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The Book of the Prophet Isaiah
The Book of the Prophet Isaiah
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37
And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard
it,
that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
2
And he sent Eliakim, who
was
over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
3
And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day
is
a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and
there is
not strength to bring forth.
4
It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up
thy
prayer for the remnant that is left.
5
So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
6
And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
7
Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
8
So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
9
And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard
it,
he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
10
Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
11
Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?
12
Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed,
as
Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which
were
in Telassar?
13
Where
is
the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?
14
And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.
15
And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying,
16
O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest
between
the cherubims, thou
art
the God,
even
thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.
17
Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.
18
Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries,
19
And have cast their gods into the fire: for they
were
no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
20
Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou
art
the LORD,
even
thou only.
21
Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:
22
This
is
the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee,
and
laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
23
Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted
thy
voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high?
even
against the Holy One of Israel.
24
By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof,
and
the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border,
and
the forest of his Carmel.
25
I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
26
Hast thou not heard long ago,
how
I have done it;
and
of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities
into
ruinous heaps.
27
Therefore their inhabitants
were
of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were
as
the grass of the field, and
as
the green herb,
as
the grass on the housetops, and
as corn
blasted before it be grown up.
28
But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
29
Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
30
And this
shall be
a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat
this
year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.
31
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:
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For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.
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Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.
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By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.
35
For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
36
Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they
were
all dead corpses.
37
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
38
And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.
38
In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.
2
Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,
3
And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done
that which is
good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
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Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying,
5
Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
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And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.
7
And this
shall be
a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;
8
Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.
9
The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:
10
I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
11
I said, I shall not see the LORD,
even
the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
12
Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day
even
to night wilt thou make an end of me.
13
I reckoned till morning,
that,
as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day
even
to night wilt thou make an end of me.
14
Like a crane
or
a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail
with looking
upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
15
What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done
it:
I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
16
O Lord, by these
things men
live, and in all these
things is
the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.
17
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul
delivered it
from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
18
For the grave cannot praise thee, death can
not
celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
19
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I
do
this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
20
The LORD
was ready
to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.
21
For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay
it
for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.
22
Hezekiah also had said, What
is
the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?
39
At that time Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.
2
And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.
3
Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me,
even
from Babylon.
4
Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All that
is
in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.
5
Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts:
6
Behold, the days come, that all that
is
in thine house, and
that
which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.
7
And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
8
Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good
is
the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.
40
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
2
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD’S hand double for all her sins.
3
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
4
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
5
And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see
it
together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken
it.
6
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh
is
grass, and all the goodliness thereof
is
as the flower of the field:
7
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people
is
grass.
8
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
9
O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift
it
up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!
10
Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong
hand,
and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward
is
with him, and his work before him.
11
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry
them
in his bosom,
and
shall gently lead those that are with young.
12
Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
13
Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or
being
his counsellor hath taught him?
14
With whom took he counsel, and
who
instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?
15
Behold, the nations
are
as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
16
And Lebanon
is
not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
17
All nations before him
are
as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
18
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
19
The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
20
He that
is
so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree
that
will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image,
that
shall not be moved.
21
Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
22
It is
he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof
are
as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
23
That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
24
Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
25
To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
26
Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these
things,
that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that
he is
strong in power; not one faileth.
27
Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
28
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard,
that
the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary?
there is
no searching of his understanding.
29
He giveth power to the faint; and to
them that have
no might he increaseth strength.
30
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
31
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew
their
strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary;
and
they shall walk, and not faint.
41
Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew
their
strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
2
Who raised up the righteous
man
from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made
him
rule over kings? he gave
them
as the dust to his sword,
and
as driven stubble to his bow.
3
He pursued them,
and
passed safely;
even
by the way
that
he had not gone with his feet.
4
Who hath wrought and done
it,
calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I
am
he.
5
The isles saw
it,
and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
6
They helped every one his neighbour; and
every one
said to his brother, Be of good courage.
7
So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith,
and
he that smootheth
with
the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails,
that
it should not be moved.
8
But thou, Israel,
art
my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
9
Thou
whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou
art
my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
10
Fear thou not; for I
am
with thee: be not dismayed; for I
am
thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
11
Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.
12
Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them,
even
them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
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For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
14
Fear not, thou worm Jacob,
and
ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
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Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat
them
small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
16
Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD,
and
shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
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When
the poor and needy seek water, and
there is
none,
and
their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them,
I
the God of Israel will not forsake them.
18
I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
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I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree,
and
the pine, and the box tree together:
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That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
21
Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong
reasons,
saith the King of Jacob.
22
Let them bring
them
forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they
be,
that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.
23
Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye
are
gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold
it
together.
24
Behold, ye
are
of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination
is he that
chooseth you.
25
I have raised up
one
from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as
upon
morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.
26
Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say,
He is
righteous? yea,
there is
none that sheweth, yea,
there is
none that declareth, yea,
there is
none that heareth your words.
27
The first
shall say
to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
28
For I beheld, and
there was
no man; even among them, and
there was
no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
29
Behold, they
are
all vanity; their works
are
nothing: their molten images
are
wind and confusion.
42
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect,
in whom
my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
2
He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
3
A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
4
He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
5
Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
6
I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
7
To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison,
and
them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
8
I
am
the LORD: that
is
my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
9
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
10
Sing unto the LORD a new song,
and
his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
11
Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up
their voice,
the villages
that
Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
12
Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.
13
The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
14
I have long time holden my peace; I have been still,
and
refrained myself:
now
will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
15
I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
16
And I will bring the blind by a way
that
they knew not; I will lead them in paths
that
they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
17
They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye
are
our gods.
18
Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
19
Who
is
blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger
that
I sent? who
is
blind as
he that is
perfect, and blind as the LORD’S servant?
20
Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.
21
The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the law, and make
it
honourable.
22
But this
is
a people robbed and spoiled;
they are
all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.
23
Who among you will give ear to this?
who
will hearken and hear for the time to come?
24
Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.
25
Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid
it
not to heart.
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