and repentance. soul, and shall be satisfied by his neither shall the covenant of my peace knowledge shall my righteous servant be removed, saith the Load that hath justify many; for he shall bear their mercy on thee. iniquities. 11 TO thou afflicted, tossed with 12 Therefore will I divide him a por- tempest, and not comforted! behold, tion with the great, and he shall divide |1 will lay thy stones with fair colours, the spoil with the strong; because he and lay thy foundations with sapphires. hath poured out his soul unto death: 12 And I will make thy windows of and he was numbered with the trans- agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, gressors; and he bare the sin of many, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. and made intercession for the trans- 13 And all thy children shall be taught gressors. of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children. CHAP. LIV. S for ING, O barren, thou that didst not 14 In righteousness shalt thou be : and cry aloud, thou that didst not oppression; for thou shalt not fear : travail with child: for more are the and from terror; for it shalt not come children of the desolate than the chil-ncar thee. dren of the married wife, saith the Lond. 2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; 3 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall mherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be iubabited. 15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. 16 Behold, I have created the smith. that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth au instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. 17 T No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every 4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be tongue that shall rise against thee in ashamed: neither be thou confounded; judgment thou shalt condemn. This for thou shalt not be put to shame for is the heritage of the servants of the thou shalt forget the shame of thy LoRD, and their righteousness is of youth, and shalt not remember the re-me, saith the LORD. proach of thy widowhood any more. CHAP. LV. 5 For thy Maker is thy husband; the, every one that thirsteth, come LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole carth shall be be called. ye to the waters, and be that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money, and without price. 2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread ? and your labour for that which satisfeth not? hearken diligently unto me,and cat ye 7 For a small moment have I for-that which is good, and let your soul saken thee; but with great mercies delight itself in fatness. will I gather thee. 6 For the LORD bath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. 3 Incline your ear, and come unto 8 In a little wrath I hid my face from me hear, and your soul shall live; thee for a moment: but with everlast-and I will make an everlasting coveing kindness will I have mercy on uant with you, even the sure mercies thee, saith the Loan thy Redeemer. of David. For this is as the waters of Noah 4 Behold, I have given him for a wit unto me for as I bave sworn that the mess to the people, a leader and coniwaters of Noah should no more gomander to the people. over the earth; so have I sworn that 5 Behold,thou shalt call a nation thay I would not be wroth with thee, nor thou knowest not, and nations that rebuke thee. knew not thee shall run unto thee, be10 For the mountains shall depart, cause of the Lord thy God, and for and the hills be removed; but my the Holy One of Israel; fo: he hath kindness shall not depart from thee,[glorified thee. near; CHAP. LVI, LVII. An exhortutron to sanctification. 6¶ Seek ye the Lond while he may house, and within my walls, a place be found, call ye upon him while he is and a name better than of sons and of Idaughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. 6 Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lond, to serve bim, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh bold of my covenant; 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 8 T For my thoughts are not your 7 Even them will 1 bring to my boly thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. mountain, and make them joyful m 9 For as the heavens are higher my house of prayer: their burntthan the earth, so are my ways higher offerings and their sacrifices shall be than your ways, and my thoughts than accepted upon mine altar; for my house ehall be called a house of prayer your thoughts. for all people. 10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater; 8 The Lord God, which gathereth the outcast of Israel, saith, Yet will 1 gather others to him, besides those that are gathered unto him. 9 T All ye beasts of the field, come to 11 So shall my word be that goeth devour; yca, all ye beasts in the forest. forth out of my mouth; it shall not 10 His watchmen are blind. they are return unto me void, but it shall ac-all ignorant, they are all dumb Joge, complish that which 1 please, and it they cannot bark; sleeping, lying shall prosper in the thing whereto I down, loving to slumber. sent it. 11 Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand they all look to their own way, crery one for his gain, from his quarter. 12 Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to-morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant. CHAP. LVII. 12 Forye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the nountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.] 13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be loseth it to heart; and THE righteous perisheth, and no cut off. T CHAP. LVI. HUS saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice : for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. 2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hands from doing any evil. merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. 2 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness. 3 T But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceresa, the seed of the adulterer and the whore. 4 Against whom do ye sport your3 ¶ Neither let the son of the stran-selves? against whom make ye a wide ger, that hath joined himself to the mouth, and draw out the tongue ? are Lond, speak, saying, The Lond bath ye not children of transgression,a seed utterly separated me from his people: of falsehood; neither let the eunuch say, Behold, 1 am a dry tree. 4 For thus saith the I.ond unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; 6 Even unto them will I give in my 5 Inflaming yourselves with idola under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks? 6 Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured Hypocrisy reproved a drink offering, thou hast offered a restore comforts unto him, and to h aleat offering. Should I receive com- mourners. fort in these ? 19 I create the fruit of the lips; 7 Upon a lofty and high mountain Peace, prace to him that is far on, hast thou set thy bed: even thither and to him that is near, eaith the wentest thou up to offer sacrifice. LonD; and 1 will heal him. 8 Behind the doors also and the posts 20 But the wicked are like the trouhast thou set up thy remembrance; bled sea, when it cannot rest, whose for thou hast discovered thyself to an- waters cast up mire and dirt. other than me, and art gone up: thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst 21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. CHAP. LVIII. voice like are not; in plow RY aloud, lift up thy ointment, and didst increase thy per-my people their trausgression, and the fumes, and didst send thy messengers house of Jacob their sins. far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell. 10 Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou noi, There is no hope thou hast found the life of thy hand; therefore thou wast not grieved. 11 And of whom hast thou been ufraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not? 2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God. 3 Wherefore have we fasted,say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours. 4 Behold, ye fast for strife and de 12 I will declare thy righteousness, bate, and to smite with the fist of and thy works, for they shall not profit wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do thee. this day, to make your voice to be 13 ¶ When thou criest, let thy com-heard on high. panies deliver thee; but the wind 6 Is it such a fast that I have chosen? shall carry them all away; vanity a day for a man to afflict his soul? is shall take them but he that puttethic to bow down his head as a bulrush, his trust in me shall possess the land, and to spread sackcloth and ashes un and shall inherit my holy mountain; 14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling block out of the way of my people. der him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord? 6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let 15 For thus saith the high and lofty the oppressed go free, and that ye One that inhabiteth eternity, whose break every yoke ? name is Holy; I dwell in the high 7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the and holy place, with him also that is hungry, and that thou bring the poor of a contrite and humble spirit, to that are cast out to thy house? when revive the spirit of the humble, and thou seest the naked, that thou cover to revive the heart of the contrite him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh ? ones. 16 For 1 will not contend for ever, 8 T Then shall thy light break forth neither will I be always wroth: for as the morning, and thy health shall the spirit should fail before me, and spring forth speedily and thy rightthe souls which I have made. eousness shall go before thee; the 17 For the iniquity of his covetous-glory of the LORD shall be thy rearness was I wroth, and smote him: 1|ward. hid me, and was wroth, and he went 9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORU on frowardly in the way of his heart.shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he 18 I have seen his ways, and will shall say, Here I am. If thou take heal him I will lead bim also, and laway from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; nature of sin. make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts arethoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are m their paths. 10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in ob- 8 The way of peace they know not; ecurity, and thy darkness be as the and there is no judgment in their gonoon-day: ings: they have made them crooked 11 And the LORD shall guide thee paths; whosoever goeth therein shall continually, and satisfy thy soul in not know peace. drought, and inake fat thy bones: and 9 T Therefore is judgment far from thiou shalt be like a watered garden, jus, neither doth justice overtake us: and like a spring of water, whose wawe wait for light, but behold obscutere fail not. rity; for brightuesa, but we walk in 12 And they that shall be of thee shall darkness. build the old waste places: thou shalt 10 We grope for the wall like the raise up the foundations of many gen-blind, and we grope as if we had no erations; and thou shalt be called, leyes: we stumble at noon-day as in the The repairer of the breach, The re night; we are in desolate places as storer of paths to dwell in. dead men. 13 If thou turn away thy foot from 11 We roar all like bears, and mourn the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure sore like doves: we look for judgment, un my holy day; and call the sabbath but there is none; for salvation, but a delight, the holy of the LORD, hou-it is far off from us. ourable; and shalt honour him, not 12 For our transgressions are multidoing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure,nor speaking thine own words: plied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them: 13 In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and 16volt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. 14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. 15 Yea, truth faileth; and he thớt departeth from evil maketh himself a prey; and the Lond saw it, and it diapleased him that there was no judg ment. 3 For your hands are defiled with 16 T And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there wAS 120 intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteous 5 They batch cockatrice's eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. 17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak. 18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to bis adver 6 Their weba shall not become gar-saries, recompense to his enemies; to inents, neither shall they cover them-the islands he will repay recompense. selves with their works: their works 19 So shall they fear the name of the are works of iniquity, and the act of Lond_from the west, and his glory violence is in their hands. from the rising of the sun. When the 7 Their feet run to evil, and they enemy shall come in like a flood, the ISAIAH. The glory of the church. Spirit of the LORD shall Lft up a stan-, I smote thee, but in my favour have I dard against him. had mercy on thee. 20 T And theRedeemer shall come to 11 Therefore thy gates shall be open Zion, and unto them that turn from continually; they shall not be shut day transgression in Jacob,saith the LORD. nor night; that men may bring unto 21 As for me, this is my covenant thee the forces of the Gentiles, and with them, saith the LORD; My Spirit that their kings may be brought. that is upon thee, and my words which 12 For the nation and kingdom that I have put in thy mouth, shall not de-will not serve thee shall perish; yea, part out of thy mouth, nor out of the chose nations shail be utterly wasted. mouth of thy seed, nor out of the 13 The glory of Lebanon shall come mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the unto thee, the fir-tree, the pine-tree, LOAD, from henceforth and for ever. and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious. 14 The sons also of them that afflictand the glory of the LORD is risen ed thee shall come bending unto thee; upon thee. and all they that despised thee shall 2 For,behold,the darkness shall cover bow themselves down at the soles of the earth, and gross darkness the peo-thy feet; and they shall call thee, The ple: but the LORD shall arise upon city of the Lond, The Zion of the thee, and his glory shall be seen upon Holy One of Israel. thee. CHAP. LX. ARISE shine; for thy light is come, 3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. 15 Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations. 4 Lift up thine eyes round about,and see: all they gather themselves to- 16 Thou shalt also suck the milk of gether, they come to thee: thy sons the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast shall come from far, and thy daugh- of kings: and thou shalt know that I ters shall be nursed at thy side. the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Re & Then thou shalt see, and flow to-deemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. gether, and thy heart shall fear, and be] 17 For brass 1 will bring gold, and enlarged; because the abundance of for ion I will bring silver, and for the sea shall be converted unto thee, wood brass, and for stones iron: 1 the forces of the Gentiles shall come will also make thine officers peace, unto thee. and thine exactors righteousness 6 The multitude of camels shall cover 18 Violence shall no more be heard thee, the dromedaries of Midian and in thy land, wasting nor destruction Ephab; all they from Sheba shall within thy borders; but thou shalt come: they shall bring gold and in-call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates cense; and they shall show forth the Praise. praises of the Lord. 19 The sun shall be no more thy light 7 All the flocks of Kedah shall be by day; neither for brightness shall gathered together unto thee, the rams the moon give light unto thee; but of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: the LORD shall be unto thee an everthey shall come up with acceptance lasting light, and thy God thy glory. on mine altar, and 1 will glorify the 20 Thy sun shall no more go down; house of my glory. neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. 8 Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows? 9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring 21 Thy people also shall be all rightthy sons from far, their silver and their cous: they shall inherit the land for gold with them, unto the name of the ever, the branch of my planting, the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of work of my hands, that 1 may be Israel, because he hath glorified thee. glorified. 10 And the sons of strangers shall 22 A little one shall become a thou build u thy walls, and their kings shall sand, and a small one a strong nation: minister unto thee, for in my wrath]1 the LORD will lasten it in his time. |