Isaiah 12 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Isaiah 13

¹The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.

KJVThe burden^H4853 of Babylon^H894, which Isaiah^H3470 the son^H1121 of Amoz^H531 did see^H2372^(H8804).

² Set up a banner on the bare mountain! Lift up your voice to them! Wave your hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.

KJVLift ye up^H5375^(H8798) a banner^H5251 upon the high^H8192^(H8737) mountain^H2022, exalt^H7311^(H8685) the voice^H6963 unto them, shake^H5130^(H8685) the hand^H3027, that they may go^H935^(H8799) into the gates^H6607 of the nobles^H5081.

³ I have commanded my consecrated ones; yes, I have called my mighty men for my anger, even my proudly exulting ones.

KJVI have commanded^H6680^(H8765) my sanctified ones^H6942^(H8794), I have also called^H7121^(H8804) my mighty ones^H1368 for mine anger^H639, even them that rejoice^H5947 in my highness^H1346.

⁴ The noise of a multitude is in the mountains, as of a great people; the noise of an uproar of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together! Yahweh of Armies is mustering the army for the battle.

KJVThe noise^H6963 of a multitude^H1995 in the mountains^H2022, like as^H1823 of a great^H7227 people^H5971; a tumultuous^H7588 noise^H6963 of the kingdoms^H4467 of nations^H1471 gathered together^H622^(H8737): the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635 mustereth^H6485^(H8764) the host^H6635 of the battle^H4421.

⁵ They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even Yahweh, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

KJVThey come^H935^(H8802) from a far^H4801 country^H776, from the end^H7097 of heaven^H8064, even the LORD^H3068, and the weapons^H3627 of his indignation^H2195, to destroy^H2254^(H8763) the whole land^H776.

⁶ Wail, for Yahweh’s day is at hand! It will come as destruction from the Almighty.

KJVHowl^H3213^(H8685) ye; for the day^H3117 of the LORD^H3068 is at hand^H7138; it shall come^H935^(H8799) as a destruction^H7701 from the Almighty^H7706.

⁷ Therefore all hands will be feeble, and everyone’s heart will melt.

KJVTherefore shall all hands^H3027 be faint^H7503^(H8799), and every man's^H582 heart^H3824 shall melt^H4549^(H8735):

⁸ They will be dismayed. Pangs and sorrows will seize them. They will be in pain like a woman in labor. They will look in amazement one at another. Their faces will be faces of flame.

KJVAnd they shall be afraid^H926^(H8738): pangs^H6735 and sorrows^H2256 shall take hold^H270^(H8799) of them; they shall be in pain^H2342^(H8799) as a woman that travaileth^H3205^(H8802): they shall be amazed^H8539^(H8799) one^H376 at another^H7453; their faces^H6440 shall be as flames^H3851.

⁹ Behold, the day of Yahweh comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy its sinners out of it.

KJVBehold, the day^H3117 of the LORD^H3068 cometh^H935^(H8804), cruel^H394 both with wrath^H5678 and fierce^H2740 anger^H639, to lay^H7760^(H8800) the land^H776 desolate^H8047: and he shall destroy^H8045^(H8686) the sinners^H2400 thereof out of it.

¹⁰ For the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The sun will be darkened in its going out, and the moon will not cause its light to shine.

KJVFor the stars^H3556 of heaven^H8064 and the constellations^H3685 thereof shall not give^H1984^(H8686) their light^H216: the sun^H8121 shall be darkened^H2821^(H8804) in his going forth^H3318^(H8800), and the moon^H3394 shall not cause her light^H216 to shine^H5050^(H8686).

¹¹ I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity. I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will humble the arrogance of the terrible.

KJVAnd I will punish^H6485^(H8804) the world^H8398 for their evil^H7451, and the wicked^H7563 for their iniquity^H5771; and I will cause the arrogancy^H1347 of the proud^H2086 to cease^H7673^(H8689), and will lay low^H8213^(H8686) the haughtiness^H1346 of the terrible^H6184.

¹² I will make people more rare than fine gold, even a person than the pure gold of Ophir.

KJVI will make a man^H582 more precious^H3365^(H8686) than fine gold^H6337; even a man^H120 than the golden wedge^H3800 of Ophir^H211.

¹³ Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken out of its place in Yahweh of Armies’ wrath, and in the day of his fierce anger.

KJVTherefore I will shake^H7264^(H8686) the heavens^H8064, and the earth^H776 shall remove^H7493^(H8799) out of her place^H4725, in the wrath^H5678 of the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635, and in the day^H3117 of his fierce^H2740 anger^H639.

¹⁴ It will happen that like a hunted gazelle and like sheep that no one gathers, they will each turn to their own people, and will each flee to their own land.

KJVAnd it shall be as the chased^H5080^(H8716) roe^H6643, and as a sheep^H6629 that no man taketh up^H6908^(H8764): they shall every man^H376 turn^H6437^(H8799) to his own people^H5971, and flee^H5127^(H8799) every one^H376 into his own land^H776.

¹⁵ Everyone who is found will be thrust through. Everyone who is captured will fall by the sword.

KJVEvery one that is found^H4672^(H8737) shall be thrust through^H1856^(H8735); and every one that is joined^H5595^(H8737) unto them shall fall^H5307^(H8799) by the sword^H2719.

¹⁶ Their infants also will be dashed in pieces before their eyes. Their houses will be ransacked, and their wives raped.

KJVTheir children^H5768 also shall be dashed to pieces^H7376^(H8792) before their eyes^H5869; their houses^H1004 shall be spoiled^H8155^(H8735), and their wives^H802 ravished^H7901^(H8735)^(H8675)^H7693^(H8735).

¹⁷ Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who will not value silver, and as for gold, they will not delight in it.

KJVBehold, I will stir up^H5782^(H8688) the Medes^H4074 against them, which shall not regard^H2803^(H8799) silver^H3701; and as for gold^H2091, they shall not delight^H2654^(H8799) in it.

¹⁸ Their bows will dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb. Their eyes will not spare children.

KJVTheir bows^H7198 also shall dash^H7376 the young men^H5288 to pieces^H7376^(H8762); and they shall have no pity^H7355^(H8762) on the fruit^H6529 of the womb^H990; their eye^H5869 shall not spare^H2347^(H8799) children^H1121.

¹⁹ Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride, will be like when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

KJVAnd Babylon^H894, the glory^H6643 of kingdoms^H4467, the beauty^H8597 of the Chaldees^H3778' excellency^H1347, shall be as when God^H430 overthrew^H4114 Sodom^H5467 and Gomorrah^H6017.

²⁰ It will never be inhabited, neither will it be lived in from generation to generation. The Arabian will not pitch a tent there, neither will shepherds make their flocks lie down there.

KJVIt shall never^H5331 be inhabited^H3427^(H8799), neither shall it be dwelt^H7931^(H8799) in from generation^H1755 to generation^H1755: neither shall the Arabian^H6163 pitch tent^H167^(H8762) there; neither shall the shepherds^H7462^(H8802) make their fold^H7257^(H8686) there.

²¹ But wild animals of the desert will lie there, and their houses will be full of jackals. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will frolic there.

KJVBut wild beasts of the desert^H6728 shall lie^H7257^(H8804) there; and their houses^H1004 shall be full^H4390^(H8804) of doleful creatures^H255; and owls^H1323^H3284 shall dwell^H7931^(H8804) there, and satyrs^H8163 shall dance^H7540^(H8762) there.

²² Hyenas will cry in their fortresses, and jackals in the pleasant palaces. Her time is near to come, and her days will not be prolonged.

KJVAnd the wild beasts of the islands^H338 shall cry^H6030^(H8804) in their desolate houses^H490, and dragons^H8577 in their pleasant^H6027 palaces^H1964: and her time^H6256 is near^H7138 to come^H935^(H8800), and her days^H3117 shall not be prolonged^H4900^(H8735).

WEB·Isaiah 12

¹In that day you will say, “I will give thanks to you, Yahweh; for though you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you comfort me.

KJVAnd in that day^H3117 thou shalt say^H559^(H8804), O LORD^H3068, I will praise^H3034^(H8686) thee: though thou wast angry^H599^(H8804) with me, thine anger^H639 is turned away^H7725^(H8799), and thou comfortedst^H5162^(H8762) me.

² Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”

KJVBehold, God^H410 is my salvation^H3444; I will trust^H982^(H8799), and not be afraid^H6342^(H8799): for the LORD^H3050 JEHOVAH^H3068 is my strength^H5797 and my song^H2176; he also is become my salvation^H3444.

³ Therefore with joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.

KJVTherefore with joy^H8342 shall ye draw^H7579^(H8804) water^H4325 out of the wells^H4599 of salvation^H3444.

⁴ In that day you will say, “Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Declare his doings among the peoples! Proclaim that his name is exalted!

KJVAnd in that day^H3117 shall ye say^H559^(H8804), Praise^H3034^(H8685) the LORD^H3068, call^H7121^(H8798) upon his name^H8034, declare^H3045^(H8685) his doings^H5949 among the people^H5971, make mention^H2142^(H8685) that his name^H8034 is exalted^H7682^(H8737).

⁵ Sing to Yahweh, for he has done excellent things! Let this be known in all the earth!

KJVSing^H2167^(H8761) unto the LORD^H3068; for he hath done^H6213^(H8804) excellent things^H1348: this is known^H3045^(H8716)^(H8675)^H3045^(H8794) in all the earth^H776.

⁶ Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel is great among you!”

KJVCry out^H6670^(H8761) and shout^H7442^(H8798), thou inhabitant^H3427^(H8802) of Zion^H6726: for great^H1419 is the Holy One^H6918 of Israel^H3478 in the midst^H7130 of thee.

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