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1 The oracle, which was revealed to Isaiah, the son of Amoz, concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

Promises of glorious future times, when the Jewish nation shall be purified from their various vices by the just judgments of God.- CH. II. III. IV.

2 It shall come to pass in future times,

That the mountain of the house of Jehovah shall be established above all the mountains,

And exalted above the hills;

And all nations shall flow to it.

3 And many kingdoms shall go and shall say,

Come, let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah ;

"To the house of the God of Jacob,

"That he may teach us his ways,

"And that we may walk in his paths!"

For from Zion shall go forth a law,

And the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.

4 He shall be a judge of the nations,

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And an umpire of many kingdoms;

And they shall beat their swords into plough-shares,

And their spears into pruning-hooks;

Nation shall not lift up the sword against nation,

Neither shall they learn war any more.

O house of Jacob, come ye,

And let us walk in the light of Jehovah!

6 For thou hast forsaken thy people, the house of

Jacob,

Because they are full of the East,

And are sorcerers, like the Philistines,
And strike hands with a foreign race!
7 Their land is full of silver and gold,
And there is no end to their treasures;
Their land is full of horses,

And there is no end to their chariots;

8 Their land is full of idols;

They bow down to the work of their own hands;
To that which their own fingers have made.
9 Therefore shall the mean man be bowed down,
And the great man be brought low,
And thou wilt not forgive them.

10 Go into the rock; hide yourselves in the dust; From the terror of Jehovah, and the glory of his majesty.

11 The proud looks of man shall be humbled;

And the loftiness of mortals shall be abased;
Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.

12 For Jehovah of hosts holdeth a day of judgment,
Against all that is proud and lofty;

Against all that is exalted, and it shall be brought low.

13 Against all the cedars of Lebanon, the high and the exalted,

And against all the oaks of Bashan.

14 Against all the lofty mountains,

And against all the high hills.

15 Against every lofty tower,

And against every high wall.

16 Against all the ships of Tarshish,

And against all that is delightful to the eye.

17 The pride of man shall be humbled;

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The loftiness of mortals shall be abased;
Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.

The idols shall entirely disappear;

And men shall go into clefts of the rocks, and caves of the earth,

From the terror of Jehovah, and the glory of his

majesty,

When he ariseth to make the earth tremble.

At that time shall men cast away their idols of silver and their idols of gold,

Which they have made to worship,

To the moles and the bats;

21 Fleeing into caves of the rocks, and clefts of the craggy rocks,

From the terror of Jehovah, and the glory of his majesty.

22 Trust, then, no more in man,

Whose breath is in his nostrils!

For what account is to be made of him?

1 For behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts,

Taketh away from Jerusalem and from Judah every stay and support;

The whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water; 2 The mighty man, and the warrior,

The judge, the prophet, the diviner, and the sage,

3 The captain of fifty, and the honorable man,

The counsellor, the expert in arts, and the ski!ful in charms.

4 And I will make boys their princes,

And children shall rule over them.

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5 And the people shall oppress one another,

Man striving against man, and neighbour against

neighbour;

The boy shall behave himself insolently toward the

aged,

And the base toward the honorable.

Then shall a man take hold of his brother in his

father's house, [and say,]

Thou hast yet clothing,

Be thou our ruler,

And take this ruin into thy hands!

7 But in that day shall he lift up his hand, and say,

I am no healer ;

In my house is neither bread, nor raiment ;
Make not me ruler of the people!

8 For Jerusalem tottereth, and Judah falleth,

Because their tongues and their deeds are against Jehovah,

To provoke his holy eyes.

9 Their very countenance witnesseth against them; They publish their sin like Sodom; they hide it not; Woe to them, for they bring evil upon themselves! 10 Bless ye the righteous, for it shall be well with him, And he shall eat the fruit of his doings.

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Woe to the wicked, it shall be ill with him,
For the work of his hands shall be repaid him!
As for my people, children are their oppressors,
And women rule over them.

O my people, thy leaders cause thee to err,
And destroy the way, in which thou walkest!

Jehovah standeth up to maintain his cause;
He standeth up to judge his people.

Jehovah entereth into judgment with the elders of his
people, and their princes:

"So then ye have consumed the vineyard;

"The plunder of the poor is in your houses! 15 "What mean ye, that ye crush my people, "And grind the faces of the poor?"

Saith Jehovah, the Lord of hosts.

Because the daughters of Zion are haughty,

And walk with outstretched necks,

And glance their eyes wantonly,
Mincing their steps as they go,

And tinkling with their foot-clasps ;

17 Therefore will the Lord make their heads bald, And Jehovah will expose their nakedness.

18 In that day shall the Lord take from them

The ornaments of the foot-clasps, and the net-works, and the crescents;

19 The ear-rings, and the bracelets, and the mufflers; 20 The tires, and the ankle-chains, and the belts ; The perfume-boxes, and the amulets;

21 The finger-rings, and the nose-jewels;

22 The embroidered robes, and the tunics, and the cloaks, and the purses;

23 The mirrors, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the veils.

24 And instead of perfume there shall be corruption; Instead of a belt, a rope;

Instead of curled locks, baldness;

Instead of a wide mantle, a narrow sack;

Fire-scars instead of beauty.

25 Thy men shall fall by the sword,

Yea, thy mighty men in battle;

26 Her gates shall lament and mourn,

And she, being desolate, shall sit upon the ground.