Isaiah 56:1--59:21
the LORD
<03068>_,
<03068>_,
ye judgment
<04941>_,
<04941>_,
justice
<06666>_:
<06666>_:
for my salvation
<03444>
<03444>
[is] near
<07138>
<07138>
and my righteousness
<06666>
{judgment: or, equity}<06666>
Blessed
<0835>
<0835>
[is] the man
<0582>
<0582>
this, and the son
<01121>
<01121>
of man
<0120>
<0120>
the sabbath
<07676>
<07676>
his hand
<03027>
<03027>
any evil
<07451>_.
<07451>_.
Neither let the son
<01121>
<01121>
of the stranger
<05236>_,
<05236>_,
himself to the LORD
<03068>_,
<03068>_,
The LORD
<03068>
<03068>
me from his people
<05971>_:
<05971>_:
neither let the eunuch
<05631>
<05631>
Behold, I [am] a dry
<03002>
<03002>
tree
<06086>_.
<06086>_.
in mine house
<01004>
<01004>
and within my walls
<02346>
<02346>
a place
<03027>
<03027>
and a name
<08034>
<08034>
better
<02896>
<02896>
than of sons
<01121>
<01121>
and of daughters
<01323>_:
<01323>_:
them an everlasting
<05769>
<05769>
name
<08034>_,
<08034>_,
Also the sons
<01121>
<01121>
of the stranger
<05236>_,
<05236>_,
themselves to the LORD
<03068>_,
<03068>_,
the name
<08034>
<08034>
of the LORD
<03068>_,
<03068>_,
to be his servants
<05650>_,
<05650>_,
the sabbath
<07676>
<07676>
of my covenant
<01285>_;
<01285>_;
to my holy
<06944>
<06944>
mountain
<02022>_,
<02022>_,
in my house
<01004>
<01004>
of prayer
<08605>_:
<08605>_:
their burnt offerings
<05930>
<05930>
and their sacrifices
<02077>
<02077>
[shall be] accepted
<07522>
<07522>
upon mine altar
<04196>_;
<04196>_;
for mine house
<01004>
<01004>
an house
<01004>
<01004>
of prayer
<08605>
<08605>
for all people
<05971>_.
<05971>_.
[are] blind
<05787>_:
<05787>_:
they [are] all dumb
<0483>
<0483>
dogs
<03611>_,
{sleeping: or, dreaming, or, talking in their sleep}<03611>_,
dogs
<03611>
<03611>
enough
<07654>_,
<07654>_,
to their own way
<01870>_,
<01870>_,
every one
<0376>
<0376>
for his gain
<01215>_,
<01215>_,
from his quarter
<07097>_.
{greedy: Heb. strong of appetite} {can...: Heb. know not to be satisfied}<07097>_.
wine
<03196>_,
<03196>_,
ourselves with strong drink
<07941>_;
<07941>_;
and to morrow
<04279>
<04279>
shall be as this day
<03117>_,
<03117>_,
[and] much
<03966>
<03966>
more
<03499>
<03499>
abundant
<01419>_.
<01419>_.
The righteous
<06662>
<06662>
and no man
<0376>
<0376>
[it] to heart
<03820>_:
<03820>_:
and merciful
<02617>
<02617>
men
<0582>
<0582>
that the righteous
<06662>
<06662>
from
<06440>
<06440>
the evil
<07451>
[to come]. {merciful...: Heb. men of kindness, or, godliness} {from...: or, from that which is evil}<07451>
into peace
<07965>_:
<07965>_:
in their beds
<04904>_,
<04904>_,
[in] his uprightness
<05228>_.
{enter into: or, go in} {in his...: or, before him}<05228>_.
mouth
<06310>_,
<06310>_,
the tongue
<03956>_?
<03956>_?
[are] ye not children
<03206>
<03206>
of transgression
<06588>_,
<06588>_,
a seed
<02233>
<02233>
of falsehood
<08267>_,
<08267>_,
yourselves with idols
<0410>
<0410>
under every green
<07488>
<07488>
tree
<06086>_,
<06086>_,
the children
<03206>
<03206>
in the valleys
<05158>
<05158>
under the clifts
<05585>
<05585>
of the rocks
<05553>_?
{with...: or, among the oaks}<05553>_?
Among the smooth
<02511>
<02511>
[stones] of the stream
<05158>
<05158>
[is] thy portion
<02506>_;
<02506>_;
they, they [are] thy lot
<01486>_:
<01486>_:
a drink offering
<05262>_,
<05262>_,
a meat offering
<04503>_.
in these?<04503>_.
Behind
<0310>
<0310>
the doors
<01817>
<01817>
also and the posts
<04201>
<04201>
thy remembrance
<02146>_:
<02146>_:
thy bed
<04904>_,
<04904>_,
their bed
<04904>
<04904>
where
<03027>
[it]. {made...: or, hewed it for thyself larger than theirs} {where...: or, thou providedst room}<03027>
to the king
<04428>
<04428>
with ointment
<08081>_,
<08081>_,
thy perfumes
<07547>_,
<07547>_,
thy messengers
<06735>
<06735>
far off
<07350>_,
<07350>_,
[thyself even] unto hell
<07585>_.
{thou...: or, thou respectedst}<07585>_.
in the greatness
<07230>
<07230>
of thy way
<01870>_;
<01870>_;
the life
<02416>
<02416>
of thine hand
<03027>_;
{life: or, living}<03027>_;
let thy companies
<06899>
<06899>
thee; but the wind
<07307>
<07307>
vanity
<01892>
<01892>
the land
<0776>_,
<0776>_,
my holy
<06944>
<06944>
mountain
<02022>_;
<02022>_;
eternity
<05703>_,
<05703>_,
whose name
<08034>
<08034>
[is] Holy
<06918>_;
<06918>_;
in the high
<04791>
<04791>
and holy
<06918>
<06918>
[place], with him also [that is] of a contrite
<01793>
<01793>
and humble
<08217>
<08217>
spirit
<07307>_,
<07307>_,
the spirit
<07307>
<07307>
of the humble
<08217>_,
<08217>_,
the heart
<03820>
<03820>
for ever
<05769>_,
<05769>_,
neither will I be always
<05331>
<05331>
for the spirit
<07307>
<07307>
before
<06440>
<06440>
me, and the souls
<05397>
<05397>
For the iniquity
<05771>
<05771>
of his covetousness
<01215>
<01215>
frowardly
<07726>
<07726>
in the way
<01870>
<01870>
of his heart
<03820>_.
{frowardly: Heb. turning away}<03820>_.
the fruit
<05108>
<05108>
of the lips
<08193>_;
<08193>_;
Peace
<07965>_,
<07965>_,
peace
<07965>
<07965>
to [him that is] far off
<07350>_,
<07350>_,
and to [him that is] near
<07138>_,
<07138>_,
the LORD
<03068>_;
him.<03068>_;
aloud
<01627>_,
<01627>_,
up thy voice
<06963>
<06963>
like a trumpet
<07782>_,
<07782>_,
my people
<05971>
<05971>
their transgression
<06588>_,
<06588>_,
and the house
<01004>
<01004>
of Jacob
<03290>
<03290>
their sins
<02403>_.
{aloud: Heb. with the throat}<02403>_.
to know
<01847>
<01847>
my ways
<01870>_,
<01870>_,
as a nation
<01471>
<01471>
righteousness
<06666>_,
<06666>_,
not the ordinance
<04941>
<04941>
of their God
<0430>_:
<0430>_:
of me the ordinances
<04941>
<04941>
of justice
<06664>_;
<06664>_;
in approaching
<07132>
<07132>
to God
<0430>_.
<0430>_.
our soul
<05315>_,
<05315>_,
Behold, in the day
<03117>
<03117>
of your fast
<06685>
<06685>
pleasure
<02656>_,
<02656>_,
all your labours
<06092>_.
{labours: or, things wherewith ye grieve others: Heb. griefs}<06092>_.
for strife
<07379>
<07379>
and debate
<04683>_,
<04683>_,
with the fist
<0106>
<0106>
of wickedness
<07562>_:
<07562>_:
as [ye do this] day
<03117>_,
<03117>_,
to make your voice
<06963>
<06963>
on high
<04791>_.
{ye shall...: or, ye fast not as this day}<04791>_.
Is it such a fast
<06685>
<06685>
a day
<03117>
<03117>
for a man
<0120>
<0120>
his soul
<05315>_?
<05315>_?
his head
<07218>
<07218>
as a bulrush
<0100>_,
<0100>_,
sackcloth
<08242>
<08242>
and ashes
<0665>
<0665>
this
<02088>
<02088>
a fast
<06685>_,
<06685>_,
and an acceptable
<07522>
<07522>
day
<03117>
<03117>
to the LORD
<03068>_?
{a day...: or, to afflict his soul for a day?}<03068>_?
[Is] not this the fast
<06685>
<06685>
the bands
<02784>
<02784>
of wickedness
<07562>_,
<07562>_,
the heavy
<04133>
<04133>
burdens
<092>_,
<092>_,
free
<02670>_,
<02670>_,
every yoke
<04133>_?
{the heavy...: Heb. the bundles of the yoke} {oppressed: Heb. broken}<04133>_?
thy bread
<03899>
<03899>
to the hungry
<07457>_,
<07457>_,
the poor
<06041>
<06041>
that are cast out
<04788>
<04788>
to thy house
<01004>_?
<01004>_?
the naked
<06174>_,
<06174>_,
not thyself from thine own flesh
<01320>_?
{cast...: or, afflicted}<01320>_?
Then shall thy light
<0216>
<0216>
as the morning
<07837>_,
<07837>_,
and thine health
<0724>
<0724>
speedily
<04120>_:
<04120>_:
and thy righteousness
<06664>
<06664>
before
<06440>
<06440>
thee; the glory
<03519>
<03519>
of the LORD
<03068>
{be...: Heb. gather thee up}<03068>
and the LORD
<03068>
<03068>
from the midst
<08432>
<08432>
of thee the yoke
<04133>_,
<04133>_,
of the finger
<0676>_,
<0676>_,
vanity
<0205>_;
<0205>_;
thy soul
<05315>
<05315>
to the hungry
<07457>_,
<07457>_,
soul
<05315>_;
<05315>_;
then shall thy light
<0216>
<0216>
in obscurity
<02822>_,
<02822>_,
and thy darkness
<0653>
<0653>
[be] as the noonday
<06672>_:
<06672>_:
And the LORD
<03068>
<03068>
thee continually
<08548>_,
<08548>_,
thy soul
<05315>
<05315>
in drought
<06710>_,
<06710>_,
thy bones
<06106>_:
<06106>_:
and thou shalt be like a watered
<07302>
<07302>
garden
<01588>_,
<01588>_,
and like a spring
<04161>
<04161>
of water
<04325>_,
<04325>_,
whose waters
<04325>
not. {drought: Heb. droughts} {fail: Heb. lie, or, deceive}<04325>
the old
<05769>
<05769>
waste places
<02723>_:
<02723>_:
the foundations
<04146>
<04146>
of many
<01755>
<01755>
generations
<01755>_;
<01755>_;
of the breach
<06556>_,
<06556>_,
of paths
<05410>
<05410>
thy foot
<07272>
<07272>
from the sabbath
<07676>_,
<07676>_,
thy pleasure
<02656>
<02656>
on my holy
<06944>
<06944>
day
<03117>_;
<03117>_;
the sabbath
<07676>
<07676>
a delight
<06027>_,
<06027>_,
the holy
<06918>
<06918>
of the LORD
<03068>_,
<03068>_,
thine own ways
<01870>_,
<01870>_,
thine own pleasure
<02656>_,
<02656>_,
[thine own] words
<01697>_:
<01697>_:
thyself in the LORD
<03068>_;
<03068>_;
upon the high places
<01116>
<01116>
of the earth
<0776>_,
<0776>_,
thee with the heritage
<05159>
<05159>
of Jacob
<03290>
<03290>
thy father
<01>_:
<01>_:
for the mouth
<06310>
<06310>
of the LORD
<03068>
[it].<03068>
But your iniquities
<05771>
<05771>
between
<0996>
<0996>
you and your God
<0430>_,
<0430>_,
and your sins
<02403>
<02403>
[his] face
<06440>
{have hid: or, have made him hide}<06440>
For your hands
<03709>
<03709>
with blood
<01818>_,
<01818>_,
and your fingers
<0676>
<0676>
with iniquity
<05771>_;
<05771>_;
your lips
<08193>
<08193>
lies
<08267>_,
<08267>_,
your tongue
<03956>
<03956>
perverseness
<05766>_.
<05766>_.
for justice
<06664>_,
<06664>_,
for truth
<0530>_:
<0530>_:
in vanity
<08414>_,
<08414>_,
lies
<07723>_;
<07723>_;
mischief
<05999>_,
<05999>_,
iniquity
<0205>_.
<0205>_.
cockatrice
<06848>_'
<06848>_'
eggs
<01000>_,
<01000>_,
the spider's
<05908>
<05908>
web
<06980>_:
<06980>_:
of their eggs
<01000>
<01000>
and that which is crushed
<02116>
<02116>
into a viper
<0660>_.
{cockatrice': or, adder's} {crushed...: or, sprinkled is as if there brake out a viper}<0660>_.
Their webs
<06980>
<06980>
shall not become garments
<0899>_,
<0899>_,
themselves with their works
<04639>_:
<04639>_:
their works
<04639>
<04639>
[are] works
<04639>
<04639>
of iniquity
<0205>_,
<0205>_,
and the act
<06467>
<06467>
of violence
<02555>
<02555>
[is] in their hands
<03709>_.
<03709>_.
Their feet
<07272>
<07272>
to evil
<07451>_,
<07451>_,
innocent
<05355>
<05355>
blood
<01818>_:
<01818>_:
their thoughts
<04284>
<04284>
[are] thoughts
<04284>
<04284>
of iniquity
<0205>_;
<0205>_;
wasting
<07701>
<07701>
and destruction
<07667>
<07667>
[are] in their paths
<04546>_.
{destruction: Heb. breaking}<04546>_.
The way
<01870>
<01870>
of peace
<07965>
<07965>
not; and [there is] no judgment
<04941>
<04941>
in their goings
<04570>_:
<04570>_:
paths
<05410>_:
<05410>_:
peace
<07965>_.
{judgment: or, right}<07965>_.
Therefore is judgment
<04941>
<04941>
from us, neither doth justice
<06666>
<06666>
for light
<0216>_,
<0216>_,
but behold obscurity
<02822>_;
<02822>_;
for brightness
<05054>_,
<05054>_,
in darkness
<0653>_.
<0653>_.
for the wall
<07023>
<07023>
like the blind
<05787>_,
<05787>_,
as if [we had] no eyes
<05869>_:
<05869>_:
at noonday
<06672>
<06672>
as in the night
<05399>_;
<05399>_;
[we are] in desolate
<0820>
[men].<0820>
all like bears
<01677>_,
<01677>_,
like doves
<03123>_:
<03123>_:
for judgment
<04941>_,
<04941>_,
but [there is] none; for salvation
<03444>_,
from us.<03444>_,
For our transgressions
<06588>
<06588>
before thee, and our sins
<02403>
<02403>
against us: for our transgressions
<06588>
<06588>
[are] with us; and [as for] our iniquities
<05771>_,
them;<05771>_,
against the LORD
<03068>_,
<03068>_,
from
<0310>
<0310>
our God
<0430>_,
<0430>_,
oppression
<06233>
<06233>
and revolt
<05627>_,
<05627>_,
from the heart
<03820>
<03820>
words
<01697>
<01697>
of falsehood
<08267>_.
<08267>_.
And judgment
<04941>
<04941>
backward
<0268>_,
<0268>_,
and justice
<06666>
<06666>
afar off
<07350>_:
<07350>_:
for truth
<0571>
<0571>
in the street
<07339>_,
<07339>_,
and equity
<05229>
<05229>
Yea, truth
<0571>
<0571>
from evil
<07451>
<07451>
and the LORD
<03068>
<03068>
him that [there was] no judgment
<04941>_.
{maketh...: or, is accounted mad} {it displeased...: Heb. it was evil in his eyes}<04941>_.
that [there was] no man
<0376>_,
<0376>_,
therefore his arm
<02220>
<02220>
unto him; and his righteousness
<06666>_,
him.<06666>_,
righteousness
<06666>
<06666>
as a breastplate
<08302>_,
<08302>_,
and an helmet
<03553>
<03553>
of salvation
<03444>
<03444>
upon his head
<07218>_;
<07218>_;
the garments
<0899>
<0899>
of vengeance
<05359>
<05359>
[for] clothing
<08516>_,
<08516>_,
with zeal
<07068>
<07068>
as a cloke
<04598>_.
<04598>_.
According to
<05921>
<05921>
[their] deeds
<01578>_,
<01578>_,
fury
<02534>
<02534>
to his adversaries
<06862>_,
<06862>_,
recompence
<01576>
<01576>
to the islands
<0339>
<0339>
recompence
<01576>_.
{deeds: Heb. recompences}<01576>_.
the name
<08034>
<08034>
of the LORD
<03068>
<03068>
from the west
<04628>_,
<04628>_,
and his glory
<03519>
<03519>
from the rising
<04217>
<04217>
of the sun
<08121>_.
<08121>_.
When the enemy
<06862>
<06862>
like a flood
<05104>_,
<05104>_,
the Spirit
<07307>
<07307>
of the LORD
<03068>
against him. {lift...: or, put him to flight}<03068>
As for me, this [is] my covenant
<01285>
<01285>
the LORD
<03068>_;
<03068>_;
My spirit
<07307>
<07307>
that [is] upon thee, and my words
<01697>
<01697>
in thy mouth
<06310>_,
<06310>_,
out of thy mouth
<06310>_,
<06310>_,
nor out of the mouth
<06310>
<06310>
of thy seed
<02233>_,
<02233>_,
nor out of the mouth
<06310>
<06310>
of thy seed's
<02233>
<02233>
seed
<02233>_,
<02233>_,
the LORD
<03068>_,
<03068>_,
from henceforth and for
<05704>
<05704>
ever
<05769>_.
<05769>_.