Isaiah 47 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Isaiah 48

¹“Hear this, house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, and have come out of the waters of Judah. You swear by Yahweh’s name, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness—

KJVHear^H8085^(H8798) ye this, O house^H1004 of Jacob^H3290, which are called^H7121^(H8737) by the name^H8034 of Israel^H3478, and are come forth^H3318^(H8804) out of the waters^H4325 of Judah^H3063, which swear^H7650^(H8737) by the name^H8034 of the LORD^H3068, and make mention^H2142^(H8686) of the God^H430 of Israel^H3478, but not in truth^H571, nor in righteousness^H6666.

² for they call themselves citizens of the holy city, and rely on the God of Israel; Yahweh of Armies is his name.

KJVFor they call^H7121^(H8738) themselves of the holy^H6944 city^H5892, and stay^H5564^(H8738) themselves upon the God^H430 of Israel^H3478; The LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635 is his name^H8034.

³ I have declared the former things from of old. Yes, they went out of my mouth, and I revealed them. I did them suddenly, and they happened.

KJVI have declared^H5046^(H8689) the former things^H7223 from the beginning^H227; and they went forth^H3318^(H8804) out of my mouth^H6310, and I shewed^H8085^(H8686) them; I did^H6213^(H8804) them suddenly^H6597, and they came to pass^H935^(H8799).

⁴ Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow bronze;

KJVBecause I knew^H1847 that thou art obstinate^H7186, and thy neck^H6203 is an iron^H1270 sinew^H1517, and thy brow^H4696 brass^H5154;

⁵ therefore I have declared it to you from of old; before it came to pass I showed it to you; lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them. My engraved image and my molten image has commanded them.’

KJVI have even from the beginning^H227 declared^H5046^(H8686) it to thee; before it came to pass^H935^(H8799) I shewed^H8085^(H8689) it thee: lest thou shouldest say^H559^(H8799), Mine idol^H6090 hath done^H6213^(H8804) them, and my graven image^H6459, and my molten image^H5262, hath commanded^H6680^(H8765) them.

⁶ You have heard it. Now see all this. And you, won’t you declare it? “I have shown you new things from this time, even hidden things, which you have not known.

KJVThou hast heard^H8085^(H8804), see^H2372^(H8798) all this; and will not ye declare^H5046^(H8686) it? I have shewed^H8085^(H8689) thee new things^H2319 from this time^H6258, even hidden things^H5341^(H8803), and thou didst not know^H3045^(H8804) them.

⁷ They are created now, and not from of old. Before today, you didn’t hear them, lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’

KJVThey are created^H1254^(H8738) now, and not from the beginning; even before^H6440 the day^H3117 when thou heardest^H8085^(H8804) them not; lest thou shouldest say^H559^(H8799), Behold, I knew^H3045^(H8804) them.

⁸ Yes, you didn’t hear. Yes, you didn’t know. Yes, from of old your ear was not opened, for I knew that you dealt very treacherously, and were called a transgressor from the womb.

KJVYea, thou heardest^H8085^(H8804) not; yea, thou knewest^H3045^(H8804) not; yea, from that time that thine ear^H241 was not opened^H6605^(H8765): for I knew^H3045^(H8804) that thou wouldest deal very^H898^(H8800) treacherously^H898^(H8799), and wast called^H7121^(H8795) a transgressor^H6586^(H8802) from the womb^H990.

⁹ For my name’s sake, I will defer my anger, and for my praise, I hold it back for you so that I don’t cut you off.

KJVFor my name's^H8034 sake will I defer^H748^(H8686) mine anger^H639, and for my praise^H8416 will I refrain^H2413^(H8799) for thee, that I cut thee not off^H3772^(H8687).

¹⁰ Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver. I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

KJVBehold, I have refined^H6884^(H8804) thee, but not with silver^H3701; I have chosen^H977^(H8804) thee in the furnace^H3564 of affliction^H6040.

¹¹ For my own sake, for my own sake, I will do it; for how would my name be profaned? I will not give my glory to another.

KJVFor mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do^H6213^(H8799) it: for how should my name be polluted^H2490^(H8735)? and I will not give^H5414^(H8799) my glory^H3519 unto another^H312.

¹² “Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he. I am the first. I am also the last.

KJVHearken^H8085^(H8798) unto me, O Jacob^H3290 and Israel^H3478, my called^H7121^(H8794); I am he; I am the first^H7223, I also am the last^H314.

¹³ Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand has spread out the heavens. when I call to them, they stand up together.

KJVMine hand^H3027 also hath laid the foundation^H3245^(H8804) of the earth^H776, and my right hand^H3225 hath spanned^H2946^(H8765) the heavens^H8064: when I call^H7121^(H8802) unto them, they stand up^H5975^(H8799) together^H3162.

¹⁴ “Assemble yourselves, all of you, and hear! Who among them has declared these things? He whom Yahweh loves will do what he likes to Babylon, and his arm will be against the Chaldeans.

KJVAll ye, assemble^H6908^(H8734) yourselves, and hear^H8085^(H8798); which among them hath declared^H5046^(H8689) these things? The LORD^H3068 hath loved^H157^(H8804) him: he will do^H6213^(H8799) his pleasure^H2656 on Babylon^H894, and his arm^H2220 shall be on the Chaldeans^H3778.

¹⁵ I, even I, have spoken. Yes, I have called him. I have brought him and he shall make his way prosperous.

KJVI, even I, have spoken^H1696^(H8765); yea, I have called^H7121^(H8804) him: I have brought^H935^(H8689) him, and he shall make his way^H1870 prosperous^H6743^(H8689).

¹⁶ “Come near to me and hear this: “From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it happened, I was there.” Now the Lord Yahweh has sent me with his Spirit.

KJVCome^H7126^(H8798) ye near^H7126^(H8798) unto me, hear^H8085^(H8798) ye this; I have not spoken^H1696^(H8765) in secret^H5643 from the beginning^H7218; from the time^H6256 that it was, there am I: and now the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069, and his Spirit^H7307, hath sent^H7971^(H8804) me.

¹⁷ Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, says: “I am Yahweh your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go.

KJVThus saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068, thy Redeemer^H1350^(H8802), the Holy One^H6918 of Israel^H3478; I am the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 which teacheth^H3925^(H8764) thee to profit^H3276^(H8687), which leadeth^H1869^(H8688) thee by the way^H1870 that thou shouldest go^H3212^(H8799).

¹⁸ Oh that you had listened to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

KJVO that^H3863 thou hadst hearkened^H7181^(H8689) to my commandments^H4687! then had thy peace^H7965 been as a river^H5104, and thy righteousness^H6666 as the waves^H1530 of the sea^H3220:

¹⁹ Your offspring also would have been as the sand and the descendants of your body like its grains. His name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.”

KJVThy seed^H2233 also had been as the sand^H2344, and the offspring^H6631 of thy bowels^H4578 like the gravel^H4579 thereof; his name^H8034 should not have been cut off^H3772^(H8735) nor destroyed^H8045^(H8735) from before^H6440 me.

²⁰ Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! With the sound of joyful shouting announce this, tell it even to the end of the earth; say, “Yahweh has redeemed his servant Jacob!”

KJVGo ye forth^H3318^(H8798) of Babylon^H894, flee^H1272^(H8798) ye from the Chaldeans^H3778, with a voice^H6963 of singing^H7440 declare^H5046^(H8685) ye, tell^H8085^(H8685) this, utter^H3318^(H8685) it even to the end^H7097 of the earth^H776; say^H559^(H8798) ye, The LORD^H3068 hath redeemed^H1350^(H8804) his servant^H5650 Jacob^H3290.

²¹ They didn’t thirst when he led them through the deserts. He caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them. He also split the rock and the waters gushed out.

KJVAnd they thirsted^H6770^(H8804) not when he led^H3212^(H8689) them through the deserts^H2723: he caused the waters^H4325 to flow^H5140^(H8689) out of the rock^H6697 for them: he clave^H1234^(H8799) the rock^H6697 also, and the waters^H4325 gushed out^H2100^(H8799).

²² “There is no peace”, says Yahweh, “for the wicked.”

KJVThere is no peace^H7965, saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068, unto the wicked^H7563.

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.

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