Rotherham(i)
16 They moved him to jealousy with foreign [gods], ––With abominations, angered they him:
17 They sacrificed to mischievous demons, to a No–GOD, Gods whom they knew not,––New ones lately come in, Your fathers never shuddered at them!
18 Of the Rock who had begotten thee, thou wast unmindful,––And didst forget GOD who had given thee birth.
19 When Yahweh saw, he derided,––Because his sons and his daughters gave provocation. 20 So he said:––I will hide any face from them, I will see, what will be their hereafter,––For, a generation given to intrigue, they are, Sons, whom there is no trusting; 21 They, have moved me to jealousy with a No–GOD, They have angered me with their vanities: I, therefore, will move them to jealousy, with a No–people, With an impious nation, will I anger them. 22 For, a fire, is kindled in mine anger, And shall burn as far as hades beneath,––And consume the earth with her produce, And set ablaze the foundations of the mountains: 23 I will heap on them, calamities,––Mine arrows, will I spend upon them: 24 The meltings of hunger, The devourings of fever, And the dangerous pestilence,––And, the tooth of beasts, will I send among them, With the poison of crawlers of the dust: 25 Without, shall the sword bereave, In the inmost recesses, terror,––[To] both young man and virgin, Suckling, with man of grey hairs.
26 I said, I would puff them away, I would destroy from mortals, their memory; 27 Were it not that, the taunt of the foe, I feared, Lest their adversaries should mistake,––Lest they should say––Our own hand, is exalted, It is, not Yahweh, therefore, who hath wrought all this! 28 For, a nation of vanished sagacity, they are,––And there is in them no understanding. 29 If they had been wise, they would have understood this,––They would have given heed to their hereafter! 30 Oh! how would, one, have chased, a thousand! And, two, put, ten thousand, to flight,––Were it not that, their Rock, had sold them, And, Yahweh, had abandoned them; 31 For, not like our Rock, is their rock,––Our enemies themselves, being judges; 32 For, of the vine of Sodom, is their vine, And of the vineyards of Gomorrah,––Their grapes, are grapes of gall, Clusters of bitter things, are theirs: 33 The poison of large serpents, is their wine,––Yea the fierce venom of asps. 34 Is not, that, stored up with me,––Sealed up amongst my treasures; 35 Unto the days of vengeance and requital: Unto the time their foot shall totter? For, near, is the day of their fate, And their destiny speedeth on. 36 For Yahweh will vindicate his people, And, upon his servants, will have compassion,––When he seeth that strength is exhausted, And there is no one shut up or at large, 37 Then will he say, Where are their gods, The rock, in whom they have trusted; 38 Who used to eat, the fat of their sacrifices, To drink the wine of their libations? Let them rise up, and help you, Let them be over you for a coveting!
39 See, now, that, I, I, am, he that is, And there are no gods with me,––I, kill––and make alive, I wound, and, I, heal, And there, is none, who, from my hand, can deliver, 40 For I lift up unto the heavens my hand,––And say, Living, am, I, unto times age–abiding: 41 If I whet my flashing sword, And my hand take hold on justice, I will return vengeance unto mine adversaries, And, them who hate me, will I requite: 42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, And, my sword, shall devour flesh,––With, the blood of the slain, and the captive, With [the flesh of] the chief leader of the foe.
19 When Yahweh saw, he derided,––Because his sons and his daughters gave provocation. 20 So he said:––I will hide any face from them, I will see, what will be their hereafter,––For, a generation given to intrigue, they are, Sons, whom there is no trusting; 21 They, have moved me to jealousy with a No–GOD, They have angered me with their vanities: I, therefore, will move them to jealousy, with a No–people, With an impious nation, will I anger them. 22 For, a fire, is kindled in mine anger, And shall burn as far as hades beneath,––And consume the earth with her produce, And set ablaze the foundations of the mountains: 23 I will heap on them, calamities,––Mine arrows, will I spend upon them: 24 The meltings of hunger, The devourings of fever, And the dangerous pestilence,––And, the tooth of beasts, will I send among them, With the poison of crawlers of the dust: 25 Without, shall the sword bereave, In the inmost recesses, terror,––[To] both young man and virgin, Suckling, with man of grey hairs.
26 I said, I would puff them away, I would destroy from mortals, their memory; 27 Were it not that, the taunt of the foe, I feared, Lest their adversaries should mistake,––Lest they should say––Our own hand, is exalted, It is, not Yahweh, therefore, who hath wrought all this! 28 For, a nation of vanished sagacity, they are,––And there is in them no understanding. 29 If they had been wise, they would have understood this,––They would have given heed to their hereafter! 30 Oh! how would, one, have chased, a thousand! And, two, put, ten thousand, to flight,––Were it not that, their Rock, had sold them, And, Yahweh, had abandoned them; 31 For, not like our Rock, is their rock,––Our enemies themselves, being judges; 32 For, of the vine of Sodom, is their vine, And of the vineyards of Gomorrah,––Their grapes, are grapes of gall, Clusters of bitter things, are theirs: 33 The poison of large serpents, is their wine,––Yea the fierce venom of asps. 34 Is not, that, stored up with me,––Sealed up amongst my treasures; 35 Unto the days of vengeance and requital: Unto the time their foot shall totter? For, near, is the day of their fate, And their destiny speedeth on. 36 For Yahweh will vindicate his people, And, upon his servants, will have compassion,––When he seeth that strength is exhausted, And there is no one shut up or at large, 37 Then will he say, Where are their gods, The rock, in whom they have trusted; 38 Who used to eat, the fat of their sacrifices, To drink the wine of their libations? Let them rise up, and help you, Let them be over you for a coveting!
39 See, now, that, I, I, am, he that is, And there are no gods with me,––I, kill––and make alive, I wound, and, I, heal, And there, is none, who, from my hand, can deliver, 40 For I lift up unto the heavens my hand,––And say, Living, am, I, unto times age–abiding: 41 If I whet my flashing sword, And my hand take hold on justice, I will return vengeance unto mine adversaries, And, them who hate me, will I requite: 42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, And, my sword, shall devour flesh,––With, the blood of the slain, and the captive, With [the flesh of] the chief leader of the foe.