Isaiah
Isa1:
The LORD has spoken: I raised children but they have rebelled. Wash
yourselves. I will smelt away your dross. Zion shall be redeemed.
Isa2:
The mountain of the LORD will be established. On that day the pride of
men will be humbled. They will flee the splendour of the LORD.
Isa3:
The LORD will take away all support from Judah. Children will govern.
You grind the faces of the poor. The women of Zion are proud.
Isa4:
In that day the branch of the LORD will be glorious. Those who are left
in Zion will be called holy. The LORD will create a shelter.
Isa5:
Why did my vineyard yield wild grapes? Woe to those who pursue drink,
who call evil good. The anger of the LORD is against his people.
Isa6:
I saw the LORD seated on high. A seraph brought a coal to my lips. The
LORD said, "Who will go for us?" I said, "Here am I; send me!"
Isa7:
Aram plotted with Ephraim. The LORD sent Isaiah to King Ahaz: Behold, a
virgin shall bear a son. The LORD will use Assyria as a razor.
Isa8:
The floodwaters of Assyria will overflow the land. Many will fall and
be snared. I will trust in the LORD. They will curse their gods.
Isa9:
A child is born to us. His government will increase forever. The LORD
will raise the enemies of Israel. His anger has not turned away.
Isa10:
Woe to those who rob the poor of justice. Woe to Assyria, whose purpose
is to destroy. The remnant of Israel will return to the LORD.
Isa11:
A shoot will come up from Jesse. He will judge with righteousness. The
wolf will live with the lamb. The Lord will gather his people.
Isa12:
In that day you will say: I will praise you, O LORD! Your anger has
turned away. Surely God is my salvation. Sing for joy, O Zion!
Isa13:
The oracle concerning Babylon: Listen! The LORD is calling an army. I
will punish the world for its evil. Babylon will be overthrown.
Isa14:
The LORD will again choose Israel. How you are fallen, O Lucifer! You
will be cast away like a trampled corpse. Wail, O Philistia!
Isa15: An oracle concerning Moab: Ar of Moab is laid waste. In the streets they wear sackcloth. The waters of Dibon are full of blood.
Isa16:
A throne will be established from the house of David. We have heard of
the pride of Moab. Within three years Moab will be despised.
Isa17:
An oracle concerning Damascus: Damascus will become ruins. Jacob will
be brought low. You have forgotten the God of your salvation.
Isa18:
Woe to the land of buzzing wings, beyond the rivers of Cush. The LORD
will cut down the branches. Wild animals will feed on them.
Isa19:
An oracle concerning Egypt: I will hand the Egyptians over to a cruel
master. When they cry out to the LORD, he will send a saviour.
Isa20:
The LORD spoke through Isaiah: As Isaiah has gone stripped for three
years, so Assyria will lead the Egyptians and Cushites captive.
Isa21:
The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea: I set a watchman. He
said, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon!" The glory of Kedar will end.
Isa22:
The oracle concerning the valley of vision: The LORD has taken away the
covering of Judah. I will give to Eliakim the key of David.
Isa23:
The oracle concerning Tyre: Wail, O ships, for Tyre is laid waste. The
LORD has planned it. Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years.
Isa24:
Behold, the LORD lays the earth waste. Its people are held guilty. Fear
and pit and snare await you. The LORD of hosts will reign.
Isa25:
O LORD, I will praise you. You have done marvellous things. The LORD
will swallow up death forever. Moab will be trampled as straw.
Isa26:
A song will be sung in Judah: The LORD is the eternal Rock. Your hand
is lifted high. We gave birth to wind, but your dead will rise.
Isa27:
In that day the LORD will slay Leviathan. By exile the guilt of Jacob
will be purged. Those who were perishing will worship the LORD.
Isa28:
Woe to the drunkards of Ephraim! They will be snared. Behold, I lay in
Zion a precious cornerstone. The LORD will do his alien work.
Isa29:
Woe to Ariel, the city of David! But your enemies will be like dust. I
will astound these people. No longer will Jacob be ashamed.
Isa30:
Woe to the stubborn children who seek help from Egypt! The LORD will
wait to show mercy. The voice of the LORD will shatter Assyria.
Isa31:
Woe to those who trust in chariots! As a lion roars, so the LORD will
come down to fight for Mount Zion. Turn back to him, O Israel.
Isa32:
Behold, a king will reign in righteousness. Tremble, you women of ease.
The city will be deserted until the Spirit is poured upon us.
Isa33:
Woe to you, O destroyer! The fear of the LORD is Zion's treasure. "I
will arise," says the LORD. You will see the king in his beauty.
Isa34:
The LORD is enraged against the nations. His sword is filled with
blood. He has a day of vengeance for Zion. Edom shall lie waste.
Isa35:
The desert shall rejoice and bloom. The eyes of the blind shall be
opened. The ransomed of the LORD shall return to Zion with songs.
Isa36:
The king of Assyria came against Judah. His commander said, "Do not
listen to Hezekiah. Have any of the gods delivered their lands?"
Isa37:
Hezekiah prayed to the LORD. Isaiah said, "The king of Assyria will not
enter the city." The angel of the LORD struck the Assyrians.
Isa38:
Hezekiah became sick, so he prayed. The LORD said, "I will add fifteen
years to your life." Hezekiah wrote, "The LORD will save me."
Isa39:
The king of Babylon sent envoys. Hezekiah showed them his treasure
houses. Isaiah said, "All you have shall be carried to Babylon."
Isa40:
Comfort, comfort my people. A voice cries: Prepare the way of the LORD!
He is the everlasting God. He gives strength to the weary.
Isa41:
Let the nations meet for judgement. Do not fear, O Israel. I will help
you. Idols are nothing. I will give a messenger of good news.
Isa42:
Behold, my Servant! He will bring justice to the nations. Sing to the
LORD a new song. Hear, you deaf! The LORD gave Israel as spoil.
Isa43:
But I am with you, O Jacob. I am the LORD. There is no other saviour.
Behold, I will do a new thing! Yet you have not called upon me.
Isa44:
I will pour my Spirit on your offspring. Who makes an idol? A carpenter
prays to a block of wood. I am the LORD who made all things.
Isa45:
The LORD says to Cyrus: For the sake of Jacob I have called you. I am
the LORD. Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth!
Isa46:
The idols of Bel and Nebo are burdens to be carried. O Jacob, I have
made you and I will carry you. I am God and there is no other.
Isa47:
Sit in the dust, O daughter of Babylon. You showed no mercy. You
trusted in sorcery. Evil shall fall upon you. No one shall save you.
Isa48:
Hear this, O Jacob: I have refined you for my own sake. I am the First
and the Last. Thus says your Redeemer: Go out from Babylon!
Isa49:
The LORD formed me in the womb to restore Jacob and to bring salvation.
Can a mother forget her nursing baby? I will not forget Zion.
Isa50:
Have I no power to deliver? The LORD has given me a learned tongue. I
gave my back to those who beat me. He who justifies me is near.
Isa51:
Listen, the LORD will comfort Zion. Awake, O arm of the LORD! The
ransomed shall return. You will drink the cup of my wrath no more.
Isa52:
Awake, O Zion! How beautiful are those who bring good news. The LORD
has redeemed Jerusalem. Behold, my Servant will be lifted up.
Isa53:
He was despised and rejected. He was pierced for our transgressions. By
his wounds we are healed. Out of anguish he will see light.
Isa54:
Sing, O barren woman! Your offspring will inherit the nations. Your
Maker is your husband. No weapon formed against you will prosper.
Isa55:
Come, all you who are thirsty. I will make an everlasting covenant. My
word will not return void. The mountains will burst into song.
Isa56:
Keep justice, for salvation is near. I will bring the outcasts of
Israel to my house and gather still others. The watchmen are blind.
Isa57:
The righteous find peace in death. As for you rebels, you make your bed
wide. Let your idols save you! But I will not accuse forever.
Isa58:
You seek pleasure on your fast days. Is this not the fast I choose: to
loose the bonds of injustice? Then your ruins will be rebuilt.
Isa59:
Your sins have separated you from God. Justice is far from us. Truth is
nowhere. So the LORD put on garments of salvation and fury.
Isa60:
Arise, shine, for your light has come! The nations will come to you. I
will make you majestic forever. Your God will be your glory.
Isa61:
The Spirit of the LORD is on me. He has sent me to proclaim freedom. My
people will inherit a double portion. I delight in the LORD.
Isa62:
For Zion's sake I will not keep silent. You will be given a new name.
Your God will rejoice over you. Raise a banner for the nations!
Isa63:
Why are your robes red? I have trampled the nations. Israel remembered
who brought them through the sea. You, O LORD, are our father.
Isa64:
Oh that you would rend the heavens! You meet those who do right. We are
all the work of your hand. Do not remember our sins forever.
Isa65:
I held out my hands to an obstinate people. My servants will eat, but
you will go hungry. I will create new heavens and a new earth.
Isa66:
Listen! The LORD is repaying his enemies. Rejoice with Jerusalem and be
comforted. All flesh will worship before me, says the LORD.
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