Isaiah (GOD'S WORD)
Isaiah 1:18 (GOD'S WORD)
18 "Come
on
now, let's discuss this!" says the LORD.
"Though your sins are
bright red,
they
will become as white as snow.
Though they are
dark red,
they
will become as white as wool.
Isaiah 2:1-11 (GOD'S WORD)
1This is the
vision which Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw about Judah and Jerusalem at the
time of Kings Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah.
2In the
last
days the mountain of the LORD’s house will be established as the
highest of the mountains and raised above the hills. All the nations
will stream to it.
3 Then many
people will come and say, “Let’s go to the mountain of the LORD, to the
house of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us his ways so that we may live by them.” The teachings
will go out from Zion. The word of the LORD will go out from Jerusalem.
4 Then he
will judge disputes between nations and settle arguments between many
people. They will hammer their swords into plowblades
and their spears into pruning shears. Nations will never fight against
each other, and they will never train for war again.
5 Come,
descendants of Jacob, let’s live in the light of the LORD.
6 LORD,
you have abandoned your people, the descendants of Jacob, because they
are filled with Eastern influences.
They are fortunetellers like the Philistines, and they make deals
with foreigners.
7 Their
land is filled with silver and gold, and there is no end to their
treasures. Their land is filled with horses, and there is no end to
their chariots.
8 Their
land is filled with idols, and they worship what their hands have
shaped and what their fingers have molded.
9 People
will be brought down. Everyone will be humbled. Do not forgive them.
10 Go in
among the rocks and hide underground because of the LORD’s terrifying
presence and the honor of his majesty.
11 The eyes
of arrogant people will be humbled. High and mighty people will be
brought down. On that day the LORD alone will be honored.
Isaiah 2:12-22 (GOD'S WORD)
12 The
Lord of Armies will have his day
against all
who are arrogant and conceited
and all who are proud of themselves (They will be humbled),
13
against all the towering and mighty cedars of Lebanon
and all the oaks of Bashan,
14
against all the high mountains
and all the lofty hills,
15
against every high tower
and every fortified wall,
16
against all the large ships of Tarshish
and all the beautiful boats.
17 Then
arrogant people will be brought down,
and high
and mighty people will be humbled.
On that day the Lord alone will be honored.
18
Then
idols will disappear completely.
19 People will go
into caves in the rocks
and into holes
in the ground
because of the Lord's terrifying presence
and the
honor of his majesty
when he rises to terrify
the earth.
20 On that day
people will throw to the moles and the bats
the silver
and gold idols that they made
for themselves to worship.
21 They will go
into caves in the rocks
and into
cracks in the cliffs
because of the Lord's terrifying presence
and the honor of his majesty
when
he rises to terrify the earth.
22 Stop trusting
people.
Their life is
in their nostrils.
How can they be worth anything?
Isaiah 4:2-6 (GOD'S WORD)
2 When
that day comes, the branch of the Lord
will be beautiful and wonderful.
The fruit of the land
will be the pride and joy of Israel's survivors.
3Then
whoever
is left in Zion and whoever remains in Jerusalem will be called holy,
everyone
who is recorded among the living in Jerusalem. 4The
Lord will wash away the filth of Zion's people. He will clean
bloodstains
from Jerusalem with a spirit of judgment and a spirit of burning. 5The
Lord will create a cloud of smoke during the day and a glowing flame of
fire during the night over the whole area of Mount Zion and over the
assembly.
His glory will cover everything. 6It
will be a shelter from the heat during the day as well as a refuge and
hiding place from storms and rain.
Isaiah 5:13-17 (GOD'S WORD)
13 "My
people will go into exile
because
they don't understand what I'm doing.
Honored men will starve,
and common people will be parched with thirst."
14 That
is why the grave's appetite increases.
It
opens its mouth very wide
so that honored people and common people will go down into it,
Those who are noisy and joyous will go down into it.
15 People
will be brought down. Everyone will be humbled.
And
the eyes of arrogant people will be humbled.
16 The
LORD of Armies will be honored when he judges.
The holy
God will show himself to be holy when he does what is right.
17 Then
lambs will graze as if they were in their own pasture,
and
foreigners will eat among the ruins of the rich.
Isaiah 6:1-7 (GOD'S WORD)
1In the year
King Uzziah died, I
saw
the Lord sitting on a high and lofty throne. The bottom of his robe
filled
the temple. 2Angels were standing
above
him. Each had six wings: With two they covered their faces, with two
they
covered their feet, and with two they flew. 3They
called to each other and said,
"Holy, holy, holy is the LORD
of Armies!
The whole earth is filled with
his glory."
4Their
voices shook the
foundations
of the doorposts, and the temple filled with smoke.
5So I said,
"Oh, no!
Isaiah 8:5-8 (GOD'S WORD)
5The
LORD spoke to me again. He said,
6 “These
people have rejected the gently flowing water of Shiloah and find joy
in Rezin and Remaliah’s son.”
7 That is
why the Lord is going to bring against them the raging and powerful
floodwaters of the Euphrates River— the king of Assyria with all his
power.
It will overflow all its channels and go over all its banks.
8 It will
sweep through Judah. It will overflow and pass through; it will be
neck-high. Its outspread wings will extend over your whole country, O
Immanuel.h
Isaiah 9:6-7 (GOD'S WORD)
6
A child will be born for us.
A son will
be given to us.
The government will rest on his shoulders.
He will be named:
Wonderful Counselor,
Mighty God,
Everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace.
7
His government and peace will have unlimited growth.
He will establish David's throne and kingdom.
He will uphold it with justice and righteousness now and forever.
The LORD of Armies is
determined to do this!
Isaiah 10:20-23 (GOD'S WORD)
20 At
that
time the remaining few Israelites,
the
survivors of Jacob's descendants
will no longer depend on the one who struck them.
They will only depend on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
21 A
few,
the remaining few of Jacob, will return to the mighty God.
22
Although
your people Israel may be
as{numerous as} the grains of sand on the seashore,
only a few will return.
Destruction will
be complete and fair.
23 The
Almighty LORD of Armies will carry out this destruction
throughout the world as he has determined.
Isaiah 11:1-5 (GOD'S WORD)
1 Then a shoot
will
come out from the stump of Jesse,
and a branch from its roots
will bear fruit.
2 The Spirit of
the LORD will rest on him--
the Spirit of wisdom and
understanding,
the Spirit of advice and power,
the Spirit of knowledge and
fear of the LORD.
3 He will
gladly
bear the fear of the LORD.
He will not judge by what his eyes see
or decide by what his
ears hear.
4 He will judge the
poor justly.
He will make fair decisions for the humble
people
on earth.
He will strike the earth with a rod from his
mouth.
He will kill wicked with the breath from his
lips.
5 Justice
will be the belt around his waist.
Faithfulness will be
belt around his hips.
Isaiah 11:6-9 (GOD'S WORD)
6 Wolves will
live
with lambs.
Leopards will lie down with goats.
Calves, young lions, and year-old lambs will
be together,
and little children will
lead them.
7 Cows and bears will
eat together.
Their young will lie
down together,
Lions will eat straw like oxen.
8 Infants will play
near cobras' holes.
Toddlers will put their hands into vipers' nests.
9 They will not hurt or
destroy
anyone anywhere on my holy mountain.
The world will be filled
with the knowledge of the Lord
like water covering the sea.
Isaiah 13 (GOD'S WORD)
1 This is the divine revelation which
Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw about Babylon.
2 Raise a
banner on the bare mountaintop.
Call loudly to
them.
Signal them with your hand to enter Nobles’ Gates.
3 I’ve
commanded my holy ones.
I’ve called my mighty men to carry out
my anger.
They find joy
in my triumphs.
4 Listen to
the noise on the mountains.
It is like the
sound of a large army.
It is the
sound of kingdoms and nations gathering together.
The LORD of Armies is assembling his army for
battle.
5 His army
is coming from a distant land,
from the ends
of heaven.
The LORD is coming with the weapons of his
fury
to destroy the
whole world.
6 Cry
loudly, for the day of the LORD is near.
It will come
like destruction from the Almighty.
7 That is
why every hand will hang limp,
and everyone’s
courage will fail.
8
They’ll be terrified.
Pain and
anguish will seize them.
They’ll writhe like a woman giving birth to a child.
They’ll look at one another in astonishment.
Their faces will be burning red.
9 The day
of the
Lord is going to come.
It will be a cruel day
with fury and fierce anger.
He will make the earth desolate.
He will destroy its sinners.
10 The stars in the sky and
their constellations
won't show their
light anymore.
The sun will be dark when it rises.
The moon won't shine.
11 I will punish the
world
for its evil
and the wicked for their
wrongdoing.
I will put an end to arrogant people
and humble the pride
of tyrants.
12 I will make people harder
to find than pure gold
and human beings more
rare than gold from Ophir.
13 I will make heaven
tremble,
and the earth will be
shaken from its place
when the Lord of Armies is angry.
At that time he will be very angry.
14 They’ll
be like hunted gazelle
and like sheep with no one to gather them.
Everyone will return to his own
people
and flee to his own land.
15 Whoever
is found will be stabbed to death.
Whoever is captured will be
executed.
16
Their little children will be
smashed to death right before their eyes.
Their houses will be looted and their wives raped.
17 I’m going
to stir up the Medes against them.
They don’t
care for silver and aren’t happy with gold.
18 But
their bows will smash the youth.
They’ll have
no compassion for babies,
nor will they look with pity on children.
19 Babylon,
the jewel of the kingdoms,
the proud
beauty of the Chaldeans,
will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God destroyed
them.
20 It will
never be inhabited again,
and no one
will live in it for generations.
Arabs won’t pitch their tents there.
Shepherds won’t let their flocks rest there.
21 Desert
animals will lie down there.
Their homes
will be full of owls.
Ostriches will live there,
and wild goats will skip about.
22 Hyenas
will howl in Babylon’s strongholds,
and jackals
will howl in its luxurious palaces.
Its time has almost come.
Its days will not be extended.
Isaiah 14 (GOD'S WORD)
ISRAEL WILL BE RESCUED FROM BABYLON
1
The LORD will have compassion for Jacob and again
choose Israel.
He will
resettle them in their own country.
Foreigners will join them
and unite with the descendants of
Jacob.
2 People
will take them
and bring them
to their own place.
The nation of Israel will possess nations
as male and
female slaves in the LORD’s land.
They will take their captors captive
and rule their
oppressors.
3 When that
day comes, the LORD will give you relief
from your pain
and suffering,
from the hard
slavery you were forced to do.
4 Then you
will mock the king of Babylon with this saying,
“How the
tyrant has come to an end!
How his
attacks have come to an end!”
5 The LORD
has broken the staff of the wicked,
the scepter of
rulers.
6
They struck the people with fury,
with blows that didn’t stop.
They ruled nations in anger,
persecuting them without
restraint.
7 The whole
earth rests and is peaceful.
It breaks out into shouts of joy.
8 Even the
cypresses rejoice over you.
The cedars of
Lebanon say,
“Since you have fallen,
no lumberjack has come to attack
us.”
9 Sheol
below wakes up to meet you when you come.
It wakes up
the ghosts of the dead,
all who were leaders on earth.
It raises all
who were kings of the nations from their thrones.
10 All of them
will greet you,
“You also have
become weak like us!
You have
become like one of us!”
11
Your pride has been brought down
to Sheol
along with the music of your
harps.
Maggots are
spread out [like a bed] under you,
and worms cover you.
12 How you
have fallen from heaven, you morning star, son of the dawn!
How you have been cut down to the
ground,
you conqueror
of nations!
13 You
thought,
“I’ll go up to
heaven and set up my throne above God’s stars.
I’ll sit on
the mountain far away in the north
where the gods assemble.
14
I’ll go above the top of the clouds.
I’ll be like
the Most High.”
15 But
you’ve been brought down to Sheol,
to the deepest
part of the pit.
16 Those
who see you stare at you; they look at you closely and say,
“Is this the
man who made the earth tremble,
who shook the kingdoms,
17
who made the world like a desert
and tore down its cities,
who didn’t let his prisoners go home?”
18 All the
kings of the nations, all of them,
have been
buried with honor, each in his own tomb.
19 But you
are thrown out of your tomb like a rejected branch.
You are
covered with those who were killed in battle.
You go down to
the stones of the pit like a trampled corpse.
20
You won’t be joined by the kings in the tomb,
because you have destroyed your land and killed your
people.
The descendants of the wicked
will never be mentioned again.
21 Prepare
a place to slaughter their sons
because of
their ancestors’ guilt.
They won’t be able to rise, possess the earth,
and rebuild cities all over it.
22 “I’ll
rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Armies.
“I’ll cut off the name of
the survivors from Babylon,
its offspring and descendants,” declares the LORD.
23
“It will
become the possession of herons.
It will become pools of water.
I’ll sweep it with the
broom of destruction,”
declares the LORD of Armies.
ASSYRIA WILL BE PUNISHED
24 The LORD of
Armies has taken an oath:
“It will
happen exactly as I’ve intended.
It will turn
out exactly as I’ve planned.
25
I’ll crush Assyria on my land.
I’ll trample it underfoot on my mountains.
Then its yoke will be removed
from my people,
and its burden
will be removed from their shoulders.”
26 This is
the plan determined for the whole earth.
This is how he will use his power
against all the nations.
27
The LORD of Armies has planned
it. Who can stop it?
He is ready to use his power. Who can turn it back?
THE PHILISTINES WILL BE PUNISHED
28This was the divine revelation
in
the year King Ahaz died.
29 All you
Philistines,
don't rejoice
that the rod the one
who struck you is broken,
because
a viper will come from that snake's root,
and his descendant will be a flying, fiery serpent.
30 The poorest
of the poor will eat,
and the needy will lie
down in safety.
But
I will put your root to death with famine
and kill off your survivors.
31 Cry
loudly
in the gate!
Cry
out in the city!
Be frightened, all you Philistines!
Smoke comes from the north.
and there are no
stragglers
in its ranks.
32 How should
we answer the messengers from the nations?
{Tell them that} the
LORD has laid Zion's foundation,
and
his humble people will find refuge in it.
Isaiah 16:1-5 (GOD'S WORD)
1Send lambs to the
ruler
of the land.
Send lambs from Sela through the desert to my
people at Mount Zion.
2 Moab's daughters are
like fluttering birds,
like scattered nestlings,
at the
shallow
crossings of the Arnon River.
3 Give us advice.
Make a decision.
At high noon
make your shadow as dark as night.
Hide the fugitives.
Don't betray the refugees.
4
Let the fugitives from Moab stay with you a while.
Be their refuge from the destroyer.
Ruthless people will come to an end.
The destruction will end.
The one who
tramples others will be gone.
5 Then the LORD will
set up a trusted king.
He will rule faithfully.
He is from
the tent of David.
He judges
and searches for justice.
He is quick
to do what is right.
Isaiah 18 (GOD'S WORD)
1
How horrible it will be for the land of whirring wings
which lies
beyond the rivers of Sudan.
2
It sends messengers by sea
in boats made of reeds
[skimming]
over the surface of the water.
Go,
swift messengers, to a tall and smooth-skinned people,
a people [who are] feared far and
near,
a strong and
aggressive nation,
whose land is divided by rivers.
3 Look when someone
raises a flag on the mountains.
Listen when someone blows
a ram’s horn,
all you inhabitants of the world who live on the
earth.
4This is what the LORD says to me:
I will keep quiet and watch from
my dwelling place.
My presence
will be like scorching heat in the sunshine,
like heavy dew in the heat of the harvest.
5 Before the harvest, when blossoms are gone
and grapes are
ripening from blossoms,
he will cut off the shoots with pruning shears
and chop off the spreading
branches.
6 They will be left for the birds of prey on
the mountains
and the wild
animals.
The birds of prey will feed on them in the summer,
and all the wild animals on earth
will feed on
them in the winter.
7 At that time gifts will be brought to the
LORD of Armies
from a tall
and smooth-skinned people,
a people [who
are] feared far and near,
a strong and
aggressive nation,
whose land is
divided by rivers.
They will be brought to Mount Zion,
the place
where the name of the LORD of Armies is.
Isaiah 22:15-25 (GOD'S WORD)
15This
is what the Almighty LORD of Armies says:
Go to Shebna, the man
in charge of the palace, and say {to him},
16
"What are you doing here?
What right do you have to dig a tomb for yourself?
What right do you have to cut it out in a prominent place?
What right do you have to carve out
a resting place for yourself in the rock?
17
Look, mighty man!
The LORD will throw you out.
He will grab you.
18
He will wrap you up tightly like a turban.
He will throw you far away into another land.
There you will die.
There your splendid chariots will remain.
There you will become a disgrace to your master's household.
19
"I will remove you from your office
and do away with your position.
20
When that day comes, I will call my servant Eliakim, son of Hilkiah.
21
I will dress him in your linen robe
and fasten it with your belt.
I will give him your authority,
and he will be like a father to those who live in Jerusalem
and to the nation of Judah.
22
I will place the key of the house of David around his neck.
What he opens no one will shut.
What he shuts no one will open.
23
I will fasten him firmly in place like a peg,
and he will be a source of honor for his father's household.
24
They will hang on him the whole weight of his father's household,
descendants and offspring and all the little utensils.
from bowls to jars of every kind."
25The
LORD
of Armies declares,
"On that day the peg which I firmly fastened in place will be removed.
It will be cut off and will fall,
and everything hanging on it will be destroyed."
The LORD has spoken.
Isaiah 24 (GOD'S WORD)
1
The
Lord is going to turn the earth into a desolate wasteland.
He will mar
the face of the earth and scatter the people living on it.
2
The same will happen to people and priests,
male slaves and masters,
female slaves and masters,
buyers and sellers,
lenders and borrowers,
debtors and creditors.
3
The earth will be completely laid waste and stripped
because the Lord has spoken.
4
The earth dries up and withers.
The world
wastes away and withers.
The great
leaders of the earth waste away.
5
The earth is polluted by those who live on it
because they've disobeyed the Lord's teachings,
violated his laws,
and rejected the everlasting promise.
6
That is why a curse devours the earth,
and its people are punished for their guilt.
That is why
those who live on the earth are burned up,
and only a few people are left.
7
New wine dries up, and grapevines waste away.
All happy people groan.
8
Joyful tambourine music stops.
Noisy celebrations cease.
Joyful harp music stops.
9
People no longer drink wine when they sing.
Liquor tastes bad to its drinkers.
10
The ruined city lies desolate.
The entrance to every house is barred shut.
11
People in the streets call for wine.
All joy passes away,
and the earth's happiness is banished.
12
The city is left in ruins.
Its gate is battered to pieces.
13
That is the way it will be on earth among the nations.
They will be like an olive tree which has been shaken
or like what's left after the grape harvest.
14
They raise their voices.
They shout for joy.
From the sea they sing joyfully about the Lord's majesty.
15
Honor the Lord in the east.
Honor
the name of the Lord God of Israel along the coastlands.
` 16
From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise
that honor the Righteous One.
But I kept saying,
"I'm wasting away! I'm wasting away!
How horrible it is for me!
Traitors continue to betray,
and their treachery grows worse and worse."
17
Disasters, pits, and traps
are in store for those who live on earth.
18
Whoever flees from news of a disaster will fall into a pit.
Whoever climbs out of that pit will be caught in a trap.
The floodgates in the sky will be opened,
and the foundations of the earth will shake.
19
The earth will be completely broken.
The earth will shake back and forth violently.
The earth will stagger.
20
The earth will stumble like a drunk
and sway like a shack in the wind.
Its disobedience weighs heavy on it.
It will fall and not get up again.
21
On that day the Lord will punish heaven's armies in heaven
and earth's kings on earth.
22
They'll be gathered like prisoners in a jail
and locked in prison.
After a long time they'll be punished.
23
The moon will be embarrassed.
The sun will be ashamed,
because the Lord of Armies will rule
on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem.
He will be glorious
in the presence of his respected leaders.
Isaiah 25:6-12 (GOD'S WORD)
DEATH WILL BE SWALLOWED UP
6 On this mountain the
LORD of Armies will prepare for all people
a feast with the best foods,
a banquet with aged wines,
with the best foods and the
finest wines.
7 On this mountain he
will remove
the veil of grief covering all people
and the mask covering all nations.
8 He will swallow up
death forever.
The Almighty
LORD will wipe away tears from every face,
and he will remove the disgrace of his people from
the whole earth.
The LORD has spoken.
9 On that day {his people}
will say,
“This is our
God; we have waited for him, and now he will save us.
This is the
LORD; we have waited for him.
Let us rejoice and be glad because he will save us.”
10 The LORD’s power will
be on this mountain.
Moab will be trampled beneath him
like straw that is trampled in a
pile of manure.
11 The
Moabites will stretch out their hands in the manure
like swimmers who stretch out
their hands to swim.
{The LORD} will humble those arrogant people
despite the movements of their
hands.
12 He
will bring down Moab’s high fortified walls,
level them, and throw them into
the dust on the ground.
Isaiah 26:11-19 (GOD'S WORD)
11
O LORD, your power is visible, but they do not see
it.
They will see
how devoted your people are,
and they will be put to shame.
Your burning anger will destroy
your enemies.
12 O LORD, you will
establish peace for us,
since you have
done everything for us.
13 O LORD, our God, you
are not the only master to rule us,
but we
acknowledge only you.
14 The wicked are dead.
They are no
longer alive.
The spirits of the dead won’t rise.
You have punished them, destroyed
them,
and wiped out
all memory of them.
15 You have expanded the
nation, O LORD.
You have expanded the nation.
You are honored.
You have extended all the land’s
boundaries.
16 O LORD, the people have
come to you in trouble.
They were
humbled by oppression, by your discipline upon them.
17 O LORD, when we are
with you,
we are like
pregnant women ready to give birth.
They writhe and cry out in their labor pains.
18 We
were pregnant; we writhed with labor pains
only to give birth to the wind.
We weren’t
able to bring salvation to the land,
and no new people were born on earth.
19 Your dead will live.
Their corpses will rise.
Those who lie dead in the dust
will wake up and shout for joy,
because your
dew is a refreshing dew,
and the earth will revive the spirits of the dead.
Isaiah 26:20-21 (GOD'S WORD)
20
My people, go to your rooms,
and shut the doors behind you.
Hide for a
little while until his fury has ended.
21 The LORD is going to come out from his
dwelling place
to punish those who live on earth
for their sins.
The earth will
uncover the blood shed on it
and will no longer cover up its dead bodies.
Isaiah 27:7-11 (GOD'S WORD)
7
Will the LORD hurt Israel as he hurt others who hurt them?
Will he kill them as he killed others?
8 He punished Israel by sending it
away.
He removed it with a fierce blast from the east winds.b
9 In this way the wrongdoings of the
descendants of Jacob
are covered up.
This is the way they will turn from their sins—
when they turn all the altar
stones into powdered chalk
and no poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah
or incense
altars are left standing.
10 The fortified city is isolated.
The homestead is left deserted, abandoned like the desert.
Calves will graze there.
They will lie down.
They will feed on the branches.
11 When the branches are dried up,
they will be broken off.
Women will come and build a fire with them.
These people don’t understand
bthese thingsn .
That is why their Maker won’t have compassion on
them,
and their
Creator won’t have pity on them.
Isaiah 27:12-13 (GOD'S WORD)
12
On that day the LORD will begin his threshing
from the flowing stream of the
Euphrates River
to the brook
of Egypt.
People of Israel, you will be
gathered one by one.
13 On that day a ram’s horn will be blown
loudly.
Those who are dying in Assyria
and those who
are banished to Egypt
will come and worship the LORD
on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 28:9-22 (GOD'S WORD)
9 To whom will
they make the message understood? To whom will they explain this
message? To children just weaned from milk? To those just taken from
their mother’s breasts?
10 They speak utter nonsense.
11 The LORD will speak to these people. He
will mock them by speaking in a foreign language.
12 He will say to them, “This is a place for
comfort. This is a place of rest for those who are tired. This is a
place for them to rest.” But they weren’t willing to listen.
13 The LORD speaks utter nonsense to them.
That is why they will fall backwards. That is why they will be hurt,
trapped, and captured.
14 So hear the word of the LORD, you foolish
talkers who rule the people in Jerusalem.
15 You say, “We made a treaty with death and
an agreement with the grave. When the overwhelming disaster passes by,
it won’t matter to us, because we have taken refuge in our lies,
and falsehood is our hiding place.”
16This is what the Almighty LORD says: I am
going to lay a rock in Zion, a rock that has been tested, a precious
cornerstone, a solid foundation. Whoever believes bin himn will not
worry.
17 I will make justice a measuring line and
righteousness a plumb line. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies,
and floodwaters will wash away your hiding place.
18 Your treaty with death will be wiped away.
Your agreement with the grave will not stand. When the overwhelming
disaster passes by, you will be trampled by it.
19 Each time it passes by it will take you. It
will pass by morning after morning, during the day and during the
night. Understanding this message brings only terror.
20 The bed is too short to stretch out on.
The blanket is too narrow to serve as a cover.
21 The LORD will rise as he did on Mount
Perazim. He will wake up as he did in Gibeon Valley. He will do his
work, his unexpected work, and perform his deeds, his mysterious deeds.
22 Now stop laughing, or your chains will be
tightened, because I have heard that the Almighty LORD of Armies has
finally determined to destroy the whole land.
Isaiah 29:1-8 (GOD'S WORD)
1 How horrible
it will be for you Ariel, Ariel, the city where David camped. Let year
after year go by. Let your annual festivals go on.
2 I will torment Ariel, and the city will be
filled with people grieving and mourning. The city will become like
Ariel.
3 I will set up war camps all around you. I
will blockade you with towers. I will put up mounds of dirt around you.
4 When you have fallen, you will speak as
you lie on the ground. Your words will be muffled by the dust. Your
voice will come out of the ground like that of a ghost.
Your words will be whispered from the dust.
5 Your many enemies will be like fine dust.
Your many foes will be like husks blown by the wind. All of this will
happen suddenly, unexpectedly.
6 The LORD of Armies will punish you with
thunder, earthquakes, and loud noises, with windstorms, rainstorms, and
fire storms.
7 The armies from all the nations will go to
war against Ariel. They will go to war against it, blockade it, and
torment it. All of this will be like a dream, like a vision in the
night.
8 They will be like hungry people who dream
that they’re eating and wake up to find they’re hungry. They will be
like thirsty people who dream that they’re drinking and wake up to find
they’re lightheaded and parched with thirst. This is what will happen
to the armies from all the nations that fight against Mount Zion.
Isaiah 30:12-26 (GOD'S WORD)
12This is what the Holy
One of
Israel says:
You have rejected this warning,
trusted oppression and deceit,
and leaned on them.
13
That is why your sin will be
like a high wall with a bulging crack, ready to fall.
All of a sudden it will fall.
14
It will break like pottery.
It will be smashed, and nothing will be left of it.
No piece will be big enough to carry live coals from a fireplace
or to dip water from a reservoir.
15This
is what the Almighty LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says:
You can be saved
by returning to me.
You can have rest.
You can be strong
by being quiet and by trusting me.
But you don't want that.
16 You’ve
said, “No, we’ll flee on horses.” So you flee. You’ve added, “We’ll
ride on fast horses.” So those who chase you will also be fast.
17 One
thousand people will flee when one person threatens them, and you will
flee when five threaten you. Then you will be left alone like a
flagpole on top of a mountain,
like a signpost on a hill.
18 The
LORD is waiting to be kind to you. He rises to have compassion on you.
The LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.
THE LORD WILL HEAL HIS PEOPLE’S WOUNDS
19You will
live in Zion, in Jerusalem. You won’t cry anymore. The LORD will
certainly have pity on you when you cry for help. As soon as he hears
you, he will answer you. 20The
Lord may give you troubles and hardships. But your teacher will no
longer be hidden from you. You will see your teacher with your own
eyes. 21You will hear a voice
behind you saying, “This is the way. Follow it, whether it turns to the
right or to the left.” 22Then
you will dishonor your silver-plated idols and your gold-covered
statues. You will throw them away like clothing ruined by stains. You
will say to them, “Get out!”
23The Lord
will give you rain for the seed that you plant in the ground, and the
food that the ground provides will be rich and nourishing. When that
day comes, your cattle will graze in large pastures. 24The oxen and the donkeys which work the
soil will eat a mixture of food that has been winnowed with forks and
shovels. 25There will be
brooks and streams on every lofty mountain and every high hill. When
the day of the great slaughter comes, towers will fall. 26Then the light of the moon will be like
the light of the sun. The light of the sun will be seven times as
strong, like the light of seven days. When that day comes, the LORD
will bandage his people’s injuries and heal the wounds he inflicted.
Isaiah 30:27-33 (GOD'S WORD)
27 The name of the
LORD
is going to come from far away.
His anger is burning.
His burden is heavy.
His lips are filled with
fury.
His tongue is like a
devouring flame.
28
His breath is like an overflowing stream.
It
rises neck high,
sifting the nations with a sieve of destruction,
placing a bit in the mouths of the people
to lead them astray.
29 You will sing a song
like the sing on a
festival
night.
Your hearts will be happy like someone
going out with a flute
on the way to the LORD'S
mountain, to the rock of Israel.
30 The LORD will make
his majestic voice heard.
He will come down with all his might,
with furious anger,
with fire storms,
windstorms,
rainstorms, and hailstones.
31 At the sound of the
LORD, the people of Assyria will be shattered.
He will strike
them with his rod.
32 To the sound of
tambourines
and lyres, the LORD will pound on them.
He will fight them in
battle, swinging his fists.
33 Topheth was
prepared
long ago.
It was made ready for
the king.
It was made deep and
wide and piled high with plenty of burning logs.
The LORD'S breath will be like a flood
of burning sulfur,
setting it on fire,
Isaiah 33:13-16 (GOD'S WORD)
13 Hear what I have done, you people who are
far away! Acknowledge my might, you people who are near! 14 The sinners
in Zion are terrified. Trembling seizes the ungodly. Can any of us live
through a fire that destroys? Can any of us live through a fire that
burns forever? 15 The person who does what is right and speaks the
truth will live. He rejects getting rich by extortion and refuses to
take bribes. He refuses to listen to those who are plotting murders. He
doesn’t look for evil things to do 16 This person will live on
high. His stronghold will be a fortress made of rock. He will have
plenty of food and a dependable supply of water.
Isaiah 31:4-7 (GOD'S WORD)
4This is what the
LORD
said to me:
A lion, even a young lion,
growls
over its prey
when a crowd
of shepherds is called to fight it.
It isn't frightened by their voices
or disturbed by the noise they make.
So the LORD of Armies
will come to fight for
Mount
Zion and its hill.
5 The
LORD
of Armies will defend Jerusalem like a hovering bird.
He will
defend
it and rescue it.
He will pass
over it and protect it.
6 You
people
of Israel, return to the one
whom you
have so violently rebelled against.
7 When
that day comes, all of you will reject
the
silver and gold idols
that your sinful hands have made.
Isaiah 34:1-15 (GOD'S WORD)
1 Come close,
you
nations, and listen.
Pay attention, you people.
The earth, everyone in
it,
the world, and everything
on it will listen.
2 The LORD is
angry with all the nations.
He is furious with all their armies.
He has claimed them for
destruction.
He has handed them over
to be slaughtered.
3
Their dead bodies will be thrown out.
A stench will rise from their corpses.
Mountains will be red with their blood.
4 All the stars
in the sky will rot.
The heavens will be
rolled
up like a scroll.
The stars will fall
like leaves from a
grapevine,
like green figs from
a fig tree.
5 When my sword
is covered {with blood} in the heavens,
it will fall on Edom
and
on the people I'veclaimed for destruction.
6 The LORD'S
sword
is covered with blood.
It is covered with fat,
with
the blood of lambs and goats,
with
the fat of rams' kidneys.
The LORD will receive a sacrifice in Bozrah,
a huge slaughter in the
land of Edom.
7 Wild oxen will
be killed with them,
young bulls along with
rams.
Their land will be drenched with blood.
Their dust will be covered with fat.
8 The LORD will
have a day of vengeance,
a year of revenge in
defense of Zion.
9 Edom's streams
will be turned to tar.
Its soil will be turned
to burning sulfur.
Its land will
become
blazing tar.
10
They will not be extinguished day or night,
and smoke will always go up from them.
Edom will lie in ruins for generations.
No one will ever travel through it.
11
Pelicans and herons will take possession of the land.
Owls and crows will live there.
He will stretch the measuring line of chaos
and the plumb line of
destruction over it.
12 There are no nobles
to rule a kingdom.
All of its princes have
disappeared.
13 Its palaces are
covered
with thorns.
Its fortresses have nettles and thistles.
Its will become a home
for jackals
and
a place for ostriches.
14
Hyeans will meet with jackals.
Male goats will call to their mates.
Screech owls will rest there
and find a resting place for themselves.
15
Owls will make their nests there, lay eggs, and hatch them.
They will gather their young
in the shadow of {their wings}.
Vultures also will gather there,
each one with its mate.
Isaiah 35:3-4 (GOD'S WORD)
3 Strengthen
limp hands.
Steady weak knees.
4 Tell
those who are terrified,
“Be brave; don’t be afraid.
Your God will
come with vengeance, with divine revenge.
He will come and rescue you.”
Isaiah 40:27-31 (GOD'S WORD)
27 Jacob, why do you complain? Israel, why
do you say, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my rights are ignored
by my God”?
28 Don’t
you know? Haven’t you heard?
The eternal God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth,
doesn’t grow tired or become weary. His understanding is beyond reach.
29 He gives
strength to those who grow tired and increases the strength of those
who are weak.
30 Even
young people grow tired and become weary, and young men will stumble
and fall.
31 Yet,
the strength of those who wait with hope in the LORD will be renewed.
They will soar on wings like eagles. They will run and won’t become
weary. They will walk and won’t grow tired.
Isaiah 41:1-4 (GOD'S WORD)
1 "Be silent and
listen
to me, you coastlands.
Let the people gain new strength.
Let them come near and speak.
Let us come together for judgment.
2 "who has
raised
up from the east
someone to whom the Lord gives victory with every step he takes?
Nations are handed over to him.
He defeats kings.
With his sword he turns them into dust.
With his bow he turns them into straw blown by the wind.
3
He chases them, marching by safely
on a path his feet have never traveled before.
4 Who has
accomplished this?
Who has determined the course of
history from the beginning?
I, the Lord,
was there first, and I will be there to the end.
I am the one!"
Isaiah 42:1-9 (GOD'S WORD)
1 Here is my servant, whom I support.
Here is my chosen one, with whom I am pleased.
I have put my Spirit on him.
He will bring justice to the nations.
2 He will not cry out or raise [his voice] .
He will not make his voice heard in the streets.
3 He will not break off a damaged cattail.
He will not even put out a smoking wick.
He will faithfully bring about justice.
4 He will not be discouraged or crushed
until he has set up justice on the earth.
The coastlands will wait for his teachings.
5 The LORD God created the heavens and
stretched them out.
He shaped the earth and all that comes from it.
He gave life to the people who are on it
and breath to those who walk on it.
This is what the LORD God says:
6 I, the LORD, have called you to do what is
right.
I will take hold of your hand.
I will protect you.
I will appoint you as my promise to the people,
as my light to the nations.
7
You
will give sight to the blind,
bring
prisoners out of prisons,
and bring those who live in darkness
out of dungeons.
8 I am the LORD; that is my name.
I will not give my glory to anyone else
or the praise I deserve to idols.
9 What I said in the past has come true.
I will reveal new things before they happen.
Isaiah 42:14-25 (GOD'S WORD)
14 I have
been silent for a long time. I kept quiet and held myself back. But
like a woman in childbirth I will cry out. I will gasp and pant.
15 I will lay waste to mountains and hills.
I will dry up all
their vegetation.
I will turn rivers
into islands. I will dry up ponds.
16 I will lead the blind on unfamiliar roads.
I will lead
them on unfamiliar paths.
I will turn
darkness into light in front of them.
I will make rough
places smooth. These are the things I will do for them, and I will
never abandon them.
17 Then those who trust idols and those who
say to statues, “You are our gods” will be turned away and put to shame.
18 Listen, you deaf people. Look, you blind
people, so that you can see.
19 Who is blind except my servant or deaf
like the messenger I send? Who is blind like the one who has my trust
or blind like the servant of the LORD?
20 You have seen much, but you do not observe
anything. Your ears are open, but you hear nothing.
21 The LORD is pleased because he does what
is right. He praises the greatness of his teachings and makes them
glorious.
22 But these people are robbed and looted.
They are all trapped in pits and hidden in prisons. They have become
prey with no one to rescue them.
They have become loot with no one to say, “Give it back.”
23 Who among you will listen to this? Is
there anyone who will pay attention and listen in the future?
24 Who gave Jacob away as loot and handed
Israel over to robbers? Wasn’t it the LORD, against whom we have
sinned? They didn’t want to live his way.
They didn’t obey his teachings.
25 So he poured out his burning anger and the
horrors of war on them. It engulfed them in flames, but they did not
understand. It burned them, but they did not take it to heart.
Isaiah 43:1-7 (GOD'S WORD)
1The LORD created Jacob and formed Israel.
Now, this is what the LORD says:
Do not be afraid, because I have reclaimed you.
I have called you by name; you are mine.
2 When you go through the sea, I am with you.
When you go through rivers, they will not sweep you away.
When you walk through fire, you will not be burned,
and the flames will not harm you.
3 I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of
Israel, your Savior.
Egypt is the ransom I exchanged for you.
Sudan and Seba are the price I paid for you.
4 Since you are precious to me, you are
honored and I love you.
I will exchange others for you.
Nations will be the price I pay for your life.
5 Do not be afraid, because I am with you.
I will bring your descendants from the east and gather you from the
west.
6 I will say to the north, “Give them up,”
and to the south, “Do not keep them.”
Bring my sons from far away
and my daughters from the ends of the earth.
7 Bring everyone who is called by my name,
whom I created for my glory,
whom I formed and made.
Isaiah 44:6-8 (GOD'S WORD)
6 The
LORD is
Israel's king and defender.
He is the
LORD of Armies.
This is what the LORD says:
I am the first and the last,
and there
is no God except me.
7 If there is
anyone like me, let him say so.
Let him tell me what
happened
when I established my people long ago.
Then let him predict
what will happen to them.
8 Don't be
terrified
or afraid.
Didn't
I make this known to you long ago?
You are my witnesses.
Is there any God except me?
There is no [other] rock; I know of none.
Isaiah 45:20-25 (GOD'S WORD)
20 Come here, you refugees from the
nations. Ignorant people carry wooden idols and pray to gods that
cannot save anyone .
21 Speak
and present your case. Yes, let them consult one another. Who revealed
this in the distant past and predicted it long ago? Wasn’t it I, the
LORD?
There is no other God except me. There is no other righteous God and
Savior besides me.
22 Turn to
me and be saved, all who live at the ends of the earth, because I am
God, and there is no other.
23 I have
bound myself with an oath. A word has gone out from my righteous mouth
that will not be recalled, “Every knee will bow to me and every tongue
will swear ballegiancen .”
24 It will
be said of me, “Certainly, righteousness and strength are found in the
LORD alone.” All who are angry with him will come to him and be ashamed.
25 All the
descendants of Israel will be declared righteous, and they will praise
the LORD.
Isaiah 47:1-11 (GOD'S WORD)
1
Go, sit in the dirt,
virgin princess of Babylon!
Sit on the ground, not on a throne,
princess of the Babylonians!
You will no longer be called soft and delicate.
2 Take
millstones and grind flour.
Remove your veil.
Take off your skirt.
Uncover your legs, and cross the river.
3 People
will see you naked.
People will see your shame.
I will take revenge.
I won’t spare anyone.
4 Our
defender is the Holy One of Israel.
His name is the LORD of Armies.
5 Go into
the dark, and sit in silence,
princess of the Babylonians!
You will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.
6 I was
angry with my people.
I dishonored those who belong to me.
I put them under your control.
You showed them no mercy.
You placed a heavy burden on old people.
7 You
said, “I will always be a queen.”
You didn’t carefully consider these things
or keep in mind how they would end.
8 Now then,
listen to this, you lover of pleasure.
You live securely and say to yourself,
“I’m the only one, and there’s no one else.
I won’t live as a widow.
I won’t suffer the loss of children.”
9 In one
day both of these will happen to you instantly:
the loss of your children and your husband.
All this will happen to you in spite of
your evil magic and your many spells.
10 You
feel safe in your wickedness
and say, “No one can see me.”
Your wisdom and knowledge have led you astray,
so you say to yourself,
“I’m the only one, and there’s no one else.”
11 But
evil will happen to you.
You won’t know how to keep it away.
Disaster will strike you.
You won’t be able to stop it.
Destruction will overtake you suddenly.
You won’t expect it.t.
Isaiah 48:12-20 (GOD'S WORD)
12 Listen
to
me, Jacob,
Israel,
whom I have called.
I am the one.
I am the first and the last.
13 My hand laid
the foundation of the earth.
My right hand stretched
out the heavens.
When I call for them, they both stand.
14 Gather
together,
all of you, and listen.
What idol has revealed such things?
The Lord loves Cyrus.
He will carry out the Lord's plan against Babylon.
He will use his strength against the Babylonians.
15 I alone have
spoken.
I have called him.
I will bring him here, and he will succeed.
16 Come
here. Listen to this:
From the beginning I have spoken nothing in private.
From the time it took place, I was there.
Now the Almighty LORD has sent me and his Spirit.
17This is
what the LORD, your Defender, the Holy One of Israel, says:
I am the LORD your God.
I teach you what is best for you.
I lead you where you should go.
18 If only
you had listened to my commands!
Your peace would be like a river bthat never runs dryn .
Your righteousness would be like waves on the sea.
19 Your
descendants would be like sand.
Your children would be like its grains.
Their names would not be cut off or wiped out in my presence.
20 Leave
Babylon; flee from the Babylonians!
Shout for joy as you tell it and announce it.
Shout it out to the ends of the earth.
Say that the LORD has reclaimed his servant Jacob.
Isaiah 49:8-13 (GOD'S WORD)
8 This is
what the LORD says:
In the time of favor I will
answer you.
In the day of salvation I will
help you.
I will protect you.
I will appoint you as my promisea
to the people.
You will restore
the land.
You will make
them inherit the desolate inheritance.
9 You will say to the
prisoners, “Come out,”
and to those who are in darkness, “Show yourselves.”
They will graze along every path,
and they will find pastures on
every bare hill.
10 They will never be hungry or thirsty,
nor will the
sun or the burning, hot wind strike them.
The one who has compassion on them will lead them
and guide them to springs.
11 I will turn all my mountains into roads,
and my
highways will be restored.
12 They will come from far away.
They will come from the north and
from the west,
and they will
come from the land of Sinim.
13 Sing with joy, you heavens!
Rejoice, you earth!
Break into shouts of joy, you
mountains!
The LORD has
comforted his people
and will have compassion on his humble people.
Isaiah 50:1-3 (GOD'S WORD)
1This is
what the LORD says: Where are your mother’s divorce papers?
Did I give her any to get rid of her? To which of my creditors did I
sell you?
You were sold because of your sins. I got rid of your mother because of
your rebellion.
2 Why was
no one here when I came? Why was no one here to answer when I called?
Am I too weak to reclaim you? Don’t I have the power to rescue you?
I dry up the sea with my command, and I turn rivers into deserts.
Their fish stink because there is no water, and people die of thirsT.
3 I clothe
the heavens in darkness and cover them with sackcloth.
Isaiah 51:2-3 (GOD'S WORD)
1Listen to me, you
people
who pursue what is right and seek the LORD,
Look to the rock from
which you were cut
and to the quarry from which you were dug.
2
Look to Abraham, your ancestor,
and to Sarah, from whom you are descended.
When I called Abraham, he was
childless.
I
blessed him and gave him many descendants.
Isaiah 51:4-8 (GOD'S WORD)
4 Pay attention to me, my
people.
Open your ears to hear me, my nation.
My teachings will go out
from me.
My justice will become a
light for the people.
5
My righteousness is near.
My salvation is on the way.
I will bring justice to
people.
The coastlands put their hope in me,
and they wait eagerly for me.
6
Look at the sky.
Look at the earth below.
The sky will vanish like smoke.
The earth will wear out like clothing,
and those who live there will die like flies.
But my salvation will last
forever,
and my righteousness will never fail.
7
Listen to me, you people who know
righteousness,
you people
who have my teaching in your hearts.
Don't be afraid of being
insulted by people.
Don't be discouraged by
their ridicule.
8
Moths will
eat them like clothing.
Worms will devour them like wool.
But my righteousness will
last forever,
and my salvation will last throughout every generation.
Isaiah 51:21-23 (GOD'S WORD)
21 Listen
to this, you humble people
who are drunk but
not from wine.
22 The LORD
your God defends his people.
This is what your master says:
I’m taking from your hand the cup
that makes people stagger,
the bowl, the
cup of my fury.
You will never drink from it again.
23 I will
put it in the hands of those who made you suffer.
They said to
you, “Lie down so that we can walk over you.”
So you made your back like the ground
and like a street for them to
cross.
Isaiah 52:1-6 (GOD'S WORD)
1 Wake up!
Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, Zion! Put on your beautiful
clothes, holy city of Jerusalem. Godless and evil people will no longer
come to you.
2 Shake
the dust from yourselves. Get up, captive Jerusalem. Free yourself from
the chains around your neck, captive people of Zion.
3This is
what the LORD says: You were sold, but no price was paid. You will be
bought back, but without money.
4This is
what the Almighty LORD says: In the beginning my people went to Egypt
to live there as foreigners. Later the Assyrians oppressed them for no
reason. 5So what do I find here? asks the LORD. My people are taken
away for no reason. Their rulers are screaming, declares the LORD. And
my name is cursed all day long. 6Now my people will know my name. When
that day comes, bthey will known that I am the one who says, “Here I
am!”
Isaiah 53:7 (GOD'S WORD)
7He was abused and
punished,
but he didn't open his mouth.
He was led like a lamb to the slaughter.
He was like a sheep that is silent
when its wool is cut off.
He didn't open
his mouth.
Isaiah 53:10-12 (GOD'S WORD)
10 Yet, it was the LORD’s
will to crush him with suffering.
When the LORD has made his life a sacrifice
for our wrongdoings,
he will see
his descendants for many days.
The will of the LORD will succeed through him.
11
He will see and be satisfied
because of his suffering.
My righteous servant will acquit many people
because of
what he has learned [through suffering] .
He will carry their sins as a burden.
12 So I will give him
a share among the mighty,
and he will divide the prize with
the strong,
because he
poured out his life in death
and he was counted with sinners.
He carried the sins of many.
He intercedes
for those who are rebellious.
Isaiah 57:14-21 (GOD'S WORD)
14
It will be said:
"Build a road! Build a road!
Prepare the way !
Remove every obstacle in the way of my people!"
15
The High and Lofty One lives forever, and his name is holy.
This is what he says:
16
I will not accuse you forever.
I will not be angry with you forever.
Otherwise, the spirits, the lives
of those I’ve made,
would grow
faint in my presence.
17
I was angry because of their sinful greed,
so I punished them, hid bfrom
themn, and remained angry.
But they continued
to be sinful.
18
I’ve seen their bsinfuln ways, but I’ll heal them.
I’ll guide them and give them rest.
I’ll comfort them and their mourners.
19
I’ll create praise on their lips:
“Perfect peace to those both far
and near.”
“I’ll heal them,” says the LORD.
20
But the wicked are like the
churning sea.
It isn’t quiet,
and its water throws up mud and slime.
21
“There is no peace for the wicked,” says my God.
Isaiah 59:16-21 (GOD'S WORD)
16 He sees that
there's
no one to help.
He's astounded that there's no one to
intercede.
So with his own power
he wins a victory.
His righteousness
supports
him.
17 He puts on
righteousness
like a coat of armor
and a helmet of salvation
on his head.
He wears clothes of vengeance.
He wraps himself with fury as a coat.
18 He will pay them
back according to their deeds.
He will pay back his opponents with wrath
and punish his enemies.
He will pay back the people who live on
the coastlands.
19 The people of the
west will fear the name of the LORD.
Those in the east will
fear his glory.
He will come like a rushing stream.
The wind of the LORD
pushes him.
20 "Then a Savior
will
come to Zion,
to those in Jacob who
turn from rebellion," declares the LORD.
21 "This is my
promise
to them," says the LORD. "My Spirit, who is on you, and my words that I
put in your mouth will not leave you. They will be with your children
and
your grandchildren permanently," says the LORD.
Isaiah 61:4-9 (GOD'S WORD)
4 They will rebuild
the ancient ruins.
They will restore the places destroyed long ago.
They will renew the ruined cities, the places
destroyed generations ago.
5 Foreigners will
come
forward and become shepherds for your flocks,
and children of
foreigners
will work your fields and vineyards.
6 You will be called
the priests of the Lord.
You will be called the servants of our God.
You will consume the
wealth of the nations.
You will boast in their
splendor.
7 You will receive a
double measure of wealth instead of your shame.
You will sing about your wealth instead of
being
disgraced.
That is why you will
have a double measure of wealth in your land.
You will have everlasting joy.
8 I, the Lord, love
justice.
I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
I will faithfully reward my people's work.
I will make an everlasting promise to them.
9
Then their offspring will be known among the nations
and their descendants among the people.
Everyone who sees them will recognize
that they are the descendants whom the Lord has blessed.
Isaiah 63:1-6 (GOD'S WORD)
1
Who is this coming from Bozrah in Edom
with his
clothes stained bright red?
Who is this dressed in splendor,
going forward
with great strength?
“It is I, the LORD. I am coming to announce my
victory.
I am powerful enough to save
[you] .”
2 Why are
your clothes red
and your garments like those who
trample grapes in a winepress?
3 “I have
trampled alone in the winepress.
No one was
with me.
In my anger I trampled on people.
In my wrath I stomped on them.
Their blood splattered my clothes
so all my
clothing has been stained.
4 I planned
the day of vengeance.
The year for my reclaiming [you] has
come.
5 I looked,
but there was no help.
I was astounded that there was no [outside]
support.
So with my own
power I won a victory.
My anger
supported me.
6
In my anger I trampled on
people.
In my wrath I made them drunk
and poured
their blood on the ground.”
Isaiah 64:1-7 (GOD'S WORD)
1If only would split
open
the heavens and come down!
The mountains would
quake at your presence.
2
Be like the fire that kindles brushwood and makes water boil.
Come down
to make your name known to your enemies.
The nations will tremble in your presence.
3 When
you did awe-inspiring things that we didn't expect,
you came
down and the mountains quaked in your presence.
4 No one
has ever heard,
no one has
paid attention,
and no one has seen any god except you.
You help those who wait for you.
5 You
greeted
the one who gladly does right and remembers your ways.
You showed your anger, because
we've sinned.
We've
continued
to sin for a long time.
Can we still be saved?
6 We've
all become unclean,
and all our
righteous acts are like permanently stained rags.
All of us shrivel like leaves,
and our sins
carry us away like the wind.
Isaiah 65 (GOD'S WORD)
1
I was ready to answer those who didn’t ask.
I was found by those who weren’t
looking for me.
I said, “Here
I am! Here I am!”
to a nation that didn’t worship me.
2 I
stretched out my hands all day long to stubborn people.
They chose to
go the wrong direction.
They followed
their own plans.
3 These
people constantly and openly provoked me.
They offered
sacrifices in gardens
and burnt incense on brick altars.
4
They sat among the graves and spent their nights in
caves.
They ate pork
and in their pots made broth from unclean foods.
5
They said, “Stay away! Don’t touch me!
I’m holier than you are.”
They have
become like smoke in my nose,
like a smoldering fire all day
long.
6
“Look! It is written in front of me.
I will not be
silent, but I will repay.
I will repay
you in full.
7
I will repay you for your sins
and for the sins of your
ancestors,” says the LORD.
They burnt incense on the
mountains and slandered me on the hills,
so I will be
the first to pay them back in full.
8 This
is what the Lord says:
When
someone finds juice for new wine in a cluster of grapes,
another person will say,
"Don't destroy it, because
there's a blessing in it."
In the
same way, I will do this for my servants:
I will
not destroy anything.
9
I will bring [with me] Jacob's descendant,
one who will
inherit my mountains from Judah.
My chosen ones will inherit them.
My servants will live there.
10 The
Sharon Plain will be a pasture for flocks.
The Achor Valley will
be a resting place for cattle
and for my people who search for me.
11
You have abandoned the Lord
and forgotten my holy mountain.
You have prepared a table
for the god of good fortune
and offered cups full of spiced wine to the goddess
of destiny.
12 Now
I will destine you for death.
All of you
will bow to be slaughtered.
I called, but you didn't answer.
I spoke, but you didn't listen.
You did what I
consider evil.
You chose what
I don't like.
13
This is what the Lord God says:
My servant will eat, but you will be hungry.
My servant will drink, but you will be thirsty.
My servant will be glad, but you will be ashamed.
14
My servants will sing because of the gladness in their
hearts.
But you will cry because of your
sadness
and wail
because of your depression.
15
Your name will be used as a curse by my chosen ones.
The Almighty Lord will kill you
and call his
servants by another name.
16 Whoever
asks for a blessing in the land
will be
blessed by the God of truth.
Whoever swears an oath in
the land
will
swear by the God of truth.
Past troubles are forgotten.
They are hidden from your eyes.
17 I
will create a
new heaven and a new earth. Past things will not be remembered. They
will not come to mind.
18 Be
glad, and rejoice forever for what I'm going to create,
because I'm
going to create Jerusalem to be a delight
and its people to be a joy.
19
I will rejoice about Jerusalem and be glad about my people.
Screaming and crying will
no longer be heard in the city.
20 There
will be no longer an infant who lives for only a few days
or an
old
man who doesn't live a long life.
Whoever lives to be a
hundred years old will be thought of as young.
Whoever dies before he is
a hundred years old will be cursed as a sinner.
21
They will build houses and live there.
They will plant vineyards and eat fruit from them.
22
They will not build homes and have others live there.
They will not
plant and have others eat from it.
My people will live as long as trees,
and my chosen
ones will enjoy what they've done.
23 They
will never again work for nothing.
They will never again give
birth to children who die young,
because they will be offspring blessed by the Lord.
The Lord will bless their
descendants as well.
24 Before
they call, I will answer.
While they're still
speaking, I will hear.
25
Wolves and lambs will feed together,
lions
will eat straw like oxen,
and dust will be food for snakes.
"They will not hurt or destroy
anyone anywhere on my holy mountain,"
says the
Lord.
Isaiah 65:17-25 (GOD'S WORD)
17
I will create a new heaven and a new earth.
Past things will not be remembered.
They will not come to mind.
18
Be glad, and rejoice forever in what I'm going to create,
because I'm going to create Jerusalem to be a delight
and its people to be a joy.
19
I will rejoice about Jerusalem and be glad about my people.
Screaming and crying will no longer be heard in the city.
20
There will no longer be an infant who lives for only a few days
or an old man who doesn't live a long life.
Whoever lives to be a hundred years old will be thought of as young.
Whoever dies before he is a hundred years old will be cursed as a
sinner.
21
They will build house and live there.
They will plant vineyards and eat fruit from them.
22
They will not build homes and have others live there.
They will not plant and have others eat from it.
My people will live as long as trees,
and my chosen ones will enjoy what they've done.
23
They will never again work for nothing.
They will never again give birth to children who die young,
because they will be offspring blessed by the LORD.
The LORD will bless their descendants as well.
24 Before
they call, I will bless their descendants as well. While they're still
speaking, I will hear.
25 Wolves
and lambs will feed together, lions will eat straw like oxen, and dust
will be food for snakes. "They will not hurt or destroy anyone anywhere
on my holy mountain," says the Lord.
Isaiah 66:1-24 (GOD'S WORD)
1
This is what the LORD says:
Heaven is my throne.
The earth is my footstool. Where can you build a house or
resting place for me?
2
I have made all these things.
"That is why all these things have come into being,"
declares the LORD.
I will pay attention
to those
who are humble and sorry {for their sins}
and who tremble at my word.
3 Whoever kills a bull is like someone who
kills a person.
Whoever sacrifices a lamb is like someone who breaks a dog’s neck.
Whoever offers a grain sacrifice
is like someone who boffersn pig’s blood.
Whoever burns incense is like someone who worships an idol.
People have certainly chosen their own ways,
and their souls delight in detestable things.
4 So I will
choose harsh treatment for them
and bring on them what they fear.
I called, but no one answered.
I spoke, but they didn’t listen.
They did what I consider evil.
They chose what I don’t like.
5Listen to
the word of the LORD, all who tremble at his word.
Your relatives, who hate you and exclude you for my name’s
sake, say,
“Let the LORD show his glory; then we will see your joy.”
But they will be put to shame.
6 Listen to
the uproar from the city.
Listen to the sound from the temple.
It is the sound of the LORD
paying back his enemies as they deserve.
7 Before a
woman goes into labor, she gives birth.
Before she has labor pains, she delivers a child.
8 Who has
heard of such a thing?
Who has seen such things?
Can a country be born in one day?
Can a nation be born in a moment?
When Zion went into labor,
she also gave birth to her children.
9 “Do I
bring a mother to the moment of birth
and not let her deliver?” asks the LORD.
“Do I cause a mother to deliver
and then make her unable to have children?” asks your God.
10 All who
love Jerusalem, be happy and rejoice with her.
All who mourn for her, be glad with her.
11 You
will nurse and be satisfied from her comforting breasts.
You will nurse to your heart’s delight at her full breasts.
12This is
what the LORD says:
I will offer you peace like a river
and the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream.
You will nurse and be carried in Jerusalem’s arms
and cuddled on her knees.
13 As a
mother comforts her child,
so will I comfort you.
You will be comforted in Jerusalem.
14 When you
see it, your heart will rejoice
and you will flourish like new grass.
The power of the LORD will be made known to his servants,
but he will condemn his enemies.
15 The
LORD will come with fire
and with his chariots like a thunderstorm.
He will pay them back with his burning anger
and punish them with flames of fire.
16 The
LORD will judge with fire,
and he will judge all people with his sword.
Many people will be struck dead by the LORD.
17 People
make themselves holy
and prepare themselves for their garden rituals.
They go into the garden
and devour pork, disgusting things, and mice.
“They will come to an end at the same time,”
declares the LORD.
18 Because
of their actions and their thoughts,a
I am coming to gather the nations of every language.
They will come and see my glory.
19 I will
set up a sign among them
and send some of their survivors to the nations:
to Tarshish, Put and Lud, Meshech, Rosh, Tubal, Javan,
and to the distant coastlands
who have not heard of my fame or seen my glory.
They will tell about my glory among the nations.
20 They
will bring all your relatives
from every nation like a grain offering to the LORD.
“They will come on horses, in chariots, in wagons,
on mules and camels to my holy mountain, Jerusalem,”
declares the LORD.
They will come like the people of Israel who bring
their grain offerings in clean dishes to the LORD’s temple.
21"I will makesome of
them priests and Levites," declares the Lord.
22 The new
heaven and earth that I am about to make
will also continue in my presence,"
declares the lord.
"So tour descendants and your name
will also contine in my presence.
23From one month to the next and from one
week to the next all people will come to worship me,"declares the lord.
24Than they will go out and look at the
corpses of those who have rebelled against me .
The worms that eat
them will not die.
The fire that burns
them will not go out.
All humanity will be disgusted by them.