1  And in that day thou shalt say: 'I will give thanks unto Thee, O YHWH; for though Thou was angry with me, Thine anger is turned away, and Thou comfortest me.

1  And you will say in that day: “I will confess to you, O Lord, because you have been angry with me; but your fury has been turned away, and you have consoled me.

1  AND you shall say in that day, O LORD, I will praise thee; though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou hast comforted me.

2  Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for GOD YHWH is my strength and song; and He is become my salvation.'

2  Behold, my God is my Saviour; I will trust in him, and not be afraid: for the Lord is my glory and my praise, and is become my salvation.

3  Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

3  You will draw water with gladness from the fountains of the Savior.

4  And in that day shall ye say: 'Give thanks unto YHWH, proclaim His name, declare His doings among the peoples, make mention that His name is exalted.

4  And you will say in that day: “Confess the Lord, and invoke his name! Make his plans known among the peoples! Remember that his name is exalted!

5  Sing unto YHWH; for He hath done gloriously; this is made known in all the earth.

5  Sing praise to the name of the Lord; for he has done great things: declare this in all the earth.

5  Sing to the Lord, for he has acted magnificently! Announce it to the whole world!

6  Cry aloud and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.'

6  Exalt and rejoice, ye that dwell in Sion: for the Holy One of Israel is exalted in the midst of her.

6  Exult and give praise, O habitation of Zion! For the Great One, the Holy One of Israel, is in your midst!”

13:1  The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.

1  THE VISION WHICH ESAIAS SON OF AMOS SAW AGAINST BABYLON.

1  THE prophecy concerning the fall of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.

13:2  Set ye up an ensign upon the high mountain, lift up the voice unto them, wave the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.

2  Lift up a standard on the mountain of the plain, exalt the voice to them, beckon with the hand, open the gates, ye rulers.

2  Over the foggy mountain lift up a sign! Raise the voice, lift up the hand, and let the rulers enter through the gates!

13:3  I have commanded My consecrated ones, yea, I have called My mighty ones for mine anger, even My proudly exulting ones.

3  I give command, and I bring them: giants are coming to fulfil my wrath, rejoicing at the same time and insulting.

3  In my wrath, I commanded my sanctified ones, and I called my strong ones, those who exult in my glory.

13:4  Hark, a tumult in the mountains, like as of a great people! Hark, the uproar of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together! YHWH of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.

4  A voice of many nations on the mountains, even like to that of many nations; a voice of kings and nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts has given command to a war-like nation,

4  On the mountains, there is the voice of a multitude, as if of a numerous people, a voice with the sound of kings, of nations gathered together. For the Lord of hosts has given orders to soldiers of war,

13:5  They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even YHWH, and the weapons of His indignation, to destroy the whole earth.

5  to come from a land afar off, from the utmost foundation of heaven; the Lord and his warriors are coming to destroy all the world.

5  to those who are arriving from a far off land, from the heights of the heavens. It is the Lord and the instruments of his fury, so that he may bring ruin to all the earth.

13:6  Howl ye; for the day of YHWH is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

6  Wail aloud! For the day of the Lord draws near! It will arrive like a devastation from the Lord.

6  Howl; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a plunder which is made suddenly.

13:7  Therefore shall all hands be slack, and every heart of man shall melt.

7  Therefore every hand shall become powerless, and every soul of man shall be dismayed.

7  Because of it, every hand will fail, and every heart of man will waste away and be crushed.

13:8  And they shall be affrighted; pangs and throes shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman in travail; they shall look aghast one at another; their faces shall be faces of flame.

8  The elders shall be troubled, and pangs shall seize them, as of a woman in travail: and they shall mourn one to another, and shall be amazed, and shall change their countenance as a flame.

8  Writhing and pain will seize them. They will be in pain, like a woman in labor. Each one will appear stupefied to his neighbor. Their countenances will be like faces which have been burned up.

13:9  Behold, the day of YHWH cometh, cruel, and full of wrath and fierce anger; to make the earth a desolation, and to destroy the sinners thereof out of it,

9  For behold! the day of the Lord is coming which cannot be escaped, a day of wrath and anger, to make the world desolate, and to destroy sinners out of it.

9  Behold, the day of the Lord approaches: a cruel day, full of indignation and wrath and fury, which will place the earth in solitude and crush the sinners from it.

13:10  For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

10  For the stars of the heavens, in their splendor, will not display their light. The sun will be obscured at its rising, and the moon will not shine in her brightness.

13:11  And I will visit upon the world their evil, and upon the wicked their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the tyrants.

11  And I will command evils for the whole world, and will visit their sins on the ungodly: and I will destroy the pride of transgressors, and will bring low the pride of the haughty.

11  And I will act against the evils of the world, and against the impious for their iniquity. And I will cause the pride of the unfaithful to cease, and I will bring down the arrogance of the strong.

13:12  I will make man more rare than fine gold, even man than the pure gold of Ophir.

12  And they that are left shall be more precious than gold tried in the fire; and a man shall be more precious than the stone that is in Suphir.

12  A man will be more precious than gold, and mankind will become like pure refined gold.

13:13  Therefore I will make the heavens to tremble, and the earth shall be shaken out of her place, for the wrath of YHWH of hosts, and for the day of His fierce anger.

13  For the heaven shall be enraged, and the earth shall be shaken from her foundation, because of the fierce anger of the Lord of hosts, in the day in which his wrath shall come on.

13  For this purpose, I will stir up heaven, and the earth will be moved from its place, because of the indignation of the Lord of hosts, because of the day of his furious wrath.

13:14  And it shall come to pass, that as the chased gazelle, and as sheep that no man gathereth, they shall turn every man to his own people, and shall flee every man to his own land.

14  And they will be like a doe fleeing away, or like sheep; and there will be no one who may gather them together. Each one will turn to his own people, and every one will flee to his own land.

13:15  Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is caught shall fall by the sword.

15  For whosoever shall be taken shall be overcome; and they that are gathered together shall fall by the sword.

15  All who are found will be killed, and all who are caught unaware will fall by the sword.

13:16  Their babes also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.

16  And they shall dash their children before their eyes; and they shall spoil their houses, and shall take their wives.

16  Their infants will be thrown down violently before their eyes. Their houses will be plundered, and their wives will be violated.

13:17  Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver, and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.

13:18  And their bows shall dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.

18  They shall break the bows of the young men; and they shall have no mercy on your children; nor shall their eyes spare thy children.

18  Instead, with their arrows, they will put the little children to death, and they will take no pity on breastfeeding women, and their eye will not spare their children.

13:19  And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

19  And then Babylon, the glorious one among kingdoms, that famous pride of the Chaldeans, will be destroyed, even as the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.

13:20  It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation; neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.

20  It will not be inhabited, even unto the end, and it will not be reestablished, even from generation to generation. The Arab will not pitch his tents there, nor will the shepherds take rest there.

13:21  But wild-cats shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of ferrets; and ostriches shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.

21  But wild beasts shall rest there; and the houses shall be filled with howling; and monsters shall rest there, and devils shall dance there,

21  Instead, the wild beasts will rest there, and their houses will be filled with serpents, and ostriches will live there, and the hairy ones will leap about there.

13:22  And jackals shall howl in their castles, and wild-dogs in the pleasant palaces; and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

22  And the tawny owls will answer one another there, in its buildings, and the Sirens in its shrines of pleasure.

14:1  For YHWH will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land; and the stranger shall join himself with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

1  And the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and they shall rest on their land: and the stranger shall be added to them, yea, shall be added to the house of Jacob.

1  Her time is drawing near, and her days will not be prolonged. For the Lord will take pity on Jacob, and he will still choose from Israel, and he will cause them to rest upon their own soil. And the new arrival will be joined to them, and he will adhere to the house of Jacob.

14:2  And the peoples shall take them, and bring them to their place; and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of YHWH for servants and for handmaids; and they shall take them captive, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

2  And the Gentiles shall take them, and bring them into their place: and they shall inherit them, and they shall be multiplied upon the land for servants and handmaidens: and they that took them captives shall become captives to them; and they that had lordship over them shall be under their rule.

2  And the people will take them, and lead them to their place. And the house of Israel will possess them, in the land of the Lord, as men and women servants. And they will take captive those who had taken them captive. And they will subjugate their oppressors.

14:3  And it shall come to pass in the day that YHWH shall give thee rest from thy travail, and from thy trouble, and from the hard service wherein thou wast made to serve,

3  And this shall be in that day: when God will have given you rest from your labor, and from your oppression, and from the difficult servitude under which you served before,

14:4  that thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say: How hath the oppressor ceased! the exactress of gold ceased!

4  you will accept this parable against the king of Babylon, and you will say: “How is it that the oppressor has ceased, along with his tribute?

14:5  YHWH hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers,

5  The Lord has broken the yoke of sinners, the yoke of princes.

5  The Lord has crushed the staff of the impious, the scepter of despots,

14:6  That smote the peoples in wrath with an incessant stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.

6  Having smitten a nation in wrath, with an incurable plague, smiting a nation with a wrathful plague, which spared them not, he rested in quiet.

6  which struck the people in wrath with an incurable wound, which subjugated the nations in fury, which persecuted with cruelty.

14:7  The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet; they break forth into singing.

7  All the earth cries aloud with joy

7  All the earth has become quiet and still; it has been gladdened and has rejoiced.

14:8  Yea, the cypresses rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon: 'Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.'

8  the trees also of Libanus rejoice against thee, and the cedar of Libanus, saying, From the time that thou hast been laid low, no one has come up to cut us down.

8  The evergreens, too, have rejoiced over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying: ‘Since you have slept, no one has ascended who would cut us down.’

14:9  The nether-world from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming; the shades are stirred up for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; all the kings of the nations are raised up from their thrones.

9  Hell below was stirred up to meet you at your advent; it has awakened the giants for you. All the leaders of the earth have risen from their thrones, all the leaders among the nations.”

9  Sheol beneath is murmuring at your coming; it stirs up against you all the mighty men, even all the rulers of the earth whom you overthrew from their thrones.

14:10  All they do answer and say unto thee: 'Art thou also become weak as we? Art thou become like unto us?

10  All shall answer and say to thee, Thou also hast been taken, even as we; and thou art numbered amongst us.

10  Everyone will respond and will say to you: “Now you are wounded, just as we were; you have become like us.

14:11  Thy pomp is brought down to the nether-world, and the noise of thy psalteries; the maggot is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.'

11  Your arrogance has been dragged down to Hell. Your body has fallen dead. The moths will be strewn beneath you, and the worms will be your covering.

14:12  How art thou fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, that didst cast lots over the nations!

12  How is it that you have fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, who used to rise like the sun? How is it that you have fallen to the earth, you who wounded the peoples?

14:13  And thou saidst in thy heart: 'I will ascend into heaven, above the stars of God will I exalt my throne, and I will sit upon the mount of meeting, in the uttermost parts of the north;

14:14  I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.'

14  I will go up above the clouds: I will be like the Most High.

14:15  Yet thou shalt be brought down to the nether-world, to the uttermost parts of the pit.

15  But now thou shalt go down to hell, even to the foundations of the earth.

14:16  They that saw thee do narrowly look upon thee, they gaze earnestly at thee: 'Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;

16  They that see thee shall wonder at thee, and say, This is the man that troubled the earth, that made kings to shake;

16  Those who see you, will lean toward you, and will gaze upon you, saying: ‘Could this be the man who disturbed the earth, who shook kingdoms,

14:17  That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?'

17  that made the whole world desolate, and destroyed its cities; he loosed not those who were in captivity.

17  who made the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who would not even open a prison for his prisoners?’ ”

14:18  All the kings of the nations, all of them, sleep in glory, every one in his own house.

14:19  But thou art cast forth away from thy grave like an abhorred offshoot, in the raiment of the slain, that are thrust through with the sword, that go down to the pavement of the pit, as a carcass trodden under foot.

19  But thou shalt be cast forth on the mountains, as a loathed carcase, with many dead who have been pierced with swords, going down to the grave.

19  But you have been rejected from your grave, like a useless polluted plant, and you have been bound up with those who were slain by the sword, and who descended to the bottom of the pit, like a rotting carcass.

14:20  Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, thou hast slain thy people; the seed of evil- doers shall not be named for ever.

20  You will not be associated with them, even in the grave. For you have destroyed your own land; you have slain your own people. The offspring of the wicked ones will not be called upon for eternity.

14:21  Prepare ye slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they rise not up, and possess the earth, and fill the face of the world with cities.

21  Prepare thy children to be slain for the sins of their father; that they arise not, and inherit the earth, nor fill the earth with wars.

21  Prepare his sons for the slaughter, according to the iniquity of their fathers. They will not rise up, nor inherit the earth, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

14:22  And I will rise up against them, saith YHWH of hosts, and cut off from Babylon name and remnant, and offshoot and offspring, saith the YHWH.

22  But I will rise up against them, says the Lord of hosts. And I will perish the name of Babylon and its remnants: both the plant and its progeny, says the Lord.

22  For I will rise up against them, says the LORD of hosts, and will cut off from Babylon the name, its offspring, the family, and its generation, says the LORD.

14:23  I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water; and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith YHWH of hosts.

23  And I will make the region of Babylon desert, so that hedgehogs shall dwell there, and it shall come to nothing: and I will make it a pit of clay for destruction.

23  And I will appoint it as a possession for the hedgehog, with swamps of water. And I will sweep it out and wear it away with a brush, says the Lord of hosts.

14:24  YHWH of hosts hath sworn, saying: Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand,

24  Thus saith the Lord of hosts, As I have said, so it shall be: and as I have purposed, so the matter shall remain

24  The Lord of hosts has sworn, saying: Surely, just as I have considered it, so shall it be, and in the same manner as I have drawn it through my mind,

14:25  That I will break Asshur in My land, and upon My mountains tread him under foot; then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulder.

25  even to destroy the Assyrians upon my land, and upon my mountains: and they shall be for trampling; and their yoke shall be taken away from them, and their glory shall be taken away from their shoulders.

25  so shall it occur. So shall I crush the Assyrian in my land, and I will trample him upon my mountains, and his yoke will be taken away from them, and his burden will be removed from their shoulder.

14:26  This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth; and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.

26  This is the plan that I have decided, concerning the entire earth, and this is the hand which is extended over all the nations.

26  This is the end that is purposed against all the earth; and this is the land that is stretched out against all the nations.

14:27  For YHWH of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? And His hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

27  For what the Holy God has purposed, who shall frustrate? and who shall turn back his uplifted hand?

27  For the Lord of hosts has decreed it, and who is able to weaken it? And his hand is extended, so who can avert it?

14:28  In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.

28  The conquest of Philistia. In the year that King Ahaz died, came this burden.

14:29  Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of thee, because the rod that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a basilisk, and his fruit shall be a flying serpent.

29  Rejoice not, all ye Philistines, because the yoke of him that smote you is broken: for out of the seed of the serpent shall come forth the young asps, and their young shall come forth flying serpents,

29  You should not rejoice, all you of Philistia, that the rod of him who struck you has been crushed. For from the root of the serpent will go forth a king snake, and his offspring will engulf that which flies.

14:30  And the first-born of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; and I will kill thy root with famine, and thy remnant shall be slain.

30  And the poor shall be fed by him, and poor men shall rest in peace: but he shall destroy thy seed with hunger, and shall destroy thy remnant.

30  And the firstborn of the poor will be pastured, and the poor will rest in faithfulness. And I will cause your root to pass away by famine, and I will put to death your remnant.

14:31  Howl, O gate; cry, O city; melt away, O Philistia, all of thee; for there cometh a smoke out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.

31  Howl, ye gates of cities; let the cities be troubled and cry, even all the Philistines: for smoke is coming from the north, and there is no possibility of living.

14:32  What then shall one answer the messengers of the nation? That YHWH hath founded Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of His people take refuge.

32  And what shall the kings of the nations answer? That the Lord has founded Sion, and by him the poor of the people shall be saved.

32  And what will be the response to this news among the nations? It will be that the Lord has established Zion, and that the poor of his people will hope in him.

15:1  The burden of Moab. For in the night that Ar of Moab is laid waste, he is brought to ruin; for in the night that Kir of Moab is laid waste, he is brought to ruin.

1  THE WORD AGAINST THE LAND OF MOAB. By night the land of Moab shall be destroyed; for by night the wall of the land of Moab shall be destroyed.

1  THE prophecy concerning the fall of Moab. Because in the night the city of Moab is plundered and brought to silence; because in the night the defenses of Moab are despoiled and brought to silence;

15:2  He is gone up to Baith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep; upon Nebo, and upon Medeba, Moab howleth; on all their heads is baldness, every beard is shaven.

2  Grieve for yourselves; for even Debon, where your altar is, shall be destroyed: thither shall ye go up to weep, over Nabau of the land of Moab: howl ye: baldness shall be on every head, and all arms shall be wounded.

2  The house has ascended with Dibon to the heights, in mourning over Nebo and over Medeba. Moab has wailed. There will be baldness on all of their heads, and every beard will be shaven.

15:3  In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth; on their housetops, and in their broad places, every one howleth, weeping profusely.

3  Gird yourselves with sackcloth in her streets: and lament upon her roofs, and in her streets, and in her ways; howl all of you with weeping.

3  At their crossroads, they have been wrapped with sackcloth. On their rooftops and in their streets, everyone descends, wailing and weeping.

15:4  And Heshbon crieth out, and Elealeh; their voice is heard even unto Jahaz; therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; his soul is faint within him.

4  For Esebon and Eleale have cried: their voice was heard to Jassa: therefore the loins of the region of Moab cry aloud; her soul shall know.

4  Heshbon will cry out with Elealeh. Their voice has been heard as far as Jahaz. Over this, the well-equipped men of Moab wail; each soul will wail to itself.

15:5  My heart crieth out for Moab; her fugitives reach unto Zoar, a heifer of three years old; for by the ascent of Luhith with weeping they go up; for in the way of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction.

5  The heart of the region of Moab cries within her to Segor; for it is as a heifer of three years old: and on the ascent of Luith they shall go up to thee weeping by the way of Aroniim: she cries, Destruction, and trembling.

5  My heart will cry out to Moab; its bars will cry out even to Zoar, like a three-year-old calf. For they will ascend weeping, by way of the ascent of Luhith. And along the way of Horonaim, they will lift up a cry of contrition.

15:6  For the Waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the grass is withered away, the herbage faileth, there is no green thing.

6  The water of Nemerim shall be desolate, and the grass thereof shall fail: for there shall be no green grass.

6  For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate, because the plants have withered, and the seedling has failed, and all the greenery has passed away.

15:7  Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.

7  Shall Moab even thus be delivered? for I will bring the Arabians upon the valley, and they shall take it.

7  This is in accord with the magnitude of their works and of their visitation. They will lead them to the torrent of the willows.

15:8  For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer-elim.

8  For the cry has reached the border of the region of Moab, even of Agalim; and her howling has gone as far as the well of Ælim.

8  For an outcry has circulated along the border of Moab; its wailing even to Eglaim, and its clamor even to the well of Elim.

15:9  For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; for I will bring yet more upon Dimon, a lion upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.

9  And the water of Dimon shall be filled with blood: for I will bring Arabians upon Dimon, and I will take away the seed of Moab, and Ariel, and the remnant of Adama.

9  Because the waters of Dibon have been filled with blood, I will place even more upon Dibon: those from Moab who flee the lion, and the survivors of the earth.

16:1  Send ye the lambs for the ruler of the land from the crags that are toward the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.

1  I will send as it were reptiles on the land: is not the mount of the daughter of Sion a desolate rock?

1  THE prophecy concerning the rest of the land. I will send the son of the ruler of the land from the rock city of the wilderness, to the mount of the daughter of Zion.

16:2  For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of Arnon.

2  For thou shalt be as a young bird taken away from a bird that has flown: even thou shalt be so, daughter of Moab: and then do thou, O Arnon,

2  And this shall be: like a bird fleeing away, and like fledglings flying from the nest, so will the daughters of Moab be at the passage of Arnon.

16:3  'Give counsel, execute justice; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; betray not the fugitive.

3  take farther counsel, and continually make thou a shelter from grief: they flee in darkness at mid-day; they are amazed; be not thou led captive.

3  Form a plan. Call a council. Let your shadow be as if it were night, even at midday. Conceal the fugitives, and do not betray the wanderers.

16:4  Let mine outcasts dwell with thee; as for Moab, be thou a covert to him from the face of the spoiler.' For the extortion is at an end, spoiling ceaseth, they that trampled down are consumed out of the land;

4  The fugitives of Moab shall sojourn with thee; they shall be to you a shelter from the face of the pursuer: for thine alliance has been taken away, and the oppressing ruler has perished from off the earth.

4  My fugitives will live with you. Become a hiding place, O Moab, from the face of the destroyer. For the dust is at its end; the miserable one has been consumed. He who trampled the earth has failed.

16:5  And a throne is established through mercy, and there sitteth thereon in truth, in the tent of David, one that judgeth, and seeketh justice, and is ready in righteousness.

5  And a throne will be prepared in mercy, and One shall sit upon it in truth, in the tabernacle of David, judging and seeking judgment, and quickly repaying what is just.

5  In mercy shall a throne be established, and he shall sit upon it, in truth in the tabernacle of David, a judge who seeks justice and hastens righteousness.

16:6  We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud; even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his arrogancy, his ill-founded boastings.

16:7  Therefore shall Moab wail for Moab, every one shall wail; for the sweet cakes of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn, sorely stricken.

7  Moab shall howl; for all shall howl in the land of Moab: but thou shalt care for them that dwell in Seth, and thou shalt not be ashamed.

7  For this reason, Moab will wail to Moab; each one will wail. Speak of their wounds to those who rejoice upon the brick walls.

16:8  For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah, whose choice plants did overcome the lords of nations; they reached even unto Jazer, they wandered into the wilderness; her branches were spread abroad, they passed over the sea.

8  The plains of Esebon shall mourn, the vine of Sebama: swallowing up the nations, trample ye her vines, even to Jazer: ye shall not come together; wander ye in the desert: they that were sent are deserted, for they have gone over to the sea.

8  For the suburbs of Heshbon are deserted, and the lords of the Gentiles have cut down the vineyard of Sibmah. Its vines have arrived even at Jazer. They have wandered in the desert. Its seedlings have been abandoned. They have crossed over the sea.

16:9  Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah; I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh; for upon thy summer fruits and upon thy harvest the battle shout is fallen.

16:10  And gladness and joy are taken away out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting; no treader shall tread out wine in the presses; I have made the vintage shout to cease.

10  And gladness and rejoicing shall be taken away from the vineyards; and they shall not at all tread wine into the vats; for the vintage has ceased.

10  And so, rejoicing and exultation will be taken away from Carmel, and there will be no jubilation or exultation in the vineyards. He who was accustomed to tread will not tread out the wine in the winepress. I have taken away the sound of those who tread.

16:11  Wherefore my heart moaneth like a harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-heres.

11  Therefore my belly shall sound as a harp for Moab, and thou hast repaired my inward parts as a wall.

11  Over this, my heart will resonate like a harp for Moab, and my inner most being for the brick wall.

16:12  And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab hath wearied himself upon the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail

12  And it shall be to thy shame, (for Moab is wearied at the altars,) that he shall go in to the idols thereof to pray, but they shall not be at all able to deliver him.

12  And this shall be: when it is seen that Moab has struggled upon his high places, he will enter his holy places to pray, but he will not prevail.

16:13  This is the word that YHWH spoke concerning Moab in time past.

16:14  But now YHWH hath spoken, saying: 'Within three years, as the years of a hireling, and the glory of Moab shall wax contemptible for all his great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and without strength.'

14  And now I say, in three years, of the years of an hireling, the glory of Moab shall be dishonoured with all his great wealth; and he shall be left few in number, and not honoured.

14  And now the Lord has spoken, saying: In three years, like the years of a hired hand, the glory of Moab concerning the entire multitude of the people will be taken away, and what is left behind will be small and weak and not so numerous.

17:1  The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

1  THE WORD AGAINST DAMASCUS. Behold, Damascus shall be taken away from among cities, and shall become a ruin;

1  THE prophecy concerning the fall of Damascus. Behold, Damascus shall cease to be a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

17:2  The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

2  abandoned for ever, to be a fold and resting-place for flocks, and there shall be none to go after them.

2  The cities in ruin will be left for the flocks, and they will take rest there, and there will be no one who may terrify them.

17:3  The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus; and the remnant of Aram shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith YHWH of hosts.

3  And she shall no longer be a strong place for Ephraim to flee to, and there shall no longer be a kingdom in Damascus, or a remnant of Syrians; for thou art no better than the children of Israel, even than their glory; thus saith the Lord of hosts.

17:4  And it shall come to pass in that day, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.

4  There shall be in that day a failure of the glory of Jacob, and the riches of his glory shall be shaken.

4  And this shall be in that day: the glory of Jacob will be thinned, and the fatness of his flesh will be reduced.

17:5  And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the standing corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; yea, it shall be as when one gleaneth ears in the valley of Rephaim.

5  And it shall be as if one should gather standing corn, and reap the grain of the ears; and it shall be as if one should gather ears in a rich valley;

5  And it shall be like the gathering of the harvest which remains, and his arm will pick the ears of grain. And it shall be like a search for grain in the valley of Rephaim.

17:6  Yet there shall be left therein gleanings, as at the beating of an olive-tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the branches of the fruitful tree, saith YHWH, the God of Israel.

6  And what is left behind in it will be like one cluster of grapes, or like a shaken olive tree with two or three olives at the top of a branch, or like four or five olives at the top of a tree, says the Lord God of Israel.

17:7  In that day shall a man regard his Maker, and his eyes shall look to the Holy One of Israel.

7  In that day a man shall trust in him that made him, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.

17:8  And he shall not regard the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall he look to that which his fingers have made, either the Asherim, or the sun-images.

8  And they shall not at all trust in their altars, nor in the works of their hands, which their fingers made; and they shall not look to the trees, nor to their abominations.

8  And he will not bow before the altars that his hands have made. And he will not consider the things that his fingers have made, the sacred groves and the shrines.

17:9  In that day shall his strong cities be as the forsaken places, which were forsaken from before the children of Israel, after the manner of woods and lofty forests; and it shall be a desolation.

9  In that day thy cities shall be deserted, as the Amorites and the Evaeans deserted theirs, because the of children of Israel; and they shall be desolate.

9  In that day, his strong cities will be abandoned, like the plows and the grain fields which were left behind before the face of the sons of Israel, and you shall be deserted.

17:10  For thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and thou hast not been mindful of the Rock of thy stronghold; therefore thou didst plant plants of pleasantness, and didst set it with slips of a stranger;

10  Because thou hast forsaken God thy Saviour, and hast not been mindful of the Lord thy helper; therefore shalt thou plant a false plant, and a false seed.

10  For you have forgotten God your Savior, and you have not remembered your strong Helper. Because of this, you will plant trustworthy plants, but you will sow a foreign seed.

17:11  In the day of thy planting thou didst make it to grow, and in the morning thou didst make thy seed to blossom--a heap of boughs in the day of grief and of desperate pain.

11  In the day wherein thou shalt plant thou shalt be deceived; but if thou sow in the morning, the seed shall spring up for a crop in the day wherein thou shalt obtain an inheritance, and as a man’s father, thou shalt obtain an inheritance for thy sons.

17:12  Ah, the uproar of many peoples, that roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!

12  Woe to the multitude of many nations, as the swelling sea, so shall ye be confounded; and the force of many nations shall sound like water;

12  Woe to the armies of many people, which make a noise like the roaring of the seas! And to the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!

17:13  The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters; but He shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.

13  He shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off and shall be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like dry grass before the whirlwind.

17:14  At eventide behold terror; and before the morning they are not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.

14  In the time of the evening, behold: there will be a disturbance. When it is early morning, he will not remain. This is the portion of those who have devastated us, and this is the lot of those who have plundered us.

18:1  Ah, land of the buzzing of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;

1  Woe to you, ye wings of the land of ships, beyond the rivers of Ethiopia.

1  Woe to the land, that winged cymbal, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,

18:2  That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus upon the waters! Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and of glossy skin, to a people terrible from their beginning onward; a nation that is sturdy and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide!

2  He sends messengers by the sea, and paper letters on the water: for swift messengers shall go to a lofty nation, and to a strange and harsh people. Who is beyond it? a nation not looked for, and trodden down.

18:3  All ye inhabitants of the world, and ye dwellers on the earth, when an ensign is lifted up on the mountains, see ye; and when the horn is blown, hear ye.

3  Now all the rivers of the land shall be inhabited as an inhabited country; their land shall be as when a signal is raised from a mountain; it shall be audible as the sound of a trumpet.

3  All inhabitants of the world, you who dwell upon the earth: when the sign will have been elevated on the mountains, you will see, and you will hear the blast of the trumpet.

18:4  For thus hath YHWH said unto me: I will hold Me still, and I will look on in My dwelling-place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

4  For thus said the Lord to me, There shall be security in my city, as the light of noonday heat, and it shall be as a cloud of dew in the day of harvest.

4  For the Lord says this to me: I will be quiet, and I will consider in my place, as the light at midday is clear, and as a cloud of dew in the day of the harvest.

18:5  For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the bud becometh a ripening grape, He will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the shoots will He take away and lop off.

5  Before the reaping time, when the flower has been completely formed, and the unripe grape has put forth its flower and blossomed, then shall he take away the little clusters with pruning-hooks, and shall take away the small branches, and cut them off;

5  For before the harvest, all was flourishing. And it will spring forth with an untimely completion, and its little branches will be pruned with a curved blade. And what is left over will be cut away and shaken off.

18:6  They shall be left together unto the ravenous birds of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth; and the ravenous birds shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.

6  And he shall leave them together to the birds of the sky, and to the wild beasts of the earth: and the fowls of the sky shall be gathered upon them, and all the beasts of the land shall come upon him.

6  And together they will be abandoned to the birds of the mountains and to the wild beasts of the earth. And the birds will be continuously on them in the summer, and all the wild beasts of the earth will winter over them.

18:7  In that time shall a present be brought unto YHWH of hosts of a people tall and of glossy skin, and from a people terrible from their beginning onward; a nation that is sturdy and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide, to the place of the name of the YHWH of hosts, the mount Zion.

7  In that time, a gift will be carried to the Lord of hosts, from a people divided and torn apart, from a terrible people, after whom there has been no other, from an apprehensive nation, apprehensive and downtrodden, whose land the rivers have ruined, and it will be carried to the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, to mount Zion.

7  At that time presents shall be brought to the LORD of hosts from a people plundered and uprooted, whose strength was within him hitherto; from a people dishonored and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, even to mount Zion.

19:1  The burden of Egypt. Behold, YHWH rideth upon a swift cloud, and cometh unto Egypt; and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at His presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt within it.

1  THE VISION OF EGYPT. Behold, the Lord sits on a swift cloud, and shall come to Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and their heart shall faint within them.

1  THE prophecy concerning the fall of Egypt. Behold, the LORD is riding upon swift clouds, and comes into Egypt; and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of the Egyptians shall melt in the midst of it.

19:2  And I will spur Egypt against Egypt; and they shall fight every one against his brother, and everyone against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

2  And the Egyptians shall be stirred up against the Egyptians: and a man shall fight against his brother, and a man against his neighbor, city against city, and law against law.

2  And I will cause Egyptian to rush against Egyptian. And they will fight: a man against his brother, and a man against his friend, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.

19:3  And the spirit of Egypt shall be made empty within it; and I will make void the counsel thereof; and they shall seek unto the idols, and to the whisperers, and to the ghosts, and to the familiar spirits.

3  And the spirit of the Egyptians shall be troubled within them; and I will frustrate their counsel: and they shall enquire of their gods and their images, and them that speak out of the earth, and them that have in them a divining spirit.

19:4  And I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith YHWH, YHWH of hosts.

4  And I will deliver Egypt into the hand of cruel masters, and a strong king will dominate them, says the Lord, the God of hosts.

19:5  And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be drained dry,

5  And the Egyptians shall drink the water that is by the sea, but the river shall fail, and be dried up.

19:6  And the rivers shall become foul; the streams of Egypt shall be minished and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither.

6  And the streams shall fail, and the canals of the river; and every reservoir of water shall be dried up, in every marsh also of reed and papyrus.

19:7  The mosses by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all that is sown by the Nile, shall become dry, be driven away, and be no more.

7  And all the green herbage round about the river, and everything sown by the side of the river, shall be blasted with the wind and dried up.

7  The channel of the river will be stripped down to its source, and everything irrigated by it will dry up and wither and be no more.

19:8  The fishers also shall lament, and all they that cast angle into the Nile shall mourn, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.

8  And the fishermen shall groan, and all that cast a hook into the river shall groan; they also that cast nets, and the anglers shall mourn.

8  And the fishermen will grieve. And all who cast a hook into the river will mourn. And those who cast a net upon the surface of its waters will languish.

19:9  Moreover they that work in combed flax, and they that weave cotton, shall be ashamed.

9  And shame shall come upon them that work fine flax, and them that make fine linen.

9  Those who work with linen, combing and weaving fine textiles, will be confounded.

19:10  And her foundations shall be crushed, all they that make dams shall be grieved in soul.

10  And they that work at them shall be in pain, and all that make beer shall be grieved, and be pained in their souls.

10  And its irrigated places will begin to fail, with all those who make pools to take fish.

19:11  The princes of Zoan are utter fools; the wisest counsellors of Pharaoh are a senseless counsel; how can ye say unto Pharaoh: 'I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings'?

19:12  Where are they, then, thy wise men? And let them tell thee now; and let them know what YHWH of hosts hath purposed concerning Egypt.

12  Where are now thy wise men? and let them declare to thee, and say, What has the Lord of hosts purposed upon Egypt?

12  Where are your wisemen now? Let them announce it to you, and let them reveal what the Lord of hosts intends for Egypt.

19:13  The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have caused Egypt to go astray, that are the corner-stone of her tribes.

13  The princes of Tanis have failed, and the princes of Memphis are lifted up with pride, and they shall cause Egypt to wander by tribes.

13  The leaders of Tanis have become foolish. The leaders of Memphis have decayed. They have deceived Egypt, the corner of its people.

19:14  YHWH hath mingled within her a spirit of dizziness; and they have caused Egypt to stagger in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.

14  For the Lord has prepared for them a spirit of error, and they have caused Egypt to err in all their works, as one staggers who is drunken and vomits also.

14  The Lord has mixed a spirit of giddiness into its midst. And they have caused Egypt to err in all its works, like a drunken man who staggers and vomits.

19:15  Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do.

15  And there shall be no work to the Egyptians, which shall make head or tail, or beginning or end.

15  And there will be no work for Egypt that would produce a head or a tail, one who bows down or one who refrains from bowing down.

19:16  In that day shall Egypt be like unto women; and it shall tremble and fear because of the shaking of the hand of YHWH of hosts, which He shaketh over it.

19:17  And the land of Judah shall become a terror unto Egypt, whensoever one maketh mention thereof to it; it shall be afraid, because of the purpose of YHWH of hosts, which He purposeth against it.

19:18  In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan, and swear to YHWH of hosts; one shall be called The city of destruction.

19:19  In that day shall there be an altar to YHWH in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the YHWH.

19  In that day, there will be an altar of the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt and a monument of the Lord beside its borders.

19:20  And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto YHWH of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they shall cry unto the YHWH because of the oppressors, and He will send them a saviour, and a defender, who will deliver them.

20  This shall be a sign and a testimony to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt. For they will cry out to the Lord before the face of the tribulation, and he will send them a savior and a defender who will free them.

19:21  And YHWH shall make Himself known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the YHWH in that day; yea, they shall worship with sacrifice and offering, and shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and shall perform it.

21  And the Lord shall be known to the Egyptians, and the Egyptians shall know the Lord in that day; and they shall offer sacrifices, and shall vow vows to the Lord, and pay them.

21  And the Lord will be acknowledged by Egypt, and the Egyptians will recognize the Lord in that day, and they will worship him with sacrifices and gifts. And they will make vows to the Lord, and they will fulfill them.

19:22  And YHWH will smite Egypt, smiting and healing; and they shall return unto the YHWH, and He will be entreated of them, and will heal them.

22  And the Lord shall smite the Egyptians with a stroke, and shall completely heal them: and they shall return to the Lord, and he shall hear them, and thoroughly heal them.

22  And the Lord will strike Egypt with a scourge, and he will heal them. And they will return to the Lord. And he will be placated toward them, and he will heal them.

19:23  In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria; and the Egyptians shall worship with the Assyrians.

19:24  In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth;

19:25  for that YHWH of hosts hath blessed him, saying: 'Blessed be Egypt My people and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel Mine inheritance.'

25  saying, Blessed be my people that is in Egypt, and that is among the Assyrians, and Israel mine inheritance.

25  which the Lord of hosts has blessed, saying: Blessed be my people of Egypt, and the work of my hands for the Assyrian, but Israel is my inheritance.

20:1  In the year that Tartan came into Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it;

1  In the year when Tanathan came to Azotus, when he was sent by Arna king of the Assyrians, and warred against Azotus, and took it;

1  In the year in which Tharthan entered into Ashdod, when Sargon, the king of the Assyrians, had sent him, and when he had fought against Ashdod and had captured it,

20:2  at that time YHWH spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying: 'Go, and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put thy shoe from off thy foot.' And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

2  then the Lord spoke to Esaias the son of Amos, saying, Go and take the sackcloth off thy loins, and loose thy sandals from off thy feet, and do thus, going naked and barefoot.

2  in that same time, the Lord spoke by the hand of Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saying: “Go forth, and remove the sackcloth from your waist, and take your shoes from your feet.” And he did so, going out naked and barefoot.

20:3  And YHWH said: 'Like as My servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot to be for three years a sign and a wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia,

3  And the Lord said, As my servant Esaias has walked naked and barefoot three years, there shall be three years for signs and wonders to the Egyptians and Ethiopians;

20:4  so shall the king of Assyria lead away the captives of Egypt, and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, and with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

4  for thus shall the king of the Assyrians lead the captivity of Egypt and the Ethiopians, young men and old, naked and barefoot, having the shame of Egypt exposed.

4  so also will the king of the Assyrians force the captivity of Egypt, and the transmigration of Ethiopia: young and old, naked and barefoot, with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

20:5  And they shall be dismayed and ashamed, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

5  And the Egyptians being defeated shall be ashamed of the Ethiopians, in whom they had trusted; for they were their glory.

5  And they will be afraid and confounded over Ethiopia, their hope, and Egypt, their glory.

20:6  And the inhabitant of this coast-land shall say in that day: Behold, such is our expectation, whither we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and how shall we escape?'

6  And they that dwell in this island shall say in that day, Behold, we trusted to flee to them for help, who could not save themselves from the king of the Assyrians: and how shall we be saved?

6  And in that day, the inhabitants of a certain island will say: “Behold, this was our hope, we fled to them for help, to free us from the face of the king of the Assyrians. And now, how will we be able to escape?”

21:1  The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweeping on, it cometh from the wilderness, from a dreadful land.

21:2  A grievous vision is declared unto me: 'The treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam! besiege, O Media! All the sighing thereof have I made to cease.'

2  so a fearful and a grievous vision was declared to me: he that is treacherous deals treacherously, the transgressor transgresses. The Elamites are upon me, and the ambassadors of the Persians come against me: now will I groan and comfort myself.

2  A difficult vision has been announced to me: he who is unbelieving, he acts unfaithfully, and he who is a plunderer, he devastates. Ascend, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I have caused all its mourning to cease.

21:3  Therefore are my loins filled with convulsion; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail; I am bent so that I cannot hear; I am affrighted so that I cannot see.

3  Because of this, my lower back has been filled with pain, and anguish has possessed me, like the anguish of a woman in labor. I fell down when I heard it. I was disturbed when I saw it.

21:4  My heart is bewildered, terror hath overwhelmed me; the twilight that I longed for hath been turned for me into trembling.

4  My heart wanders, and transgression overwhelms me; my soul is occupied with fear.

4  My heart failed, pangs made me quake; the beauty of my pleasures has been turned into terror to me.

21:5  They prepare the table, they light the lamps, they eat, they drink--'Rise up, ye princes, anoint the shield.'

5  Prepare the table, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and prepare your shields.

5  Prepare the table. Contemplate, from a place of observation, those who eat and drink. Rise up, you leaders! Take up the shield!

21:6  For thus hath YHWH said unto me: Go, set a watchman; let him declare what he seeth!

6  For thus said the Lord to me, Go and station a watchman for thyself, and declare whatever thou shalt see.

6  For the Lord has said this to me: “Go and station a watchman. And let him announce whatever he will see.”

21:7  And when he seeth a troop, horsemen by pairs, a troop of asses, a troop of camels, he shall hearken diligently with much heed.

7  And I saw two mounted horsemen, and a rider on an ass, and a rider on a camel.

7  And he saw a chariot with two horsemen, and a rider on an donkey, and a rider on a camel. And he considered them diligently, with an intense gaze.

21:8  And he cried as a lion: 'Upon the watch-tower, O Lord, I stand continually in the daytime, and I am set in my ward all the nights.'

21:9  And, behold, there came a troop of men, horsemen by pairs. And he spoke and said: 'Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the graven images of her gods are broken unto the ground.'

9  and, behold, he comes riding in a chariot and pair: and he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all her images and her idols have been crushed to the ground.

9  Behold, a certain man approaches, a man riding on a two-horse chariot.” And he responded, and he said: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! And all its graven gods have been crushed into the earth!

21:10  O thou my threshing, and the winnowing of my floor, that which I have heard from YHWH of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.

10  Hear, ye that are left, and ye that are in pain, hear what things I have heard of the Lord of hosts which the God of Israel has declared to us.

21:11  The burden of Dumah. One calleth unto me out of Seir: 'Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?'

11  THE VISION OF IDUMEA. Call to me out of Seir; guard ye the bulwarks.

21:12  The watchman said: 'The morning cometh, and also the night--if ye will inquire, inquire ye; return, come.'

12  I watch in the morning and the night: if thou wouldest enquire, enquire, and dwell by me.

21:13  The burden upon Arabia. In the thickets in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedanites.

13  Thou mayest lodge in the forest in the evening, or in the way of Daedan.

13  The prophecy concerning Arabia. In the evening you shall lodge in the forest, in the highway of Dornim.

21:14  Unto him that is thirsty bring ye water! The inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitive with his bread.

14  Ye that dwell in the country of Thaeman, bring water to meet him that is thirsty;

21:15  For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

15  meet the fugitives with bread, because of the multitude of the slain, and because of the multitude of them that lose their way, and because of the multitude of swords, and because of the multitude of bent bows, and because of the multitude of them that have fallen in war.

15  For they are fleeing before the face of swords, before the face of a sword hanging over them, before the face of a bent bow, before the face of a grievous battle.

21:16  For thus hath YHWH said unto me: 'Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail;

16  For thus said the Lord to me, Yet a year, as the year of an hireling, and the glory of the sons of Kedar shall fail

16  For the Lord said this to me: “After one more year, just like one year for a hired hand, all the glory of Kedar will be taken away.

21:17  and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished; for YHWH, the God of Israel, hath spoken it.'

17  and the remnant of the strong bows of the sons of Kedar shall be small: for the Lord God of Israel has spoken it.

17  And the remainder of the multitude of strong archers from the sons of Kedar will be few, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken it.”

22:1  The burden concerning the Valley of Vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops,

1  THE WORD OF THE VALLEY OF SION. What has happened to thee, that now ye are all gone up to the housetops which help you not?

1  The burden of the valley of vision. What does it mean to you, then, that each of you have even climbed to the rooftops?

22:2  Thou that art full of uproar, a tumultuous city, a joyous town? Thy slain are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.

2  The city is filled with shouting men: thy slain are not slain with swords, nor are thy dead those who have died in battle.

2  Filled with clamor, a busy city, an exultant city: your dead have not been slain by the sword, nor did they die in battle.

22:3  All thy rulers are fled together, without the bow they are bound; all that are found of thee are bound together, they are fled afar off.

3  All thy princes have fled, and thy captives are tightly bound, and the mighty men in thee have fled far away.

3  All your leaders have fled together, and they have been bound by hardship. All who were found were chained together. They have fled far away.

22:4  Therefore said I: 'Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; strain not to comfort me, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.'

4  Therefore I said, Let me alone, I will weep bitterly; labour not to comfort me for the breach of the daughter of my people.

4  For this reason, I said: “Depart from me. I will weep bitterly. Make no attempt to console me, over the devastation of the daughter of my people.”

22:5  For it is a day of trouble, and of trampling, and of perplexity, from YHWH, the GOD of hosts, in the Valley of Vision; Kir shouting, and Shoa at the mount.

5  For it is a day of trouble, and of destruction, and of treading down, and there is perplexity sent from the Lord of hosts: they wander in the valley of Sion; they wander from the least to the greatest on the mountains.

22:6  And Elam bore the quiver, with troops of men, even horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.

6  And the Elamites took their quivers, and there were men mounted on horses, and there was a gathering for battle.

6  And Elam took up the quiver and the chariot of the horseman; and he stripped the wall of the shield.

22:7  And it came to pass, when thy choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate,

7  And it shall be that thy choice valleys shall be filled with chariots, and horsemen shall block up thy gates.

7  And your elect valleys will be filled with chariots, and the horsemen will position themselves at the gates.

22:8  And the covering of Judah was laid bare, that thou didst look in that day to the armour in the house of the forest.

8  And they shall uncover the gates of Juda, and they shall look in that day on the choice houses of the city.

8  And the defenses of Judah shall be laid bare, and you shall see on that day the armour of the house of the forest.

22:9  And ye saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many; and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

9  And they shall uncover the secret places of the houses of the citadel of David: and they saw that they were many, and that one had turned the water of the old pool into the city;

22:10  And ye numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and ye broke down the houses to fortify the wall;

10  and that they had pulled down the houses of Jerusalem, to fortify the wall of the city.

10  And you have numbered the houses of Jerusalem. And you have destroyed the houses in order to fortify the wall.

22:11  ye made also a basin between the two walls for the water of the old pool--but ye looked not unto Him that had done this, neither had ye respect unto Him that fashioned it long ago.

11  And ye procured to yourselves water between the two walls within the ancient pool: but ye looked not to him that made it from the beginning, and regarded not him that created it.

11  And you have made a pit between two walls for the waters of the ancient fish-pool. But you have not gazed upward to him who made it, and you have not considered, even from a distance, its Maker.

22:12  And in that day did YHWH, the GOD of hosts, call to weeping, and to lamentation, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth;

12  And the Lord, the Lord of hosts, called in that day for weeping, and lamentation, and baldness, and for girding with sackcloth

22:13  And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine--'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die!'

13  but they engaged in joy and gladness, slaying calves, and killing sheep, so as to eat flesh, and drink wine; saying, Let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die.

13  But behold: gladness and rejoicing, the killing of calves and the slaughter of rams, the eating of meat and the drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die.”

22:14  And YHWH of hosts revealed Himself in mine ears: Surely this iniquity shall not be expiated by you till ye die, saith YHWH, the GOD of hosts.

14  And these things are revealed in the ears of the Lord of hosts: for this sin shall not be forgiven you, until ye die.

14  And it was revealed in my ears by the LORD of hosts, saying, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till you die, says the LORD God of hosts.

22:15  Thus saith YHWH, the GOD of hosts: Go, get thee unto this steward, even unto Shebna, who is over the house

15  Thus says the Lord, the God of hosts: Go forth and enter to him who lives in the tabernacle, to Shebna, who is in charge of the temple, and you shall say to him

22:16  What hast thou here, and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out here a sepulchre, thou that hewest thee out a sepulchre on high, and gravest a habitation for thyself in the rock?

16  “What are you here, or who are you claiming to be here? For you have hewn a sepulcher for yourself here. You have diligently hewn a memorial in a rock, as a tabernacle to yourself.

22:17  Behold, YHWH will hurl thee up and down with a man's throw; yea, He will wind thee round and round;

17  Behold now, the Lord of hosts casts forth and will utterly destroy such a man, and will take away thy robe and thy glorious crown,

17  Behold, O man, the LORD will surely cast you away, and will surely forsake you.

22:18  He will violently roll and toss thee like a ball into a large country; there shalt thou die, and there shall be the chariots of thy glory, thou shame of the lord's house.

18  He will crown you with a crown of tribulation. He will toss you like a ball into a broad and spacious land. There you will die, and there the chariot of your glory will be, for it is a shame to the house of your Lord.”

18  And he shall afflict you like the affliction of a company of soldiers besieged in a fortress from which there is no escape; there shall you die, and there the chariots of your glory shall be the shame of your master's house.

22:19  And I will thrust thee from thy post, and from thy station shalt thou be pulled down.

19  And thou shalt be removed from thy stewardship, and from thy place.

19  And I will expel you from your station, and I will depose you from your ministry.

22:20  And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah;

20  And this shall be in that day: I will call my servant Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah.

22:21  And I will clothe him with thy robe, and bind 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.

21  and I will put on him thy robe, and I will grant him thy crown with power, and I will give thy stewardship into his hands: and he shall be as a father to them that dwell in Jerusalem, and to them that dwell in Juda.

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

22  And I will give him the glory of David; and he shall rule, and there shall be none to speak against him: and I will give him the key of the house of David upon his shoulder; and he shall open, and there shall be none to shut; and he shall shut, and there shall be none to open.

22  And I will place the key of the house of David upon his shoulder. And when he opens, no one will close. And when he closes, no one will open.

22:23  And I will fasten him as a peg in a sure place; and he shall be for a throne of honour to his father's house.

22:24  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.

24  And every one that is glorious in the house of his father shall trust in him, from the least to the greatest; and they shall depend upon him in that day.

24  And they will suspend over him all the glory of his father’s house: various kinds of vessels and every little article, from the vessels of bowls even to every instrument of music.

22:25  In that day, saith YHWH of hosts, shall the peg that was fastened in a sure place give way; and it shall be hewn down, and fall, and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off; for the YHWH hath spoken it.

25  Thus saith the Lord of hosts, The man that is fastened in the sure place shall be removed and be taken away, and shall fall; and the glory that is upon him shall be utterly destroyed: for the Lord has spoken it.

25  In that day, says the Lord of hosts, the peg which was fastened in a trustworthy place shall be taken away. And he will be broken, and he will fall, and he will perish, along with all that had depended upon him, because the Lord has spoken it.

23:1  The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in; from the land of Kittim it is revealed to them.

1  THE WORD CONCERNING TYRE. Howl, ye ships of Carthage; for she has perished, and men no longer arrive from the land of the Citians: she is led captive.

1  THE prophecy concerning the fall of Tyre. Howl, O ships of Tarshish! for he who brings merchandise is plundered; from the land of China the news has been revealed to us.

23:2  Be still, ye inhabitants of the coast-land; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.

2  To whom are the dwellers in the island become like, the merchants of Phoenice, passing over the sea

2  Be silent, you inhabitants of the island! The merchants of Sidon, crossing over the sea, have filled you.

23:3  And on great waters the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the mart of nations.

23:4  Be thou ashamed, O Zidon; for the sea hath spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying: 'I have not travailed, nor brought forth, neither have I reared young men, nor brought up virgins.'

4  Be ashamed, O Sidon! For the sea speaks, the strength of the sea, saying: “I have not been in labor, and I have not given birth, and I have not raised young men, nor have I promoted the development of virgins.”

23:5  When the report cometh to Egypt, they shall be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.

5  Moreover when it shall be heard in Egypt, sorrow shall seize them for Tyre.

5  When it has been heard in Egypt, they will be in anguish, when they hear of Tyre.

23:6  Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the coast-land.

6  Depart ye to Carthage; howl, ye that dwell in this island.

6  Cross over the seas. Wail, you inhabitants of the island!

23:7  Is this your joyous city, whose feet in antiquity, in ancient days, carried her afar off to sojourn?

7  Was not this your pride from the beginning, before she was given up?

7  Is this not your place, which from its earliest days has gloried in its antiquity? Her feet will lead her to a sojourn far away.

23:8  Who hath devised this against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?

8  Who has devised this counsel against Tyre? Is she inferior? or has she no strength? her merchants were the glorious princes of the earth.

8  Who has made this plan against Tyre, which formerly was crowned, whose merchants were leaders, whose traders were illustrious on the earth?

23:9  YHWH of hosts hath devised it, to pollute the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.

9  The Lord of hosts has purposed to bring down all the pride of the glorious ones, and to disgrace every glorious thing on the earth.

23:10  Overflow thy land as the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish! there is no girdle any more.

10  Till thy land; for ships no more come out of Carthage.

10  Cross through your land, as through a river, O daughter of the sea. You no longer have a belt.

23:11  He hath stretched out His hand over the sea, He hath shaken the kingdoms; YHWH hath given commandment concerning Canaan, to destroy the strongholds thereof;

11  And thy hand prevails no more by sea, which troubled kings: the Lord of hosts has given a command concerning Chanaan, to destroy the strength thereof.

11  He has extended his hand over the sea. He has stirred up kingdoms. The Lord has given an order against Canaan, so that he may crush its strong.

23:12  And He said: 'Thou shalt no more rejoice.' O thou oppressed virgin daughter of Zidon, arise, pass over to Kittim; even there shalt thou have no rest.

12  And men shall say, Ye shall no longer at all continue to insult and injure the daughter of Sidon: and if thou depart to the Citians, neither there shalt thou have rest.

12  And he said: “You shall no longer increase so as to glory, while enduring calumny, O virgin daughter of Sidon. Rise up and set sail for Kittim; in that place, too, there will be no rest for you.”

23:13  Behold, the land of the Chaldeans--this is the people that was not, when Asshur founded it for shipmen--they set up their towers, they overthrew the palaces thereof; it is made a ruin.

13  And if thou depart to the land of the Chaldeans, this also is laid waste by the Assyrians, for her wall is fallen.

13  Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this is the people, and not the Assyrians, who destroyed it; they appointed spies who spied on her palaces, and they brought it to ruin.

23:14  Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste.

14  Wail, you ships of the sea! For your strength has been devastated.

23:15  And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king; after the end of seventy years it shall fare with Tyre as in the song of the harlot

15  And this shall be in that day: you, O Tyre, will be forgotten for seventy years, like the days of one king. Then, after seventy years, there will be, for Tyre, something like the canticle of a harlot.

23:16  Take a harp, go about the city, thou harlot long forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.

16  Take up a stringed instrument. Circulate through the city, you harlot who had been forgotten. Sing many canticles well, so that you may be remembered.

23:17  And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that YHWH will remember Tyre, and she shall return to her hire, and shall have commerce with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.

17  And this shall be after seventy years: the Lord will visit Tyre, and he will lead her back to her profits. And she will fornicate again with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.

23:18  And her gain and her hire shall be holiness to YHWH; it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her gain shall be for them that dwell before the YHWH, to eat their fill, and for stately clothing.

18  And her trade and her gain shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be gathered for them, but for those that dwell before the Lord, even all her trade, to eat and drink and be filled, and for a covenant and a memorial before the Lord.

18  And her businesses and her profits will be sanctified to the Lord. They will not be locked away and they will not be stored. For her business will be for those who will live in the presence of the Lord, so that they may eat until satisfied, and may be well-clothed even into old age.

24:1  Behold, YHWH maketh the earth empty and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

1  Behold, the Lord is about to lay waste the world, and will make it desolate, and will lay bare the surface of it, and scatter them that dwell therein.

1  BEHOLD, the LORD shall destroy the earth and lay it waste and turn it upside down and scatter its inhabitants.

24:2  And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor.

2  And the people shall be as the priest, and the servant as the lord, and the maid as the mistress; the buyer shall be as the seller, the lender as the borrower, and the debtor as his creditor.

24:3  The earth shall be utterly emptied, and clean despoiled; for YHWH hath spoken this word.

3  The earth shall be completely laid waste, and the earth shall be utterly spoiled: for the mouth of the Lord has spoken these things.

3  The earth will be utterly devastated and utterly plundered. For the Lord has spoken this word.

24:4  The earth fainteth and fadeth away, the world faileth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do fail.

4  The earth mourns, and the world is ruined, the lofty ones of the earth are mourning.

4  The earth mourned, and slipped away, and languished. The world slipped away; the loftiness of the people of the earth was weakened.

24:5  The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statute, broken the everlasting covenant.

5  And she has sinned by reason of her inhabitants; because they have transgressed the law, and changed the ordinances, even the everlasting covenant.

5  And the earth was corrupted by its inhabitants. For they have transgressed the laws, they have changed the ordinance, they have dissipated the everlasting covenant.

24:6  Therefore hath a curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are found guilty; therefore the inhabitants of the earth waste away, and men are left few.

6  Because of this, a curse will devour the earth, and its inhabitants will sin. And for this reason, its caretakers will become crazed, and few men will be left behind.

6  Therefore the earth shall sit in mourning, and all its inhabitants shall be condemned; therefore all the inhabitants of the earth shall be destroyed, and a few men shall be left.

24:7  The new wine faileth, the vine fadeth; all the merry-hearted do sigh.

7  The wine shall mourn, the vine shall mourn, all the merry-hearted shall sigh.

7  The vintage has mourned. The vine has languished. All those who were rejoicing in their hearts have groaned.

24:8  The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

8  The mirth of timbrels has ceased, the sound of the harp has ceased.

8  The gladness of the drums has ceased. The sound of rejoicing has quieted. The sweetness of stringed instruments has been silenced.

24:9  They drink not wine with a song; strong drink is bitter to them that drink it.

9  They are ashamed, they have not drunk wine; strong drink has become bitter to them that drink it.

9  They will not drink wine with a song. The drink will be bitter to those who drink it.

24:10  Broken down is the city of wasteness; every house is shut up, that none may come in.

10  All the city has become desolate: one shall shut his house so that none shall enter.

10  The city of vanity has been worn away. Every house has been closed up; no one enters.

24:11  There is a crying in the streets amidst the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.

11  There is a howling for the wine everywhere; all the mirth of the land has ceased, all the mirth of the land has departed.

11  There will be a clamor for wine in the streets. All rejoicing has been abandoned. The gladness of the earth has been carried away.

24:12  In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten unto ruin.

12  And cities shall be left desolate, and houses being left shall fall to ruin.

12  Solitude is what remains in the city, and calamity will overwhelm its gates.

24:13  For thus shall it be in the midst of the earth, among the peoples, as at the beating of an olive-tree, as at the gleanings when the vintage is done.

13  All this shall be in the land in the midst of the nations, as if one should strip an olive tree, so shall they strip them; but when the vintage is done,

13  For so shall it be in the midst of the earth, in the midst of the people: it is as if the few remaining olives are being shaken from the olive tree, and it is like a few clusters of grapes, when the grape harvest has already ended.

24:14  Those yonder lift up their voice, they sing for joy; for the majesty of YHWH they shout from the sea

14  these shall cry aloud; and they that are left on the land shall rejoice together in the glory of the Lord: the water of the sea shall be troubled.

14  These few shall lift up their voice and give praise. When the Lord will have been glorified, they will make a joyful noise from the sea.

24:15  'Therefore glorify ye YHWH in the regions of light, even the name of the YHWH, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea.'

15  Therefore shall the glory of the Lord be in the isles of the sea; the name of the Lord shall be glorious.

15  Because of this, glorify the Lord in doctrine: the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea.

24:16  From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs: 'Glory to the righteous.' But I say: I waste away, I waste away, woe is me! The treacherous deal treacherously; yea, the treacherous deal very treacherously.

16  O Lord God of Israel, from the ends of the earth we have heard wonderful things, and there is hope to the godly: but they shall say, Woe to the despisers, that despise the law.

16  From the ends of the earth, we have heard the praises of the glory of the Just One. And I said: “My secret is for myself! My secret is for myself! Woe to me! Those who would betray us have betrayed us, and they have betrayed us with the betrayal of transgression.”

24:17  Terror, and the pit, and the trap, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.

17  Fear, and a pit, and a snare, are upon you that dwell on the earth.

17  Dread, and the pit, and the snare are over you, O inhabitant of the earth!

24:18  And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the terror shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the trap; for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth do shake;

18  And this shall be: whoever will flee from the voice of dread will fall into the pit. And whoever will extricate himself from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the floodgates from above have been opened, and the foundations of the earth will be shaken.

24:19  The earth is broken, broken down, the earth is crumbled in pieces, the earth trembleth and tottereth;

19  the earth shall be utterly confounded, and the earth shall be completely perplexed.

19  The earth will be utterly broken! The earth will be utterly crushed! The earth will be utterly shaken!

24:20  The earth reeleth to and fro like a drunken man, and swayeth to and fro as a lodge; and the transgression thereof is heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.

20  The earth will stagger greatly, like a drunken man, and will be carried away, like the tent of a single night. And its iniquity will be heavy upon it, and it will fall and not rise up again.

24:21  And it shall come to pass in that day, that YHWH will punish the host of the high heaven on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.

21  And God shall bring his hand upon the host of heaven, and upon the kings of the earth.

21  And this shall be: in that day, the Lord will visit upon the armies of the sky above, and upon the kings of the earth who are on the ground.

24:22  And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the dungeon, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be punished.

22  And they shall gather the multitude thereof into prisons, and they shall shut them into a strong hold: after many generations they shall be visited.

22  And they will be gathered together like the gathering of one bundle into a pit. And they will be enclosed in that place, as in a prison. And after many days, they will be visited.

24:23  Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for YHWH of hosts will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before His elders shall be Glory.

23  And the brick shall decay, and the wall shall fall; for the Lord shall reign from out of Sion, and out of Jerusalem, and shall be glorified before his elders.

23  And the moon will be ashamed, and the sun will be confounded, when the Lord of hosts will reign on mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and when he will have been glorified in the sight of his elders.

25:1  O YHWH, Thou art my God, I will exalt Thee, I will praise Thy name, for Thou hast done wonderful things; even counsels of old, in faithfulness and truth.

1  O Lord, you are my God! I will exalt you, and I will confess your name. For you have accomplished miracles. Your plan, from antiquity, is faithful. Amen.

25:2  For Thou hast made of a city a heap, of a fortified city a ruin; a castle of strangers to be no city, it shall never be built.

2  For you have appointed a city as a tomb, a strong city for ruination, a house of foreigners: so that it may not be a city, and so that it may not be rebuilt forever.

25:3  Therefore shall the strong people glorify Thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear Thee.

3  Concerning this, a strong people will praise you; a city with a robust people will fear you.

3  Therefore many peoples shall praise thee, the city of the mighty nations shall worship thee.

25:4  For Thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat; for the blast of the terrible ones was as a storm against the wall.

4  For thou hast been a helper to every lowly city, and a shelter to them that were disheartened by reason of poverty: thou shalt deliver them from wicked men: thou hast been a shelter of them that thirst, and a refreshing air to injured men.

4  For you have been the strength of the poor, the strength of the indigent in his tribulation, a refuge from the whirlwind, a shadow from the heat. For the spirit of the mighty is like a whirlwind striking against a wall.

25:5  As the heat in a dry place, Thou didst subdue the noise of strangers; as the heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the terrible ones was brought low.

5  We were as faint-hearted men thirsting in Sion, by reason of ungodly men to whom thou didst deliver us.

5  You will bring low the uprising of foreigners, just as heat brings thirst. And like heat under a torrential cloud, you will cause the offshoot of the strong to wither away.

25:6  And in this mountain will YHWH of hosts make unto all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

6  And the Lord of hosts shall make a feast for all the nations: on this mount they shall drink gladness, they shall drink wine

6  And the Lord of hosts will cause all the peoples on this mountain to feast on fatness, to feast on wine, a fatness full of marrow, a purified wine.

25:7  And He will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering that is cast over all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all nations.

7  they shall anoint themselves with ointment in this mountain. Impart thou all these things to the nations; for this is God’s counsel upon all the nations.

7  And he will cast down violently, on this mountain, the face of the chains, with which all peoples had been bound, and the net, with which all nations had been covered.

25:8  He will swallow up death for ever; and YHWH GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of His people will He take away from off all the earth; for YHWH hath spoken it.

8  Death has prevailed and swallowed men up; but again the Lord God has taken away every tear from every face. He has taken away the reproach of his people from all the earth: for the mouth off the Lord has spoken it.

8  He will violently cast down death forever. And the Lord God will take away the tears from every face, and he will take away the disgrace of his people from the entire earth. For the Lord has spoken it.

25:9  And it shall be said in that day: 'Lo, this is our God, for whom we waited, that He might save us; this is YHWH, for whom we waited, we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.'

9  And in that day they shall say, behold our God in whom we have trusted, and he shall save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, and we have exulted, and will rejoice in our salvation.

25:10  For in this mountain will the hand of YHWH rest, and Moab shall be trodden down in his place, even as straw is trodden down in the dunghill.

10  God will give rest on this mountain, and the country of Moab shall be trodden down, as they tread the floor with waggons.

10  For the hand of the Lord will rest upon this mountain. And Moab will be trampled under him, just as stubble is worn away by a wagon.

25:11  And when he shall spread forth his hands in the midst thereof, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim, his pride shall be brought down together with the cunning of his hands.

11  And he shall spread forth his hands, even as he also brings down man to destroy him: and he shall bring low his pride in regard to the thing on which he has laid his hands.

11  And he will extend his hands under him, like a swimmer extending his hands to swim. And he will bring down his glory with a clap of his hands.

25:12  And the high fortress of thy walls will He bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.

12  And the fortress of treason of your rebellious men and your strong walls he shall tear down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.

26:1  In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; walls and bulwarks doth He appoint for salvation.

1  In that day, this canticle will be sung in the land of Judah. Within it will be set the city of our strength: Zion, a savior, a wall with a bulwark.

26:2  Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation that keepeth faithfulness may enter in.

2  Open the gates, and let the just people who guard the truth enter.

2  Open the gates, that the righteous peoples who keep faith and that the truth may enter in.

26:3  The mind stayed on Thee Thou keepest in perfect peace; because it trusteth in Thee.

3  supporting truth, and keeping peace: for on thee, O Lord,

3  The old error has gone away. You will serve peace: peace, for we have hoped in you.

26:4  Trust ye in YHWH for ever, for the YHWH is GOD, an everlasting Rock.

4  For the LORD God is an everlasting strength;

26:5  For He hath brought down them that dwell on high, the lofty city, laying it low, laying it low even to the ground, bringing it even to the dust.

5  who hast humbled and brought down them that dwell on high thou shalt cast down strong cities, and bring them to the ground.

26:6  The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.

6  And the feet of the meek and lowly shall trample them.

26:7  The way of the just is straight; Thou, Most Upright, makest plain the path of the just.

26:8  Yea, in the way of Thy judgments, O YHWH, have we waited for Thee; to Thy name and to Thy memorial is the desire of our soul.

8  For the way of the Lord is judgement: we have hoped in thy name, and on the remembrance of thee,

8  And in the path of your judgments, O Lord, we have endured for you. Your name and your remembrance are the desire of the soul.

26:9  With my soul have I desired Thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me have I sought Thee earnestly; for when Thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

9  which our soul longs for: my spirit seeks thee very early in the morning, O God, for thy commandments are a light on the earth: learn righteousness, ye that dwell upon the earth.

9  My soul has desired you in the night. But I will also watch for you with my spirit, in my inmost heart, from the morning. When you accomplish your judgments upon the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn justice.

26:10  Let favour be shown to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness will he deal wrongfully, and will not behold the majesty of YHWH.

10  For the ungodly one is put down: no one who will not learn righteousness on the earth, shall be able to do the truth: let the ungodly be taken away, that he see not the glory of the Lord.

26:11  YHWH, Thy hand was lifted up, yet they see not; they shall see with shame Thy zeal for the people; yea, fire shall devour Thine adversaries.

11  O Lord, thine arm is exalted, yet they knew it not: but when they know they shall be ashamed: jealousy shall seize upon an untaught nation, and now fire shall devour the adversaries.

11  Lord, let your hand be exalted, and let them not see it. May the envious people see and be confounded. And may fire devour your enemies.

26:12  YHWH, Thou wilt establish peace for us; for Thou hast indeed wrought all our works for us.

12  O Lord our God, give us peace: for thou hast rendered to us all things.

12  Lord, you will give us peace. For all our works have been wrought for us by you.

26:13  O YHWH our God, other lords beside Thee have had dominion over us; but by Thee only do we make mention of Thy name.

13  O Lord our God, take possession of us: O Lord, we know not any other beside thee: we name thy name.

13  O LORD our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us; but thy name alone will we mention;

26:14  The dead live not, the shades rise not; to that end hast Thou punished and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.

14  But the dead shall not see life, neither shall physicians by any means raise them up: therefore thou hast brought wrath upon them, and slain them, and hast taken away every male of them. Bring more evils upon them, O Lord;

26:15  Thou hast gotten Thee honour with the nations, O YHWH, yea, exceeding great honour with the nations; Thou art honoured unto the farthest ends of the earth.

15  bring more evils on the glorious ones of the earth.

15  You have been lenient to the people, O Lord, lenient to the people. But have you been glorified? You have removed all the limits of the earth.

26:16  YHWH, in trouble have they sought Thee, silently they poured out a prayer when Thy chastening was upon them.

16  Lord, in affliction I remembered thee; thy chastening was to us with small affliction.

26:17  Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been at Thy presence, O YHWH.

17  And as a woman in travail draws nigh to be delivered, and cries out in her pain; so have we been to thy beloved.

26:18  We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the land; neither are the inhabitants of the world come to life.

18  We have conceived, O Lord, because of thy fear, and have been in pain, and have brought forth the breath of thy salvation, which we have wrought upon the earth: we shall not fall, but all that dwell upon the land shall fall.

18  We have conceived, and it is as if we were in labor, but we have given birth to wind. We have not brought forth salvation on the earth. For this reason, the inhabitants of the earth have not fallen.

26:19  Thy dead shall live, my dead bodies shall arise--awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust--for Thy dew is as the dew of light, and the earth shall bring to life the shades.

19  The dead shall rise, and they that are in the tombs shall be raised, and they that are in the earth shall rejoice: for the dew from thee is healing to them: but the land of the ungodly shall perish.

19  Your dead shall live. My slain will rise again. Be awakened, and give praise, you who live in the dust! For your dew is the dew of the light, and you shall be dragged down to the land of the giants, to ruination.

26:20  Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee; hide thyself for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.

20  Go, my people, enter into thy closets, shut thy door, hide thyself for a little season, until the anger of the Lord have passed away.

20  Go, my people! Enter your chambers. Close your doors behind you. Conceal yourselves for a very brief time, until the indignation has passed over you.

26:21  For, behold, YHWH cometh forth out of His place to visit upon the inhabitants of the earth their iniquity; the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

21  For, behold, the Lord is bringing wrath from his holy place upon the dwellers on the earth: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall not cover her slain.

21  For behold, the Lord will go forth from his place, so that he may visit the iniquity of each inhabitant of the earth against him. And the earth will reveal its blood, and it will no longer cover its slain.

27:1  In that day YHWH with His sore and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the slant serpent, and leviathan the tortuous serpent; and He will slay the dragon that is in the sea.

1  In that day God shall bring his holy and great and strong sword upon the dragon, even the serpent that flees, upon the dragon, the crooked serpent: he shall destroy the dragon.

1  In that day, the Lord will visit, with his harsh and great and strong sword, against Leviathan, the barred serpent, and against Leviathan, the twisted serpent, and he will slay the whale that is in the sea.

27:2  In that day sing ye of her: 'A vineyard of foaming wine!'

2  In that day there shall be a fair vineyard, and a desire to commence a song concerning it.

2  In that day, the vineyard of pure wine will sing to them.

27:3  I YHWH do guard it, I water it every moment; lest Mine anger visit it, I guard it night and day.

3  I am a strong city, a city in a siege: in vain shall I water it; for it shall be taken by night, and by day the wall shall fall.

3  I am the Lord, who watches over it. I will suddenly give drink to it. I will watch over it, night and day, lest perhaps someone visit against it.

27:4  Fury is not in Me; would that I were as the briers and thorns in flame! I would with one step burn it altogether.

4  There is no woman that has not taken hold of it; who will set me to watch stubble in the field? because of this enemy I have set her aside; therefore on this account the Lord has done all that he appointed.

4  Indignation is not mine. Who will be a thorn and a brier to me in battle? I will advance against them. I set them on fire together.

27:5  Or else let him take hold of My strength, that he may make peace with Me; yea, let him make peace with Me.

5  I am burnt up; they that dwell in her shall cry, Let us make peace with him, let us make peace,

5  Or let Israel take hold of my strength, and I will make peace for him, peace will I give him.

27:6  In days to come shall Jacob take root, Israel shall blossom and bud; and the face of the world shall be filled with fruitage.

6  As they advance with violence against Jacob, Israel will flourish and spring forth, and they will fill the face of the world with offspring.

27:7  Hath He smitten him as He smote those that smote him? Or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that were slain by Him?

7  Shall he himself be thus smitten, even as he smote? and as he slew, shall he be thus slain?

7  Has he struck him with the scourge that he himself used to strike others? Or has he killed in the manner that he himself used to kill his victims?

27:8  In full measure, when Thou sendest her away, Thou dost contend with her; He hath removed her with His rough blast in the day of the east wind.

8  Fighting and reproaching he will dismiss them; didst thou not meditate with a harsh spirit, to slay them with a wrathful spirit?

27:9  Therefore by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be expiated, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in pieces, so that the Asherim and the sun-images shall rise no more.

27:10  For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation abandoned and forsaken, like the wilderness; there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.

10  The flock that dwelt there shall be left, as a deserted flock; and the ground shall be for a long time for pasture, and there shall flocks lie down to rest.

27:11  When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding; therefore He that made them will not have compassion upon them, and He that formed them will not be gracious unto them.

11  Its harvest will be crushed by dryness. Women will arrive and teach it, for it is not a wise people. Because of this, he who made it will not take pity on it, and he who formed it will not spare it.

27:12  And it shall come to pass in that day, that YHWH will beat off His fruit from the flood of the River unto the Brook of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.

12  And this shall be: in that day, the Lord will strike, from the channel of the river, even to the torrent of Egypt. And you shall be gathered together, one by one, O sons of Israel.

27:13  And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great horn shall be blown; and they shall come that were lost in the land of Assyria, and they that were dispersed in the land of Egypt; and they shall worship YHWH in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.