Isaiah 30:1–33
30 “Woe to the rebellious children,” says the Lord,
a“Who take counsel, but not of Me,
And who 1devise plans, but not of My Spirit,
bThat they may add sin to sin;
2 cWho walk to go down to Egypt,
And dhave not asked My advice,
To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh,
And to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
3 eTherefore the strength of Pharaoh
Shall be your shame,
And trust in the shadow of Egypt
Shall be your humiliation.
4 For his princes were at fZoan,
And his ambassadors came to Hanes.
5 gThey were all ashamed of a people who could not benefit them,
Or be help or benefit,
But a shame and also a reproach.”
6 hThe 2burden against the beasts of the South.
Through a land of trouble and anguish,
From which came the lioness and lion,
iThe viper and fiery flying serpent,
They will carry their riches on the backs of young donkeys,
And their treasures on the humps of camels,
To a people who shall not profit;
7 jFor the Egyptians shall help in vain and to no purpose.
Therefore I have called her
3Rahab-Hem-Shebeth.
8 Now go, kwrite it before them on a tablet,
And note it on a scroll,
That it may be for time to come,
Forever and ever:
9 That lthis is a rebellious people,
Lying children,
Children who will not hear the law of the Lord;
10 mWho say to the seers, “Do not see,”
And to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us right things;
nSpeak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits.
Turn aside from the path,
Cause the Holy One of Israel
To cease from before us.”
12 Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel:
“Because you odespise this word,
And trust in oppression and perversity,
And rely on them,
13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you
pLike a breach ready to fall,
A bulge in a high wall,
Whose breaking qcomes suddenly, in an instant.
14 And rHe shall break it like the breaking of the potter’s vessel,
Which is broken in pieces;
He shall not spare.
So there shall not be found among its fragments
4A shard to take fire from the hearth,
Or to take water from the cistern.”
15 For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel:
s“In returning and rest you shall be saved;
In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.”
tBut you would not,
16 And you said, “No, for we will flee on horses”—
Therefore you shall flee!
And, “We will ride on swift horses”—
Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift!
17 uOne thousand shall flee at the threat of one,
At the threat of five you shall flee,
Till you are left as a 5pole on top of a mountain
And as a banner on a hill.
18 Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be vgracious to you;
And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
wBlessed are all those who xwait for Him.
19 For the people yshall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem;
You shall zweep no more.
He will be very gracious to you at the sound of your cry;
When He hears it, He will aanswer you.
20 And though the Lord gives you
bThe bread of adversity and the water of 6affliction,
Yet cyour teachers will not be moved into a corner anymore,
But your eyes shall see your teachers.
21 Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying,
“This is the way, walk in it,”
Whenever you dturn to the right hand
Or whenever you turn to the left.
22 eYou will also defile the covering of your images of silver,
And the ornament of your molded images of gold.
You will throw them away as an unclean thing;
fYou will say to them, “Get away!”
23 gThen He will give the rain for your seed
With which you sow the ground,
And bread of the increase of the earth;
It will be 7fat and plentiful.
In that day your cattle will feed
In large pastures.
24 Likewise the oxen and the young donkeys that work the ground
Will eat cured fodder,
Which has been winnowed with the shovel and fan.
25 There will be hon every high mountain
And on every high hill
Rivers and streams of waters,
In the day of the igreat slaughter,
When the towers fall.
26 Moreover jthe light of the moon will be as the light of the sun,
And the light of the sun will be sevenfold,
As the light of seven days,
In the day that the Lord binds up the bruise of His people
And heals the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold, the name of the Lord comes from afar,
Burning with His anger,
And His burden is heavy;
His lips are full of indignation,
And His tongue like a devouring fire.
28 kHis breath is like an overflowing stream,
lWhich reaches up to the neck,
To sift the nations with the sieve of futility;
And there shall be ma bridle in the jaws of the people,
Causing them to err.
As in the night when a holy festival is kept,
And gladness of heart as when one goes with a flute,
To come into nthe mountain of the Lord,
To 8the Mighty One of Israel.
30 oThe Lord will cause His glorious voice to be heard,
And show the descent of His arm,
With the indignation of His anger
And the flame of a devouring fire,
With scattering, tempest, pand hailstones.
31 For qthrough the voice of the Lord
Assyria will be 9beaten down,
As He strikes with the rrod.
32 And in every place where the staff of punishment passes,
Which the Lord lays on him,
It will be with tambourines and harps;
And in battles of sbrandishing He will fight with it.
33 tFor Tophet was established of old,
Yes, for the king it is prepared.
He has made it deep and large;
Its pyre is fire with much wood;
The breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone,
Kindles it.