Isaiah 17 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Isaiah 18

¹Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;

KJVWoe^H1945 to the land^H776 shadowing^H6767 with wings^H3671, which is beyond^H5676 the rivers^H5104 of Ethiopia^H3568:

² that sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus on the waters, saying, “Go, you swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people awesome from their beginning onward, a nation that measures out and treads down, whose land the rivers divide!”

KJVThat sendeth^H7971^(H8802) ambassadors^H6735 by the sea^H3220, even in vessels^H3627 of bulrushes^H1573 upon^H6440 the waters^H4325, saying, Go^H3212^(H8798), ye swift^H7031 messengers^H4397, to a nation^H1471 scattered^H4900^(H8794) and peeled^H4178^(H8794), to a people^H5971 terrible^H3372^(H8737) from their beginning hitherto^H1973; a nation^H1471 meted out^H6978 and trodden down^H4001, whose land^H776 the rivers^H5104 have spoiled^H958^(H8804)!

³ All you inhabitants of the world, and you dwellers on the earth, when a banner is lifted up on the mountains, look! When the trumpet is blown, listen!

KJVAll ye inhabitants^H3427^(H8802) of the world^H8398, and dwellers^H7931^(H8802) on the earth^H776, see^H7200^(H8799) ye, when he lifteth up^H5375^(H8800) an ensign^H5251 on the mountains^H2022; and when he bloweth^H8628^(H8800) a trumpet^H7782, hear^H8085^(H8799) ye.

⁴ For Yahweh said to me, “I will be still, and I will see in my dwelling place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”

KJVFor so^H3541 the LORD^H3068 said^H559^(H8804) unto me, I will take my rest^H8252^(H8799), and I will consider^H5027^(H8686) in my dwelling place^H4349 like a clear^H6703 heat^H2527 upon herbs^H216, and like a cloud^H5645 of dew^H2919 in the heat^H2527 of harvest^H7105.

⁵ For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becomes a ripening grape, he will cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and he will cut down and take away the spreading branches.

KJVFor afore^H6440 the harvest^H7105, when the bud^H6525 is perfect^H8552^(H8800), and the sour grape^H1155 is ripening^H1580^(H8802) in the flower^H5328, he shall both cut off^H3772^(H8804) the sprigs^H2150 with pruning hooks^H4211, and take away^H5493^(H8689) and cut down^H8456^(H8689) the branches^H5189.

⁶ They will be left together for the ravenous birds of the mountains, and for the animals of the earth. The ravenous birds will eat them in the summer, and all the animals of the earth will eat them in the winter.

KJVThey shall be left^H5800^(H8735) together^H3162 unto the fowls^H5861 of the mountains^H2022, and to the beasts^H929 of the earth^H776: and the fowls^H5861 shall summer^H6972^(H8804) upon them, and all the beasts^H929 of the earth^H776 shall winter^H2778^(H8799) upon them.

⁷ In that time, a present will be brought to Yahweh of Armies from a people tall and smooth, even from a people awesome from their beginning onward, a nation that measures out and treads down, whose land the rivers divide, to the place of the name of Yahweh of Armies, Mount Zion.

KJVIn that time^H6256 shall the present^H7862 be brought^H2986^(H8714) unto the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635 of a people^H5971 scattered^H4900^(H8794) and peeled^H4178^(H8794), and from a people^H5971 terrible^H3372^(H8737) from their beginning hitherto^H1973; a nation^H1471 meted out^H6978 and trodden under foot^H4001, whose land^H776 the rivers^H5104 have spoiled^H958^(H8804), to the place^H4725 of the name^H8034 of the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635, the mount^H2022 Zion^H6726.

WEB·Isaiah 17

¹The burden of Damascus. “Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it will be a ruinous heap.

KJVThe burden^H4853 of Damascus^H1834. Behold, Damascus^H1834 is taken away^H5493^(H8716) from being a city^H5892, and it shall be a ruinous^H4654 heap^H4596.

² The cities of Aroer are forsaken. They will be for flocks, which shall lie down, and no one shall make them afraid.

KJVThe cities^H5892 of Aroer^H6177 are forsaken^H5800^(H8803): they shall be for flocks^H5739, which shall lie down^H7257^(H8804), and none shall make them afraid^H2729^(H8688).

³ The fortress shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria. They will be as the glory of the children of Israel,” says Yahweh of Armies.

KJVThe fortress^H4013 also shall cease^H7673^(H8738) from Ephraim^H669, and the kingdom^H4467 from Damascus^H1834, and the remnant^H7605 of Syria^H758: they shall be as the glory^H3519 of the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635.

⁴ “It will happen in that day that the glory of Jacob will be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh will become lean.

KJVAnd in that day^H3117 it shall come to pass, that the glory^H3519 of Jacob^H3290 shall be made thin^H1809^(H8735), and the fatness^H4924 of his flesh^H1320 shall wax lean^H7329^(H8735).

⁵ It will be like when the harvester gathers the wheat, and his arm reaps the grain. Yes, it will be like when one gleans grain in the valley of Rephaim.

KJVAnd it shall be as when the harvestman^H7105 gathereth^H622^(H8800) the corn^H7054, and reapeth^H7114^(H8799) the ears^H7641 with his arm^H2220; and it shall be as he that gathereth^H3950^(H8764) ears^H7641 in the valley^H6010 of Rephaim^H7497.

⁶ Yet gleanings will be left there, like the shaking of an olive tree, two or three olives in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outermost branches of a fruitful tree,” says Yahweh, the God of Israel.

KJVYet gleaning grapes^H5955 shall be left^H7604^(H8738) in it, as the shaking^H5363 of an olive tree^H2132, two^H8147 or three^H7969 berries^H1620 in the top^H7218 of the uppermost bough^H534, four^H702 or five^H2568 in the outmost fruitful^H6509^(H8802) branches^H5585 thereof, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068 God^H430 of Israel^H3478.

⁷ In that day, people will look to their Maker, and their eyes will have respect for the Holy One of Israel.

KJVAt that day^H3117 shall a man^H120 look^H8159^(H8799) to his Maker^H6213^(H8802), and his eyes^H5869 shall have respect^H7200^(H8799) to the Holy^H6918 One of Israel^H3478.

⁸ They will not look to the altars, the work of their hands; neither shall they respect that which their fingers have made, either the Asherah poles or the incense altars.

KJVAnd he shall not look^H8159^(H8799) to the altars^H4196, the work^H4639 of his hands^H3027, neither shall respect^H7200^(H8799) that which his fingers^H676 have made^H6213^(H8804), either the groves^H842, or the images^H2553.

⁹ In that day, their strong cities will be like the forsaken places in the woods and on the mountain top, which were forsaken from before the children of Israel; and it will be a desolation.

KJVIn that day^H3117 shall his strong^H4581 cities^H5892 be as a forsaken^H5800^(H8803) bough^H2793, and an uppermost branch^H534, which they left^H5800^(H8804) because^H6440 of the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478: and there shall be desolation^H8077.

¹⁰ For you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and have not remembered the rock of your strength. Therefore you plant pleasant plants, and set out foreign seedlings.

KJVBecause thou hast forgotten^H7911^(H8804) the God^H430 of thy salvation^H3468, and hast not been mindful^H2142^(H8804) of the rock^H6697 of thy strength^H4581, therefore shalt thou plant^H5193^(H8799) pleasant^H5282 plants^H5194, and shalt set^H2232^(H8799) it with strange^H2114^(H8801) slips^H2156:

¹¹ In the day of your planting, you hedge it in. In the morning, you make your seed blossom, but the harvest flees away in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.

KJVIn the day^H3117 shalt thou make thy plant^H5194 to grow^H7735^(H8770), and in the morning^H1242 shalt thou make thy seed^H2233 to flourish^H6524^(H8686): but the harvest^H7105 shall be a heap^H5067 in the day^H3117 of grief^H2470^(H8737) and of desperate^H605^(H8803) sorrow^H3511.

¹² Ah, the uproar of many peoples who roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!

KJVWoe^H1945 to the multitude^H1995 of many^H7227 people^H5971, which make a noise^H1993^(H8799) like the noise^H1993^(H8800) of the seas^H3220; and to the rushing^H7588 of nations^H3816, that make a rushing like the rushing^H7582^(H8735) of mighty^H3524 waters^H4325!

¹³ The nations will rush like the rushing of many waters, but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far off, and will be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.

KJVThe nations^H3816 shall rush^H7582^(H8735) like the rushing^H7588 of many^H7227 waters^H4325: but God shall rebuke^H1605^(H8804) them, and they shall flee^H5127^(H8804) far off^H4801, and shall be chased^H7291^(H8795) as the chaff^H4671 of the mountains^H2022 before^H6440 the wind^H7307, and like a rolling thing^H1534 before^H6440 the whirlwind^H5492.

¹⁴ At evening, behold, terror! Before the morning, they are no more. This is the portion of those who plunder us, and the lot of those who rob us.

KJVAnd behold at eveningtide^H6256^H6153 trouble^H1091; and before the morning^H1242 he is not. This is the portion^H2506 of them that spoil^H8154^(H8802) us, and the lot^H1486 of them that rob^H962^(H8802) us.

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