II the root of Jesse, which standeth for an ensign 1 Heb. glory. again the his hand second time recover with Or, purchase from See Ex. xv. And Cush, 3 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second 2 Or, shall time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall remain, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from and from Elam, and from Shinar, and 12 Hamath, and from the ‘islands of the sea. he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and coastlands shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four 13 corners of the earth. The envy also of 16. 5 Ephraim shall depart, and they that vex 'Judah Or, in Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, 14 and Judah shall not vex Ephraim. And they shall fly down upon the shoulder of the Philistines on the west; together shall they spoil the children of the east: they shall put forth their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the 15 children of Ammon shall obey them. And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of Heb. devote. the Egyptian sea; and with his "scorching wind According shall he shake his hand over the River, and ancient shall smite it into seven streams, and cause 16 men to march over dryshod. And there shall 7 According to be an high way for the remnant of his people, some ancient which shall remain, from Assyria; like as there mighty. was for Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. 12 I to some versions, versions, And in that day thou shalt say, I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD; for though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned Or, let thine 2 away, and thou comfortest me. Behold, God anger turn 9 8 away, and me is my salvation; I will trust, and will not comfort thou my Heb. Jah my Jehovah. his name 4 salvation. Therefore with joy shall ye draw 3 water out of the wells of salvation. And in that day shall ye say, Give thanks unto the 1 Or, proclaim LORD, 'call upon his name, declare his doings. among the peoples, make mention that his name is exalted. Sing unto the LORD; for he 5 hath done 'excellent things: 'let this be known in all the earth. Cry aloud and shout, thou 6 *inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee. 2 Or, gloriously 3 Or, this is made known 4 Heb. inhabitress. 'Or, oracle concerning exult in my majesty The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the 13 son of Amoz did see. Set ye up an ensign upon the bare mountain, 2 lift up the voice unto them, wave the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. I have commanded my consecrated ones, yea, 3 I have called my mighty men for mine anger, "Or, them that even my proudly exulting ones. The noise 4 of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people! the noise of a tumult of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together! the LORD of hosts mustereth the host for the battle. They come from a far country, from 5 the uttermost part of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. Howl ye; for the day of 6 the LORD is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty shall it come. Therefore shall all 7 hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt and they shall be dismayed; pangs and 8 sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman in travail: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be faces of flame. Behold, the day of the LORD 9 cometh, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy the sinners thereof out of it. For the stars 10 of heaven and the constellations thereof shall 7 Heb. Shaddai. See Gen. xvii. I. 8 Or, they shall take hold of pangs and sorrows not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall II not cause her light to shine. And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low 12 the haughtiness of the terrible. I will make thereunto a man more rare than fine gold, even a man 13 than the pure gold of Ophir. Therefore I will make the heavens to tremble, and the earth shall be shaken out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his 14 fierce anger. And it shall come to pass, that as the chased 'roe, and as sheep that no man 1Or, gazelle gathereth, they shall turn every man to his own people, and shall flee every man to his 15 own land. Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is taken 2 Or, joined 16 shall fall by the sword. Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives 17 ravished. Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver, and 18 as for gold, they shall not delight in it. And their bows shall dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the 19 womb; their eye shall not spare children. And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, shall be as when 20 God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall shepherds make their flocks to lie down there. 21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; Heb. and ostriches shall dwell there, and 'satyrs shalling 22 dance there. And 'wolves shall 'cry in their 'Or, answer Or, he-goats creatures. 2 Or, he that smote...is, persecuted, and none hindereth castles, and jackals in the pleasant palaces: And it shall come to pass in the day that the 3 LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy trouble, and from the hard service wherein thou wast made to serve, that thou 4 shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor 1 Or, exactress ceased! the 'golden city ceased! The LORD 5 hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers; that smote the peoples in 6 wrath with a continual stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained. The whole earth is at rest, and 7 is quiet they break forth into singing. Yea, 8 the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no 3 Heb. Sheol. feller is come up against us. Hell from be- 9 neath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming it stirreth up 'the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised from their thrones all the kings of the nations. All they shall answer and say unto thee, Art 10 thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us? Thy pomp is brought down to 11 hell, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and worms cover thee. How 12 4 Or, the shades Heb. Rephaim. 5 Heb. he-goats. up art thou fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the 13 ground, which didst lay low the nations! And thou saidst in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds ; 15 I will be like the Most High. Yet thou shalt 14 1 be brought down to 'hell, to the uttermost parts 1 Heb. Sheol. 16 of the pit. They that see thee shall narrowly Or, as the those that are slain raiment of look upon thee, they shall consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, 17 that did shake kingdoms; that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; that let not loose his prisoners to their home? 18 All the kings of the nations, all of them, sleep 19 in glory, every one in his own house. But thou art cast forth away from thy sepulchre like an abominable branch, 'clothed with the slain, that are thrust through with the sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden 20 under foot. Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, thou hast slain thy people; the seed of 21 evil-doers shall not be named for ever. Prepare ye slaughter for his children for the Or, a place of slaughter iniquity of their fathers; that they rise not up, and possess the earth, and fill the face of the 22 world with cities. And I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon name and remnant, and son and son's 23 son, saith the LORD. I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts. 24 The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and |