Isaiah 46 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Isaiah 47

¹“Come down and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans. For you will no longer be called tender and delicate.

KJVCome down^H3381^(H8798), and sit^H3427^(H8798) in the dust^H6083, O virgin^H1330 daughter^H1323 of Babylon^H894, sit^H3427^(H8798) on the ground^H776: there is no throne^H3678, O daughter^H1323 of the Chaldeans^H3778: for thou shalt no more^H3254^(H8686) be called^H7121^(H8799) tender^H7390 and delicate^H6028.

² Take the millstones and grind flour. Remove your veil, lift up your skirt, uncover your legs, and wade through the rivers.

KJVTake^H3947^(H8798) the millstones^H7347, and grind^H2912^(H8798) meal^H7058: uncover^H1540^(H8761) thy locks^H6777, make bare^H2834^(H8798) the leg^H7640, uncover^H1540^(H8761) the thigh^H7785, pass over^H5674^(H8798) the rivers^H5104.

³ Your nakedness will be uncovered. Yes, your shame will be seen. I will take vengeance, and will spare no one.”

KJVThy nakedness^H6172 shall be uncovered^H1540^(H8735), yea, thy shame^H2781 shall be seen^H7200^(H8735): I will take^H3947^(H8799) vengeance^H5359, and I will not meet^H6293^(H8799) thee as a man^H120.

⁴ Our Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies is his name, is the Holy One of Israel.

KJVAs for our redeemer^H1350^(H8802), the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635 is his name^H8034, the Holy One^H6918 of Israel^H3478.

⁵ “Sit in silence, and go into darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans. For you shall no longer be called the mistress of kingdoms.

KJVSit^H3427^(H8798) thou silent^H1748, and get^H935^(H8798) thee into darkness^H2822, O daughter^H1323 of the Chaldeans^H3778: for thou shalt no more^H3254^(H8686) be called^H7121^(H8799), The lady^H1404 of kingdoms^H4467.

⁶ I was angry with my people. I profaned my inheritance and gave them into your hand. You showed them no mercy. You laid a very heavy yoke on the aged.

KJVI was wroth^H7107^(H8804) with my people^H5971, I have polluted^H2490^(H8765) mine inheritance^H5159, and given^H5414^(H8799) them into thine hand^H3027: thou didst shew^H7760^(H8804) them no mercy^H7356; upon the ancient^H2205 hast thou very^H3966 heavily^H3513^(H8689) laid thy yoke^H5923.

⁷ You said, ‘I will be a princess forever,’ so that you didn’t lay these things to your heart, nor did you remember the results.

KJVAnd thou saidst^H559^(H8799), I shall be a lady^H1404 for ever^H5769: so that thou didst not lay^H7760^(H8804) these things to thy heart^H3820, neither didst remember^H2142^(H8804) the latter end^H319 of it.

⁸ “Now therefore hear this, you who are given to pleasures, who sit securely, who say in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me. I won’t sit as a widow, neither will I know the loss of children.’

KJVTherefore hear^H8085^(H8798) now this, thou that art given to pleasures^H5719, that dwellest^H3427^(H8802) carelessly^H983, that sayest^H559^(H8802) in thine heart^H3824, I am, and none else^H657 beside me; I shall not sit^H3427^(H8799) as a widow^H490, neither shall I know^H3045^(H8799) the loss of children^H7908:

⁹ But these two things will come to you in a moment in one day: the loss of children and widowhood. They will come on you in their full measure, in the multitude of your sorceries, and the great abundance of your enchantments.

KJVBut these two^H8147 things shall come^H935^(H8799) to thee in a moment^H7281 in one^H259 day^H3117, the loss of children^H7908, and widowhood^H489: they shall come^H935^(H8804) upon thee in their perfection^H8537 for the multitude^H7230 of thy sorceries^H3785, and for the great^H3966 abundance^H6109 of thine enchantments^H2267.

¹⁰ For you have trusted in your wickedness. You have said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and your knowledge has perverted you. You have said in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me.’

KJVFor thou hast trusted^H982^(H8799) in thy wickedness^H7451: thou hast said^H559^(H8804), None seeth^H7200^(H8802) me. Thy wisdom^H2451 and thy knowledge^H1847, it hath perverted^H7725^(H8790) thee; and thou hast said^H559^(H8799) in thine heart^H3820, I am, and none else^H657 beside me.

¹¹ Therefore disaster will come on you. You won’t know when it dawns. Mischief will fall on you. You won’t be able to put it away. Desolation will come on you suddenly, which you don’t understand.

KJVTherefore shall evil^H7451 come^H935^(H8804) upon thee; thou shalt not know^H3045^(H8799) from whence it riseth^H7837: and mischief^H1943 shall fall^H5307^(H8799) upon thee; thou shalt not be able^H3201^(H8799) to put it off^H3722^(H8763): and desolation^H7722 shall come^H935^(H8799) upon thee suddenly^H6597, which thou shalt not know^H3045^(H8799).

¹² “Stand now with your enchantments and with the multitude of your sorceries, in which you have labored from your youth, as if you might profit, as if you might prevail.

KJVStand^H5975^(H8798) now with thine enchantments^H2267, and with the multitude^H7230 of thy sorceries^H3785, wherein^H834 thou hast laboured^H3021^(H8804) from thy youth^H5271; if so be thou shalt be able^H3201^(H8799) to profit^H3276^(H8687), if so be thou mayest prevail^H6206^(H8799).

¹³ You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels. Now let the astrologers, the stargazers, and the monthly prognosticators stand up and save you from the things that will happen to you.

KJVThou art wearied^H3811^(H8738) in the multitude^H7230 of thy counsels^H6098. Let now the astrologers^H1895^(H8802)^H8064, the stargazers^H2374^H3556, the monthly^H2320 prognosticators^H3045^(H8688), stand up^H5975^(H8799), and save^H3467^(H8686) thee from these things that shall come^H935^(H8799) upon thee.

¹⁴ Behold, they are like stubble. The fire will burn them. They won’t deliver themselves from the power of the flame. It won’t be a coal to warm at or a fire to sit by.

KJVBehold, they shall be as stubble^H7179; the fire^H784 shall burn^H8313^(H8804) them; they shall not deliver^H5337^(H8686) themselves^H5315 from the power^H3027 of the flame^H3852: there shall not be a coal^H1513 to warm^H2552^(H8800) at, nor fire^H217 to sit^H3427^(H8800) before it.

¹⁵ The things that you labored in will be like this: those who have trafficked with you from your youth will each wander in his own way. There will be no one to save you.

KJVThus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured^H3021^(H8804), even thy merchants^H5503^(H8802), from thy youth^H5271: they shall wander^H8582^(H8804) every one^H376 to his quarter^H5676; none shall save^H3467^(H8688) thee.

WEB·Isaiah 46

¹Bel bows down. Nebo stoops. Their idols are carried by animals, and on the livestock. The things that you carried around are heavy loads, a burden for the weary.

KJVBel^H1078 boweth down^H3766^(H8804), Nebo^H5015 stoopeth^H7164^(H8802), their idols^H6091 were upon the beasts^H2416, and upon the cattle^H929: your carriages^H5385 were heavy loaden^H6006^(H8803); they are a burden^H4853 to the weary^H5889 beast.

² They stoop and they bow down together. They could not deliver the burden, but they have gone into captivity.

KJVThey stoop^H7164^(H8804), they bow down^H3766^(H8804) together^H3162; they could^H3201^(H8804) not deliver^H4422^(H8763) the burden^H4853, but themselves^H5315 are gone^H1980^(H8804) into captivity^H7628.

³ “Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been carried from their birth, that have been carried from the womb.

KJVHearken^H8085^(H8798) unto me, O house^H1004 of Jacob^H3290, and all the remnant^H7611 of the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478, which are borne^H6006^(H8803) by me from the belly^H990, which are carried^H5375^(H8803) from the womb^H7356:

⁴ Even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear. Yes, I will carry, and will deliver.

KJVAnd even to your old age^H2209 I am he; and even to hoar hairs^H7872 will I carry^H5445^(H8799) you: I have made^H6213^(H8804), and I will bear^H5375^(H8799); even I will carry^H5445^(H8799), and will deliver^H4422^(H8762) you.

⁵ “To whom will you compare me, and consider my equal, and compare me, as if we were the same?

KJVTo whom will ye liken^H1819^(H8762) me, and make me equal^H7737^(H8686), and compare^H4911^(H8686) me, that we may be like^H1819^(H8799)?

⁶ Some pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver in the balance. They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god. They fall down— yes, they worship.

KJVThey lavish^H2107^(H8801) gold^H2091 out of the bag^H3599, and weigh^H8254^(H8799) silver^H3701 in the balance^H7070, and hire^H7936^(H8799) a goldsmith^H6884^(H8802); and he maketh^H6213^(H8799) it a god^H410: they fall down^H5456^(H8799), yea, they worship^H7812^(H8691).

⁷ They bear it on their shoulder. They carry it, and set it in its place, and it stands there. It cannot move from its place. Yes, one may cry to it, yet it can not answer. It cannot save him out of his trouble.

KJVThey bear^H5375^(H8799) him upon the shoulder^H3802, they carry^H5445^(H8799) him, and set him in his place^H3240^(H8686), and he standeth^H5975^(H8799); from his place^H4725 shall he not remove^H4185^(H8686): yea, one shall cry^H6817^(H8799) unto him, yet can he not answer^H6030^(H8799), nor save^H3467^(H8686) him out of his trouble^H6869.

⁸ “Remember this, and show yourselves men. Bring it to mind again, you transgressors.

KJVRemember^H2142^(H8798) this, and shew yourselves men^H377^(H8695): bring it again^H7725^(H8685) to mind^H3820, O ye transgressors^H6586^(H8802).

⁹ Remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other. I am God, and there is none like me.

KJVRemember^H2142^(H8798) the former things^H7223 of old^H5769: for I am God^H410, and there is none else; I am God^H430, and there is none^H657 like^H3644 me,

¹⁰ I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done. I say: My counsel will stand, and I will do all that I please.

KJVDeclaring^H5046^(H8688) the end^H319 from the beginning^H7225, and from ancient times^H6924 the things that are not yet done^H6213^(H8738), saying^H559^(H8802), My counsel^H6098 shall stand^H6965^(H8799), and I will do^H6213^(H8799) all my pleasure^H2656:

¹¹ I call a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. Yes, I have spoken. I will also bring it to pass. I have planned. I will also do it.

KJVCalling^H7121^(H8802) a ravenous bird^H5861 from the east^H4217, the man^H376 that executeth my counsel^H6098 from a far^H4801 country^H776: yea, I have spoken^H1696^(H8765) it, I will also bring^H935^(H8686) it to pass; I have purposed^H3335^(H8804) it, I will also do^H6213^(H8799) it.

¹² Listen to me, you stubborn-hearted, who are far from righteousness!

KJVHearken^H8085^(H8798) unto me, ye stouthearted^H47^H3820, that are far from^H7350 righteousness^H6666:

¹³ I bring my righteousness near. It is not far off, and my salvation will not wait. I will grant salvation to Zion, my glory to Israel.

KJVI bring near^H7126^(H8765) my righteousness^H6666; it shall not be far off^H7368^(H8799), and my salvation^H8668 shall not tarry^H309^(H8762): and I will place^H5414^(H8804) salvation^H8668 in Zion^H6726 for Israel^H3478 my glory^H8597.

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