ISAIAH CHAPTER 45

Isaiah 45:1 Thus said YHWH, To His anointed, to Cyrus, Whose right hand I have laid hold on, To subdue nations before him, Yea, loins of kings I loose, To open before him two-leaved doors, Yea, gates are not shut:
45:2 `I go before thee, and crooked places make straight, Two-leaved doors of brass I shiver, And bars of iron I cut asunder,
45:3 And have given to thee treasures of darkness, Even treasures of secret places, So that thou knowest that I, YHWH, Who am calling on thy name -- [am] the God of Israel.
45:4 For the sake of my servant Jacob, And of Israel My chosen, I call also thee by thy name, I surname thee, And thou hast not known Me.
45:5 I [am] YHWH, and there is none else, Except Me there is no God, I gird thee, and thou hast not known Me.
45:6 So that they know from the rising of the sun, And from the west, that there is none besides Me, I [am] YHWH, and there is none else,
45:7 Forming light, and preparing darkness, Making peace, and preparing evil, I [am] YHWH, doing all these things.'
45:8 Drop, ye heavens, from above, And clouds do cause righteousness to flow, Earth openeth, and they are fruitful, Salvation and righteousness spring up together, I, YHWH, have prepared it.
45:9 Wo [to] him who is striving with his Former, (A potsherd with potsherds of the ground!) Doth clay say to its Framer, `What dost thou?' And thy work, `He hath no hands?'
Isaiah 45:10 Wo [to] him who is saying to a father, `What dost thou beget?' Or to a wife, `What dost thou bring forth?
45:11 Thus said YHWH, The Holy One of Israel, and his Former: Ask Me of the things coming concerning My sons, Yea, concerning the work of My hands, ye command Me.'
45:12 I made earth, and man on it prepared, I -- My hands stretched out the heavens, And all their host I have commanded.
45:13 I have stirred him up in righteousness, And all his ways I make straight, He doth build My city, and My captivity doth send out, Not for price, nor for bribe, said YHWH of Hosts.
45:14 Thus said YHWH, `The labour of Egypt, And the merchandise of Cush, And of the Sebaim -- men of measure, Unto thee pass over, and thine they are, After thee they go, in fetters they pass over, And unto thee they bow themselves, Unto thee they pray: Only in thee [is] God, And there is none else, no [other] God.
45:15 Surely Thou [art] a God hiding Thyself, God of Israel -- Saviour!
45:16 They have been ashamed, And they have even blushed -- all of them, Together gone in confusion have those carving images.
45:17 Israel hath been saved in YHWH, A salvation age-during! Ye are not ashamed nor confounded Unto the ages of eternity!
45:18 For thus said YHWH, Creator of heaven, He is God, Former of earth, and its Maker, He established it -- not empty He prepared it, For inhabiting He formed it: `I [am] YHWH, and there is none else.
45:19 Not in secret have I spoken, in a dark place of the earth, I have not said to the seed of Jacob, In vain seek ye Me, I [am] YHWH, speaking righteousness, Declaring uprightness.
Isaiah 45:20 Be gathered, and come in, Come nigh together, ye escaped of the nations, They have not known, Who are lifting up the wood of their graven image, And praying unto a god [that] saveth not.
45:21 Declare ye, and bring near, Yea, they take counsel together, Who hath proclaimed this from of old? From that time hath declared it? Is it not I -- YHWH? And there is no other god besides Me, A God righteous and saving, there is none save Me.
45:22 Turn to Me, and be saved, all ends of the earth, For I [am] God, and there is none else.
45:23 By Myself I have sworn, Gone out from my mouth in righteousness hath a word, And it turneth not back, That to Me, bow doth every knee, every tongue swear.
45:24 Only in YHWH, said hath one, Have I righteousness and strength, Unto Him he cometh in, And ashamed are all those displeased with Him.
45:25 In YHWH are all the seed of Israel justified, And they boast themselves.'

ISAIAH CHAPTER 46

Isaiah 46:1 Bowed down hath Bel, stooping is Nebo, Their idols have been for the beast and for cattle, Your burdens are loaded, a burden to the weary.
46:2 They have stooped, they have bowed together, They have not been able to deliver the burden, And themselves into captivity have gone.
46:3 Hearken unto Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of Israel, Who are borne from the belly, Who are carried from the womb,
46:4 Even to old age I [am] He, and to grey hairs I carry, I made, and I bear, yea, I carry and deliver.
46:5 To whom do ye liken Me, and make equal? And compare Me, that we may be like?
46:6 -- They are pouring out gold from a bag, And silver on the beam they weigh, They hire a refiner, and he maketh it a god, They fall down, yea, they bow themselves.
46:7 They lift him up on the shoulder, They carry him, and cause him to rest in his place, And he standeth, from his place he moveth not, Yea, one crieth unto him, and he answereth not, From his adversity he saveth him not.
46:8 Remember this, and shew yourselves men, Turn [it] back, O transgressors, to the heart.
46:9 Remember former things of old, For I [am] Mighty, and there is none else, God -- and there is none like Me.
Isaiah 46:10 Declaring from the beginning the latter end, And from of old that which hath not been done, Saying, `My counsel doth stand, And all My delight I do.'
46:11 Calling from the east a ravenous bird, From a far land the man of My counsel, Yea, I have spoken, yea, I bring it in, I have formed [it], yea, I do it.
46:12 Hearken unto Me, ye mighty in heart, Who are far from righteousness.
46:13 I have brought near My righteousness, It is not far off, And My salvation -- it doth not tarry, And I have given in Zion salvation, To Israel My glory!

ISAIAH CHAPTER 47

Isaiah 47:1 Come down, and sit on the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, Sit on the earth, there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans, For no more do they cry to thee, `O tender and delicate one.'
47:2 Take millstones, and grind flour, Remove thy veil, draw up the skirt, Uncover the leg, pass over the floods.
47:3 Revealed is thy nakedness, yea, seen is thy reproach, Vengeance I take, and I meet not a man.
47:4 Our redeemer [is] YHWH of Hosts, His name [is] the Holy One of Israel.
47:5 Sit silent, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans, For no more do they cry to thee, `Mistress of kingdoms.'
47:6 I have been wroth against My people, I have polluted Mine inheritance And I give them into thy hand, Thou hast not appointed for them mercies, On the aged thou hast made thy yoke very heavy,
47:7 And thou sayest, `To the age I am mistress,' While thou hast not laid these things to thy heart, Thou hast not remembered the latter end of it.
47:8 And now, hear this, O luxurious one, Who is sitting confidently -- Who is saying in her heart, `I [am], and none else, I sit not a widow, nor know bereavement.'
47:9 And come in to thee do these two things, In a moment, in one day, childlessness and widowhood, According to their perfection they have come upon thee, In the multitude of thy sorceries, In the exceeding might of thy charms.
Isaiah 47:10 And thou art confident in thy wickedness, Thou hast said, `There is none seeing me,' Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, It is turning thee back, And thou sayest in thy heart, `I [am], and none else.'
47:11 And come in on thee hath evil, Thou knowest not its rising, And fall on thee doth mischief, Thou art not able to pacify it, And come on thee suddenly doth desolation, Thou knowest not.
47:12 Stand, I pray thee, in thy charms, And in the multitude of thy sorceries, In which thou hast laboured from thy youth, It may be thou art able to profit, It may be thou dost terrify!
47:13 Thou hast been wearied in the multitude of thy counsels, Stand up, I pray thee, and save thee, Let the charmers of the heavens, Those looking on the stars, Those teaching concerning the months, From those things that come on thee!
47:14 Lo, they have been as stubble! Fire hath burned them, They deliver not themselves from the power of the flame, There is not a coal to warm them, a light to sit before it.
47:15 So have they been to thee with whom thou hast laboured, Thy merchants from thy youth, Each to his passage they have wandered, Thy saviour is not!

ISAIAH CHAPTER 48

Isaiah 48:1 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, Who are called by the name of Israel, And from the waters of Judah came out, Who are swearing by the name of YHWH, And of the God of Israel make mention, Not in truth nor in righteousness.
48:2 For from the Holy City they have been called, And on the God of Israel been supported, YHWH of Hosts [is] His name.
48:3 The former things from that time I declared, And from my mouth they have gone forth, And I proclaim them, Suddenly I have done, and it cometh.
48:4 From my knowing that thou art obstinate, And a sinew of iron thy neck, And thy forehead brass,
48:5 And I declare to thee from that time, Before it cometh I have caused thee to hear, Lest thou say, `Mine idol hath done them, And my graven image, And my molten image did command them.
48:6 Thou hast heard, see the whole of it, And ye, do ye not declare? I have caused thee to hear new things from this time, And things reserved that ye knew not.
48:7 Now they have been produced and not from that time, Yea, before the day, and thou hast not heard them, Lest thou say, `Lo, I have known them.'
48:8 Yea, thou hast not heard, Yea, thou hast not known, Yea, from that time not opened hath thine ear, For I have known thou dealest treacherously, And `Transgressor from the belly,' One is crying to thee.
48:9 For My name's sake I defer Mine anger, And My praise I restrain for thee, So as not to cut thee off.
Isaiah 48:10 Lo, I have refined thee, and not with silver, I have chosen thee in a furnace of affliction.
48:11 For My sake, for Mine own sake, I do [it], For how is it polluted? And Mine honour to another I give not.
48:12 Hearken to me, O Jacob, and Israel, My called one, I [am] He, I [am] first, and I [am] last;
48:13 Also, My hand hath founded earth, And My right hand stretched out the heavens, I am calling unto them, they stand together.
48:14 Be gathered all of you, and hear, Who among them did declare these things? YHWH hath loved him, He doth His pleasure on Babylon, And His arm [is on] the Chaldeans.
48:15 I -- I have spoken, yea, I have called him, I have brought him in, And he hath made prosperous his way.
48:16 Come ye near unto me, hear this, Not from the beginning in secret spake I, From the time of its being, there [am] I, And now the Lord YHWH hath sent me, and His Spirit.
48:17 Thus said YHWH, thy redeemer, The Holy One of Israel, `I [am] YHWH thy God, teaching thee to profit, Causing thee to tread in the way thou goest.
48:18 O that thou hadst attended to My commands, Then as a river is thy peace, And thy righteousness as billows of the sea,
48:19 And as sand is thy seed, And the offspring of thy bowels as its gravel, Not cut off nor destroyed his name before Me.
Isaiah 48:20 Go out from Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans, With a voice of singing declare, Cause ye this to be heard, Bring it forth unto the end of the earth, Say, Redeemed hath YHWH His servant Jacob.
48:21 And they have not thirsted in waste places, He hath caused them to go on, Waters from a rock he hath caused to flow to them, Yea, he cleaveth a rock, and flow do waters.
48:22 There is no peace, said YHWH, to the wicked!

ISAIAH CHAPTER 49

Isaiah 49:1 Hearken, O isles, unto me, And attend, O peoples, from afar, YHWH from the womb hath called me, From the bowels of my mother He hath made mention of my name.
49:2 And he maketh my mouth as a sharp sword, In the shadow of His hand He hath hid me, And He maketh me for a clear arrow, In His quiver He hath hid me.
49:3 And He saith to me, `My servant Thou art, O Israel, In whom I beautify Myself.'
49:4 And I said, `For a vain thing I laboured, For emptiness and vanity my power I consumed, But my judgment [is] with YHWH, And my wage with my God.
49:5 And now, said YHWH, who is forming me from the belly for a servant to Him, To bring back Jacob unto Him, (Though Israel is not gathered, Yet I am honoured in the eyes of YHWH, And my God hath been my strength.)
49:6 And He saith, `It hath been a light thing That thou art to Me for a servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And the preserved of Israel to bring back, And I have given thee for a light of nations, To be My salvation unto the end of the earth.'
49:7 Thus said YHWH, Redeemer of Israel, His Holy One, To the despised in soul, To the abominated of a nation, To the servant of rulers: `Kings see, and have risen, princes, and worship, For the sake of YHWH, who is faithful, The Holy of Israel, and He chooseth thee.'
49:8 Thus said YHWH: `In a time of good pleasure I answered thee, And in a day of salvation I helped thee, And I keep thee, and give thee, For a covenant of the people, To establish the earth, To cause to inherit desolate inheritances.
49:9 To say to the bound, Go out, To those in darkness, Be uncovered. On the ways they feed, And in all high places is their pasture.
Isaiah 49:10 They do not hunger, nor thirst, Nor smite them doth mirage and sun, For He who is pitying them doth lead them, And by fountains of waters doth tend them.
49:11 And I have made all My mountains for a way, And My highways are lifted up.
49:12 Lo, these from afar come in, And lo, these from the north, and from the sea, And these from the land of Sinim.
49:13 Sing, O heavens, and joy, O earth, And break forth, O mountains, with singing, For comforted hath YHWH His people, And His afflicted ones He doth pity.
49:14 And Zion saith, `YHWH hath forsaken me, And my Lord hath forgotten me.'
49:15 Forget doth a woman her suckling, The loved one -- the son of her womb? Yea, these forget -- but I -- I forget not thee.
49:16 Lo, on the palms of the hand I have graven thee, Thy walls [are] before Me continually.
49:17 Hastened have those building thee, Those destroying thee, and laying thee waste, go out from thee.
49:18 Lift up round about thine eyes and see, All of them have been gathered, They have come to thee. I live, an affirmation of YHWH! Surely all of them as an ornament thou puttest on, And thou bindest them on like a bride.
49:19 Because thy wastes, and thy desolate places, And the land of thy ruins, Surely now are straitened because of inhabitants, And far off have been those consuming thee.
Isaiah 49:20 Again do the sons of thy bereavement say in thine ears: `The place is too strait for me, Come nigh to me -- and I dwell.'
49:21 And thou hast said in thy heart: `Who hath begotten for me -- these? And I bereaved and gloomy, A captive, and turned aside, And these -- who hath nourished? Lo, I -- I was left by myself, these -- whence [are] they?
49:22 Thus said the Lord YHWH: `Lo, I lift up unto nations My hand, And unto peoples I raise up Mine ensign, And they have brought thy sons in the bosom, And thy daughters on the shoulder are carried.
49:23 And kings have been thy nursing fathers, And their princesses thy nursing mothers; Face to the earth -- they bow down to thee, And the dust of thy feet they lick up, And thou hast known that I [am] YHWH, That those expecting Me are not ashamed.
49:24 Is prey taken from the mighty? And the captive of the righteous delivered?
49:25 For thus said YHWH: Even the captive of the mighty is taken, And the prey of the terrible is delivered, And with thy striver I strive, and thy sons I save.
49:26 And I have caused thine oppressors to eat their own flesh, And as new wine they drink their own blood, And known have all flesh that I, YHWH, Thy saviour, and thy redeemer, [Am] the Mighty One of Jacob!'

ISAIAH CHAPTER 50

Isaiah 50:1 Thus said YHWH: `Where [is] this -- the bill of your mother's divorce, Whom I sent away? Or to which of My creditors have I sold you? Lo, for your iniquities ye have been sold, And for your transgressions Hath your mother been sent away.
50:2 Wherefore have I come, and there is no one? I called, and there is none answering, Hath My hand been at all short of redemption? And is there not in me power to deliver? Lo, by My rebuke I dry up a sea, I make rivers a wilderness, Their fish stinketh, for there is no water, And dieth with thirst.
50:3 I clothe the heavens [with] blackness, And sackcloth I make their covering.
50:4 The Lord YHWH hath given to me The tongue of taught ones, To know to aid the weary [by] a word, He waketh morning by morning, He waketh for me an ear to hear as taught ones.
50:5 The Lord YHWH opened for me the ear, And I rebelled not -- backward I moved not.
50:6 My back I have given to those smiting, And my cheeks to those plucking out, My face I hid not from shame and spitting.
50:7 And the Lord YHWH giveth help to me, Therefore I have not been ashamed, Therefore I have set my face as a flint, And I know that I am not ashamed.
50:8 Near [is] He who is justifying me, Who doth contend with me? We stand together, who [is] mine opponent? Let him come nigh unto me.
50:9 Lo, the Lord YHWH giveth help to me, Who [is] he that declareth me wicked? Lo, all of them as a garment wear out, A moth doth eat them.
Isaiah 50:10 Who [is] among you, fearing YHWH, Hearkening to the voice of His servant, That hath walked in dark places, And there is no brightness for him? Let him trust in the name of YHWH, And lean upon his God.
50:11 Lo, all ye kindling a fire, girding on sparks, Walk ye in the light of your fire, And in the sparks ye have caused to burn, From my hand hath this been to you, In grief ye lie down!

ISAIAH CHAPTER 51

Isaiah 51:1 Hearken unto Me, ye pursuing righteousness, Seeking YHWH, Look attentively unto the rock -- ye have been hewn, And unto the hole of the pit -- ye have been digged.
51:2 Look attentively unto Abraham your father, And unto Sarah -- she bringeth you forth, For -- one -- I have called him, And I bless him, and multiply him.
51:3 For YHWH hath comforted Zion, He hath comforted all her wastes, And He setteth her wilderness as Eden, And her desert as a garden of YHWH, Joy, yea, gladness is found in her, Confession, and the voice of song.
51:4 Attend unto Me, O My people, And, O My nation, unto Me give ear. For a law from Me goeth out, And My judgment to the light, Peoples I do cause to rest.
51:5 Near [is] My righteousness, Gone out hath My salvation and Mine arms, Peoples they judge, on Me isles do wait, Yea, on Mine arm they do wait with hope.
51:6 Lift ye up to the heavens your eyes, And look attentively unto the earth beneath, For the heavens as smoke have vanished, And the earth as a garment weareth out, And its inhabitants as gnats do die, And My salvation is to the age, And My righteousness is not broken.
51:7 Hearken unto Me, ye who know righteousness, A people, in whose heart [is] My law, Fear ye not the reproach of men, And for their reviling be not affrighted,
51:8 For as a garment eat them doth a moth, And as wool eat them doth a worm, And My righteousness is to the age, And My salvation to all generations.
51:9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of YHWH, Awake, as [in] days of old, generations of the ages, Art not Thou it that is hewing down Rahab, Piercing a dragon!
Isaiah 51:10 Art not Thou it that is drying up a sea, Waters of a great deep? That hath made deep places of a sea A way for the passing of the redeemed?
51:11 And the ransomed of YHWH turn back, And they have come to Zion with singing, And joy age-during [is] on their head, Gladness and joy they attain, Fled away have sorrow and sighing,
51:12 I -- I [am] He -- your comforter, Who [art] thou -- and thou art afraid of man? he dieth! And of the son of man -- grass he is made!
51:13 And thou dost forget YHWH thy maker, Who is stretching out the heavens, and founding earth, And thou dost fear continually all the day, Because of the fury of the oppressor, As he hath prepared to destroy. And where [is] the fury of the oppressor?
51:14 Hastened hath a wanderer to be loosed, And he doth not die at the pit, And his bread is not lacking.
51:15 And I [am] YHWH thy God, Quieting the sea, when its billows roar, YHWH of Hosts [is] His name.
51:16 And I put My words in thy mouth, And with the shadow of My hand have covered thee, To plant the heavens, and to found earth, And to say to Zion, `My people [art] thou.'
51:17 Stir thyself, stir thyself, rise, Jerusalem, Who hast drunk from the hand of YHWH The cup of His fury, The goblet, the cup of trembling, thou hast drunk, Thou hast wrung out.
51:18 There is not a leader to her Out of all the sons she hath borne, And there is none laying hold on her hand Out of all the sons she hath nourished.
51:19 These two are meeting thee, who is moved for thee? Spoiling and destruction -- Famine and sword, who -- I comfort thee?
Isaiah 51:20 Thy sons have been wrapt up, they have lain down, At the head of all out places, as a wild ox [in] a net, They are full of the fury of YHWH, The rebuke of Thy God.
51:21 Therefore, hear, I pray thee, this, O afflicted and drunken one, and not with wine,
51:22 Thus said thy Lord YHWH, and thy God, He pleadeth [for] his people: `Lo, I have taken out of thy hand the cup of trembling, The goblet, the cup of My fury, Thou dost not add to drink it any more.
51:23 And I have put it into the hand of those afflicting thee, Who have said to thy soul, Bow down, and we pass over, And thou makest as the earth thy body, And as the street to those passing by!'

ISAIAH CHAPTER 52

Isaiah 52:1 Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion, Put on the garments of thy beauty, Jerusalem -- the Holy City; For enter no more into thee again, Do the uncircumcised and unclean.
52:2 Shake thyself from dust, arise, sit, O Jerusalem, Bands of thy neck have loosed themselves, O captive, daughter of Zion.
52:3 For thus said YHWH: `For nought ye have been sold, And not by money are ye redeemed.'
52:4 For thus said the Lord YHWH: `To Egypt My people went down at first to sojourn there, And Asshur -- for nought he hath oppressed it.
52:5 And now, what -- to Me here, An affirmation of YHWH, That taken is My people for nought? Its rulers cause howling, -- an affirmation of YHWH, And continually all the day My name is despised.
52:6 Therefore doth My people know My name, Therefore, in that day, Surely I [am] He who is speaking, behold Me.'
52:7 How comely on the mountains, Have been the feet of one proclaiming tidings, Sounding peace, proclaiming good tidings, Sounding salvation, Saying to Zion, `Reigned hath thy God.'
52:8 The voice of thy watchmen! They have lifted up the voice, together they cry aloud, Because eye to eye they see, in YHWH's turning back [to] Zion.
52:9 Break forth, sing together, O wastes of Jerusalem, For YHWH hath comforted His people, He hath redeemed Jerusalem.
Isaiah 52:10 YHWH hath made bare His holy arm Before the eyes of all the nations, And seen have all the ends of the earth, The salvation of our God.
52:11 Turn aside, turn aside, go out thence, The unclean touch not, go out from her midst, Be ye pure, who are bearing the weapons of YHWH.
52:12 For not in haste do ye go out, Yea, with flight ye go not on, For going before you [is] YHWH, And gathering you [is] the God of Israel!
52:13 Lo, My servant doth act wisely, He is high, and hath been lifted up, And hath been very high.
52:14 As astonished at thee have been many, (So marred by man his appearance, And his form by sons of men.)
52:15 So doth he sprinkle many nations. Concerning him kings shut their mouth, For that which was not recounted to them they have seen, And that which they had not heard they have understood!

ISAIAH CHAPTER 53

Isaiah 53:1 Who hath given credence to that which we heard? And the arm of YHWH, On whom hath it been revealed?
53:2 Yea, he cometh up as a tender plant before Him, And as a root out of a dry land, He hath no form, nor honour, when we observe him, Nor appearance, when we desire him.
53:3 He is despised, and left of men, A man of pains, and acquainted with sickness, And as one hiding the face from us, He is despised, and we esteemed him not.
53:4 Surely our sicknesses he hath borne, And our pains -- he hath carried them, And we -- we have esteemed him plagued, Smitten of God, and afflicted.
53:5 And he is pierced for our transgressions, Bruised for our iniquities, The chastisement of our peace [is] on him, And by his bruise there is healing to us.
53:6 All of us like sheep have wandered, Each to his own way we have turned, And YHWH hath caused to meet on him, The punishment of us all.
53:7 It hath been exacted, and he hath answered, And he openeth not his mouth, As a lamb to the slaughter he is brought, And as a sheep before its shearers is dumb, And he openeth not his mouth.
53:8 By restraint and by judgment he hath been taken, And of his generation who doth meditate, That he hath been cut off from the land of the living? By the transgression of My people he is plagued,
53:9 And it appointeth with the wicked his grave, And with the rich [are] his high places, Because he hath done no violence, Nor [is] deceit in his mouth.
Isaiah 53:10 And YHWH hath delighted to bruise him, He hath made him sick, If his soul doth make an offering for guilt, He seeth seed -- he prolongeth days, And the pleasure of YHWH in his hand doth prosper.
53:11 Of the labour of his soul he seeth -- he is satisfied, Through his knowledge give righteousness Doth the righteous one, My servant, to many, And their iniquities he doth bear.
53:12 Therefore I give a portion to him among the many, And with the mighty he apportioneth spoil, Because that he exposed to death his soul, And with transgressors he was numbered, And he the sin of many hath borne, And for transgressors he intercedeth.

ISAIAH CHAPTER 54

Isaiah 54:1 Sing, O barren, she hath not borne! Break forth with singing, and cry aloud, She hath not brought forth! For more [are] the sons of the desolate, Than the sons of the married one, said YHWH.
54:2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, And the curtains of thy tabernacles they stretch out, Restrain not -- lengthen thy cords, And thy pins make strong.
54:3 For right and left thou breakest forth, And thy seed doth nations possess,
54:4 And desolate cities they cause to be inhabited. Fear not, for thou art not ashamed, Nor blush, for thou art not confounded, For the shame of thy youth thou forgettest, And the reproach of thy widowhood Thou dost not remember any more.
54:5 For thy Maker [is] thy husband, YHWH of Hosts [is] His name, And thy Redeemer [is] the Holy One of Israel, `God of all the earth,' He is called.
54:6 For, as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, Called thee hath YHWH, Even a youthful wife when she is refused, said thy God.
54:7 In a small moment I have forsaken thee, And in great mercies I do gather thee,
54:8 In overflowing wrath I hid my face [for] a moment from thee, And in kindness age-during I have loved thee, Said thy Redeemer -- YHWH!
54:9 For, the waters of Noah [is] this to Me, In that I have sworn -- the waters of Noah Do not pass again over the earth -- So I have sworn, Wrath is not upon thee, Nor rebuke against thee.
Isaiah 54:10 For the mountains depart, and the hills remove, And My kindness from thee departeth not, And the covenant of My peace removeth not, Said hath thy loving one -- YHWH.
54:11 O afflicted, storm-tossed, not comforted, Lo, I am laying with cement thy stones, And have founded thee with sapphires,
54:12 And have made of agate thy pinnacles, And thy gates of carbuncle stones, And all thy border of stones of delight,
54:13 And all thy sons are taught of YHWH, And abundant [is] the peace of thy sons.
54:14 In righteousness thou establishest thyself, Be far from oppression, for thou fearest not, And from ruin, for it cometh not near unto thee.
54:15 Lo, he doth diligently assemble without My desire, Who hath assembled near thee? By thee he falleth!
54:16 Lo, I -- I have prepared an artizan, Blowing on a fire of coals, And bringing out an instrument for his work, And I have prepared a destroyer to destroy.
54:17 No weapon formed against thee prospereth, And every tongue rising against thee, In judgment thou condemnest. This [is] the inheritance of the servants of YHWH, And their righteousness from me, an affirmation of YHWH!

ISAIAH CHAPTER 55

Isaiah 55:1 Ho, every thirsty one, come ye to the waters, And he who hath no money, Come ye, buy and eat, yea, come, buy Without money and without price, wine and milk.
55:2 Why do ye weigh money for that which is not bread? And your labour for that which is not for satiety? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat good, And your soul doth delight itself in fatness.
55:3 Incline your ear, and come unto me, Hear, and your soul doth live, And I make for you a covenant age-during, The kind acts of David -- that are stedfast.
55:4 Lo, a witness to peoples I have given him, A leader and commander to peoples.
55:5 Lo, a nation thou knowest not, thou callest, And a nation who know thee not unto thee do run, For the sake of YHWH thy God, And for the Holy One of Israel, Because He hath beautified thee.
55:6 Seek ye YHWH, while He is found, Call ye Him, while He is near,
55:7 Forsake doth the wicked his way, And the man of iniquity his thoughts, And he returneth to YHWH, and He pitieth him, And unto our God for He multiplieth to pardon.
55:8 For not My thoughts [are] your thoughts, Nor your ways My ways, -- an affirmation of YHWH,
55:9 For high have the heavens been above the earth, So high have been My ways above your ways, And My thoughts above your thoughts.
Isaiah 55:10 For, as come down doth the shower, And the snow from the heavens, And thither returneth not, But hath watered the earth, And hath caused it to yield, and to spring up, And hath given seed to the sower, and bread to the eater,
55:11 So is My word that goeth out of My mouth, It turneth not back unto Me empty, But hath done that which I desired, And prosperously effected that [for] which I sent it.
55:12 For with joy ye go forth, And with peace ye are brought in, The mountains and the hills Break forth before you [with] singing, And all trees of the field clap the hand.
55:13 Instead of the thorn come up doth fir, Instead of the brier come up doth myrtle, And it hath been to YHWH for a name, For a sign age-during -- it is not cut off!

ISAIAH CHAPTER 56

Isaiah 56:1 Thus said YHWH: `Keep ye judgment, and do righteousness, For near [is] My salvation to come, And My righteousness to be revealed.'
56:2 O the happiness of a man who doth this, And of a son of man who keepeth hold on it, Keeping the sabbath from polluting it, And keeping his hand from doing any evil.
56:3 Nor speak let a son of the stranger, Who is joined unto YHWH, saying: `YHWH doth certainly separate me from His people.' Nor say let the eunuch, `Lo, I am a tree dried up,'
56:4 For thus said YHWH of the eunuchs, Who do keep My sabbaths, And have fixed on that which I desired, And are keeping hold on My covenant:
56:5 I have given to them in My house, And within My walls a station and a name, Better than sons and than daughters, A name age-during I give to him That is not cut off.
56:6 And sons of the stranger, who are joined to YHWH, To serve Him, and to love the name of YHWH, To be to Him for servants, Every keeper of the sabbath from polluting it, And those keeping hold on My covenant.
56:7 I have brought them unto My holy mountain, And caused them to rejoice in My house of prayer, Their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices [Are] for a pleasing thing on Mine altar, For My house, `A house of prayer,' Is called for all the peoples.
56:8 An affirmation of the Lord YHWH, Who is gathering the outcasts of Israel: `Again I gather to him -- to his gathered ones.'
56:9 Every beast of the field, Come to devour, every beast in the forest.
Isaiah 56:10 Blind [are] his watchmen -- all of them, They have not known, All of them [are] dumb dogs, they are not able to bark, Dozing, lying down, loving to slumber.
56:11 And the dogs [are] strong of desire, They have not known sufficiency, And they [are] shepherds! They have not known understanding, All of them to their own way they did turn, Each to his dishonest gain from his quarter:
56:12 `Come ye, I take wine, And we drink, quaff strong drink, And as this day hath been to-morrow, Great -- exceeding abundant!'

ISAIAH CHAPTER 57

Isaiah 57:1 The righteous hath perished, And there is none laying [it] to heart, And men of kindness are gathered, Without any considering that from the face of evil Gathered is the righteous one.
57:2 He entereth into peace, they rest on their beds, [Each] is going straightforward.
57:3 And ye, come near hither, O sons of a sorceress, seed of an adulterer, Even thou dost commit whoredom.
57:4 Against whom do ye sport yourselves? Against whom enlarge ye the mouth? Prolong ye the tongue? Are not ye children of transgression? a false seed?
57:5 Who are inflamed among oaks, under every green tree, Slaughtering the children in valleys, Under clefts of the rocks.
57:6 Among the smooth things of a brook [is] thy portion, They -- they [are] thy lot, Also to them thou hast poured out an oblation, Thou hast caused a present to ascend, For these things am I comforted?
57:7 On a mountain, high and exalted, Thou hast set thy couch, Also thither thou hast gone up to make a sacrifice.
57:8 And behind the door, and the post, Thou hast set up thy memorial, For from Me thou hast removed, and goest up, Thou hast enlarged thy couch, And dost covenant for thyself among them, Thou hast loved their couch, the station thou sawest,
57:9 And goest joyfully to the king in ointment, And dost multiply thy perfumes, And sendest thine ambassadors afar off, And humblest thyself unto Sheol.
Isaiah 57:10 In the greatness of thy way thou hast laboured, Thou hast not said, `It is desperate.' The life of thy hand thou hast found, Therefore thou hast not been sick.
57:11 And of whom hast thou been afraid, and fearest, That thou liest, and Me hast not remembered? Thou hast not laid [it] to thy heart, Am not I silent, even from of old? And Me thou fearest not?
57:12 I declare thy righteousness, and thy works, And they do not profit thee.
57:13 When thou criest, let thy gatherings deliver thee, And all of them carry away doth wind, Take away doth vanity, And whoso is trusting in Me inheriteth the land, And doth possess My holy mountain.
57:14 And he hath said, `Raise up, raise up, prepare a way, Lift a stumbling-block out of the way of My people.'
57:15 For thus said the high and exalted One, Inhabiting eternity, and holy [is] His name: `In the high and holy place I dwell, And with the bruised and humble of spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of bruised ones,'
57:16 For, not to the age do I strive, nor for ever am I wroth, For the spirit from before Me is feeble, And the souls I have made.
57:17 For the iniquity of his dishonest gain, I have been wroth, and I smite him, Hiding -- and am wroth, And he goeth on turning back in the way of his heart.
57:18 His ways I have seen, and I heal him, yea, I lead him, And recompense comforts to him and to his mourning ones.
57:19 Producing the fruit of the lips, `Peace, peace,' to the far off, and to the near, And I have healed him, said YHWH.
Isaiah 57:20 And the wicked [are] as the driven out sea, For to rest it is not able, And its waters cast out filth and mire.
57:21 There is no peace, said my God, to the wicked!

ISAIAH CHAPTER 58

Isaiah 58:1 Call with the throat, restrain not, As a trumpet lift up thy voice, And declare to My people their transgression, And to the house of Jacob their sins;
58:2 Seeing -- Me day by day they seek, And the knowledge of My ways they desire, As a nation that righteousness hath done, And the judgment of its God hath not forsaken, They ask of me judgments of righteousness, The drawing near of God they desire:
58:3 `Why have we fasted, and Thou hast not seen? We have afflicted our soul, and Thou knowest not.' Lo, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, And all your labours ye exact.
58:4 Lo, for strife and debate ye fast, And to smite with the fist of wickedness, Ye fast not as [to]-day, To sound in the high place your voice.
58:5 Like this is the fast that I choose? The day of a man's afflicting his soul? To bow as a reed his head, And sackcloth and ashes spread out? This dost thou call a fast, And a desirable day -- to YHWH?
58:6 Is not this the fast that I chose -- To loose the bands of wickedness, To shake off the burdens of the yoke, And to send out the oppressed free, And every yoke ye draw off?
58:7 Is it not to deal to the hungry thy bread, And the mourning poor bring home, That thou seest the naked and cover him, And from thine own flesh hide not thyself?
58:8 Then broken up as the dawn is thy light, And thy health in haste springeth up, Gone before thee hath thy righteousness, The honour of YHWH doth gather thee.
58:9 Then thou callest, and YHWH answereth, Thou criest, and He saith, `Behold Me.' If thou turn aside from thy midst the yoke, The sending forth of the finger, And the speaking of vanity,
Isaiah 58:10 And dost bring out to the hungry thy soul, And the afflicted soul dost satisfy, Then risen in the darkness hath thy light, And thy thick darkness [is] as noon.
58:11 And YHWH doth lead thee continually, And hath satisfied in drought thy soul, And thy bones He armeth, And thou hast been as a watered garden, And as an outlet of waters, whose waters lie not.
58:12 And they have built out of thee the wastes of old, The foundations of many generations thou raisest up, And one calleth thee, `Repairer of the breach, Restorer of paths to rest in.'
58:13 If thou dost turn from the sabbath thy foot, Doing thine own pleasure on My holy day, And hast cried to the sabbath, `A delight,' To the holy of YHWH, `Honoured,' And hast honoured it, without doing thine own ways, Without finding thine own pleasure, And speaking a word.
58:14 Then dost thou delight thyself on YHWH, And I have caused thee to ride on high places of earth, And have caused thee to eat the inheritance of Jacob thy father, For the mouth of YHWH hath spoken!

ISAIAH CHAPTER 59

Isaiah 59:1 Lo, the hand of YHWH Hath not been shortened from saving, Nor heavy his ear from hearing.
59:2 But your iniquities have been separating Between you and your God, And your sins have hidden The Presence from you -- from hearing.
59:3 For your hands have been polluted with blood, And your fingers with iniquity, Your lips have spoken falsehood, Your tongue perverseness doth mutter.
59:4 There is none calling in righteousness, And there is none pleading in faithfulness, Trusting on emptiness, and speaking falsehood, Conceiving perverseness, and bearing iniquity.
59:5 Eggs of a viper they have hatched, And webs of a spider they weave, Whoso is eating their eggs doth die, And the crushed hatcheth a viper.
59:6 Their webs become not a garment, Nor do they cover themselves with their works, Their works [are] works of iniquity, And a deed of violence [is] in their hands.
59:7 Their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed innocent blood, Their thoughts [are] thoughts of iniquity, Spoiling and destruction [are] in their highways.
59:8 A way of peace they have not known, And there is no judgment in their paths, Their paths they have made perverse for themselves, No treader in it hath known peace.
59:9 Therefore hath judgment been far from us, And righteousness reacheth us not, We wait for light, and lo, darkness, For brightness -- in thick darkness we go,
Isaiah 59:10 We feel like the blind [for] the wall, Yea, as without eyes we feel, We have stumbled at noon as at twilight, In desolate places as the dead.
59:11 We make a noise as bears -- all of us, And as doves we coo sorely; We wait for judgment, and there is none, For salvation -- it hath been far from us.
59:12 For our transgressions have been multiplied before Thee, And our sins have testified against us, For our transgressions [are] with us, And our iniquities -- we have known them.
59:13 Transgressing, and lying against YHWH, And removing from after our God, Speaking oppression and apostacy, Conceiving and uttering from the heart Words of falsehood.
59:14 And removed backward is judgment, And righteousness afar off standeth, For truth hath been feeble in the street, And straightforwardness is not able to enter,
59:15 And the truth is lacking, And whoso is turning aside from evil, Is making himself a spoil. And YHWH seeth, and it is evil in His eyes, That there is no judgment.
59:16 And He seeth that there is no man, And is astonished that there is no intercessor, And His own arm giveth salvation to Him, And His righteousness -- it sustained Him.
59:17 And He putteth on righteousness as a breastplate, And an helmet of salvation on His head, And He putteth on garments of vengeance [for] clothing, And is covered, as [with] an upper-robe, [with] zeal.
59:18 According to deeds -- so He repayeth. Fury to His adversaries, [their] deed to His enemies, To the isles [their] deed He repayeth.
59:19 And they fear from the west the name of YHWH, And from the rising of the sun -- His honour, When come in as a flood doth an adversary, The Spirit of YHWH hath raised an ensign against him.
Isaiah 59:20 And come to Zion hath a redeemer, Even to captives of transgression in Jacob, An affirmation of YHWH.
59:21 And I -- this [is] My covenant with them, said YHWH, My Spirit that [is] on thee, And My words that I have put in thy mouth, Depart not from thy mouth, And from the mouth of thy seed, And from the mouth of thy seed's seed, said YHWH, From henceforth unto the age!

ISAIAH CHAPTER 60

Isaiah 60:1 Arise, be bright, for come hath thy light, And the honour of YHWH hath risen on thee.
60:2 For, lo, the darkness doth cover the earth, And thick darkness the peoples, And on thee rise doth YHWH, And His honour on thee is seen.
60:3 And come have nations to thy light, And kings to the brightness of thy rising.
60:4 Lift up round about thine eyes and see, All of them have been gathered, they have come to thee, Thy sons from afar do come, And thy daughters on the side are supported.
60:5 Then thou seest, and hast become bright, And thine heart hath been afraid and enlarged, For turn unto thee doth the multitude of the sea, The forces of nations do come to thee.
60:6 A company of camels covereth thee, Dromedaries of Midian and Ephah, All of them from Sheba do come, Gold and frankincense they bear, And of the praises of YHWH they proclaim the tidings.
60:7 All the flock of Kedar are gathered to thee, The rams of Nebaioth do serve thee, They ascend for acceptance Mine altar, And the house of My beauty I beautify.
60:8 Who [are] these -- as a thick cloud they fly, And as doves unto their windows?
60:9 Surely for Me isles do wait, And ships of Tarshish first, To bring thy sons from afar, Their silver and their gold with them, To the name of YHWH thy God, And to the Holy One of Israel, Because He hath beautified thee.
Isaiah 60:10 And sons of a stranger have built thy walls, And their kings do serve thee, For in My wrath I have smitten thee, And in My good pleasure I have pitied thee.
60:11 And opened have thy gates continually, By day and by night they are not shut, To bring unto thee the force of nations, Even their kings are led.
60:12 For the nation and the kingdom that do not serve thee perish, Yea, the nations are utterly wasted.
60:13 The honour of Lebanon unto thee doth come, Fir, pine, and box together, To beautify the place of My sanctuary, And the place of My feet I make honourable.
60:14 And come unto thee, bowing down, Have sons of those afflicting thee, And bowed themselves to the soles of thy feet Have all despising thee, And they have cried to thee: `City of YHWH, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.'
60:15 Instead of thy being forsaken and hated, And none passing through, I have made thee for an excellency age-during, A joy of generation and generation.
60:16 And thou hast sucked the milk of nations, Yea, the breast of kings thou suckest, And thou hast known that I, YHWH, Thy Saviour, and Thy Redeemer, [Am] the Mighty One of Jacob.
60:17 Instead of the brass I bring in gold, And instead of the iron I bring in silver, And instead of the wood brass, And instead of the stone iron, And I have made thy inspection peace, And thy exactors righteousness.
60:18 Violence is not heard any more in thy land, Spoiling and destruction in thy borders, And thou hast called `Salvation' thy walls, And thy gates, `Praise.'
60:19 To thee no more is the sun for a light by day, And for brightness the moon giveth not light to thee, And YHWH hath become to thee A light age-during, and thy God thy beauty.
Isaiah 60:20 Thy sun goeth no more in, And thy moon is not removed, For YHWH becometh to thee a light age-during. And the days of thy mourning have been completed.
60:21 And thy people [are] all of them righteous, To the age they possess the earth, A branch of My planting, A work of My hands, to be beautified.
60:22 The little one doth become a chief, And the small one a mighty nation, I, YHWH, in its own time do hasten it!

ISAIAH CHAPTER 61

Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord YHWH [is] on me, Because YHWH did anoint me To proclaim tidings to the humble, He sent me to bind the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives liberty, And to bound ones an opening of bands.
61:2 To proclaim the year of the good pleasure of YHWH, And the day of vengeance of our God, To comfort all mourners.
61:3 To appoint to mourners in Zion, To give to them beauty instead of ashes, The oil of joy instead of mourning, A covering of praise for a spirit of weakness, And He is calling to them, `Trees of righteousness, The planting of YHWH -- to be beautified.'
61:4 And they have built the wastes of old, The desolations of the ancients they raise up, And they have renewed waste cities, The desolations of generation and generation.
61:5 And strangers have stood and fed your flock, Sons of a foreigner [are] your husbandmen, And your vine-dressers.
61:6 And ye are called `Priests of YHWH,' `Ministers of our God,' is said of you, The strength of nations ye consume, And in their honour ye do boast yourselves.
61:7 Instead of your shame and confusion, A second time they sing of their portion, Therefore in their land A second time do they take possession, Joy age-during [is] for them.
61:8 For I [am] YHWH, loving judgment, Hating plunder for a burnt-offering, And I have given their wage in truth, And a covenant age-during I make for them.
61:9 And known among nations hath been their seed, And their offspring in the midst of the peoples, All their beholders acknowledge them, For they [are] a seed YHWH hath blessed.
Isaiah 61:10 I greatly rejoice in YHWH, Joy doth my soul in my God, For He clothed me with garments of salvation, With a robe of righteousness covereth Me, As a bridegroom prepareth ornaments, And as a bride putteth on her jewels.
61:11 For, as the earth bringeth forth her shoots, And as a garden causeth its sown things to shoot up, So the Lord YHWH causeth righteousness and praise To shoot up before all the nations!

ISAIAH CHAPTER 62

Isaiah 62:1 For Zion's sake I am not silent, And for Jerusalem's sake I do not rest, Till her righteousness go out as brightness, And her salvation, as a torch that burneth.
62:2 And nations have seen thy righteousness, And all kings thine honour, And He is giving to thee a new name, That the mouth of YHWH doth define.
62:3 And thou hast been a crown of beauty in the hand of YHWH, And a diadem of royalty in the hand of thy God,
62:4 It is not said of thee any more, `Forsaken!' And of thy land it is not said any more, `Desolate,' For to thee is cried, `My delight [is] in her,' And to thy land, `Married,' For YHWH hath delighted in thee, And thy land is married.
62:5 For a young man doth marry a virgin, Thy Builders do marry thee, With the joy of a bridegroom over a bride, Rejoice over thee doth thy God.
62:6 `On thy walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen, All the day, and all the night, Continually, they are not silent.' O ye remembrancers of YHWH, Keep not silence for yourselves,
62:7 And give not silence to Him, Till He establish, and till He make Jerusalem A praise in the earth.
62:8 Sworn hath YHWH by His right hand, Even by the arm of His strength: `I give not thy corn any more [as] food for thine enemies, Nor do sons of a stranger drink thy new wine, For which thou hast laboured.
62:9 For, those gathering it do eat it, and have praised YHWH, And those collecting it do drink it in My holy courts.'
Isaiah 62:10 Pass ye on, pass on through the gates, Prepare ye the way of the people, Raise up, raise up the highway, clear it from stones, Lift up an ensign over the peoples.
62:11 Lo, YHWH hath proclaimed unto the end of the earth: `Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Lo, thy salvation hath come,' Lo, his hire [is] with him, and his wage before him.
62:12 And they have cried to them, `People of the Holy One, Redeemed of YHWH,' Yea, to thee is called, `Sought out one, a city not forsaken!'

ISAIAH CHAPTER 63

Isaiah 63:1 `Who [is] this coming from Edom? With dyed garments from Bozrah? This that is honourable in his clothing, Travelling in the abundance of his power?' -- `I, speaking in righteousness, mighty to save.'
63:2 `Wherefore [is] thy clothing red? And thy garments as treading in a wine fat?'
63:3 -- `A wine-press I have trodden by myself, And of the peoples there is no one with me, And I tread them in mine anger, And I trample them in my fury, Sprinkled is their strength on my garments, And all my clothing I have polluted.
63:4 For the day of vengeance [is] in my heart, And the year of my redeemed hath come.
63:5 And I look attentively, and there is none helping, And I am astonished that there is none supporting, And give salvation to me doth mine own arm. And my wrath -- it hath supported me.
63:6 And I tread down peoples in mine anger, And I make them drunk in my fury, And I bring down to earth their strength.
63:7 The kind acts of YHWH I make mention of, The praises of YHWH, According to all that YHWH hath done for us, And the abundance of the goodness to the house of Israel, That He hath done for them, According to His mercies, And according to the abundance of His kind acts.
63:8 And He saith, Only My people they [are], Sons -- they lie not, and He is to them for a saviour.
63:9 In all their distress [He is] no adversary, And the messenger of His presence saved them, In His love and in His pity He redeemed them, And He doth lift them up, And beareth them all the days of old.
Isaiah 63:10 And they have rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit, And He turneth to them for an enemy, He Himself hath fought against them.
63:11 And He remembereth the days of old, Moses -- his people. Where [is] He who is bringing them up from the sea, The shepherd of his flock? Where [is] He who is putting in its midst His Holy Spirit?
63:12 Leading by the right hand of Moses, the arm of His glory, Cleaving waters from before them, To make to Himself a name age-during.
63:13 Leading them through the depths, As a horse in a plain they stumble not.
63:14 As a beast into a valley goeth down, The Spirit of YHWH causeth him to rest, So hast Thou led Thy people, To make to Thyself a glorious name.
63:15 Look attentively from the heavens, And see from Thy holy and beauteous habitation, Where [is] Thy zeal and Thy might? The multitude of Thy bowels and Thy mercies Towards me have refrained themselves.
63:16 For Thou [art] our Father, For Abraham hath not known us, And Israel doth not acknowledge us, Thou, O YHWH, [art] our Father, Our redeemer from the age, [is] Thy name.
63:17 Why causest Thou us to wander, O YHWH, from Thy ways? Thou hardenest our heart from Thy fear, Turn back for Thy servants' sake, The tribes of Thine inheritance.
63:18 For a little while did Thy holy people possess, Our adversaries have trodden down Thy sanctuary.
63:19 We have been from of old, Thou hast not ruled over them, Not called is Thy name upon them!

ISAIAH CHAPTER 64

Isaiah 64:1 Didst Thou not rend the heavens? Thou didst come down, From thy presence did mountains flow,
64:2 (As fire kindleth stubble -- Fire causeth water to boil,) To make known Thy name to Thine adversaries, From Thy presence do nations tremble.
64:3 In Thy doing fearful things -- we expect not, Thou didst come down, From Thy presence did mountains flow.
64:4 Even from antiquity [men] have not heard, They have not given ear, Eye hath not seen a God save Thee, He doth work for those waiting for Him.
64:5 Thou hast met with the rejoicer And the doer of righteousness, In Thy ways they remember Thee, Lo, Thou hast been wroth when we sin, By them [is] continuance, and we are saved.
64:6 And we are as unclean -- all of us, And as a garment passing away, all our righteous acts; And we fade as a leaf -- all of us. And our iniquities as wind do take us away.
64:7 And there is none calling in Thy name, Stirring up himself to lay hold on Thee, For Thou hast hid Thy face from us, And thou meltest us away by our iniquities.
64:8 And now, O YHWH, thou [art] our Father, We [are] the clay, and Thou our Framer, And the work of Thy hand -- all of us.
64:9 Be not wroth, O YHWH, very sore, Nor for ever remember iniquity, Lo, look attentively, we beseech Thee, Thy people [are] we all.
Isaiah 64:10 Thy holy cities have been a wilderness, Zion a wilderness hath been, Jerusalem a desolation.
64:11 Our holy and our beautiful house, Where praise Thee did our fathers, Hath become burnt with fire, And all our desirable things have become a waste.
64:12 For these dost Thou refrain Thyself, YHWH? Thou art silent, and dost afflict us very sore!'

ISAIAH CHAPTER 65

Isaiah 65:1 I have been inquired of by those who asked not, I have been found by those who sought Me not, I have said, `Behold Me, behold Me,' Unto a nation not calling in My name.
65:2 I have spread out My hands all the day Unto an apostate people, Who are going in the way not good after their own thoughts.
65:3 The people who are provoking Me to anger, To My face continually, Sacrificing in gardens, and making perfume on the bricks:
65:4 Who are dwelling among sepulchres, And lodge in reserved places, Who are eating flesh of the sow, And a piece of abominable things -- their vessels.
65:5 Who are saying, `Keep to thyself, come not nigh to me, For I have declared thee unholy.' These [are] a smoke in Mine anger, A fire burning all the day.
65:6 Lo, it is written before Me: `I am not silent, but have recompensed; And I have recompensed into their bosom,
65:7 Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, said YHWH, Who have made perfume on the mountains, And on the heights have reproached Me, And I have measured their former work into their bosom.'
65:8 Thus said YHWH: As the new wine is found in the cluster, And one hath said, `Destroy it not for a blessing [is] in it,' So I do for My servants' sake, not to destroy the whole.
65:9 And I have brought out from Jacob a seed, And from Judah a possessor of My mount, And possess it do My chosen ones, And My servants do dwell there.
Isaiah 65:10 And Sharon hath been for the habitation of a flock, And the valley of Achor for the lying down of a herd, For My people who have sought Me.
65:11 And ye [are] those forsaking YHWH, Who are forgetting My holy mountain, Who are setting in array for Gad a table, And who are filling for Meni a mixture.
65:12 And I have numbered you for the sword, And all of you for slaughter bow down, Because I called, and ye have not answered, I have spoken, and ye have not hearkened, And ye do the evil thing in Mine eyes, And on that which I desired not -- fixed.
65:13 Therefore, thus said the Lord YHWH: Lo, My servants do eat, and ye do hunger, Lo, My servants do drink, and ye do thirst, Lo, My servants rejoice, and ye are ashamed,
65:14 Lo, My servants sing from joy of heart, And ye cry from pain of heart, And from breaking of spirit ye do howl.
65:15 And ye have left your name For an oath for My chosen ones, And the Lord YHWH hath put thee to death, And to His servants He giveth another name.
65:16 So that he who is blessing himself in the earth, Doth bless himself In the God of faithfulness, And he who is swearing in the earth, Doth swear by the God of faithfulness, Because the former distresses have been forgotten, And because they have been hid from Mine eyes.
65:17 For, lo, I am creating new heavens, and a new earth, And the former things are not remembered, Nor do they ascend on the heart.
65:18 But joy ye, and rejoice for ever, that I [am] Creator, For, lo, I am creating Jerusalem a rejoicing, And her people a joy.
65:19 And I have rejoiced in Jerusalem, And have joyed in My people, And not heard in her any more Is the voice of weeping, and the voice of crying.
Isaiah 65:20 There is not thence any more a suckling of days, And an aged man who doth not complete his days, For the youth a hundred years old dieth, And the sinner, a hundred years old, is lightly esteemed.
65:21 And they have built houses, and inhabited, And planted vineyards, and eaten their fruit.
65:22 They do not build, and another inhabit, They do not plant, and another eat, For as the days of a tree [are] the days of My people, And the work of their hands wear out do My chosen ones.
65:23 They labour not for a vain thing, Nor do they bring forth for trouble, For the seed of the blessed of YHWH [are] they, And their offspring with them.
65:24 And it hath come to pass, They do not yet call, and I answer, They are yet speaking, and I hear.
65:25 Wolf and lamb do feed as one, And a lion as an ox eateth straw, As to the serpent -- dust [is] its food, They do no evil, nor destroy, In all My holy mountain, said YHWH!

ISAIAH CHAPTER 66

Isaiah 66:1 Thus said YHWH: The heavens [are] My throne, And the earth My footstool, Where [is] this -- the house that ye build for Me? And where [is] this -- the place -- My rest?
66:2 And all these My hand hath made, And all these things are, An affirmation of YHWH! And unto this one I look attentively, Unto the humble and bruised in spirit, And who is trembling at My word.
66:3 Whoso slaughtereth the ox smiteth a man, Whoso sacrificeth the lamb beheadeth a dog, Whoso is bringing up a present -- The blood of a sow, Whoso is making mention of frankincense, Is blessing iniquity. Yea, they have fixed on their own ways, And in their abominations their soul hath delighted.
66:4 I also -- I fix on their vexations, And their fears I bring in to them, Because I have called, and there is none answering, I spake, and they have not hearkened, And they do the evil things in Mine eyes, And on that which I desired not -- fixed.
66:5 Hear a word of YHWH, Ye who are trembling unto His word, Said have your brethren who are hating you, Who are driving you out, for My name's sake: `Honoured is YHWH, and we look on your joy,' But they are ashamed.
66:6 A voice of noise [is] from the city, a voice from the temple, The voice of YHWH, giving recompence to His enemies.
66:7 Before she is pained she hath brought forth, Before a pang cometh to her, She hath delivered a male.
66:8 Who hath heard anything like this? Who hath seen anything like these? Is earth caused to bring forth in one day? Born is a nation at once? For she hath been pained, Zion also hath borne her sons.
66:9 `Do I bring to the birth, And not cause to bring forth?' saith YHWH, `Am not I He who is causing to beget? I have also restrained,' said thy God.
Isaiah 66:10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, And be glad in her, all ye loving her, Rejoice ye with her for joy, All ye are mourning for her,
66:11 So that ye suck, and have been satisfied, From the breast of her consolations, So that ye wring out, and have delighted yourselves From the abundance of her honour.
66:12 For thus said YHWH: `Lo, I am stretching out to her peace as a river, And as an overflowing stream the honour of nations, And ye have sucked, on the side ye are carried, And on the knees ye are dandled.
66:13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so do I comfort you, Yea, in Jerusalem ye are comforted.
66:14 And ye have seen, and rejoiced hath your heart, And your bones as tender grass do flourish, And the hand of YHWH hath been known unto His servants, And He hath been indignant with His enemies.
66:15 For, lo, YHWH in fire cometh, And as a hurricane His chariots, To refresh in fury His anger, And His rebuke in flames of fire.
66:16 For by fire and by His sword, Doth YHWH do judgment with all flesh. And many have been YHWH's pierced ones.'
66:17 Those sanctifying and cleansing themselves at the gardens, After Ahad in the midst, Eating flesh of the sow, And of the abomination, and of the mouse, Together are consumed, An affirmation of YHWH.
66:18 And I -- their works and their thoughts, I come to gather all the nations and tongues, And they have come and seen My honour.
66:19 And I have set among them a sign, And have sent out of them those escaping unto the nations, (Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, drawing bow, Tubal and Javan, the isles that are far off,) Who have not heard My fame, nor seen Mine honour, And they have declared Mine honour among nations.
Isaiah 66:20 And they have brought all your brethren out of all the nations, A present to YHWH, On horses, and on chariot, and on litters, And on mules, and on dromedaries, Unto My holy mountain Jerusalem, said YHWH, As the sons of Israel bring the present in a clean vessel, Into the house of YHWH.
66:21 And also of them I take for priests, For Levites, said YHWH.
66:22 For, as the new heavens and the new earth that I am making, Are standing before Me, An affirmation of YHWH! So remain doth your seed and your name.
66:23 And it hath been from month to month, And from sabbath to sabbath, Come do all flesh to bow themselves before Me, Said YHWH.
66:24 And they have gone forth, And looked on the carcases of the men Who are transgressing against me, For their worm dieth not, And their fire is not quenched, And they have been an abhorrence to all flesh!

Isaiah 23 - 44 - Jeremiah 1-17