22 Therefore this is what the Lord, who redeemed(A) Abraham,(B) says to the descendants of Jacob:

“No longer will Jacob be ashamed;(C)
    no longer will their faces grow pale.(D)
23 When they see among them their children,(E)
    the work of my hands,(F)
they will keep my name holy;(G)
    they will acknowledge the holiness of the Holy One(H) of Jacob,
    and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
24 Those who are wayward(I) in spirit will gain understanding;(J)
    those who complain will accept instruction.”(K)

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22 Therefore thus saith the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.

23 But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.

24 They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.

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In that day(A)

“Sing(B) about a fruitful vineyard:(C)
    I, the Lord, watch over it;
    I water(D) it continually.
I guard(E) it day and night
    so that no one may harm(F) it.
    I am not angry.
If only there were briers and thorns confronting me!
    I would march against them in battle;
    I would set them all on fire.(G)
Or else let them come to me for refuge;(H)
    let them make peace(I) with me,
    yes, let them make peace with me.”

In days to come Jacob will take root,(J)
    Israel will bud and blossom(K)
    and fill all the world with fruit.(L)

Has the Lord struck her
    as he struck(M) down those who struck her?
Has she been killed
    as those were killed who killed her?
By warfare[a] and exile(N) you contend with her—
    with his fierce blast he drives her out,
    as on a day the east wind(O) blows.
By this, then, will Jacob’s guilt be atoned(P) for,
    and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin:(Q)
When he makes all the altar stones(R)
    to be like limestone crushed to pieces,
no Asherah poles[b](S) or incense altars(T)
    will be left standing.
10 The fortified city stands desolate,(U)
    an abandoned settlement, forsaken(V) like the wilderness;
there the calves graze,(W)
    there they lie down;(X)
    they strip its branches bare.
11 When its twigs are dry, they are broken off(Y)
    and women come and make fires(Z) with them.
For this is a people without understanding;(AA)
    so their Maker has no compassion on them,
    and their Creator(AB) shows them no favor.(AC)

12 In that day the Lord will thresh(AD) from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt,(AE) and you, Israel, will be gathered(AF) up one by one. 13 And in that day(AG) a great trumpet(AH) will sound. Those who were perishing in Assyria and those who were exiled(AI) in Egypt(AJ) will come and worship(AK) the Lord on the holy mountain(AL) in Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 27:8 See Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  2. Isaiah 27:9 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah

In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.

I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.

Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.

Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.

He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.

Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?

In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.

By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.

10 Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.

11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.

12 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.

13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem.

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12 Beat your breasts(A) for the pleasant fields,
    for the fruitful vines(B)
13 and for the land of my people,
    a land overgrown with thorns and briers(C)
yes, mourn(D) for all houses of merriment
    and for this city of revelry.(E)
14 The fortress(F) will be abandoned,
    the noisy city deserted;(G)
citadel and watchtower(H) will become a wasteland forever,
    the delight of donkeys,(I) a pasture for flocks,(J)
15 till the Spirit(K) is poured on us from on high,
    and the desert becomes a fertile field,(L)
    and the fertile field seems like a forest.(M)
16 The Lord’s justice(N) will dwell in the desert,(O)
    his righteousness(P) live in the fertile field.
17 The fruit of that righteousness(Q) will be peace;(R)
    its effect will be quietness and confidence(S) forever.
18 My people will live in peaceful(T) dwelling places,
    in secure homes,(U)
    in undisturbed places of rest.(V)
19 Though hail(W) flattens the forest(X)
    and the city is leveled(Y) completely,
20 how blessed you will be,
    sowing(Z) your seed by every stream,(AA)
    and letting your cattle and donkeys range free.(AB)

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12 They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.

13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:

14 Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.

16 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.

17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.

18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

19 When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.

20 Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.

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Lord, be gracious(A) to us;
    we long for you.
Be our strength(B) every morning,
    our salvation(C) in time of distress.(D)
At the uproar of your army,(E) the peoples flee;(F)
    when you rise up,(G) the nations scatter.
Your plunder,(H) O nations, is harvested(I) as by young locusts;(J)
    like a swarm of locusts people pounce on it.

The Lord is exalted,(K) for he dwells on high;(L)
    he will fill Zion with his justice(M) and righteousness.(N)
He will be the sure foundation for your times,
    a rich store of salvation(O) and wisdom and knowledge;
    the fear(P) of the Lord is the key to this treasure.[a](Q)

Look, their brave men(R) cry aloud in the streets;
    the envoys(S) of peace weep bitterly.
The highways are deserted,
    no travelers(T) are on the roads.(U)
The treaty is broken,(V)
    its witnesses[b] are despised,
    no one is respected.
The land dries up(W) and wastes away,
    Lebanon(X) is ashamed and withers;(Y)
Sharon(Z) is like the Arabah,
    and Bashan(AA) and Carmel(AB) drop their leaves.

10 “Now will I arise,(AC)” says the Lord.
    “Now will I be exalted;(AD)
    now will I be lifted up.
11 You conceive(AE) chaff,
    you give birth(AF) to straw;
    your breath is a fire(AG) that consumes you.
12 The peoples will be burned to ashes;(AH)
    like cut thornbushes(AI) they will be set ablaze.(AJ)

13 You who are far away,(AK) hear(AL) what I have done;
    you who are near, acknowledge my power!
14 The sinners(AM) in Zion are terrified;
    trembling(AN) grips the godless:
“Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire?(AO)
    Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?”
15 Those who walk righteously(AP)
    and speak what is right,(AQ)
who reject gain from extortion(AR)
    and keep their hands from accepting bribes,(AS)
who stop their ears against plots of murder
    and shut their eyes(AT) against contemplating evil—
16 they are the ones who will dwell on the heights,(AU)
    whose refuge(AV) will be the mountain fortress.(AW)
Their bread will be supplied,
    and water will not fail(AX) them.

17 Your eyes will see the king(AY) in his beauty(AZ)
    and view a land that stretches afar.(BA)
18 In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror:(BB)
    “Where is that chief officer?
Where is the one who took the revenue?
    Where is the officer in charge of the towers?(BC)
19 You will see those arrogant people(BD) no more,
    people whose speech is obscure,
    whose language is strange and incomprehensible.(BE)

20 Look on Zion,(BF) the city of our festivals;
    your eyes will see Jerusalem,
    a peaceful abode,(BG) a tent(BH) that will not be moved;(BI)
its stakes will never be pulled up,
    nor any of its ropes broken.
21 There the Lord will be our Mighty(BJ) One.
    It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams.(BK)
No galley with oars will ride them,
    no mighty ship(BL) will sail them.
22 For the Lord is our judge,(BM)
    the Lord is our lawgiver,(BN)
the Lord is our king;(BO)
    it is he who will save(BP) us.

23 Your rigging hangs loose:
    The mast is not held secure,
    the sail is not spread.
Then an abundance of spoils will be divided
    and even the lame(BQ) will carry off plunder.(BR)
24 No one living in Zion will say, “I am ill”;(BS)
    and the sins of those who dwell there will be forgiven.(BT)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 33:6 Or is a treasure from him
  2. Isaiah 33:8 Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text / the cities

O Lord, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.

And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.

The Lord is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.

And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the Lord is his treasure.

Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.

The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.

The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.

10 Now will I rise, saith the Lord; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.

11 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.

12 And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.

13 Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might.

14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?

15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;

16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

17 Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.

18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?

19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.

20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.

21 But there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.

22 For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us.

23 Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.

24 And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.

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15 This is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says:

“Go, say to this steward,
    to Shebna(A) the palace(B) administrator:(C)
16 What are you doing here and who gave you permission
    to cut out a grave(D) for yourself(E) here,
hewing your grave on the height
    and chiseling your resting place in the rock?

17 “Beware, the Lord is about to take firm hold of you
    and hurl(F) you away, you mighty man.
18 He will roll you up tightly like a ball
    and throw(G) you into a large country.
There you will die
    and there the chariots(H) you were so proud of
    will become a disgrace to your master’s house.
19 I will depose you from your office,
    and you will be ousted(I) from your position.(J)

20 “In that day(K) I will summon my servant,(L) Eliakim(M) son of Hilkiah. 21 I will clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash(N) around him and hand your authority(O) over to him. He will be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the people of Judah. 22 I will place on his shoulder(P) the key(Q) to the house of David;(R) what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.(S) 23 I will drive him like a peg(T) into a firm place;(U) he will become a seat[a] of honor(V) for the house of his father. 24 All the glory of his family will hang on him: its offspring and offshoots—all its lesser vessels, from the bowls to all the jars.

25 “In that day,(W)” declares the Lord Almighty, “the peg(X) driven into the firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and will fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut down.” The Lord has spoken.(Y)

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  1. Isaiah 22:23 Or throne

15 Thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say,

16 What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?

17 Behold, the Lord will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.

18 He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house.

19 And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.

20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:

21 And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.

22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.

23 And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house.

24 And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.

25 In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the Lord hath spoken it.

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