Isaiah 45 Cross References - Thomson

¹ Thus saith the Lord God, For mine anointed, for Cyrus, [whose right hand I have taken hold of that nations may listen before him] I will break the power of kings; I will open gates before him, and cities shall not be shut up. ² I will go before thee and level mountains; I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and burst asunder the bars of iron; ³ and give thee treasures of darkness; deep, hidden, unseen treasures I will disclose to thee, that thou mayst know, that I, the Lord thy God, who calleth thee by thy name, am the God of Israel. ⁴ For the sake of my servant Jacob, and of Israel my chosen one, I will call thee by thy name and receive thee kindly. As for thee, thou didst not know me. ⁵ Because I am the Lord God and there is no God else besides me; I strengthened thee when thou didst not know me; ⁶ that they from the risings of the sun and they from its goings down may know, that there is no God besides me. I the Lord am God and there is none else. ⁷ It was I who provided light and made darkness; who make peace and create evils: I the Lord God am he who doth all these things. ⁸ [c] Let the heaven above be glad; and the clouds shower down righteousness. Let the earth spring and bloom with mercy and let it cause righteousness to spring up with it. [J] I the Lord am he who created thee. ⁹ Is any thing endowed with excellence? I fashioned it like the clay of a potter. Will the ploughman plough the ground all the day long? Will the clay say to the potter, "What art thou making?" Or the work to the Workman, "Thou hast not hands"" Will the thing formed reply against him who formed it? ¹⁰ Will one say to his father, What wilt thou beget? Or to his mother, What art thou bringing forth? ¹¹ Wherefore thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, even he who made the train of events; Do you question me concerning my children; and concerning the works of my hands give me directions! ¹² It was I who made the earth and man on it: it was I who with my hand established the heaven: it was I who gave direction to all the stars. ¹³ It is I who have raised him up with righteousness to be king; and all his ways shall be straight. He shall rebuild this city of mine, and send back the captives of this my people, not for ransom nor reward, said the Lord of Hosts. ¹⁴ Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, That for which Egypt laboured and the traffick of the Ethiopians, and the Sabeans men of tall stature shall come over to thee; and they shall be thy vassals and shall follow thee bound with chains. They will come over to thee and pay thee homage and pray to thee because God is in thee. [c] There is indeed no God besides thee. ¹⁵ For thou art God and we knew it. The God of Israel is a Saviour: ¹⁶ let all that oppose him be ashamed and confounded and in shame let them march along. [J] Dedicate yourselves to me, ye islands! ¹⁷ The Lord hath saved Israel with an everlasting salvation. They shall not be put to shame nor confounded any more forever. ¹⁸ Thus saith the Lord who made the heaven, the same God who displayed the earth to view, and who, having made it, parcelled it out: he did not make it to be waste, but formed it to be inhabited: I ¹⁹ am the Lord and there is none else. I have not spoken in secret nor in an obscure part of the earth. I have not said to the seed of Jacob, Seek ye a vain thing. I am THE I AM, the Lord, who speak righteousness and proclaim truth. ²⁰ Assemble yourselves together and come; consult together ye who escape from among the nations. They are devoid of knowledge, who carry the wood; their carved image; and who pray to gods which cannot save them. ²¹ If they will proclaim, let them draw near and know at once, who hath published these things from the beginning: then let them be announced to you. I am God and there is no other besides me; a just God and a saviour be sides me there is none. ²² Turn to me and ye shall be saved, ye from the farthest part of the earth, I am God and there is none else. ²³ By myself I swear [righteousness shall proceed from my mouth; my words shall not be reversed] that to me every knee shall bow and every tongue shall swear, with respect to God, ²⁴ saying, Righteousness and glory shall come to him, and all that make distinctions among them shall be ashamed. ²⁵ On account of the Lord they shall be acquitted; and in God all the seed of Israel will glory.

² And the earth was invisible and unfurnished and there was darkness over this abyss; and a breath of God was brought on above the water. ³ And God said, "Let there be Light;" and there was light. ⁴ And God saw the light that it was good. And God made a separation between the light and the darkness. ⁵ And God called the light day; and the darkness he called night. And there was an evening and there was a morning. The first day.

¹⁷ And God placed them in the firmament of heaven so as to shine on the earth, ¹⁸ and to regulate the day and the night, and to make a division between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

²⁶ Then God said, "Let us make man after our image and after a likeness; and let them have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and the cattle, and the whole earth, and all the reptiles which creep on the earth."

²⁶ Then God said, "Let us make man after our image and after a likeness; and let them have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and the cattle, and the whole earth, and all the reptiles which creep on the earth." ²⁷ So God made man. After an image of God he made him. A male and a female he made them. ²⁸ And God blessed them saying, "Increase and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and all the cattle, and all the earth, and all the reptiles which creep on the earth."

¹ Thus were finished the heaven and the earth and all the arrangement of them.

¹ Then God blessed Noe and his sons and said to them, "Increase and multiply and replenish the earth and have dominion over it;

¹⁵ Then the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time out of heaven, ¹⁶ saying, By myself I have sworn, saith the Lord, Because thou hast done this, and for my sake hast not spared thy beloved son; ¹⁷ with blessings I will indeed bless thee; and I will multiply thy seed abundantly as the stars of heaven and as the sand on the sea shore: and thy seed shall inherit the cities of their adversaries; ¹⁸ and by the seed of thee all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because thou hast hearkened to my voice.

⁵³ The God of Abraham and the God of Nachor judge between us. And Jacob sword by the Fear of his father Isaak.

²⁶ And he said to him, Let me go: for the dawn approached. But Jacob said I will not let thee go unless thou bless me.

¹⁰ A chief shall not fail from Judas. Nor a leader from his loins; Till the things reserved for him shall come; Even He, the expectation of nations.

¹⁶ but thou hast been preserved for this purpose that by thee I might display my power and that my name may be celebrated throughout all the earth. ¹⁷ Shouldst thou therefore still determine with respect to my people not to let them go,

²¹ Then the Lord said to Moses, Stretch forth thy hand towards heaven and let there be darkness over the land of Egypt; a palpable darkness. ²² So Moses stretched forth his hand towards heaven, and there was a darkness; a thick, turbid darkness over the whole land of Egypt three days. ²³ And for three days one saw not another, nor did any one rise from his place for three days; but all the children of Israel had light in all the places where they were.

⁸ And all these thy servants will come down to me and make obeisance to me and say, Go away thou and all thy people whom thou wouldst take with thee. Then Moses went out from Pharao with indignation

²⁰ And when it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel and had taken its station; there came on a thick darkness and night intervened so that they did not intermix one with the other during that whole night.

⁵ Now therefore if you will hearken diligently to my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be to me a peculiar people above all the nations; for the whole earth is mine: ⁶ but as for you, you shall be a royal priesthood and a holy nation. These words thou shalt deliver to the children of Israel.

¹² Now Moses had said to the Lord, Behold thou sayest, Lead on this people, but hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said to me, I know thee above all men and thou art in favour with me.

¹⁷ Then the Lord said to Moses, Even this which thou hast said, I will do for thee; for thou hast found favour in my sight and I know thee above all men.

³² And they gave an astonishing account of the land which they had viewed, to the children of Israel, saying, The land through which we passed to view it, is a land which devoureth them who dwell therein; and all the people which we saw are men of immense stature.

⁸ So Moses prayed to the Lord for the people, and the Lord said to Moses, Make thee a serpent, and put it on a standard; and it shall come to pass that when a serpent biteth a man, every one who is bitten shall live by looking at that. ⁹ So Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it on a standard, and it came to pass that when a serpent bit a man, he looked up to that serpent, and lived.

¹⁹ God is not like a man to be deceived; Nor like a son of man to be threatened. When he hath spoken, will he not perform? When he shall speak, will he not stand to it?

¹⁹ God is not like a man to be deceived; Nor like a son of man to be threatened. When he hath spoken, will he not perform? When he shall speak, will he not stand to it? ²⁰ Behold I am constrained to bless! Bless I will. Indeed I cannot avoid it.

³⁵ So that thou must needs know that the Lord thy God is very God, and that there is none else besides him.

³⁹ Know therefore this day, and revolve it in thy mind, that the Lord thy God is alone God, in the heaven above, and in the earth beneath, and that there is none other besides him.

¹³ Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him alone, and cleave to him, and swear by his name.

¹⁶ Cursed he who slighteth his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

²⁹ The things which are secret are for the Lord our God; but the things which are manifest are for us and our children forever, that we may perform all the words of this law;

¹¹ For this command which I this day give thee in charge is not grievous, nor is it far from thee. ¹² It is not in heaven above, that thou shouldst say, Who will ascend for us into heaven, and bring it to us, that we may hear and do it? ¹³ Nor is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldst say, Who will cross the sea for us, and bring it to us, and let us hear it, that we may do it? ¹⁴ The word is very near thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart, and in thy hand, to do it.

⁴ He is God, his works are perfect; All his ways are acts of judgment; A faithful God; he doth no injustice; Righteous and holy is the Lord.

³⁹ See! See! that I am the Self existent, And that there is no Clod besides me; I kill, and I can cause to live, I can smite and I can heal, And none can rescue out of my hand:

¹² Then Joshua spoke to the Lord, on the day God delivered up the Amorite into the hand of Israel. When he had discomfited them at Gabaon, and they were routed before the children of Israel, Joshua said, Let the sun stand over against Gabaon, and the moon over against the valley of Ailon.

²³ the chiefs of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon, and to rejoice. And they said; God hath delivered Sampson, our great enemy into our hand.

⁴⁶ And the Lord will deliver thee this day into my hand, and I will kill thee, and cut off thy head, and give thy carcass, and the carcasses of the army of the Philistines this day, to the birds of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel; ⁴⁷ and that all this assembly may know that the Lord saveth not with a sword or a spear. For the battle is the Lord's, and the Lord will deliver you into our hands.

²⁰ There was also another battle at Geth, and there was a smooth man who had six fingers on each hand, and six toes on each foot, twenty four in all, and he was a descendant of Rapha,

⁶⁰ that all the nations of the earth may know that the Lord our God is very God, and that there is none else!

²⁶ So they took the young bull, and prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning till noon, and said, Hearken to us, Baal! Hearken to us. But there was no voice. There was no answer; though they ran upon the altar which they had erected. ²⁷ And when it was noon, Elias the Thesbite mocked them, and said, Call louder; for he is a god; for he is engaged in meditation, or perhaps he is busy, or perhaps he is asleep, and must be awaked. ²⁸ Then they called with a loud voice, and according to their custom cut themselves with knives and lancets till there was a gush of blood upon them, ²⁹ and prophesied till the approach of the evening. But when it was about the time when the sacrifice should ascend, Elias the Thesbite spoke to the prophets of the idols, and said, Desist now, and I will prepare my whole burnt offering. So they desisted, and went away.

¹⁵ And the Lord said to him, Go, return on thy way; and when thou art come to the way of the wilderness of Damascus, thou shalt go and anoint Azael to be king of Syria;

¹³ The seed of Israel are his servants; The sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.

⁸ Now therefore, in the presence of all the congregation of the Lord, and in the audience of our God, I adjure you to keep and to seek all the commandments of the Lord our God, that you may possess this good land and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you forever.

² and he went out to meet Asa and all Juda and Benjamin, and said, Hear me Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin. The Lord is with you, while you are with him. And if you seek him, he will be found by you. But if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

¹⁴ And when they had sworn to the Lord with a loud voice, the trumpets and the cornets sounded, ¹⁵ and all Juda rejoiced at the oath; for they sword with their whole heart, and sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them. And the Lord gave them rest round about.

¹² Lord our God, wilt thou not judge them? Because we have not power to withstand this great multitude which is coming against us, and do not know what to do with them, we can only have our eyes on thee.

²² In the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, after the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias was fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians; and he caused proclamation to be made throughout all his kingdom, in writing, saying, ²³ Thus saith Cyrus, king of the Persians, to all the kingdoms of the earth, The Lord God of heaven hath given me; and he hath commanded me to build a house for him in Jerusalem, in Judea. Is there any among you of all his people? His God be with him, and let him go up.

¹ In the first year of Cyrus, king of the Persians, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians, and he caused proclamation to be made by word of mouth, and in writing, throughout all his kingdom, saying, ² Thus saith Cyrus king of the Persians, The Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and hath watched over me, that I should build a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judea. ³ Whoever is among you of all his people, his God be with him; and let him go up to Jerusalem which is in Judea, and build the house of the God of Israel. He who is at Jerusalem is very God.

²² for I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen, to protect us from enemies on the way; for we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God is over all them for good, who seek him; and his power and his wrath is against all them who forsake him.

⁶ "Thou art thyself the only Lord. Thou hast made the heaven and the heaven of heaven with all their host, the earth and all the things therein, the seas and all which are in them; and thou quickenest them all; and the armies of heaven worship thee.

²⁹ were urgent with their brethren, and bound themselves with an oath, entering into a curse and an oath;] that we will walk in the law of God, which was given by the ministry of Moses the servant of God, to keep and to do all the commandments of the Lord and his judgments and his statutes;

¹⁷ Wherever proclamation was made, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, feasting and mirth; so that many of the nations were circumcised and became Jews, for fear of the Jews.

¹⁵ and the plunderers came and carried them off. Thy servants also they slew with the sword, and I alone having escaped, am come to tell thee.

¹⁰ Whereupon he looking stedfastly at her said, Like one of the women without understanding hast thou spoken? If we have received good things at the hand of the Lord, shall we not bear up under afflictions? In all these things which befel him, Job transgressed not with his lips against God.

¹⁸ It is he who settleth kings on thrones and girded their loins with a girdle;

²¹ who poureth contempt on princes and hath healed them who were low;

²⁴ Distress and anguish will overwhelm him; like a general at the head of troops falling upon him. ²⁵ Because he lifted up his hands against the Lord, and hardened his neck against the Lord Almighty: ²⁶ therefore he ran upon him contemptuously, with the thick boss of his buckler.

²⁹ But when he giveth rest, who shall call him to account? When he hideth his face, who can see him? Both against a nation, and against a man at the same time,

⁸ Decline not the trial with Me. Dost thou think that I have spoken to thee for any other purpose, but that thou mayst appear justified? ⁹ Hast thou an arm to contend against the Lord, or dost thou thunder with a voice against Him?

¹ Why did nations rage? And tribes meditate vain things? ² The kings of the earth combined; and the chiefs assembled together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, [saying]

² The kings of the earth combined; and the chiefs assembled together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, [saying] ³ "Let us break their bands asunder and throw off from us their yoke."

³ "Let us break their bands asunder and throw off from us their yoke." ⁴ He who dwelleth in heaven will laugh them to scorn; the Lord will treat them with derision.

⁴ He who dwelleth in heaven will laugh them to scorn; the Lord will treat them with derision. ⁵ Then will he speak to them in his wrath and trouble them with his sore displeasure.

⁵ Then will he speak to them in his wrath and trouble them with his sore displeasure. ⁶ But as for me, by him I am appointed king on Sion his holy mountain.

⁶ But as for me, by him I am appointed king on Sion his holy mountain. ⁷ I proclaim the decree of the Lord; to me the Lord said, "Thou art my Son, this day I have begotten thee,

⁷ I proclaim the decree of the Lord; to me the Lord said, "Thou art my Son, this day I have begotten thee, ⁸ "Ask of me, and I will give thee nations for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

⁸ "Ask of me, and I will give thee nations for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. ⁹ Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron. Thou shalt break them to pieces like a potter's vessel."

⁹ Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron. Thou shalt break them to pieces like a potter's vessel." ¹⁰ Now therefore, O kings, be wise: Be instructed, all ye, who judge the earth. ¹¹ Serve the Lord with fear: and rejoice for him with trembling. ¹² Keep fast hold of instruction; the Lord may be angry and you may perish out of the right way. When his anger suddenly blazeth forth, happy are all they who have trusted in him.

³ When I behold the heavens, the work of thy fingers; the moon and stars which thou hast established,

¹⁰ Let them who know thy name confide in thee; For thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them who seek thee.

⁶ The oracles of the Lord are pure oracles; tried silver, clear of dross, seven times purified.

³² It is thou, God, who girdest me with strength, and hast made my way spotless;

³⁹ For thou hast girded me with strength for battle, and subdued under me all that rose up against me.

⁷ The law of the Lord is perfect, it restoreth souls: The testimony of the Lord is faithful, it maketh infants wise. ⁸ The statutes of the Lord are right, they rejoice the heart. The commandment of the Lord is clear, it enlighteneth the eyes. ⁹ The fear of the Lord is pure, it endureth forever. The judgments of the Lord are true, they are justified for being so. ¹⁰ They are more to be desired than gold, or many precious stones; and sweeter than honey or the honey comb.

⁸ Let thine enemies feel thy hand: and thy right hand find out all that hate thee. ⁹ Thou wilt make them like an oven of fire, at the time of thy presence. The Lord with his wrath will confound them, and a fire shall devour them.

¹⁷ have counted all my bones, and have stared and looked at me;

²³ Praise him, ye who fear the Lord praise him, all ye seed of Jacob. Let all the seed of Israel fear him;

⁶ Such is the generation of them who seek him; who seek the face of the God of Jacob.

³ for none who wait on thee should be put to shame. Let them be shamed who vainly transgress.

⁷ that I may hear the voice of praise; and tell all thy wonderous acts.

¹¹ The Lord will give strength to his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace.

²⁴ Why turnest thou away thy face forgetting our distress and our affliction?

¹⁰ Be still and know that I am God: let me be exalted among the nations, let me be exalted in the earth.

¹¹ But the joy of the king will be in God. Every one who sweareth by him shall glory; because the mouth of them who speak lies is stopped.

¹⁰ Let the righteous rejoice in the Lord and trust in him: and let all the upright in heart be praised.

⁵ Thou art wonderful for righteousness: hear us O God, our Saviour. Thou art the hope of all the ends of the earth: and of them at sea far off.

²⁶ "bless ye God in assemblies: the Lord, ye from the fountains of Israel!

³⁰ Rebuke the wild beasts of the reed, that the silvery shoals may not be intercepted. Is there an assembly of bulls among the heifers of the people? Scatter the nations which delight in war. ³¹ Ambassadors shall come from Egypt; Ethiopia shall stretch out her hands to God.

¹³ But to thee, Lord, I, in my prayer, applied: it was a time of favour. God, in the multitude of thy mercy; in the truth of thy salvation, hearken to me.

³² Let the afflicted behold and rejoice: seek God diligently and you shall live.

¹⁷ Thou, God, hast taught me from my youth: and thus far I can declare thy wonders; ¹⁸ even to old age and grey hairs. God, forsake me not, till I declare thine arm to the rising generation;

³ Let the mountains and the hills resume peace for thy people:

⁶ Let him descend like rain on a fleece; and like showers gently falling on the ground.

⁹ Let the Ethiopeans bow down before him; and let his enemies lick the dust. ¹⁰ Let the kings of Tharsis and the isles bring gifts; the kings of the Arabs and Saba offer presents. ¹¹ Let all the kings pay him homage; all the nations serve as vassals. ¹² Because he delivered the poor from the oppressor, and the needy who had no helper: ¹³ he will spare the afflicted and needy; and save the lives of those in distress; ¹⁴ from usury and injustice he will redeem their lives; and their name will be precious in his sight: ¹⁵ and he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Arabia; and prayer shall be made for him continually: and he will be blessed all the day long.

²³ As for me I shall be with thee continually: thou hast held me by my right hand:

⁷ for God is judge; he humbleth one and he exalteth another.

¹⁹ Thy way was through the sea, and thy paths through many waters; but thy footsteps could not be known.

¹⁸ and let them know that thy name is the Lord; that thou alone art the Most High over all the earth.

⁹ moreover his salvation will be near them who fear him; that glory may dwell in our land. ¹⁰ Mercy and truth have met each other; righteousness and peace have mutually embraced. ¹¹ Truth hath sprung up out of the earth, and righteousness hath looked down from heaven. ¹² For the Lord will exercise benignity, and our land shall yield her increase.

¹⁰ Say among the nations, The Lord is King, for he hath renovated this World, which shall no more be shaken; he will judge peoples with righteousness.

⁷ Let all the Worshippers of graven images, who boast of their idols, be confounded. worship him all ye his angels.

¹⁵ And the nations shall fear thy name, Lord; and all the kings of the earth, thy glory. ¹⁶ For the Lord will rebuild Sion and appear in his glory.

²⁵ Thou Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundations of the earth; and the heavens are the work of thy hands.

¹⁷ But the mercy of the Lord is from age to age over them who fear him: and his saving goodness over children's children,

²⁰ Thou hast stationed darkness and there was night: in it all the beasts of the forest will come forth; ²¹ Lions roaring for prey, seeking their food from God. ²² When the sun is risen, they will assemble and lay themselves down in their dens; ²³ Man will go forth to his labour and continue at it till evening.

¹⁶ for he hath dashed to shivers the gates of brass, and broken asunder the bars of iron.

² Out of Sion the Lord will send thee a rod of power: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

⁷ The works of his hands are truth and judgment: all his commandments are faithful. ⁸ They are firmly established forever: they are done with truth and uprightness.

⁸ Let them who make them be like them; and all who have trusted in them.

¹⁶ To the Lord belongeth the heaven of heavens: and he hath given the earth to the sons of men.

¹³⁷ TSADDI. Thou, Lord, art righteous; and thy judgments are right. ¹³⁸ Thou hast strictly enjoined as thy testimonies, righteousness and truth.

² how he sware to the Lord, and made his vow to the God of Jacob:

⁶ Let the high praises of God be in their mouth; and in their hands two edged swords;

⁸ To bind their kings with fetters; and their nobles with chains of iron:

²¹ and on the tops of walls she maketh proclamation; and at the gates of mighty men taketh a seat and at the gates of a city with confidence saith,

¹ As for thee thou art to proclaim wisdom; that understanding may attend thee. ² For she is on the lofty summits; and hath taken her stand in the middle of highways. ³ For at the gates of the mighty she hath taken a seat, and at the entrance thereof chanteth her song. ⁴ "To you, men, I call, and utter my voice to the sons of men.

⁶ Hearken to me, for I will speak solemn things; and with my lips disclose things which are right.

⁸ The sacrifices of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord; but the prayers of the upright are acceptable to him.

³⁰ There is no wisdom, there is no fortitude, no counsel in the wicked.

⁵ Since all the words of God are tried, and he is a shield to them who revere him;

¹³ Contemplate the works of God; for who can make him straight whom God hath made crooked. ¹⁴ In the days of prosperity enjoy good; but consider in the day of adversity; consider that God hath made the one in due proportion to the other, forming a whole, as hath been said, that man cannot find out any of his ways.

¹⁵ When you stretch forth your hands, I will turn mine eyes from you: and though you multiply prayer, I will not hearken to you: for your hands are full of blood.

² But in that day God will with glorious counsel shine on the land, to exalt and dignify the remnant of Israel.

¹⁹ if they should say to you, "Apply to the belly speakers, and to them who cause a voice to proceed from the ground. Those vain babblers who speak from the belly: should not a nation apply to their God? Why consult they the dead concerning the living?

⁵ Ho! Assyrians! The rod of my wrath, even mine anger is in their hands, ⁶ I will send this anger of mine to a lawless nation; and I will order this people of mine to gather spoil and take the prey, and to trample down cities and lay them in the dust.

¹⁵ Shall an axe boast without him who cutteth with it; or a saw lift itself up, without him who draweth it; as one could lift up a staff or a piece of wood? No; this shall not be permitted:

³³ behold the sovereign Lord of hosts, with majesty confoundeth the glorious. They who are elated with arrogance shall be crushed; and the lofty shall be brought low;

¹ And there shall spring up a shoot from the root of Jessai; even from that root shall spring up a blooming shoot;

² Behold! my God is my Saviour, I will trust in him and not be afraid. Because the Lord is my glory and my praise; and hath become unto me salvation;

³ it is I who command. It is I, who am leading these on. Giants are coming to execute my wrath, rejoicing and at the same time arrogant. ⁴ [p] A sound of many nations on the mountains! A tumultuous sound of many nations. A sound of kings and nations gathered together! the Lord of hosts hath issued orders to a nation trained for battle. ⁵ They are come from a far distant country; from the extreme butment of heaven; the Lord and his trained warriors, to destroy all that inhabited land. ⁶ Raise the mournful cry! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and destruction from God will come: ⁷ therefore every hand shall be enfeebled; and every man's heart shall be dismayed. ⁸ The men in power shall be confounded; and pangs shall seize them, like those of a woman in travail. And they shall bewail their calamities, one to another, and be amazed; and their countenances will quiver like a flame. ⁹ For behold the remediless day of the Lord is coming; a day of wrath and indignation, to make the empire a desolation; and to destroy the sinners out of it. ¹⁰ For the stars of heaven; even Orion and the whole host of heaven, shall not give light; even that of the rising sun shall be darkened; and the moon shall not give her light. ¹¹ [[J] Jehovah, [p] the prophet.} [J] I will indeed order evils for the whole empire, and on the wicked their transgressions; and destroy the arrogance of the wicked; and humble the haughtiness of the proud; ¹² so that those left shall be more precious than tried gold and a man more precious than the ore of Souphir. ¹³ For the heaven shall be filled with wrath; and the earth shaken from its foundations; at the fierce anger of the Lord of Hosts, on the day when his wrath shall come: ¹⁴ and those left shall be like a chased roe and wandering sheep; and there shall be none to collect them together; so that they may return every man to his place, when every one shall be seeking his own country. ¹⁵ For whoever is overtaken shall be thrust through and those collected in a body shall fall by the sword. ¹⁶ And their infants shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; and their houses shall be plundered and their wives ravished. ¹⁷ Behold I am raising up against you the Medes, who disregard silver and have no need of gold.

¹⁷ Behold I am raising up against you the Medes, who disregard silver and have no need of gold.

¹ but the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will still make choice of Israel; and they shall rest in their own land; and the stranger shall be joined to them, and shall be added to the house of Jacob. ² The nations shall take them and bring them to their place; and the house of Jacob shall possess them; when they shall multiplied in their land, for men servants and for maid servants: and they who captivated them shall be captives; and they who domineered over them shall be brought into subjection.

⁷ At that time gifts will be brought to the Lord of Hosts from a people afflicted and peeled; even on account of a people great from this time and forever. A nation having hope, though trodden down, which is in a part of the river of its country, will send them to the place of him, whose name is the Lord of Hosts, even to mount Sion.

¹⁸ In that day there shall be five cities in Egypt which shall speak the language of Chanaan. And swear by the name of the Lord of Hosts: and one of them shall be called the city of Asedek. ¹⁹ And in that day there shall be an altar for the Lord in the country of the Egyptians, and at its boundary a pillar for the Lord, ²⁰ and it shall be an everlasting sign for the Lord, in the country of Egypt. Because they will cry to the Lord on account of their oppressors, therefore he will send them a man who will save them: he will vindicate their cause and deliver them. ²¹ And the Lord will be made known to the Egyptians, and the Egyptians will acknowledge the Lord in that day, and offer sacrifices and make vows to the Lord and perform them.

²³ In that day this will be the highway from Egypt to Assyria; and Assyrians will come to Egypt and Egyptians to Assyria; and the Egyptians shall serve the Assyrians. ²⁴ In that day Israel shall be a third, among the Egyptians and among the Assyrians, blessed in the land which the Lord of Hosts hath blessed ²⁵ saying, "Blessed is my people which is in Egypt, and which is in Assyria and Israel which is mine inheritance."

²⁵ saying, "Blessed is my people which is in Egypt, and which is in Assyria and Israel which is mine inheritance."

²¹ and clothe him with thy robe. And this crown of thine I will confirm to him, and I will commit to his hands this office of thine: and he shall be as a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to them who dwell in Juda.

¹⁸ And her traffick and gain shall be holy to the Lord. All her gain shall not be treasured up for themselves, but for them who dwell before the Lord, that they may eat and drink and be filled, and for contributions to be kept in remembrance before the Lord.

⁴ who art to everlasting, the Mighty, the Eternal God,

¹⁶ Are not you to be considered as the potter's clay? Shall the thing formed say to the former of it, thou hast not made me. Or shall the work say to the Workman thou hast not made me wisely?

²² therefore, thus saith the Lord respecting the house of Jacob, whom he set apart from Abraham; "Jacob will not be ashamed now, nor will he now change his countenance; ²³ but when his children shall see my works, because of me they will hallow my name. They will hallow the Holy One of Jacob, and tremble before the God of Israel.

² Therefore he in his wisdom brought evils on them: and that his word may not be slighted, he will rise up against the houses of wicked men and against this hope of theirs which is vain

¹⁵ till a spirit come on you from on high. Then will a desert become a Channel and Channel will be accounted a forest;

²⁰ therefore they destroyed them. But now, Lord, our God, save us out of their hands that every kingdom of the earth may know, that thou alone art God."

⁴ Let every valley be filled up, and every mountain and hill be levelled: and let all the crooked be made a straight road, and the rough way, smooth plains:

¹² Who hath measured the water with his hand, and the heaven with a span and the whole earth with a hand breadth? Who hath weighed the mountains in scales and the dales with a balance?

²² He it is, who occupieth the circuit of the earth; and the inhabitants thereon are as grasshoppers. He it is, who established the heaven as an arch, and spread it out as a tent to be dwelt in;

²⁸ Hast thou then not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, the God who fitted up the ends of the earth, cannot hunger, nor can he be weary; nor can his under standing be searched out.

¹ [J] Dedicate yourselves to me, Islands, for the Arehons will gather new strength. Let them draw near and confer together, then let them announce judgment. ² Who raised up righteousness from the East; called upon it to attend his steps? when he marcheth on, he will exhibit it before nations and confound kings and dash their swords to the ground, and their bows shall be driven away like stubble.

² Who raised up righteousness from the East; called upon it to attend his steps? when he marcheth on, he will exhibit it before nations and confound kings and dash their swords to the ground, and their bows shall be driven away like stubble. ³ When he pursueth them, the road for his feet shall pass through to peace. ⁴ Who hath performed and done these things? He who called that righteousness; who from the generations of the beginning is calling it I God the First, and to the succeeding ages, THE I AM. ⁵ The nations saw and were affrighted; the ends of the earth drew near and came together. ⁶ Every one is determining to help his neighbour and his brother, and one will say,

⁸ but thou Israel my servant; thou Jacob, whom I have chosen; thou seed of Abraham whom I loved! ⁹ have I not taken thee from the ends of the earth, and from the speculations thereof called thee, and said to thee, Thou art my servant I have chosen thee and have not forsaken thee.

¹¹ Behold all thine adversaries shall be ashamed and confounded; for they shall be as nothing and all thine opponents shall be destroyed.

¹³ For I am thy God, who have hold of thy right hand, and who say to thee,

¹⁶ and thou shalt winnow them; and a wind shall take them up, and a whirlwind shall sweep them away; but thou shalt be gladdened in the sanctuaries of Israel;

¹⁹ And I will plant in the dry wilderness the cedar and box, the myrtle and cypress and elm:

²¹ The trial of you is near, saith the Lord God; your councils are nigh at hand, saith the king of Jacob; ²² let them draw near and tell you what will happen, or such things as these before they come to pass. Tell us that we may apply our understanding, and that we may know the final issue, and the train of events leading to it. ²³ Tell us, announce to us the things in successive train to the issue; and we will acknowledge that you are gods. Confer favours and inflict punishments, and we will pay respect and see at once,

²³ Tell us, announce to us the things in successive train to the issue; and we will acknowledge that you are gods. Confer favours and inflict punishments, and we will pay respect and see at once,

²⁵ but I have raised up that one from the north, and that other from the risings of the sun; they shall be called by my name: let the Arehons come, and as the clay of the potter; even as a potter treadeth clay so shall you be trampled down. ²⁶ Who now can tell these things from the beginning, that we may know, even these things before hand: that we may say, The prediction is true. There is none who predicteth, nor doth any one hear your words.

⁵ Thus saith the Lord, the God who made the heaven and fixed it; who established the earth and the things therein and who giveth vital air to the people on it, and breath to them who tread thereon; ⁶ I the Lord God have called thee for saving mercy, and I will take hold of thy hand and strengthen thee; for I have given thee for the covenant of a race; for the light of nations:

¹⁶ and lead the blind in a way which they know not, and cause them to walk in paths which they have not known. For them I will make the darkness light, and the crooked ways a straight road. These things 1 will do, and I will not forsake them: ¹⁷ but as for them they have turned backwards! be whelmed in shame, ye who trust in graven images; who say to the molten images, ye are our gods.

¹⁷ but as for them they have turned backwards! be whelmed in shame, ye who trust in graven images; who say to the molten images, ye are our gods. ¹⁸ [p] Hear, ye deaf; and ye blind, look up that you may see:

¹ Still however thus saith the Lord, the God who made thee Jacob, and who formed thee, Israel! fear not. Because I have redeemed thee; have called thee by thy name; thou art mine;

³ Because I the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel am thy Saviour, I have given Egypt for thy ransom and Ethiopia and Soena in thy stead.

³ Because I the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel am thy Saviour, I have given Egypt for thy ransom and Ethiopia and Soena in thy stead. ⁴ Because thou hast been precious in my sight; hast been honoured and I loved thee; therefore I will give men for thee and chiefs for thy life.

⁷ all that are called by my name." For I have prepared him for my glory, I have fashioned him and made him,

⁹ [p] All the nations were assembled together; now let all the archons be assembled: can any among them announce these things? Or can any tell you these things before hand? Let them produce their witnesses and be justified, and let them hear and tell things true.

⁹ [p] All the nations were assembled together; now let all the archons be assembled: can any among them announce these things? Or can any tell you these things before hand? Let them produce their witnesses and be justified, and let them hear and tell things true. ¹⁰ [J] Be you witnesses for me: and as for me I myself am a witness saith the Lord God; and this servant of mine whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe and understand that with respect to me, The I AM, There is no other God before me; and after me none will exist. ¹¹ I am God and there is no Saviour besides me.

¹⁴ Thus saith the Lord, the God who redeemed you, the Holy One of Israel; For your sakes I will send to Babylon, and rouse up all who are fleeing; and the Chaldeans shall be bound in ships. ¹⁵ I am the Lord God, your Holy One, who pointed out Israel your king.

²¹ my people whom I have preserved to recount my praises.

¹ But now, hear, Jacob my servant, and thou Israel, whom I have chosen;

³ for I will give water in their thirst to them who are travelling in a desert. I will put my spirit on thy seed, and my blessings on thy children;

³ for I will give water in their thirst to them who are travelling in a desert. I will put my spirit on thy seed, and my blessings on thy children; ⁴ and they shall spring up like grass among water, and like a willow by the side of a flowing stream. ⁵ One will say, "I belong to God;" and another will call himself by the name of Jacob; and another will write on his hand, "I belong to God;" and will surname himself by the name of Israel. ⁶ Thus saith God, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, the God of Hosts, I am the first and I am the last: be sides me there is no God. ⁷ Who is like me? Let him stand up and call and announce, and make ready for me: In as much as I have made a man for this age, let them now tell you the train of events before they come to pass. ⁸ Hide not yourselves nor be led astray. Have you not heard from the beginning? And have I not told you? You are witnesses whether there be any God besides me.

⁸ Hide not yourselves nor be led astray. Have you not heard from the beginning? And have I not told you? You are witnesses whether there be any God besides me. ⁹ And have not then the fashioners and engravers heard? They are all fools making things to please their fancies; things which cannot profit them: but shame shall cover these god makers,

¹¹ When all by whom they were made are dried up; then let all the stupid among men be collected and stand together, and let them be confounded and ashamed together:

¹⁷ Yet of the residue he made a carve god, and worshippeth it, and prayeth to it, saying, "Deliver me, for thou art my God." ¹⁸ They had not sense to think; for they were so involved in darkness that they could not see with their eyes, nor understand with their hearts: ¹⁹ nor did any reason in his mind, nor by his understanding recollect, that he had burned half of it in the fire, and on the coals thereof baked cakes, and had roasted flesh and eaten, and of the residue had made an abomination; so they bow themselves down to it. ²⁰ Know thou that their heart is ashes, and they are led astray and none can deliver his soul. Take a view of it, will you not say, "There is indeed a lie in my right hand?"

²⁴ [J] Thus saith the Lord, who redeemed thee; even He who formed thee from the womb; I am the Lord the Maker of all things; I alone stretched out the heavens and firmly established the earth.

²⁸ who saith, to Cyrus [I will give] wisdom, and he shall execute all my pleasure. Who saith to Jerusalem, "Thou shalt be rebuilded and the house dedicated to me I will found.

²⁸ who saith, to Cyrus [I will give] wisdom, and he shall execute all my pleasure. Who saith to Jerusalem, "Thou shalt be rebuilded and the house dedicated to me I will found.

²⁸ who saith, to Cyrus [I will give] wisdom, and he shall execute all my pleasure. Who saith to Jerusalem, "Thou shalt be rebuilded and the house dedicated to me I will found.

⁵ Because I am the Lord God and there is no God else besides me; I strengthened thee when thou didst not know me;

⁵ Because I am the Lord God and there is no God else besides me; I strengthened thee when thou didst not know me; ⁶ that they from the risings of the sun and they from its goings down may know, that there is no God besides me. I the Lord am God and there is none else.

¹² It was I who made the earth and man on it: it was I who with my hand established the heaven: it was I who gave direction to all the stars.

¹⁴ Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, That for which Egypt laboured and the traffick of the Ethiopians, and the Sabeans men of tall stature shall come over to thee; and they shall be thy vassals and shall follow thee bound with chains. They will come over to thee and pay thee homage and pray to thee because God is in thee. [c] There is indeed no God besides thee.

¹⁴ Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, That for which Egypt laboured and the traffick of the Ethiopians, and the Sabeans men of tall stature shall come over to thee; and they shall be thy vassals and shall follow thee bound with chains. They will come over to thee and pay thee homage and pray to thee because God is in thee. [c] There is indeed no God besides thee. ¹⁵ For thou art God and we knew it. The God of Israel is a Saviour: ¹⁶ let all that oppose him be ashamed and confounded and in shame let them march along. [J] Dedicate yourselves to me, ye islands! ¹⁷ The Lord hath saved Israel with an everlasting salvation. They shall not be put to shame nor confounded any more forever.

¹⁷ The Lord hath saved Israel with an everlasting salvation. They shall not be put to shame nor confounded any more forever. ¹⁸ Thus saith the Lord who made the heaven, the same God who displayed the earth to view, and who, having made it, parcelled it out: he did not make it to be waste, but formed it to be inhabited: I

¹⁸ Thus saith the Lord who made the heaven, the same God who displayed the earth to view, and who, having made it, parcelled it out: he did not make it to be waste, but formed it to be inhabited: I ¹⁹ am the Lord and there is none else. I have not spoken in secret nor in an obscure part of the earth. I have not said to the seed of Jacob, Seek ye a vain thing. I am THE I AM, the Lord, who speak righteousness and proclaim truth. ²⁰ Assemble yourselves together and come; consult together ye who escape from among the nations. They are devoid of knowledge, who carry the wood; their carved image; and who pray to gods which cannot save them. ²¹ If they will proclaim, let them draw near and know at once, who hath published these things from the beginning: then let them be announced to you. I am God and there is no other besides me; a just God and a saviour be sides me there is none.

²¹ If they will proclaim, let them draw near and know at once, who hath published these things from the beginning: then let them be announced to you. I am God and there is no other besides me; a just God and a saviour be sides me there is none. ²² Turn to me and ye shall be saved, ye from the farthest part of the earth, I am God and there is none else. ²³ By myself I swear [righteousness shall proceed from my mouth; my words shall not be reversed] that to me every knee shall bow and every tongue shall swear, with respect to God, ²⁴ saying, Righteousness and glory shall come to him, and all that make distinctions among them shall be ashamed. ²⁵ On account of the Lord they shall be acquitted; and in God all the seed of Israel will glory.

¹ Bel is fallen; Nabo is broken to pieces, Their graven images were a load for wild beasts and cattle, You are carrying them bound like a burden on the weary, fainty, and hungry, who are all without strength

⁶ Collecting gold from a bag, and silver by weight they will put it in a balance; and having hired a goldsmith they made handiworks and bowing themselves down they will worship them. ⁷ They carry it on the shoulder and move on; but if they set it in its place, there it remaineth. It cannot move itself. And if any one cry to it, it cannot hear, nor can it save him from evils.

⁹ and remember the things of old, that I am God and there is none besides me,

⁹ and remember the things of old, that I am God and there is none besides me, ¹⁰ who can declare events before they happen, as if they were already accomplished. When I have spoken, all my counsel shall stand; and all that I have determined, I will effect. ¹¹ Calling from the east a winged fowl, even from a far distant land, for purposes which I have resolved on, I have spoken and brought, I have created and made, I have brought it and made its way prosperous.

¹³ I have brought my saving mercy near; and the salvation which is from me I will not delay. I have placed in Sion salvation for Israel, for a subject of glory.

³ when they proceeded from my mouth and were published, I did them speedily and they came to pass.

⁵ therefore I told thee beforehand what would come upon thee; I published them that thou mightest not say, "The idols have done this to me, " nor say, "The graven or molten images have ordered it for me, " ⁶ you have heard all these things, and did not yourselves know them. But now I have made thee hear new things, which shall hereafter come to pass. Yet hast thou not said, ⁷ "Things done now and not formerly!" Yes, never in former days didst thou hear these things. Thou shouldst not say, "Indeed I know them."

¹⁴ Let them all be assembled and listen. Who hath told them these things? I who love thee have executed thy will on Babylon, to take away the seed of the Chaldeans.

¹⁴ Let them all be assembled and listen. Who hath told them these things? I who love thee have executed thy will on Babylon, to take away the seed of the Chaldeans. ¹⁵ I have spoken, I have called, I have brought him, and have made his way prosperous.

¹⁵ I have spoken, I have called, I have brought him, and have made his way prosperous. ¹⁶ Draw near to me and hear these things: from the beginning I have not spoken in secret. When it was doing I was there. And now the Lord Lord hath sent me and his spirit. ¹⁷ Thus saith the Lord who hath redeemed thee, the Holy One of Israel, I am thy God. I pointed out to thee, how to find the way in which thou shouldst walk.

¹ [M] Hearken to me, isles; and ye nations attend! [After a long time one will stand up saith the Lord.] From my mother's womb he mentioned my name [[M] The Messiah]

⁶ Moreover he said to me, Is it a great thing for thee to be called my servant to reestablish the tribes of Jacob and bring back the dispersion of Israel? Behold I have given thee for the covenant of a race; for the light of nations; that thou mayst be for salvation to the farthest part of the earth.

¹² Behold they from afar shall come, some from the north and the west and others from the land of the Persians."

²³ and kings shall be thy foster fathers; and their queens thy nursing mothers. And on the face of the ground they shall pay thee homage, and lick the dust of thy feet. And thou shalt know that I am the Lord, and that they who wait for me shall not be ashamed.

²⁵ For thus saith the Lord, When one captivateth a giant he shall take spoils. [a] But can one take from a mighty man and be safe? [b] But it is I who vindicateth thy cause, and I will deliver thy children.

⁶ Turn up your eyes to heaven; then look down on the earth below! for the heaven is like smoke condensed, and the earth shall grow old like a garment, and like those things the inhabitants shall perish: but my salvation shall endure forever, and my saving mercy shall never fail.

⁸ For they are like a garment which shall be worn out by time, and like woollens which shall be devoured by a moth; but my saving mercy shall endure forever, and my salvation to generations of generations.

² Shake off the dust, and stand up: assume thy seat, O Jerusalem! Loose the chain from thy neck, O captive daughter of Sion! ³ For thus saith the Lord, You were sold for nought; and you shall be ransomed, not with money.

⁵ Now therefore why are you here? Thus saith the Lord, Because my people were taken away for nought, [express your amaze; and raise the mournful cry! Thus saith the Lord, On your account my name is continually reviled among the nations.

² We have made proclamation as a child before him: as a root in a thirsty soil, he hath no appearance, nor glory. We have seen him; and he hath neither appearance nor beauty:

⁴ Be not terrified because thou hast been exposed to shame; nor blush because thou hast been reproached. For thou shalt forget the shame of ancient times, and the reproach of thy widowhood

⁸ in a short wrath I turned away my face from thee; but with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on thee." The Lord who delivered thee hath said,

¹⁷ Perish every weapon formed against thee! I will not prosper it. Though every voice should rise up against thee for judgment, thou shalt overcome them all and in the trial they shall be condemned. There is an inheritance for them who serve the Lord, therefore you are to be just for me, saith the Lord.

⁵ Nations which knew thee not will fly to thee, for the sake of the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee. ⁶ Seek ye the Lord; and when you find him call upon him. And when he draweth near to you; ⁷ let the wicked man forsake his ways, and the unrighteous man his counsels, and turn to the Lord and he shall find mercy; for he will abundantly pardon your sins.

¹¹ so shall it be with my word: when it hath proceeded from my mouth, it shall not be reversed, till all are accomplished which I willed; and till I prosper thy ways and my commandments.

¹⁷ Because of sin I grieved him a little while and smote him and turned away my face from him; and he was grieved and went his ways sorrowing;

¹ [J] CRY aloud and spare not; raise thy voice like a trumpet: proclaim to my people their sins, and to the house of Jacob their iniquities. ² Day after day they seek me, and desire to know my ways; like a people who have practised righteousness, and who have not forsaken the ordinance of God. They now ask of me a just decision and desire to draw near to God. ³ Saying, "Why have we fasted and thou hast not seen? We have humbled our souls and thou hast not known." In the very days of your fasts you enjoy your own pleasures and goad all them who are under your controul.

⁵ Then thou wilt look and be filled with awe and astonished at heart; because the riches of the sea and of nations and peoples will pour in upon thee. ⁶ And for thee will come herds of camels and those of Madiam and Gaipha will cover thee, and those of Saba will come bringing gold and will also bring frankincense, and with joy proclaim the salvation of the Lord. ⁷ And all the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together; and the rams of Nabaioth will come; and acceptable offerings will be made on mine altar, and my house of prayer will be glorified. ⁸ [c] Who are those? They are flying like clouds, and like doves with their young towards me! ⁹ [J] For me the islands waited, and among the first the ships of Tarsis to bring thy children from afar and their silver and their gold with them. And because of the holy name of the Lord, and because the Holy One of Israel is glorious;

⁹ [J] For me the islands waited, and among the first the ships of Tarsis to bring thy children from afar and their silver and their gold with them. And because of the holy name of the Lord, and because the Holy One of Israel is glorious; ¹⁰ therefore strangers shall rebuild thy walls and their kings shall wait upon thee. For on account of my wrath I smote thee, but for mercy's sake I have loved thee; ¹¹ and thy gates shall be open continually [by day or by night they shall not be shut] to introduce to thee the wealth of nations and their kings pompously attended. ¹² For the nations and kings which will not serve thee shall perish; such nations indeed shall be utterly laid waste. ¹³ The glory of Lebanon also shall come to thee, with the cypress and the pine and the cedar, to adorn the place which is dedicated to me. ¹⁴ And to thee shall come trembling the sons of them who afflicted and humbled thee, and thou shalt be called, City Sion of the Holy one of Israel. ¹⁵ Because of thy having been forsaken and hated when there was no helper, I will make thee an everlasting boast; a joy for perpetual generations. ¹⁶ And thou shalt suck the milk of nations, and feed on the wealth of kings, and shalt know that I the Lord am thy Saviour, and that thy Redeemer is the God of Israel.

¹⁶ And thou shalt suck the milk of nations, and feed on the wealth of kings, and shalt know that I the Lord am thy Saviour, and that thy Redeemer is the God of Israel.

¹⁹ And thou shalt no more have the sun for a light by day nor shall the rising of the moon enlighten thy night; but the Lord will be to thee an everlasting light; and thy God will be thy glory.

²¹ And thy people shall be all righteous, they shall inherit the land forever, preserving the plant, the works of their hands, for glory.

³ that to the mourners in Sion may be given, glory instead of ashes, oil of joy to the mourners, robes of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called generations of righteousness, a plant of the Lord for glory.

⁵ And strangers shall come and feed thy flocks and6 foreigners shall be thy ploughmen and vine dressers. ⁶ But you shall be called priests of the Lord, ministers of God. You shall eat the wealth of nations and for their riches be admired.

⁹ and their seed shall be distinguished among the nations? and their offspring in the midst of peoples. Every one who seeth them will know them, that they are a seed whom God hath blessed. ¹⁰ And they shall rejoice in the Lord with joy.[c] Rejoice in the Lord, my soul, for he hath clothed me with the mantle of Salvation, and with an under garment of gladness, he hath crowned me as a bridegroom with a crown and adorned me as a bride, with jewels, ¹¹ and like the earth blooming with flowers. And as a garden causeth its seeds to vegetate, so will the Lord cause righteousness to spring up and joy in the presence of all nations.

¹ [c] Who is this who is coming from Edom? What redness of mantles from Bosor! He so magnificent in apparel? He marcheth with majesty! [M] I proclaim righteousness and the judgment of salvation.

⁸ But now, Lord, thou art our father. Though we are clay, we are all the works of thy hands:

⁹ I will indeed bring forth the seed from Jacob namely, from Juda, and he shall inherit my holy mountain: and my chosen ones and my servants shall inherit and dwell there;

¹⁶ which shall be blessed on the earth: for they will bless the true God: and they who swear on the earth, will swear by the true God. For they will forget their former affliction and it shall not recur to their mind: ¹⁷ for there shall be a new heaven and the earth shall be new: and they shall no more remember former things, nor shall they ever come again into their mind. ¹⁸ But in this they shall find joy and gladness: for behold I am about to make Jerusalem a subject of joy, and this people of mine a subject of rejoicing.

²³ My chosen ones shall not labour in vain, nor shall they bring forth children for a curse. Because they are a seed blessed of God, both they and their offspring:

¹⁹ And I will leave among them a sign, and those of them who escape I will send to the nations; to Tharsis and Phud and Lud and Mosach and to Thobel and Greece and to the far distant isles. They who have not heard my name nor seen my glory; even they shall proclaim my glory among the nations; ²⁰ and they shall bring your brethren from all the nations, as a gift for the Lord with horses and chariots, in litters borne by mules with umbrellas over them, to the holy city Jerusalem, said the Lord; as the children of Israel brought up their sacrifices for me with songs of praise to the house of the Lord.

²² For as the new heaven and the new earth, which I make, shall remain in my presence, saith the Lord; so shall your seed and your name be established.

²⁶ As a thief when taken, is ashamed; so shall the children of Israel be put to shame. They and their kings and their chiefs and their priests and their prophets, ²⁷ said to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast begotten me. And turned their backs to me and not their faces: yet in the time of their troubles they will say, Arise and save us.

²⁷ said to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast begotten me. And turned their backs to me and not their faces: yet in the time of their troubles they will say, Arise and save us. ²⁸ Where now are thy gods which thou hast made for thyself? Will they arise and save in the time of thy trouble? Since according to the number of thy cities were thy gods Juda; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem they burned incense to Baal;

¹⁹ [p] [Whereupon I said, so be it, Lord.] [J] Because I am to rank thee among children and give thee a choice land; the heritage of God the Supreme Ruler of nations; therefore I said, "Call me Father, and, From me you shall not turn away."

²³ [J] Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom: nor the mighty man boast of his strength; neither let the rich man boast of his riches: ²⁴ but let him who boasteth, boast of this only, that he understandeth and knoweth, that I am the Lord, who exercise mercy and judgment and justice on the earth: that in these things is my delight, saith the Lord.

⁵ They are silver which can be turned in a lathe; they cannot walk.

⁸ [Omitted]

¹² It is the Lord who made the earth by his power, who established the World by his wisdom: and by his understanding spread out the heaven,

¹⁴ Every man on account of knowledge became foolish. Every melter of gold was put to shame for his graven images, because he cast falsities and there is no breath in them.

¹⁴ Every man on account of knowledge became foolish. Every melter of gold was put to shame for his graven images, because he cast falsities and there is no breath in them. ¹⁵ These ridiculous works are vain; in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

¹⁶ Give glory to the Lord your God, before the darkness cometh, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains; when you will wait for light; and the shadow of death will be there; and they shall be placed in darkness.

¹⁹ [p] O Lord, Thou art my strength and my help, and my refuge in days of affliction. To Thee nations will come from the extremity of the earth and say, What lying idols did our fathers possess! there is no advantage in them.

⁶ Cannot I do with you, house of Israel, as this potter? Behold you are in my hands like the clay of the potter. ⁷ When I speak to a nation or kingdom; that I will remove and destroy them; ⁸ if that nation turn from all their evils, I will relent in respect to the evils which I was resolving to bring on them. ⁹ And when I speak to a nation and kingdom that I will build up and replant: ¹⁰ If they do evil in my sight so as not to hearken to my voice, I indeed will alter my mind in respect to the good things which I spoke of doing for them.

⁵ But if you will not perform these things, by myself I have sworn, saith the Lord, This house shall be a desolation.

⁵ Behold the days are coming, saith the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous shoot, who shall reign king and understand and execute judgment and justice on the earth. ⁶ In his days Juda shall be saved and Israel shall dwell securely. And the name which the Lord will give him by the prophets shall be Josedek [Lord of righteousness.]

¹⁵ in the manner the Lord, the God of Israel said, "Take this cup of wine; this strong wine from my hand, and thou shalt make all the nations, to which I send thee, drink it. ¹⁶ And they shall drink and vomit and rave, because of the sword which I send among them. ¹⁷ So I took the cup out of the hand of the Lord and made all the nations drink to which the Lord sent me, ¹⁸ namely Jerusalem, and the cities of Juda, and the kings of Juda, and his chiefs, to make them a desolation and a waste and an object of pity; ¹⁹ also Pharao king of Egypt and his servants and his nobles and all his people; ²⁰ and all the mixed people; and all the kings of the Philistines, [namely Ascalon and Gaza and Akkaron and the remnant of Azotus; ²¹ and Idumea and Moab and the children of Ammon; ²² and the kings of Tyre and the kings of Sidon; and the kings on the border of the sea; ²³ and Daidan and Thaiman and Ros, and all that had their foreheads shaven; ²⁴ and all the mixed people who dwell in the desert; ²⁵ and all the kings of Ailam and all the kings of the Persians ²⁶ and all the kings north of the sun, far and near, every one adjoining his brother, even all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. ²⁷ And thou shalt say to them, Thus said the Lord Almighty, Drink and be drunk, and you shall vomit, and fall and rise no more because of the sword which I send among you. ²⁸ And if they refuse to take the cup out of thy hand to drink, then thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord, You shall drink it: ²⁹ for in the city which is called by my name I am beginning to inflict calamity and with purification you shall not be purified; for I am calling for a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth.

⁵ As I have made the earth by my great power and by my outstretched arm, I can give it to whom it seemeth good in mine eyes.

⁵ As I have made the earth by my great power and by my outstretched arm, I can give it to whom it seemeth good in mine eyes. ⁶ I have given this land to Nabuchodonosar king of Babylon to serve him, and the beasts of the field to work for him.

⁶ I have given this land to Nabuchodonosar king of Babylon to serve him, and the beasts of the field to work for him. ⁷ [Omitted]

¹³ then pray to me and I will hearken to you: ¹⁴ then seek me diligently and you shall find me.

¹ At that time, said the Lord, I will be the God of the family of Israel and they shall be my people.

³ The Lord from afar hath appeared for him: with everlasting love I have loved thee; therefore I have drawn thee into compassion.

⁹ They set out with weeping; but I will bring them up with consolation, causing them to rest at fountains of water in a straight road; and in it they shall not be led astray, for I am become a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first born.

²² How long shall it be, ere thou wilt return, despised daughter! Since the Lord hath created safety for a new plantation, with safety men may walk about.

¹⁷ self-existent Lord, Thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and by thy high and exalted arm. From thee nothing can be hid.

³ Cry to me and I will answer thee and shew thee great and marvellous things which thou hast not known.

⁸ But there were ten men among them who said to Ismael, Do not kill us; for we have treasures in a field, wheat and barley, honey and oil. So he forbore and did not kill them among their brethren.

¹³ For by myself I have sworn saith the Lord, thou shalt be a desolation and a reproach and a curse in this country and all its cities shall be perpetual wastes.

² Proclaim among the nations, publish and conceal not; say, Babylon is taken; Bel is confounded; the fearless, the luxurious Mairodach is delivered up. ³ For a nation is gone up against her from the north, which will make her land a desolation, so that none shall dwell therein, neither man nor beast.

¹⁷ Israel was a wandering sheep. Lions scared him away. The first who devoured him was the king of Assur, and this last, the king of Babylon gnawed his bones. ¹⁸ Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold I will execute vengeance on the king of Babylon and his land as I executed vengeance on the king of Assyria. ¹⁹ And I will bring back Israel to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel, and on mount Ephraim, and on Galaad; and his soul shall be satisfied. ²⁰ In those days and at that time, search shall be made for the iniquity of Israel; but none shall remain: and for the sins of Juda; but none shall be found. For I will be merciful to them who are left.

²⁴ They will come upon thee and thou shalt not know; like Babylon itself and thou shalt be taken. Thou art found out and taken, because thou didst set thyself against the Lord.

²⁸ Hark! a sound of men fleeing and escaping out of the land of Babylon to inform Sion of the vengeance of the Lord our God.

³⁵ a sword against the Chaldeans and against the inhabitants of Babylon; and against her grandees and against her counsellors;

³⁷ a sword against their horses and against their chariots; a sword against their warriors and the mixed multitude in the midst of her and they shall be like women; a sword against her treasures; and they shall be rifled;

⁶ flee out of Babylon and save every one his life and be not involved, in her iniquity. For the time of her punishment is come from the Lord, and he is rendering to her a recompence. ⁷ Babylon was a golden cup in the hand of the Lord, furnishing a plentiful draught to all the nations. Of her wine the nations drank, therefore they reeled. ⁸ But Babylon is suddenly fallen and broken. Utter a lamentation for her. Get balm for her deadly wound; perhaps she may be cured. ⁹ [c] We have administered, medicines to Babylon, but she is not healed. Let us leave her and depart every one to his own land: for her judgment hath reached to heaven and mounted up to the stars.

¹¹ [p] Prepare the arrows. Fill the quivers. The Lord hath stirred up the spirit of the king of the Medes. For his wrath is against Babylon to destroy her utterly. For it is the vengeance of the Lord; the avengement of his people.

¹⁵ [c] The Lord is he who made the earth by his power, who fitted up the World by his wisdom. By his understanding he stretched out the heaven.

¹⁷ Every man by knowledge became stupefied, every melter of gold was put to shame for his graven images; for their molten images were falsehoods, there is no breath in them. ¹⁸ They are works of vanity and objects of derision. In the time of their visitation they shall perish.

²⁰ [J] Thou art dispersing for rne implements oi' war, but in thee I will disperse nations and remove kings out of thee;

²⁰ [J] Thou art dispersing for rne implements oi' war, but in thee I will disperse nations and remove kings out of thee; ²¹ and in thee I will disperse the horse and his rider; ²² and in thee I will disperse chariots and charioteers; and in thee I will disperse the youth and the virgin; and in thee I will disperse the husband and the wife; ²³ and in thee I will disperse the shepherd and the flock; and in thee I will disperse the husbandman and his husbandry; and in thee I will disperse the generals and leaders of armies, ²⁴ and retribute to Babylon and all the Chaldean inhabitants all the evils which they have done to Sion in your sight, saith the Lord.

³⁰ The warriors of Babylon declined to fight. They will sit still there during a siege. Their mighty power is broken.

⁵³ For though Babylon should mount up to heaven; though she fortify her walls with all her might, from me shall come forth those who shall destroy her, saith the Lord.

¹⁵ Or if I send wild beasts against that land and punish it, and it become a desolation not to be traveled by reason of the wild beasts; ¹⁶ and there be in it three such as those; As I live, saith the Lord neither sons nor daughters shall be saved; none but they only shall escape, and the land shall be for destruction. ¹⁷ Or if I bring a sword against that land, and say, sword, pass thou through this land, that I may cut off from it man and beast; ¹⁸ should there be in it three such men as those; As I live saith the Lord, they shall not deliver sons nor daughters; they and they only shall be saved. ¹⁹ Or if I send a pestilence against that land, and pour out my wrath upon it with slaughter, with intent to destroy out of it man and beast, ²⁰ and Noe, Daniel and Job be therein; As I live, saith the Lord, neither sons nor daughters shall be left: they for their righteousness shall deliver only their own souls. ²¹ Yet thus saith the Lord, Though I send these my four severe judgments sword and famine and wild beasts and pestilence, against Jerusalem to destroy out of it man and beast,

⁴² incense and mine oil, and joined in the harmonious song, even with men of the common herd who had come from the wilderness; [though they had put bracelets on their hands and a

¹⁹ Thus saith the Lord, Behold I will give to Nabuchodonosar king of Babylon the land of Egypt. And he shall make a prey of its prey, and a spoil of its spoil. And it shall be wages for his army. ²⁰ For his service which he hath performed against Tyre, 1 have given him the land of Egypt. Thus saith the Lord, Lord;

²¹ Son of man, I bruised the arms of Pharao king of Egypt; and behold he hath made no supplication for a cure to be given, for a poultice to be applied; for strength to be given to handle a sword, ²² Therefore thus saith the Lord, Lord, Behold I am against Pharao king of Egypt; and I will break his strong and extended arms, and cause the sword to drop from his hand. ²³ And I will scatter Egypt among the nations, and disperse them through the countries. ²⁴ And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword into his hand, and he shall wield it against Egypt, and make a prey of his prey, and a spoil of his spoil.

³ Lo to Assur! he was a cypress on Libanus. Beautiful with branches and lofty in stature. His top was among the clouds.

⁸ all that give light in the heaven shall be dark over thee; and I will overspread the earth with darkness, saith the Lord, Lord,

²⁶ And I will place them around my mountain, and give them the rain the rain of blessing:

¹⁰ and upon you I will multiply men even the whole house of Israel; and the cities shall be rebuilt and the wastes inhabited: ¹¹ and upon you I will multiply men and cattle, and cause you to be inhabited as in your former state. And I will deal kindly with you as I did in times of old; and you shall know that I am the Lord. ¹² And I will cause men, my people Israel, to increase upon you; and they shall inherit you, and you shall be a possession for them, and shall no more be without a succession of children from them.

³⁷ Thus saith Adonai the Lord, Still that they may do this, the house of Israel must seek me;

²³ And I shall be magnified and hallowed and glorified; and made known in the sight of many nations, and they shall know that I am the Lord.

⁷ And my holy name shall be known in the midst of my people Israel; and my name which is holy shall no more be profaned; and the nations shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

²¹ I will indeed display my glory among you, and all the nations shall see my judgment which I have executed, and my hand which I have brought upon them.

¹⁸ and they had sought mercy of the God of heaven touching this secret, that Daniel and his friends might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon:

⁶ Whereupon the king's countenance changed and his thoughts troubled him and the joints of his loins were loosened and his knees smote one against another.

²⁸ Phares; Thy kingdom is taken away and given to Medes and Persians. ²⁹ Then Baltasar gave orders and they clothed Daniel with purple and put a chain of gold about his neck, and proclamation was made concerning him that he was a chief, third in rank, in the kingdom. ³⁰ And that very night Baltasar the Chaldean king was slain,

⁵ And behold the second beast was like a bear; and it stood half erect and there were three ribs in its mouth between its teeth, and they said to it thus, "Arise, devour much flesh."

³ I lifted up mine eyes and looked, and lo a ram stood before the Oubal and it had lofty horns and one was higher than the other; and the highest sprang up last.

² I Daniel understood by the books that the number of the years, which was a word of the Lord to Jeremias the prophet, for the accomplishment of the desolation of Jerusalem, was seventy years. ³ Therefore I turned my face to the Lord my God, to seek a prayer and supplication by fasting and sackcloth.

²⁴ Seventy weeks are set apart for thy people and for the holy city; for finishing sin offerings, and for sealing up sin offerings; and blotting out iniquities, and making atonement for iniquities; and for bringing in an everlasting righteousness; and for sealing vision and prophet; and for anointing the Holy of Holies. ²⁵ Therefore thou art to know and understand, that from the going forth of a word for returning an answer and for building Jerusalem until an Anointed ruler are seven weeks, and sixty two weeks. They shall indeed return and a street shall be built and a wall, and these times shall be emptied out, ²⁶ and after the sixty two weeks, the Messiah shall be cut off, though there is no crime in him; and he, with the ruler who is coming, will destroy the city and the sanctuary. They shall be destroyed with a deluge, and even to the end of the war determined on in course, with desolations. ²⁷ Now one week shall confirm a covenant for many and in the half of that week my sacrifice and libation shall be taken away. And upon the temple shall be an abomination of the desolations, and at the end of a time, an end shall be put to that desolation.

⁷ But on the children of Juda I will have compassion and I will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them by bow nor by sword nor by battle nor by horses nor by horsemen."

¹⁰ [Now the number of the children of Israel was like the sand of the sea which cannot be measured nor counted.] "But it shall come to pass that in the place where it was said to them, " You are not my people, " they shall be called children of the Living God,

¹² [p] Sow for yourselves for righteousness; gather in the fruit of life. Light up for yourselves the light of knowledge. Seek the Lord until the fruits of righteousness come for you.

⁴ He indeed wrestled with an angel and prevailed. Have they wept or have they supplicated me? Have they found me in the house of On? Or have they been spoken to there?

⁵ I will be to Israel like dew. He shall bloom like a lily, and shoot out his roots like Lebanon. ⁶ His branches shall spread; and he shall be like a fruitful olive tree, and like that of Lebanon shall be his fragrance. ⁷ They shall return and dwell under his shade; they shall live and be plentifully fed with corn. And he shall flourish like a vine and the memorial of him shall be like the wine of Lebanon. ⁸ As for Ephraim, what hath he any more to do with idols? I humbled him and I will strengthen him. I am like a fruitful juniper; from me thou shalt find fruit.

² a day of darkness and gloom; a day of clouds and thick darkness. Like dawn, there shall be poured out on the mountains a people numerous and powerful, the like of them hath never been, nor shall be any more to the years of all generations.

²⁶ And you shall eat plentifully and be satisfied, and shall praise the name of the Lord your God, who hath dealt wonderfully with you; and my people shall never be put to shame. ²⁷ And you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I the Lord am your God and besides me there is no other; and my people shall never be put to shame.

²⁷ And you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I the Lord am your God and besides me there is no other; and my people shall never be put to shame. ²⁸ And it shall come to pass after these things that I will pour out a portion of my spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy; and your old men shall dream dreams; and your young men shall see visions. ²⁹ And on my servants and on my hand maids in those days I will pour out a portion of my spirit.

⁸ And I will deliver your sons and your daughters into the hands of the sons of Juda; that they may sell them as captives to a far distant nation. Because the Lord hath spoken, ⁹ proclaim these things among the nations. Declare war: rouse the warriors: assemble and march up, all ye men of war. ¹⁰ Beat your ploughshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, I am strong. ¹¹ Assemble and come all ye nations around and be there gathered together. Let the man of peace become a soldier. ¹² Let all the nations be roused and come up to the valley of Josaphat; for there I will sit to judge all the nations around.

¹⁸ And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall distil new wine; and the hills shall send forth streams of milk; and all the fountains of Juda shall pour out water; and a fountain shall issue from the house of the Lord, which shall water the valley of bulrushes.

⁶ Shall a trumpet sound in a city and the people not be alarmed? Can there be in a city a calamity which the Lord hath not inflicted?

¹³ for behold here am I, who give strength to thunder; Who create wind, and proclaim for men his anointed one; who make the morning dawn and thick darkness, and who walk on the high places of the earth, whose name is the Lord God, Omnipotent.

⁴ Wherefore, thus saith the Lord to the house of Israel, Seek me and you shall live.

⁶ Seek the Lord and live, that the house of Joseph may not blaze like a fire, and devour him: and the house of Israel have none to quench it.

⁸ For the Lord hath sworn by himself, As I abhor all this haughtiness of Jacob and have hated all his regions, therefore I will destroy cities with their inhabitants.

⁷ [c] But as for me I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God who is my saviour; he who is my God will hearken to me. [[c] The chorus, or Sion.]

⁸ When with a deluging march he maketh destruction; them who raise themselves up and are his enemies, darkness shall pursue.

⁶ the gates of the cities are opened, and the palaces are fallen.

¹⁸ Of what avail is a graven thing, that they have engraved it? Did one cause a molten mass, a false fantasy, to be cast, because the caster had a confidence that by casting he would make dumb idols? ¹⁹ Woe to him who saith to Wood, Awake; arise. And to stone, be thou exalted. The one is indeed a fantasy; and the other, a plating of gold and silver: there is no breath in it. ²⁰ But the Lord is in his holy temple. Let all the earth be awed at his presence.

⁵ But the righteous Lord is in the midst of her and will not do an unjust thing. Every morning he will bring his judgment to light: for it was not hidden; nor did he countenance injustice for solicitation, nor make injustice successful.

¹¹ In that day thou shalt not be put to shame for all thy devices, which thou hast impiously devised against me; because I will then take away from thee those trifles which occasion thy haughtiness, that thou mayst no more continue to boast of my holy mountain;

¹⁷ The Lord thy God is with thee. The Mighty one will save thee. He will bring thee gladness and renew thee in his love; and rejoice over thee with joy as in the day of a festival;

²⁰ Thus saith the Lord Almighty, There shall yet come many peoples; and the inhabitants of many cities; ²¹ even the inhabitants of five cities shall come together to one city, saying, Let us go to pray before the Lord and to seek the face of the Lord Almighty. ²² I am going. So many peoples and many nations will come to seek the face of the Lord Almighty at Jerusalem, and to conciliate the favour of the Lord. ²³ Thus saith the Lord Almighty, If in those days ten men of all the tongues of the nations take hold, they must take hold of the skirt of a Jew, saying, We will go with thee, for we have heard that God is with you.

⁹ Rejoice exceedingly, O daughter of Sion! Make proclamation, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold thy king is coming for thee. He is righteous and a saviour. He is meek and mounted on an ass, even a young colt.

⁶ And I will strengthen the house of Juda, and save the house of Joseph, and settle them in their houses, because I have loved them: and they shall be as if I had not cast them off; for I am the Lord their God and I will hearken to them:

¹² And I will strengthen them in the Lord their God, and in his name they shall boast; saith the Lord.

¹ The burden of the word of the Lord against Israel. The Lord who stretcheth out the heaven and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him,

¹⁰ And when I pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and compassion, then will they look to him whom they pierced, and they will mourn for him with a mourning as for a beloved; and be afflicted with sorrow as for a first born.

⁶ A son honoureth a father; and a servant, his master. Now if I be a father, where is my honour? And if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord Almighty. As for you priests, you are they who bring dishonour on my name. Do you say, By what have we brought dishonour on thy name?

¹¹ Since from the risings of the sun to its goings down my name hath been glorified among the nations; and in every place incense is offered to my name, and a pure sacrifice; since my name is great among the nations, saith the Lord Almighty,

¹³ You have brought heavy accusations against me, saith the Lord. Do you say, in what instance have we spoken against thee? ¹⁴ You say, "Vain is he who serveth God: and what advantage is it, that we have kept his charges. For though we have walked as supplicants before the Lord Almighty,

²² All this was done, so that there was a fulfilment of what was spoken by the prophet, saying, ²³ "The virgin shall conceive and bear a son and thou shalt call his name Emmanuel," the meaning of which is, God with us:

²⁷ All things are delivered up to me by my father; and none but the father knoweth the son; nor doth any know the father, but only the son, and he to whom the son is pleased to reveal him. ²⁸ Come to me all ye who labour and are heavily burdened and I will give you rest.

⁸ This people draw near to me with their mouth; and with their lips they honour me, but their heart is far from me; ⁹ and, in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines, the commands of men.

²² Indeed if those days were not shortened, no flesh could escape. But for the sake of the chosen, those days will be shortened.

²⁴ Therefore I say to you, What things soever you ask when you pray, believe that you will receive, and you shall have them.

²⁰ And had not the Lord shortened those days, no flesh could escape. But for the sake of the chosen, whom he hath made choice of, he hath shortened those days.

⁵ Let every valley be filled up; and every mountain and hill levelled; and let the crooked be made a straight road, and the rough ways, smooth.

¹⁷ And upon his saying this, all his opposers were ashamed, and the whole multitude expressed joy for all the glorious things which were done by him.

²⁷ And as for those enemies of mine who would not have me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them in my presence.

¹ In the beginning was the Word; and the Word was with God; and the Word was God.

¹³ No one indeed hath ascended up into heaven, but he who came down from heaven, namely, the son of man who is in heaven. ¹⁴ But as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the son of man be lifted up, ¹⁵ that whosoever believeth in him may not perish; but have everlasting life. ¹⁶ For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him may not perish, but have everlasting life.

²² You worship what you do not know. We worship what we do know: for salvation is of the Jews.

⁴² and they said to the woman, It is not now on account of thy talk that we believe; for we ourselves have heard and we know that he is indeed the Saviour of the world, the Christ.

²⁴ Verily, verily I say to you, He who heareth my word, and believeth on him who sent me, hath an everlasting life, and doth not incur condemnation, but hath passed from death to that life.

⁴⁰ And this is the will of him who sent me, that every one who seeth the son, and believeth in him, may have an everlasting life, and that I raise him up at the last day.

²⁶ Yet behold he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing to him. Perhaps the rulers know indeed that he is really the Christ!

²⁸ Hereupon, Jesus, as he was teaching in the temple, cried and said, Do you indeed both know me, and know whence I am? I have not come of myself. But he who hath sent me is true, Him you do not know;

³⁷ It being now the last the great day of the festival, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink.

³⁷ It being now the last the great day of the festival, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink. ³⁸ He who believeth in me; as the scripture hath said, Out of his belly will flow streams of living water. ³⁹ Now this he said in reference to the spirit which they who believed in him were to receive; for a holy spirit was not yet received, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

²⁸ and I give them everlasting life; and they shall never perish, nor shall any one wrest them out of my hand.

²⁸ and I give them everlasting life; and they shall never perish, nor shall any one wrest them out of my hand. ²⁹ My father who gave them to me, is greater than all, and none is able to wrest them out of my father's hand. ³⁰ I and my father are one.

³² As for me, when I am lifted up from the ground, I will draw all men to me.

⁷ Jesus answered and said to him, What I am doing thou dost not comprehend at present, but thou shalt know hereafter.

²⁰ Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world, I taught always in the synagogues and in the temple, to which the Jews always resort. And I have spoken nothing in secret.

¹⁵ And in those days Peter rising up in the midst of the disciples, [the number of persons assembled being about one hundred and twenty]

⁴ And they were all filled with a holy spirit and began to speak in different languages, as the spirit gave them to make solemn addresses. ⁵ Now there were residing at Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. ⁶ So when this report spread, the multitude came together and were confounded. Because every one heard them speaking in his own peculiar dialect; ⁷ therefore they were astonished and expressed their amazement, saying one to another, Behold! are not all these men who speak, Galileans?" ⁸ How then do we hear, every one in his own native tongue!

³³ Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he hath poured out this which you now see and hear.

²⁸ to do what thy hand and thy council had determinately marked out beforehand to be brought to pass.

³¹ even him, a chief leader and a Saviour, God hath exalted at his right hand to give repentance to Israel and a remission of sins.

²⁵ And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and prostrating himself at his feet, made obeisance. ²⁶ But Peter raised him up, saying, Rise up: I am but a man.

²³ Of his seed God hath, according to promise, raised up for Israel a saviour, namely Jesus,

³⁹ and that by him every one who believeth is acquitted from all those sins, from which you Could not be acquitted by the law of Moses.

²³ For as I passed along and beheld the objects and instruments of your devotion, I found an altar with this inscription, To The Unknown God. Him, therefore whom you worship without knowing him, I announce to you.

²¹ because when they knew God, they did not glorify him as God, nor give him thanks, but became vain by their ill- grounded reasonings, and their foolish heart was darkened; ²² pretending to be wise, they became fools, ²³ and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for an image representing coruptible man, and birds, and four footed beasts, and reptiles;

²⁸ For he is not a Jew, who is one outwardly; nor is that circumcision, which is barely in the flesh: ²⁹ but he, who is a Jew inwardly, whose circumcision is that of the heart"spiritually not literally, whose praise is not from men, but from God.

²⁴ They are justified freely by his grace through the redemption which is by Christ Jesus,

²⁴ They are justified freely by his grace through the redemption which is by Christ Jesus, ²⁵ whom God heretofore exhibited as a mercy seat by faith in his blood, that, on account of the remission of past sins, during the forbearance of God,

²⁵ whom God heretofore exhibited as a mercy seat by faith in his blood, that, on account of the remission of past sins, during the forbearance of God, ²⁶ it might be an indication of this justification of his, pointing to a display of this justification of his at this time, in order to shew this, That he is just and the justifier of him who is a believer in Jesus.

¹⁶ Therefore the promise is because of faith, that it may be matter of favour to this extent, that it may be firm to the whole seed"not only to that under the law, but to that of the faith of Abraham,

¹ Therefore being justified because of belief, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

¹⁸ Therefore as by one transgression there was a sentence of condemnation for all men; so by one acquittal there is an adjudication of life for all men. ¹⁹ For as by the disobedience of the one man, the many were ranked as sinners, so also by the obedience of the other man, the many will be ranked as righteous.

¹ There is then no condemnation now to them who are in Christ Jesus and who walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit.

³⁰ And those whom he marked out beforehand he actually called, and those whom he called, even these he acquitted, and those whom he acquitted even these he glorified.

³³ Who shall lodge an accusation against them whom God hath chosen? God who acquitteth? ³⁴ who is he who shall condemn? Christ who died? Rather indeed who is raised up, who is actually at the right hand of God, and who maketh intercession for us?

⁴ who are Israelites, to whom belonged the adoption and the glory, and the covenants, and the civil government, and the religious service, and the promises; ⁵ whose ancestors were the patriarchs, and from whom, with regard to flesh, the Christ is [descended] who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen. ⁶ It is not however to be supposed that the word of God hath failed. For with regard to all the descendants of Israel, they are not Israel;

⁶ It is not however to be supposed that the word of God hath failed. For with regard to all the descendants of Israel, they are not Israel; ⁷ nor are they all children, because they are of the race of Abraham; but in Isaak a seed shall be called for thee. ⁸ That is to say, It is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed.

²⁰ But who art thou, O man, who enterest into a dispute with God? Shall the thing formed say to him who formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? ²¹ Hath not the potter power over the clay to make, out of the same lump, one vessel for honour, and another for dishonour?

³³ As it is written, "Behold I lay in Sion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence. "And "whosoever believeth in him shall not be shamed."

¹¹ For the scripture saith, "Whosoever believeth in him shall not be shamed."

⁴ What doth the divine oracle say to him? "I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed a knee to Baal."

⁷ What is the inference? That which Israel sought he did not obtain; but the chosen obtained it and the rest were blinded.

²⁶ and then at length all Israel shall be saved. As it is written "For the sake of Sion the Deliverer will come And turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

³³ O the depth of the riches, and of the wisdom, and of the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways not to be traced out! ³⁴ For who hath known the mind of the Lord"? Or who hath been his counsellor?

¹⁰ Why then judgest thou thy brother, or why despisest thou thy brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of the Christ; ¹¹ For it is written, "As I live, saith the Lord, to me every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall give praise to God." ¹² Since every one of us then shall give an account of himself to God,

³⁰ And it is owing to him that you are in Christ Jesus, who hath been made to us wisdom from God, namely, righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption,

³⁰ And it is owing to him that you are in Christ Jesus, who hath been made to us wisdom from God, namely, righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption, ³¹ so that as it is written, Let him who boasteth boast in the Lord."

³¹ so that as it is written, Let him who boasteth boast in the Lord."

⁶ I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. ⁷ So that neither the planter nor the waterer is any thing; it is God only who giveth growth. ⁸ Now he who planteth and he who watereth are all one; and each shall receive his peculiar reward according to his peculiar labour. ⁹ For we are fellow labourers belonging to God; you are God's field; you are his building.

¹¹ Now such some of you were; but, you have washed yourselves; but you are hallowed, but you are acquitted by the name of the Lord Jesus and by the spirit of our God.

⁴ Therefore in respect to the eating of things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world: and that there is no other God but one. ⁵ for though there are nominal gods both in heaven and on earth, as there are many gods and many lords; ⁶ yet to us there is out one God, the father of all, of whom are all things and we for him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things and we by him.

²² Are we provoking the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?

²⁵ and thus the secrets of his heart are laid open, and so, falling on his face, he will worship God, declaring that God is indeed among you.

⁶ Because it is God, who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who hath shined in our hearts, to give a lustre of the knowledge of the glory of God in the person of Jesus Christ;

¹⁷ So that if any one is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things are passed away, behold! all those things are made new. ¹⁸ And all this is of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given us the ministry of this reconciliation. ¹⁹ So because God was in Christ reconciling a world to himself, not reckoning to them their transgressions, and hath committed to us the word of this reconciliation, ²⁰ we therefore as ambassadors for Christ; as if God were exhorting by us, we, in behalf of Christ, intreat, "Be reconciled to God; ²¹ for he hath made him who knew no sin, a sin offering for us, that by him we may be made the righteousness of God;

²¹ for he hath made him who knew no sin, a sin offering for us, that by him we may be made the righteousness of God;

¹⁸ and be to you a father, and you shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty."

¹⁷ But let him who boasteth, boast in the Lord.

⁹ Whereupon he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is perfected in weakness. Therefore I will with the greatest pleasure, rather boast of my weaknesses, that the power of the Christ may shelter me. ¹⁰ I feel therefore a complacency in weaknesses, in reproaches, in difficulties, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ; for when I am weak, then am I strong.

²⁶ for you are all children of God by means of this belief in Christ Jesus. ²⁷ For as many of you as have been baptized to Christ, have put on Christ, ²⁸ There is in him no distinction of Jew and Greek, no distinction of bondman and freeman, no distinction of male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus. ²⁹ And if you are Christ's, you are then the seed of Abraham and heirs according to promise.

⁸ At the time indeed [a] An objection. [b] The answer. when you knew not God, you as slaves served things which are in reality.no gods; ⁹ but now when you know God, or rather when God hath owned you, how turn ye again to those weak and beggarly elements to which you degradingly desire again to be in bondage as before.

¹⁴ But far be it from me to boast, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world is crucified to me and I to the world.

¹⁰ For we are his workmanship, fitted by Christ Jesus for good works, for which God had before prepared us that we might walk therein.

¹² that you were at that time without Christ; aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope, and being without God in the world:

¹⁶ and reconcile them both in one body, to God by means of the cross, having by that slain the enmity.

¹⁶ that he would, according to the riches of his glory, grant you to be strengthened by his spirit for the inner man,

²⁴ and to put on the new man, which in a conformity to God is created in righteousness and the holiness of truth.

¹⁰ Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might.

¹⁰ that in the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those beneath the earth;

³ for we are the circumcision, who serve God in spirit, and glory in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in flesh.

⁸ nay more, I do therefore indeed count all things but refuse, on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have given up all and account them but dregs, that I may gain Christ ⁹ and be found in him, not having for my righteousness, that which is of the law, but that which is by a belief in Christ"that which is of God"a righteousness for this belief.

¹³ I can undergo all things through Christ who strengthened me.

¹¹ being strengthened with all might according to the power of his glory for all patience and long suffering we with joy

⁹ For they themselves relate concerning us what an entrance we had among you; and how you turned to God from the idols, to serve the living and true God,

⁵ not in lustful indulgence, like the nations which know not God;

¹³ Now we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord, because God hath, from the beginning, chosen you for salvation by a sanctification of spirit and a belief of the truth ¹⁴ to which he hath called you by our glad tidings, to be an acquisition of glory to our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁶ And may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father, who hath loved us and graciously given us everlasting comfort and good hope,

¹⁷ But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, that the proclamation might be made completely by me, and that all the nations might hear it. And I was delivered out of the mouth of a lion. ¹⁸ And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and save me for his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory, for the ages of the ages. Amen.

¹³ waiting for the blessed hope and the bright display of the glory of the great God, and saviour of us Jesus Christ,

¹³ waiting for the blessed hope and the bright display of the glory of the great God, and saviour of us Jesus Christ, ¹⁴ who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

³ For we, even we ourselves were formerly foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to divers lusts and pleasures living in malice and envy, objects of hatred, hating one another; ⁴ but when the kindness and love of God our saviour for man was brightly displayed, ⁵ not for works of righteousness which we had done, but according to his own mercy; he saved us by a bath of regeneration, and a renewal of a holy spirit, ⁶ which he poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our saviour,

⁸ but with respect to the son, "Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever: The sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of rectitude: ⁹ Thou didst love righteousness and hate iniquity, Therefore God, thy God anointed thee With the oil of joy above thy associates!"

⁹ and being consecrated became the author of everlasting salvation to all who obey him,]

¹³ For when God made a promise to Abraham, as he had none greater to swear by, he swore by himself, ¹⁴ saying, "Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee." ¹⁵ And so he, having waited with patience, obtained the promise. ¹⁶ For men indeed swear by a greater, and an oath for confirmation being to them an end of strife, ¹⁷ God, willing on this occasion to shew more fully to the heirs of this promise the immutability of his determination, interposed an oath, ¹⁸ that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to deceive, there might be strong consolation for us who have fled to take hold of this proffered hope,

³ By faith we understand that the ages were arranged by a word of God, that the things seen should not at all be out of things which appear.

² looking forward to Jesus, the leader and perfecter of this faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured a cross, despising shame, and hath taken a seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

⁹ Well then: we have had fathers of our flesh who have corrected us, and we have reverenced them; shall we not much more submit ourselves to the father of our spirits, and live?

¹⁷ Every good donation, and every perfect gift, is from above, and cometh down from the father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor shadow of turning. 18 Of his own will he hath impregnated us with a word of truth, that we may be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

³ You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may lavish on your sensual appetites.

¹⁸ knowing that from that vain course of life, handed down to you from your fathers, you have been redeemed not with perishable things such as silver and gold, ¹⁹ but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot,

⁶ on which account also there is in the scripture this passage, "Behold I lay in Sion a chosen, precious, chief corner stone, and he who confideth in it, shall not be ashamed,"

¹ Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them who have obtained a like precious belief with us, in the saving goodness of our God and saviour Jesus Christ,

¹⁸ but increase in the favour and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

¹⁵ Whosoever will confess that Jesus is the son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.

¹¹ Now this is the testimony, that God hath given us everlasting life, and this life is by his son: ¹² he who hath the son hath this life: he who hath not the son of God hath not this life. ¹³ These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the son of God, that you may know that you have everlasting life; and that you may believe in the name of the son of God:

⁶ and the angels who did not keep their own government, but left their proper abode, he hath reserved in perpetual bonds, under darkness, for the judgment of the great day.

¹³ raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom is reserved the gloom of everlasting darkness.

⁹ behold I give thee some of the synagogue of satan, who say they are Jews and are not; but do lie. Behold I will make them come, and worship at thy feet, and know that I have loved thee.

¹⁸ The nations indeed were enraged and thy wrath came and the time for the dead to be avenged and for giving the reward to thy servants the teachers and to the saints and to them who fear thy name, small and great, and for destroying them who destroy the earth.

³ because all the nations have drunk of the poison of her fornication and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have been enriched by the abundance of her luxury. ⁴ And I heard another voice out of heaven saying, Come out of her, my people, that you may not partake of her sins and that you may not receive of her punishments. ⁵ Because her sins have reached to heaven and God hath remembered her acts of injustice, ⁶ render to her as she hath rendered to you and requite her double according to her works. In the cup in which she mingled, mingle for her a double portion. ⁷ In proportion to her ostentation and luxury inflict on her torment and grief. Because she saith in her heart, I am enthroned a queen and am not a widow, and shall not see sorrow; ⁸ therefore in one day these calamities shall come upon her, pestilence and sorrow and famine; and she shall be consumed with fire; for the Lord God who judgeth her is mighty. ⁹ And the kings of the earth who have committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her will wail and beat their breasts for her, when they see the smoke of her burning ¹⁰ standing afar off for fear of her torment, saying, Alas! Alas! that great city Babylon! that 'mighty city! for in one hour thy judgment is come. ¹¹ The merchants of the earth also will weep and mourn for her; because no one any more buyeth their merchandize ¹² the merchandize of gold and silver and precious stones and pearls; and of cotton and purple and silk and scarlet; and every sort of odoriferous wood and the various wares of ivory and of most precious wood and of brass and iron and marble, ¹³ and cinnamon and frankincense and myrrh and incense and wine and oil and fine flour and wheat and cattle and sheep and horses and chariots and the bodies and souls of men. ¹⁴ Even the autumnal fruits, thy soul's desire are gone from thee; and all these delicious and all those splendid things are gone from thee and thou shalt find them no more. ¹⁵ The venders of these things who have been enriched by her will stand far off for fear of her torment, weeping and wailing ¹⁶ and saying, Alas! Alas! the great city! she that was clothed with cotton and purple and scarlet and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls! ¹⁷ for in one hour what a mass of wealth is laid waste! And every one sailing to the place, both mariners and traffickers by sea stood afar off ¹⁸ and screamed when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city was like this great city?

¹⁷ Now the spirit and the bride say, Come; and let him who heareth say Come. And let every one who thirsteth come; and let every one who is willing take of the water of life at free cost.