Isaiah 30 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Isaiah 31

¹Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they don’t look to the Holy One of Israel, and they don’t seek Yahweh!

KJVWoe^H1945 to them that go down^H3381^(H8802) to Egypt^H4714 for help^H5833; and stay^H8172^(H8735) on horses^H5483, and trust^H982^(H8799) in chariots^H7393, because they are many^H7227; and in horsemen^H6571, because they are very^H3966 strong^H6105^(H8804); but they look^H8159^(H8804) not unto the Holy One^H6918 of Israel^H3478, neither seek^H1875^(H8804) the LORD^H3068!

² Yet he also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who work iniquity.

KJVYet he also is wise^H2450, and will bring^H935^(H8686) evil^H7451, and will not call back^H5493^(H8689) his words^H1697: but will arise^H6965^(H8804) against the house^H1004 of the evildoers^H7489^(H8688), and against the help^H5833 of them that work^H6466^(H8802) iniquity^H205.

³ Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When Yahweh stretches out his hand, both he who helps shall stumble, and he who is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together.

KJVNow the Egyptians^H4714 are men^H120, and not God^H410; and their horses^H5483 flesh^H1320, and not spirit^H7307. When the LORD^H3068 shall stretch out^H5186^(H8686) his hand^H3027, both he that helpeth^H5826^(H8802) shall fall^H3782^(H8804), and he that is holpen^H5826^(H8803) shall fall down^H5307^(H8804), and they all shall fail^H3615^(H8799) together^H3162.

⁴ For Yahweh says to me, “As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds is called together against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for their noise, so Yahweh of Armies will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its heights.

KJVFor thus hath the LORD^H3068 spoken^H559^(H8804) unto me, Like as the lion^H738 and the young lion^H3715 roaring^H1897^(H8799) on his prey^H2964, when a multitude^H4393 of shepherds^H7462^(H8802) is called forth^H7121^(H8735) against him, he will not be afraid^H2865^(H8735) of their voice^H6963, nor abase^H6031^(H8799) himself for the noise^H1995 of them: so shall the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635 come down^H3381^(H8799) to fight^H6633^(H8800) for mount^H2022 Zion^H6726, and for the hill^H1389 thereof.

⁵ As birds hovering, so Yahweh of Armies will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it. He will pass over and preserve it.”

KJVAs birds^H6833 flying^H5774^(H8802), so will the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635 defend^H1598^(H8686) Jerusalem^H3389; defending^H1598^(H8800) also he will deliver^H5337^(H8689) it; and passing over^H6452^(H8800) he will preserve^H4422^(H8689) it.

⁶ Return to him from whom you have deeply revolted, children of Israel.

KJVTurn^H7725^(H8798) ye unto him from whom the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 have deeply^H6009^(H8689) revolted^H5627.

⁷ For in that day everyone shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold—sin which your own hands have made for you.

KJVFor in that day^H3117 every man^H376 shall cast away^H3988^(H8799) his idols^H457 of silver^H3701, and his idols^H457 of gold^H2091, which your own hands^H3027 have made^H6213^(H8804) unto you for a sin^H2399.

⁸ “The Assyrian will fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of mankind, shall devour him. He will flee from the sword, and his young men will become subject to forced labor.

KJVThen shall the Assyrian^H804 fall^H5307^(H8804) with the sword^H2719, not of a mighty man^H376; and the sword^H2719, not of a mean man^H120, shall devour^H398^(H8799) him: but he shall flee^H5127^(H8804) from^H6440 the sword^H2719, and his young men^H970 shall be discomfited^H4522.

⁹ His rock will pass away by reason of terror, and his princes will be afraid of the banner,” says Yahweh, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.

KJVAnd he shall pass over^H5674^(H8799) to his strong hold^H5553 for fear^H4032, and his princes^H8269 shall be afraid^H2865^(H8804) of the ensign^H5251, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068, whose fire^H217 is in Zion^H6726, and his furnace^H8574 in Jerusalem^H3389.

WEB·Isaiah 30

¹“Woe to the rebellious children”, says Yahweh, “who take counsel, but not from me; and who make an alliance, but not with my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin;

KJVWoe^H1945 to the rebellious^H5637^(H8802) children^H1121, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068, that take^H6213^(H8800) counsel^H6098, but not of me; and that cover^H5258^(H8800) with a covering^H4541, but not of my spirit^H7307, that they may add^H5595^(H8800) sin^H2403 to sin^H2403:

² who set out to go down into Egypt without asking for my advice, to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt!

KJVThat walk^H1980^(H8802) to go down^H3381^(H8800) into Egypt^H4714, and have not asked^H7592^(H8804) at my mouth^H6310; to strengthen^H5810^(H8800) themselves in the strength^H4581 of Pharaoh^H6547, and to trust^H2620^(H8800) in the shadow^H6738 of Egypt^H4714!

³ Therefore the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.

KJVTherefore shall the strength^H4581 of Pharaoh^H6547 be your shame^H1322, and the trust^H2622 in the shadow^H6738 of Egypt^H4714 your confusion^H3639.

⁴ For their princes are at Zoan, and their ambassadors have come to Hanes.

KJVFor his princes^H8269 were at Zoan^H6814, and his ambassadors^H4397 came^H5060^(H8686) to Hanes^H2609.

⁵ They shall all be ashamed because of a people that can’t profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.”

KJVThey were all ashamed^H3001^(H8689) of a people^H5971 that could not profit^H3276^(H8686) them, nor be an help^H5828 nor profit^H3276^(H8687), but a shame^H1322, and also a reproach^H2781.

⁶ The burden of the animals of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, of the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to an unprofitable people.

KJVThe burden^H4853 of the beasts^H929 of the south^H5045: into the land^H776 of trouble^H6869 and anguish^H6695, from whence come the young^H3833 and old lion^H3918, the viper^H660 and fiery^H8314 flying^H5774^(H8789) serpent^H8314, they will carry^H5375^(H8799) their riches^H2428 upon the shoulders^H3802 of young asses^H5895, and their treasures^H214 upon the bunches^H1707 of camels^H1581, to a people^H5971 that shall not profit^H3276^(H8686) them.

⁷ For Egypt helps in vain, and to no purpose; therefore I have called her Rahab who sits still.

KJVFor the Egyptians^H4714 shall help^H5826^(H8799) in vain^H1892, and to no purpose^H7385: therefore have I cried^H7121^(H8804) concerning this^H2063, Their^H1992 strength^H7293 is to sit still^H7674.

⁸ Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come forever and ever.

KJVNow go^H935^(H8798), write^H3789^(H8798) it before them in a table^H3871, and note^H2710^(H8798) it in a book^H5612, that it may be for the time^H3117 to come^H314 for^H5704 ever^H5703 and ever^H5769:

⁹ For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children who will not hear Yahweh’s law;

KJVThat this is a rebellious^H4805 people^H5971, lying^H3586 children^H1121, children^H1121 that will^H14^(H8804) not hear^H8085^(H8800) the law^H8451 of the LORD^H3068:

¹⁰ who tell the seers, “Don’t see!” and the prophets, “Don’t prophesy to us right things. Tell us pleasant things. Prophesy deceits.

KJVWhich say^H559^(H8804) to the seers^H7200^(H8802), See^H7200^(H8799) not; and to the prophets^H2374, Prophesy^H2372^(H8799) not unto us right things^H5229, speak^H1696^(H8761) unto us smooth things^H2513, prophesy^H2372^(H8798) deceits^H4123:

¹¹ Get out of the way. Turn away from the path. Cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.”

KJVGet you out^H5493^(H8798) of the way^H1870, turn aside^H5186^(H8685) out of the path^H734, cause the Holy One^H6918 of Israel^H3478 to cease^H7673^(H8685) from before^H6440 us.

¹² Therefore the Holy One of Israel says, “Because you despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely on it,

KJVWherefore thus saith^H559^(H8804) the Holy One^H6918 of Israel^H3478, Because ye despise^H3988^(H8800) this word^H1697, and trust^H982^(H8799) in oppression^H6233 and perverseness^H3868^(H8737), and stay^H8172^(H8735) thereon:

¹³ therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly in an instant.

KJVTherefore this iniquity^H5771 shall be to you as a breach^H6556 ready to fall^H5307^(H8802), swelling out^H1158^(H8737) in a high^H7682^(H8737) wall^H2346, whose breaking^H7667 cometh^H935^(H8799) suddenly^H6597 at an instant^H6621.

¹⁴ He will break it as a potter’s vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing, so that there won’t be found among the broken pieces a piece good enough to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern.”

KJVAnd he shall break^H7665^(H8804) it as the breaking^H7667 of the potters^H3335^(H8802)' vessel^H5035 that is broken in pieces^H3807^(H8800); he shall not spare^H2550^(H8799): so that there shall not be found^H4672^(H8735) in the bursting^H4386 of it a sherd^H2789 to take^H2846^(H8800) fire^H784 from the hearth^H3344^(H8803), or to take^H2834^(H8800) water^H4325 withal out of the pit^H1360.

¹⁵ For thus said the Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, “You will be saved in returning and rest. Your strength will be in quietness and in confidence.” You refused,

KJVFor thus saith^H559^(H8804) the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069, the Holy One^H6918 of Israel^H3478; In returning^H7729 and rest^H5183 shall ye be saved^H3467^(H8735); in quietness^H8252^(H8687) and in confidence^H985 shall be your strength^H1369: and ye would^H14^(H8804) not.

¹⁶ but you said, “No, for we will flee on horses;” therefore you will flee; and, “We will ride on the swift;” therefore those who pursue you will be swift.

KJVBut ye said^H559^(H8799), No; for we will flee^H5127^(H8799) upon horses^H5483; therefore shall ye flee^H5127^(H8799): and, We will ride^H7392^(H8799) upon the swift^H7031; therefore shall they that pursue^H7291^(H8802) you be swift^H7043^(H8735).

¹⁷ One thousand will flee at the threat of one. At the threat of five, you will flee until you are left like a beacon on the top of a mountain, and like a banner on a hill.

KJVOne^H259 thousand^H505 shall flee at^H6440 the rebuke^H1606 of one^H259; at^H6440 the rebuke^H1606 of five^H2568 shall ye flee^H5127^(H8799): till ye be left^H3498^(H8738) as a beacon^H8650 upon the top^H7218 of a mountain^H2022, and as an ensign^H5251 on an hill^H1389.

¹⁸ Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.

KJVAnd therefore will the LORD^H3068 wait^H2442^(H8762), that he may be gracious^H2603^(H8800) unto you, and therefore will he be exalted^H7311^(H8799), that he may have mercy^H7355^(H8763) upon you: for the LORD^H3068 is a God^H430 of judgment^H4941: blessed^H835 are all they that wait^H2442^(H8802) for him.

¹⁹ For the people will dwell in Zion at Jerusalem. You will weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the voice of your cry. When he hears you, he will answer you.

KJVFor the people^H5971 shall dwell^H3427^(H8799) in Zion^H6726 at Jerusalem^H3389: thou shalt weep^H1058^(H8799) no more^H1058^(H8800): he will be very^H2603^(H8800) gracious^H2603^(H8799) unto thee at the voice^H6963 of thy cry^H2199^(H8800); when he shall hear^H8085^(H8800) it, he will answer^H6030^(H8804) thee.

²⁰ Though the Lord may give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your teachers won’t be hidden any more, but your eyes will see your teachers;

KJVAnd though the Lord^H136 give^H5414^(H8804) you the bread^H3899 of adversity^H6862, and the water^H4325 of affliction^H3906, yet shall not thy teachers^H3384^(H8688) be removed into a corner^H3670^(H8735) any more, but thine eyes^H5869 shall see^H7200^(H8802) thy teachers^H3384^(H8688):

²¹ and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way. Walk in it.”

KJVAnd thine ears^H241 shall hear^H8085^(H8799) a word^H1697 behind^H310 thee, saying^H559^(H8800), This is the way^H1870, walk ye in it^H3212^(H8798), when ye turn to the right hand^H541^(H8686), and when ye turn to the left^H8041^(H8686).

²² You shall defile the overlaying of your engraved images of silver, and the plating of your molten images of gold. You shall cast them away as an unclean thing. You shall tell it, “Go away!”

KJVYe shall defile^H2930^(H8765) also the covering^H6826 of thy graven images^H6456 of silver^H3701, and the ornament^H642 of thy molten images^H4541 of gold^H2091: thou shalt cast them away^H2219^(H8799) as a menstruous cloth^H1739; thou shalt say^H559^(H8799) unto it, Get thee hence^H3318^(H8798).

²³ He will give the rain for your seed, with which you will sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the ground will be rich and plentiful. In that day, your livestock will feed in large pastures.

KJVThen shall he give^H5414^(H8804) the rain^H4306 of thy seed^H2233, that thou shalt sow^H2232^(H8799) the ground^H127 withal; and bread^H3899 of the increase^H8393 of the earth^H127, and it shall be fat^H1879 and plenteous^H8082: in that day^H3117 shall thy cattle^H4735 feed^H7462^(H8799) in large^H7337^(H8737) pastures^H3733.

²⁴ The oxen likewise and the young donkeys that till the ground will eat savory feed, which has been winnowed with the shovel and with the fork.

KJVThe oxen^H504 likewise and the young asses^H5895 that ear^H5647^(H8802) the ground^H127 shall eat^H398^(H8799) clean^H2548 provender^H1098, which hath been winnowed^H2219^(H8802) with the shovel^H7371 and with the fan^H4214.

²⁵ There will be brooks and streams of water on every lofty mountain and on every high hill in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.

KJVAnd there shall be upon every high^H1364 mountain^H2022, and upon every high^H5375^(H8737) hill^H1389, rivers^H6388 and streams^H2988 of waters^H4325 in the day^H3117 of the great^H7227 slaughter^H2027, when the towers^H4026 fall^H5307^(H8800).

²⁶ Moreover the light of the 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, in the day that Yahweh binds up the fracture of his people, and heals the wound they were struck with.

KJVMoreover the light^H216 of the moon^H3842 shall be as the light^H216 of the sun^H2535, and the light^H216 of the sun^H2535 shall be sevenfold^H7659, as the light^H216 of seven^H7651 days^H3117, in the day^H3117 that the LORD^H3068 bindeth up^H2280^(H8800) the breach^H7667 of his people^H5971, and healeth^H7495^(H8799) the stroke^H4273 of their wound^H4347.

²⁷ Behold, Yahweh’s name comes from far away, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke. His lips are full of indignation. His tongue is as a devouring fire.

KJVBehold, the name^H8034 of the LORD^H3068 cometh^H935^(H8804) from far^H4801, burning^H1197^(H8802) with his anger^H639, and the burden^H4858 thereof is heavy^H3514: his lips^H8193 are full^H4390^(H8804) of indignation^H2195, and his tongue^H3956 as a devouring^H398^(H8802) fire^H784:

²⁸ His breath is as an overflowing stream that reaches even to the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction. A bridle that leads to ruin will be in the jaws of the peoples.

KJVAnd his breath^H7307, as an overflowing^H7857^(H8802) stream^H5158, shall reach to the midst^H2673^(H8799) of the neck^H6677, to sift^H5130^(H8687) the nations^H1471 with the sieve^H5299 of vanity^H7723: and there shall be a bridle^H7448 in the jaws^H3895 of the people^H5971, causing them to err^H8582^(H8688).

²⁹ You will have a song, as in the night when a holy feast is kept, and gladness of heart, as when one goes with a flute to come to Yahweh’s mountain, to Israel’s Rock.

KJVYe shall have a song^H7892, as in the night^H3915 when a holy^H6942 solemnity^H2282 is kept^H6942^(H8692); and gladness^H8057 of heart^H3824, as when one goeth^H1980^(H8802) with a pipe^H2485 to come^H935^(H8800) into the mountain^H2022 of the LORD^H3068, to the mighty One^H6697 of Israel^H3478.

³⁰ Yahweh will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the descent of his arm, with the indignation of his anger and the flame of a devouring fire, with a blast, storm, and hailstones.

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 shall cause his glorious^H1935 voice^H6963 to be heard^H8085^(H8689), and shall shew^H7200^(H8686) the lighting down^H5183 of his arm^H2220, with the indignation^H2197 of his anger^H639, and with the flame^H3851 of a devouring^H398^(H8802) fire^H784, with scattering^H5311, and tempest^H2230, and hailstones^H68^H1259.

³¹ For through Yahweh’s voice the Assyrian will be dismayed. He will strike him with his rod.

KJVFor through the voice^H6963 of the LORD^H3068 shall the Assyrian^H804 be beaten down^H2865^(H8735), which smote^H5221^(H8686) with a rod^H7626.

³² Every stroke of the rod of punishment, which Yahweh will lay on him, will be with the sound of tambourines and harps. He will fight with them in battles, brandishing weapons.

KJVAnd in every place^H3605 where the grounded^H4145 staff^H4294 shall pass^H4569, which the LORD^H3068 shall lay^H5117^(H8686) upon him, it shall be with tabrets^H8596 and harps^H3658: and in battles^H4421 of shaking^H8573 will he fight^H3898^(H8738) with it.

³³ For his burning place has long been ready. Yes, it is prepared for the king. He has made its pyre deep and large with fire and much wood. Yahweh’s breath, like a stream of sulfur, kindles it.

KJVFor Tophet^H8613 is ordained^H6186^(H8803) of old^H865; yea, for the king^H4428 it is prepared^H3559^(H8717); he hath made it deep^H6009^(H8689) and large^H7337^(H8689): the pile^H4071 thereof is fire^H784 and much^H7235^(H8687) wood^H6086; the breath^H5397 of the LORD^H3068, like a stream^H5158 of brimstone^H1614, doth kindle^H1197^(H8802) it.

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