Isaiah 10-12
Legacy Standard Bible
10 Woe to those who (A)enact evil statutes
And to those who constantly record [a]mischief,
2 So as (B)to turn the poor away from their cause
And rob the afflicted of My people of their justice,
So (C)that widows may be their spoil
And that they may plunder the [b]orphans.
3 Now (D)what will you do in the (E)day of visitation,
And in the devastation which will come (F)from afar?
(G)To whom will you flee for help?
And where will you leave your [c]glory?
4 Nothing remains but to crouch [d]among the (H)captives
Or fall [e]among those (I)killed.
(J)In spite of all this, His anger does not turn back
And His hand is still stretched out.
Yahweh’s Anger with Assyria’s Arrogance
5 Woe to (K)Assyria, the (L)rod of My anger
And the staff in whose hands is (M)My indignation,
6 I send it against a (N)godless nation
And command it against the (O)people of My fury
To capture spoil and (P)to seize plunder,
And to [f]trample them down like (Q)mud in the streets.
7 But it (R)does not intend to act in this way,
And it does not think in its heart in this way,
Rather, what is in its heart is to destroy
And to cut off [g]many nations.
8 For it says, “Are not my princes [h]all kings?
9 Is not (S)Calno like (T)Carchemish,
Or (U)Hamath like Arpad,
Or (V)Samaria like (W)Damascus?
10 As my hand has reached to the (X)kingdoms of the idols,
Whose graven images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 Shall I not [i]do to Jerusalem and her images
Just as I have done to Samaria and (Y)her idols?”
12 So it will be that when the Lord has completed all His (Z)work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will say, “I will [j]punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and (AA)the pomp of his eyes which are raised high.” 13 For (AB)he has said,
“By the power of my hand and by my wisdom I did this,
For I have understanding;
And I (AC)removed the boundaries of the peoples
And plundered their treasures,
And like a mighty man I brought down [k]their inhabitants,
14 And my hand reached for the wealth of the peoples like a (AD)nest,
And as one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth;
And there was not one that flapped its wing or opened its beak or chirped.”
15 Is the (AE)axe to (AF)boast itself over the one who chops with it?
Is the saw to magnify itself over the one who wields it?
That would be like (AG)a rod wielding those who lift it,
Or like (AH)a staff lifting him who is not wood.
16 Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, will send a (AI)wasting disease among his (AJ)stout warriors;
And under his (AK)glory a fire will be kindled like a burning flame.
17 And the (AL)light of Israel will become a fire and his (AM)Holy One a flame,
And it will (AN)burn and devour his thorns and his briars in a single day.
18 And He will (AO)bring to an end the glory of his forest and of his fruitful orchard, both soul and body,
And it will be as when a sick man wastes away.
19 And the (AP)rest of the trees of his forest will be so small in number
That a child could write them down.
A Remnant Will Return
20 Now it will be in that day, that the (AQ)remnant of Israel and those of the house of Jacob (AR)who have escaped, will never again rely on the one who struck them, but will truly (AS)rely on Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel.
21 A (AT)remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the (AU)mighty God.
22 For (AV)though your people, O Israel, may be like the sand of the sea,
Only a remnant within them will return;
A (AW)destructive end is decreed, overflowing with righteousness.
23 For a complete destruction, one that is decreed, (AX)Lord Yahweh of hosts will do in the midst of the whole land.
24 Therefore thus says Lord Yahweh of hosts, “O My people who inhabit (AY)Zion, (AZ)do not fear the Assyrian [l]who (BA)strikes you with the rod and lifts up his staff against you, the way Egypt did. 25 For in a very (BB)little while (BC)My indignation against you will end and My anger will be directed to their destruction.” 26 And Yahweh of hosts will (BD)waken a scourge against him like the slaughter of (BE)Midian at the rock of Oreb; and His (BF)staff will be over the sea and He will lift it up (BG)the way He did in Egypt. 27 So it will be in that day, that [m]his (BH)burden will be removed from your shoulders and his yoke from your neck, and the yoke will be broken because (BI)of fatness.
28 He has come against Aiath,
He has passed through (BJ)Migron;
At (BK)Michmash he deposited his (BL)baggage.
29 They have gone through (BM)the pass, saying,
“(BN)Geba will be our lodging place.”
(BO)Ramah trembles, and (BP)Gibeah of Saul has fled away.
30 Cry aloud with your voice, O daughter of (BQ)Gallim!
Pay attention, Laishah and [n]afflicted (BR)Anathoth!
31 Madmenah has fled.
The inhabitants of Gebim have sought refuge.
32 Yet today he will stand at (BS)Nob;
He (BT)shakes his fist at the mountain of the [o](BU)daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
33 Behold, the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, will lop off the boughs with a terrible crash;
Those also who are (BV)high in stature will be cut in pieces
And those who are lofty will be made low.
34 He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an iron axe,
And (BW)Lebanon will fall [p]by the Mighty One.
The Judgments of the Branch
11 Then a (BX)shoot will spring from the (BY)stem of Jesse,
And a (BZ)branch from (CA)his roots will bear fruit.
2 The (CB)Spirit of Yahweh will rest on Him,
The spirit of (CC)wisdom and understanding,
The spirit of counsel and (CD)might,
The spirit of knowledge and the fear of Yahweh.
3 And He will delight in the fear of Yahweh,
And He will not judge by what His eyes (CE)see,
Nor render a decision by what His ears hear;
4 But with (CF)righteousness He will judge the (CG)poor,
And decide with uprightness for the (CH)afflicted of the earth;
And He will strike the earth with the (CI)rod of His mouth,
And with the (CJ)breath of His lips He will put the wicked to death.
5 Also (CK)righteousness will be the belt about His loins,
And (CL)faithfulness the belt about His waist.
6 And the (CM)wolf will [q]dwell with the lamb,
And the leopard will lie down with the young goat,
And the calf and the young lion [r]and the fatling together;
And a young boy will lead them.
7 Also the cow and the bear will graze,
Their young will lie down together,
And the (CN)lion will eat straw like the ox.
8 And the nursing baby will play by the hole of the cobra,
And the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den.
9 They will (CO)do no evil nor act corruptly in all My holy mountain,
For the (CP)earth will be full of the knowledge of Yahweh
As the waters cover the sea.
A Remnant Remains
10 Then it will be in that day,
That the (CQ)nations will seek the (CR)root of Jesse,
Who will stand as a [s](CS)standard for the peoples;
And His (CT)resting place will be [t]glorious.
11 Then it will be in that day, that the Lord
Will again acquire the second time with His hand
The (CU)remnant of His people, who will remain,
From (CV)Assyria, (CW)Egypt, Pathros, [u]Ethiopia, (CX)Elam, Shinar, Hamath,
And from the (CY)coastlands of the sea.
12 And He will lift up a (CZ)standard for the nations
And (DA)assemble the banished ones of Israel,
And will gather the scattered of Judah
From the four corners of the earth.
13 Then the (DB)jealousy of Ephraim will depart,
And those who assail Judah will be cut off;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
And Judah will not assail Ephraim.
14 And they will (DC)swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines on the (DD)west;
Together they will (DE)plunder the sons of the east;
[v]They will stretch out their hands over (DF)Edom and (DG)Moab,
And the sons of Ammon [w]will obey them.
15 And Yahweh will (DH)devote to destruction
The tongue of the [x]Sea of Egypt;
And He will (DI)wave His hand over the [y](DJ)River
With His scorching wind;
And He will strike it into seven streams
And make men walk over [z]dry-shod.
16 And there will be a (DK)highway from Assyria
For the (DL)remnant of His people who will remain,
Just as there was for Israel
In (DM)the day that they came up out of the land of Egypt.
Yahweh Is My Strength and My Song
12 Then you will say in that day,
“(DN)I will give thanks to You, O Yahweh;
For (DO)although You were angry with me,
Your anger is turned away,
And You comfort me.
2 Behold, (DP)God is my salvation,
I will (DQ)trust and not dread;
For [aa](DR)Yah—Yahweh Himself—is my strength and song,
And He has become my salvation.”
3 Therefore you will joyously (DS)draw water
From the (DT)springs of salvation.
4 And in that day you will (DU)say,
“(DV)Give thanks to Yahweh, call on His name.
(DW)Make known His deeds among the peoples;
[ab]Make them remember that His name is exalted.”
5 (DX)Praise Yahweh in song, for He has done [ac]majestic things;
Let this be known throughout the earth.
6 (DY)Cry aloud and shout for joy, O inhabitant of Zion,
For (DZ)great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 10:1 Or trouble
- Isaiah 10:2 Or fatherless
- Isaiah 10:3 Or wealth
- Isaiah 10:4 Lit under
- Isaiah 10:4 Lit under
- Isaiah 10:6 Lit make them a trampled place
- Isaiah 10:7 Lit not a few
- Isaiah 10:8 Lit altogether
- Isaiah 10:11 Lit do thus
- Isaiah 10:12 Or visit
- Isaiah 10:13 Or those who sit on thrones
- Isaiah 10:24 Lit he
- Isaiah 10:27 The Assyrian
- Isaiah 10:30 One ancient version Answer her, O Anathoth
- Isaiah 10:32 Or house of
- Isaiah 10:34 Or as a mighty one
- Isaiah 11:6 Lit sojourn
- Isaiah 11:6 Some versions will feed together
- Isaiah 11:10 Or signal
- Isaiah 11:10 Lit glory
- Isaiah 11:11 Or Cush, cf. Gen 10:6
- Isaiah 11:14 Lit Edom and Moab will be the outstretching of their hand
- Isaiah 11:14 Lit their obedience
- Isaiah 11:15 Possibly the Red Sea
- Isaiah 11:15 The Euphrates River
- Isaiah 11:15 Lit in sandals
- Isaiah 12:2 The shortened form of Yahweh, found in poetry and praise (e.g. Hallelujah), and in names (e.g. Zechariah)
- Isaiah 12:4 Or Proclaim to them that
- Isaiah 12:5 Or gloriously
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