Isaiah 4 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Isaiah 5

¹Let me sing for my well beloved a song of my beloved about his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a very fruitful hill.

KJVNow will I sing^H7891^(H8799) to my wellbeloved^H3039 a song^H7892 of my beloved^H1730 touching his vineyard^H3754. My wellbeloved^H3039 hath a vineyard^H3754 in a very fruitful^H1121^H8081 hill^H7161:

² He dug it up, gathered out its stones, planted it with the choicest vine, built a tower in the middle of it, and also cut out a wine press in it. He looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.

KJVAnd he fenced^H5823^(H8762) it, and gathered out the stones^H5619^(H8762) thereof, and planted^H5193^(H8799) it with the choicest vine^H8321, and built^H1129^(H8799) a tower^H4026 in the midst^H8432 of it, and also made^H2672^(H8804) a winepress^H3342 therein: and he looked^H6960^(H8762) that it should bring forth^H6213^(H8800) grapes^H6025, and it brought forth^H6213^(H8799) wild grapes^H891.

³ “Now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, please judge between me and my vineyard.

KJVAnd now, O inhabitants^H3427^(H8802) of Jerusalem^H3389, and men^H376 of Judah^H3063, judge^H8199^(H8798), I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard^H3754.

⁴ What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I looked for it to yield grapes, did it yield wild grapes?

KJVWhat could have been done^H6213^(H8800) more to my vineyard^H3754, that I have not done^H6213^(H8804) in it? wherefore^H4069, when I looked^H6960^(H8765) that it should bring forth^H6213^(H8800) grapes^H6025, brought it forth^H6213^(H8799) wild grapes^H891?

⁵ Now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will take away its hedge, and it will be eaten up. I will break down its wall, and it will be trampled down.

KJVAnd now go to; I will tell^H3045^(H8686) you what I will do^H6213^(H8802) to my vineyard^H3754: I will take away^H5493^(H8687) the hedge^H4881 thereof, and it shall be eaten up^H1197^(H8763); and break down^H6555^(H8800) the wall^H1447 thereof, and it shall be trodden down^H4823:

⁶ I will lay it a wasteland. It won’t be pruned or hoed, but it will grow briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain on it.”

KJVAnd I will lay^H7896^(H8799) it waste^H1326: it shall not be pruned^H2168^(H8735), nor digged^H5737^(H8735); but there shall come up^H5927^(H8804) briers^H8068 and thorns^H7898: I will also command^H6680^(H8762) the clouds^H5645 that they rain^H4305^(H8687) no rain^H4306 upon it.

⁷ For the vineyard of Yahweh of Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant. He looked for justice, but behold, oppression, for righteousness, but behold, a cry of distress.

KJVFor the vineyard^H3754 of the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635 is the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478, and the men^H376 of Judah^H3063 his pleasant^H8191 plant^H5194: and he looked^H6960^(H8762) for judgment^H4941, but behold oppression^H4939; for righteousness^H6666, but behold a cry^H6818.

⁸ Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, until there is no room, and you are made to dwell alone in the middle of the land!

KJVWoe^H1945 unto them that join^H5060^(H8688) house^H1004 to house^H1004, that lay^H7126^(H8686) field^H7704 to field^H7704, till there be no^H657 place^H4725, that they may be placed^H3427^(H8717) alone in the midst^H7130 of the earth^H776!

⁹ In my ears, Yahweh of Armies says: “Surely many houses will be desolate, even great and beautiful, unoccupied.

KJVIn mine ears^H241 said the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635, Of a truth^H3808 many^H7227 houses^H1004 shall be desolate^H8047, even great^H1419 and fair^H2896, without inhabitant^H3427^(H8802).

¹⁰ For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah.”

KJVYea^H3588, ten^H6235 acres^H6776 of vineyard^H3754 shall yield^H6213^(H8799) one^H259 bath^H1324, and the seed^H2233 of an homer^H2563 shall yield^H6213^(H8799) an ephah^H374.

¹¹ Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them!

KJVWoe^H1945 unto them that rise up early^H7925^(H8688) in the morning^H1242, that they may follow^H7291^(H8799) strong drink^H7941; that continue^H309^(H8764) until night^H5399, till wine^H3196 inflame^H1814^(H8686) them!

¹² The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their feasts; but they don’t respect the work of Yahweh, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.

KJVAnd the harp^H3658, and the viol^H5035, the tabret^H8596, and pipe^H2485, and wine^H3196, are in their feasts^H4960: but they regard^H5027^(H8686) not the work^H6467 of the LORD^H3068, neither consider^H7200^(H8804) the operation^H4639 of his hands^H3027.

¹³ Therefore my people go into captivity for lack of knowledge. Their honorable men are famished, and their multitudes are parched with thirst.

KJVTherefore my people^H5971 are gone into captivity^H1540^(H8804), because they have no knowledge^H1847: and their honourable^H3519 men^H4962 are famished^H7458, and their multitude^H1995 dried up^H6704 with thirst^H6772.

¹⁴ Therefore Sheol has enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, their multitude, their pomp, and he who rejoices among them, descend into it.

KJVTherefore hell^H7585 hath enlarged^H7337^(H8689) herself^H5315, and opened^H6473^(H8804) her mouth^H6310 without measure^H2706: and their glory^H1926, and their multitude^H1995, and their pomp^H7588, and he that rejoiceth^H5938, shall descend^H3381^(H8804) into it.

¹⁵ So man is brought low, mankind is humbled, and the eyes of the arrogant ones are humbled;

KJVAnd the mean man^H120 shall be brought down^H7817^(H8735), and the mighty man^H376 shall be humbled^H8213^(H8799), and the eyes^H5869 of the lofty^H1364 shall be humbled^H8213^(H8799):

¹⁶ but Yahweh of Armies is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.

KJVBut the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635 shall be exalted^H1361^(H8799) in judgment^H4941, and God^H410 that is holy^H6918 shall be sanctified^H6942^(H8738) in righteousness^H6666.

¹⁷ Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, and strangers will eat the ruins of the rich.

KJVThen shall the lambs^H3532 feed^H7462^(H8804) after their manner^H1699, and the waste places^H2723 of the fat ones^H4220 shall strangers^H1481^(H8802) eat^H398^(H8799).

¹⁸ Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope,

KJVWoe^H1945 unto them that draw^H4900^(H8802) iniquity^H5771 with cords^H2256 of vanity^H7723, and sin^H2403 as it were with a cart^H5699 rope^H5688:

¹⁹ who say, “Let him make haste, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!”

KJVThat say^H559^(H8802), Let him make speed^H4116^(H8762), and hasten^H2363^(H8686) his work^H4639, that we may see^H7200^(H8799) it: and let the counsel^H6098 of the Holy One^H6918 of Israel^H3478 draw nigh^H7126^(H8799) and come^H935^(H8799), that we may know^H3045^(H8799) it!

²⁰ Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

KJVWoe^H1945 unto them that call^H559^(H8802) evil^H7451 good^H2896, and good^H2896 evil^H7451; that put^H7760^(H8802) darkness^H2822 for light^H216, and light^H216 for darkness^H2822; that put^H7760^(H8802) bitter^H4751 for sweet^H4966, and sweet^H4966 for bitter^H4751!

²¹ Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

KJVWoe^H1945 unto them that are wise^H2450 in their own eyes^H5869, and prudent^H995^(H8737) in their own sight^H6440!

²² Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and champions at mixing strong drink;

KJVWoe^H1945 unto them that are mighty^H1368 to drink^H8354^(H8800) wine^H3196, and men^H582 of strength^H2428 to mingle^H4537^(H8800) strong drink^H7941:

²³ who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!

KJVWhich justify^H6663^(H8688) the wicked^H7563 for^H6118 reward^H7810, and take away^H5493^(H8686) the righteousness^H6666 of the righteous^H6662 from him!

²⁴ Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust, because they have rejected the law of Yahweh of Armies, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

KJVTherefore as the fire^H784 devoureth^H398^(H8800) the stubble^H7179, and the flame^H3956^H3852 consumeth^H7503^(H8799) the chaff^H2842, so their root^H8328 shall be as rottenness^H4716, and their blossom^H6525 shall go up^H5927^(H8799) as dust^H80: because they have cast away^H3988^(H8804) the law^H8451 of the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635, and despised^H5006^(H8765) the word^H565 of the Holy One^H6918 of Israel^H3478.

²⁵ Therefore Yahweh’s anger burns against his people, and he has stretched out his hand against them and has struck them. The mountains tremble, and their dead bodies are as refuse in the middle of the streets. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is still stretched out.

KJVTherefore is the anger^H639 of the LORD^H3068 kindled^H2734^(H8804) against his people^H5971, and he hath stretched forth^H5186^(H8799) his hand^H3027 against them, and hath smitten^H5221^(H8686) them: and the hills^H2022 did tremble^H7264^(H8799), and their carcases^H5038 were torn^H5478 in the midst^H7130 of the streets^H2351. For all this his anger^H639 is not turned away^H7725^(H8804), but his hand^H3027 is stretched out^H5186^(H8803) still.

²⁶ He will lift up a banner to the nations from far away, and he will whistle for them from the end of the earth. Behold, they will come speedily and swiftly.

KJVAnd he will lift up^H5375^(H8804) an ensign^H5251 to the nations^H1471 from far^H7350, and will hiss^H8319^(H8804) unto them from the end^H7097 of the earth^H776: and, behold, they shall come^H935^(H8799) with speed^H4120 swiftly^H7031:

²⁷ No one shall be weary nor stumble among them; no one shall slumber nor sleep, neither shall the belt of their waist be untied, nor the strap of their sandals be broken,

KJVNone shall be weary^H5889 nor stumble^H3782^(H8802) among them; none shall slumber^H5123^(H8799) nor sleep^H3462^(H8799); neither shall the girdle^H232 of their loins^H2504 be loosed^H6605^(H8738), nor the latchet^H8288 of their shoes^H5275 be broken^H5423^(H8738):

²⁸ whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent. Their horses’ hoofs will be like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind.

KJVWhose arrows^H2671 are sharp^H8150^(H8802), and all their bows^H7198 bent^H1869^(H8803), their horses^H5483' hoofs^H6541 shall be counted^H2803^(H8738) like flint^H6862, and their wheels^H1534 like a whirlwind^H5492:

²⁹ Their roaring will be like a lioness. They will roar like young lions. Yes, they shall roar, and seize their prey and carry it off, and there will be no one to deliver.

KJVTheir roaring^H7581 shall be like a lion^H3833, they shall roar^H7580^(H8799)^(H8675)^H7580^(H8804) like young lions^H3715: yea, they shall roar^H5098^(H8799), and lay hold^H270^(H8799) of the prey^H2964, and shall carry it away safe^H6403^(H8686), and none shall deliver^H5337^(H8688) it.

³⁰ They will roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to the land, behold, darkness and distress. The light is darkened in its clouds.

KJVAnd in that day^H3117 they shall roar^H5098^(H8799) against them like the roaring^H5100 of the sea^H3220: and if one look^H5027^(H8765) unto the land^H776, behold darkness^H2822 and sorrow^H6862, and the light^H216 is darkened^H2821^(H8804) in the heavens^H6183 thereof.

WEB·Isaiah 4

¹Seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread, and wear our own clothing. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our reproach.”

KJVAnd in that day^H3117 seven^H7651 women^H802 shall take hold^H2388^(H8689) of one^H259 man^H376, saying^H559^(H8800), We will eat^H398^(H8799) our own bread^H3899, and wear^H3847^(H8799) our own apparel^H8071: only let us be called^H7121^(H8735) by thy name^H8034, to take away^H622^(H8798) our reproach^H2781.

² In that day, Yahweh’s branch will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the beauty and glory of the survivors of Israel.

KJVIn that day^H3117 shall the branch^H6780 of the LORD^H3068 be beautiful^H6643 and glorious^H3519, and the fruit^H6529 of the earth^H776 shall be excellent^H1347 and comely for^H8597 them that are escaped^H6413 of Israel^H3478.

³ It will happen that he who is left in Zion and he who remains in Jerusalem shall be called holy, even everyone who is written among the living in Jerusalem,

KJVAnd it shall come to pass, that he that is left^H7604^(H8737) in Zion^H6726, and he that remaineth^H3498^(H8737) in Jerusalem^H3389, shall be called^H559^(H8735) holy^H6918, even every one that is written^H3789^(H8803) among the living^H2416 in Jerusalem^H3389:

⁴ when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from within it, by the spirit of justice and by the spirit of burning.

KJVWhen the Lord^H136 shall have washed away^H7364^(H8804) the filth^H6675 of the daughters^H1323 of Zion^H6726, and shall have purged^H1740^(H8686) the blood^H1818 of Jerusalem^H3389 from the midst^H7130 thereof by the spirit^H7307 of judgment^H4941, and by the spirit^H7307 of burning^H1197^(H8763).

⁵ Yahweh will create over the whole habitation of Mount Zion and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night, for over all the glory will be a canopy.

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 will create^H1254^(H8804) upon every dwelling place^H4349 of mount^H2022 Zion^H6726, and upon her assemblies^H4744, a cloud^H6051 and smoke^H6227 by day^H3119, and the shining^H5051 of a flaming^H3852 fire^H784 by night^H3915: for upon all the glory^H3519 shall be a defence^H2646.

⁶ There will be a pavilion for a shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a refuge and for a shelter from storm and from rain.

KJVAnd there shall be a tabernacle^H5521 for a shadow^H6738 in the daytime^H3119 from the heat^H2721, and for a place of refuge^H4268, and for a covert^H4563 from storm^H2230 and from rain^H4306.

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