As a scattered nest, So shall the daughters of Moab be At the fords of Arnon. 3'Give counsel, execute justice; Make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday, Hide the outcasts: betray not the fugitive.
'Let mine outcasts dwell with thee; As for Moab, be thou a covert to him from the face of the spoiler.7 For the extortion is at an end, spoiling ceaseth, They that trampled down are con- sumed out of the land; 6And 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 righteous- °We have heard of the pride of Moab; He is very proud; Even of his haughtiness, and Ms pride, and his arrogancy, His ill-founded boastings.
^Therefore shall Moab wail for Moab, Every one shall wail; For the sweet cakes of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn, Sorely stricken.
*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 wilder- ness; Her branches were spread abroad, They passed over the sea.
'Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jazer For the vine of Sibmah; I will water thee* with my tears, 0 Heshbon. and Elealeh; For upon thy summer fruits and upon thy harvest The battle shout is fallen. 10And 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; 1 have made the vintage shout to cease.
"Wherefore my heart moaneth like a harp for Moab, And mine inward parts for Kirheres.
^And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab hath wearied him- self upon the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.
13This is the word that the LOBD spoke concerning Moab in time past. "But now the LORD hath spoken, saying: 'Within three years, as the 17 ISAIAH 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/ The burden of Damascus.
Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, And it shall be a ruinous heap. *The cities of Aroer are forsaken; They sha.ll be for flocks, Which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid. 8The 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 the LORD of hosts.
jAnd 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. 5And 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. 6Yet 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 the LORD, the God of Israel.
In that day shall a man regard his Maker, And his eyes shall look to the Holy One of Israel.
8And 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.
9In 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 desola- tion, 10For 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; nln 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.
12Ah, 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' 13The 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.
14At eventide behold terror; And before the morning they are not.
ISAIAH This is the portion of them that spoil us, And the lot of them that rob us.
1 Q Ah, land of the buzzing of Which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia; 2That 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! 3A11 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 4For thus hath the LORD said unto me: I will hold Me still, ancf I will look on in My dwelling-place, Like clear heat in sunshine, Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest. 5For 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. hey 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.
7In that time shall a present be brought unto the LORD 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 LORD of hosts, the mount Zion, 1O The burden of Egypt.
Behold, the LORD 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. 2And I will spur Egypt against Egypt; And they shall fight every one; against his brother, » And every one against his neigh- bour, City against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
3And 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 famil- iar spirits.
4And I will give over the Egyptians Into the hand of a cruel lord; And a fierce king shall rule over them* Saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, 5And the waters shall fail from the sea, And the river shall be drained dry. 6And the rivers shall become foul; ISAIAH The streams of Egypt shall be minished and dried up; The reeds and flags shall wither. 7The 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. 8The 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. 9Moreover they that work in combed flax, And they that weave cotton, shall be ashamed. 10And her foundations shall be crushed, ATI they that make dams shall be grieved in soul.
1JThe 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 '? "Where are they, then, thy wise men?
And let them tell thee now; And let them know what the LORD of hosts Hath purposed concerning Egypt. "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.
"The LORD 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.
"Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, Which head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do.
16In that day shall Egypt be like unto women; and it shall tremble and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which He shaketh over it. 17And the land of Judah shall become a terror unto Egypt, whensoever one maketh men- tion thereof to it; it shall be afraid, because of the purpose of the LORD of hosts, which He purposeth against it.
18In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called The city of destruction.
19In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border there- of to the LORD. 20And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they shall cry unto the LORD be- cause of the oppressors, and He will send them a saviour, and a defender, who will deliver them. 21And the LORD shall make Himself known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day; yea, they shall worship with sacrifice and offering, and shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and shall perform it. 22And the LORD will smite Egypt, smiting and healing; and they shall return unto the LORD, and He will be entreated of them, and will heal them.
^In that day shall there be a high- way out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria; and the Egyptians shall worship with the As- syrians.
24In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, a ISAIAH blessing in the midst of the earth; 25for that the LORD of hosts hath blessed him, saying: ' Blessed be Egypt My people and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel Aline inheritance.'
OA In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it; 2at that time the LORD 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.
3And the LORD 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, ^o shall the king of As- syria'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. sAnd they shall be dismayed and ashamed, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory. 6And 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?'
0 1 The burden of the wilderness of the sea.
As whirlwinds in the South sweep- ing on, It cometh from the wilderness, from a dreadful land.
A grievous vision is declared unto me: 'The treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth.
Go up, 0 Elam! besiege, 0 Media!
All the sighing thereof have I made to cease.'
therefore are my loins filled with convulsion; Pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pajBgs of a woman in travail; ] am bent so that I cannot hear; I am affrighted so that I cannot see. 4My heart is bewildered, terror hath overwhelmed me; The twilight that I longed for hath been turned for me into trembling. 6They prepare the table, they light the lamps, they eat, they drink — 'Rise up, ye princes, anoint the shield/ 6For thus hath the Lord said unto me: Go, set a watchman; Let him declare what he seeth!
7And when he seeth a troop, horse- men by pairs, A troop of asses, a troop of camels, He shall hearken diligently with much heed.
8And he cried as a lion: 'Upon the watch-tower, O Lord, I stand continually in the day-time, And I am set in my ward all the nights/ 9And, 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/ 100 thou my threshing, and the win- nowing of my floor, That which I have heard from the LORD of hosts, The God of Israel, have I declared unto you.
uThe burden of Dumah.
One calleth unto me out of Seir: 'Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?'
ISAIAH 12The watchman said: ' The morning cometh, and also the night — If ye will inquire, inquire ye; re- turn, come.'
13The burden upon Arabia In the thickets in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedanites 14Unto him that is thirsty bring ye water!
The inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitive with his bread. 15For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, And from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. 16For thus hath the Lord said unto me 'Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail; 17and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished; for the LORD, the God of Israel, hath spoken it.'
The burden concerning Valley of Vision.
the What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the house- tops, 2Thou that art full of uproar, a tumultuous city, a joyous town?
Thy slain are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
3A11 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.
4Theref ore said I: ' Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; Strain not to comfort me, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.'
5For it is a day of trouble, and of trampling, and of perplexity, From the Lord, the GOD of hosts, in the Valley of Vision; Kir shouting, and Shoa at the mount. 6And Elam bore the quiver, with troops of men, even horsemen; And Kir uncovered the shield. 7And it came to pass, when thy choic- est valleys were full of chariots, And the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate, 8And the covering of Judah was laid bare, that thou didst look in tha,t day to the armour in the house of the for- est. 9And ye saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many; and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool. 10And ye numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and ye broke down the houses to fortify the wall; uye 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 Hun that fashioned it long ago. 12And in that day did the Lgrd, the GOD of hosts, call To weeping, and to lamentation, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth; 13And behold joy and gladness, Slaying oxen and killing sheep, Eating flesh and drinking wine — 'Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we shall die!' 14And the LORD of hosts revealed Himself in mine ears: Surely this iniquity shall not be expiated by you till ye die, Saith the Lord, the GOD of hosts.
15Thus saith the Lord, the GOD of hosts: ISAIAH Go, get thee unto this steward, Even unto Shebna, who is over the house: 1GWhat hast thou here, and whom hast thou here, That thou hast hewed thee out here a sepulchre, Thou that newest thee out a sep- ulchre on high, And gravest a habitation for thy- self in the rock? "Behold, the LORD will hurl thee up and down with a man7s throw; Yea, He will wind thee round and round; 18He 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 thy lord's house. 19And I will thrust thee from thy post, And from thy station shalt thou be pulled down.
20And it shall come to pass in that day, That I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah; ^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 in- habitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. ^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. ^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. MAnd 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. 20In that day, suith the LORD of hosts, shall the peg that was fastened in a sure place ghe way; and it shall be hewn down, and fall, and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off; for the LORD hath spoken it.
9Q The burden of Tyre.
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, For it is laid waste, so that there is no hoube, no entering in; From the land of Kittini it is re- vealed to them.
2Be still, ye inhabitants of the coast- land; Thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have re- plenished.
3And on great waters the seed of Shihor, The harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; And she was the mart of nations.
4Be thou ashamed, 0 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.'
5When the report cometh to Egypt, They shall be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
''Pass ye over to Tarshish; Howl, ye inhabitants of the coast- land.
7Is this your joyous city, Whose feet in antiquity, In ancient days, Carried her afar off to sojourn?
*Who hath devised this against Tyre, the crowning city, ISAIAH Whose merchants are princes, Whose traffickers are the hon- ourable of the earth? &The LORD of hosts hath devised it, To pollute the pride of all glory, To bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth. "Overflow thy land as the Nile, 0 daughter of TarslushJ there is no Lie any more. uHe" hath stretched out His hand over the sea, He hath shaken the kingdoms; The LORD hath given command- ment concerning Canaan, To destroy the strongholds thereof; l2And He said: 'Thou shalt no more rejoice.' 0 thou oppressed virgin daughter of Zidon, Arise, pass over to Kittim; Even there shalt thou have no rest. 13Behold, 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. 14Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, For your stronghold is laid waste.'
15And 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: 16Take a harp.
Go about the city, Thou harlot long forgotten; Make sweet melody, Sing many songs, That thou mayest be remembered. 17And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD 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. 18And her gain and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD; it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her gain shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat their fill, and for stately clothing.
Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty and maketh it waste, And turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. 2And 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 mis- tress; As with the buyer, so with the seller: As with the lender, so with the borrower; As with the creditor, so with the debtor. 3The earth shall be utterly emptied, and clean despoiled; For the LORD hath spoken this word. 4The earth fainteth and fadeth away.
The world faileth and fadeth away, The lofty people of the earth do fail. 5The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; Because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statute, Broken the everlasting covenant. 6Therefore 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. 7The new wine faileth, the vine fadeth, ISAIAH All the merry-hearted do sigh. [ 8The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, j The noise of them that rejoice endeth, 1 The joy of the harp ceaseth. 9They drink not wine with a song; Strong drink is bitter to them that i drink it. | 10Broken down is the city of waste-; ness; j Every house is shut up, that none 1 may come in. j "There is a crying in the streets ' amidst the wine; | AH joy is darkened, The mirth of the land is gone., 12In the city is left desolation, And the gate is smitten unto ruin.; wFor 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 vint- age is done. "Those yonder lift up their voice, they sing for joy; For the majesty of the LORD they shout from the sea: 15< Therefore glorify ye the LORD in the regions of fight, Even the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea.'
16From 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.
17Terror, and the pit, and the trap, are upon thee, 0 inhabitant of the earth.
18And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the ixoise 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; 19The earth is broken, broken down, The earth is crumbled in pieces, The earth trembleth and tottereth; 20Thc 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. 21 And it shall come to pass in that clay, That the LORD will punish the host of the high heaven on high, And the kings of the earth upon the earth.
--And they shall be gathered to- gether, as prisoners are gathered in the dungeon, And shall be shut up in the prison, And after many days shall they be punished. ^Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; For the LORD of hosts will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, And before His elders shall be Glory.
0 LORD, Thou art my God, 1 will exalt Thee, I will praise Thy name, For Thou Iiast done wonderful things; Even counsels of old, in faithfulness and truth. 2For 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.
ISAIAH "Therefore fhall the strong people glorify Thee, The city of the terrible nations shall four Thoo. 4Fc»r Thou liast been a stronghold to the ponr, A MrnnghoM to the needy in his A refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat; Fur the bhibt of the terrible ones was as a storm against the wall. 5A^ the heat in a dry place, Thou didst subdue the noise of stran- gers: As the heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the terrible j ones was brought low.
fiAnrl in tins mountain will the LORD of hobts 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. rAnd 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.
*He will swallow up death for ever; And the Lord 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 the LORD hath spoken it.
*And it shall be said in that day: 'Lo, this is our God, For whom we Waited, that He might save us; This is the LORD, for whom we waited, We will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.'
10For in this mountain will the hand of the LORD rest, And Moab shall be trodden down in his place, Even as straw is trodden down in the dunghill. nAnd 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. 12And the high fortress of thy walls will He bring down, lay low, And bring to the ground, even to the dust.
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; Walls and bulwarks doth He ap- point for salvation. 20pen ye the gates, That the righteous nation that keepeth faithfulness may enter in. 3The mind stayed on Thee Thou keepest in perfect peace; Because it trusteth in Thee. *Trust ye in the LORD for ever, For the LORD is GOD, an ever- lasting Rock. 6For 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. 6The foot shall tread it down, Even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
7The way of the just is straight; Thou, Most Upright, makest plain the path of the just. 8Yea, in the way of Thy judgments, 0 LORD, have we waited for Thee; ISAIAH To Thy name and to Thy memorial is the desire of our soul. 9With 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. 10Let favour be shown to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteous- ness; In the land of uprightness will he deal wrongfully, And will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
ULORD, Thy hand was lifted up, yet the3r see not; They shall see with shame Thy zeal for the people; Yea, fire shall devour Thine ad- versaries. 12LoRD, Thou wilt establish peace for us; For Thou hast indeed wrought all our works for us.
^0 LORD our God, other lords be- side Thee have had dominion over us; But by Thee only do we make mention of Thy name. 14The dead live not, the shades rise not; To that end hast Thou punished and destroyed them, and made * all their memory to perish. 15Thou hast gotten Thee honour with the nations, 0 LORD, Yea, exceeding great honour with the nations; Thou art honoured unto the farthest ends of the earth.
16LoRD, in trouble have they sought Silently they poured out a prayer when Thy chastening was upon them. 17Like 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, 0 LORD. 18We have been with child, we have been in pain, We have as it were brought forth wind; We have not wrought any de- liverance in the land; Neither are the inhabitants of the world come to life. 19Thy 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.
20Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, And shut thy doors about thee; Hide thyself for a little moment, Until the indignation be overpast. 21For, behold, the LORD 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. O rj In that day the LORD with His f sore and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the slant ser- pent, and leviathan the tortuous serpent; and He will slay the dragon that is in the sea. 2In that day sing ye of her: *A vineyard of foaming wine I ' 3I the LORD do guard it, ISAIAH 1 water it every moment; U»di Mine anger vif.it it, I <#iard it night and day.
*Fury is not in Me; Would that I were as the briew tmd thorns in flame!
I would with one step burn it al- together.
HJr ebe let him take hold of \ strength, That he may make peace with Me; Yea, let him make peace with Me.
*Iu days to come shall Jacob take root, Israel shall blossom and bud; And the face of the world shall be filled with fruitage.
7Hath 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? *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. ^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. For the fortified city is solitary, A habitation abandoned and for- saken, like the wilderness; There shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, And consume the branches thereof. 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 under- standing; Therefore He that made them will not have compassion upon them, And He that formed them will not be gracious unto them.
l2And it shall come to pass in that day, That the LORD will beat off [His fruit] From the flood of the River unto the Brook of Egypt, And ye shall be gathered one by one, 0 ye children of Israel.
18And 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 the LORD in the holy mountain at Jeru- salem.
OQ Woe to the crown of pride of the ** u 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! 2Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, As a storm of hail, a tempest of destruction, As a storm of mighty waters over- flowing, That casteth down to the earth with violence. ^The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim Shall be trodden under j ISAIAH 4And 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.
5In that day shall the LORD of hosts be For a crown of glory, and for a