Isaiah 9:8–10:4

⁸A word hath the Lord sent into Jacob, And it hath fallen in Israel. ⁹And the people have known—all of it, Ephraim, and the inhabitant of Samaria, In pride and in greatness of heart, saying, ¹⁰‘Bricks have fallen, and hewn work we build, Sycamores have been cut down, and cedars we renew.’ ¹¹And Jehovah setteth the adversaries of Rezin on high above him, And his enemies he joineth together, ¹²Aram from before, and Philistia from behind, And they devour Israel with the whole mouth. With all this not turned back hath His anger, And still His hand is stretched out. ¹³And the people hath not turned back unto Him who is smiting it, And Jehovah of Hosts they have not sought. ¹⁴And Jehovah cutteth off from Israel head and tail, Branch and reed—the same day, ¹⁵Elder, and accepted of face, he is the head, Prophet, teacher of falsehood, he is the tail. ¹⁶And the eulogists of this people are causing to err, And its eulogised ones are consumed. ¹⁷Therefore, over its young men the Lord rejoiceth not, And its orphans, and its widows He pitieth not, For every one is profane, and an evil doer, And every mouth is speaking folly. With all this not turned back hath His anger, And still His hand is stretched out. ¹⁸For burned as a fire hath wickedness, Brier and thorn it devoureth, And it kindleth in thickets of the forest, And they lift themselves up, an exaltation of smoke! ¹⁹In the wrath of Jehovah of Hosts Hath the land been consumed, And the people is as fuel of fire; A man on his brother hath no pity, ²⁰And cutteth down on the right, and hath been hungry, And he devoureth on the left, And they have not been satisfied, Each the flesh of his own arm they devour. ²¹Manasseh—Ephraim, and Ephraim—Manasseh, Together they are against Judah, With all this not turned back hath His anger. And still His hand is stretched out!

Chapter 10

¹Woe to those decreeing decrees of iniquity, And writers who have prescribed perverseness. ²To turn aside from judgment the poor, And to take violently away the judgment Of the afflicted of My people, That widows may be their prey, That the fatherless they may spoil. ³And what do ye at a day of inspection? And at desolation?—from afar it cometh. Near whom do ye flee for help? And where do ye leave your honour? ⁴Without Me it hath bowed down In the place of a bound one, And in the place of the slain they fall. With all this not turned back hath His anger, And still His hand is stretched out.