Isaiah 48 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Isaiah 49

¹Listen, islands, to me. Listen, you peoples, from afar: Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the inside of my mother, he has mentioned my name.

KJVListen^H8085^(H8798), O isles^H339, unto me; and hearken^H7181^(H8685), ye people^H3816, from far^H7350; The LORD^H3068 hath called^H7121^(H8804) me from the womb^H990; from the bowels^H4578 of my mother^H517 hath he made mention^H2142^(H8689) of my name^H8034.

² He has made my mouth like a sharp sword. He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. He has made me a polished shaft. He has kept me close in his quiver.

KJVAnd he hath made^H7760^(H8799) my mouth^H6310 like a sharp^H2299 sword^H2719; in the shadow^H6738 of his hand^H3027 hath he hid^H2244^(H8689) me, and made^H7760^(H8799) me a polished^H1305^(H8803) shaft^H2671; in his quiver^H827 hath he hid^H5641^(H8689) me;

³ He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”

KJVAnd said^H559^(H8799) unto me, Thou art my servant^H5650, O Israel^H3478, in whom I will be glorified^H6286^(H8691).

⁴ But I said, “I have labored in vain. I have spent my strength in vain for nothing; yet surely the justice due to me is with Yahweh, and my reward with my God.”

KJVThen I said^H559^(H8804), I have laboured^H3021^(H8804) in vain^H7385, I have spent^H3615^(H8765) my strength^H3581 for nought^H8414, and in vain^H1892: yet surely^H403 my judgment^H4941 is with the LORD^H3068, and my work^H6468 with my God^H430.

⁵ Now Yahweh, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, says to bring Jacob again to him, and to gather Israel to him, for I am honorable in Yahweh’s eyes, and my God has become my strength.

KJVAnd now, saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 that formed^H3335^(H8802) me from the womb^H990 to be his servant^H5650, to bring^H7725 Jacob^H3290 again^H7725^(H8788) to him, Though Israel^H3478 be not gathered^H622^(H8735), yet shall I be glorious^H3513^(H8735) in the eyes^H5869 of the LORD^H3068, and my God^H430 shall be my strength^H5797.

⁶ Indeed, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. I will also give you as a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”

KJVAnd he said^H559^(H8799), It is a light thing^H7043^(H8738) that thou shouldest be my servant^H5650 to raise up^H6965^(H8687) the tribes^H7626 of Jacob^H3290, and to restore^H7725^(H8687) the preserved^H5341^(H8803)^(H8675)^H5336 of Israel^H3478: I will also give^H5414^(H8804) thee for a light^H216 to the Gentiles^H1471, that thou mayest be my salvation^H3444 unto the end^H7097 of the earth^H776.

⁷ Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, says to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and rise up, princes, and they shall worship, because of Yahweh who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

KJVThus saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068, the Redeemer^H1350^(H8802) of Israel^H3478, and his Holy One^H6918, to him whom man^H5315 despiseth^H960, to him whom the nation^H1471 abhorreth^H8581^(H8764), to a servant^H5650 of rulers^H4910^(H8802), Kings^H4428 shall see^H7200^(H8799) and arise^H6965^(H8804), princes^H8269 also shall worship^H7812^(H8691), because of the LORD^H3068 that is faithful^H539^(H8737), and the Holy One^H6918 of Israel^H3478, and he shall choose^H977^(H8799) thee.

⁸ Yahweh says, “I have answered you in an acceptable time. I have helped you in a day of salvation. I will preserve you and give you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage,

KJVThus saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068, In an acceptable^H7522 time^H6256 have I heard^H6030^(H8804) thee, and in a day^H3117 of salvation^H3444 have I helped^H5826^(H8804) thee: and I will preserve^H5341^(H8799) thee, and give^H5414^(H8799) thee for a covenant^H1285 of the people^H5971, to establish^H6965^(H8687) the earth^H776, to cause to inherit^H5157^(H8687) the desolate^H8074^(H8802) heritages^H5159;

⁹ saying to those who are bound, ‘Come out!’; to those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves!’ “They shall feed along the paths, and their pasture shall be on all treeless heights.

KJVThat thou mayest say^H559^(H8800) to the prisoners^H631^(H8803), Go forth^H3318^(H8798); to them that are in darkness^H2822, Shew^H1540^(H8734) yourselves. They shall feed^H7462^(H8799) in the ways^H1870, and their pastures^H4830 shall be in all high places^H8205.

¹⁰ They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them, for he who has mercy on them will lead them. He will guide them by springs of water.

KJVThey shall not hunger^H7456^(H8799) nor thirst^H6770^(H8799); neither shall the heat^H8273 nor sun^H8121 smite^H5221^(H8686) them: for he that hath mercy^H7355^(H8764) on them shall lead^H5090^(H8762) them, even by the springs^H4002 of water^H4325 shall he guide^H5095^(H8762) them.

¹¹ I will make all my mountains a road, and my highways shall be exalted.

KJVAnd I will make^H7760^(H8804) all my mountains^H2022 a way^H1870, and my highways^H4546 shall be exalted^H7311^(H8799).

¹² Behold, these shall come from afar, and behold, these from the north and from the west, and these from the land of Sinim.”

KJVBehold, these shall come^H935^(H8799) from far^H7350: and, lo, these from the north^H6828 and from the west^H3220; and these from the land^H776 of Sinim^H5515.

¹³ Sing, heavens, and be joyful, earth! Break out into singing, mountains! For Yahweh has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.

KJVSing^H7442^(H8798), O heavens^H8064; and be joyful^H1523^(H8798), O earth^H776; and break forth^H6476^(H8798) into singing^H7440, O mountains^H2022: for the LORD^H3068 hath comforted^H5162^(H8765) his people^H5971, and will have mercy^H7355^(H8762) upon his afflicted^H6041.

¹⁴ But Zion said, “Yahweh has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me.”

KJVBut Zion^H6726 said^H559^(H8799), The LORD^H3068 hath forsaken^H5800^(H8804) me, and my Lord^H136 hath forgotten^H7911^(H8804) me.

¹⁵ “Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you!

KJVCan a woman^H802 forget^H7911^(H8799) her sucking child^H5764, that she should not have compassion^H7355^(H8763) on the son^H1121 of her womb^H990? yea, they may forget^H7911^(H8799), yet will I not forget^H7911^(H8799) thee.

¹⁶ Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. Your walls are continually before me.

KJVBehold, I have graven^H2710^(H8804) thee upon the palms of my hands^H3709; thy walls^H2346 are continually^H8548 before me.

¹⁷ Your children hurry. Your destroyers and those who devastated you will leave you.

KJVThy children^H1121 shall make haste^H4116^(H8765); thy destroyers^H2040^(H8764) and they that made thee waste^H2717^(H8688) shall go forth^H3318^(H8799) of thee.

¹⁸ Lift up your eyes all around, and see: all these gather themselves together, and come to you. As I live,” says Yahweh, “you shall surely clothe yourself with them all as with an ornament, and dress yourself with them, like a bride.

KJVLift up^H5375^(H8798) thine eyes^H5869 round about^H5439, and behold^H7200^(H8798): all these gather themselves together^H6908^(H8738), and come^H935^(H8804) to thee. As I live^H2416, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068, thou shalt surely clothe^H3847^(H8799) thee with them all, as with an ornament^H5716, and bind^H7194^(H8762) them on thee, as a bride^H3618 doeth.

¹⁹ “For, as for your waste and your desolate places, and your land that has been destroyed, surely now that land will be too small for the inhabitants, and those who swallowed you up will be far away.

KJVFor thy waste^H2723 and thy desolate places^H8074^(H8802), and the land^H776 of thy destruction^H2035, shall even now be too narrow^H3334^(H8799) by reason of the inhabitants^H3427^(H8802), and they that swallowed thee up^H1104^(H8764) shall be far away^H7368^(H8804).

²⁰ The children of your bereavement will say in your ears, ‘This place is too small for me. Give me a place to live in.’

KJVThe children^H1121 which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost^H7923 the other, shall say^H559^(H8799) again in thine ears^H241, The place^H4725 is too strait^H6862 for me: give^H5066^(H8798) place^H4725 to me that I may dwell^H3427^(H8799).

²¹ Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has conceived these for me, since I have been bereaved of my children and am alone, an exile, and wandering back and forth? Who has brought these up? Behold, I was left alone. Where were these?’”

KJVThen shalt thou say^H559^(H8804) in thine heart^H3824, Who hath begotten^H3205^(H8804) me these, seeing I have lost my children^H7921^(H8803), and am desolate^H1565, a captive^H1540^(H8802), and removing to and fro^H5493^(H8803)? and who hath brought up^H1431^(H8765) these? Behold, I was left^H7604^(H8738) alone; these, where^H375 had they been?

²² The Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and lift up my banner to the peoples. They shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.

KJVThus saith^H559^(H8804) the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069, Behold, I will lift up^H5375^(H8799) mine hand^H3027 to the Gentiles^H1471, and set up^H7311^(H8686) my standard^H5251 to the people^H5971: and they shall bring^H935^(H8689) thy sons^H1121 in their arms^H2684, and thy daughters^H1323 shall be carried^H5375^(H8735) upon their shoulders^H3802.

²³ Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am Yahweh; and those who wait for me won’t be disappointed.”

KJVAnd kings^H4428 shall be thy nursing fathers^H539^(H8802), and their queens^H8282 thy nursing mothers^H3243^(H8688): they shall bow down^H7812^(H8691) to thee with their face^H639 toward the earth^H776, and lick up^H3897^(H8762) the dust^H6083 of thy feet^H7272; and thou shalt know^H3045^(H8804) that I am the LORD^H3068: for they shall not be ashamed^H954^(H8799) that wait^H6960^(H8802) for me.

²⁴ Shall the plunder be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?

KJVShall the prey^H4455 be taken^H3947^(H8714) from the mighty^H1368, or the lawful^H6662 captive^H7628 delivered^H4422^(H8735)?

²⁵ But Yahweh says, “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the plunder retrieved from the fierce, for I will contend with him who contends with you and I will save your children.

KJVBut thus saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068, Even the captives^H7628 of the mighty^H1368 shall be taken away^H3947^(H8714), and the prey^H4455 of the terrible^H6184 shall be delivered^H4422^(H8735): for I will contend^H7378^(H8799) with him that contendeth^H3401 with thee, and I will save^H3467^(H8686) thy children^H1121.

²⁶ I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh; and they will be drunk on their own blood, as with sweet wine. Then all flesh shall know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

KJVAnd I will feed^H398^(H8689) them that oppress^H3238^(H8688) thee with their own flesh^H1320; and they shall be drunken^H7937^(H8799) with their own blood^H1818, as with sweet wine^H6071: and all flesh^H1320 shall know^H3045^(H8804) that I the LORD^H3068 am thy Saviour^H3467^(H8688) and thy Redeemer^H1350^(H8802), the mighty One^H46 of Jacob^H3290.

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.

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