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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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!

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

28:1  Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley of them that are smitten down with wine!

1  Woe to the crown of arrogance, to the inebriated of Ephraim, and to the falling flower, the glory of his exultation, to those who were at the top of the very fat valley, staggering from wine.

28:2  Behold, YHWH hath a mighty and strong one, as a storm of hail, a tempest of destruction, as a storm of mighty waters overflowing, that casteth down to the earth with violence.

2  Behold, the anger of the Lord is strong and severe, as descending hail where there is no shelter, violently descending; as a great body of water sweeping away the soil, he shall make rest for the land.

2  Behold, the Lord is powerful and steadfast, like a storm of hail, like a crushing whirlwind, like the force of many waters, inundating, sent forth over a spacious land.

28:3  The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot;

3  The crown of pride, the hirelings of Ephraim, shall be beaten down with the hands and with the feet.

3  The arrogant crown of the inebriated of Ephraim will be trampled under foot.

28:4  And the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as the first-ripe fig before the summer, which when one looketh upon it, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.

4  And the falling flower, the glory of his exultation, who is at the summit of the fat valley, will be like a premature fruit before the ripeness of autumn, which, when the onlooker beholds it, as soon he takes it in his hand, he will devour it.

4  And the shameful garland of the strength of his glory, which dominates at the entrance of the fertile valley, shall be as the firstfruits before the summer, which he who sees it picks up at once and devours.

28:5  In that day shall YHWH of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of His people;

5  In that day the Lord of hosts shall be the crown of hope, the woven crown of glory, to the remnant of the people.

28:6  And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn back the battle at the gate.

6  They shall be left in the spirit of judgement for judgement, and for the strength of them that hinder slaying.

6  And he will be the spirit of judgment for those who sit in judgment, and the strength of those who return from war to the gates.

28:7  But these also reel through wine, and stagger through strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel through strong drink, they are confused because of wine, they stagger because of strong drink; they reel in vision, they totter in judgment.

7  For these have trespassed through wine; they have erred through strong drink: the priest and the prophet are mad through strong drink, they are swallowed up by reason of wine, they have staggered through drunkenness; they have erred: this is their vision.

7  Yet truly, these also have been ignorant due to wine, and they have gone astray due to inebriation. The priest and the prophet have been ignorant because of inebriation. They have been absorbed by wine. They have staggered in drunkenness. They have not known the One who sees. They have been ignorant of judgment.

28:8  For all tables are full of filthy vomit, and no place is clean.

8  A curse shall devour this counsel, for this is their counsel for the sake of covetousness.

8  For all the tables have been filled with vomit and filth, so much so that there was no place left.

28:9  Whom shall one teach knowledge? And whom shall one make to understand the message? Them that are weaned from the milk, them that are drawn from the breasts?

9  To whom have we reported evils? and to whom have we reported a message? even to those that are weaned from the milk, who are drawn from the breast.

28:10  For it is precept by precept, precept by precept, line by line, line by line; here a little, there a little.

10  Expect thou affliction on affliction, hope upon hope: yet a little, and yet a little,

10  So then: command, and command again; command, and command again; expect, and expect again; a little here, and a little there.

28:11  For with stammering lips and with a strange tongue shall it be spoken to this people;

11  by reason of the contemptuous words of the lips, by means of another language: for they shall speak to this people, saying to them,

11  For with the speech of lips and with a different language, he will speak to this people.

28:12  To whom it was said: 'This is the rest, give ye rest to the weary; and this is the refreshing'; yet they would not hear.

12  This is the rest to him that is hungry, and this is the calamity: but they would not hear.

12  For I have said to them, This is the place of my rest, wherewith I may cause the weary to rest; and this is the place of tranquillity; but they would not listen.

28:13  And so the word of YHWH is unto them precept by precept, precept by precept, line by line, line by line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

28:14  Wherefore hear the word of YHWH, ye scoffers, the ballad-mongers of this people which is in Jerusalem

14  Therefore hear ye the word of the Lord, ye afflicted men, and ye princes of this people that is in Jerusalem.

14  Because of this, listen to the word of the Lord, you mocking men, who lord it over my people who are at Jerusalem.

28:15  Because ye have said: 'We have made a covenant with death, and with the nether-world are we at agreement; when the scouring scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood have we hid ourselves';

15  For you have said: “We struck a deal with death, and we formed a pact with Hell. When the inundating scourge passes through, it will not overwhelm us. For we have placed our hope in lies, and we are protected by what is false.”

28:16  Therefore thus saith YHWH GOD: Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a costly corner-stone of sure foundation; he that believeth shall not make haste.

16  Therefore thus saith the Lord, even the Lord, Behold, I lay for the foundations of Sion a costly stone, a choice, a corner-stone, a precious stone, for its foundations; and he that believes on him shall by no means be ashamed.

16  For this reason, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will set a stone within the foundations of Zion, a tested stone, a cornerstone, a precious stone, which has been established in the foundation: whoever trusts in him need not hurry.

28:17  And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place.

17  And I will cause judgement to be for hope, and my compassion shall be for just measures, and ye that trust vainly in falsehood shall fall: for the storm shall by no means pass by you,

17  And I will establish judgment in weights, and justice in measures. And a hailstorm will overturn hope in what is false; and waters will inundate its protection.

28:18  And your covenant with death shall be disannulled and your agreement with the nether-world shall not stand; when the scouring scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it,

18  except it also take away your covenant of death, and your trust in Hades shall by no means stand: if the rushing storm should come upon you, ye shall be beaten down by it.

18  And your deal with death will be abolished, and your pact with Hell will not stand. When the inundating scourge passes through, you will be trampled down by it.

28:19  As often as it passeth through, it shall take you; for morning by morning shall it pass through, by day and by night; and it shall be sheer terror to understand the message.

19  Whenever it shall pass by, it shall take you; morning by morning it shall pass by in the day, and in the night there shall be an evil hope. Learn to hear,

19  Whenever it passes through, it will take you away. For, at first light of morning, it will pass through, in the day and in the night, and vexation alone will make you understand what you hear.

28:20  For the bed is too short for a man to stretch himself; and the covering too narrow when he gathereth himself up.

20  ye that are distressed; we cannot fight, but we are ourselves too weak for you to be gathered.

28:21  For YHWH will rise up as in mount Perazim, He will be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon; that He may do His work, strange is His work, and bring to pass His act, strange is His act.

21  The Lord shall rise up as a mountain of ungodly men, and shall be in the valley of Gabaon; he shall perform his works with wrath, even a work of bitterness, and his wrath shall deal strangely, and his destruction shall be strange.

21  For the Lord will stand, just as at the mountain of divisions. He will be angry, just as in the valley which is in Gibeon, so that he may accomplish his work, his strange work, so that he may complete his work, his work which is foreign even to him.

28:22  Now therefore be ye not scoffers, lest your bands be made strong; for an extermination wholly determined have I heard from YHWH, the GOD of hosts, upon the whole land.

22  Therefore do not ye rejoice, neither let your bands be made strong; for I have heard of works finished and cut short by the Lord of hosts, which he will execute upon all the earth.

22  And now, do not be willing to mock, lest your chains be tightened. For I have heard, from the Lord, the God of hosts, about the consummation and the abridgement concerning the entire earth.

28:23  Give ye ear, and hear my voice; attend, and hear my speech.

23  Hearken, and hear my voice; attend, and hear my words.

23  Pay close attention, and listen to my voice! Attend and hear my eloquence!

28:24  Is the plowman never done with plowing to sow, with the opening and harrowing of his ground?

24  Will the ploughman plough all the day? or will he prepare the seed beforehand, before he tills the ground?

24  Would the plowman, after plowing all day so that he may sow, instead cut open and hoe his soil?

28:25  When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the black cummin, and scatter the cummin, and put in the wheat in rows and the barley in the appointed place and the spelt in the border thereof?

25  Does he not, when he has levelled the surface thereof, then sow the small black poppy, or cumin, and afterward sow wheat, and barley, and millet, and bread-corn in thy borders?

25  Will he not, when he has made the surface level, sow coriander, and scatter cumin, and plant wheat in rows, and barley, and millet, and vetch in their places?

28:26  For He doth instruct him aright; his God doth teach him.

26  So thou shalt be chastened by the judgement of thy God, and shalt rejoice.

28:27  For the black cummin is not threshed with a threshing-sledge, neither is a cart-wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the black cummin is beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.

27  For coriander cannot be threshed with a saw, and a cartwheel cannot revolve over cumin. Instead, coriander is shaken out with a stick, and cumin with a staff.

27  For dill is not threshed under the feet of oxen, nor is a threshing instrument turned about upon cummin, but dill is beaten out with a staff, and cummin with a rod.

28:28  Is bread corn crushed? Nay, he will not ever be threshing it; and though the roller of his wagon and its sharp edges move noisily, he doth not crush it.

28  for I will not be wroth with you for ever, neither shall the voice of my anger crush you.

28:29  This also cometh forth from YHWH of hosts: Wonderful is His counsel, and great His wisdom.

29  And these signs came forth from the Lord of hosts. Take counsel, exalt vain comfort.

29  And this has gone forth from the Lord, the God of hosts, so that he may accomplish his miraculous plan and magnify justice.