mountain of Jehovah, to the rock of Israel.
30And Jehovah shall cause his glorious voice to be heard,
And make the descending of his arm to be seen,
With indignant wrath, and with a flame of consuming fire;
With a violent storm, and rushing showers, and hailstones.
31When at the voice of Jehovah the Assyrian shall be beaten down,
Then with the rod He shall smite.
32And wherever the appointed rod shall pass,
Which Jehovah shall cause to rest upon him;
It shall be accompanied with tabrets and harps;
And with fierce battles shall He fight against them.
33For Tophet is ordained of old,
Even the same for the king is prepared;
He hath made it deep; he hath made it large;
The pile thereof, fire and wood in abundance:
The breath of Jehovah, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
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Translated by Rev John Jones (Ioan Tegid).Published at Oxford in 1830, second edition 1842.
Isaiah 30
30
Judah Warned against Egyptian Alliance
1“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the Lord,
“Who execute a plan, but not Mine,
And #30:1 Lit pour out a drink offeringmake an alliance, but not of My Spirit,
In order to add sin to sin;
2Who proceed down to Egypt
Without consulting #30:2 Lit My mouthMe,
To take refuge in the safety of Pharaoh,
And to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!
3“Therefore the safety of Pharaoh will be your shame,
And the shelter in the shadow of Egypt, your humiliation.
4“For their officials are at Zoan
And their ambassadors arrive at Hanes.
5“Everyone will be ashamed because of a people who do not benefit them,
Who are not a help or benefit, but a source of shame and also disgrace.”
6The pronouncement concerning the animals of the Negev:
Through a land of distress and anguish,
From #30:6 Lit themwhere come lioness and lion, viper and flying serpent,
They carry their riches on the #30:6 Lit shouldersbacks of young donkeys,
And their treasures on camels’ humps,
To a people who will not benefit them;
7Even Egypt, whose help is vain and empty.
Therefore, I have called #30:7 Lit this oneher
“#30:7 MT They are Rahab or arrogance, to remain; i.e., Egypt, as a sea monster; see note Job 26:12Rahab who has been exterminated.”
8Now go, write it on a tablet in their presence
And inscribe it on a scroll,
That it may #30:8 Lit beserve in the time to come
# 30:8 As in most ancient versions; MT Forever and ever As a witness forever.
9For this is a rebellious people, false sons,
Sons who #30:9 Lit are not willingrefuse to listen
To the #30:9 Or Lawinstruction of the Lord;
10Who say to the seers, “You must not see visions”;
And to the prophets, “You must not prophesy the truth to us.
Speak to us #30:10 Lit smooth thingspleasant words,
Prophesy illusions.
11“Get out of the way, turn aside from the path,
Stop speaking before us about the Holy One of Israel!”
12Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says:
“Since you have rejected this word
And have put your trust in oppression and crookedness, and have relied on them,
13Therefore this wrongdoing will be to you
Like a breach about to fall,
A bulge in a high wall,
Whose collapse comes suddenly in an instant,
14Whose collapse is like the smashing of a potter’s jar,
# 30:14 Lit Crushed, it will not be spared So ruthlessly shattered
That a shard will not be found among its pieces
To #30:14 Lit snatch uptake fire from a hearth
Or to scoop water from a cistern.”
15For this is what the Lord #30:15 Heb YHWH, usually rendered LordGod, the Holy One of Israel, has said:
“In #30:15 Lit returningrepentance and rest you will be saved,
In quietness and trust is your strength.”
But you were not willing,
16And you said, “No, for we will flee on horses!”
Therefore you shall flee!
“And we will ride on swift horses!”
Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift.
17One thousand will flee at the threat of one man;
You will flee at the threat of five,
Until you are left like a signal post on a mountain top,
And like a flag on a hill.
God Is Gracious and Just
18¶Therefore the Lord #30:18 Lit waitslongs to be gracious to you,
And therefore He #30:18 Lit is on highwaits on high to have compassion on you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
How blessed are all those who #30:18 Lit waitlong for Him.
19 # 30:19 MT For a people will inhabit Zion, Jerusalem For, you people in Zion, inhabitant in Jerusalem, you will weep no longer. He will certainly be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when He hears it, He will answer you. 20Although the Lord has given you bread of deprivation and water of oppression, He, your Teacher, will no longer hide Himself, but your eyes will see your Teacher. 21Your ears will hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” whenever you turn to the right or to the left. 22And you will desecrate your carved images plated with silver, and your cast metal images plated with gold. You will scatter them as a filthy thing, and say to #30:22 Lit it “Go out”them, “Be gone!”
23Then He will give you rain for your seed which you will sow in the ground, and bread from the yield of the ground, and it will be #30:23 Lit fatnessrich and #30:23 Lit fatplentiful; on that day your livestock will graze in a wide pasture. 24Also the oxen and the donkeys that work the ground will eat #30:24 Lit sorrel-seasonedseasoned feed, which #30:24 Lit one winnowshas been winnowed with shovel and pitchfork. 25And on every lofty mountain and every high hill there will be #30:25 Lit canals, streams of waterstreams running with water on the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. 26And the light of the full moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, on the day the Lord binds up the fracture of His people and heals the wound #30:26 Lit of His blowHe has inflicted.
27¶Behold, the name of the Lord comes from a #30:27 Lit distanceremote place;
His anger is burning and #30:27 Lit heavinessdense with #30:27 Lit upliftingsmoke;
His lips are filled with indignation,
And His tongue is like a consuming fire;
28His breath is like an overflowing river,
Which reaches to the neck,
To shake the nations back and forth in a #30:28 Lit sifting of the worthlesssieve,
And to put in the jaws of the peoples the bridle which leads astray.
29You will have #30:29 Lit the songsongs as in the night when you keep the festival,
And gladness of heart as when one marches to the sound of the flute,
To go to the mountain of the Lord, to the Rock of Israel.
30And the Lord will cause #30:30 Lit the majesty of His voiceHis voice of authority to be heard,
And the #30:30 Lit descentdescending of His arm to be seen in fierce anger,
And in the flame of a consuming fire
In cloudburst, downpour, and hailstones.
31For at the voice of the Lord Assyria will be terrified,
When He strikes with the rod.
32And every #30:32 Lit passingblow of the #30:32 Lit staff of foundationrod of punishment,
Which the Lord will lay on him,
Will be with the music of tambourines and lyres;
And in battles, brandishing weapons, He will fight them.
33For #30:33 I.e., the place of human sacrifice to MolechTopheth has long been ready,
Indeed, it has been prepared for the king.
He has made it deep and large,
# 30:33 Lit Its pile A pyre of fire with plenty of wood;
The breath of the Lord, like a torrent of brimstone, sets it afire.
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