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    New World Translation of the Hebrew Scriptures - Rendered from the Original Language by the New World Bible Translation Committee Volume 4 - A.D. 1958 In October 1946, the president of the Watch Tower Society, Nathan H. Knorr, proposed a fresh translation of the New Testament, which Jehovah's Witnesses usually refer to as the Christian Greek Scriptures. Work began on December 2, 1947 when the "New World Bible Translation Committee" was formed, composed of Jehovah's Witnesses who claimed to be anointed. The Watch Tower Society is said to have "become aware" of the committee's existence a year later. The committee agreed to turn over its translation to the Society for publication and on September 3, 1949, Knorr convened a joint meeting of the board of directors of both the Watch Tower Society's New York and Pennsylvania corporations where he again announced to the directors the existence of the committee and that it was now able to print its new modern English translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures. Several chapters of the translation were read to the directors, who then voted to accept it as a gift. The New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures was released at a convention of Jehovah's Witnesses at Yankee Stadium, New York, on August 2, 1950. The translation of the Old Testament, which Jehovah's Witnesses refer to as the Hebrew Scriptures, was released in five volumes in 1953, 1955, 1957, 1958, and 1960. The complete New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures was released as a single volume in 1961, and has since undergone minor revisions.] Cross references which had appeared in the six separate volumes were updated and included in the complete volume in the 1984 revision. In 1961 the Watch Tower Society began to translate the New World Translation into Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish; the New Testament in these languages was released simultaneously on July 1963 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. By 1989 the New World Translation was translated into eleven languages, with more than 56,000,000 copies printed.

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    New World Translation of the Hebrew Scriptures - Rendered from the Original Language by the New World Bible Translation Committee Volume 4 - A.D. 1958 In October 1946, the president of the Watch Tower Society, Nathan H. Knorr, proposed a fresh translation of the New Testament, which Jehovah's Witnesses usually refer to as the Christian Greek Scriptures. Work began on December 2, 1947 when the "New World Bible Translation Committee" was formed, composed of Jehovah's Witnesses who claimed to be anointed. The Watch Tower Society is said to have "become aware" of the committee's existence a year later. The committee agreed to turn over its translation to the Society for publication and on September 3, 1949, Knorr convened a joint meeting of the board of directors of both the Watch Tower Society's New York and Pennsylvania corporations where he again announced to the directors the existence of the committee and that it was now able to print its new modern English translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures. Several chapters of the translation were read to the directors, who then voted to accept it as a gift. The New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures was released at a convention of Jehovah's Witnesses at Yankee Stadium, New York, on August 2, 1950. The translation of the Old Testament, which Jehovah's Witnesses refer to as the Hebrew Scriptures, was released in five volumes in 1953, 1955, 1957, 1958, and 1960. The complete New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures was released as a single volume in 1961, and has since undergone minor revisions.] Cross references which had appeared in the six separate volumes were updated and included in the complete volume in the 1984 revision. In 1961 the Watch Tower Society began to translate the New World Translation into Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish; the New Testament in these languages was released simultaneously on July 1963 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. By 1989 the New World Translation was translated into eleven languages, with more than 56,000,000 copies printed.

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    New World Translation of the Hebrew Scriptures - Rendered from the Original Language by the New World Bible Translation Committee Volume 4 - A.D. 1958 In October 1946, the president of the Watch Tower Society, Nathan H. Knorr, proposed a fresh translation of the New Testament, which Jehovah's Witnesses usually refer to as the Christian Greek Scriptures. Work began on December 2, 1947 when the "New World Bible Translation Committee" was formed, composed of Jehovah's Witnesses who claimed to be anointed. The Watch Tower Society is said to have "become aware" of the committee's existence a year later. The committee agreed to turn over its translation to the Society for publication and on September 3, 1949, Knorr convened a joint meeting of the board of directors of both the Watch Tower Society's New York and Pennsylvania corporations where he again announced to the directors the existence of the committee and that it was now able to print its new modern English translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures. Several chapters of the translation were read to the directors, who then voted to accept it as a gift. The New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures was released at a convention of Jehovah's Witnesses at Yankee Stadium, New York, on August 2, 1950. The translation of the Old Testament, which Jehovah's Witnesses refer to as the Hebrew Scriptures, was released in five volumes in 1953, 1955, 1957, 1958, and 1960. The complete New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures was released as a single volume in 1961, and has since undergone minor revisions.] Cross references which had appeared in the six separate volumes were updated and included in the complete volume in the 1984 revision. In 1961 the Watch Tower Society began to translate the New World Translation into Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish; the New Testament in these languages was released simultaneously on July 1963 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. By 1989 the New World Translation was translated into eleven languages, with more than 56,000,000 copies printed.

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    IRendereB from the Original L a n m

    by*

    N m WOW 8-

    m m C~MMITTEE
    volume IV

    -Am. 1m-

    COPYRIGHT, 1958

    WATCH TOWER BIBLE & TRACT SOCIETY


    OF PENNSYLVANIA

    F i r p t Edition : 300,000 mpies

    PUBLBHERS

    WATCHTOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY


    OF NEW PORK, INC.
    Xntematlonal Bible Students Assaciatf on
    Brooklyn, New York, U. S. A.
    Blade In the Unltcll States of Amerlcn

    EXPLANATION OF

    EXPLANATION OF THE SYMBOLS USED


    IN THE LOWER MARGINAL REFERENCES
    Bible, and fs placed
    Aq
    Greek translatlan made by nrs In the latter half
    Aq'ul la, a Jewish proselyte, nf c ~ n t u r yJt.C,, or the
    the 2d century A.D. A very If t. r ) l
    1st cctlttzry
    111th

    by schol.
    of the Zd
    flrst half
    B.C., or

    era1 rranslal Ion of The IIehse%rl.-.


    nhoa~l 1Ol)
    1I.r
    --.., -.-.
    bet-omIn~ the official ~ r c r l ;
    ft
    verslon .ior the Jews. Origrn
    Inrlirrtcd It in the 3 1 colun~no l
    "Old Zntln" Vrraion, prob
    111s i l c x < t ~ l ~current
    ,
    ahout ably ark1 nn tlng nmong LabnA.D. 245, Sce Foreword of thc R e a k l n ~Jews of Cartilage in
    NRTIIlVorld Tralzslatiort o! the
    o r t h AWCRbut later adopted
    C ~ T ~
    irtnR / Gmek Scriphc~es, hy thc Cll~lstlnnfi.yarlnus Lati n vrrslons wcrc t~rcwlatcdbep n ~ r c12, C 1.
    Sorc Jclqomc's aroduction of
    ca
    the Laill1 ~ ! r ! ~ ; t eand
    ,
    >\-ere
    Cafro Manuscript of the 1r;tnslntions of the Greek S e p
    Prophets, in Hebmv. It con. Incrgit!t h ~ f o r rOrigen revised
    tains the EarIier and Later tlin t Crerlr lcst eholzt A.D. 245.
    Prophets Csec Foreivi-ord. Vol- Tlireee types of Old Lattn vcrume I, 1, 4 ) and was written by sions nrc IdentlRed: 111 the
    ~ C O R P Y ben Asher in Tiberiaa in Arrlcan, the most primitive;
    Pnlcsltne, A.D,895. It is in the 121 the E~rrapenn;and 13) the
    Knrnite Jews' synagogue of Ttallun, probrtbly a revision of
    Cairo, E pt. Accidentally dls. t h ~I ~ ! P I J e n ) ] . Usually called
    covrred %out 1890.
    " J t a l ~ . ?he sl~ndardedition
    cnntlnuer t o be that of Pierre
    DSIa
    .Snl)nller. Bibltortrnr ;5"acronr?>a
    Dead Sea Scroll of Isaiah, as lrrtlnor mrsioncs crnliq~rueserc
    now po~sessedby the Hebrew cctita ilalico, Issued 174M9.
    PJniversity of Jerusalem. Dis.
    coveretl In the spring of 1947
    L
    In n crlva ncar the Dead Sea's
    Leningrad Manuscrl

    &

    northwestern shore, it was logued as No.R ~ hin ,


    arigitifilly purchased by the It 19 the oldest d a k d manu.
    Mclropolitan at St. Mark's R C ~ Z t c h i the ronaprete Hebrew
    Munnslr17y of the Syrian 01. ~ i h ~g n war
    d copied A.D. 1008
    tho(lux Church in Jerusalem. "f rnm the corrected clear boolrs
    Its 5 1 rolurnns of beautifulkg reparcd by the master Aaron
    preaetved Hebrew writtng con- get\ M o s h ~ rhen Asher." It con.
    tain the campTetc text o f h a - t a I n s LIP ordi~~ary
    \'ocalizatian
    Lah except for a few small la+ u l the Hehrclv consonants. It
    cunne It la rated as the earll- Is tlow In t l ~ cPublic Library
    est Hebrew manuscript of the 111 L c n l n ~ r ~ Russia.
    d,
    B

    TEE SYMBOLS

    LA.&

    111

    Grcek Ssy~!trrrtpint Version,


    3TasoretlcHebre\vtext.Here
    Iic.f:un nbout ~ s ~ ' u .Tch .e old. based malnl on tllc text of the
    r v t version oI the Hebrew Leningratl dehrew RInnusctipt
    S~.rlptlbresant1 n work of Jews. No. B l n ~ l n
    , rcprescntatlvr; of
    the bcn Aaher text,

    LXXH
    Crcelc s ~ p t ? r t l f l i verb
    ~ t lo?^

    89

    filund In the Coilex Sinaiticus,


    alr S i ~ n l t l cManuscript. Of the
    1111 rrntury, Il'llat remains of
    I t s trnnsliltlon of the Hebrew
    Sr.rl[)tiircs i s fragmentary. Dist.clvrorrtl nt MI. Slnal In 1P44, i t

    Ram

    Samaritan P r a t n f w c h , a He-

    brew text n~ixrclwith Samaritan Idioms, tmnsmltted by the


    Samaritan community ill Parestine Inde entlently of the
    Jewish trarlrtlnn since the 4th
    crnrury n.c. Out of 6,000 diei r now J H t11r 171hillsh'M~~seum,
    ferences hetwr~rnthe SamariI,onrIt~n, I2111:liintl.
    tan I r x t nntl the I-Iebr~wtext
    of t l ~ cArst flvc boolce of t h e
    L X X .a
    Bible only l , O n O arp important.
    Greek Srrpitrngint Versiw as A few extant mnnuscrlpts are
    In1l11d In lhe Codex Alexan- earlier Zhnn thc 12th century.
    r lrlnl~s. or Alexandrine Manuf.c.i.ilrt,' of the mrnplcfe Bible.
    SY
    r ,l t llc nlldtlls of t h e 5th cen- S rlacPeslaft ta Version, Parts
    ~ i z l y . From I t s translation of oi
    mny ilc e l ~ c w i s hodgin,
    itlo FTehr~wScriptures the 01- but ft was made for Syrixc
    l l ~ w l i ~hnve
    g
    h e n lost: 1 Kings Christfnns, It Is hnslcally a
    I:!:I$ l a f4:9 rind Psalms 49:20 translntlon dlrectly of t h e
    I 0 79: 11.
    Hebrew Scriptures, although
    made with same considkratlon
    LxXn
    of the Greek S s p f t r a g i n t . Its
    Grrck f l ~ p t u a g k t Perzion most t m l t ~ n l h rrnrrnuscrlpt lor
    rtr lourrd In thv Cotlex Tati- the tr~i?sl;ltlon ol thc entire
    r..!rnls, or* Vnl I c : ~ Manuscript Hebrew I;~t)lr Is the 6th. o r
    Rcb. 1209. Of tile 4th century. 'itl~.century rndcx In the Ami ~ ' t . r ) r r ~Its trnn~latlonof the He-broslnn L i h m r y , Milan, Italy.
    LllmcwScriplures two sections Ah earlkl. mnnuscrlpt has a
    rtthcl n~l.usltlj:: the book of Gen- date corruspnnrlin~:with AD,
    f r c ~ ti l~8 Iwgiuning up to 464.
    I~VIH
    ~ . I ~ : I ~ I ~ P I - dci: 2$, and Psalms
    Sym
    l1)'-:27 In 137:G (Psalms 106Greek translntjon made by
    I l r in H P I I I - ~ W I ~hut which
    I I I I H S ~ J Ip~ n
    ~ s~afi~
    \%?ere
    s
    ressored Sw-n'rna.chiis. A H E h 1 a n i t e,
    Itv ;i 1st h.rrnlury scrik. The about AD. zoo. T ~ O L I K I I i n exIr4t(lks of zho Alaccabees and c ~ l l e n tCreclr, it Is inttllf~ll to
    IJsnlrns o f Sulomon. agoc- Zflc Mohrcw tcxt. fo!Iu\ving i t s
    I l\lrllr~l 11r)oks. arc missing. scilsr.. ?:(?iv frngmcnts survive.
    I illilll~fiurrlin t h e Vatican Li. O r l ~ r ninclurlrdl It 111 The 4th
    Ill*rr1.y nl11ce thc ilfteen th cen- cc~llrmnof his IIcxrrpla, current
    allout AD, 2.15.
    lltl'.i'.

    i;

    1Iu1

    EXPLANATION OF THE SYMBOLS

    EXPLANATION OF THE SYMBOLS

    T
    nor Prophets, fa wrongly atThs Tarprns, or Targumlrn, tributed to the above Jonathan.
    meaning ' I n t ~ rs e t n t ions, In langua e and style it closetranslaf lcna.
    R n t they l~resernfiea t ! ~ @hrgum at

    "YOU" printed la nll capital letters denotes the plurnl nunabcr


    of thls pronoun Also, where the plural number of a verb I N not
    certainly npparcnt t a the reader, I t Is indicated by prlnllnR thc

    It

    were mere oral interpretations nkelos ant1 seems to have


    o r trnrrdations In Aramalc been rnodclcd on that Targsm
    made n t the readin of tho Hc- and, in plnces, to have made
    brew Scriptures &er J ~ r u s n *use of ~ tbut
    , Is less Ifteral.
    lem's 70-year desolation, and
    lzter tlic were comrnIltcd to
    T O
    writinc. '&Ere are Targum. on
    Targum of Onkeles, or Baby.
    the Low or Pentateurh, un tllc lonlan TarKltm, on the Penta.
    Prophcta nnd, of later dn tc, on tcuch. Its rrwi ;~tlthorwas prob.
    the Il:~glu~rapha.The three ably ~mknou-nto llle BabyloTargums on the Pentallcucil nian Jetrs. I t Is thought t o be
    are t l ~ Jerllsalern
    c
    Targum, tho the oldest Pxtant of the &am
    Tari:bim of Jana than, and the malc versions, Tt: fs more close.
    Targurn o f Onkelos.
    11.' allied t o nlblicnl Aramaic
    and sticks ver closely to the
    TJ
    Hebrew text.
    Is l,ased on a
    Targum or Jonathan really Hebrew text practically iden.
    pseudo.Jonathan, this f'arRum tical with ill@Masoretic text.
    on the PentnRuch belne false.
    .*
    L"
    ly asslgncrl t o ~ e n a t h L n hen
    Pdestinlan
    Targum,
    of which
    Uz-zi'el. I t should rather b e the Fragrncnt~ry 1Jerusalern)
    called thc Jerusalem Targum. Targum on the Pentateuch Js
    It is A paraphrase in Arn.
    malc ~ x t e n d l n gfrom Gcnesis R remnant. It wns an older,
    t h r o u ~ h Dcutcronomy. Tl~crcmore complete Jerusalem Tar.
    is another Targum called the gum.
    Jerusnlrm Tnrgum on the P P ~ .
    Th
    tatellch, but j t contains o111y Greek translation made by
    portions of the Pentateuch and The o.dottion, of Pontus, Asia
    so is usually called the Frng. Minor, between A.D.180 and
    mentnry (Jsrusalem) Targi~rn. 192. It differs little from the
    The 'rargum on the Proph- S ~ p f i r a g i n t ,Ijke a mere reviets, nnmcly, Joshua, Judjies, man. Origen Iiicl~~ded
    it in the
    Sarni~cl, ICrn s, Isaiah, Jcre. f i t h colurn~lof hls Hexcrpla, cur.
    miah, ~ x t ? l i l e fand the 12 MI. T e n t about A.D. 24.3.

    PLURAL KDJIBER nf "I'OCt' nnrl of TRRBS

    VERB

    in all cnpltnls.

    CHAIS REFERESCE
    The superlur ilrnnll circle, o p n l r ) or with a dot (2). M n
    suwrlor "p"' or "q" denotes that tho word that it [ollQ*s 15
    one 01 a C I I R I ~ 01 rclere~lces.mrrlcn on all through the Ilrhrow
    Scrlptures. 1r1 the Inst volume n l our t r n n s l ~ t i o nof t h e Ilchrcw
    Scrlptures we holw ta publish an nlphnbPtlC ILst OK a11 lV07(14 In
    chaln rcferoncc, rvlth the o p e n l n ~verae In the Hebrew SCrlpturc%
    where each chnln starts. The ~ I d cmnraIn rltes the ncxl Ilak.
    Other symllolq rrfcr l a crass r~lcrpnl-rsnot in a chaln.
    The f o l l o r v l n ~ crosu reference dlyrnbolu ', n, a, 0 , +,
    #,
    k t o n. r 10 r will lead you to hclpltil Inlormation, ruth as
    pardel p ~ m r a ~ e s~eographical
    ,
    and blontnphlcal points, panqngpn
    quoted fronr. ctc. T h e letter "1'" h h l n d a cross reference srmlml
    denotes a s c r i p t ~ ~ rIhp
    a thought nl whlrh Ilss been mi-hyrpll~d.

    *, *,

    Alphabetical Order and Marginal Abbreviations


    of the Eooks of the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures
    Book

    Bonk

    Abbrevlatton

    .............................. Ac
    Amos .......................... Am
    Chronicles, 1 ............ 1Ch
    Chronides,2 ............ 2Ch

    Colossians .......,...,..... Col


    Corinthians, I ............
    1Co
    Corinthians, 2 ............ 2Co
    Daniel ..........................
    Da
    Deuteronomy .............. D e
    Ecclesiastes ................ Ec
    Ephesians .......,.......
    Eph
    Esther .......................... Es
    Exodus ..........................
    Ex
    Ezekiel ...................... .. Eze
    Ezra
    Ezr
    Galatians ....................
    Ga
    Genesis .......................
    Ge
    Habakkuk ................ Hab
    Haggai
    Hag
    Hebrews ....................
    Heb
    Hosea

    Isaiah

    Philemon ..................
    Philippians

    Phm

    .............. P ~ P

    Proverbs ..................... Pr
    Psalms ..........................
    Ps
    Revelation .................. Re
    Romans .....................
    ... Ro
    Ruth .............................. Ru
    Samuel, 1 ....................
    1Sa
    Samuel, 2 .................... 2Sa
    Song of Solomon, The
    (,Canticles) .............. Ca
    Thessalonians,I
    ...... lTh
    Thessalonians, 2 ...... 2Th
    Timothy, 1 .................. IT1
    ..................
    Titus ............................ Tit
    Zechariah ..................
    Zec
    Zephaniah .................. Z e p

    Jas

    Jeremiah ....................
    Jer
    Job .................... .
    .
    ...... Job
    Joel ..............................
    Jot?
    John ..........................
    .. J0h
    John, 1 ........................
    150
    John,2 ........................
    ZJo
    John,3 ........................
    3J0
    Jonah .........................
    Jon
    Joshua
    . Jos
    Jude .......................... Jude
    Judges ..........................
    Jg
    10

    Page

    ..........

    Isaiah
    Jeremiah

    . .

    Lamentations

    13

    . .

    187

    375

    XAMES AND ORDER OF THE BOOKS


    OF THE WEBRE\IT-ARAMAIC SCRIPTURES

    Ob

    Obadiah

    Peter, l ......................
    1Pe
    Peter, 2 ......................2Pe

    .......................... HO
    .......................... Isa

    James ..........................

    AbbrevlatIon

    Kings, 1 ......................
    1Ki
    Kings,2 ...................... 2Ki
    Lamentations ............ La
    Leviticus ......................
    Ls
    Luke ..............................
    Lu
    Malachi ......................
    Mal
    Mark ............................
    Mr
    Matthew ......................
    Mt
    Micah ..........................
    Mic
    Nahum ........................
    Na
    Nehemiah .................... N e
    Numbers ......................Nu

    Ads

    CONTENTS

    Volume I f f
    lob
    Psalms
    Levit~cus
    1 Kings
    Proverbs
    Numbers
    2 Klngs
    Ecclesiastes
    Dcutcronomy 1 Chronldes The Song
    Joshua
    a Chronicles of Solomon
    Judgcs
    Ezra
    Itu t h
    Nehemiah
    Estller
    VoErsme I
    Genesis

    Exodus

    VoZ!ma@XI
    1 Samuel
    2 Samuel

    VotacmsV*
    Ezekiel
    Daniel
    Lrrmentations Hosea
    Joel
    Amos
    Obadiah
    Jonali

    Va'olw IV
    Isaiah
    Jerernkh

    Micah
    Nahum
    Habakkuk
    Zep hnn ah
    HElERaI

    Zechariah
    Jfalaclll

    * T Obe published ln Volume V Ln the course oI time,

    ISAIAH
    Isaiaha3
    A'mozhA
    1
    visioned concerning Judah
    saIem In the
    of U z . ~ i ' a h , ~Jo'thamjd+
    ~

    The vision' of
    the son of
    that
    he
    and Jeru1 21CI 19:2
    :ch32:20
    days
    "Ch 3 2 5 2
    :;ch 26:22 A%aze9 [and] Hez.e.kifah,f"kings of Judah:*
    An1 1:l
    2 IFEAR,k 0 heavens," and give ear, O earth,@
    YJ, 3:16
    ;lTszt 6 6 3
    2t7h 2 i : 1 for Jehovah himseL has spoken: "Sons I have
    ".l(*h ?R:1
    * 29:1 brought up and raised," but they themselves
    -4 .h
    ' 3r1o11:s have revolteds against me.r " A bull well knows
    and
    r , the ass the manger of its owner;ho
    r mH ~
    r,.%l.r'
    7 ~ its
    ~ b
    l ~~ye
    1~ I +zu
    Israel
    itself
    has not known,t my own people3
    I?.. !r!l; L
    I
    1
    have not behaved ~nderstandingly."~
    I10 9:*s
    4 Woe to the sinful n a t i ~ nt ,h~e people heavy
    1.~~,11):z3
    l .kr 8:7
    2,6 with error," an evil-doing seed,y ruinous sans!3z
    I l n l 3.17
    ,,,,,!,:. They have left Jehovah,* they have treated the
    Holy One of Israel with disrespect,' they have
    .
    turned backward^.^ j Where else wiII YOU be
    %
    ;;?;* I I P ~ ~ : Istruck
    G
    still rnore,O in that YOU add more obstinacy?'
    The whole heada is in a sick condition,
    ;;r;iz;?j,
    Ir:o lfl:s2 and the whole heart is feeb1enaT r a m the sole
    f-.l~r 1 5 5
    c.rer z:30 of the foot even t o the head there is no sound
    *ZI:I! 25:22
    spot in it." Wounds and bruises and fresh stripes
    +Ne B:M
    .ZCh G.23
    -they have not been squeezed out or bound up,
    3
    w l ~ u l o : 3 4 nor has there been a softening with oil.* ' YOUR
    land is a desolation:k
    YOUR cities are burned
    zQ;g;$f
    trlJcr2:15 with f i r e ; m POUR ground-right
    in front of YOU
    :i;;'g::3"3strangers3 are eating it up,* and the desolation
    'NU 89:19
    12%
    LIt 179

    ..I

    111

    1 7

    * Yntrlrn'irl.'Ru, N ;

    meaning "Salvation of Yah (u).') In LXX,

    in Vg, ('I.~ai'ns;' bd.rrro'ts', M ; meamng "Strong."


    0 'lle.zi.ia'!~u, 31; meaning "My strength is Tah(u)." d Yo.tham', 11;
    ~alr'~ltiing
    'hJSaIS perfect.'" BLhkoe', 31 ; ineanulg ''He h ~ grasped.''
    s
    1 I ' " b k i ~ . q i . i a ' l ?J
    ~ ~;~~llear~ilng
    ,
    "Tah(u) atrengthens." g Or, "trans~ r r . s s e d . " h "Orrner." 31, bcca.lin&>the plural of batVal,in order to
    ~ ~ x l ) l ~ rmajesty
    ss
    o r grandeur.
    "F:,hai'afiH:

    The abore I ~ o t u s t a t of tlkc Ucad Sea BcroIl cf Isaiah (DSIa) Is t h e


    first oC its &v-four C O l U n l l l S o f 7-.ell-preserved Hebrew ~ v r l t i n n read
    from r [ g h t to left It contnlns chapter one ol: Isalah. from vcr% l to
    part of v e r x 26. This openl!lg p n ~ econtains 29 llnes and the tetragrammaton oP the divine nnnle :l;lbIs still legible in iul1 scycn times
    L.. llnes 3, 10, 12, 13, 21, 23, 27. anri t h e flrst two letters t h c ~ v u kon line 51

    13

    is like an overthrow by strangers." *And the LEFyP:il.


    v ~ e ~ ~
    Ipc- 2:1
    daughter of ZionA has been Ieft remaining like
    ??Jnl3:5
    a booth in a vineyard, like a lookout hut ln a
    j 11s 3:14
    11% 3 2 1
    field oi cuaimbers, like R blockaded
    'P Un- ",=2F1"
    put 6:s
    less Jehovah of armies-' himself had left remain- ~ ~ ~ ~ tlbl.
    ~1's 82:3
    3~
    13
    'Jcr'
    22:3
    ing t o us just a few s u r ~ h o r swe
    , ~ shouId have k; ;;!
    ; [ , > lo:18
    become" just like S o d ' ~ m we
    , ~ should have re- XP lt'.19

    LJ',"c;;15

    :Jer 4g:l,8
    sembled Go.mafraho Its.se1f.B
    8Ge W2.I
    10 Hear the word of Jehovah,t YOU dictatorsnt EEi7:,19
    of Sodtom.u Give ear to the law3 of our God,<,;$;:;
    YOU people of Go.mor'rah. " "Of what benefit P.ell:a
    t o me is the multitudemof YOUR sacrifices?" RRYS 'Xec2:4
    Jehov~h."I have had enough of whole burntn D H o k 6
    offerings of ramso and the fat of well-fed anl- ""w:g
    mds; md In the bloodCof young 'bulls and male IJoe
    1% 2
    15-22
    :m
    lambs and he-goats I have taken no delIg11t.v
    :gifi
    ' W h e n you people Iceep coming in t o see my $%
    ; ,;
    face,^ who is it that has required this from FOUR De 16:16
    hand, to trample my caurtyards?~lS Stup bring- CE,51=i
    ing in any more valueless grain offerings.""In- ;f$Fz:$
    censen-it Is something detestableG to me.' New pEze3:11
    - 3 2 .~1 ~
    moonA and sabbatho the calling of a canven- 'y;ll;;;,
    tion"'"*-1 cannot put up with the Case of] un- b$;g;:
    canny power@ dong with the solemn assembly, LCol
    i i u 2s:11
    2.16
    I r YOURnew moons and voun festal seasons my e K
    ~ 31:13
    ,
    1L.e 2 3 2
    sou! has hated.' To me they have h o m e R bu18- @NU
    "221
    den;" l have become timd of bearing TIhern lak .izp*i?
    And when YOU s p r e ~ do ~ tYOUR
    t
    pali1311,~
    1 hide
    my eyes"' from YOU. Even though YOU mnlce ;l;iyt&:,lzz
    many prayers,FI am not listening; with blood- a~rs:;
    ?\lt 6::
    shed" YOUR very h a n d 9 have become
    r;.,,2:1
    "'mash
    yourselves; make yourselves clean ;larl';12\a2
    remove the badness of POUR dealings from In ,$;:$:1'

    Or, " l ~ f t n ~ c rto us sun-ivorn, we shnnld ranily I ~ n r v1j~eon1e."


    bOr, ''rnr~vocttti~n."CJJJJSS,
    "put up ~ i t l lf l m flwting.'' O?,
    "bloorlgnilt.'' Literally. "bloods," M.

    /front of my eyes;v cease t o do bad.^ l7 Learn t o


    do good;= search for justice;' set right the ap-

    . & ,

    pre~gor:~
    render judgment for the fatherlessa'
    boy;-' pplead the cause of the widow."O
    : r18 l"Come, now, YOU people, and let us set
    matters straight between us," says Jehovah.'
    ''Though the sins of YOU people should prove t o
    '
    6
    be
    as scarlct,a they will be made white just like
    a-I3s 51:7
    r5a
    snow;
    though they should be red like crimson
    hIIC 7:19
    HQ 7:14 cloth, they will become even like wool.' " If YOU
    -1 I C 25:2
    .rM 2 : z s people show willingness and do listen, the good
    ~
    :
    ~o f ~
    the ~landb
    ~ YOU
    :
    :will~eat,'
    ~
    But if you people
    lc,';;yi$f:
    ~eftfrlse'and are actunllg rebelli~us,~
    with a
    ;2;;:29
    sword" YOU will be eaten up, for the very mouth
    w t 3 ~ 3 4 of Jehovah has spoken [it 1,""
    rtl'!: d8:2
    I Jcr 220
    21 0 how the faithful townen has become a
    rlSu 9 1 5
    l:rnt~193 prostl tute !I' She was full sf justice,ds
    righteousu1lic 3:3
    L,, ,
    ,:, ness itself wed to lodge in her,t but now murder,fr",'5:."z:
    ers.'u ;' you^ siIver3 itself has k o m e scummy
    rLIln
    ( : 13
    ~ 2 dross.' Youre wheat beer' diluted with nrater.Y
    13:1
    vr-a 4 : 1
    2d Your princes3 are stubborn and partners with
    b e 2218
    pub 5
    fhieves.I)z Every one of them is a lover of a
    ) 110 4:lS
    Q C %
    ~:I7 bribeeand a chaser after gifts.' For a fatherless
    $r;,";7l4 boy
    they do not render juclftment,' and even the
    "ilC"ll
    legal case of a widow does not get admittance
    "1:~
    23.8
    T'r 17:B to them;\
    El<* 7::
    ~i.:.
    22:22
    24 Therefore the utterance of the [true]
    Jrr 528
    L 1
    Lord,R Jehovah of armies, the Powerful One of
    CMal 4.4
    ar,a r n . ~ I ~ r a e is:
    i ~ "Aha!
    ~
    I shall relieve myself af my
    I + n59:B
    nr:Le2s:r4 adversaries: and I will avenge^ myself on my
    More lite~hallg,li~cnrlotpieces,'' ?If, b OF,L1~arth."
    11,epfet8, LX,rXt
    ndd "Zion.': d Olh,''jurlp~~ent."
    31, mi.dr,pst', a The plhonolrhi~ in the
    (

    feminine gendt?xq,R ~ I I ~ U I I ~ ~P m n h e ~i 'n, 31, nhowing that it i.r eddrvnaed


    tn the once " f n i t l ~ f t ~t o
    l m , " Zmn, nl' vmws 'a,
    96. f Or, bLv#ui~
    litlaor!' gUThc*[ I Y I I C ] Lard." ;TI, Ln-rl,&rr'; J J X , DPS. a'lrr; VR,
    Ilo'mi.nua. Con~p~inl
    Exodus 23: 17, footoote a ; ~ x a k a34: 28,
    m
    'I otnote e.

    ISAIAH 1 : 25-2 :3

    17

    16

    e n ~ m i e s . ~23' And I i ~ f i I 1turn back my hand r~,"~pis


    upona you,b and I shall smelt away your%curn- tI;pl$;!+7
    my dross as with lye, and I will remove all your"?;
    waste products 2G A n d T atill bring back again - k ~i;?;.,iIRi
    judges for yo+ as at the first, and counsetom ?$,"2:;
    for you as at the start.*After this you rvill be
    called City of Righteousness, Faithful TOIW."
    " With justiceCZion herself 1r.Il1 he redwmcdVk
    and those returning of her, with riglzteousness.
    " And the crash of revolters and that of sinful'
    ones will be at t h e same time,' and those leaving Jehovah will come to their finish.a '"For
    they ~ v i Ube ashamed of the mighty trees that
    YOU people desirecl,r and YOU will be ahashed
    because of the gardens that YOU have c11osen.u
    " F o r YOU W-illbecome like a big tree the foliage
    of which is withering,* and like a garden that
    has no water.y B I A n d the vigorous man will
    certainly become towJzand the product of his
    activity a spark; and both of them will certainly
    go up in flames a t the same time, with no one to
    do the extinguishing.'"
    The thingd that Isaiahe the son of A'moz !;T$:fO
    visioned' concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
    igJ%
    And it must occur in the final part of the days7"
    ;;;fl;::fi
    [that] the mountain of the houseJ of Jehovsh
    will become firmly established above thc top .pC~;;;;
    of the rnountains,%nd it will certainly be lifted ,~.?,,,,:,
    / I * 1:m
    J l > V 3:z
    up above the hiIls," and t o it all the nations' .tm18.;
    2:s
    mrrst stream." And many peoples will certdnIy !:: ii;:
    go and say: "Come,' mu people, and lct us .?!:'n!
    L'
    go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to t h e ?;?&:

    8%

    01-,
    " a p i n ~ t ? The pronoun is in the feminine ~ m r l ~ sr i, a 1~ ~ ~ l n r

    11, showin:,. that i t is nddrrset! In thrb nnrv "1'1ii1l1Tul


    town,'' Zion, o f r-erscs 21, '26. *Or, ' 4 ~ ~ ~ c i m ~d~01-,
    m t .'*wcII'~~.'*
    ''
    $re lsninh 1 : 1, footnote a.
    n u r l l l ~ ~ rI U
    ,

    ISAIAH 2:4-11

    houseoftheGodofJacob,andhe~Billinstructus
    about his ways' and we will walkk in his paths.""
    1 , i t 23.9
    1',2!4
    For out of Zion law will go forth, and the word of
    ,it#
    h
    W:-ii
    t i
    And he will cerI<I., I I n 3 Jehovah out of Jerusa1ern.k
    I;:! :::;I tninly render jud~fmentamong the nations" and
    ,J ' r h,:,,,
    2 10 set matters s t r a i ~ h trespecting many peoples.r
    G : : L n And they mill hnve to beat their swrds into
    sI'4 41: ' t
    1I 1
    plo~vsharesand their spears into pruning shears.s
    110 2.:H
    zw.c4r:lil Yatirsn wilt not lift up sword against nation,
    - 5 : : 5 :!b
    i neither will they learn- W B any
    ~ ~rn0re.t
    1.1..
    I ' * o GC1.15
    >i8ci 3
    5
    0
    men
    of
    the
    house
    of
    Jacob,m
    come and
    I 5 l I C 1.5
    7.0.,,
    1.1 7
    let us ~ r a l kIn the light' of Jehovah."
    I L : ' ~ 8? 15
    6 Far you have forsaken your people, the
    1.10 1 7
    s e J a ~ o b For
    . ~ they h a r e become full of
    I:,, 21.23 h o ~ ~ of
    \ : '71 1 1
    is from the East,' and they are practicers
    ~ ~ - h . 2 1 . what
    2~
    Z iq 21 32
    of magic like the Phl.UsJtinesF and with the
    ,,
    / children of foreigners" they abound.cz %nd
    r 4 1 , n L their" land is Alled with silver and gold, and
    l l :h 10:19
    there i s no llmlt to theirn treasures.' And theif
    !
    land is Alled with 110rsea,~and there is no Iimit
    T ] pPi1.LYG 1
    to their11 chnrlots," And theird land is filled
    I ,20.7
    '.X:ll 2953
    :,, ,,:, w1tt-1worthless gods.* To the work of one's hands
    they bow down, t o that which one" fingers have
    fil;lf,7?
    t'5113.1
    maclehb"And earthling man bows down, and
    ]<I"9 :'\I
    .JJIS ? ; , I n man becomes low, and you cannot possibly parJ c r :<:?A

    ;tjF~!j2

    ,.,

    11t.w

    ZPC

    I<.

    r:.!t

    ,,
    ,P

    I $ 2.1

    11J.u 5:.1
    /.#.L' 9 H
    i I#)
    ,? .I
    .:( -1: Y , : U

    donJ them.^*

    10 Enter into the rockp md hide yourself in


    the dust' because of t h e dreadfulnessoof Jeho""
    ' ,>El
    The
    ;t,'',i t.lyr vah and from his splendid
    hnughty eyes of earthIing manS must become
    '
    : f f % > r ilow and the loftiness of menKmud bow down;
    a Or. "p."b I.itrmlly, "0 hoanc of Jnmh," 31; bnt the cmb of ndt:rms ( "r-nnlr") llwt follnwi i s i t ) tllc plurol 11nrl1hr. OY, %they
    -I!r~ltohiitjrlw." d I.irrrnllr, "liis," 11; r r f ~ r r i nto~ Jncoh. Or, "and
    ,:n not Tnn pnl.rli,ti 1 II~.III." f 1.; tr~*n!l>-,
    '*the splendor. of his mpe( 1 ,,;i,*;~,~n'; i h v 1d11rfiI n~a~nbor
    of is!;.
    ~ i l > ~ l ~
    \ f ,~ u, "

    ISAIAH 3 :1-9

    and Jehovah5 alone must he put on high in that ?zzec1*1:1


    day." Far it is the day belonging to Jehovah "$p$:TX
    of armies.%It is upon everyone self-exalted and y;;!;$yo
    lofty and upon everyone lifted up or 1ow;rl and ! 1.111 .-:Y
    upon a11 t h e cedars of Ub'a-non that are lofty 11b7r ?<:I2
    .I ti
    and lifted up and upon all the big trees of Ba'.
    shaniCrl4 and upon a11 the lofty rnounlains and ,t;:6?m
    1
    upon all t h e hills that nre 'lifted up;HI' and upon, ;
    : 2:;:
    every high torver2 and upon every fortified
    4:s
    wall;=lIt and upon aLT the ships of Tas'shishu and 3E4:Yp
    upon all desirable boatsea And the haughtiness p,
    of the earthling manb must bow down and the $:;
    ;
    :2
    loftiness of menc must become lonr, md Jehovah I<L. 1$:17
    alone must be put on high in that day.v
    rmIsn
    .I#T J:?IT
    S:?~
    18 And the worthless gods themselves mill I.'"":"
    pass away compIetely..\' I" And people will enter y e p : : &
    into the caves of the rocks and into the holes of
    the dust because of the dreadfulness of Jehovah p;!;
    I
    and from his splendid ~ u p e r i o r i t y ,when
    ~ ~ he
    rises up for the earth to suffer shocks.' zu In that F;;;G~
    gn
    day the eadhljng manb will throw his worthless ,~;:~j
    I r ~ 12:26
    gods ofsilver and his worthless gods of gold that ~ ~ c ? l $ ~ {
    they had made for him to bow before to the " ~ : : : $ ~ ; ~ 2
    shrewmice and to the bats,' in order t o enter A.j;;b:$,t:
    into the borings in the rocks and into the clefts of
    l -,I an
    the crags,' because of the dreadfulness of Jcho- ,;g!;!:l
    :<:!I
    Inh:Il:2!
    vah and from his spIendid sl~periority,~~
    when i?,x t;
    l"1 1m
    he rises up far the earth to suEer shocks.' 2' For a!{.h'1J:y6
    YQLT o m sakes, hold off from the earthling fj(:',!, fi
    whose breathez is in his nostsiIs,k for ;(;';;r7:T
    on what basis is he himself to be taken into J"b":3

    '

    ;syfi

    account

    nJob 2 1 7
    P h

    8:4

    Or. "all desirable articles a%sho~r,";01; "dl works of nrt." "'l'lw


    earthling ruat~." 31, hkn-fl.dnat': twmpnre v e r y 11. "31~n." R1,
    n.srii.ski1~'; tlie plural of i ~ h("mnn") in TCIYP 9. d SPP VI*I*P 11.1,
    footuotc f. " "B1.e;ttB." X, ~r~sItn.rnoh',ns in Ocnr-is 4 : 7.

    7%sc 0:s
    l:!I<L 2:4'2T
    '
    1 1
    :
    NL.', 21, :fi
    I
    I:/P4:14i
    1
    . I
    :c, , ti: 1

    1 true]
    from
    3from~rnmies,is removing
    nnd
    For, look! The

    Lord,a3 Jehovah of
    Jerusalemt' and
    Judah support
    stay, the whole support
    of bread ' and the whole support of wateqs
    I mighty man and war ria^,^ judge and prophet,n
    t i l < l Zi.16
    and practicer of divination artd elderly
    ,
    "12
    chief of Rftytl and highly respected manCand
    '\lli >!:J
    +fr,-21.E2
    C O P , ~ S C ~and
    O ~ expert in magical arts, and the
    UIi\ I + 2'1
    1 s t 1
    sl~illcd
    charmetm.~lv
    'And I shall certainly make
    C,>.;5*5
    ,I
    17 JPOYS tll~I1'princes, and mere arbitrary powere
    y-1L!
    the people will ach::#r>;.I will rule over t h e r n . ~%And
    2%71 .7(i'9
    ,:,. ,,,,, ally tyrannize one over the other, even each one
    his Celloa~'.man.2 They will storm, the boy
    Lil;l;':, ,;"over
    a g ~ i n s t h e old manh and the lightly esteemed
    I;,:
    I
    anc a ~ a i n s Ihe
    t one to be honored."" a For each
    *LC.1'1 .:2
    I
    2
    one
    will
    Iny hold of his brother in the house of
    Jill1 ,AT). 1
    rJsf, IU;:.~ his father, r s ~ y i n g]: "You have a garment. A
    10 1It
    you ought t o become to us, and this
    ,i7 dictator~l~
    ??:(id
    overthrown
    mess should be under your hand.""
    ,,,Jqtl22:a
    ,,,, :I-Ic will raise
    [his voice] In that day, saying;
    AIlllt 4 1
    (,I)! 9 . O
    "I
    shall
    not
    become
    a wound dresser; and in m y
    *2L'll "$'$
    zc.~~>.i:~ahouse there is neither bread nor a garment.
    >PI1J<l:11
    ?r-ll
    17 YOU men must not set me as dictator over the

    , ,
    ,

    1.r

    'I.??

    ,,,,,
    ~ , L L

    .Irql'
    t.rt 5:IA
    21i 18

    ,
    RI'S

    ,
    7n.r

    P~oPI~."~
    8 For Jerusalem has stttmbIed and Judah it-

    ,"

    self ~ R fallen;
    S
    because their tonm1ec and their
    denlings are against Jehovah,* in behaving rebelliously in tlzc eyes of his glory."" " The very
    :!, ,,, ,
    .izf
    :'?:f< crxpression OF their faces' actudIy testifies
    [',. 7:' r;
    , . against than,' and their sin they do tell of jltst
    1:1 .** ; 20
    . ,.,. ..h,.17 lililtc S ~ d ' o m .They
    ~
    have not hiddm [it]. Wee
    ,

    r.;>.e
    :,I, I.L..sR
    *>t,bl 2 2

    ,,

    ---

    "l'hr [t1.111'] 1drtl.'' 41, Bt~-R.rl.;j)':-crh lsninh 'L :'3-3. foo~iiotez.


    Lifr-l.!tlly," ~ I I : I ! ~ i v k ] t r r ~vnr," I F . C Lit~rally,"nnc Ijt'tcrl up as to
    i'nn.," 17. d 0 r. *'o~:~b
    rki I lriT at ~r.r.l~c,nt-cIrnr~hing."Or'. "caprices;
    r.nl~i~~iunniiV
    t = )I-,
    ~ ~ ~".l~rrt
    "
    n lcrok at tlicir jnctxrs"
    ; or. "Jaat theis
    : ~ l o w l l , r~ ~ ~ l i l fl?lb
    ~ l l rn?Ps,'+
    a

    ISAIAH 3:1&17

    2Q

    .tLr, s
    k;

    to their mullCFor they have dealt out to them- %cll:a


    nLn s:la
    selves ~ a l a r n i t y . ~
    OAmg:0
    10 SAY respecting the righteousmone that it
    [wlll be] ~vell;' for they will eat the very fruit8:7
    1:4
    agei of their dealings.8 " Woe to the wicked",+Knb
    YFP P: 12

    one!-Calamity; for the tre~tmentIrendered]


    ;;;ir1-3
    by hIs own hands wiH 2~ rcndwcd to him? As t t r , 2%)
    MI;* 17R2
    for my people, its task assignrssfi are dealing (,,,fi:;
    ; ; ; ; ;
    soverclyt' and mere women actually rule over
    itmil
    0 niy people, those leading you on are caus- ,,f!F, ',:it
    ing [you] to wander, and theway of your paths ;;J&z
    v31t 14 14
    they have confused.v
    13 Jebovah is stationing himself t o contend hll, 23.13
    and is standing up te pass sentence upon peo- ,.p, 2 2 ; ~ ~
    p1es.r Jehovah himself wlll cntcr into judgmcntq with the elderly ones oE his people and = ~ o b
    XPS 1422
    Its pdnces.2
    "And YOU yourselves have burned down the
    vineyaid," What was taken by robbery from the cEzeas:m
    afflicted one is in YOUR houses." What do You p
    '; ?:f7
    men mean in that YOU crush my people and that
    YOU grind the very faces of the afnicted ones?"
    1o:Z-l
    is the utterance of the Sovereignt:'b ~ d , Jehoc
    -ISn m4
    vah of armies."
    Am 2:O
    16 And Jehovah says: "For the reason that
    the daughters"' of Zion hnvc bccome haughty "~111
    and they walk with their throats stretched forth
    and ogling with their eyes, they go walking with E2KI 9:s
    O:?X
    tripping steps and with their fect they make a Iar
    pr 1 6 : M
    tinlcljng soundPdP
    " Jehovaho also will actually !;::f~:lR
    'Or, ' " i t ~ gorer~ment." b Ry II com~ctionof MI "children nro thrir

    "The fiovel~cignT>nrrl," 31, ~l.do.rztr!j'. FPCPH~IIIII


    I a9 :21, t'ootnote h ; Genp~iaI d : 2 , footnntra c, f. * OI., "on their ft'rbt:
    thry st~nkchanglm." "Sehovnh," 1-gSgT nnd tnnny 1Eel~i~rrr.
    nlnlru9tl.iptrl; the Dead Sen scroll o f hain11( 1)Srn) JIM A.du.nn!t' MTHh tlrr
    110th urdcrnenth, ntenning to dclvtc tliir ~vortl,m~rl11p tibol-e i t llns
    i n ~ e r t ~"Jr*horabV
    d
    or the tctrng~.nrrl~iin[Srp bnliom of ~tc.rlpnp.1

    make the crown of the head of the daughters of


    Zion sen bby,2 n d Jehovah himself will lay their
    J e r 13.22 very f o r e h e ~ bare."
    d
    l q n that day Jehovnhn will
    3LlC 1.11
    take anpaythe beauty of the bangles1'and the
    hit 3.5
    -:E $:2L
    p . ; . ~ headband!? and the moon-shaped ornaments,"'
    t:v 3i"4
    the caivlraps and the bracelets and the veils,'
    ,,.?5.2 I* the
    headdresses and the step chains and the
    z,"iY$"O hreastbands~~
    and the 'houses of t h e
    md
    ; ' 1
    1 the orn~mentnlhumming shelb,alc " the finger
    I r e J:J rings3 and thc nose rings," " the robes of d a t e
    Zt;c 41.49
    and the overtunics and the cloaks and the
    ,?XI ,:.F;
    35:s
    purses,'. SY and the hand mirrorsq and the underL L e lB-;
    garments and the turbanst and the large veils."
    5$;?;:;
    24 "And it must occur that instead of balsam
    > Eze 12.12
    7.18
    1 ;II: 6 1: l T
    oilVthere wlll come to be merely a musty smell;
    and instead QI
    a belt, a rope; and instead of an
    ".I rr 4 3
    L.t 2:10
    artistic hair arrangement,baldness;~and instead
    J
    1:s
    ,li:2i':D of a rich garment, a girding of sackcloth;' a
    n l a r k q n s t e ~ dof beauty.' a6 By the sword
    rj:,y;$ brand
    your11
    awn men wjll fall, and your1'mightiness3
    L L 2:21
    .kt>~
    ~4:10
    ~Ln
    , r c1;.
    1;.2
    c
    by war.' ?'"nd 1.1erentrances will have to mournA
    and express sorrow, and she will certainly be
    : [PA
    :~b
    42:13
    ~:f
    cleaned out. She will sit down on the very
    ,
    E7e
    1-u 19:41 eaflh4'''
    biL28.27

    ri J A P 47.3

    nl.tb

    Lz,?:jo

    tnsk armignerii."

    ISAIAH 3: 18-26

    21

    [('u?~tiuuedfsaana botturn of prcciotrs pnge] ton. 11, A.r?n.nnv';


    l.SX, lio 7'lrr.nst. TII~M
    i~ntw of tbc 13-1 pnwnKeFt in wliirll tho
    ,Jr.~ri.dhSopl~crr chnnji~itthe priluiti-re Hehrcw test to rend Adovirrr' insttad of plrcr.rrrr li' ("Jch~mh'?).
    a ..J~hornh,"L S L i ' ~ P y Tntld tl!nny Hebrew mmnnascrlpte; DSIa
    I1:rs l'.ho.actla' witlr Ibur dutr ualn.nentb, uwnnitig to clplqtc the
    r~ord,n11d U]J ~ I J ~ I V Ci t jlnb illeertcd d . d u . n u ~ t ' ;;ll l ~ n nA.r7o.rla!/'.

    T!us is one of thr 134 IlnrHnjicr ~ y b c r ct11c J e w l 4 l Poplicri11iplinngcd


    t l ~ t ! priu~itiroIlrnbl'rlv t r s t to rrnd A.do.?ui!,' i ~ ~ s t r i l of
    ( l Saltn.woh'.
    t3r, knanliletn," J[urr! li trrolly, .'little suns," d Or, "li ttla ~iroons."'
    eOr, '.the sadr.t.s." ~ ~ I I ~ ~ I pcrfmle
    : I I I ~ rece~tnelcs. OF, "the
    r.hnrnus?' h "1-0111*,'' in t l ~ cf'c~>tiaznegender, ~ir~gnlnr
    nt~~~ll,rr,
    bei 1.r addT~ssed to Jcru .nlrni (Zion). "Nighby ( ~ t m t i g ) one4,"
    f .1?,-1-gsy<

    '

    ISAIAH 4 :1-6

    22

    23

    And seven women will actually grab hold of ;


    y$:~ji 30:23
    one
    in that day,+ saying: "We shall eat "Gc
    1Sa 16
    breadv and wear our awn clothing; only
    may we be calIed by your narnea' t o take away p ~s:i
    t
    -Joe 2 1 9
    OUT replroa~h."~"
    kzec 9 x 7
    2i:6
    2 In that day what Jehovah makes sproutb* hIsa
    rsa 30:~s
    will come to be for decoration and for
    $E?i?2"0
    and the fruitage of the landr will be something g:z;i9
    *Isa 6O:al
    to be proud of" and something beeutiful for .Zec 1 - 1 : ~
    lpe2:g
    thoseof Israel~hahaveescaped.~~'~
    Andit must tEx
    32%
    occur that the ones remainingo in Zion and the
    23;:9
    ones left overf in Jerusalem will be said to be
    holy to him,e everyone written down for lifeq c;;mt;;
    uLal g
    in Jerusa1em.t
    Zec 3:3
    Zep
    3:1
    4 When Jehovahg will have washed away the
    excrement 09 the daughters of Zionu and he will
    rinse away even the bloodshedh of Jerusalem ;;:;3z
    from within herv by the spiritt of judgment and
    by the spirit uf burning down,s ' Jehovah will Isa a x e
    33:20
    also certainly createc over every established ZIsa
    J el* 31.22
    place of hfount Zionz and over her convention *%gig1
    place a cloud' by day and a smoke, and the
    brightness of a flaming fir@by nightiZ*because giz,"7
    i:!
    c ~ Bs. 9
    over all the glory there will be a ~ h e l t e r . And
    ~
    Isa 31:35
    there will come to be a booth for a shade by day
    from the dry heat,' and for a refuge and for a3;6$;$1, Ezell:I6
    hiding place from the rainstorm0 and from the cz,";ji6~
    precipifation.0
    CISU
    Heb322
    113

    man
    4
    our own

    ';",":s:

    ISAIAH 5: 1-7

    Let me sing, please, t o my beloved one a


    song of my loved one concerning his vineyard.+
    There was a vineyard that my beloved
    fT,","&82
    LU N:B
    Jer
    2:21
    one came to have on a fruitful hillside.&' And he
    Y O 15
    ~ 1
    proceeded to dig it up and to rid it of stones and
    ta plant it with a choice red vine, and to build
    a tower in the middle of itxAnd there was also
    *n1tz1:33 a wine press that he hewed out in it.# And he
    g?;Ice$;09, 5 kept hoping for it to produce grape^,"^ but it
    nDe 32:32 gradually produced wild grapes.bn
    Ho
    3 "And now, 0 YOU inhabitankc of JerusacMa13:4
    !emo and YOU mena of Judah, please judge between me and my vineyard.^ What is there yet
    ~31ic
    J e r2.5
    6:2
    21:41 to do for m y vineyard that I have not already
    Ro 2:s
    e2Ch
    done in it?& Why is it that 1 hoped for it t o proEze W 1 3
    duce grapes, but it gradually produced wild
    Ae7:51
    tLe26:31 grapcs?b U n d now may I, please, make known
    to YOU men what I am doing to my vineyard:
    PS 74:l
    De2B:jZ
    ~ s 1:9
    .
    There will be a removing of its hedge, and it
    uIsa 10%
    La 1 : ~ must be destined for burning down.' There must
    L u 21:24
    v L e 2~ 33 be a breaking down of its stone wall, and it must
    Jer 2521
    I
    y D e ~ o : a a be destined for a plaee of tramp1ing.u "nd
    shall
    set
    it
    as
    a
    thing
    destr0yed.v
    It
    will
    not
    be
    2!2&?;2,1
    Heb6:s
    +De 2 5 2 3 pruned, nor will it be hoed7 And it must come
    Am 4:;.
    up with the thombush and \veeds,z and upon the
    ~ P go:$
    s
    J e r 12.10 clo~rdsI sha1l lay a command to keep from preA P A 14;:lI
    F~1 4 ~cipitating any rain upon it.' For the vineyard
    of Jehovah of armies is the house of Israel,=and
    &:"p"3"::15,
    7 . ~ ~ ~ ~ 3 . ~
    the men-f
    Judah" are t h e plantatioil of which
    h e was fond." And he kept hoping f o r j ~ d g r n e n t , ~
    +
    2 : but, look! the breaking of 1aw;"or righteousness, but, look! an outcry."'

    ;zs;:$,

    ,~,~,~,

    Literally, Cr~liay
    your name be called upon us," M. b Or, "the sprouting (sprout) of Jehorah." T reads: "the Mebsiah [Christ] of Jehovah." Or, "earth." M, cr'ets, d More literally, "what has escaped of
    Israd"; the escaped oues of Ismel. More literally, "what remnins,"
    M ; the remnant, liter all^, "xhat is left over," 3f. pi'Jehor-ah,"
    LXXVgSyT ; ~.do.nay', kI and DSXa. This i s one of the 134 1x1ssages in which the Jewish Xopherh changed the primitire test to
    read A.do.4aayt instead of Ytho.uwh'. Or, "bEoodguik; bloody
    deeds." Literally, 'Fblcrods~M.
    a

    'izf:::
    ,

    Liteinlly: "n horn the s o n of oil," 31. b Or, "stinki~~g


    things": or,
    L'p~~lrid.
    rotten berries." Liternlly, i n the singulxr number? " 0 inhahitsnt:: hut mllectiveir sp~nking,d "Zlcn." 31, id^; but i n a collectir-e sense. Or, l61oolr! deviation"; or, '*look! outpourirlg [of hloodl.''
    a

    ISAIAH 5 :8-15

    24

    25

    8 Woe to the ones joining house to house,@eifi;;2i13


    [and] those who annex field to field until there I.1.b 2.9
    is no more room" and Yon men have been made "1Ki21:16
    to dwell all by yourseIves in the midst of the
    land!"# In my ears Jehovah of armies [has%
    ::;;:*
    sworn that] many houses, though great and 5",$y6;;"
    good, will become an outright object of astonish;&
    ment, without an inhabitantk lo For even ten nJoe r:i7
    Hag 1 11
    acres of vineyard wiU produce but one bath rPr ~ : 3 o
    Ec 10:17
    m e a ~ u r e and
    , ~ even a homer measurec of seed I
    ,, ax:r
    will produce but an e'phah measurendn
    Hab
    L U 21~33
    2:fi
    11 Woe t o those who are getting up early in g; i3.:3
    the m a r n i n p that they may seek just intoxicat- 3XI"5:5
    ing liquor,' who are lingering till late in the evening darkness so that winec itself inflames *Joe3:3
    t h e r n ? g l%d
    there must prove to be harpCand :9;&3:$6
    stringed instrument, tambourine and flute, and ;E
    wine at their feasts;ntbut the activity of Jeho- ;;;
    vah they do not look at and the work of his g;,2f:tBt+,
    11P328:~
    hands they have not seen.u
    vI3a
    HO 4:11
    ZT:II
    13 Therefore my people will have to go into 2:!:6'
    exile for lack of k n ~ w l e d g e , ' and
    ~
    their glory ,j;&:;iy
    will be famished rnen,"y and their crowd will be y~;r,~~:18
    parched with thirst.= l4 Therefore She'olfc has c ~ z 3~1.5
    e
    143
    made its soulfi spacious and has opened its zJer
    Am 8:13
    moutho wide beyond bounds;"and what is splen- $E.Ff;;m
    did in her," also herh crowd and herhuproar and
    t h e exultant one, will certainly go down into it.' ; ;?&
    l a d earthling man will bow down, and man

    ;i;

    Or, L'~arthm''
    Ib A bath measure equdea about 9.8 g~llons(U.S,A.).
    A homer measure equaled TO hushels and 4 quarts (U.S.A.), or
    10 e'1)hahs. d An e'phah mensure equaled 1 hushel, 3 quarts and
    1.2 p i ~ ~ tIts .c o ~ ~ e s p o n with
    d s the liqmd-measure bath. "Those dead
    from hunger," RyT and t r o Hebrew ~nanuscripts. QMT, sh'dl
    (feminine) ; LXX>'mITa'des";Vg, iwf er'wvs; SF,sRi.Qk'. g M, nep7t'sslm; L X X , pps!y.cke'; Vg, a;'vi+mu. h "Her,)' in the fcminlne gender,
    s i l ~ , d s r number, llecause of referring to J e ~ x ~ a l a nEee
    , verse 3.
    a

    ISAIAH 5 :16-24

    w l l become low: and even the eyes of the high


    ones will become 1o~v.O And Jehovah of armies
    will become high through judgment,' and The
    +;$h92fi;11
    EZ, hs.za [true] God,aothe Holy One,mwill certainly sancEB;"te&O$, tifp himself through righteousness." I TAnd the
    male lambs will certainly graze as in their gas'i;;&31,
    IPe l,lo ture,* and the desolate places of well-fed animals
    x l s n 8:13
    *Isa 32 14 alien residentsb will eat."
    :Am 2:W
    18 Woe to those drawing error with ropes of
    kyDee 9:37
    2333
    untruth, and as with wagon3 cwds sin;" lY
    those
    :sa 1:7
    La 5:2
    who are saying: "Let his work hasten; do let
    it come quicklyc in order that we may see [it],
    .r01116:2 and let the counsela of the Holy One of Israel
    Ho 10:6
    rJcr 5 : l z draw near and come, that we may know [it] !"'
    Jer l i : 1 5
    2 ~ 3.3
    e
    20 Woe to those who are saying that good is
    ~ J U 2.2
    C
    RPCli:15 bad and bad is good, those who are putting darkMnl. 2:17
    n e s 0 for light and light for darkness, those who
    31t 15:6
    are putting bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!"
    tpr 3:7
    21 Woe to those wise in their own eyes and
    J,,
    discreet even in front of their own faceslt
    &;$2,
    no u:is
    22 Woe to those who are mighty in drinking
    lCo3:18
    wine and to the men with vital energy for mix",,!$fZ0
    ing intoxicating Iiquor," =$ those who are pro$;tt;1,5nouncing
    the wicked one innocent in considera'EDe
    x 16.19
    236
    Pr 17.15 tion of a bribe,V and who take away even the
    3Tlc 3:ll
    of the righteous onee from him!Y
    y PS
    ~ ~
    94:a1
    i 2 i : righteousnessd
    ~ 3
    brt23:35
    dns 5 %
    24 Therefore just as a tongue of fire eats up
    zaoe 2 . ~ the stubble" and into the flames mere dried grass
    1co 3:LS
    *vta:la sinks down,* their very rootstock will become
    just like a musty smell," and their blossom itself
    f
    6
    01s.
    IPe 33:11
    55

    ,.,

    =''The [true] God," 31, hn-El; see Genesis 31:13, footnote a ;


    Genesis 46 : 3? footnote a; 2 Sn~nnel"3: 31, footnote a . Or, ''Eenlperm-y xe~idents." SF reads : "5aying : 'Quickly let Jehovah hasten
    his works.' '' Or, "innocence." "The righteous one,)' LXYGgSy
    and a few Hebrew mnnuscripts; -'the righteous ones: 31 2nd
    DSIR.

    ISAIAH 6 :1 4

    will go up just like powder, because they have


    :Tr; '
    rejected the law of Jehovah of armies," and t h e p;,y7
    saying of the Holy One of Israel they have disk;,y,;2fl
    respecEedbG
    Zz That Is why thc anger of Jehovahw mxlL 1:20
    C S r l IC.20
    has grown hot against his people, and he wiIl r,P 31 :?rl
    stretch out his hand against them and strike IS" I."
    them.' And the mountains will bc agitated? and - Dc31:17
    2JCl l,?:A
    thclr. dead bodies will hccome like the offal in qgl,: y;;fl
    the midst of the streets.*
    ~ ~ v 1,,1
    l t ~
    Kt! 1 5
    In view of all this his anger has not turned ~p;~;:;
    hack, but his hand i s stretched out even yet.." 2u.p
    :la r b x
    L.!?
    =fi And he has raised up a s j ~ n a to
    l a great naww
    kJerT;?:.b
    tion" far awayIkand he h ~ whistled
    s
    t o it a t the
    extremity of the earth;n and, look! in haste i t nc;f;ip
    will swiftly come in.] 27 There is no one tired fiP;;;;
    nor is anyone stumbljng among them," No one Ilnb 1.r;
    is dro\rWsyand no one sleeps."nd
    the belt *Joo2:;
    around their loins will certainly not be opened,t t l K l 2 : a
    nor the laces of their sandals be tom in two, upF;?y$
    '"because
    their arrows are shilrpned and all
    their bows are bent.u The very I~oofsof their T;Z,%.:~
    aria .j:ib
    horses will have to be accounted as flint itself,
    and their wheels as a stomwlnd: '' The roaring ,<l;!:;!?
    of theirs is like that of a lion, and they roar like i;;:;:;+'
    maned young 1ions.y Anrl they will growl and y;;,?;:;rJ
    grnb hold of the prey and bring [it] safely away,
    and there will be na de1iverer.x Anrl they will zy~:;
    I s n ;L:z
    growl over it in that day as with the growling Zik';,';'
    sf the seaac' And one wiI1 aclr~nllygaze at the id!:;Kq::2$
    land and, look! there is distressing darkness, and ,I,U
    IY.L 21
    F:' .
    :F
    even the light: has grown dark because of the i7;;;!:ii\
    An1
    drops falling on it."
    >It 2 1 . 3
    1
    !"I

    '

    '#A grcnt nntion:' 31, go.i~m'; in thr p11rnl nulnber of p o n t n r s s


    or prnntlcur. X ~ C the
    P prrt1301111 "it" in l n t ~ rllnrts of tl~rwntr,nvv
    in ?-I,
    or; in ~ c 1 - sZT,
    ~ fonfnnCF h,
    Litrrnlly, ,'it," refcn.in~tcl tlw
    unntlon," 1ntt in n collcctir~~ ~ 1 1 4 ~ .

    In the )*carthat King Uz.zi1ahndiedn I, hotvever, ~ o tot see JehovahJbbsitting on a


    lofty and lifted up,+and his skirts were
    filling the temple.cm Se17aphs wvre s t ~ n d i n g

    < E x 24:10

    SLI
    12:s

    u Ia ".:I

    3I;ll 3:l
    r.cd:?

    P.c l1:19

    -:,a

    ~ : 6

    above hirn.d' Each one had six wings, With trvo


    his fflce covered, and with t\t:o he kept
    his fspt cavecrd, and with n o he would fly

    I he kept

    And this one called to that one and


    said: "Holy, holy, holy is Jehovah of nr*rnies.lc
    The fullness of all the earth is his g l ~ r y . "
    ' And
    ~
    the pivots' of the thresholds began to quiver at
    ,$,"&ti: !the voice of ihe one calling, and the house itself
    "3 gradually filled with smokePs
    PEK.10:34
    lJfi8:lQ
    5 And I proceeded to say: "Woe to me? For
    Ee 15 8
    tm 33.20 I am as good as brought t o silence, bec~usea
    TE G'22
    h 3 h 3:16 man unclean in lips I amu and in amona EIpeople
    l i p 4.10
    undean f n lips I am dnleling,r for my eyes have
    J.rs 3.2
    seen the King, Jehovah of armies, himself?"'
    Vr53,
    6 At that, one of the seraphs flew to me,and
    :
    k$i:ia2 in his hand there was a glowing coalZ that he
    WIsae19.19
    lo:a had taken tvlfll f ongs off the altar,"' And he pro'I-e 16:12 c e d e d to touch my mouthn and t o s ~ y "Loolr!
    :
    Re P:5
    =rer 1:9
    This
    has
    tauchecI
    your
    lips,
    and
    your
    error
    has
    D a IO:16
    departed ~ n c your
    l
    sin itself is atoned for,""
    - I \ ~~ J : E
    Ii~b
    9'14
    8 And I began to hear the voice of Jehovah~
    E Xz
    ,Zc 22.21
    saying: "Whom shall I send,: and who will go
    *<;eI 26
    (:e 3 2 2
    for US?"+ And I proceeded to say: "Here I am!
    ;-

    rime 1:c

    lcEx 15:11

    RQ~:B
    I<c15:3
    nNu 1.1:21
    Ps S7:ll
    Pa ;2:19

    : J J ~

    ,,

    'F=.dinrliu, 31. See? Inainb I:1, footnote c. b ' ' I T r l ~ o ~ nSy


    h ~ and
    nljont 100 Hehw~r.illnnu~rbripts;"tbc &gni@ of Jt~bocrh,''T; "the
    lard," LLY; Dn'lni.nrr.a, T g i d.do-nny', -tI nnrl USln, Tllis i s one
    of: the 134 pnsunyw i n whz{,h the Jeuisil Foplirbrrr~l ctlauaed the
    pri~l~itive
    Hebrew trxt LO r~r~rl
    A.rlo.tray' inatrnrl 01' YCko.wt/r', a t)r,
    "pn1nse.l' 11,I , ~ d . l i 7 1 , ~ l 'ILR
    ; in 2 l i i n p 20 : 18,d Or, "it," t l i t t b is, t h e
    L.LXl-gFr and 1'3 TIsllrrw I I I I U H I * C I ~ ~ ) ~ Y
    tlrmne, T'z. ".7c~I~m~nl1,"
    "the Meinlsrn OK .It+tinrah," 'l'; d.lr~o.aa!y', M. l ' l ~ j >in onc ot t h y 134
    1':rssages f hat the . J V I ~ ~ SI o p l ~ ~ r i m
    c h a ~ di i r tlhr ~ w i l utivc
    t
    Hehrerr- text tn i-eutl :I.I~Q.IIIE!I' i ~ i ~ t l of
    ~ nPd k v.~l'ct/~
    ',
    a

    ISAIAH 6:9-7:l

    I S A I A H 7:2--9

    28

    Send me.'" 'And he went an ta say: "Go, and 31t 48:8


    you must say to this people: 'HEARagain ~ n d 2 0
    agnln, 0 men, but da not understand, and see
    again and again, but donot get any knowledge." ;i,~+:~;;,
    ~.,,H::?I
    I " Malce the Iwart of this people unreceptive,Rw
    ?'f b;
    and make their very ears unresponsive,bk nnd ':.;:$,$.
    paste their very eyes togcth~r,that they m y P
    not see with their eyes ~ n {vlth
    d their ears tllry ;tk'j:,;
    may not hear,I1 and that tl-leir own heart- may pfy:lg?
    ~ r :.1:6
    ~ ~
    not understand and that they r n ~ ynot achtnll y
    turn back and get healing for thernsdves."lm rE;7$22
    11 At this I said: "How long, O Jehovah?"f*z;:;:!lj,
    Then he said: "Until the cities actually crash in ;:; g;;J
    ruins to be without an inhabitant, and the
    houses be wtithoutearthling man, and the ground
    ,,:21
    Itself is ruined into a Qeso1ntion:t " and Jehovah ,,,h
    Iqn i : 7
    I b n 326
    actually removes earthling men far away, and T ,n 21:1
    the deserted condition does become very ~xtensive in the midst of the Iandnl"~ And there wiII &;:,:;
    sW1 be in i t a tenth,' and it must again become
    $f,O
    something for burning down, like a big tree and ;i:b!t 2:3.:L9
    11:7
    Iike a massive tree in ~ ~ h i s when
    h , ~ ~there is a XI'(?
    *r;,.:.2 1s
    cutting down [of them j ,Y there is a stump;^ n ?;:l;!'j.f
    T:~)11.5
    holy seedr wiU be the stump of it.'"*
    I!<) 1 1 2 4
    (,!k ;!,I6
    Now it cRme about in the days of Arhazathe (;:I :4:2:)
    son af Jo'tham the son of U u i ' e h the king 013%r .L 21l?, :1~
    of Juclnl~,that Re'zinA the king of Syria and h?'i,q:~'
    Pe%allc the son of Rern.n.li'et~,~t h e king of
    &i7

    Israel, came up t e Jerusalem for war against


    +gt&y;>
    itl and hea proved unable to war against it,'

    ;m;:s;k

    $&:;;a;

    c.";

    ':;,:!zG1

    LiE~~~nll)*,
    'lht;' 31.

    And a report \rras made Zo the house of D ~ v i d ,


    saying: "'Syria has leanedh upon E'phra.irn,"lG
    3Fn 5 R
    And his head and the heart of his people be"Jdel:19 g ~ t~
    n quiver, like the quivering of the trees2
    $!!:"P ' 2 r m 1 of the forest because of a wind.cx
    3 And Jehovah proceeded to say to Isaiah:"
    >:t 3 3
    w c r 1<1:2 "Go out, please, to meet A'haz,' you and She'arJCPT?:1
    jash'ube your son, to the end of the conduitk
    k;:~p~
    of the upper pool by the highway of the l n ~ ~ n d r y .
    MBH'S field.I1 .I And you must say t o him : 'n'aich
    f:&
    1'n31'15
    yourself and keep u n d i ~ t u r b d .Do
    ~ not be
    .La3 M
    2.21
    afraid,'
    and
    do
    not
    let
    your
    own
    heart
    sinks
    ~ n 211
    c3
    lslr 1: 32 because of the two tail-ends of these smoking
    m A m . i , u I o ~ s , ~because
    ~
    of the hot anger of Re'zin find
    Syria
    and
    the
    of Rem-a-li'ah,fL for the
    iT!?,",y.S reason that Syriason[with
    1 E'phra.im and the son
    af Rern.a.li'ahf has advised what fs bad against
    saying: "Let us go up against Judnh and
    j
    QCcl:'5
    tear it apart and by breakthroughs take it for
    '2Ch B:6 our~elves;~
    and let us make another king reign
    r2Ch =:7
    inside it, t h e son of Tarbe.el."''Y
    3xtI:m
    7 " 'This is what the Lord Jehovah@ has
    said: "It will not stand, neither will it take
    mPYht~:lo
    l : 1 3 p l a c e For the head of Syria is Damsseus,' and
    Prp13r) t h e headof Damascus isRetzin; and within just
    -2.54 3%
    sixty-five years E'phra-im will be shattered to
    "2Kl fir5 pieces so as not to be R people." And the head
    Xj:if

    T?l* :<;:lo
    E < ,1 2 I

    I
    j

    Littl~anlly,L'hrnvy,'WN. "Jehomh," L-LY-

    TgSy'l' IIIILI22 IIehren-

    I I I P I I ~ I I H P I ~i~i ~. dI ~~~. :~ ~ a !31,


    t ' , gll~ifli*i on(. o f
    t 1 1 ~13-i p n w ~ r ~
    inswhich all*, r J l ' 1 ~ 1 y f 1Soj~hmimr l ~ n n ~ r tllc
    t l prltlail i ~ niI*trrl,~r. t r x t to +etrd -l.rErr.rrrr!~' i n ~ t c n dof I.o'/~n.tc/t/r',a(lr,
    "cntbtl~." *n'\Tliic.t~"(in thr pl1rl.111 i ~ u t ~ ~ l ~31;
    r r ) *nmhicll"
    ,
    ( i t 1 t!lo
    s i ~ i g ~ ~ l nf t~v n~ ~ i ~ i i n eT7gSy
    ),
    nntl nhont l W Hchwlr- ~nnnrlqr~~illi~,
    f Or, ~ ~ ~ h * ~ r iOr.
    ~ tif~~ .~ I"P I Own*
    P n l~omoeotdautsnin br, h R b ~oat
    l
    r-f tllc ~t IIIII~J
    if." h '['_r.:i.iri'ft i t . Jf ; RPP IsaiaI~1. : l1 f . u l ) t r l ~ hC.
    I I~*t~rtll.ic~'lrrt,
    31 ; Fee P Icing. 15 : 25, footnote a.

    "

    " ~ T P , " M T ; "th~y,"LAEYTTpSy


    nnd 138111nnd 2 kina^ 10 : 5. Or,
    by onotltrr drrirnhon of the I-Irl11.v~v~rh,"has settled clown [or,
    i ~ s t c - d.I'j 0 Or, "hInst." 31, v ~ c ~ ~ r hepc
    f i ; Genesis 1: 2, fonttiote d.
    mere remnant Inr, T ~ I D ~
    d SOPrsnin)) 1 : 1,foot not^ n. .\fmainp
    15 : 25,
    r e ~ t i n ~ i n i nover]
    g
    will return," Ilrtrtrrl.in'hrr, 31: see 2 Ii\'i!l~~
    f o o t p t n n, a "The Lord d ~ l l c l v i ~ l i . ~ ' and DSIa, d,rlo.rrtr!,' YCkow i h ;400 i + ~ n ~ l 15
    i i s:2 , fooC110tmP, f. LXX) "J~hovnL[of ~irruiw]";
    1 - ~ 8 y T ".Trhnr:tli
    ,
    God."
    a

    31

    ISAIAH 7 :29-25

    D1sna:26 vah will, ulhlstlen for the flies&that are a t the


    of E'phra.im is Sa.marti.a,* and the head of 2
    : ;$:+ 'LzICl
    3 3 3 ext~emltyof the Nile c a n ~ l s
    Sa.mar'i.a is the son of R~rn~a.li'ah.~
    Unless You $
    of EgyptLand for
    !
    :
    ?
    ;
    :
    the beeshb thclt are in the land of As.syr'i.a,CT
    people have faith, YOU will in that case not be
    IF,",'
    ,
    :$::,
    ;%;:?$
    of long duration." l' "'
    I'' and they wlf! certainly come in and swttle
    CJ r! (;::j~i
    *;kt ;tj,:; down,
    " I < t 2 !.R
    10 And Jehovah went on speaking some iI!%. R; .lo
    all of tlmem, upon the precipitous torrent
    more to A'haz, saying: " "Ask for yorrrwlf a .:I:;, :,':{,
    valleys
    and upon the clefts of the crags and
    C2K1 18-17
    > [ I 15 ': :ti.?
    ::~
    sign' from Jehovah your God: making it as .F
    fill the thorn thickets and upon all the
    z a l n ? : ~ upon
    ~
    \ I l c , 17
    deep as She'ol' or making it high as the upper
    rvntertng places.(t@
    ,,:ril
    ;(.
    2
    ;;
    ??.L*l
    ~.egions."~But A'haz said: "1 shall not ask," . ~;!d\ u" ls:m
    20 "In that day, by means of a hired razor
    Ih:,
    h4 2?
    C:..:1 ? 1:
    neither shall I put Jehovah t o the test,""
    m l b ~ 3 f iil:
    In
    the region of the IRi~er,~"
    even by means of
    #!
    1I 9
    Jehovahc will shave the
    13 And he proceeded to say: "Listen, please, . I . la
    1
    manl
    2ch 3 : 2 0 the king of As.sy~*'l.a,'
    0 hcuse of David. Is i t such a little thing for
    head rind the hair of the feet,' and its rvill sweep
    YOV to tire out men, that YOU should a h a tire R2Ch 38:15
    lcisn
    1x41 3t):lml
    : a away even the heard itse1f.k
    out m y God?" " Therefore Jehovahh l~irnself
    21 "And it must occur in that day that an
    will give YOU men a sign: Look! The maidenc" ;",l,;,ll:O
    individt~alliwill preserve alive a young COW of
    hel~selfwill actually become pregnant,'' and she
    the herd and two sheep."1> :'And it must occur
    E'j1,t,7j~?lo
    1
    ;1;
    ~,;.i3
    is giving birth to a son and she will certainly
    that, due t o the abundance of the producing of
    oJaeS!18 milk; he will eat butter, because butter and
    call his name Im.man'u=el." Butter and honey IF;
    ,rsi, n;\,
    he wilI eat by the time that he knows how to revty;2j:20 honey]' are what everyone Ieft remaining in the
    ject the'bad and choose the goodotlVor hefore ~ r ; ? , ~ $ ~ , o
    midst of the land1 will eat.
    the boy wilI h o w how to reject the bad and (;l;~;$
    23 "And it must occur in that day that every
    choose the goocl,~ t h e ground of ~vhaset w o
    place
    where there used t o be a thousand vines,""
    nCn
    aezn17:9
    R
    .
    I
    ~
    :!; 1 Y . n
    kings you are feeling a sickening dwad will be ;,Iv;ril
    art z i : a ~ worth a thousand pieces of silver, will come ta
    l i l If.rl
    for~aken.~
    l7 Jehovah will bring against your iLmrI
    5,;
    be-for the thornbushes and for t h e weeds it
    andagainst your people and against the house of ;:.i T;?
    wiII ~ o m t ?to be.' 'LWith arrows and the bow
    IlaaB!fl
    IHR ~ 2 ~ 1 8
    your father" days such as have not come dnce ;~',I!,l!;:~l,
    hej will come there,a because all the landLwill
    JI rLr .T
    ~G2fi
    :H ~
    the day of E'phra.im's turning away from along- 5 0 :I: ,z
    I ~ ( - ; C2 7 : ~ become mere tl~ornbushesand weeds. 2 5 And all
    side J ~ d a h namely,
    ,~
    the king of As.syr'i.a.*"
    [the mountains that used t o be cleared of trouble18 "And it must occur in t h a t day that Jeho";.':j'
    31, trbttb; sirsgnlnr n~amlwr,hut in n co~~ectivescnse.X,#bo.rok';
    thr

    .+\a

    A,1P)

    '11

    :;$

    Vg. '~.Jchornh,''LI;XYVpT nlld DqIn l ~ ~ i t l


    n h n t 41I l e h r e ~mn~insrript-: "J~horah(iorl."' SF; .I.dn.llrr!r'. .ll.
    I
    Tlus iq one of thp 13-1. pnmnrres i l l n-ltirl~thr .ler\-i3h Nollllcbrirrr
    chmlqed thc primitiro Hrbr~rvtmt to ~~rhnrl-d.dv.r~rr!r'i~i*!vnr? o r
    2-'Tio.(rrrlr3. Z Ir, "yonllg ?+wulan."11, 'r8?.1l~nh';1,SS. prrr .the !!'OK
    i>4't<rgi~~''
    1 ; Vg, v i ~ ' ? o ; Sy. b'!lt~f
    T'fftn
    n . r i ~ # g i:~ ~A"q) l S y ~ l ' ~ ! ~ .
    I
    tt~.n'nix("~nairlm:girl"). E?n.~nn'tr11.r1.I,-'i?it"~;
    ~ n ~ n n i ~'mlTilli
    l:
    us i= (4acl."' 11, - 4 v h . d ~w'; L I X . *'the _l$.p?.s'i.tr ~r.."
    a ,!?keT;F, 11: irl.Jt-r'mtts.

    sirigulnr nlll~~t)rr,
    l ~ u till u cullc~cti~c
    wnre. 31, dsk.skur'; LLT,
    "*Hhc+i\s.pi!'r'i.fi11s.'' d Or, "tllc pn.-turcs," * '~Jeho~ah,"
    LXXTrgS>-T
    R I In
    ~ rlu~l~hcr
    ol' Ilchrcw run,tius~ripts; d.rlo.nay', Jl and ID%.
    This
    iq O I ~ F of tl~c134 ~ ~ u n ~ rrti
    t ~1vTlicl1
    m ths Jen-ibh Popheiim changed
    the ~~rirliitlvo
    Ilrllr~~rv
    ttnrt to n b r l ~ l .~i.rJu.t~ay'
    inshad of TrJio.acoA'.
    T h r ~ tin, t11cr Iinil- ul' !bid1 g~br~itnls,
    g "It:'
    IU rllc I'c~mnincgender,
    rrt'tarrin~ to tlio r~wor. h Or, ,'a mun." 11, idi. 8 Or, "earth."
    i Lh, .'UIIP'' ; or, "~ii(+n."

    ISAIAH 8: 1-7

    32

    33

    ISAIAH 8: 9 1 5

    some plants with a hoe-you will not come there


    And he will certainly come up over all his stream
    for fear of thornbushes and weeds, and it will
    and go Over all his banks and move on
    ;;;p beds
    certainly become a place for letting bulls loose
    through Judah. He will actually flood and pass
    :?~y;?f
    v ~ s 1321
    a
    and a trampling ground of sheep."v
    over.$ Up to the neck he will reach.t And the
    l i t 1:23
    ''2;i!ikO outspreading of his wings must occur to fill the
    And Jehovah proceeded to say to me : " ~ a k IeyIsa 30%
    breadth of your land, 0 I m - r n a n ' ~ . e l ! " ~ ~
    ,%,",3,:9,,
    for yourself a large tablety and write upon it J, 35:1
    Zec 14.2
    9 Be injurious,b 0 YOU peoples, and be shat( ~11ci2o:11
    with the stylus of mortal man: a 'Marher-shal'al- $i:,"iZ"
    tered to pieces;V and give ear, all YOU in distant
    hash-baz.'h %d let me have attestationm for n;E$ii
    42:5
    of the earth!^ Gird yourselvesz and be
    myself by f a i t h f u l witnessesJc2U-ri'ah the priest* -Jer
    -zRu 4:2
    '$lsh37:3c
    E;;ii: parts
    x u 420
    shattered
    to pieces!' Gird yourselves and be
    and Zech.a.ri'ahc the son o f Je.ber.e.chi'ah."d
    '
    AZSa 15.31
    2Co 13:1
    PS 2:3'
    shattered
    to
    pieces! lo Plan out a scheme, and it
    3 Then I went near t o the p r o p h e t e ~ and
    , ~ i,'Lu 2:36
    PB 33:10
    will
    be
    broken
    up!+ Speak any word,0 and it will
    pP
    21.30
    she came t o be pregnantCand in time gave birth m o 1.3
    ,tft"d:"?not stand, for God is with us!"$ Far this is what
    t o a son.> Jehovah now said t o me: "Call his "I Is~na873:81 4
    vJ"&\:$ Jehovah has said to me with strengness of the
    name Ma'her-shaI'al-hash-bag 'for before the ,
    ,, ,:,,
    handyCthat he may make me turn asided from
    boy will h o w how to call out: ' N y father!' and ,2c7;;!
    ;
    %
    ;;
    1
    2
    I J O ~ : ~walking in the way of this people, saying:
    'My r n ~ t h e r ! one
    ' ~ will carry away the resources :nKi 1a:zs
    -Eze 3 2 4
    & 2 ~ 1 1 6 : 5 I2 "YOUmen must not say, 'A conspiracy!' reof Damascus and the spoil of Sa.mar'i.a before 2Ki
    axi 16.9
    17;s
    Isa 7'2
    2Ri 17:6
    spccting a11 t h a t of which this people keep saykne 3 2 2
    the king of ds.~yr'i.a.''~
    Isa 17:3
    ing, 'A con~piracy!'~
    and the object of their fear
    5 And Jehovah proceeded to speak yet further
    \;i6
    YOU
    men
    must
    not
    fear,
    nor must YOU tremble at
    SNe
    3:15
    kp","ijf$
    to me, saying: "For the reason that this peo- dl 9 3
    it.'
    la Jehovah of armies-he
    is t h e One whom
    *LC1013
    Le
    11:44
    ple has rejected' the waters" of the Shi.lo'ahe@
    YOU should treat as holy,# and he should be the
    that are going gently and there is exultation *g; gi4,9,
    kp:$Zj53
    object of YOUR fear, and he should be the One
    over Rekin and the son of Rern a.li'ah,=' ' even l r R ~1:s
    ;k;;i;s
    r4:10
    causing YOU t o tremble."lC
    therefore, look! Jehovahg is bringing up against ~ ~ 7 2 : s
    them* the mighty and the many waters of the '2$:1'8':9"
    14 And he must become as a sacred place;ecfi
    c"Ze 2:12
    eC;e
    29.3
    RisrerPkthe king of As.syr'i.anand all his g1ory.r E
    , ; $:,:
    nF;:g::& but as a stone' t o strike against and as a rock
    'over which to sturnbler to both the houses of
    ,Ed::;16
    a Or, "n-ith a c o i n m o ~xtylns?'
    ~
    b lfcanir~g"Hasten, 0 r;poII! ITe hn5
    Israel, as a trap and as a snare t o the inhabitcomc quickly to tllc plunder"; or, LCHn.?te~~ing
    t o the spnil, 11c has
    g
    1
    aPs I1:6
    come q u i c k l ~to t h p plundcr." 31. Zpbl~ar.irr'hu;mcanirig "Ydr (u )
    antsf of Jerusalem," IS And many among them

    :;;

    ,,.,,

    :e,"+$s

    has rc~nrrmbered."d 31, k'fbe.rckl~.z'~'hu;


    meaning ''17nh(u) ia t ~ l e s a
    jlig.''
    I I ~ n - l ~ i n"TElc
    g
    Gcndcr." A wntw conduit. See J e r ~ r w l e ~ r ~
    i n tlte Old Z'es?,nmsgrt,by Dr. a. Siino~rs,E.J., pages 3.08, 190, 191

    (2952 ed.). L X X , "Si.lo'sru." ' S ~ PIssinh 7 : 7 , footnote 1. s6'Jeho.


    vab.'V,XXTg-EFT, nnd DSTR hns Tehu-wrah'wit11 A.rlo+~lay'~ n i t t e l ~
    a1;ove i t ; A.do.)~ne/',31. This i s one of t h ~
    113 passnges in 11-hich
    t h ~Jenidl Sopheriiu nlteretl the prinutire I - I e b ~ e ~test
    r to read
    A.do.nnYr illstend of Y"ko.wnh'.

    .,,,,

    a v g l . Ew
    ITre.os'),

    marj&u.el;Z I T , "With us [is] God" (meth' ~ P . W I S 710


    ~#
    bur, by n correction of N, "Iirrorr," in agreement with
    L 9 X and to correspond with t I l ~I n t e r cxpreesion, "@re ear."
    c LXT, "Jehavali God is with us'l; 11, cim.ma'ilt~El. d Or, ' r ~ a ady
    monish 173s array," by npotl~crHcbrew verb derivation. 'Or, ''n
    sanctuary." "Inhabitnr~ts,"L,XTVgSyT and seven Hebrew manuscript:,; "inhahitant," 31 ant1 DSla.

    ISAIAH 8 :16--22

    34

    will be certain t o stumbIe and to fan and be ~~~i~


    M t 21:.~1
    broken, and to be snared3 and caught.t
    1 . ~ 1 2<1:17
    16 Wrap up the attestation,au put a sea1 abaut
    d
    p i8.2f '
    the law among my disciples!bvIT
    And I will keep lqn
    in expectation of Jehovah,y who Is concealing
    hjs face from the house of Jacob,"and I will :;1,';"'.:$
    r(;V 4!3:1S
    hope in him."
    I'c Tl.1.t
    18 Look! I and the childrenQwhom Jehovah ;::j:.;i;m
    has given m e are as signs" and as wondernc*$m;e;:;:
    in Israel from Jehovah of armies, tvho is resid- ZI)V 31.17
    1 ic .'1:':20
    Ing in Mount Zion.Q
    h!!t 3: I
    19 And in case they should say to You people:
    $'$
    "Apply to the spiritistic mediums* or to those
    having a spirit of prediction who are chirping"J:;;;!A;
    and making utterances in low
    is it not I1c:t~ ?7:l-j
    4:iJ
    O
    to its God that any people shouId apply?. F J ? I ~ ~ ~ : I O
    V l Q:II
    [Should there be application] to deadE persons 1,5:1 I ~ : Q
    in behalf of living persons? 2o To0 the law and

    toe the attestation!&"

    I ~ E
    1n:i1

    1S a 2X:R

    Surely they wilI keep saying what Is accord- :;;;yJ;l


    ing to this statementem that will have no light nrsn ~ 1 b
    la~bH.18
    of da1w.r And each oneg will certainly pass n11w
    i:ls
    through the land" hard pressed and hungry;~'';;;>'k:!r
    and it must occur that because he is hungry atld ,TI;P;?':!i
    has made himself feel indignant,t he will actu- :+*!f f?;&
    ally caU dawn eviI upon his king and upon his ;;;&l:,tIm
    Godlu and will: certainly peer upward, And to
    the earth he will look, a n d , lo! distress3 and cbh 127
    15:s
    darknes~,~
    obscurity, hard times and giwrnf ness v21'h
    J vr 3115
    y.1cr
    J ~ I C2
    :"1:12
    dl
    with no brightness-jy
    01;" ' t d o n ~ . " Or, "my taught onm" * Or,"prtmnb; trrkcns."

    $;;;A;

    Lvlongs to."' #Or,


    &'And one,'' 31. (3r. "thcly."
    klitemlly, "it," RI; in the feminine genrlm in rrtrr to thr ltnnd
    or ewth. artGod.'' JF, E1.o.kim'. 1 "With no hriphtncss,"
    a digllt

    Or,

    ndrpntriloqnizing." Or, 'Tvr"; or, '"f5

    "word; thing spoken." glffernlly,

    reasonable correction; "so that one cannot src," L X S ;


    which] one is pwhed {thrnst)," li.

    *"[illto

    However,
    9 when
    the l a n e
    one

    the obscureness will not be as


    had stress, as a t the former
    timex when
    treated with contempt the land
    J"k18:12
    E I 5 ~3 ~ of Zeb'u.lun" and the land of NaphPta.li' and
    when at the later time one caused [it] to be
    Fp:",;:'M
    :;h';;*'Q honored-the way by the sea, in the region of
    ~
    of the nationac" The
    :yi; yiko the J ~ r d a n ,Gal'l.leeb
    ' I,< 107 38 pmple that were walking in the darkness have
    seen et great 1ight.O As for those dwelling in the
    &I.",!;:,
    land of deep shadow,*light itself has shone upon
    * :
    themn"
    ' You have made the nation populous;'
    ;
    for
    itd
    you
    have made the rejoicing great,' They
    kipRbt,:z,
    I: ' S' ' 11'1
    ' I ~lcja
    ' : ~ have rejoiced before you as with the rejoicing
    as those who are joyful.
    :,$L-"c':;,iF1.4 in the har~esttirne,~
    when
    they
    divide
    up
    the
    spoilek
    SP<125,:)
    4 For the yokeD of their Ioadu and the rod
    r"mP:'L':n
    ~.r): 7 7.1
    upon their shoulders,' the staff of the one driving
    fir :a Xi:%
    .,,;:, them to work, you have shattered t o pieces as in
    J,:ne:sM the clay of Mid'ian."
    For every boot of the one
    :,:,
    :u 1%) 7:16
    , trarnpin~with tremor^^ and the garment rolled
    in bloodt have even come t o be for burning as
    L U 1:3R
    1.u 211
    Y J " 1'14
    ~
    food far Arc3.t For there has been a chiId born
    ,lrn(l 3 I f l
    no *:31 to usPUthere has been a son given t o us,' and
    yGr* 22 IR
    the princely ruleawillcornetobeupon hisshou2I;: $'::% der.y And hjs name will: be called Wonderful

    z'7U1
    l K l l15:29
    a:ao
    L.lit 4: 15
    ( 3 : 1 ~ 7H
    I,u 1:79

    ,,,,:,

    ,,,,
    ,,, ,

    I,itr~rrrllp,L'it,'' M ; i n tho frlninfnc g e n d ~ rto rder ta the land or


    PHI~II.0lm,
    "~IIc
    zotic; circnit!' JI, lila.lil'; KLY, G~~n.li.lai'~Vg,
    (;rr.lr.lnrPu; Ry, Ci'liv~n;ttlnt in, t l ~ cr ~ g i o nIntt-r called ~ n i ' i . l P e .
    a 111 >I ~lrnpt~ur
    X mrla I i o r ~nrr; its 23d VPWP. ti "For it," HrnnrginSTY'rrtlrl r ~ l r n ~'31
    l t ISrh~~r~r
    ~nnnunrriptrr,nut C. D. Giasl~urgregrun * the rrntelirp to r ~ n d :"You I i n w ilimeased the joyfulness,
    . . .'bur ( i ~ w n i t l ~l 'l r b r r r firf~arnrnr (1949 edition). page 303,
    pertion t, or, "rnttlin~; pou~irli~~g~"
    Literpllly, 4'bl~0d~,"
    N.
    a Or, *'pri~~cerlotn;
    rulr ns pri uce." n1 mis.ralt'; T7g,prrrr..chpa'tus;

    LXT, tf r.i4iFt,

    M 9:7-12

    36

    C o u n ~ e l a rMghty
    , ~ ~ God, b' Father for eternity,on xf; "A:; !
    Prince of Pea~e.~;' To the abundance of the
    princely rdee: and t o peace there will be no
    endPto+
    upon the throne of David" and upon his $;;';i",
    -.rrrtl 1.18
    kingdomB in order to establish itg' firmly and to ,$<[;'I?
    15.1U
    sustain i f R by means of justice and by means of -I>*.
    - l(:n :::.IS
    righteousness, from now on and to time7 in;2
    definite.# The very zeal of Jehovah of armies )2;t,;,!i

    will d o this."
    ??s!( ; I(;
    11,1 2:q.i
    8 There was a word that Jehovahh sent + r B h v . 7
    :A l
    against Jacob, and it fell upon Israe1.n " And the 5Ill1
    1 .:
    ~: .~
    ~2
    people will certainly know [it],' even all of ;I!.'i:i.F?
    them, Etphra-im and the inhabitant of Sa- $$
    rnar'i-a," because of [their] haughtiness and .]>,";:.;3
    because of [their] insolence of heart in saying: L ,.1:;!;.$,,,
    ''Bricksu axe what have fallen, but with hewn r.:to 7 , s
    31.89
    stonev we shall bujld. Sycamore trees are what NF:ro
    ? K 1~ 7 : ~
    lsn ;:9
    have been cut down, but with cedars we allall
    qq?:a
    make replacement."Y lt And Jehovah will set t:;:jii><-i:a
    l ! F k lilnl
    the adversariesr of Retzin on high against him, ,.IkiI ,.:I
    1:.i
    and the enemies of that one he wlll goad on,l hvLvIlll
    z t ; ~1 2 2 9
    Syria from the east" and the Phi.lisPtinesfrom '$:Ajt;fl

    a3Iore literally, "Wonder /;\Iiracle) of a Counselor"; w, iLIVnndcr,


    Counselor," 31. "The ilngvl of Gmnd Couns~I,'V,~eY.l*\Volldsr
    nnd Counselo~~,"
    SF. b Or, "3Tigl1w Ilivinc O ~ F . 31,
    " X t gib.h,ir'; not
    El Sbad.rln'i, as in Genesis 1 7 :l (footnoto i ) . Vg, UC'UR
    forcti.q;
    Sy, "Mighb God of times ind~flnite." Or, ' T ~ u t l i ~fon?t-~r,''
    r
    a Or,
    "'Pe~ceahlePr.inpe." Thnt is, x prinrp ~ E r i nprnrp.
    ~
    s"I'ri~~cely
    rule,?' Llere, in Isaiah 9: 8, 7, nrc thtb only nrpurrrnrmo f tEiiu cxpression [mis.tab') in M. %, bwnme of a powil~P~
    diltr)~r*r~p!ty
    in 11, "His prinrelp rule rrill certmltly ntwunrl, nr~rltltcbrr rr.ill IIC
    no end to pence." This n g r w nitb LXS. E "11," i r ~t f f~c r ~ t i c ~ i l ~ c
    gender, referring to "kingdom." ~"Jrliovali,"J,SS\'rSy'P" nntl
    DSItl and 10 Hebrew manuscripts; I.(lo.~iup',If. This i8 nrlo oP tlnc
    134 p s a g c s In which the Jewish Fopt~erImnItpr~trl the priu~itircb
    Hebrew t e d to mad A.cio.any' instead of I"'ho.wnA'. I "Arlvi~rsn~ics,"
    1l'T'gSyT and DSIa; "p~iuees."nbout 40 Tirl~rrw rnanassnptu :
    "srlvcrs~ries;of Monnt Z~on]," LTT.

    nzch2a:t@behind,Dand they will eat up Israel with open


    ~ D 31:17
    c
    mouthA In view of a11 this his anger has not
    1'479'7
    drr Irl:25 turned back, but his hand is stretched out wen
    arslh s 22
    Ivrt t O . I
    r

    13 And the people themselves have not returned


    to the One striking them,' and Jehovah
    :i:;:.#3
    riJu .1.'"1 of armies they have not s o u ~ h t , ~
    And Jehovah
    I :1
    ivill
    cut
    off
    from
    Israel
    head
    and
    tail,"
    shoot and
    "II)*
    ~ . 2r:t3
    41;.~.i
    r
    rusb, in one day." l" The aged and highly re2i;l':i.o
    spectd onemIs the head,k and the prophet giv,
    '~;,K:~.:~in^ false instruction is the tail," l J And those
    tv310 are leading this people on prove to be the
    I h n 7, !'F
    ones c~using[them] t o
    and those of
    n11~1,
    IT{!;:;e--.-z
    ak3r 5 . ~ 1 them nVhoare being led on, the ones who are
    3tL 7 15
    being confused,w":Tbat Is why Jehovahb will
    ZI'P ?:I
    I.lc:L 9 1 2
    not rejoice even over their young
    and
    s?.IL
    upon
    their
    fatherless
    boys
    and
    upon
    their
    wid:!:,yj1ii6
    ows he will have no
    because all of them
    f;;';,l'-;:;o
    .rplms 21
    ,we apostates and evildoers and every mouth is
    1 31107 :: ~ speaking senselessness.~
    In view of all this his
    & ~ l x s I: anger has not turned back, but his hand is
    \*rsfl
    I s n ~5:m
    nI: stretched out even yetv
    2u39
    I 8 For wickedness has become affame just
    y N u H:t
    like a flre;r thornhushes and weeds it will eat
    .,A,:,
    Am ';:+L
    upmE
    And It will catch fire in the thickets of t h e
    .,
    Z
    ~
    ~
    ~farest,'
    ~
    $
    ~and
    Q they wilt be borne aloft as the bil*.:,,
    tzc
    ,:,"147 lowing of ~ r n o k e I
    . ~q n the f u r y of Jehovah of
    amEes the land has been set afire,"and the pew
    20.p l ; ! R
    ple will become as food for the fire.ANo one
    13
    '

    It>

    ,,

    TI(I

    Iift~dup na to fnc~," M,"'J~hornh?' TgSyT and


    I l pbrpw ~ i ~ ~ n l l s c r ~ ruGod''
    pts;
    ( h p l ' h ~ . o s ' ,) Lacy; d.rJ~)
    wyt, 31
    rind I)Sln. T)i19in OIIP of f l l ~
    134 pnssnsm i n d ~ i c hthe J&sh
    Sr\pl\ortw ohttil~.adChr prin~ilir-eIIo!~*owtext to rend d.do.nnyF
    i ~ w t c . n t ln f l"'l,r>.tt.trlr'.
    I%?;B correctloti of 31, "hns I~wnwt adre:'
    in IICI'I'PIIICII~:
    wit11 L X X ' I ' ; or, by mother torwetion, '9~2
    been led

    a Litrrnll>+,(bne
    firp

    n<t~-t~y.''
    si~11i11tr
    ifi

    YE,

    wiIl show compassiono even on his br0ther.O


    one will take in food on the rightp an
    will certainly be hungry; and one will eat on t h
    left, and they will certainly not be satisfied
    They wil1 each one eat the fleshQ of his ow
    a m ? Ma.nas'sehw E'phra.irn, and E'phra-lm
    RTa-nas'seh. Together they will be again
    Judah." In view of all this his anger has n
    turned back, but his hand is stretclld out even

    gfreets,' Though he may not be that way, he


    wlll Feel inclined;" though his heart may not be
    that way, he mill scheme, because t o annihilate
    isinhl~heart.kmnndtocutoffnationsnotafew.~
    Ibn 3 x 2
    For he will say: 'Are not m y princes at the
    same time kings?' Is not CaI'no~ just like
    Car'che.mish?t Is not EIa'rnathu just like A f ai\m A ?
    w - ~ .I:).%
    t
    pad?' Is not S&+mar'l.aYjust like D a m a ~ c u s ? ~
    t*r41; 2
    I" lVhenever my hand has reached the kingdoms
    u;!,sn r 1
    4':'lr;.74 of the worthless god whose graven images are
    $j!j
    more than those a t Jerusalem and a t Sa-rnar'i.a,=
    " wi!I Ir not be that just as I shall have done to
    ~,!:;;I
    Sa.marFi.a and t o her worthless gods, even so
    f shall do to Jerusalem and t o her idols?"
    x;ji; ;;:;I;
    12 "And it must occur that when Jehovaha
    YCI~
    2('h~?:*:ld
    .<;:l;l
    tcrrnlnates
    all his work in Mount Zion and in
    *J\(L
    l ~ 37:IU
    3~
    a 1:)
    c z j i l as::ia Jemsalem,")I: shall make an accounting for the
    frnitage of the insolence of the heart of the king
    AZKIla-xn
    of As.syr'i.aAand for the self-importance of his
    ? I ~1813s
    I
    a:I'\i:::? loftiness of eyes. For he has said: 'With the
    fillii;i?i power of my hand I shall certainly act,O and
    Cl'a l..Jwith my wisdom," for I do have understanding;
    f
    i and I shall remove the boundaries of peoples,'
    their things stored up I shall certainIy pil:xtt3::
    F;P$ and
    lage: and I shall bring down the inhabitants
    QZKl Iti.8
    -;r,, 13 IU j u s t like a powerful one.' I4 And just as if a nest,
    my handn will reach the resourcesk of the geoL
    ;:",$
    plea; and just as when one gathers eggs that
    fNul ri 31
    h.1!I
    I
    :
    have been abandoned, I myself will gather up
    cven nll the casth, and there tvill certainly be
    no one fluttering [his] wings or opening [his]
    mouth or c h i ~ i n g . " "
    '2K117.29

    '

    yet.*

    10

    Woe to those who are enacting harmful


    regulationsk and those who+ constant
    writing, have written out s h e r trouble,"
    3.9
    order ta push away the lowly ones from a legal I '.;Y 1:2a
    case and to wrest away justice from the afflicted E~,';:?Io
    ones of m y people,r for the widows t o become ri:;F(;l
    their spoil, and that they may plunder even the
    g;,?;;
    fatherless bays!" "nd what will YOUmen do at sJn:r
    t
    :
    1
    .
    1
    the day of being given attentiont and at the ruin, j!Yi ;'&
    when it comes from far away ?u Toward whom '2:
    $y,:
    Z1
    will YOU flee for
    and where will YOU leave L:l\:;;$l
    YOUR glory,Y except it be that one must bow
    doum under t h e prisoners and t h a t people keep : ; ;$
    ;z;o
    falling under those who have been killed?= In r;;;
    Zrp I : I ~
    Z1"'"2:o
    view of all this his anger has not turned back,
    'rsn 5:2s
    but his hand is &etched out even yet.'
    Ilin Y:l2
    5 "Aha, the Assyfi.mF the rod far my u G c l Q : l l
    anger." and t h e stick that is in their hand for A:51d73
    my denunciation! Against an apostate0nation
    I shall send him, and against the people of my :{;~ S I m:14
    I
    fury I shaIl issue a command to him,' to take '2,;:) :$j
    much spoil3 and to take much plundefl and t o '2m lT.yl
    make itb a b-ampling place Bke the clay of the

    falf

    4:11

    :::

    14:s

    Literally, 90spoiI a spoil and td plunder a, plunder," 31, "It,"


    in the rnnsdine gender; meaning the notion or gcoplc.

    "*lC

    *'Jshovnh,"L.YXIrgG;rT and four Hebrew mlrnvsdpts ; A*do.nny',


    31 and M l n . This is nrip o f t11p 134 psr;sngw in which the JmFish
    Snpl~ri.iinrlinngrd thc p r i ~ n i t i ~Hrbrcn
    ~e
    tpyt to read ~ . d o . s a y 'bstmrl nf S~'l~<r.rr.crlt'.

    15 WiZI the ax enhance ltseIf over the one


    chopping with it, or the saw magnify itself over
    the one moving it back and forth," as though
    the staff moved back and forth the onesa raising
    it on high, as though the rod raised on high the
    one who is mt wood? "Therefore the (true1
    Lord,b Jehowh of armies, will keep sending
    r,e,:,
    upon his fatr ones a wasting disease,^ and under -2ch
    32 21
    1'5 100.15
    his glory a burning will keep burning away like 1..
    YI 5.17
    the burning of a fire.L And IsraeI's Light rnt~st,?*L?fi23
    besome a fire,u and his Holy One a flarne,v and j:i: z;;i$
    it must blaze up and eat up his weeds and his :~;/~;1
    thornbushes in one day.r l a And the glory oP his : ; ) 6o.ls
    forest and of his orchard He will bring to an end, 21.23
    s~::l
    l1.d
    even from the soulc clear t o the flesh, and it Vs,u U lr,.r3
    must become like the melting away of one that :f: iri?j
    is ailing." And the reste of the trees of his
    ,f:i!
    forest-they will become such a number that y;Lq(c;n
    a mere boy will be able t o write them down,'
    $;l;j;y~l
    20 And it will certainly occur in that day i ~ ; , l ; ~ : a 3
    that those remaining avere of Israelu and those
    ,:F;z;:'i a.l.1
    who have escapedr of the house of Jacob will c14:.;sr
    never again support themselves upon the one :?:d?&
    striking them: and they will certainly support
    themselves upon Jehovah, the Holy One of Is- :1 !,i
    rael, in trueness.6l " A mere rernnantb will t+;p,17:';l
    return,' the remnanth of Jacob, to the Mighty :;j $;:d

    nfr,zj9

    f:;

    A?:," %so

    "the Q r d One: the Hebrew pl~tmlhare being pmhnhly


    that of the exceHence or grandenr of an individanl. b 'The [truc]
    Lord." 31, ha-A-ddlr'; Tg, Domif~ator.Fpe Isaiah 1 r 2.1, footnote E.
    ..Eod.IF11, nepT~'esb; LA=, psy.clr6'; Tg, n'tti.m~. d Or, "thnt
    ih faltering: according ta a different mat of the verb. {)r, " t l l r l
    ronnant." Compare T ~ i n hf :3, footnnt~e. f Or, "the mcnp~11
    pnrf."
    f Or7 '*htk1'
    M, em-PIA'. h Or, 6'T1~me
    reaitining arw," ns in
    cPsse 20. 1 "A mwe remnant vill wturn." 11, alr'trr pn.sbrrbr; the
    sntlie Hebrew expression as the mme "wShe'nr-jnsll'ub," in Hpnihh
    '7 :3 (footnote e).
    a Or,

    Godan*" For although your people, 0 Israel,


    would prove to k like the grains of sand of the
    sea," a mere mmnan t b among them will return.c"
    I rn 91:ln
    P.O
    27
    An extermination" decided upon Wl be flooding
    I
    I :?
    P.0 11 5
    in r l g h t e o u s n e ~ s , ~ ' ~ k a uan
    s e exter. ~ , , ~ :througl~
    3
    I~
    ,,,.( : *~q 2s mina t i n p and a strict declsion the Sovereignm
    rzf*3.5
    hr~1,~
    Jehovahnh
    l
    of ,armies, will be executing in
    r11.n 11.26
    81:3 1,s
    9 1ni:21
    . 1 1 ~ ~the midst of the uiho1e Pand.rP
    24 Therefore this is what the Sovereigng
    r I~1,)s .I.: 35
    ~ ~ i 1. t
    2 , U r d R dJehovah0 of armies, has said: "Do not be
    ,\c 4 . 3 1
    ~Craid,O my pmplc tvha are dwelling f n Zion,' beRe 8:
    '!;",& cause ofthe As.syr'i.m,who with the rod used to
    lG
    .\n
    !a1r1ir:13
    s strike iyou]flsnd who used to lift up his ownstaff
    1
    :
    aminst you in ille way that Egypt3 didaY28 F o r
    \.I?T I .I 1
    : 1 . 1 : yct a very little while-and
    the denunciation will
    have
    come
    to
    in
    end,
    and
    my
    anger, in their wearI.,,
    Heb lo:^ ing away,u ?'%nd Jehovah of armieswill certainz?Ch 32:a1
    r.cn 3 7 , ~ly brandish against hlm a ~vhipxas at the defeat
    *dl: 7:27
    '
    by the rock O'reb,' and his rod will be
    ~ 3 . 1 1 ~ tMidli.an
    upon the sea: and he nrill certainly take it away
    c?:&!~~
    in the manner that he did with Egyptqh
    "Q:i;hiy
    r's lori 11
    27 "And It must occur in that day that his
    621il 1H:lrl
    *1*ll
    NILn..l
    1 '3
    load0 will depart from upon your shoulder,+and
    mr\u 1 . 1 : ~ hls yoke from upon your neck,@andthe yoke
    -2531.21
    will certainly be wrecked because of the oil."gx
    453
    rJris T p 2
    28 He has come upon Ai'ath :' he has passed
    along through Mlg'ron; st Mich'mash* he de*Iaa
    I-lo m:8
    6:1

    19
    tl :e 22 17

    no

    !)

    ,;

    ,,:,

    ils

    ..

    ,,,,,
    -l*'I'h~hliKhtyOod." 31, BI gib.bEr';

    srr! Zsniah 0 : & fontnote h, xnd

    rotltyrnro nEro Drutemnon~g10 : 17, footnote r , a Or, "those remainihg ow-," nR in rrrqt! 80, 0 "A nlerP rcmnnnt x i U rehrn!' 31,spar

    t/~~.sh
    )A'; tlw S ~ I ~~L PPI ) ~ c w expr~'i9iortns ttic narur '.Shr'ar-jash'nb,"
    I ~ n i n h7 :3 ( f u o t ~ l n tc).
    ~ d "T11c Soucrcign Lard." hZ, A.da.t~a!l';
    sea I'rnll)~ 109 : 21, I'ontaotc h. * "ddtomh." 11, T'Ao.tr-ih'; hepause
    it is ,~rec.rltvlby A~rln.rrn!/'.Sre Qeiresis 15: '7, footnat~sP. f. Or,
    ''corll." 8 .bO~I.'h
    PnwiUy oil fir in tl~clunlps of Judge GidesnC three
    hunrlred irlrn; or oil will1 rrliirh t
    L kiag.: of Tsrnel wcre nnointed.
    llurnusr t l ~ cnnrsc i~ OIISCU~P, ~mendntiol~fi
    of this Terse have been
    plrapoqetl.

    ;ti

    43
    posits his articles. =@They have passed over nJ"r3&7
    the f ~ r d , ~Ge'ba'
    n
    is a place for them to spend rit;
    the night, Ratmaha has trembled, Gib'e.aht z e c l ~ : ~ o
    ;:I7
    of Saul itself has fled, Let your voice out BlSa
    Jcr 31.15
    In shrill cries, 0 daughter of Gal'lim.u Pay atten- t:'"?i812
    tian, 0 hti.shah. O you allllcted one, An'a- @
    $::
    thoth!v 3 1 Mad-me'nah has run away. The fn- ;% ;?;$
    habitants af Ge'birn themselves have taken to ;:;6
    shelter. S"t is yet day in Nob-' to make a halt., ylsa22:19
    11 32
    He waves his handh [threatcninglyj nt the zIsa19:16
    mountain of the daughter of Zion, the 11111 of 4%%;.21
    O J U ~a.11
    Jerusalem.=
    Xsa 2.11
    33 Look! The [true1 Lord,c J e h o v ~ hof ar- %:;r,j
    mies, is lopping off boughs with a terrible ;3
    4;g;
    crash,' and those tall in growth are being cut ;:5z16
    down, and the high ones themselves h o m e + R U 17
    ~
    It And he has struck dmvn the thickets of i?F?c58
    t h e forest with an ironCtool, nnd by a p o w e h l ,k,'1,"4:1"3
    one Lebla.non itself will falInA
    mJer 23:s
    Zec 3:8
    And there must go forth a twiga out of W~
    11.25
    the stumpd of Jes'se,*and out of his roots zt3"%l
    a spr*out*will be fruitf111.~~And upon him the chIi;g
    spjritK of Jehovah must settle down,"the spirit s~;a~;O
    of \visdomffand of understanding,lCthe splrit of kj;;f"$t;
    counselii and of mightinesstr Ihe spirj t of Imowl- n1s3 9.5
    1:;
    d g c s m d of the fear of Jehovah;l "nd
    there s2Ti
    #xphLIT
    will be enjoyment by him in thc fear of J c h o v ~ h .:?F~b25j'
    And he will not judge by nny mere nppear- E;2%!
    'Or, "trnssing (pnszip)?' b Or, "uhnke~the fl~t!' T h e [true]

    ance to his eyes, nor reprave simply accordfig


    ta the thing heard by his ears,v ' And !vi th righteousness he must judge the lowly ones,y and
    with uprightness he must give reproof in behalf of the meek ones of the earth.r:And he must
    strike the earth=with the rod d his mouth,' and
    with the spiritb of his lips he wilt put The wicked
    one to deathm0SiAndrighteousness must prove
    to be the belt of his hips," and faithfulness the
    belt of his
    6 And the wolf will actually reside for a while
    wilh t h e male lamb,*and with the kid the leopard
    Itself will lie down, and the calf0 nnd the maned
    young' lion and the well-fed animal all tog e t h ~ rand
    ; ~ a mere lime boy will be le~derover
    them.= And the cow and the bear themselves
    will feed; together their young ones will lie
    donm. And even t h e lion3will e ~straw
    t
    just like
    the bullmk%d the suck in^ child wjll certainly
    pl&yupon the hole of the cobra;n and upon the
    young one"
    a poisonous snake will a weaned
    child actually put his own hand. They will not
    do any h a m t or cause any ruin in 811 my holy3
    m ~ u n t a i n because
    ;~
    the earth" will c~rtainlybe
    filled with the knowledge of Jchowah as the maters are covering the very sea.ft
    10 And it must occur in that dayu that there
    will be the root of Jes'seY that will be standing
    up a9 a signalg for the peopEes.Y TOhim even the

    11

    Lortl!' M, hn-A.ddn'. See Verne 18, f'notnotn h ; nlm Tminh I :2,


    Enotnotc g, Or, "motstock." * Ji, ~ ~ p ' l ~ l r pSve
    . . 3inkt41~w
    2 3 3 , footH D ~ P R dl c
    " F i l l he frnitfnl," JI nnd 4)STir; ''will slirmt up?
    J.NST'j$3y. Bnt according to T thin r r m t ~ ~ ' n r "And
    l ~ : thrrr TFiU
    go fn1.t h n king fro111 the ~ o ofi .lrr'sr,
    ~
    nnd f rnm tllr snrrs oT his
    hnnn 2110 Mess~nh[Christ] h i l ~ l s ~ lwill
    f bc! hrntld~t1111,~'g ''Spi~lt."
    11, ~ t g ' t l k J ~ jLA=, plaetr'mtl; T7g, spk'i.rrcs, HPP ( I P I I A H ~ S 1:2,
    Srbntnotc d,

    ISAIAH Il:4-10

    a "l'tle

    ~ n x t l ~ . "M, rrr'efs. But. Dr. C. D. Rinahuw, in his Rehrea

    text, sngwrts tlic probable eorrePtlan of tbr l l r ~ tFlc-hr~aletter,


    FO f11nt tl~rlwrd ~ n d L.ritsr,
    s
    meaning " t h ~I > ~ n l l t . ' 'b"Spirit." 31,
    stt'nlrlr; LNI, pnrrt'ma; Trg, spEr'i.tPr3. Rre O c n r ~ i a1: 2, Suntnote d.
    a Or, "will 11o l~sdbngamong them." d 'Ll'oungonr!'
    hi, alt~r.rah'i
    r e l r ~ l ~tod tho Accndian nmordmw'ru. Bud, nccordinji to others, ''lightholn!' LXZ, "lair7'; Vg, "cavern; h o l l o ~ . ~'' Org "lland." f Or, $'sea
    hnain." r '*8ignnl,1'3L, r l i a ; Tg, sig'nrrm.

    ISAIAH 11 :ll-15

    44

    nations will turn inquiringly,= and his renting


    83
    place must become glorious.*
    JOII 12:m
    *Iqn 32 17
    11 And it must occur in that day that Jeho- f;;~Z!i:3
    vaha wiIl again offer his hand, a second time," ti1-h 4.1
    I l,\h 4.4
    to acquire the remnantb of his people who will
    c;j;:~i;z
    remain over from As.syfi.aAand from Egypt' yh n* 22
    and from Path'ros' and from Cushc* and from I.!;',: A7
    E?amXand from Shi'nal-d' and from Ha'math , ~ ~ ; ' ~ y ~
    and from the islands of the sea.. And he will &1q7j:(,
    certainly raise up a signdCfor the nationsr and .$I;;;;:;,
    gather the dispersed ones of Israel, and the scat?,I.;!
    tesed onesr of Judah he !vill mllect together p : ~ ~ . i ' "
    from the four lextremitiesg of the earth.. I JAnd $: i?iltg
    the jealousy of E7phra.imt must depart, and 'j:::
    even those showing hostility to Judah wITl be ,?:;tf;?$
    cut off.u E'phra-im itself will not he jealous of ;!;?
    Judah, nor will Judah show hostility toward $
    E'phra-im.~
    d"'
    they must fly at the shoulder ;;;;~,i2~~
    1i.1 I ; I 1
    37:lG
    of the Phi-lis'tines to the ~ 7 e s t ; ~together
    r
    they vJ';.e
    S ~ n:n
    C
    will plunder the sons of the East.lz E'dm and
    ~ z "1
    e
    Mo'ab" will be those upon whom they will thrust n*Gu
    27:i7
    out their hand," and the sons of Am'rnonc will
    ::;ii1
    be their subject^.^ ]%And
    Jehovah will certainly
    cut ofTJ the tongue a the Egyptian seat and nt5"5":2
    lc:! 51:tO
    wave his hand at the River? in the glowk of his of;;Cl~~\~l

    ':A:

    Ee;1&y

    a'dJchornl~."LXXTgSyT and mnnp 13ebrcm rnnni~acripts(18 or


    ~norc);d.cio.*?ag', 31 and DPL. TIlia is O ~ I Pof Lhv 134 pnljanps
    where the Jeniah S ~ p h ~ i ichnnged
    m
    tlw prilniflve I I ~ h w atext ta
    wad A-cio.)?ay' rnstead of Ylro-.sr.aR'. Or, "f~o.sermnaninp ov~r."
    '"Cuqh," >IS? and DFIa; "E.tl~.oYpi.a~'
    L - L X I T g ; "lnclin," T.
    dNShi'nar." MTg; "Ba'bel (Bnbplonia)," T; "K~'ir," Sy, *Pee
    T P ~ C
    10, footnote g. "Ones." In the fmninine gmdrr in 1 1 , fi U t ~ r allr, ''wjnp? 3L literallg, "sea." 31. Or, "Htc Orier~tnln,"fi "Cut
    off." 31, Frh-rcrm'; d a t e d to the AccarIixn wrl, Bkn.r-rt'ntrt. Sea
    Leritic-us 21: 15. Or, br mother dcrirntioll o f lhp Ilrhrru* vcrl),
    " d e - r ~ l cto deshurtion; banish." X,'rr.!!asu'. Tnrtlrtnir~i r ~rn~nning.
    Some propose- a correction t o make 31 rend : "1111i~iirltt.''
    f

    spirit. And he must gtrike I t in [its] seven torrents, and he ~ 1 1 actualIy


    1
    cause people to walk
    In [their sandals.' la And there will actually

    4Re16:la

    atra 19.23
    1513 2::1:{
    I,;\ ;+.i:!l
    I,,

    Cdme to be a highway out of As.syr'i-a for the


    remnantR of his people who will: remain over?
    just as there came to he [one] far Israel in the
    day of his coming up out of the land of Egypt.'

    .,u.s

    I\'\ .iLb.l2
    I,kv
    !?:I
    .lq.2n
    42.13

    1% c.i.12
    m:.*rr

    2 11

    Y.,,l!i 1 !t

    12

    And In that day" you mill be sure to say:


    "I shall praise you, 0 Jehovah,' for
    [although] you got incensed at me your anger
    ,
    gradually turned back and you proceeded to
    '.I '21.; .I comfort me.k :Look! God1' is my s a l ~ a t i o n . " ~
    ' lsrl .1.5:1? I shall trust and be jn no dread, for Jahc" Jeho,
    ? vah" is my strengthr and [rnyle might,'s and
    l.u*
    he came t o be the salvation of me,"t
    7:lO
    3 With exultation YOU people wiIl be certain
    to
    draw wnter out of the springs of sa1vation.u
    ;l:,:].?l4
    '
    And
    in that day YOU will certainly say: "Laud
    ":?;l(:Y,:a
    Jehovahj YOU
    Call upon his name7
    Make
    known
    among
    the
    peoples hls dealings.=
    ?,;
    Make mention that his name is to be put on
    Make melody to J e h ~ v a h for
    , ~ he has
    ~ ~ ; ; : h ~ : ~ ihigh.*
    ~
    done surpassingly.' This is ta be made known in
    ji;jy,t,
    xi's
    D 11
    811 the emth.K2
    6 "Cry out shrilly and jubilate, 0 you in;
    LI'% !19: t
    habltressh oP Zion,' for meat in the midst of
    .%PC 9.3
    you1IS the Holy One of IsraeI."'B
    p:l 18

    1:M
    ~-?.L
    I<: )Q 31r 1
    I?$
    i

    acy

    r; :';19
    i ? f b

    E;/?{

    .,,,.,

    Or, " t h n ~who


    ~ remnin a r ~ r . " b"God." X, EI. rnPnfi, 31. Sre
    Eaorlu~ 1.;: 2, foott~otc I,, nnd P~nlln 63:4, footnote a. "JnR
    J~ltocnh." This rorlhil~atiorI'ctlr r'lro,qrnk' occurs only bere and
    i r ~I ~ n i t ~3h1 : 4, ".\Iy,"' J,X.XVKS~nnd nSIn snd two Hebrew
    n 1 ~ 1 1 1 1 ~t~~
    ~ i, Or, pvs~ihlr,' h t ~ ~ ~ l ~ ( tns
    ~ . "in' Exodus 15: '7, footnote n. '?~tuiw.'' L I S Y g . ROr. *'li~nd.'. Y, .rrctr. h Or, "popnlat ior~? con~i~lrrrd
    cal1cr.fiwly in the iuuinine gender, like n wotnaa.
    "h,"
    in t l r v Se~ninilirg~nclrr,rcfcrnng to tllc inhahitress of Zion.

    ISAIAH 13:1-9

    46

    47

    13 '

    The pmnouncement against Babylona' 7


    ;: %s:
    that Wahbthe son of A'mozmsaw in
    :fit
    vision: ""Upona mountain of bare rocksc raise fi
    J4.r z 12
    up a
    0 men. Lift up the voice to them, $::?:2'
    I
    \t'ave the handsn that they may come into the II Ir hJ aw I5:2&
    entrances of ofthe nobles.' " I myself have issued ' ~ i ' , ~ ~ ~ ~ $
    the commandC t o my sanctified onesaonI have ;m;:;!,:,$,
    also called my mighty ones for [expressing] my ;:;:; $
    ~ ;:~ : t ]
    my eminently exuItant oncs.11 L i ~ t c n !,IOO
    I 1 1's 149.3
    A crowd in the mountains, somethfng like a 1 1 IH.Z~.
    numerous people!v L i ~ t e nThe
    ! ~ upronr of king- .!/,S:;;:i2
    dams, of nations gathered together!y Jehovah Yi;:;iif,
    of armies is mustering the army of war." hey .y;r%;!115
    are corning from the land faraway,' from the ex- -1.r
    5 1 fi
    tremity of the heavens,Jehovah and the w s pons Ilr I5,h
    *:j;;; %
    ;
    of his denunciation, to wreck all the earth.^^
    a,lvr 71 11
    J c r 51 ::O
    6 "Howl, mu people, for the day of Jehovah
    ,:,,
    Js near!"As violence from the Almightyllmit will
    2!11
    comenb' That is why all hands thernsslves will h l r l s : l 9
    > :!:a
    drop down,' and the whoIe heart itself of mortal x11
    r~1.Lri:a
    ZI'P :I: la
    man will melt." And people have became terri- aaun n1:23
    fled." Canvulsions* and birth pains themselves ,.ig2;'73
    grab hold; like a woman that is giving birth *KflI;y;
    they have labor pains.* They look at each other
    in arna~ernent.~
    Their faces err inflamed laces. ?lg;(*:
    9 "Lmk! The day of Jehovah itself is cornink
    1: ;;is
    cruel both with fury and with burning angrr, r,.ld,ri.fi
    in order t o make the land an object of nstonixh- ,.'/&'~:~
    malt,= and that it may annihilate [the land's:lL j';cT,!i'*42
    a "'Anbylon," LX-;
    'lBa%el,"M8yT and DMn, SanlrntP'rr'k~(31.
    t.

    .?l,~

    Rpn I ~ n i l t h1:1, footnote a. liternllp, 'CmounininR I V P ~htlrrX,'/


    ~
    JJ.
    d mSignnl.'F ass. "SanctiRed on~lw." Tlint in, ~ r ~ n ~ t i l l c
    I'oi.
    b ~,Tohol

    AT,

    v n b ' ~ITnr. &Iy m~pud.rEn.skinr'; T,:~crnc.fi.(i.rrr'ts'.(:rri~~l)ru+r


    Joel
    3 : 0 J o ~ 4l : D iu M ) , r"I,ictenl" Liternllg, li'r!iin ~t111nciar," JI,
    Spy! P I I P ~ B4 : 20, footnote b. g Or, "lnnd." M, ~ r ' ~ t ahNrr!ie
    .
    hl~nigllty." 31, Shadda'i. Cotnpnre Iaaiab 9:d, fontntrli~t ~ ,1 Litrrnllp,
    ' ' h t ~ *;' or, "its.'"

    ISAIAH 13:10-18

    nners out of it.M l o For the very s t a d of the


    avens' and their constellations of Ke'silE wiIl
    flash forth their light; the sun' will actually
    dark at its going Farth,t1 and the moon3
    will not cause its light to shlne.Y l1 And I
    certainly bring h o n ~ e[its own] badness
    the productive land,"^ and their own error
    the wicked themselves. And I shall actually
    the pride of the preaurngtuous ones to
    and the haughtiness of the tyrant6 I shall
    * I2 I s h ~ l lmake rnortrnl man rarer than
    ling man [rarer] than
    at is why I shall cause
    &elf to become agitated," and the earth
    out of its place a t the fury of Jehovah
    and a t the day of his burning anger.'
    ust occur that, like a gazelle chased
    ke a flock without anyone to collect
    erItnthey mill turn, each one to his
    and they will flee, each one to his
    nEvery one that is found will be
    gh, and every one t h a t is mopped
    the sword;' t%nd their very chilshed to pieces before their eyes."
    ill be pillaged, and their o m

    using against them the


    lver itself as nothing and
    take no delight in i t s
    11 dash even young men
    itage of the belly they
    their eye will not feel

    'land their lie'nilq," 3C. Sm Jell 9 : R, footnots d. b llThe


    producti~eIand." Jf, fr.lr;lt; f,.YS,"tl~cinhn1,ited ~ n r t h "Tg,
    ; odbis
    ji*he &PIC,'> thnt is, of the mrtli). lallcflncd gold." X, piu.
    "Gold." 31, blreth'enr; nn Eqptintl \r.ord.
    a Literdp,

    49

    ;z[;f13

    s o w v l* And BabyIon,a t h e decoration of kingdoms,y the beauty of the pride of the Chal.deP;:
    ansrz must become as rtrhen Gadt' owrthrca S R:G C .1
    1 1 ;s
    iL117 1
    Sndbm and Go.morlrah.' She will never be .I r.r 61 !24
    inhabited nor rvill she reside for generation after *t?i:iji:{
    generatjon," And there the Arab wiII not pitch ~ : : ~ ~ ~ ; l o
    his tent, and no shepherdso will let [their flocks 1 :!,;
    Ile down there. 21 And there the hnunters"' of
    :;; ;y:$$

    waterless regionsc will certainly lle down, ~ n c I 7 i k k I H : ~


    their houses must be filled with eagle owls.d,?GZ:?I?'~~'
    And there the ostrichese must reside, and goat- I"' "3'''1
    shaped demonsf themselves will go skipping ,
    about there.' "And jackals must howl in her s;;;E
    dwelling towers,' and the big snake will he in r;;t i~13
    ~
    3 1.13
    the palaces of exquisite delight. And t h e season 'I\:r
    I,,, :t:>:y
    for her is near to come, and her days themselves
    1.:) c 7 ;.
    will not be postpond.""
    Il,rh 2:3
    2 1 ' ~2:9
    For Jehovah will show mercy to Jacob,' z ~ , , ,3:!1
    and he is yet certain to choose Israel;" "f>L!F.,\
    and be wiII actually give them rest upon their "F;;,',::\T
    soil,l{ and t h e alien residentrmmust be joined "&
    l;, $
    ,
    to them, and they must attach t h e ~ c l v e nt o ./,;$;&
    the house of J a c ~ b . And
    ~
    peoples will actually,
    rake them and bring them to their o m place, 1;:n;l h l k~;t;x
    and t h e house of Israel must take them to them- ?~~~~w;?l
    selves as a possession upon the mil of Jehovah n1'y.9
    as menservants and as maidservants;-rand they
    :ig
    must bemme the captors of those holdinr. them
    ;
    ;
    ;
    E;;
    captive, and they must have in subjection those
    t~tm
    m:14
    who
    -- mere driving them to work.?
    Jrbr 30:ld

    ,:,

    *,;:.'Ez?3

    14

    g~z

    ,z:",;

    oJlnl~ylon,''LIT,TVg;"Ba'beE," MSyT ant1 DSTn. a "nnrl.'"nl ~inrl


    JS'7.o+lris+';L S X , JEO Tk ebos'; T7gT, ''JPIIov~
    II," a Or, r r i m l ~ O
    dr~illni~fi.''LXXT'gSy, "rrild b ~ x ~ ;t ~T,
    * "a
    ' lrh.'' d "I Irnnltis," Vg,
    * Litrmlly, ..clrugl~t~rs
    of an ortrirh," hI. 1Orl "hni1.y i~nu~hlm."
    J,X.YSyT, "rlemons"; Tg, "shxggli. rrmtuwa." Cc111rlwt!rb Ir r n r ' t t i ~ ~ ~
    17: 7, footnote a; 2 Chroniel~s11:1.5, Eootnotc* n. JZ or, "tlrv~~pot~ny
    resident." 31. gFr.

    DP In,

    ISAIAH 14:3-10

    3 And it must occur tn the day when Jehovah


    gives youa rest from yourRpain and frm youP
    agitation and from the hard slaf-ery in which
    youa
    were made a slave,'I ' that youn must raise
    E12424
    "Nu23:7 up this proverbial: saying against the king of
    Babylon" and say:
    cEze
    E m 38:2
    z:12
    RG 1 2 9
    "How AS the one driving [others] to work
    come t o e stop,C the oppressianfl come t o a
    sJer W 2 3 S ~ Q P "~ehovah
    ! ~ ~
    hns broken tlze rod of the
    Jer 51:34
    wicked ones, the staff of the ruling ones,% t h e
    g:
    one strikin~:peoples In fury with a stroke inzPY
    Isa 1W:3
    9:4
    Isa37:1
    cessantly,' the one mhduing nations in s h e r
    '2Ch 3 6 2 7
    :<a =:I
    anger with a persecution mitl~out restraint.R
    15s 97:6
    The whole earth has come te rest, has become
    ,
    J 2532
    f
    r
    e e of disturbance. People have become cheerrJS:';"5
    ful
    joyful cries." Titeen the juniper trees
    ";: havewith
    also rejoiced at you," the cedars of k b h P,; ;:6;;
    non, [saying: J 'Ever sfnce youChave lain down,
    Isa
    Jer 49:13
    ~ 4 8
    Re 18:20 ne [woodlcutter comes up ngdnst us."
    R e lz6
    {Isa 5 3 : ~ 9 "Even She'oIf' underneath has become agiXzc 31:16
    +Ge 57 = tated at you0 in arder to mect youn on coming
    FPr 15:24
    Isa 3 ~ : l r ) in.+ At you* it has awakened those impotent in
    1Ec 3:-0
    death,&'all the goatlike Icadersh of t h e earth.'
    Ec 90
    :
    g&$;g It has made all t h e kings of the nations get up
    *<;;2.F3 1 from their thrones.' 1u All of them s p a k up
    k5ze 3:17 and say to you: 'Hatre you yourself also been
    have
    !made leak4 like U S ? I ~ 74 it to US that
    28:48

    Ezr 9:s

    2
    1
    Isa M:l8

    ,,,,,:,

    s;.?

    ~~e~~,t~O

    The pronoun is in the ~nns~ulinc


    rrnrl~r,~ i n m r l n number.
    r
    b "Babylon," LXXTp; "DnY~el,!~MSyT nnrl I )Sin, * C)Y, "ceased!' If,
    hha.both'. Colupsre G P I I P ~2~: S2 , footllntrl i',d Or, " ~ i i i ~ lpower."
    ~t;
    R ~ ~ P P ~ U T ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~(A~)ril,lO:iT)
    ~ P I ~ # I itaeB9U2,1U3.
    I I ~ ~ , V ~
    L T i S S g , "the tnsknmterU; \'(I. "thr tri1,ut.r" :
    find n n o t b r
    Hchrcn manuscript, '.tl~cncrr~~nlt"[ rr~r~r.br,b~rk').
    a "You," in the
    ~llnsrulinegentler, singulnla 1iut:ll)11r.f ,SlrVJ+J1T n11d USIR; "HnFdm," W'S: ~ ; I I . ~ P I ' I F W HI, rB~
    *'T~EOEII~
    . itt~pntctlti t 1 11+~1ift.''
    >I.t q l l k l t ?)nr; L;C.TF7gSyj "thr git~titla!' Coltil)nrtp .Job 21i::i, foot~tote e;
    Psalm SS : 10: f r ~ t t i o t eh. b Lirmtly, ',t tlr* Iir-gontc," 31. 1 Or, "sick."

    ISAIAH 14 :11-19

    50

    been made comparable?' l1Down to She'ol your;rg,8?:,


    pride has been brought, the din of your stringed e& ;t,;3
    instrument^.^ Beneath you, maggots are spread
    V 6:s
    out as a couch; and worms are your c~vering.'~A;~;:.13
    Re 18:22
    12 "0 how you I-rave fallen from heavennut",:;::;;
    you shining one,&vson of the dawn!y Row you 2 tj~~82-1
    have been cut down to the earth," you who were ursa 13:10

    disabling the nations!* "'s


    for you, you have 5;: ::;I6
    said in your heart: 'To the heavens I shall go ,"E'Z,l&:,,
    up." Above the stars of Godb I shall lift up my y$;;g;
    throne,O and I shall sit down upon the mountain zelgi
    of meeting,' in the remotest parts of the north.e *g&s]j;
    "I shall go up above the high places of the R P I ~ : ~
    clouds;"I shall make myself resemble the Most zg,"eg:i7
    High.'"
    ona
    R e 128 : 3i
    15 "Howevzr, down t o Shetole you wilI be ,,D,a?i32
    b r ~ u g h t ,t ~
    o the remotest parts of the pit.n $:&
    :%
    lfl Those seeing you will gaze even a t you; they ;g$,"&2;
    will give close examination even to yourP[say- :$:ig
    ing:] 'Is this the mand that was agitating the Ege2t3
    earth, that was making kingdoms rcrck,fl I-hat rp,"e$"fi:\\
    made the productive Iande like the wilderness3 f$ ,:2"3
    and that overthrew itsf very ~ i t i e sthat
    , ~ did not ,?$ igily
    open the way homeward even for his prison- t;$c&11"4
    l W 1 other kings of the nations, yes, all 2F1g;1,1
    of them, have lain down in glory, each one in ,!$:&?~,
    his own houseGV
    " But as for you, you have been g,"e2,;.1fS
    thrown away without a burial place for you,^^. y$g:$,'3:i9
    a Or, "yon brightnegs," X* I,tai.TFEf; LXX, ho lae.6s.pko'rns ("the
    b ~ i n of
    g~
    dawn
    ~ [or,of ~norn]");Vg, L u ' d . f e ~(i'Renrer o f Iight") ;
    Sy, d.;.1el1 ("Ho~vl!"'), "lfod." 31, El; Vg, Be'us; LXY, "the
    heaven." a ShcG7, hlT ~ n DSIa;
    d
    LA=, '%ardes"; Tp, h.fer'nvu.
    d (&The
    man.'> 31, hn-ish; LLT, ho an'thr6.pos; Vg,vir; Sy, ga'brrs.
    ="The productive land." MT, fe.bd1'; L X X , "the entire inhabited
    enrth"; Tg, o h " ("tlie circle" of the earth). Or, "his," 31. g Or,
    more Lternlly, "awap ant of ~ O I Vpiwe," M.
    f

    like a detested ~ p r o u tcIothed


    ,~
    with killed men
    stabbed with the sword that are going down t o
    $
    gC3,;the
    i; stones of a pit,= like a carcass2 trodden
    caob 1s:i6 down." 2o You tvill not become united with them
    Ps 21:PQ
    PS 3 7 : ~ in a graverbbecause you brought your own land
    Ps 109:L3
    to ruin, you kilIedg your own people. TO time
    ps 13;:8
    CAm 4:10
    indefinite the offspringc of evildoers wilI not be
    "EX m : ~ named. do
    Le 26.39
    2 ~ IO:G
    1
    21 "MAKE ready, O men, a slaughtering block
    h I t 23:s
    for his own sons because of the error of their
    bNa1:9
    forefathers? that they may not rise up and ac$$;$$G tually take possession of the earthe and fill the
    Jer51:S
    face of the productive landf with ~ities."~
    FPs 9.5
    PS 109:15
    22 "And I wilI rise up against them,"' is the
    PC10 7
    utterance
    of Jehovah of armies.
    ; Isa
    r ; ~D:II
    g;; ''And I will
    cut off from Babylong namemand
    remnant"
    and
    progeny
    is the
    ~
    ~
    ;
    ~
    ~
    i and
    ~ posterity,'"
    ~
    utterance of Jehovah.
    1Jer
    ~ 25225
    2213
    ~ 1
    23 '(AndI will make her a possession of por) I P S 110:~ cupines and reedy pools of water,# and I will
    J e r 44:26
    sweep her with the broom of annihilation,"k is
    Am 8:7
    Kvb 4:3
    3Ge 22:18 the utterance of Jehovah of armies.
    24 Jehovah of armies has swornFn saying:
    :
    pa\%:b "Surely just as I have figured, so it must occur;
    and just as I have counseled, that is what will
    E&m
    come
    true,' 23 in order t o break the As.syrPi.ani
    s;:;iy:jl
    IS^ 37337 in my lands and that I may tread him down on
    t2KI 19.35
    2 C h 32:21 my own mount aim^,^ and that his yoke may actuIsa 37:36
    Eze39:$ ally depart from upon them and that his very
    Ul:;1'F$4 ,load may depart from upon theid shoulder."u
    " "Sprout.!' M3 ms'tsev. Contrast Isaiah I1: 1,footnote e. b Or, "in
    zgB$$z3

    bnrial." Or, IiteralIy, "seed," 37. a Or, 'realled out?, * Or, "land."
    "The productire land." 'IT, te.b&; L X I , "the earthgP;Vg, or'bb
    ( "thc cwcle" of the earth) . g "Bahylon? Tg : "B~hylonia,"L X X ;
    "Ba'bel," JISgT, Or, "those reulnining orer." I "The Bsgsyri.sn."
    31, Asl.sk trr'. Or, "the As.sprr'i.xns," LXX, j "Them? LXXVgT ;
    "llis," fir.
    f

    53

    ;P0"b5$78

    26 This is the counsel that is counseled


    against all the earth," and this is the hand that Zg;:
    is stretched out against all the nations.' " For Isa
    2x1
    Isa 46!11
    Jehovah of armies himself has counseled, a n d J e r 4:zs
    who can break [it] up?Y And his hand is the Z$c"I,%:6
    one stretched out, and who can turn it back? ~
    ~
    ~
    28 In the year that King A'haz died this proo h 12
    nouncement occurred:* '('Do not rejoiceZJ 0 nPr2":27
    Phi.Iis'ti.a,* any one of you, just because the
    i3;;
    staff of the cne striking you has been br0ken.O O
    F
    ;
    gi&
    For out of the root of the serpentG there will ohrlc 7:17
    come forth a poisonous snake,' and its fruit will :!g:i,B
    be a flying fiery snake." du And the first-born" xcc12:1Q
    ones of the lowly ones will certainly feed, and
    in security the poor ones themselves will lie
    down." And with famine I will put your root t o y:H,"B5,$h
    death, and what remains over of youb will be Xsa65:13
    31 Howl, 0 gate! Cry out, 0 city! AII o
    f *p??i:
    you must become disheartened, O Phi.lisrti.a!d 2;;:
    For out of the north a smoke is coming, and
    there is no one getting isolated from his ranks."al n ~ ~ f ~
    32 And what will anyone say in answer ta the
    messengers0 of the nationlr That Jehovah him- %Zec I?:%
    r;g S5i;~
    self has laid the foundation of Zion,a and in her ~ F S7:l
    P s 102:16
    the afllicted ones of his people will take refuge.1 ps
    132:13
    Isa 2 8 3 6
    Heb 12.22
    The pronouncement against M d a b : Be- tn, 25:4

    , ~ the
    ~ higho places,
    ~ ~ P'The
    ~ House
    : : ~and t o D i ' b ~ n to
    to a weeping. Over h'e'bo* and over Med'emba0
    *$;$;;8

    15

    cause in the night it has been despoiled,

    ''gE&2i
    v ~ $ ~ 2 8
    t o y32,3,::"3j1

    itself has been silenced. 9 H e has gone up

    Or, "land." b Or, "the remainder of you." 11, a7ace.rith', f"RTill


    be killed.>?Or, "one will kill." d Or, "Let there be a losing aP heart,
    0 Pk.listti.a, all of you.'That is, if the verb is in the infinitlre
    absolute.
    a

    Mo'ab itseIf howls. On all heads in it there is


    baldness; every beard is clipped.* a In its streets
    they have girded on sackcloth.Wpon the roofs*
    4i 4~ thereofb
    ~
    3and in t h e public squares thereofb everyone thereofUowls, going down with weeping.@
    ,$g;\8;:7
    rAnd Mesh'bon and Enle.a'lehScry out. As far
    m l 611.~1
    nrt
    :30
    +Jer1*13 as Ja%azk their voice has been heard. That is
    mder 4&38
    why the armed men of Mo'ab themselves keep
    ;%7
    NU Z I : ~ shouting. His very soul has quivered within him.
    IlC 2:';2
    W y o\-vr~heart cries out over Mo'ab itself.' The
    runaways thereofb are as far along as Zopara
    [and] Egt1ath-she.liPshi.yah. For on the ascent
    oGe
    Ge 19.22
    13.10
    maer 48:s of Lu'hithnl-with
    weeping [each] one goes up
    tJer 4 8 5
    on it; for on the way to Wor.o.narimt they arouse
    the outcry about the catastrophe. T o r the very
    uJer 4e34 waters of Nim'rimu become sheer desolations.
    For the green grass has dried up, the grass ha3
    come t o an end; nothing has become greenv
    That is why the leftovers and their stored
    ~ ~
    goods that they have put up, they keep carrying
    them away right over the torrent valley of the
    y h 1 0 : 6 pcpIars.CY For the outcry has gene around the
    zJer48.m territory of Mo'ab." The howling thereofb is
    clear to E.glarim;the howling thereof is clear to
    Be'er-e'lim, "because the very waters of Di'mon
    have
    become
    full of blood. For upon Di'mon I
    ~
    :
    ~
    2
    shall place additional things, such as a lion for
    A2z,P+g5the escapees of Mo'ab who escape and for the
    ~ ; remaining
    ~ ~ i ones
    ~ of the ground.*
    De34.3
    der 48:l
    21:30
    Jos 13:16
    4Le 1927

    GNU

    'ziz

    Arv of Mo'ab itself has been silenced. Because


    in the night it has been despoiled, KirY of Mo'ab

    ISAIAH 15:3-9

    2
    ,, ,,
    '?;&!A1

    *"To The House and to Di'hon,'! &I and DSIa; "to the houses of
    Di'bon," T; "to the liouse of Ri'bonf Sy: "The House and Di'bon
    [haw gone up]?' Vg. "Thereof." Literally, "of her," 31. c Or,

    "rlilIo~m"

    ISAIAH 16:1 - 4

    54

    r a ~ lto the mler of Ithe land,' 4$F,!$;,


    from Se'la*taward the wilderness, to the *$::,?,
    lq3 42:lI
    mountain of the daughter of Zion.*
    B I V ~~ ~ 3 2
    2 h d it must occur [that] like a fleefng h1lc~l:R
    7:12
    wingedo creature, chased away from [its] nest; cklozr:x
    the daughters of Mo'ab will become at the fords ,% k
    g
    :~
    r s 21:13
    of Ar'nonqE*
    Llr 2:.iF
    3 " B R ~inGcounsel,
    ~
    amcum the decision.",:,i:;l.y,,
    Makeb your shadow just like the night In the .Ff,t->l:la
    m:n
    midst of noontime." Conceal the dispersed ones:' 1 3I:IO
    . r ~ n 15
    do not betray anyone fleeingeA' B l ~ ymy dis- j;::i,'qf2
    pessecl ones reside temporarily even in you, 0 ;ii
    M0"ak.t 8womec a place of concealment to them
    .?:;1,
    because of the despoifer.'l For the oppressort' ;;,;;;>q
    has reached his end;v the despoiling hns term[- ;;;a,;;~+;
    nated ; those trampling down [others1 have been
    HI,. 14
    finished off the earth.er
    &';,,:+
    5
    5 "And in loving-kindnessf5 a throne will cer- ':?;;:';
    tainly be firmly established," and one must sit !;;+L;if
    down upon it in trueness= in the tent" of Dnvid,' ;
    ;
    ;
    ;;{:;
    judging and seeking justice and being prompt I I U on
    in rjghte~usness."~
    I1 - 5~72.2
    ~ 1T Z
    6 \Tye have heard of the pride of Mo'ab, that ~?:,'1.'.?i'!6
    he is very proud;*his haughtiness and his pride $.',yjh2
    .and his furyp-his empty talk will not be so.' ?f::,fHlT
    Therefore Mo'ab will howl for Mo'ab; wen all e;!; !;:$
    of it will howl.' For the raisin cakes of Kir- *~I:E 3 2.1
    21 '3
    har%.seth*the stricken anes indeed will moan, a Ks 1 1 RZ
    .,i
    "because the terraces themselves ~f Hesh'bonm :&
    have withered. The vine of Sib'mahk-the k& :{:;?
    a ' L B ~ ~ x In
    a.H
    the rnasrmline gender, plarnl numbnr, in M and DBIn;
    i n tlve feminine gender, singular nnn~hel~,
    in M r n ~ r fnnd
    f ~ ~11
    ~ XIr-

    16

    owners* of the nations themselves have smitten


    down its bright-red [hranche~].~As f a r as
    Ja'zern they had reached; they had ~ v m d e r d
    about in the wilderness. Its own shoots had been
    left ta luxuriate for themselves; they had gone
    over to the sea. That is why I shall weep with
    the weeping of J~'zcrover the vine of Sibrmah.r
    With my tears I shall drench you, O Hesh'bona
    and E.le.afleh,Lbecause shouting even over your
    summer and over your harvest has fallen
    down.cu And rcjo1r:inq and joyfulness have
    been taken away from the orchard; and in the
    vineyards there is no joyful crying out, there
    is no shouting done.' No $vine in the presses
    does the treader tread O U ~ J Shouting I have
    cawed ta
    If That is why my very inwards are boisterous just like a harp even over Mo'ab,' and the
    midst of me over Klr-hde.seth.d3
    12 And it occurred thnt jt was seen that
    Mo'ab rr7as made weary upon the hllgh place:
    and he came to his sanctuary to prayi%and he
    could not accornpljsh anything.'
    13 This js the ~VOITIthat J~hovahspoke concerning Mo'ab formerly. "And now Jehovah
    has spoken, saying: "Within three years, according t o the yeame of a hired laborer, the
    glory" of Mo'ab must also he disgraced with
    much commotion of every sort, and those who
    remain over will be a trifling few, not mighty.""
    The pronouncement against Damascus:*
    "Look!Damascus removed from being a

    SEND a

    y ~ > ,

    13:

    L~

    ISAIAH 16:9-17 :1

    55

    :i?z

    brew runnusclipts nnd L-XITg, b "31nk~"; in ttm fe~ni~ilrlc


    jp?nder,
    sin~ularnumber. "The Hehrew verh hnre i~~ m d r r ~ t o oto
    d IIP tho
    ront vrrb from which the d i r i n ~name Yrhou?uflB'1~ i'ont~cd. "Tim
    oppressor,"Ijy a slight, correction of 91. Iitrrnlly, "thr! F~~IIPCZP~;"31.
    * Or, "lnnd." Or, ''ioyal lo~e."31. Irltrs'~d. 0 7 , .'trutll." J1, ~ m . f l h ' .

    17

    Or, "grand owner." 31, hdnalim'; f l ~ rplnrnl numh~rof fbaeaJ,


    ~,owihly to exprws g~v~ndcur
    or ~ n t t j e ~ t yb,Or, "[~rnyes],"U O r ,
    "brcaa~eupon your snmmrr frnit nnrl 1z11onFnm luirvrst the [batXIP]slloat has fnllcn." LitcmPl?;, liir-ltrr'cs, ;\[.C'nn~pnmverse 7.
    a

    "

    city, and she has became a heap, a decaying


    ruinnk' The cities of A.ro'erI1 that hnve been Ieft Q'!l,':i,k
    behind become mere places for droves, where Lg,;s;4
    they actually lie down without anyone to drive s ) ~ ? : , : 6
    dus 13 10

    them to trernb1ing.r And the fortified city has Jr,. -;KIP


    k a made to cease out of EPphra.im,Hand the ::i!:
    ?&,
    kingdarn out of Darnascus:1 anil those of Syria b; ily3
    r~rnainingover will become just likc the gIory t"ll":"
    of t h e sons of Israel," is the utlerance of Jehauinn 2 8 : ~
    vah of nrrnjes.~
    Ilo9:11
    4 '"nd
    it must m~in that day that the
    glory of Jacob will borne lowly,v and even the v!gF$4
    ). 3 2 : ~ s
    fatness of h i s flesh will be made 1ean.y And i t ~1ISIL
    1U:lti
    must occur that when the hnrvestcrl~is gather- Et.e nl:zo
    Jng the standing grain and his ow11 nrm harvests zJer 6:22
    the earn of grain,=he must cvcn become like one
    gleaning ears of grain in the low plnin of Reph'-9;:1;;;;
    a+im.' And there m t remain In it a gleaning oJ,,;I:&$
    15:H
    as when there is a beatlng off of the oIive tree:
    two [or] three ripe olives" in the top of the
    branch; four [or] five on the fruit-hearing ,JE;;;:,,
    boughs thereof," is the utterance of Jehovah ;));p-u
    the God of Israel."
    S h 36:11
    I=a 1O.N
    7 In that day earthling manb will Iosk up t o 2; $yd+
    his Maker, and his own eyes wlll gaze at the RHc7:7
    Holy One of Israel h i r n ~ e l f . ~And he will not 4%h2:i:1
    3001c t o the altar^,^ the work of his hands;' and % ~ ~ ! ; : ~
    at what liis fingers have made he wlll not gaze, '$2 %':
    either the sacred' pole* or the I n c e n ~stands.^ r,y!F?+?t
    In that day his fortress cities mill become like s?$! $::?
    the deserted place of the ~ ~ ~ o o d l a neven
    d , the
    brandl that they have deserted on account of
    the sons of Israel; and it must become a desolate
    ."Bnrrmt~r," by a light cnrrcrtion aC 3E; literally, '%arvest?' 11.
    b "E:nrtIlling rnnll:j $1, kn-a.rlam', a Or, "ll~cA a ~ l ~ e ' ~ - n h s . "

    maste." '*For youE have forgotten the 6308 of


    youra s~Ivatlon,*
    and the Rock of yourn fortress
    nllc s:n
    * w h 18:s
    you&
    have
    not
    remembered."
    That is w11y you
    Ps 65:5
    PS 6 6 2 9 plant plemant plantationsjb and with the shout
    Ps 79:3
    In the day you may
    ps ~ 5 : of~ a strangerc you set iLn
    cmfulIy fence about the pIantatlon of yours,
    z
    ;
    :
    $
    ;
    j
    and in t h e morning you may cause the seed of
    ~s 18.2
    yours t o sprout, [but] the harvest rviIl certainly
    Ps 3 1 2
    Isa 26.4
    flee in the day of the disease" ~ n dincurable
    n 1 , ~ 26 16
    PC 26:30 paimp

    *L:AmF4;3.11

    ;rr 12:13
    nrp1:13

    12 W ~ e f o t l ~ ~ c o r n r n ~ ~ o n a f r n ~ n y
    who arc boisterous as with the boisterousness
    C;,L::i.f
    of the seas! And t o the noise of national groups,
    who make a din just like the noise of mighty
    ,,PS 65.7
    2!,
    waters!"I:' The national groupst tllemseIves will
    Isa 1x4
    Isn 9 3 3
    make a din just like the noim of many waters.
    t Ps 47:3
    PS 5 2 5
    And He wf 11 certainly rebuke it,u and it must flee
    PS 6 i : d
    Ps 1 ~ : 3far away md be chased like the c h a r of the
    before a wind and like a thistle whir1
    , ~ 9 ~ ~ mountains
    ~ 2 4
    before
    a
    stormwind,v
    " At eveningGtime, why,
    :2$k7
    ps 83 13 look! there is sudden terror. Before morningIsa 29.5
    nn 2.35 it j s no m0re.r This is the share of those pillagt:o 1313
    Y;K:K~1 9 ; s ing us, and the lot belonging to those plundertlsn I%:?
    I ,H

    E's 37%
    Z ~ ~r 2 . 2 . ~
    ISR33.1

    ing us.=

    *ZKI 19.9

    g,"e%:

    g;;

    "$?;%

    for the land of the whfrrlng insects


    with wings,* which is in the region of
    the
    of E.thi-~'pi.a!~*
    = It is the one sending
    forth envoys by means of the sea: and by means
    of vessels of papyrus upon the surface of the

    Ha
    18
    rivers

    n In the felnininr, jiendcr, t l l ~protloun thnv refen-ing to the city OP


    God% worship, b Orl pon~il)ly, "plnntatiol~a to [thn El~lue ,qod]
    A.dotnia.'' See Y~tttn' i ' r ~ i r r r r t ~ ~Vo1.
    ~ t ~ ~7,
    ~n
    So.
    , 2 (April, 11)57),
    201, "2 (in crcrl.t~#~n
    ) , 0 Or, ''R strange (god)
    " llia~nse,"
    $T:rmectiun
    of .\I i litcn~lly,mapomsion.''
    Il. a Or, " 1 llc whirring

    ."

    of [insect] rings."
    LSxTg.

    Litcrnlly, "Cush,"

    i\ISyT; "E.thi.o'pi.a,"

    ISAIAH f9:l--8

    59

    waters, [saying:] "Go, YOU swlt messengers,


    t o a natlon drawn out and scoured,m to a people
    fear-inspiring everywhere, a nation of tensile
    strengthh nnd of Veading down, whose land the
    ,
    :
    ,
    rivers have washed away.""
    2ch 14:9
    2Ch 16:s
    3 All YOU inhabitants of the pmdwctlve landco
    g:73
    and You residents of the earth, YOU wlll see a 12
    rr H 31
    TSR l.I.11
    sight just as when there is thc mising up of a 1 ha 2rr.la
    signalt1upon the mountains,' and you will hear k;",:ig2
    a sound just as when there is the blowing of a +pn7;;!
    ttr~rnpet*~
    For this is what Jehovah has said 2$~:;1.;~
    t o me : '1will keep undidurkl and lock upon/ hit ir:ia

    yDc 33:ZB
    Ps 18:10

    ,
    ,

    my established place," like the dazzling r v a m t h " ~ o ~


    along with the light* like the cloud of dew inld;;::li4
    the W ~ r m t hof harvest," T o r before the har- kPs 7 2 5
    vmt, when the blossom comes to perfection a d
    the bloom becomes a sipening grape, one must
    also cut off the sprigs with pruning shears and
    must remove the tendrils, must lop [them] off ."
    O They will b p left all together for the bird of
    prey of Ihe mountains and for thc bcmP of the -a:d
    earth.^ And upon it the bird of prey will c e r t a h - rBal4:lQ
    1y pass the summer, and upon it even every beast
    SMI 54:3
    of the earth will pass the harvesttime.*
    Jer 15.3
    7 "In that time a gift will be brought t o Jehovah of armleslt [from] a people drawn out and t$.h,fy&l
    SCOUT^^,^ even from a people fear-inspiring
    weryvhere, a nation of tensile strength-nd of g;; 2;:
    trending down, whose land the rivers have AC 8 2 7
    washed away, to the place of the name of Jehceo:s
    M ~4
    C
    :13
    vah of armies, Mount ZEon."u
    Zec 14:18

    nIz

    Or, "long nnd smooth." Thnt is, tnfl nnd ~mooth-faced. Or, "of
    elnatiritv," hy reading the Tiphrpw'n two aylinhles ar; one wont
    Litrrnll?; "nr mcnsuring linc, of' ~tlrm.o~uri.ng
    l i n ~ . "31. 'LProdufii~.e
    Int~rl."MT, rr.bcl'; T,g ar'bis [ " B e r.lrr!r7' of tllp earth). fi "Signal."
    ni, ~ c : s , Or, "~h~'pIlar."A ~ n 1 1 1horn
    '~
    rtsed na n trumpet.

    19

    The pronouncement against Egypt:v


    Look! Jehovah is riding on a swift cloudy
    PS 6 8 : ~ and coming into Egypt. And the worthless gods
    of Egypt will certainly quiver because of hirn,l
    EJ",",;:~;
    geg:gand the v e ~ yheart of Egypt will melt in the
    -Ex 15.14 midst t3f it.'
    .To5 2:9
    2 "And f will goad Egyptians against EgypJer46:5
    tians, and they will certainly war each one
    against hi8 brother, and each one against his
    companion, city against city, kingdom against
    vJer =:I9
    m:z '

    kingdom,'L And the spirit of E ~ y p tmust beY&..,7iFm


    C O ~ I I Obctvilder~din the mid& of it," and I shall
    kj:
    >It

    $:z

    its own c ~ u n s e l And


    . ~ they will be certain
    to
    apply
    to
    the
    worthless
    gods and to the
    5:1
    charmer^ and t o the spirit mediums* ~ n to
    d the
    Eze 21:7 professionnl foretellers of evenk.' And 1 npil1
    deliver up Egypt into the hand of a hard
    ~Fg?$i:
    r n a ~ t e r and
    , ~ strong mill be the king that will
    rule
    over
    them," is the utterance of the [true]
    :
    ;
    ,
    "
    ;
    :
    $
    j
    1
    3
    Is* 41:25 Lord,c Jellovah of a r r n i e ~ . ~
    Isa 47 .I2
    Da 2:2
    5 And the water will certainly be dried up
    nu 4.from the sea, and the river itself will hecome
    D a 5::
    parched and actually nm dry.' And the rivers
    P . lkl6
    IS:=
    ~
    'xJet5::36
    k;g:Tjs must stink; the Nile canaIs of Egypt" must beEae ::0:12 come low ~lndparched.* The reed and the rush
    x p c lfi.11 themselves must molder.""
    The bare placesf hy
    U 8 . u 7:i9
    ?rcl l,s:24 the Nile River, at the mouth of the Nile River,
    l c a 34 :25
    and every seedland of the Nile River wiIl dry
    k::~ 2:3
    n 3 il:10
    ~
    re, 14:4 upanIt will certainly be driven away, and it will
    no more. %nd the fishers will certainly
    F;,' eb"+;::
    7.20

    JM

    confuse

    2:ll

    J 4 N

    e;!;~
    .rf,"&?$
    IIC

    "Spirit mcdiunia." hmntn u ~ e r as


    l a vessel of A spii-it of python
    or dewon of dit-inntion. (HFP Acts 16 :16.) Tg, ~ J / . ~ ~ ~ O ' I IhP LR ',l i n g Xer?' 31, n?.do,aina',the plnml nnmher of n - d m ' , the plum1 o l grcntnesa or n~njesty.TILEn d j r v t i v ~+*hardvm o d i f ~ l b' '~r l m ~ t ~ ris
    " nCcordingIy in the singulnr nelnher. <(The [bur-] Llrrl." M, A n A.d5d. See I~aieh1 : 21, footnote g. "Egypt." 3f, Jh.t~dr'. Or,
    "must be taken IIJ' I~cP."Or, "tlia rushes.''

    mourn, and all those casting fshhoaks into the


    Nile River must express sorrow, and even those
    spreacfing fishing nets upon the surface of the
    water will actually fade away.r And the work- 1%:$1,
    ers jn carded flax must become as11arned;a also
    the loom workers on whitc fnbrim. '" And her Pr 31::a
    weaverst must become crushd, r ~ l l the wage tExB:35
    worliers arlcved in sou1.u
    I1 The princes of Zo'anv are indeed foolish.
    As r e g ~ r d sthe wise ones of Phar'aoh'ss counselors, Itheir] counsel is. something unreasonab1e.p How will YOU men say to Phar'aoh: "I
    am the son of wise ones, the son oh kings of
    ancient time"?^ l2 Where, then, are they-the
    wise men of yours*-that thcy mfiy now tell you
    and tllat they may know whet Jehovah of armies
    has counseled concerning Egypt
    $ T h e princes of Zo'ant have acted f o o l i ~ h l y the
    , ~ princes
    of Nophh' have been deceived, the key men of
    her trfhes have caused Egyptr1t o wander about.@
    '"Jehovah himself has mingled in the midst of
    herc the spirit of disconcerted~ess,~
    and they
    have caused Egypt t o wander about in all its1 Job 12:25
    work, just as someone d n ~ n kfs made to wander Iga 10:3
    about In his vomit.* " And Egypt will not come
    gj;
    to hnve any work that the heud or the tail, the
    i~;;;;;!
    shoot or the msh, can do.'(
    k h a :r:M
    16 In that day Egypt will become like women, Hab 3 9 7
    and it will certainly tremble1!and be in dread l ~ ~ P $ j ~
    because of the waving of the hand of Jehovah ;$;
    of armies that he is doing against it," l 7 And the 2?;".r1sa
    11:m
    Zrc 2.9
    ground of Judah must become to Egypt a cause ,J,,
    2i:ze
    for reelingn Ewryone to whom one mentions Ee!,$,l
    a '*l?gyltt?' N, .lifts-ra'im, b Or, 'rM~m'p&~!l a rrHer.a'In the

    *:;;;tt;'

    fernin~rlrpnricr, cridentl~referring ta the lond, which is feminine.


    LSN, ''tllr~~n.''

    ;$?

    : :1

    ita is in dread beeewe of the counsel of Jehovah

    Da 4 : s
    of armies that he is counseling a g a h s t him.'
    uIsa 2:11
    zec 2 1 1
    18
    that day11 there will prove to be five
    cPs 65 31
    r s a l l : ~ ~cities in the l ~ n dof EgyptY speaking the lan-

    In

    :r:e

    ,,c;e LI:~

    P:18

    g a g e of Ca'naan*!' and swearing to Jehovah of

    Zrp 3:9

    rrje I O : ~

    ~ r n ~ i e The
    s . ~ City of Tearing Downt' will one

    ;;P1,Dy6 be said to be.

    19 In that day there i d 1 prove to be an altaro


    In the midst of the land of Egypt,'
    Iieb 13:10
    ,:(:P m:18 and a pillarmto Jehovah beside its boundary.no
    p>lal 1:s
    And it must prow to be for a sign and ior a
    :.F:x z4:4
    I\!q 65:L-i
    1vit110ss t o Sehovah of armies in the land of
    :
    ,
    ;-,'<Is.; ? I
    Jss 22 aT Eg57ptlAfor they utiEI cry out to Jehoval~because
    t $ ; ~ ~ jof
    ~ 3the oppressors,: and he mill sent1 them a
    ""13.4
    savior,
    even a grand one, who willc ~ctuallyde'Isn 45:l
    tu 2:11
    liver
    them.And Jehovah 15~111cestafinly bee?KI 8:43
    PS 8218 , come known to the Egyptians,' and the Egyp
    Mab 214 '
    .zpp3:r~ tians must knew Jehovah in that day, and they
    must render sacrifice and gift' and mrut make
    ;Jon 1.16
    ; a vowS to Jehovah and pay it,' 2'And Jehovah
    will certainly deal Egypt a blownkThese n7illbe
    k3Cli 21:14
    ltDe32:_39- a dealltng of a blow and a heal!ng;(ItI and they
    Hla 5.15
    Heb i 2 : ~must return to Jehovah,r and he must Pet himrHo 14:l
    self be cntre~tedby them and heai them.8
    s,\c26:18
    l

    Xcck15

    to Jehovah

    "Tt." In the fcniininc gender in 3r, referring to the arnllntl of


    Judnh, which id f ~ ~ ~ i n i nbi'Tenring
    r-,
    Down." It, k n - F l ~ a ' ~ nSF,
    ,
    Hedes, DSIn, Ifla-Ti11rv'e.p, t l l c n l ~ i n g"the Sun." Vpr, n o ' l i ~ , itleaning
    "of the Enrh." LSS, n.srd'rk, n tranalit~rartion ot' thr 31~bri*arxpression h n h - t s ~ d ' r q , nwening "righteonsness." T pnrn Ii~.nscls to
    rrnd : "(City 00 the Home of t l ~ nSun. that i s to hc t ~ a t ~ & . "
    See C . D. CTiustn~rp'sI n t c o t l t i ~ t i o ~to
    i t h p JTa*~nrrtico-Cri!ic.dErlition of the H t ' b r ~ ~DihIr,
    r'
    (London, 1597), cl~nptrrX I , pril;'w 40-4407, under t l uul>hrntIing
    ~
    "t.;nfcguxrtiiing t l ~ runity nF t l i p I)ivit~e
    ITorship at Jrruunlc~n,"i n anppnrt of the r ~ n d i n cby LSS, Or,
    "and will." 01; "nntl )IF ivill." d Dr. '%leal Egypt n I ~ l o w ,tlcaling
    [it] a blow m ~ dS~vaIin:: [it].'' The latter two vthl.lts in 31 nrr in the
    infinitive ahsolukp nntl I ~ I I C C nre impesonnl nnrl inrl~.Hri~tens to
    time.

    23 fn that day there will come to be a highway out of Egypt to As.~yr'i.a,~


    and As.syr'i.a yf,";F::jX,7
    will actually come into Egypt and Egypt into
    g;$
    Aa.syr'i.a: and they will certainly render service,
    ;;P
    Egypt with As.~yr'i.a.~
    '' h that day Israel will uDe
    3~:.13
    Ps l i 7 . l
    come to be the third with Egypt and with As- zsa ;o 6
    ~yr'l.a,~"arnely, a bIessing in the midst of the $$?!\'
    earthtAVe%because Jehovah of armies will have p,":;;i2
    blessed" i t , Y saying: "Blest be my people, Egypt, ,k2.:;
    and t.he work of my hands, A s . s y ~ ~ ' i and
    ~ a , ~my
    inheritance," lisrael.""
    :%lL$
    rn.8
    In the year that Tar'tnnbD c m e to Isn
    Eze3i:m
    Ash'dod," when Sar'gon the king of E&::'n"'
    As.syrPl.asent him,+ and he proceeded to war
    against Ash'dod and to capture it;' a t that time z
    ~
    ~
    Jehovah spoke by the hand of Isaiaho the son g; i.2;
    of A'moz,9aying: "Go,"and you must 1oosen
    *;
    the sackcloth from off your hips," and your;,;:?
    m~~is.17
    ALSa 8.17
    sandnls you should draw from off your feet."" :2('h 33:9
    And h e proceeded to do so, walkfn~:
    ~ b o unaked0
    t
    ;:JSISH
    : I:I
    and barefoot.ll
    "Jer 1R:l
    sr:le
    3 And Jehovah went on to say: 'Tust as my**luh
    Ri.' 13:3
    3 . ~
    servant' Isaiahc has walked about naked and tzrc
    barefoot three years as a siwr and a token liJ6,s, s3..>~15
    nlSn 1!1:21
    against Egypt# and against E.thl.oPpi.a,d
    t 'so M I , 1:H
    the k h g of As.syr'i.a will lead the body of captjves of EgyptU and the exjles of E.thi.~'pi.a,~ ?;:!,
    bays and old men, naked and banefoot, and nith ge!;,y:yi
    huttocks stripped, the nakedness of Egypt." *J":; ,!;Fi:!
    U n d they will certainly be terrified and be g23f;41
    asl~nmedof E,thi.o'pi.ad their loolced-for hopes F&;
    and of Egypt their beauty,. U n d lhthe inhabitant i; ?ji;;
    of this coastland ~ fbel certain to say in that ?;",$;:%

    :;;

    20

    Alga 121

    fsa 13:M
    JeF

    51:42

    OJob 37:8
    Zec 8:14
    * I C R 13:4
    Isa 13:18
    Eze 3 k 1 1

    Eze 31:e
    "ISa 24:13
    I%n2426

    kJcr :i,lf

    Jrc 5i.B
    S3a 5:B
    I3,h 8:20

    nPs 79 11
    F5 1 3 i : l
    F 35.10
    R
    ; ~
    ~
    1 ~ I1.22
    rllnb 3:16
    rrvs 48 6
    .I er zn:43
    1Th 5:3
    t D e 2S:n

    ,I&

    ::;::&'::
    ;c2,

    a 01;"lnnrl."

    M,

    efits.

    Or) #'the rommnnrler."

    Bcc T r n ~ n l1~ : 1, footnote n,

    Peska~ininaw,hi.

    "F:.thi.r~'~~i+" Tg; "Gush," >[Sy,

    'There i s how our looked-far hope is, to


    which rve fled for help, in order to be delivered
    bec~ust?of the king of h.syrri.a!%nd how shall
    we ourselves escape?' ""
    The pronaunmment agalnst the wilderness of the sea:" Like szarmwlndsVin the
    southn in moving onward, from the ~?~ilderness
    it is coming, from a fear-inspiring land.' T h e r e
    is a hard vision that has been told ta me: The
    treacherous dealer is dealing treacherously,%aad
    the despofler is despoiling. Go up, 0 E'lam! Lay
    siege, O Me'di.a!Lc All sighing due to her I have
    "at
    is why my hips hnve
    caused to
    become full of severe pains.? Convulsions thernselves
    have grabbed hold of me, If ke the convul~
    ~
    sions of R wornan that is giving birth.8 I have
    become disconcerted from hearing, I have become dist.urbed from seeing.' "My heart has
    wandered about; a shuddering itself has terrified me. The twilight to which I was attacbed
    has k e n made far me a trembling,
    5 Let there be a setting of the table3in order,
    an arranging of the location of =seats, an eating,
    a drinking!ll" Get up, POL' princes,* nnoint the
    shield:' 'I For this is what Jehovahc has mid
    te me:
    "Go, post a lookout that he may tell just what
    he se&)po
    7 And he saw a war chariot [with1 a span
    I of steeds," a awar chariot of asses, a war chariot
    day:

    alKL 917
    Jcr 5l:H
    Eze 39;s

    21

    Or,'Wegt.'eb.'E All four rerhn here in J i arc in thr i n f l n i t i r ~absoOHabI:a

    lute and hence nra i~~pwnnranl


    nnd indefinik 88 t o tinlc, ''d~hov~h,"
    L,XXTgGrT; d,rlo.ntrv', 31 nnd DSIn. This is one nf the 134 ]Inss q e a in which thc Jwriall SopbPrirn changed the primitive IErhrc~rr
    tvat b read .d.rln.rrrrr,' inatrnd of TeLo.r~ab'.d 01;"n coul~leof

    ISAIAH 21~8-14

    ISAIAH 21 :15-22 :5

    64

    of came1sha And he paid strict attentlon,n with


    much attentiveness. And he proceeded to call

    Pr 2521

    +f;;rb7,;"

    cut like a lion:* "Upon the rnatcl~to~~er,~~~


    0 tj(:<- ~ I . . ; P
    Jehei~ah,~
    I a m standing constantly by day, and *.I *J bP?:?!I. ~ ~ o : . I ~
    at my guardpost I am stationed all the nights.' "I::
    I' And here, now, there is corning n war chariot ':,';,:?ji.?,
    Jthr51:n
    of m e q d [with] a span of steeds!"(*'
    j
    ~ 1 1 l~4 1I : ~l g
    And he began to speak up and sny: "She has :;,l,g:;A
    fallen! Babylonf has fallen," and all the graven j;;;:;:,
    images of her godsgo he has broken to thc :;:;Zi$

    31 111 1 4 . 3
    carth!"m
    mJcr so:a
    10 0 my threshed mesh and the son of my j;;~;~:;
    threshing
    what I have heard from Jcho-,;!:;lt:;lt
    vah of armies, the Gcdj of Israel, I hove rrporld .lqhr~ I ~ ;
    t o YOU peopIe.*
    11 The pronouncement against Du'ma h : To
    me there is one calling out from Se'ir : 'W~atch.
    man, what about the night? Watchman, what
    about the night?"' T h e watchman said : "The
    morning has t o come, and also the nightau If
    YOU people would inquire, inquire. Come again!"
    13 The plwnouncement against the desert
    plain:! In the forest in the desert plain! you will J,III$a:.!
    25:3
    spend the night, 0 caravans of men of De'damV vl:~.
    Ir.3 I:!)
    " To meet the thirsty one BRmG water. O YOU ,';::'?&\'
    inhabitants of the land of Te'ma,Y confront the
    A;iy

    I,ilornlly, $ 7 1 ptlid
    ~
    rtttention tvitll nttel~ttivrnmq,"1 I.
    E>UY~.''

    '.

    ~o

    ."+

    The pronouncement of the valley of the


    vision: What is the matter with you,@
    r i t r 1428
    then, that you? have gone up in your entirety
    3er 3P:a
    F ~ a ~ \ t
    oo the roofs?k a l%'jth turmoil you were full, a
    t2": 25:4
    boisterous
    city, an exultant t 0 w n . n Your slain
    2L.r 99:4
    ones
    are
    not
    those slain with the sword, nor
    ;g5g"2:
    :er 4 , i g those dead In battle.' ' All your dictatorsvthern,-Isn 33.7
    aer 6 a+j selves have fled a t one tirne.l Without [need of]
    a bow they have been talcen prisoner, All those
    ;;;:;&,of you who have been faund have been taken
    Far off they had run away.
    *;kF;;s3 prisoner togethermu
    4 T h a t i s w h y H h a v e s a l d : "Turnramgaze
    :erm7
    away from me.'I mill show bitterness in weepAm 5 :S
    Do not YOU people insist on comfortin@
    c
    ~-I.,I
    ~ , u~_::25 i n g . ~
    r<:tlo:s me over the havoc of the daughter of my peo:>Iic 7 I
    t n ~ s 3 ~ple.=
    : ~
    For i t is the day of confusion* and of
    domtreadfngD and of confoundin@ that t h e
    ??."%i3
    SovereignH1Lard, Jehovahd of armies, has in
    $%
    ;:
    ha 3 ~ 1 3

    ~ T

    b OY, ''look*'Jehoralr," L,XTJ'g?!.'r


    ; .I . i l r r . ~ i r r ( r ' , RI nriil I1 Sl n. Tllis
    i~
    orip
    ; nf t h e 134 pawnges i n which t h lTt+winli
    ~
    S r q ) l ~ r ~ t '~i ~~~ rl t ithe
    l ~ ~ d
    p r i t ~ i t i r e IIchre~v text to read A.rlt).un?~'iiiherl!~rl r l t ' ~ " ' i t ~ ~ , ~ ? u r t i t ' .
    "MPH." i s h , Or, "a eouple o f Iiorncl~~islr
    !" "l~rlllylotl,"t x x YE; "Bathel," AISyT. s "Gods." RI, ~l,o./rint'. 1.i t ~ l i ~ t ~ l l v , thnt
    ~ r l l i r lis~ trampled dolru [III th~.eshi~lp]
    I~trlaagingtn I T I ~ ~1 Thnl
    !'~
    isr " R I I ~ ~In?' threshed one!" i'*liod.'" 31, Rl.rhbkrn'. k"l)~z'nrnh,!'
    3IVgPyT. *'ld.n.mne'a," L-LY; tllnt is, E'rl121li. "llu'mnli" mean#
    'LSilrnre." 1 "The desert plnin." 31, 'rr.nrb'; ruthlrq~orrdiugto
    *rr .m.bn?t T'gS?-, ''Arahi~.~'

    out

    one fleeing away with bread for him." " For because of the swords they have fled away, because
    -2Ki P 9 : g
    = J O ~
    ~ : i of the drawn supord, and because o
    f the bent bow
    G e 25:W
    1Ch 1:29 and because of the h~avinessof the mar.'
    Pr; 120:s
    Ca 1:5
    16 For this is what JehovahR has said to me:
    Isa 4 2 3 1
    rsa 6 1 x "Within yet a year, according t o the years of a
    Jer 4 9 2 8
    rzP2;:21 hired laborer," all the glory of Ke'darAmust even
    !:;i"37;$9come t o its end, IrAnd the ones rem~iningover
    i;r,y429 of the number of bonl[menl, the mighty men
    "Pr2?:18 of the sons of Ke'dar, will become few,' for Jeho31ic 3.6
    R O 3:z
    vah himself, the God of Israd, has spoken [it]
    k Dc n:8
    z J 8:4
    ~

    TM14:15
    .zZKI 9:18

    ""

    7, 2

    "Jehovah," LTXTgRy'II ~ r i dDBIn; Ado.vn!tE,31. This is one of


    the 134 passages in whicti tlio JrwisI1 Hn]>hst'ir~~
    cI~nngedthe rilliilire Hebrew tcrt to rcnd ;L.du.u.ryr iwtmtl of I-?n.sni~'. r"Ths
    isi ion," MVg; "Zion," L S I . aA'You." 171 the fei~linine gender,
    being addressed to t h p city, v l i i c h i~ f p ~ u i n i n e .d "Tlle Sovrr~ign
    Lord, Jeh~vah.'~
    31, A .dn.qla!rt Yrlro.tcdh'. Hce Uenesi~15 : 2, Eootnotes e, f; 21150 Isaiah 3 : 15, footnote c ; 7 : 7, footuofr g.
    a

    ISAIAH 22 :&I4

    the valley of the vision.&There is the demolisher


    of the wall,b and the cryh to t h e mountain.'
    And E'IarnQ itself has taken up the quiver, in +E;;;y6
    t h e war chariot of earthling man, [with] steeds; &;
    and Klr" itself has uncovered the shield. ' And it IS* 21:2
    will occur that t h e choicest of yourc low plains x&T !:ip
    must become full of war chariots, and the very ''''15:1
    steeds must without fail set themselves in position a t the gate," %and one will remove the cov- 'ge
    E'i
    ering of Juc3ah.k And you will look in that day kIsa36:l
    toward the armoryn of the house of the forest,' ;,N,q?g
    "and YOU people mill certainly see the very 11a10:17
    breaches of the city of David, for they will ac- ~ 2 1893
    ~ 1
    tually be manydB
    And YOU will collect the waters -s$$?
    $0"0;:
    of the lower pooLt l U And the houses of Jerusa- $",h23&30
    lern YOU will actualIy count. You will also pull y$f$S
    down the houses to make the walIu unattainable. ;
    ; ;;&
    l1 And there will be a colIecting basin that YOU
    ;;;Y
    :;9,
    must make between the two walls for t h e waters mPs M:ZO
    Ps 141:8
    of the old
    And YOU will certainly not look Isa 10:24
    at the grand maker of it, and the one forrnjng i t g$z
    ~EC2 c3:4
    h3 5 2 5
    long ago YOU will certainly not see.y
    12 "And the Sovereignm Lord, Jehovahd of $:E,2i,17
    armies, will call in that day for weepingx and *7;:,'1; :;3,
    for mourning and for baldness and for girding p$5
    ;%
    ;
    on sackcloth.' I q ~ u t look!
    ,
    exultation and re- ,!if$;
    joking, the kiIling of cattle and the slaughtering
    ;:j2
    of sheep, the eating of flesh and the drinking of p:,%622
    wine:" 'Let there be eating and drinking, for
    Is8 5 6 : U
    tomorrow we shall die.' "'"
    lCu 15:32
    14 And in m y ears Jehovah of armies has e;g?z5
    revealed himself :"'" 'This error will not be ~~,~~

    oz,$:lo

    ,&\'1:r

    "The vision," MYg; dLZion;rLSX, "Cry? f i t m h i n whether


    for help or as a mar cry. a 'LYour,"in the feminine gender, sii~gular
    n ~ m b e rreferring
    ,
    t o the "daughter of my people" of verse 4. "The
    8 0 v e ~ e i g nLord, Jehovah." See verse 5, footnote d.
    a

    ISAIAH 22 :15-22

    67

    66
    'xu

    lw5 latoned' for in YOUR behalf until YOU people die,'


    22:5 the Sovereignn' Lord, Jehovaha of armies, has

    -1% 4
    l77~
    75'1.7

    ~ ~ b - ~ o1
    ~
    15BThis is what the

    Sovereignm Lord, Jehovaha of armies, has said: "Go, enter in to this


    '2Kla218
    ste~.cw-d,.to Sheb'na,hho is over the house:*
    ?Kt 18:37
    1 9 : ~ l U 'What is there of interest t o you here, and who
    Tsa 3 6 3
    1 ~ ~ 3 7 2is there of interest t o you hem, that you have
    *lKi 4:6
    2Ki 10:s hewed out far yourself here a burial place?'n On
    I lI b~aCl 4:1634
    : ~1 8
    a height he is hewing out his burial place; in a
    "t 27:G0 crag he is cutting out a residence f o r himself.
    l7 'Look! Jehovah is hurling you down with violent hurling, 0 able-bodied man, and grasping
    you forcibly. Without fail he will wrap you
    up tightIy,h like a baII for a wide 1andnbThere
    ,Am7:17
    sJue2:S
    YOU wiIl diett and there the chariots3 of your
    glory will be the dishonor of the house d your
    master." l9 And I will push y o u away from your
    posltion,e and from your official standingf one
    v&'\$$ll will tear you d0wn.u
    1,u1:52
    Eac
    li:N

    20'r'AnditmustoccuxinthatdaythatIwill

    call my servant,v namely, E.li'a.kimy the son of


    ;$g:$?fs Hil.ki'ah.gz
    And I will clothe him with your
    :2$;:337
    1ca 3 s : ~ robe, and your sash I shall firmly bind about
    z21C1 18:26
    1st 36.22 him, and your dominion I shall give into his
    *GF 4 1 ~ 4 2 hand;* and he must become a father to t h e in1% 1S:A
    E58:2
    habitant of Jerusalem and t o the house of
    ET8 3 5
    J~tdah.'"'And T will put the k e p of the house
    J'Mtt6:lg of David upon his shoulder, andl he must open
    Re 1:lS
    "F3:i
    without allyone's shutting, and he must shut
    "The Sorereign Lord, J ~ h o v & . ' q ~ everse 5, footnote d, b Liter:illy, - 6 t h a =-rapping [or, winding:."
    "A x i d e Im~d." Literally
    "n lnnd I~yoad011 both sidcs (hatlds).j7 d "Master." J1, Ic.rlo.Biwrt;
    t l ~ t iplural number of n.rldu1, t o dcuote grnndeur and cxcellency.
    c Or, ',offic.e." 1 Or, "your function," g 31, Hltil.qa.&a'hii, meaniug
    L'lIyportion i s 'l'ah ( u )
    a

    ."

    ISAIAH 22 :23-23 :1

    68

    without anyone's opening,+ a s And I will drive


    him in as a peg' in a lasting place, and he must
    become as a throne of glory to the house of his
    father? And they must hang upon him all the
    glory of the house of his father: the descendants
    and the offshoots, all the vessels of the small
    sort, the vessels of the bowl sort as we11 as all

    69
    0 Job 12:14

    was exultant from days of long ago, [from] her


    early times?" Her feet used to bring her f a r
    2 7 : 2 h w a yto reside ternporari1y.t
    8 Who is it that has given this counsel against
    1 1 D e a a T ~ r e the
    , ~ bestower
    ~
    of crowns,v whose merJer 5 0 ~ 4 4
    Re 18.8
    chants
    were
    princes,
    whose
    tradesmen were t h e
    cme. 28:2
    lte 13 2
    honorable ones of the earth?
    vIsb 10:8
    1:ze2;:13
    9 Jehovah of armies himself has given this
    Eze 2;:n
    ersa 1 4 : ~~ o u n s e lto
    , ~profane the pride of all beauty,' to
    Isn 46:10
    Jcr51:62 treat with contempt all the honorable ones of

    Mt 18.18
    Re37

    "rsa22:2

    +Ear 9:S
    Zec 10:4
    e G e 45:9
    1Sa 2:8
    6 s 4;14
    J o b 365
    LU 22:m
    Re 3 2 1
    #Ce 41.4

    Ge 47!11

    Da 6:2
    the vessels of the large jars.
    Mt 28!18
    22:15
    25 " 'In that day,' is the utterance of Jehovah nlsa
    rEs 8:2
    52:5
    of armies, "the pegt1that is driven in a lasting Ps
    Ps 1 4 6 3
    J F r 17:5
    place will be removed,' and it must be hewn off sTsa
    46:11
    Jer 4:28
    and fall, and the load that is upon it must be cut tJer
    25.22
    off, for Jehovah himself has spoken [it].'
    Jer 47:4
    Eze 2 6 9
    Joe 3:4
    The pronouncement of T ~ I T Howl,
    : ~ ~ Am
    1:n
    o
    u e zZ!9
    YOU ship@ of Tarrshish!u for it has been UlK1
    22:48
    Y:2i
    despoiled from [being] a port,b from [being a 2Ch
    P5 483
    place] to enter i n . V From the land of Kit'timc Eze 27%
    49.13
    it has been revealed t o them7 ' Be silent,e YOU vEe
    Ele 27:3
    y N u 24:24
    inhabitants of the c ~ a s t l a n d .The
    ~ merchants Jer 2:lO
    275
    from Sifdon,' the ones crossing over the sea- Eze
    Da ll:m
    46:IO
    they have filled you.' And on many waters has ZPS
    Hab 2:M
    e 10:15
    been the seed of Shi'hor," the harvest of the * GJOF
    19.3
    e 41:l
    Nile,"* your revenue; and it came to be the profit X
    nEze 27%
    of the nations.'
    AJos 133
    Jcr 228
    bDe 11:10
    4 Be ashamed, 0 S i ' d ~ n for
    , ~ the sea has said +Eze
    2723
    [something], 0 you stronghold of the sea, [it] Re 18:ll
    W e 10:19
    saying: "I have not had birth pains, and I have h l t 11!21
    not given birth, nor have 1 brought up young Ac 27:3
    l:B
    men, raised up virgins.""" Just as at the reportz Woe
    Wer N;43
    47:4
    pertaining to Egypt," people will likewise be in "Jer
    Eze 26:3
    Re 1S:W
    severe pains at the report on Tyre.ak a Cross *Ex
    13:14
    Jos 2:9
    over t o Tar'shish; howl, YOU inhabitants of the Isa 19:16
    26:15
    ~ o a s t l a n d . ~Is this the [city] of YOURS thaf kEzc
    Eze 28~19

    hc 4:28

    KSII 2:1l.
    ,

    23

    Tsa'r; modernly called Sour.Menning "Rock." Literally, "housc," 11. = The C~priotes,d Or, "idand:'

    the earth."
    10 Cross over your land like t h e Nile River,
    , ,
    0
    t,
    ,+,~ ,.I :1, daughter of Tar'shish." There is no shipyard
    any longern3l1 His hand he has stretched out:
    "f<b,J~;~~
    "rsa23:l
    over the sea; he has caused kingdoms to be
    C 1Ki 9.27
    1:ze 26:n agitated.+Jehovah himself has given a command
    * L x 15.10
    PS 46:6
    against P h o e n i ~ i a ,to~ ~annihilate her" strongEze 27:34
    objer47:7, holds. l2 And he says: "You must never again
    F,"O\:$ exult: 0 oppressed one, the virgink daughter of
    Si'don.11 Get up, cross over to Kit'tim itself.'
    "ii;e1i643
    ltrsa 4 7 3 Even there it will not be restful f o r you,"
    Jcr I4:17
    13 Look! The land of the Chal-de'an~.~
    This
    1'ce10:15
    JOS 11:s
    r E a e x . 6 is the people-As.syr'i.aU
    did
    not
    prove
    to
    be
    ZGF 11:B
    ~ o 1:17
    b
    [the
    anel-they
    must
    found
    her
    for
    the
    desert
    Isa 13:19
    Hab 1:6 haunters.' They have erected t h e i r siege towers;
    Ac 7:4
    they have laid bare her dwelling towers; one has
    MCC 2:14
    $na~ 4:30
    ~ ~ ~ ~ :set
    2 1 her
    " : as a crumbling ruin,^
    14 HOW],YOU ships of Tar'shish,S for YOUR
    vIra 13:21
    JE
    :
    ,
    'Fie 26.7
    stronghold has been despoiled.
    aIsa 23:l
    15 And it must occur in t h a t day that Tyrea
    Ede2i:as
    must be forgotten seventy years," the same as
    Jer29:'0
    the days of one king, At the end of seventy
    years it will happen to Tyrea as in the song of
    e.,ub ADI:

    ' j s

    n 41Tyre,"?If,

    ISAIAH 23 ;8-15

    See verse 1, footnote a. bLiterallp, 'Tarnnan'?: or, "merchant


    land," M. See Genesis 1 0 : 15; 1 Chronicles 1:13. 0 Or, L'its.''
    a

    ISAIAH 23 :16--24 :5

    71

    70

    24.8
    a harp,O go around the AcIsa
    P T 7:10
    Rc 17:5
    city, 0 forgotten prostituka Do your best at OPr
    732
    Jer 3034
    playing on the strings; make your songs many, @321c
    1:7
    in order that you may be remembered."b
    "ss. 3:4
    Re 1 7 9
    18:9
    17 And it must occur at the end of seventy Re
    Re 19:2
    years that Jehovah wiII turn his attention to ~ P 4532
    S
    Isa 60.6
    T ~ r e and
    , ~ she must return to her hiree and Zec
    14:20
    3:8
    commit prostitution with all the kingdoms of 31r
    =LC 21:3
    e 1:E
    the earth upon the surface of the ground.'" w
    lcBIt 6;lY
    1.u
    19And her profit and her hire must become 11Pr12:18
    3:9
    Z;2R
    something holy to Jehovah.* It will not be stored Ec
    Isa 60 5
    up,lr nor be laid up, because her hire mill come lea 61.6
    Hag 2:7
    to be for those dwelling before Jehovah, for A l t 2 5 : s
    TISB 1;:
    eating t o satisfaction and f o r elegant covering."
    5%
    Jer 4:T
    5:6
    Look! Jehovah is emptying the landc and KEza
    a 2 10
    laying it waste,' and he has twistedd the
    2
    ~
    ;
    1
    4
    ;
    4
    3
    face of its and scattered its inhabitankt And :Ke
    1:s
    Jer 9:16
    it must come t o be the same for the people as for Jas 1:1
    the priest: the same for the sewrant as for his zir$;il
    master,""t h e same for the maidservant as for uf$h33t:14
    her mistress, the same for the huyer as for the
    seller, the same for the lender as for the bor- k
    ; 20 4 : 9
    rower, the same for the interest takerf as for ~m
    the one paying the interest.gu Without fail the l ~ h ~ :
    landc will be emptied, and without fail it will g$2&2&
    be plunderedJv for Jehovah himsex has spoken yF;;E;?&
    this w0rd.y .a The landc has gone to mourning,"
    ;;2;
    has faded away. The productive landh has with- ;;;g
    ered, has faded away. The high ones of the peo- *Isa 2:11
    18:24
    ple of the lande have withered.* And the very PLe
    Ku 3 5 3 3
    landc has been polluted under its inhabitants," iE:g9

    for they have bypassed the laws: changed the


    ",~ZEi:i;:3
    z 2e 0 : ~regulation,': broken the indefinitely lasting cove-

    a p r o s t i t ~ t e '"Take
    :~

    'Ue 31:16

    ?,art;&

    Or, "harlot," b See verse 1, footnote a. c Or, "erarth," 11,ET'P~S.


    Ox, "disconcerted." "Master." $1, a.do.einsf; the plnrnl number
    of a.d6d, to denote grandeur or excellency. Or, "the creditor.''
    g Or, "tl~edebtor; the loan taker?' h V"oductive Innd." $1, te.bF1';
    L X X , "the inhabited earth"; Vg, or'bb ("t1ie circle" of the enrtll).

    nant.O+ T h a t is why the oath-bound curse itself


    has eaten up the landaBand those inhahitins it
    PS 105:io are held guilty. That is w h y the inhabitants of
    J e t 31.32
    e D c 2 ~ . i 5 the land& have decreased in number and very
    Jos 23%
    few mortal men have remained over."
    zec 5:3
    =Lo26 22
    De4:27
    7 The new wine has gone to mourning, the
    Re 28.62
    R O 9:z7 vine has withered, all those glad at heart have
    !:*$;;" o " : 2 gone to sighing.* 8The exuItation of the tambourines has ceased, the noise of the highly
    doe 1:lO
    elated ones has discontinued, the exultation of
    EfJer
    :,";$;:,3 734 the harp" has ceasedmk"It is with no song that
    they drink wine; the intoxicating liquor beJer LE.9
    Ezc z i : ~ a comes bitter to those drinking it. ' T h e deserted
    I.xo 2.11
    r2gi =:lo t o ~ v nhas been broken down;r every house has
    ?2K"23:9
    been shut up from entering.B l1 There is an outtJae1:5
    cry in the streetst for [want of] wine. AII re.
    joicing has passed away;b the ex~lltationof the
    ulsa &:22
    land&has departed." " In the city an astonishL,5:14
    5&22$y4ing condition has been left behind; t h e gate has
    2;;fl been crushed to a mere rubble heapY
    ,, 2a,3:, l3 For thus i t wilI become in the midst of the
    La
    ~ I s 1:9
    Isa 173 land,a in among the peoples, like the beating off
    Ezes:g
    of the olive tree, like the gleaning when the
    sXsn 12 L
    rsa2::2
    grape gathering has come to an end.= I'They
    Isa 4U:9
    Jer 3 x 2 themselves will raise their voice, they will c r y
    2: $?;A1 out joyfully. In the superiority of Jehovah they
    cry out: shrilly from the seacz
    'aIS*$61 ~$: 9 ~will
    ~ certainly
    ~ ~
    l5 That is why in the region of light" they must
    glorify Jehovah,+ in the isIands of the sea the
    zxL1.m name of Jehovah,Vhe Gode of I ~ r a e l1e. ~From

    ;;',
    ; ; :$
    Mr 7 9

    24

    1SAIAH 24 :6-16

    ~ l

    f;zqf;':,

    Of, "enrth." M, er'ets. LMore Bterallp, "has turned as erefiing;


    has become dark," fiI. Or, "~~est." dLLTheregion of light." LiteralIy, '%he lights," Ei. E ~ d e n t l ~the
    , enstern region or horizon.
    "Gad." M,El.o.hiwt.

    73
    the extremityn of the landb there are melodies
    that we have heard:" "Decoration to the Right-

    ggZT

    PS i % : R
    eous One!"*
    1'3 OY:3
    But I say: "For me there Is leanness,' for me 4; :;I
    there is leanness! Woe to me! The treacherous +*;yp
    ;
    dealers have dealt treacherously." Even with 4:;
    : ~
    treachery the treacherous dealers have dealt J I . ~ 20
    TI0 5 7
    trea~hemusIy."~
    *Jcr3 1 1
    17 Dread and t h e hollow and the trap are
    upon you, you inhabitant of the land,"" " And "%r2p,jyf
    it must occur that anyone fleeing from the
    tk,,,
    sound of the dreaded thing will fall into the l.;te 14:21
    h o l l ~ w md
    , ~ anyone coming up from inside the RB?i?jj,::w,
    hollow will be caught in the trap, For t h e very An15:lt1
    floodgatesC on high will actually he opened," t;T,":;lj,l
    and the foundations of the landb will rock.r ,?g:;;<
    I
    n
    The landh has absolutely burst apart, the land" 113 1 8 ~ 1 s
    has absolutely been shaken up, the landb has A J W ~ : ~
    absolutely been sent staggeringVa The lantl";bl?i:s
    absolutely moves unsteadily like a drunlrlen man,
    f$#,
    and it has swayed t o and fro like a lookout hut.( g; g;$Q
    And its transgressiono has become heavy upon 5 J j l l !J:2*!
    it," and it must fall, so that it will not riae up ,:;;;u;
    v.1cr 25:n
    agalnmV
    l l n 11:19
    21 And it must occur fn that day that Jeho- h m H 1.1
    vah will turn his attention upon the army of the ym
    height in the height, and upon the kings of the $:di??~
    ground upon Ule ground.y 2 2 And they will ccr- Tiy,l$ik2
    tainly be gathered in a gathering as of prisoners ":I~:g:i"
    into the pit,= and be shut up in the dungeon;' ig.'cF'i
    and after an abundance of days they will be
    given attentionma
    23 And the fuIl moon has be- ;I;;eif.3:y4
    come abashed," and the glowing [m]has be- , ~ : ; ~ . l ~ ~ 5
    come ashamed,+ f o r Jehovah of armies has be- :;-,'2?:'.zq

    ;I;;

    ''"''

    ::;

    a LiternlIv,

    "wing," I
    f.b Or, "earth!' 31, er'dt.

    Or, "windorrs."

    ISAIAH 25 :1-4

    come
    ~
    : king*
    ~
    7 in Mount Zionm and in Jerusalem
    and
    in
    front
    of his elderly men with glory."
    F!sn 1 2 6
    MIC4 i
    Ilch 1 2 5 2
    0 Jehovah, you are my God.'* I exaIt
    Ltc 14: 1
    you,k I Ilatrd your name," for you have
    vl'.; 1 - 1 ~ 9
    R r I!' 4
    * l ~ h2~~ 10 done ufonderful things,r counsels from early
    !ndaithfulmess, in trustrv~rthiness.~
    'For
    .
    you
    have
    made
    a
    city
    a
    pile
    o
    f
    stones,
    a
    fortified
    ,
    I'll'"
    town a crurnb1ing ruin, a dtvelling to~~rer
    of
    nFx 15 2
    !<i
    i l r B strangers to he no city, which will not te rebuilt
    rl's 5
    11% w.i
    even to time Indefinite.u That is why those who
    1<m 15::t
    '

    ~
    ~
    RQ 19:6

    25

    stronff p ~ o p l cwill, glorify yon; the tottn


    tyrnllnical nations, they will fear you..
    ,.I1 ,i:. : T o r you have become a stronghold to the lowly
    one, a stronghold t o the poor one in the distress
    YI'K
    413310
    1.3 sr8:a
    thnt Re has,r a refuge from the rainstorm, a
    yra 1 2 5
    zcp :c 12 shade from the heat, when the bIastb of the
    *rsase:10 tyrannical ones i s like a rainstorm against a
    the heat in a waterless country, the
    "yRa":8
    ITze 9 1 25 wall. "Like
    In 22 noise of strangers you subdue, t h e heat with
    nl lvn 1!1:10
    na 7 1-1 the shadow of a cloud.' The melody itself of the
    SlE H : l l
    R,, 7,9
    tyrannical ones becomes suppressedmn
    A P m:nn
    ~
    rqn 2 : 2
    6 And Jehovah of armies will certainly make
    Xrbc R:3
    a I r s:i:n
    fox all the peapleshmin this mountain,* a banquet
    $%$':;! of weI1~oileddishes,O a banquet of [wine kept
    on] the dregs, of well-oiled dishes filled with
    .j;; g:, marrstrP,'of [wine kept on] the dregs: filtered."
    Lu 5m.2
    3')
    And in this mountain he will certainly smaIlow
    Lu2d?
    up
    the faceof the envelopment that is enveIopA! 17.>iQ
    ing
    over a11 the peoples," and tAe woven work
    FL;
    that
    is 4intemven upon dl the nations. He
    $ ~ ~ 1 ~ ~
    will
    actually
    supallow up death farever,"and the
    :'!y:.-i:4
    Lord
    Jeh~vahc
    will certainly wipe the tears from
    ! . .
    "Ttnd." 31, El.o.ltim8. b Or, "irpirit." Eil, rw'ahb; LXX, pnea'ma;
    R ~ P
    n

    , , ~ o(.,the

    ,,
    1.1'

    '

    Z'g, ,~~rir'i.nrra.
    PIT Clcnmis
    Tbainlr 7: 7, feoii~otcg.

    1:2, footnatc d.

    " h r d Jeho~ah." See

    all faces.p And the reproach of h 3 ~people he P e : s y P


    will take away from all the eartb,lRfor Jehovah m;v;$;;;f
    hwi
    himself has spoken [it].
    11%' i 14
    9 And in that day one will certainly my: t f ; ; +;;:it
    "Look! This is our
    We have hopd in 11y;,;4
    him," and he wiIl save
    ,This is Jch~vtlh.a' 1,1t L I?
    We have hoped in him. Let us bc joyful nnrl re- r1. I~b :V+~I :,M
    I ,I> 2.711
    joke in the salvation by hirn.'lcX
    yEu G , 2
    1 ' 5 9;
    10 For the hand of Jehovah will scttlc down z ~ 3:ia
    ,,
    on this mountain,' and Ma'ab must be trodden "In:zii:
    do\r?ncunder him as when a straw heap is trod- .f*!J';.;j?la
    den down in a manure place." "And he must - 11qt1
    ~ 1 4 i2:~
    I.-):I
    slap out' his hands in the midst of iC' as when ..*::;P$;;~
    a swimmer slaps [them] outd to swim, and he ;;;;', r,
    must abase its haughtiness with the tricky 'tfn 1-$4:Ja
    rnavements of his hands.0 And the fortified - or 5 1 : ~
    city,' with your high walls of security," he must !::! :i:il
    lay low; he must abase [it], bring [it] into
    contact with the earth, to the dust."
    lI>.<
    t 1:1
    21
    ~ :a
    I
    In that d.zry this song will be sun@ In ~1i% ,IH.12
    lF,.3
    ,
    the land of Sudah:" "We have A strong '2::::;61R
    city.]' He sets salvation itself for walls and rRm- ,.l';:;,t&
    part.n ' Open the gates,' uou men, that the ;;I;
    righteous nation that is keeping fidelity rnay'~;:,;~;;;li
    ~c.~:s
    enter.* a The indination' that js well supported' -1,s
    .1 ti .,
    you will safeguard in continuous peace,K hecause r t4.h m
    it is in you that onecis made to hztst.' T R C S ~fit!):<,
    lS
    in Jehovah for all times," for in Sal.11- JehovallJ&,:~;, "4;,
    2;
    t t' 1 1 w2.q
    .13:8
    is the Rock of times indefinite-v
    5 "For he has laid low those fnhabitlng the .';1,7.j::,

    I?<

    .r,br

    '!Xn?;;

    26

    :t.

    [kr, "!nud." 1
    ' , er'efs, 'cfl~rl."Jr, J.:l,a81rirxn', Olb, I i l c ~ - ~ l l"in
    y+
    his nltlrtntion:' M, IIore Litcrnllp, "rtri*trh( ~ 3 ) out," 11. ' Dl',
    Lol~i~ii"
    rcfrrring
    ;
    to 31o'nb. Or, "thut i~ ~ ~ l i u l i n k nr.'"
    l ~ l 1 ~ 1r.rnlly,
    1
    '7 i tn] pcncp. peace," 3L. 01;"it." I "Jnll," SPP Inflinll 12 : 2 , Pootnold* c. I 11, I-rtk 1'4a.mah'. This cornbi~~ntioti
    oc.rnr< only 1 1 ~ 1 ' r .nnd
    in Isninh 12: 2.

    1
    I
    %
    $
    :
    "
    ,
    ;
    ?

    z2sa 3 5
    1Ch 11:5

    *ha 32:m
    :er 50:31

    height,s the Inaccessible


    He abases it, he
    abases it to the earth; he brings it in touch with
    the dust.* T h e foot ~vi11 trample it down, the
    feet of the amicted one, the steps of the lowly

    1054
    Zep 211 Oneg-"~

    Ed05

    7 The path of the righteous one fs uprightn e ~ s You


    . ~ being upright, you will smooth out
    the very course of a righteous oneVb Yes, for
    aps1:6
    ICO 4 5
    the path of your judgments, 0 Jehovah,we have
    hoped in you.' For your name and for your
    +PS
    ps119;7
    10833
    the cleslrc of tlw soul has been."
    ek:i614 rnemori~ll~
    Mritll my soul 1 llnvc desired you in the night;"
    {:,1?723
    yes, with my spirit within me I keep looking
    *I)., G?.G
    L U 6 12
    for Y Q U ; ~because
    ~
    when there are judgments
    k Ps Y : G
    t i p s 5 ; : ~ from you for the earth," ri~hteowsnessis what
    A0 1r.m
    the inhabitants of the prodrtctive landn will cer*PS~:S
    tainly
    Ta9,6;lf1 1earn.r '"Though t h e wicked one should
    be shown favor, he simply will not learn rlghtPF$a8;i517
    P" 1 ~ 4 3eousne~s.~
    In the lnnd of straightforwardness
    Pr 1:32
    P.O 2
    ::
    he will act unjustlyt and will not see the emit Ps 78:57
    PS IM:IO nence of Jehovah,"
    Jer 2 7
    rjPsz:s
    11 0 Jehovah, your hand has become high,^
    Isa 5:12
    VMTC 5:9
    [but]
    they do net behold Ij t] They will behold
    E Y9:14
    and b~ ashamed at. Ihe Z P d for 1 p u r l people.=
    &86:17
    1Pe 3:16
    Yes, the very A r e for your own adversaries wiII
    R,3:9
    eat them up. l2 0 Jel~ov~lh,you will adjudge
    peace
    to us," because even all our works you
    ,FA%&
    ( 2 C h :2:8
    have
    performed
    for us." L J 0 Jehovah our God,b
    Isa 51:22
    + : o s z ~ : ~ other rnastersc besides you have acted as a m ISR12:4
    sEx14:30 ers of ~1s.OBy you only shall we make mention
    Ps 10228
    of your name.' IdThey are dead; they will not
    >Its:=
    they will not rise up."
    XEG
    I s , 9:10
    3:18 live." Impotent In deathwax
    *k;;222g Therefore you have turned your attention that
    3
    Lu 1:62

    a:17
    Pr 20:7

    .-"

    Cr.",%9?.j!9

    "The prodactive lnnd!' M, I~.bdl'; LIX.Y, "the earth." bUFC;od."


    31,FE-o-him'. "Mn~triw.'~
    31, a.do.~lim'; the pllzrnl nulnher of a.dir~'.
    "Xmpotent i n dcnth." M, x0phn.im'; VE,h'~ial~ts.*'

    ISAIAH 26 :15--21

    ISAIAH 27:1-9

    77

    76

    you might annihilate them and destroy all men- k$;:$:lQ

    4
    1,,t

    I-r I C J " ~
    tion of themiL
    III;O
    a :! ?
    f 5 You have added t o the nation; 0 Jehovah, J1.r
    r ) so
    ~ za
    .'A: 19
    you have added to the nation;" you have ~lori-s~,,l :r
    rFed yourself." You have extended afar all the ".::!:?31<-f
    borders of the land.^^ l1 0 Jehovah, during dis- ,k(,",,.i:124
    tress they have turned their attention t o you;l $;
    they have poured out a whisper I'of prnycr l ;,:;li3
    when they had your disciplining," fl Just as a I~s??;,I
    1lP .4.3!1
    pregnant woman draws near to giving birth, IYRS v @ I Ha
    ~3
    labor pains, cries out in her birth pangs, so we 1J %13
    , I :.11
    have become because of you, 0 Jehovah.' InWe YJ"h
    ~ I C"":"1
    I IO : ~
    have become pregnant, we have had Iabor if;;?',
    pains;!, as it were, rve have given birth to ~ v i n d .I;!;~;
    ~ 1,7$
    No real salvation do lve accomplish as m~arrlS ~c:!,2lr:.;~
    20 12
    the land,&"and no inhabitanis for the productive r T<~,
    I .m . K : j
    landv proceed to fall in birthsk
    I!"11:H
    19 "Your dead ones will livemcnA corpse of
    minear-they will rise up." Awake and cry out $!!; ;::;$
    jayfully,t you residents in the dust For your t JJNIII
    rln3I 1fi
    dew is as the dew of rnalI~ws,~
    and the earth It7,k;:;
    self will let even those impotent in death* drop IIt!UW 11 l2:-Izl
    [in hirth1.y
    F 1 -1 1 l1):R
    20 "Go, my people, enter into your interior :/; fjljJ
    rooms, and shut your doors behind you." Hide l>:;i&:2
    youl-self lor but a moment until the denunciation '1: 2;:
    For, Jook! Jehovah is coming ;:;c:;?,
    passes over.'
    forth from his place t o call to account the error :;;:,;I?~
    of the inhabitant of the landR against himla and nlltI i - 3
    the land" will certainly expose her bloodshed'
    :t,!o
    ~ n will
    d no longer cover over her killed ones."* ;!:
    a 01+,L ' ~ ~ ~ tM,
    h . "ss'efs. bl'WincT." 31, t~tr'rrklr. Sco ljl~nrris 1: 2
    c:lh

    &;+

    CP

    z;:$$N
    1y;;

    "A

    footnotc d. 0 "Productive Itlnd," 31. tr.bi1'; LXXVR, "rrrtrth." d


    V I ~ ~ ] I nf
    P P mine,'' M, sebe.ln.&lri'; Ijkrly in t h o r o l l r r t i v ~flllnRcl, tu
    t ~ i ~ r LL1lorpses
    i i ~
    of mi~e."LXX, r ' T I ~ ~in~tlin
    e 111141l1orial
    tomhs";
    7.r. "Mr killed ones.'"
    '-"Inlpotent in d ~ o r h . ~11,
    ' r"pba.iars; Irg,
    .*c:.l its."
    L1trrall;r; *'bImc!s,"ST.

    27 In

    that day Jehovah, with his hard and

    great and strong s w ~ r d will


    , ~ turn his
    attention to Le.~i'a,than,~"
    the gliding serpent,"
    Ps ?<:I4
    the crooked serpent, and
    P~ 101.26 even to lh.~i'a*than,~
    G
    .ce
    J U 26:U
    ~
    h e will certainly kin the sea monster that is in
    the sea."
    2 Ij, that day SING to her:* ''A vineyard of
    ;
    Ps 4 x 3
    Jer 4 7 5
    + J QJI:L
    ~

    foaming wine! bk I , O
    am safeguarding her.n Every moment I shall water her,' In
    J ~ 2T2 1
    order that no one may turn his attention against
    >It21:33
    her, I shaII safemt~rdher evcn night and day.s
    LW 20:9
    There is no mEc that I have.2 Who will give
    n/$t'$!j129
    l', !G >:
    me thornbushes [and] weeds In the battle? I
    ,,,:,
    ,,,g
    will Step on .such. I will set such on Are at the
    Eze 34:11 same time."
    Otheru71se let him take hold of
    tus %:3
    Isa 12:1 <my~tronghold,~
    let him make peace with me;Y
    1125- 2.26
    peace let him make with me.""
    rteb 6.8
    vJos 9.24
    raa E 4
    6 In the coming [days] Jacob will take root,
    y Lu 1.1:32
    Lulz:42 .Israel will put forth blossoms and actually
    ,
    they 1~111simply All the surface of
    Z$2?i195s p r ~ u tand
    , $ ~ 9 ~ the
    i $ ~productive landqvith produce.*
    Isa %:31
    60.22
    7 As, with the stroke of one striking him does
    Jer30:19
    one have to strike him? Or as with the
    slaughter@of his killed ones does he have to be
    cr=lo:m killed?' With a scare cry you will contend
    3 er 5023
    C31t 1:2*

    *Xu 21 17

    1~~5.1
    k Ps SO:S

    Ei;;z:;l

    S X I : ~ ~

    LE;$50::23
    ,T;al:.:iE

    ~vjfklherwhensendingherforth.Hemustexpd
    [her] with his blast,' a hard one in the day of
    the east wind.& Therefore by thls means the
    error of Jacob will be atoned for,@~ n this
    d is
    all the fruit [when] he takes away his sinJwhen

    g:e5711"3
    ("Le.ripa.than,"AfVgSy
    a

    "the drngon ,"'ZXX, b "Foamiag wine.$'N,

    I t ? ~ r ~ ' e rthat
    ; is, still fonming, I ' c r ~ n c n t i nwine,
    ~
    Or, "[And he mLE
    certainly say] in that dnp : 'A rinryaxltl nf fon~uinawinel Srse to
    her! 1.' " d "Prodactive Inntl!' N, tr.b?l'; AXX, "the inbablted
    earth"; Tg, or?& ("the cirrle" o f the ~rtrtlr),* Or, ~ l i r ~ llterallr,
    re
    '4hlhgjj1
    3L Orj '-spirit:' hl, ru'fllrh; LAX, j~rt~tt'nta;Vgj ~ p i r ' f ~ t ~ ~ r

    79

    ISAIAH 28:3-9

    mTaRlt,7
    one strong and vigorous.* Like a thunderous
    he makes all the stones of the &tar like chalk- ";cl,;:::,B,
    +'"A'30 storm of
    stones that have been pulverized, so that the *;yk
    a decimating atarm, like a thun' 1 s ~111'0 derous storm of powerful, flooding waters, he
    sacred polesa" and the incense stands will not *I-:! ci!;
    1vn ?0':36
    r:jc F ~ : I Iwill certainly do a casting down to the earth
    rise up."* For the f o r t x e d city will be solitary, k!: !ji:.,k
    .Un I 4!:
    the pasture gmund will be left t o itself and Jm:y,2i;i:4
    with force.&' With t h e feet the eminent crow~s
    RC. 1s 8
    ~ I,.,1 c2.:':.13
    7[ 10
    abandoned like a wilderness.* There thc Cali ,,,[/;:",'i$
    of the drunkards af E'phra.irn will be trampled
    ::I 1 15
    will graze, and there it will Ijc down; and lie; ;i iili4
    r<pn?.;
    lo down," And the fading flower of itsbdecoration
    will actually consume her boughs." l L WIwn her II;,;?;;~
    :j:;yto of hcautyVhat is upon the head of the fertile
    rs;a 3 1 2
    spllgs have dried up, women corning in will1 r!:;.>IInN x215:s
    valley must become like the earlyC fig before
    2#
    1
    break [them] off, lighting them up.lLFor it is1 E L L 1 .r
    summer," that, when the seer sees it, while it
    Ilr. 8: 13
    not a people of keen understanding.' That
    is yet in his palm, he sivallows it d o ~ m .
    why its Maker will show it no mercy, and its ~ I ~ : , ~ ~ : i ~
    5 Tn t l ~ n fday Jehovah of armies will become
    Lf;lm 1 5 . h
    own Former will show it no favor.8
    1% 72%
    I,,,,
    -IR
    G2.7
    !,,$,,
    ~ 'as a crown of decoration1'and as a garland of
    12 A n d it must occur in that day that Jeho- ;;; !,; ;
    x''cb:l.g ' b e ~ l l t yto the Ones remaining overd of his peo1-11 2 . x
    vah will beat off [the fruit], from the flowing I;;;~;;,J
    stad
    fi p l e , ~ and as a spjrit of justicee t o the one sitting
    1\11 11'111
    J
    t
    r
    n.1.1
    stream of the Rivervtr, the torrent valle!, of An: 9:9
    I-11 : ~ l : i ~
    in the judgmeni,l and as mightiness [ t o ] those
    I?{>I 1 :5
    Egypt,t and so you yourseIves will be picked up VI,V sa:D
    # l l : n R turnfng away the battle from the gate.u
    xu 71:17
    one after the other, 0 sons of 1srael.U And it
    lla a::n
    7 And t h e w also-because of wine they have
    ??,I
    must occur in that day that there will be a blow- , ~ ~ & ! ~ ~1'9
    I I~
    gone a s t r y~ and because of intoxicating liquor
    11an,,
    n o T:I ,4
    ing on a great trumpet,cv and those who are ;:; $$10
    they have wandered ah0ut.v Priest and prophet
    perishing in the land of As.syr'i.as and those z$;$$;
    PR13,:12 -they have gone astray because of intoxicating
    ,
    .
    who are dispersed in the land of Egypt" will car. ;:* ll;i;,
    Ilq~tor,they have become confused as a result
    F;;
    tainly come and bow down to Jehovah in the mr,.t,:[<:k 2 t n: G
    ll:zc.I.L:al of the wine, they have wandered about as a ref .1~11.? 1s
    holy mountain in Jerusalem.*
    2t.r. 1 1:16
    r1.s m7:2? s ~t lof the intoxicating l i q u ~ rthey
    , ~ have gone
    M:il 1:11
    Woe to the eminent crownd of the drunk. ,J!;$;,?;rr
    astray in their seeing, they have reeled as to
    ?:?I
    ard9 of E'phra.irn,* and the fading blos- t\n
    ~ J o 1r . 1 : ~ d e ~ i s i ~ T
    n .o~r all the tables themselves have
    ,%t11j!:12
    Jor 23.13
    ,,,5
    som of itse decoration of beauty* that is upon,t.lr<,
    CZ@1 3 3 become full of filthy vomit-there
    is no place
    I t c ~ri.10
    .I'r
    26
    11
    r;:I;
    the head of the fertile valley' of those ovcr-!
    ,'or 4 W 6 [without i t ] ,*
    15:Ea
    IInb ,':I5
    po~weredby wine!' "
    k!
    JehovahK has some-!b2JCL
    +Ar?: G . L
    -'- ?
    9 Whom will one instruct in knowIedgeP and
    rl'u W.IT
    (Jr, "the A.shePmhs." b That is, the Eu.phim'tm. * Or, "sho'~>lu~~."
    whom will one make understand what has been
    '
    ,
    1
    d Liternlly, .'the m\l;n of ei~unmcc."31, e Or, "Ilir."
    I,itt>r:~lly,"thr
    heard?'&Those who have been weaned from the
    valley of fatnesm [or, of fcel-tile soils],'! 31, g"Je11ornt1," I J S M
    , ,<a t t ,,,,,
    57 1
    TgSgT mti DSIa; and ninny W C ~ ~ P ~uatlnrj~ripts
    'R
    (14 or ~ t i t ) r i ~ \
    ij!,';.? milk, those moved away from the breasts?P

    is,,$;!&%

    (,

    28

    11

    nu 11 printed editions. including 6011rino'sfirst ctPitio11of 1hr I I * !w,~v


    TEllrlr! in 1458;d.do.ltagP. 31. T h i ~
    i p one o i the 13.1 ptfsritrt r i t 1 n l ~ i c h
    11111 J P T ~ ISIo p h e ~ i ~altcirrl
    r~
    tlw piimitivc 1lrhrr.r~kst So rtnd
    A.rlo,,rnlr* illste~dof I"I*o..rvnC'.

    M. ,b Or, 9hia.I' L i t ~ r a l l ~"the


    , t-allg of fatnf frrtilr soilmj," 3: s Or, "to the re~unaur"e Or,
    .\J, 1 ~~t S F C ~ P t'.I ~ Or, undprstnnd the report t"

    l,it~rnlly, Liltnnd,'l
    rlclnarr [ax,
    " ; ~ ~ I [ I ~ I Ft."I I

    ISAIAH 28: 10-16

    80

    81

    l o For it IS "command upon command, command


    upon command, measuring line upon measuring
    line, measuring line upon measuring line, here
    a IlttIe, there a little."&+l1 For by those stam- * ~ 2 ; , $
    merIng with their lipse and by a difirent tongue
    he will speak to this people, " t h ~ s eto whom he
    has said: "This is the r c s t f n ~plnm. GIVE rest .=1 6 ~ 9
    to the weary one. And this iw thc plncc of ease," J',",":,$l8
    but who were not willing to hens.' I And t o them g;: !;$I
    the word of Jehovah3 ~vill certainly bec~rne,~Mtl:zo
    "command upon command, command upon command, measuring line upon measuring Iine,
    measuring line upon measuring Iine, here a little, there a little,"* in order t h n t they may go * J e r 2 3 : ~
    and certainIy stumble backwards nnd actually
    ~t 18:11
    be broken and ensnared and caught.~~
    Ro 11:g
    14 Tllerefore hear the word of Jehovah, you,
    $&: : :
    bragga!-ts,I' aov rulers of this people who a r e in i ~ ;+;;3
    Jerusalem: l 3 Because you men have said: "We rg;g:m
    8.12
    have concluded a covenant with Death,' and ~ z c3R:IR
    with She'olc we have effected n vision;da the BTSR
    E,e in:ia
    30:1U
    overfloiving flash-flood, in cnse it should pass rrcn
    jtLrIli:19
    through, svill not come to us, lo^ tve have made yg ;,."I'
    a. lie our refuge and in falsghaod we have con- u$C!;:>;
    cealed ourse1ves";t therefore this is what the v$;;yLjlj2
    Lord Jehovahe has said: "I-Iere I am layingf as B;;2.$;'
    a foundation in ZionUa stone,Kv R trled stone,y ,R,:.:$$

    41%~

    kz;&i2

    Or, mom likrnlly, "For it is lxnru rlpoli f ~ i r t t - ,t ~ g t aup09 tsntp,


    gntir npoel qnrrr, paw npori qrr~i*,n litilu hcrr, ri little there"; ns srl
    irnitntinl~o i the 30n11ds o f the proplhrt's ~pr~r~i.lr.
    JL, Ki tsnw EO~RQW'
    farrul Irrtnarr', qcriu Iaqatr' q i l l u Itrqrr~rb', : ' ' P ~ T . ~ k f ~ t. enr t p i ~ P ~ F R ~ ,
    Litrrnlly, "YOU rnen of h r n g ~ i n pt11lk," 31, 31, skedZ; Yg,itr.fer'Lit~rtljly, "a sew," hl. "A ~ntnt,'~LXXITg; r'l>pac~,''T,
    *'.The Lnrd JBovnh.' 31, A.dawrr!,' i7'ho.wih'; we Iwish 22: 5 ,
    footnote rl. f"IIere I am lapng," in nRwnlcnt r ~ t hLT-Sl'gSfl?;
    " H P ~Icnni, [the One that.] Iins Inid," bt. s "A stone." JL, eb atr;
    L S S , litk'au; l'g, rm'pis; By, ke'plra; T, "n king" ( mel'ekh 1 .
    b

    tsw. d

    ISAIAH 28 :17-22

    the predous cornerz of a sure founda2ion.a' No


    k;,az;r one exercising faith will get panickyhhD And
    a I c n a1:16 I will make justice0 t h e measuring I h e A and
    I C O 3.11
    t h e leveling instlurnen'~;~
    and the
    ~ ~ h ' irlghteousnesg
    ! ~
    I?e 13:s
    hail must swerp away the refuge of a lie,' and
    C;<nb 2 4
    will flood out the very
    n ~ ~ the
    ~ ~waters
    i ~ themselves
    &
    place of canceatment." lS And Youre covenant
    arsa1D:D with Death will certainly be dissolved,"' and
    + J n q 10.11
    ;FdyZ' that vision of YOURS with She'ole will not stand.'
    a r ~ a z j : . : The overflowing flash-flood, wl?en it passes
    Jsn SO:=
    ~ ~ t also
    ~ become for it a tramsit 10:26 t h m w ~ h ~ - must
    21% R : i
    plin~:plncc.ll ''"s often as i t passes thmugh, it
    .r<n 8 I n
    will take YOU men away,' because rnornlng by
    <$!;,:klsa8.9
    ;
    morning it wflI pass through, durlng the day
    .I 4; "2
    4
    :
    and during the night; and it must become noth1 7 K i1 7 3
    siii Y s:l3 ing but a reason for trembling to make [others]
    1:ze 2139
    understand what has h e n heard."""
    llplD:5
    risn3:;L
    2Ki 21:a
    20 For the much has proved toe short for
    J8.r 19.3
    l [ n b i.16 stretching oneself on, and: the woven sheet itseIf
    t J - % 59:B
    1 , 2 ~ 5 ! 2 0 is [too] narrow when wrapping oneself upt
    For Jehovah will rise up just as a t Mount
    Pe.ratzlm,kl
    he will be agitated just as in the Iow
    -IC:Z lG.16
    5
    plain
    near
    Gib'e-onIv
    that he may do his deedy&Fz;;s
    his
    deed
    is
    strange-and
    that he may work his
    pfb3,3p
    workn-his
    workw
    is
    unusua1.y
    g7 And now do
    x2rh3":tQ
    ?I-II :<F;.E
    not shorv yourselves scoff ers,r in order t h ~YOUR
    t
    bands
    may
    not
    grow
    strong,
    for
    there
    i
    s
    an
    ex,$;t&:a
    termination,even samething declded upon, that
    1"ll
    I have heard of from the Sovereignln Lord,
    Jehovah1'of armies, for alI the 1and.I"
    &
    ;!:
    & O r , "a corner o f incr~tit~g
    for foundation d t t i foundntion." Tho

    l-r

    ,:F:;ijtA

    E3?&?&
    ,,,,,:
    4 . 3

    rxpression "a sure fom~dntiuu" i~ li trraHp "fanudution, fountlntion!'


    Or, "act hastily." Or, " j n d ~ ~ ~ e n 1
    t1
    ..
    " mdsh.pnl'. d J.itrmIly "be
    rox-ered.'' M, k k ~ ~ p n r '0.31, sl~*6l;L X X , *=Hn3d~s";
    I f p , i~.~t,r',~ats.
    1 Or, $.the ~vpnrt,"' Or, "'rr~wirc."N, t~.bo.dtrh'. "Tlir Pol-tmipo
    Lord, Jehorah." See Ianmh 3 : 15, footnote e. UI', "enrtlt." 31, pr1v(s.
    b

    83

    23 Give ear, you men, and listen t o my voice;


    pay attention and Listen to my saying.* g d 1s it 'Pr\$&
    2-7
    all day long that the plower plows In order t o
    sow: seed, that he Ioosens and harrows his caFlkQ
    ground?: 2E13w~
    he not, when he has smoothed 4 g & 3
    out its surface, then scatter black cummin m d
    sprinlde the cumrnin,' and must he not put i n 'brtmz3
    and barleymin the ~ppointedJzey;;'
    9:31
    place,b and speltn as his boundary? And one A-F:x
    E u W72
    corrects him according to what is rightck His I<.lnh:;.i11
    1 1 ~ x?.q
    5
    o~vnGodd instructs him." 27 For it is not with a $,r,:~
    15
    threshing instrumentr that Mack cummin is e<;;'$,;3
    given a treading; and over mmmin= no ivheel: 'Ex 14:23
    of a wagon is turned. For it is with a rod that'
    black cummin is generally beaten out,' and cum- :/If,"&?7
    min with a staff." '"Is breadstuff itself generally j;; ;:::
    crushed? For never does one incessantly keep \?,U;tl
    treading i t out.P And he must set the roller of
    his wagon in motion, and his own steedsy-he y;
    Ira ; r m ! l
    will not crush it. 2g This also is what has come ij$j;;.ks
    J
    forth from Jehovah of armies himself, who h ~ s$::
    $%:
    been wonderful in counsel, done greatly in ef- {;i5;ln
    1
    I?C>II,a3
    fectual working.=
    *;SII 5:!l
    1 ~ 1 41:11
    "Woe to Ar'i-~l,~
    t o A r ' i , ~ l the
    , ~ town 3 ,r,,~:2L
    where David encamped!' ADDyear upon 1:; t;?
    year, let the festivals run the
    "And I $';;$.
    have to make things tight for Ar'i.el,v4and there ";;:yo?
    must come to be mourning and lamentation, and ;;::;
    she must become to me as t h e altar hearth of bi,',',:7i;:T
    1
    God. rP " And I must encamp on d
    l sides against $'c!)lt, 1,
    I

    .,,

    29

    L'Theatl millet." Or, "wheat in rons"; the s w n d Hebrew word


    not being now certain in metbning. Or, "in t h appaintrd
    ~
    time";
    or, "in determined poion." The Hebrew esprcsainn 3% tlnw llnrrrlain RS to meaning. Or, ''as t o jndpent.'' d "Cforl." 1
    ' , 15:l.a.kimr.
    "Ar'i.el.'"Rieaniug, perhaps, "the dtar benrtti uf God"; or, "tlw
    lion of God.'' Dewgn~tingJ e r a ~ d e m her^. Or, "n.i rkr'i.rl," M.

    I must lay siege to youa with a palisadeb and raise up against youa siege ~ ~ o r k s . "
    ,
    * And youa must become Iow so that you will
    ]<!I
    ,.;,,l.t2:12
    ,:,
    Ispeak from the very earth, and as from the
    j;;;:?,,'x Jdu,st your saying will sound low.@And like a
    -l<xa.!'1 ~splritmedium your voice must become even
    n1. I 27.5
    lL:l
    i(1.3
    fl-onl the earth, ~ n d
    from the dust your own
    1 ,:I :4;:33
    I Z ? I , ~ 21 1s saying will chirp." U n d the crowd o
    f those
    I I:.)
    strange to you must become just like fine pawI < , 35.5
    ,l + n 17.13 der," and the crowd of the tyrants just like
    the chaff that is passing awaymkAnd it must
    1 ' . : : !occur i n an instant, sur[dcnly.l1'' From Jehovah
    rl%:\: to
    !-:I I : ~1 7 DL' arrnics you will have attention with thunder
    2h,I " 14
    I, I tb ,111
    and with quaking nnd with a great sound, storrnI:;: i o mind nnd tempest, and the flame of a devouring

    youlD and

    +ZKI24:11
    31il ?5:1

    I;C,I ? l : a
    1.11 1!#:.13

    r i b ,

    ;>l;lL;;?

    iflre,J,r

    7 And it must occur just as in a dream, in a


    vlsfonU of the night, regarding the crowd of all
    :I<(
    the nations that are waging war against Arlibel,cs
    12 ' %
    I:(!
    even all those waging war against her, and the
    siege towers against:her and those making things
    tight for hcr.i Yes,it must occur just as when
    tfF:t,
    T
    ;13
    'Jt1r2gS
    so~neonehungry drearnsQand here he is eating,
    he actually awakes and his soul is empty;"
    fl;;!3y&fl and
    nnrF just es wlien someone thirsty dreams and
    here he Is drinking, and he actually a~vakesand
    Ilere he is tired and his soul is dried out; thus
    it will occur with the crowd of all the nations
    v~2,$~l~?,:~1
    27.14
    that are waging war against Mount Zion.'
    :.h5h% I > 1 1 9 Linger, you men, and be amazed;r blind
    yoursetves, and be blinded.''" They have become
    ? i t 27.Hi
    '-.I%
    ,,,,,,,l'?.L.1 ,drunk,' hut net with wine; they have moved
    ,

    $.:?;; 1 , : ~

    %chi:

    l.~kll

    ..'~'ou," in thr frnbinine p~nrlrr.d n q ~ l a rnumber, beine arldrcssed


    to the "tonn."
    Or. ''smtricx; ontliusk.'' C '*Arfi.el." See rerw 1,
    f orlt notn r. a Nore li trrnlly, 'wnenr ? ourselv~sowr, and he enwawd
    rrc~bl-," 11, C'ot:~j)nt,uI ~ n l n t lF : J D : "Paste their u e y PFW together.,"

    ISAIAH 29:4-9

    ISAIAH 24:lO-16

    84

    85

    unsteadily, but not k a u s e of intoxicating 7Jer 25:a7

    -1% 3 1 2
    3~rruor.=
    PI --.25:TZ
    10 For upon you men Jehovah has poured a Ac
    Ro 1;:8
    32
    spirit of deep sleep;&and he closes YOUR eyes, +Tsa
    Jtrr 5.13
    14:14
    the prophets,' and he has covered even YOUR Jcr
    der =:I5
    heads: the seers." And for you men tho vision Eze
    143
    9:l5
    of eventhing becomes like the worclls of the Wsa
    \ r..ip 3.1
    .
    E:8
    book th& has been sealed up," which they give '3Sa
    Iv:: 3d.10
    L -

    m.77

    s.7
    to someone knowing the writ in^, snying : "Read =Isa 8::6
    Da
    12:4
    this out loud, please," and he has to say: "I a m =>la1 3:16
    32:9
    x
    unable, for it is sealed up";k and the book" ~litD 11,25
    must be given to someone that does not know >It 13:lf
    18:17
    writing, [someone] saying: ''Read this out laud, 1Wt
    Re 5:l
    nJer 5:4
    please," and he has to say: "1 do not know writ- Ho 4:6
    rPs 121
    ing a t all."n
    Tsa 4&:E
    3.10
    13 And Jehovaha says: "Far the reason that der
    3es >:a

    this people have come near with their mouth, Eze


    3Ir 716
    > I t 15:s
    and they have glorified me merely with their stPr
    305
    lips,r and they have removed their heart itself M r 7:T
    co1 2:22
    far away from mejs and their fear toward me uIsa W:21
    1:s
    becomes men's commandment that f s being vHab
    H a b 3:2
    yJob
    5:13
    taught,f therefore here I am.the One that will Is<&6:10
    19:3
    act ~vonderfullgagain with this peopIe,') in a JTsa
    V C 8.3
    4P:7
    wonderful manner and with somet11ing wonder- Jt?f
    9.39
    fuliV and the wisdom of their wise men must JOh
    dc 23.26
    Ro 1,?3
    perish," and the very understanding of their 1co 5.19
    3Mlc 4:9
    discreet men will conceal itself."v
    ZPS 10:11
    PS G4,5
    15 Woe to those who Elre g o l n ~very deep In Isa
    30.1
    Eze 3:12
    concealing counsel from Jehovah himself ,% and 'doh
    2444
    12:2
    whose deeds have come t o be in a dark place,' Llt
    Joh 320
    i.5
    while they say: "Who is seeing us, and who is U1PCS e73:11
    P
    s
    9x7
    knowing of us?"O ' m e perversity of you men! >la1 2:17

    'c,Jrhorah,"LXS'TgSyT nnd mnng I-Ishrrx ninnus~riptsnnd printcd editions; A.do.nayf, RI atid DSIn. 'l'hiu i~ ano of t h c 1 3 4 pplnres in
    which t h e Jewish Sopherim nltcl.ril Yn1ro.tuak' In thc! pri~niti~e
    He.
    hl1clrtcrt t o read A.do.$aoy'.

    :;;$:3;:
    g..~
    rr(3

    < ILfJ !t2D

    ISAIAH 29 :17-24

    Should the pottera himself be accounted jmt like


    the clay?" For should tile thing made say re: specting its maker: "He did not make me"?$

    And does the very thing formed actually say


    its former: "He showed no ~ ~ n d e r standingJ'?'
    '~$nB~;4,,
    17 IS it not yet but a very little timee and
    '
    35 1
    Leb'a.non
    must be turned into an orchard' and
    I r n 4I.19
    azr .!:.la
    the orchard itself will be accounted just as a
    I1l.pn3z:rs forest?* I' And in that day the deaf ones will
    Iil'r
    certainly hear the words oP the bonk,lc and out
    Is1135:3
    I
    1
    o f t h gloom
    ~
    and out of the darkness even the
    l , l f h .tY,7
    I I ~ I I L Reyes of the blind9 ones will see." ' < A n dthe meek
    [crr -22:lti
    1lj:IT ,cries will certainly increase their rejoicing in
    I<:liiy8 'Jehovah himself,' and even the poor ones of
    mankindb will be joyful in the Holy One of
    s:! 5 7
    Israel
    him self,^ because the tyrant must reach
    * r c 1 1a r : m
    r ~ : ~ . c i i : ~his
    o end,t and the bragger must come to his
    I [ i ~ 3:18
    b
    finish," and all those keeping alert to do harm
    2
    I
    .!~1:25
    must be cut off,^ ='those bringing a manb into
    ,
    sin by [his] wordJYand those who lay bait even
    ,IL:L :'Y:l4
    ,
    for the one reproving in the gate,x and those
    j1u
    . b.7
    ) : ~ t 21a:18
    Y..I~.F
    1 : 1 5 who push aside the righteous one with empty

    I respecting

    -;+1)

    rl~uq

    hTt

    AIIY :1 10

    'I.:lc 3R:lO

    arguments.'

    22 TIlerefore this is what Jeharrah has said to


    the house of Jacob, he that redeemed3 Ahra.Ivr
    26
    ham: "'" "Jacob will not now be ashamed, nor
    I ;P 4.5:rs
    .'lo H 7
    wjll his own face now grow pale;A for when he
    .
    sees his children, the work of my hands, in t h e
    .i:;?;32;
    rlfb 453L
    l,:[lh 2: 10 midst of him,' they will sanctify my name,' and
    .a.ub ro :I
    they uTilEcertainIy sanctify the Holy One of
    ?,It vp
    1.1,
    .a Jacobji and the GodCof Israel they will regard
    h:::{
    with awe." " And those who are crying in [their]
    1 15
    1 : ~15 ?
    spirit rvill actually get t o know understanding,
    fl RIol-e lit~rnllp,*'fn~>nlcr,"
    31; ns later in thc! enmc verse, b 31,
    . ~ I I rl
    311-7 11
    > l l r fi 1
    :{.<

    *:%:I

    ,I t ~ l l ? l l ' , a

    il~:loil.'' 31, Er.o.Jlfm'.

    ISAIAH 30 :1-8
    rDc 31:19 them, and inscribe it even in a book,r that it
    and even those who are grumbling will learn
    Job 19%
    q e c 12:10
    Isa 8 : l
    may serve for a future day," for a witnessR to
    instruction. "*
    L U 7:47
    Jcr 36:2
    Ac 2'37
    H&b 2.2
    time indefinite. OFor it is a rebellious people,t
    "Woe to the stubborn sons,"k is the ICO ii:11
    s X u 24:14
    untruthful sons," sons who have been unwilling
    DC 4.30
    utterance of Jehovah, " [those disposed] 'r',","&?~o
    Isn 2.2
    to hear the law of Jehovah;'' lot\rhohave said
    H
    o
    3.5
    to carry out counsel, but not that from me," ,$,?5:,,
    Z P C 3'3
    to the ones seeing: 'You must not see,' and to
    t
    De
    31:27
    and to pour out a libation,&but not with my :; !b::,
    Isa 1:4
    the ones having visions : 'Yaw must not envision
    23:31
    spirit, in order to add sin t o sin;r a those who '2; g2i;"
    A? 751
    for
    us any straightforward things.y Speak t o us
    13:z
    riIsa 5g:3
    are setting out to go down t o Egypt$ and who HO
    Ro 2:5
    Jer 9.3
    smooth"
    things; envision deceptive thir,gs."
    have not inquired of my own mouth,t to take SZKI 17:4
    Re 2lm8
    Xsa 31:l
    Turn
    aside
    from the way; deviate from the
    rp2Ch,7390
    shelter in the stronghold of Phar'aoh and to take Eze 28:G
    ZCh 3635
    path.*
    Cause the Holy One of Israel t o cease just
    X e 9:29
    refuge in the shadow of Egypt!u And the 'FS%% Ro 2:21 on account of us.' ""
    2120
    stronghold of Phar'aoh must become even for ~ ~ ' ~ ~ ; ylKi
    2Ch
    '
    1D:lO
    12 Therefore this i s what the Holy One of
    2Ch
    18:7
    you men a reason for shame,Yand the refuge in 5:;a4;F5
    ZCh 2 1:1B Israel has said: "In view of YOUR rejecting of
    Jer
    11:21
    the shadow of Egypt a cause for hurni1iation.y )$; :;;;,
    Jer 2G:ll this word," and Esincej YOU men trust in deAc 4:17
    For his princesZ have come t o be in Zdan AJ?;
    zlKi 22:13 frauding and in what is devio~~s
    and YOU support:
    itself,' and his own envoysb reach even Ha'nes." =xu13:22
    der 23:17
    for YOU this error
    ~ I I 2C 11 yourselves on it,+ I-herefore
    5Every one will certainly become ashamed of g,"e\5i\
    Joh 7.7
    'Isa 2921 will become like a broken section about to fall
    a people t h a t bring no benefit t o one, that are c:"e"P:'3:"7
    A m i:13
    caoh 15:23 down, a swelling out in a highly raised wall,+
    of no help and bring no benefit, but are a reason EZe 30:18
    Ro 8.7
    E h a 1 8 the breakdown of which may come suddenly, in
    for shame and also a cause for reproach.""
    A
    '
    s
    aI r a 3
    20:5
    13
    d a )a&
    an instantnQ And one will certainly break it as
    "e'2:3"
    Isa 5 2 4
    6 The pronouncement against t h e beasts of
    A m 2:4
    in the breaking of a large jar of the potters,"
    Lu 1RI.6
    the south :c o Throughd the land of distress* and
    crushed to pieces without one's sparing [it],
    C Ps 52:7
    hard conditions, of the lion and the leopard +E;:g
    Ps 62:lO
    so that there cannot be found among its crushed
    Jcr
    13%
    g r ~ w l i n g ,of
    ~ the viper and the flying fiery J e r l l . 4
    +lICl m30 pieces a fragment with which to rake the fire
    P
    s
    62.3
    snake,"an the shoulders of fixll-grown asses they eN,f2:;
    BTt 7:27
    from the fireplace or t o slnimyvater from a
    EP$ 73 19
    carry their resources, and on the humps of aer2:6
    I Ym:5
    ~
    marshy pIa~e."~*
    1Th 5:3
    camels their supplies." In behalf of the people -9:l
    "Ps 2:9
    15 F o r this I s what t h e Lord Jehovah,a the
    =%a 27:11
    they wiII prove of no benefit. And the EgypJer 13:14 Holy One of Israel," has said: "By corning back
    tians are mere vanity, and they will help simply k ~ 118:~
    s
    kJer 2-336
    and resting you people will be saved. YDUR
    for n ~ t h i n g Therefore
    .~
    I have called this one;' 'J","r%:
    mightiness wiIl pmve to be simply in keeping
    nPs E : 4
    "Ra'habn-they a r e for sitting still."
    Ps 89:lO
    a "For a n-itncss," VgS7T; "foreyer, to time indefinite:' 11, b Or>
    8 "Now come, write it upon a tablet" with 3"ab2:2
    '-welcome; flattering." "SEm r a t e r from a mnrshy place." See
    Pmed?rs Tc~tcn~cattzrm,
    'i'ol. '7, 30,2 (Aptil, 19571, pagPs 203-207
    a Or, "form Rn aIlianee'' (by pouring out a libation). Or "inter-

    30

    '

    w e a ~ ea corering.'> b Or, "messengers." C Et~rally,"h'egJeb.'~31,


    nag'pb, d Or, "In (Into):' a''Urorrling," by a correction of AI;
    litrrnlly, "from them," Rf. I n the feminine gendcs.

    (in French). *"The Lord Jehol-ah." Sce lhaiah 7: 7 , footnok- g.


    Here DSIa has Yeho.tcakPn-ith 9.do.?zayJinserted above in smaller
    letters, the sznie as at Isaiah 28 : 16.

    ISAIAH 30 :16-21.

    88

    89

    5:2U
    undisturbed and in trustfuhess."n But YOU were nlCh
    2Ch 16%
    Isa 26:3
    not willingbr"A'nd
    YOU proceeded to say: "No,rJer
    44%
    Mt 2337
    but on horses we shall flee!"" That is why aou slle
    28:25
    wilI flee. "And on swift [horses] we shall ride!"t Ps 33:17

    tPs 1.17:10

    That is why those pursuing YOU will show them- Xsa 31:l
    De 2349
    selves swift.u A thousand will tremblea on uZKi
    25:5
    Jer
    account of the rebuke of oneiVen account of the Hab4:1J
    1:8
    26~36
    rebuke s f five you wiIl flee untiI YOU will have rLe
    De 3230
    JeP 37:10
    remained aver like a mast on the top oP a moun- YZep
    3:12
    t a i n ~and like a signalh on a hi1l.z
    Zec 13%
    zlea &:I9
    I8 And therefore Jehovah will keep in expec- *EA34;6
    2$4
    tation of showing YOU favor,* and therefore he Ho
    LU 1a:20
    3Mt 1:20
    wilI rise up to show YOU mercy.a For Jehovahc plsa 3290
    P S 102:13
    is a Godc of j ~ d g r n e n t .Happyp
    ~
    are all those UIsa
    55:7
    Ro
    3.15
    keeping in expectation of hirneblB
    When the very
    32:4
    2:3
    people in Zion will. dwell in Jerusalem,' youd 1Sa
    Ro 2:2
    %Tie
    I:ld
    will by no means weep.- Hee will without fail 5Ps 2:12
    show youd favor a t the sound of your outcry; Pi-16:20
    Lu 2.25
    as soon as he hears it he will actually answer +Isa
    62:l
    313
    you."" Z 0 And Jehovahf rvill certainly give YOU Jcr
    Ro 11:26
    61:3
    people bread in t h e form of distress and water in mIsa
    Re 7:17
    W:15
    the form of oppression;" yet your Grand In- *Ps
    1Jo 5:14
    16:3
    structorg will no longer hide himself, and your tme
    I K ~22:m
    S w:5
    eyes must become [eyes] seeing your Grand P
    Ps 102:9
    il:17
    I n ~ t m r c t o r&And
    . ~ ~ your own ears will hear a kPS
    Ps 119:102
    P
    s
    119:171
    word behind you saying: "This is the waytn Pr 4:3
    Isa 10:13
    Walk in it, YOU people," fn case YOU people nPs
    25:s
    a ([A thousand will fremble," by a coi-rection of M. liter all^, "A

    thousand, one,'> M, b "Signal." XI, nFs. c "Gad?' WJ E l . a . l ~ i ~ i * ,


    "I-ou.?' I n the maarmline p n d e r , singular number, in 11, "He,"
    lb1lrgT ; ('Jehovah,'> DSIa. (4Jehovah,"'L-LTVgSyT and a nuulber
    of Hehre-rr nlanuscripts and printed editions; A.do.acsy', M and
    DSIa. ThL is one of tho 131 pnssnges in which the Jeesh Repherim
    ehnnged Telta.u.nht in the primitire Hebrew text to A.da.nny'.
    g "Grand Instructor,"' &I, LVo.rim'j in the plural number, but with
    s verb in the singulsr nulnber, hence this likely being the plural of
    grandeur or exccflcney. LiterallyJ L'instruetur~."
    d

    ISAIAH 30:22-28

    should go to the right or in case YOU shodd go


    to the left.'22 And YOU peaplea must defile the overlaying
    of yourb graven images of silvers and the
    tq2;;;;1
    Zec 13:2 close-fitting covering of your molten statue of
    &Jg 1 7 3 gold."l You will scatter thern.u Like a menstruating woman,v you will say t o it, "Mere dirt!"Y
    uDe 7:5
    V L 2018
    ~
    2 s And he will certainly give the rain for your
    Eze 18:6
    seed with which you sow the ground, and as the
    THO 14:s
    ZPS
    PS 659
    IM:IS produce of the ground bread,^ which must befat and oily.' Your livestock wiII graze in
    ~ $ ~ " o : ~ come
    '
    day in a spacious pasture." e 4 And the cat.?,I$,$:"that
    110 2:?2
    tle* and the full-grown asses cultivatingqhe
    mi's 14.1:~
    ~ s s m : l o ground will eat fodder' seasoned with sorrel,
    A D @ 25:4
    ICO 9.9
    which was winnowed with the shovele and with
    OlSn $:I2
    the fork. And upon every high. mountain and
    6:5
    @>It:3:12
    upon every elevated hill there must come to be
    35,6
    streams," water ditches, in the day of the big
    2:;;;:
    Isa 4 4 3
    slaughter when the towers fall.# Za And the Iight
    *Isa 2 15
    lsa 3 2 : ~of the full moon must become as the light of the
    3 a 3.12
    kIsa 60:m glowing [sun]; and the very light of the glowing
    n
    Hab
    a b 3:4
    3 : l l [sun] will become seven times as muchyk like
    the Iight of seven days, in the day that Jehovah
    ,Fe%"2;:5,,
    Jer 33.6 binds up the breakdown of his people and heals
    La 253
    ~o 6 : ~ even the severe wound resulting from the stroke
    Am 9 11
    rne 32:zZ by himmn
    De 33.2
    ~s 18.8
    27 h o k ! The name of Jehovah is coming
    PS 78:s
    Isa 10.17 from fax away, burning with his anger and with
    heavy c b ~ d l sAs
    . ~ for his lips, they have become
    full of denunciation, and his tongue is like a detr:aT.25 vouring fire.&2S And his spiritc is like a flooding
    torrent that reaches dear to the neck,t to swing
    2

    ry,"S5s!

    z3

    sgb1'26,m

    z&3,:,S:2,
    g::,

    ('YOUp ~ p l e , BISyT;
    '~
    "you7' (in the singular number), L I X S T g .
    YOU^'^ (aingulu, refeming to each one's), bIT'g; PO^'"
    (plwal), ByT. Or, ''breath." &
    ~I
    w,
    ' a k k ; LXX, ptreu'ara; Tg,
    s ~ ~ i rt'~i -f s .
    a

    ISAIAH 30:29--31:1

    90

    91

    t h e nations to and f r o with a sieve of worthlessi7i3


    ne-ss;u and a bridle bit' that causesone to wan- $ T g 9 : W
    der about will be in the jaws of the peop1es.r y;hzt$14
    " You people will come to have a songa like that lrci 22:zo
    in the night that one sanctifies oneself for a fes- Isaec 19:3
    14:18
    tival,'* and rejoicing of heart like t h a t of one z&l~$n
    walking with a fluten to enter into the mountain ,% :5,ik
    of Jehovah,* to the Rocka of Israel,@
    PS 42:4
    81:2
    30 And Jehovah will certainly make the dig- "PS1chU13O:s: ~
    nity of his voice t o be heard' and will make the ;g;i,j$
    descending of his arm to be seen," in the rag- g;
    ing of anger" and the flame of a devouring firex
    [and] cloudbr~rstk and rainstormn and hail- +g:ytj
    GHag 2:17

    UF;

    strike. [it] even with a staff.' D= And every swing SPS


    50:3
    1cMic
    1:4
    of his rod of chastisementb that Jehovah will ;~iggf!
    cause to settle down upon [As-syr'i.a] will cer~433
    tainly prove t o be with tambourines and with IS^ 10:s
    : uGe 31:27
    harps;uand with battles of brandishingc he will; IS, 19:s
    acAualIy fight against themv 33 For his TO'- *Y,",";il"g
    phethdy is set in order from recent times;z it is g;tF$$6
    aIso prepared for the king himself.' He has bade yJ211fi72;"3::0
    its pile deep for the f i ~ and
    ,
    there is a great;:;:,";&
    deal of wood. The breathe of Jehavah, like a 1st137I38
    1CEze
    32~22
    torrent of suFphur,O is burning against
    I S X J4:9
    I=GC
    lS:24
    Woe t o those going down to Egypt for
    help," those who rely on mere horsesjF2;:!j;jF
    and who put their trust in war3 chariots,* be- ";,1,7:$"
    cause they are numerous, and in steeds,* because +,P,","3%:'97

    31

    "Rock.:J 31, fswr; L X X , "the God"; JTg,"the Strong One'>; SyT,


    ('the Powerful One.'> b "Chastisement," bg a slight correction of 11.
    Literally, ('fonndntion:' 31. c By slight corrections, "with pr~ccssibns
    uf the wave ofleling." dvHis To'phethJf by tl vowel w~rectiuula
    31,I; literally, "Taph.teh',;' 31, ''Breath." M, rmPs/ta.malf; as in
    Genesis 2 : 7. f Or, 'Lhorsemen.!'
    a

    ISAIAH 31:2-8

    *;,h,l
    :6,:,? they are very mighty, but who have not looked
    ~o 1-1:3

    to the Holy One of Israelwand have not searched


    for Jehovah himself." And he is also wise* and
    Da 9:13
    will bring in what i s calamitouslkand he has not
    110 7.7
    withdrawn his own words;" and he will certainly
    rise up against the house of evildoers1' and
    k24"j3+15
    against the help of those practicing what is
    n
    g
    $:
    %
    ;
    rNu 1055 hus~~1.s
    Ps 1 2 5
    ZCP 3:8
    3 The Egyptians, though, are earthling menlat
    sIsa 30:3
    Jer #:30 and not 4&d;"u and their horses are flesh,' and
    Ezc 2 9 5
    not spirit.^ And Jehovah himself will stretch out
    t ~ g 3 ~ c 1
    PA llLI,:3 his hand,X and he that is offering help will have
    ,, ,,2H:L)
    :,, to stumble, and he that is being helped will have
    ,Z,T&:, to fall, and at the same time they will all of them
    come to an end.*
    ?
    4;;~;
    zJer 135
    4 For this is what Jehovah has said to me:
    Eze 20:33
    8 ~ e 3r 7 3 "Just as the lion growls, even the maned young
    LNu 2d:9
    3er w : lionJD
    ~
    over its prey, when there is called out
    s o 11:lO
    against it a full number of shepherds, [and] i n
    Am 3:8
    spite of their voice he will not be terrified and
    ";:h15
    i:jgs in spite of their mmmotion he wiU not stoop;
    lsn 4 2 1 3 in the same way Jehovah of armies will come
    Zec 175
    z c c =:8
    down to wage war over Mount Zion and over
    CEze 39:4
    OEK 19:4
    her hill,* "ike birds3 flying, Jehovah of armies
    De 32:11
    will in the same way defend J e ~ u s a l e m .De~
    ps 46:s
    P s 81:4
    +Ps37:40 fending [her], he will also certainly deIiver
    [her],' Sparing [her], he will also certainly
    :; g3;,27 cause
    [her] toescape.""
    Joe 2 : ~
    6
    "RETURN'
    to the One against whom t h e sons
    *2m 33:9
    o
    f
    Israel
    have
    gone deep in their obstinacy.*
    ;$;5"%4
    a o 9:s
    '
    For
    in
    that day they will reject each one his
    kDe i:25
    worthless go& of silver and his worthless gods
    1.n 2:zo
    of goldk that the hands of YOU people have made
    n:Ei&B for yourselves as a sin.n And the As.syrFi.an
    "Enrthlin ~ntsn.'' &
    &.damp,
    I, ""God.'* M, El. Or,"Pnssing over."
    F
    -1sa 9.13

    Isa ~7

    i l l , : z r h

    ::;

    31, pa.so7zh ;from which Passorer is derived.

    must fa11 by the sword, not [that of] a man;n


    and a sword, not [that of] earthling rnan,WIl
    devour him.= h d he must flee because of the

    *ii;:

    arlc 7 3
    >It 2fi::,9

    sword,^ and his o m young men will come to be


    for f o r d labor itself. " And his owm crag will
    pass away out of sheer fright, and because of the
    signalc' his princes must be terrified," Is the
    utteranw of Jehovah, whose light is in Zion and
    whose fire potvs in Jerusa1em.u
    .. . ...
    rC;c 4'1.10
    Look! A k h g C wilI reign for righteotw 2 . q ~.::1:3

    32

    messV itself; and, as respects princes,y 2


    ::~
    they will rule as princes for justice itse1f.Z And j>m7:$
    each one must prove to he like a hiding place $:;'
    from the rr7inde' and a place of concealment from Z9j;";
    the rainstorm,' like streams of water in a water- ;:y:;l
    less country,* like the shadow of a heavy crag ~ 1 . s4::1rr
    xrhn rn1-r
    in an exhausted 1and.l
    'I\ll mb
    5
    .
    r,;m L w : l l
    3 And the eyes of those seeing mill not be aib.;~:':7
    pasted t ~ g e t h e r ,and
    ~ the very ears of those
    i;'iys
    hearing will pay attention.* And the heart itself ,J,:;Lily,2')
    of those who are overhasty a~illconsider knowl- *;;!;:2,
    edge," and even the tongue of the stammerers
    ;,~;tl~ 3'1:2.1
    will be quick in speaking clear things.' The e'rst~
    h l i II .25
    senseless one rviIl no longer be called generous,* (;,I
    1 : ~
    and, as for the unprincipled man, he will not be '!i",:t':\s
    said to be nokIe;" because senselessness is what .t,",-L$L
    merely the senseless one wilI speak," and his k2,li;;f3
    very heart will work at what is hurtfuE,r t o work ;!; i::~''
    at apostasys and t o speak against Jel~ovahwhat q2;;91rs
    is wayward, to cause the soul of the hungry one r3, nn 18
    t o go empty: and he causes even the thirsty one ,I;':'?!2!
    to go n-ithout drink itw1f.u As for the unprjn- 3: 'L;%

    ss

    a wlfan.'' 3,
    isk. h Tartklil~gmart.*'81, a.ctrrmJ. ~lLFignnl."l r , IJF~V.
    01;''furnnce.''
    "Kind." 31, rtt'nkh; Vr, rm9kr.v. "TIP pnsled
    tog~tber.''By a plight correction of 11,in ngrwment with VrSyT;

    litc*rnlly, "look," M.

    ciplcd man, his instruments are bad;"he himself


    has given counsel for even acts of loose conduct,y
    I
    1
    to %vreckt h e wfFltcted ones with false sayings,'
    Jct I t c . L f l
    even when someone poor speaks what is r i g h t
    ?lxe~r
    P.LI<L 21:m
    8 AS regards the genesous one,it is for gener,
    ous things that he has given counsel, and in
    favor of generous things he himself wiII rise up.'
    1 1 2.1
    9 "YOU women who are a t ease, rise up, listen
    ,\c s:xr
    xo o.r, to my voice!O You carelessa daughters, give ear
    en^ 24 58
    to my saying! Within a year and some days
    I
    G
    ,,I,rr
    ]
    .t:,n
    YOU careless ones will he a ~ i t a t e dbecause
    ,~
    the
    2i:10
    Erape ~ n l h c r i n gwill have come to an end [but]
    . I r r r 7.27
    ICJ I w i t ~nthercd
    will come in.' " Tremble, YOU
    .Ia,f H 1.1
    J W 1:12 women who are at ease!m Be agitated, YOU careZrq) 1'13
    lessnones! Undress and make yourselves naked,"
    @Iun2 2 . 1
    JIIS 5 3
    Beat
    zs:qtl and gird [snckcloth] upon the loins,"
    110 :: 7
    yourselves
    upon
    the
    breasts
    in
    larnentationk
    , ~ ' ' r4:s
    ,
    over the desirable fields, over the fruit-bearing
    Ir L r l Z 11
    nDu K:H
    vine,n
    ] U p o n the ground of my people merely
    ].:LC 20,6
    r-1-4 1(1;.dd thorns, spiny bushes come LIP,' for they aw upon
    I+n 7:?9
    I
    all the houses of exultation,^ yes, the highly
    ;3'l:R
    ,Iu!, Zn.rJ elated tawn.1 Id For the dwelling tower itself has
    been forsaken,a the very hubbub of the city has
    U:'~CI
    I u l , 2.-,120
    95:
    been abandoned; Opphelv and the watchtower
    &
    :,t;,:t
    s : ~ themselves have become bare fields, for time inrn 17 X
    I
    :i I
    daflnite the exultation of zebras, the pasture of
    1!4. I < 2
    21.- 10 1 30 droves,Y IrJ
    until upon us the spirit is poured out
    I'r I 23
    from on Rfgh,~and the wilderness will have beIS^ .I., 3
    come an orchard, and the orchard itself is ac"?,;!;:
    counted as a real forest.'
    ?$;.$,
    J5 2
    16 "And in the wilderness justice will certi,>n 1,:s
    2
    :
    tainIy
    reside, and En the orchard righteousness
    1,ri t"$*.,21
    2l.r . 3 itself will dwell.g l7 And the work of the [true]
    brbq-72 2
    rigl~teo~~mess
    must became peace," and the servI., R:I 9
    Ihn .-.;.[a
    ,?,,
    , icc of the ltrue] rjghtcousness quietness and
    v 2

    PI,(.

    hIiLr

    '

    * Or, " t r u ~ t i n ~an.ailpccting.ll


    ;

    ISAIAH 32 :18-33 :6

    94

    security t o time i n d e f i n i t ~ .Is~ A n d my peopIe


    ii2$
    must dwelI in a peaceful abiding place and in +r","7&7;;5
    residences of full confidence and in undisturbed
    y;z
    resting places.' ID
    And it will certainly hail w h ~ nzec2Ti
    mlsa 22:4
    the forest goes downDand the city becomes low L 1321
    hIF 7:25
    in an abased state."
    7Isa 56 2
    20 "Happp are YOU people who are sowing:":",'; $:?
    seed alongside all waters,4 sending forth the .$;:;?
    Ina 30:w
    feet of the bull and of the ass."k
    Jns 3:15
    Woe ts you who are despoiling, without %r"l%:Os::'$
    you yourself being despoiled, and t o you :~~l~s~'l
    who are dealing treacherously, without [others] ri$:$:,,
    having dealt treacherausEy with you!an As soon 2;;?12
    as you have finished being a despoiler, you will 8 ~ , ; \ 3 ~ ;
    be despoiled. As som as you have done with
    dealing treacherously, they will deal treacher- :;t ISXg2;45 3
    Ro 8:24
    ousIy with y0u.r
    iiEx 14:W
    2 0 Jehovah, show us favorVaIrr you we have 2
    h0ped.t Become ourb arm every morningiu yes, Vg;:2;Bg
    Jer 2'"
    our salvation in the time of distress.v At the YP?
    465
    sound of turmoil peoples have fled.Y A t your
    ;
    ;
    *
    ;
    ;
    +
    ;
    arising nations have been dispersed." And the Isn 10:13
    * Z K I 7:36
    spoil of YOU people will actually be gathered 2C31 14:13
    [like] the cockroaches when gathering in," like $5;''%22
    t h e onrush af locust swarms that is rushing *JE":,Z,:?
    against one.' Jehovah will certainly be put on gaTg
    1g:G
    high: for he is residing in the height.%e must OEe
    Ps 113:s
    fill Zion with justice and righteousness.' And +;
    gf;;
    :;
    the tsushvorthiness of your times must prove :;:;;::I
    to be a wealth of salvations-wiisdom and P S ~ R : ~
    know1edgeyffi
    t h e fear of Jehovah, which is his g: :yfi7
    "Ps1122
    treasure."
    Pr 19:23
    ='*You,"T xnrl eight Hebrew manu~cripts and four priatcd ~ d i 4 . z ~

    33

    and 20 Rebrew ruzr~uscriptsand USIR arid seven


    prided editions. "'Our:
    T g SyT and some H e b r c ~mn~luscripts
    ;
    "theii;" h1 and a nnnnlher of IIel~rewmanuscripts and DSfn.
    tions; "hirn,"M

    7 Look! Their heroesa themselves have cried


    out in the street, the very messengersb of peace
    will weep bitterly.* The highways have been
    ;:; made
    desolate;" the one passing ovm the path
    k J g 5:6
    nLn i : 4
    has ceased." He has broken the ovena ant;^ he
    r2K115:14
    has contemned the cities;" he has taken no acS ~ KIS:IX
    I
    I s n 36:l
    count of mortal manActOThe landd has gone
    t 2 ~ 18:20
    ~ i
    mourning, has withered away.u Leb'a.non has be3 7 2 4 come abashed;" it has mo1dewd.e Sharfon has
    rrsa
    become like the desert p1ain;y and Ba'shan and
    "Jer ~ 1 Car'meI
    9
    are shaking OW [their leaves]
    =Fa 125
    10 r ' NI ~will~ rise up,"* says Jehovah, "now
    W3.u 1.1:18
    1 will exalt r n y ~ e l f now
    ; ~ I will lift myself up."
    IJS 4630
    l1 YOU people- conceive dried grass;b YOU will
    ?$t$,$18
    'g%:15:35
    give bisth to stubble. YOURo~vnspirit, as a fire,
    will eat YOU up.' l a And peoples must become as
    E.7i+41,
    Jas 1 3 5 the bumings of lime. As thorns cut away, they
    -Isa 5 2 4
    N a 1:lo wiIl be set ablaze even with fire." l9
    Hear, YOU
    *23a 2 3 3
    rsa 9 1s men who are far away, what I shall certainly
    =lSa l'i:46
    D, 4 : ~ do!" And know, You who are nearby, my mightikPs 99:2
    Ps1.17:19 nessqkla In Zion the sinners have come t o be in
    dread;" shivering has grabbed hold of the apos&
    ZGe 12:10 tates: 'Who of us can resideGfor any time with
    *Psn:9
    a devouring fire?a Who of us can reside for
    Heb 12:29
    ma
    any time with long-lasting c~nilagrations?'~
    Isa GG:24
    Mt 188
    15 "There is one who is walking in continua1
    l1)6:3
    ;%%h52;:17
    nPS
    PS

    LU 1 9 3

    z l S a 12:3
    *lsa24:4
    Jer 4 k 1 6
    119:37

    righteousnessu and speaking what is ~ p r i g h t , ~


    who is rejecting t h e unjust gain from frauds,~
    who is shaking his hands clear from taking hold
    on a bribe? who is stopping up his ear from
    listening to bloodshed,' and who is closing his
    eyes so as not to see what is bad.O ' W e is the
    one that will reside on the heights themselves;"

    "Their heroes." M, er.eZ.7nmF; the Hehrew word is of doubtful


    meaning and is va~iouslytranslnted. b Or, "envays.l' * ";\Tortal man."
    31, e i z . ~ s l ~ <Or, "earfh."
    Or, "has been taken bg liee."
    a

    ISAIAH 33:17-24

    ISAIAH 34 :1-9

    96

    aPs 4 9 3
    Come up close, YOU nations, to hear;"
    his secure height will be craggy places difRcult to p
    g
    and
    you national groups,Lpay attention."
    appmach.O His own bread will certainly be given Cr;nlJ;::;3
    1tHeb 1 : l
    Let the earth and that which fills it l i ~ t e nthe
    ,~
    [him] :' his water supply w i l l be unfailin~."~
    .%%;
    For
    $g,"$:a6
    !productive
    landar
    end
    all
    its
    pmduce..
    17 A king in his beauty is what your eyes will ,:;y;;;;
    " ~ ~ ~ Jehovah
    & ~ l ,has indignation against a11 the nations,*
    behold;' they M I 1 see a land far away," l b Your kl l l C 0;I.~o
    ~ o e 3 : g and rage against all t h e i r ~ r r n y , 'He mttst devote
    120
    own heart will comment in low tones on a fright- 1.21ir15 l a
    Zep 2.8
    R O 1.18
    them to destruction; he must give them to the
    ful thing:k "Where is the secrctnry?n Whcre ,$/,$;,\:
    :Isa 30,ZT
    And those of them slain will be
    N n l m 2 slaughter.;
    is the one that does the paying outTr Where Is
    f!':;:;'
    .tRe l9:15
    1.1:15
    thrown
    out;
    and as for their carcasses, their
    the one counting the t ~ w e r s ? " ~No insotentP ' ~ $ ~ ? ; , ~ ! ~
    stink
    will
    ascend;%d
    the mountains must melt
    :
    :
    :
    !
    l;!7
    people will you see,t a people too deep in Inn- ;,.::;?;;\l
    because
    of
    their
    blood,'
    "nl~d nll those of the
    f
    ;
    gi$,
    guageb to listen to, of a stammering tongue ;;$;;;21
    army aI Ihc I I P ~ I V P ~ S must rot away." And the
    '
    E
    ;
    ;Z,i:
    wit11out [your] understanding.u O' Behold Z i o n , ~Ivr8.;4s.n
    y 1 ) ~12.5
    1 1 . ~ 1 heavens must be rolled up, just like a book
    1
    pv.= I
    the town of our festal occadons!~Your onon I>, TH:M
    2~
    l r r : ' ~ISCIOII;
    ~
    and their army will all shrivel away, just
    eyes will see Jerusalem an undisturbed abiding "3:;
    .;P~
    Eze 4jf.7
    93
    as the Ieafage shrivels off the vine and like a
    place, a tent that no one will have to pnck up." . ~ ~ l l f ; ~
    I
    ;oe
    :,It 2;..39
    2 : ~shriveled [fig] off the fig tree."
    Never will its tent pins be puIled out, and none $
    ,i,;.:
    in the heavens my sword will certainly
    I
    i'p","31,. 5 "FOP
    of its ropes will be torn in two.' " But there the ;
    ;
    ;;:fa
    be
    drenched.*
    Look! Upon E'dorn it will descend,"
    1
    Najestic One," Jehovah, will be for us a place t:r'r 46
    I
    ~ e m : l l a d upon the people devoted by me to destrucof river^,^ of wideC canala. On it no galley flcet 1: ~IHm2S
    n:r;
    SDe X3A$1
    ,
    PS 1i:13
    tion in justicemTbJehovah has a sword; it must
    will go, and no majestic ship will pass over it, Fj
    Jer 4690
    E z e 2 1 : 3 be filled with blood;" it must be made greasy
    2: Far Jehovah is our Jutlge,@Jehovah is our ,
    ;!:'j ~ ~ !~ o kZep
    212
    p s 1377 with the fat, with the blood of young rams and
    Statute-giver,' Jehovah is our
    he himself
    ;I:;
    Jer 49:7
    ~;lc23:15
    I
    25:41 he-goats, with the f ~ oft the kidneys of rams."
    mill save us,'

    :>;,',

    E;21,:,

    sacr-ifice in Boz'rah, and a


    great slaughtering in the land of Etdorn.t %d
    the wild bulls must came down with thern,~and
    I:[, ~ : I : Q
    1
    spread a sail.'
    1?:2
    r e E:IT
    young bulls with the powerful ones;' and their
    t,*u2L12
    At that time even spoil in abundance will ac- rJ!;,ey;:ze
    pe33.17 land must be drenched with blood, and their
    t u ~ l l ybe divided up: the lame ones themselves ~(;yg,&
    very dust will bemade greasy with the fat."$
    :fErYi?&
    will actually take a big p1under.k 2J And no resi. 1 6 0 1 : ~
    zDe
    Ps 8,1:i
    30.35
    $1F>c. 7.18 For Jehovah has a day of vengeance,2 a
    dent will say: "I am sick."ll The people that are : ~ : h30'h
    year of retributions far the legal case over Zion."
    1
    dwelling in [the Iandl0 will be those pardoned ,.Ir::'?i~?~~
    9 k n d herh torrents must be changed into
    ~IIC T ; I ~
    *2,,
    h a s,,g
    :4
    far their
    I :o 4:s
    %:= pitch, and her dust into sulpl~ur;~
    and her land
    OrJ "bnrl~nrous;presumptuous.') b Liternlly, "lip," RI, 0 C"ompnre
    "Prodnctive land." MI ta.bl:l'; L.X.S."inhabited earth'*; Vg, or'bia
    C+enrsia34: 21, footnote c. "Your,';"in Ihc f r n i i n i n v p n d r r , siti~ulor
    c

    1lEl:la

    23 Yourd ropes must hang loose; their mast a'II;+;,:,


    they will not hold firmly erect; they have not ;;:,?,;;::,
    '1k:h

    '?,",%& Far Jehovah has a

    *Qe32:le

    t$%y:

    numhcr. * "[The land]? Lilernll~;&'it!' b u t i n tbc f r n l ~ n i n c~ ~ i ~ d ~ r , ("the circle" of tlic earth), b.-llcr." Rrl'cl-ring to Boz'rah, the
    capital of E'dom.
    tn wfcr to the land or earth, which is felnininp in pvnilvr i n I ~ c ~ J P ( ~ I c .

    ISAIAH 3 4 :10-16

    98

    99

    must become as burning pitch." lo


    By night or D,P:\$&
    by day it wiII not be extinguished; to time indefinite its smoke will keep ascendingBbFrom 'E: $:::'
    generationGto generation she will he parched;' Fj;,2,:&
    forever and ever no one will be passing across
    her.a " k i d the pelican and t h e porcupine must
    take possession of her, and longjeared oivls and
    ravens themselves will reside in her;' and he *fSaf3:n
    I g n 1~:23

    must stretch out over her t h e measuring line :$?t$;$l


    of emptiness and the stones of ivasteness.":* Her * ~ 2
    nobles-there are none there whom they will L.12G
    call t o the kingship itself," and her very princes k&; .y;;lB
    will all become n0thing.n
    On her dwelling?;!;;1 :;n;
    towers thorns must come up, nettles and thorny bts-r
    weeds in her fortified places;rand she must be- '2.%'3'
    come an abiding place of jackals,"the courtyard y:::;
    for the ostriches.at l4 And haunters of waterless j;; :;!A7
    regions must meet u p with howling animals, trsa 13:21
    and the goat-shaped demon itself will call to its
    companion. Yes, there the night demonb will
    certainly take its ease and find for itself a resting place." There the m o w snake has made u2yhI:;$8
    i t s nest and lays [eggs], and it must hatch ~ u 1 8 : 2
    [them] and gather {them] together under its
    shadow. Yes, there t h e kitesv must collect them- YDel-i:la
    selves together, each one with her mate.
    16 Search far yourseEves in the books of
    jtz4
    Jehovah snd read out loud: not one has been Qb 1
    missing of them;" they actually do not faail to
    have each one her mate, for i t is the mouth of ,e,,:m
    Jehovahc that has given the command' and E
    t is Fi 2;::
    b

    ISAIAH 34 :17-45:7

    his spirit that has collected them together."


    l 7 And It Is H e that has cast for them the lot,
    and his own hand has apportioned the placea to
    them by the measuring line." To time indefinite
    they ~villtake possession of It; far generation
    after generation they rvi tE reside in it.
    =Ic:h l k 3 3
    I".; FL', I 2
    The wilderness and the waterless region
    I'.; HO.12
    kI1* 72.10
    will exult,' and the desert plainb mill be
    Is11 6'1,i:f
    joyf~11and blossom as the saffron.CQ? Without
    , ;
    fail I t d will blossom,' and itd \viII really be joyful
    .
    with joyousness nnd with glad crying out." T h e
    13$:K?;y
    "{.!* glory of Leb1a8nonitself will actually be given
    7.:
    II
    2:I
    to i t,*lc the splendor of Car'rneltl and of Shar'on.7
    t lt '11 t;:27
    I 2 4
    There
    will he thoser who will see the glory of
    1(1l:1
    Jchovah,"n the splendor of our God.gt
    7 3 1 I~:?a
    3 Strengthen the weakh hands, YOU people,
    UJP
    =, 22:32
    i:ll
    and make the knees that are wobbling firmmu
    ,{i;!,2yf
    Sny t o those who are anxious a t heart:v "Be
    ~~j~l;~j~;,~iln
    I R .I
    strong.3' Do not be afraid.= Look! YOUR own
    !;'H, GodR will come with vengeance itself,' Godg
    even with a repayrnentBD
    H e himself wiII come
    "j;;
    UYrh ~ : h
    and
    save
    aou
    people."'
    ,:, ,;,,,
    :
    ; 5 At t h a t time the eyes of the blind ones will
    be ~ p e n e d ,and
    ~ the very ears of the deaf ones
    r+r,"{$,tR
    1 . 1 ,.,,,
    ~.1:.1G
    will be unstopped.' At that time the lame one
    will climb up just as a stag does," and the tongue
    llr 7.31
    of
    -,,,R.7,, , the speechless one will c r y out in gladness.'
    For En the wilderness waters wiIl have burst
    out, and torrents in the desert plain.bff? And
    $:&:

    35

    1'4

    See Isaiah 13: 21, footnote e. b Or, 'Zil'ith!'


    M,li.lith'; not meaning A mythological female evil spirit of the night; but, pofidblp, a
    screech ourl. C'TThe month af Jehorah," n m r d i n g to flvc J ~ t b m
    rnannsaip8; "Jehovah," L,XX and h b i e Pemion; "hip mouth,'"
    Sy and DSIa; "my mouth.'' MTg. Sw Judges I9 : 18,footnote 11.

    1'1

    l'h

    [ti

    ::,::

    .,,,,:,
    ,'it,

    Lit~rnllr,'rh~r'" or, &'it9*;mcaning a plnce, such aas Boz'rah. bop,


    drfn.hn3t." a Or "emcus''; or, "'nsphmIcLw dUIt." In the
    frn~inine pyncl~r in the IIPI,I.FIP, r~ferringto fhe '<deert plain!"
    * "It," M; in tho feminine g~ntler, to rafrr to the " d e s d plainn
    Ilarvrves, ''you" in I 2 l l r h r ~ wn~nnu~cri
    ~ t s ,f "Those," MTgSyT;
    *'111y
    proplr:' LXX.W "tied." 34,~ l . a . k i a !h Or,'Islack; d ~ o o p i n g , ~ ~
    ''t!,~

    ISAIAH 36 :3-9

    ISAIAH 35 :3-36 :2

    'to King Hez.e.kf'ah,* wlth a heavy military


    the heat-parched ground will have become as a k t , 4 : 3
    force, and he proceeded to stand still by the
    reedy pool, and the arid land as springs of ~ v asi:;-:;
    r2mmze conduItP of the upwr poolXat the highway of
    jlsa 22:9
    ter.k In the abiding place sf jackals,n a resting ty:;;/;:;y
    Isa ;:3
    the laundryman's field.' T h e n there came out
    place far Ithemf ,a there will be green grass with f;2i:
    cI=a22m to him E.li'a+kimQthe son of HEE.kilah,b who was
    I./#. 41:0
    reeds and papyrus plants."
    a l ' s ?l:4
    over the household, and Sheb'na" the secretary
    8 And there wilI certainly come to be a h k h - Arb(4 3
    : Z K ~18:28 and Jo'aho the son of A'saph' the rccorderee
    &:6
    w a y t h e r e , t e v e n a w a y ; a n d t h e W n y ~ f l I ~ l i - ~1 ~ ~ ~ -2hl
    ~2 ~~ .18:18
    ~
    'IZSH
    21324
    8:16
    n
    111,f.

    n e s s v t will be ~ a l l e dThe
    . ~ unclcan one will not i.y,R,!:~.$\
    pass over i t . c y And itc will be for the one walk- ,:lc $::,
    ing on the way,' and the foolish themselves will ;;n:v-?:y2
    not ~vanderabout [in it].d No lion will prove yp;
    to be there, and the rapacious sort of wild J1.r L:!R
    beast9 ~rrillnot come up on it.'.' None wlll be ?&'{?:I
    found there;" and the repurchased ones must ~ 4 ~ , ~ )
    walk [there] .b And these very ones rcdcerned
    ,",if
    ,\,
    by Jehovah will return' and certainIy come to$,ij;i:;kf
    Zion with a jo-I
    cry;' and rejoidng to tlme
    *;;;;lp
    indefinite will be upon their head.' To exultation krqn 2 . ; : ~ !
    and rejoicing they wilI attain,' and grief and i::
    l \ f % fL7:1!)
    sighing must flee away.k
    131, $:I7
    Now it came about In the fourteenth &$f'$::l I
    year of King Hez.e.ki'ahf that ScnRnach'- "::- :[$'
    er.ib" the king of As-syr'i.aTcame up against all fiy:u11!713 '
    the fortified cities of Judah and proceeded to ;::giP
    seize them.8 And t h e king of As.syrti.a finally tzi.:r ~ r ~ i :
    t I : ! y tlI.19
    sent RaWsha-kehtfrom La'chishu to Jeni~atem,~
    VZ: h 32.9
    E,itmnlPg, '%cr,'' M- Pomibl~a Irfrn,tr.ynk8, or wild h n ~ t ,b Or,
    I

    36

    ."

    4 Accordingly Rab'sha.keh said t o them:


    "Please, say to Ne~.e.kl'ah,~
    'This Is what the
    great
    king,Vhe
    king
    of
    As.syr?.~,*
    has said:
    ;$~:f&,
    "What is this confidence in which you have
    kaK1
    r's 1:2y9:10 trusted?" Voucur
    have snjd (but it js the word
    1.:~ x
    :10 of lips), 'There are counsel and mightiness for
    pr 2 ~ 3 1 the wada Now in whom have you put trust,
    3r'2K1fg:20
    that you have rebelled against me?' Lmk! You
    r2KL
    F7r :s:T
    4.15
    1 x 5 have tnlsted in the support a this crushed reed,"
    sEdc 2 9 5
    in Egypt,t which, if a man should brace himself
    t21ii
    Isa 20:s
    I;:I
    upon it, would ~ e r t a i d yenter into his palm and
    15% 303
    Isa 30:;
    ,,:, pierce it. That is the way Phar'noha the king of
    Egypt is t o all those putting their trust in him.*
    ,"J",p
    ' $;,
    v2Ki18:21 :And in case you should say t o me, 'It is Jehovahzour Godd in whom we have tivsted,'Sis he
    1~ 2 ; : ~ not the one whose high plncesQand whose altars
    x?Ch 91 1
    2 ~ i2112
    ~ 1 Ha-e.ki'ahR has removcdI9 while he says to
    *?hi18:ZZ
    Judah and Jerusalem: "efcrre this altar you
    a ~ 12:s
    e
    should
    bow d ~ w n ' ? ' " ~ NOII~,then, make a
    2 C h :I2
    A ~ K1
    I5:23 wager) please, with my lord the king of As.syr'E ~ I C 19:s
    E
    i-a,: and let me give you two thousand horses
    "0 see] whether you are able, on your part, to
    put
    F: Tg?, riders upon them.' '"ow, then, could you
    turn back the face of one governor of the smallest servants of my lord," while you, for your
    +

    ,,,

    r~rutI I ~ uPO~CI'~~I-P
    ''1 hr Iloly TTrry." "It I n thr mas~ulinrgt*nd*~,
    n u g tu tlie highsn;r, m h i d ~is in the u ~ n s c z ~ l~iP~I IlI ~~ F T in JIchm~'.
    d LXI rrnds: "And hp no means will the u n c . 1 ~ ~ 1
    I ~ I I P~ P S11lr111r
    there; no nnclcan wng virill be there. But the r l i ~ p ~ r sO~~ tI Fl Hwill wnlk
    011 it nnd rt-ill by no inpans go nstray," Vg ~ r w t l n: " S o l~ull~~ltctl
    nnll
    will pnas orer it, and this wilt be for vou. n direct wny, YO t h t the
    i'noli~hone lllqr not err in it." Hy rrads: "And no ur~cll~ntinras
    will
    Hkiz.gi.in'B~~,
    Mi ~neaning"Pn h(u) han s t r ~ n g t h ~ n c d .b" b l b i l . q i pnss nlnnr in it. And there n i l he no rrTaybesiil~it, r ~ n df n o k th~111imrLlr. 31; meaning "JXg portion ia Ynh(a)." "YP~I,'?
    Sy and about
    wlvca laill not wander ahoat th~re," "It." 111 tlw f m i n i rip ~ ~ I P I ' ~
    ?U Hehmv manusrripts, including USIn, nnrl 2 K~II&F,
    18: 2 0 ;
    to refer t o "~lrp'' feminine in Hehrcs. 1 Rlris,gi.inllr~r,
    31; nicnnjng
    "I," MT.d"God.'' M, E l . a . h ~ a ~ ' .
    "Ynh (u) has strengthcu~d."

    i!;Lz$m

    ISAIAH 36: 10--16

    102

    103

    ISAIAH 36 :17-31: 3

    part, put your trust in Egypt for chariots and


    own fig treeu and drink each one the water of
    u;,K,r::;?
    t . 2 18:31
    ~
    for horsemen?" h d now is it without authorihis own cistern,' IT
    until I come and actually
    i:;;!
    zation from Jehovah that I have come up against
    take
    YOU
    t
    o
    a
    land
    like
    own Iand,Y a Iand
    5'2K"; :
    ;& of grain and new wine, aYOUR
    this land t o bring it to ruin? Jehovah himself Eze 1 7 : ~
    land of bread and vine;kt ;;;:!yards; Is in order that Hez.e.kiFaha may not
    said t o rnqk 'Go up against this land and you k&F/;$is
    *2K118:32
    2x1
    1
    9
    :
    n
    must bring it to ruin.' 'In
    allure YOU,* saying, 'Jehovah himself will de12.2
    n2Ki 18:Z
    18.33
    11 At this EmIi'a.kimrand Sheb'nas and Jo'aht ~ ~ , 1 , 8 :, ~ ~ a2Ki
    zrci 1 9 ; ~ 2 liver us.'" Have the godsb of the nations desaid to Rab'~ha.keh:~
    "Speak, please, to your
    igk
    25;: livered each one his own land out of the hand of
    Ps115:2 the king of As.syr'i.a?* l9 Where are the godsb
    servants in the Syrian laaguage,av for we are 32r24i7
    Iaa 10:10
    13a
    of Hatmatho and Ar'pad?' Where are the godsb
    listeningb and do not speak to us in the JewsJ
    OKu 34:s
    2% 8:g
    of Seph.ax-vatim?@
    And have they delivered SalanguagecY in the ears of the people that axe on y N e l z 2 4
    2x1 19:lS
    *nt-r 4!3:29 m a f i a out of my hand?"O' Who are there among
    the
    '"ut
    Rab'sha.keh said: 'Tsit to your Z2Ki
    e :ICI i::24
    all the godsb of these lands that have delivered
    lordd and to you that my lord has sent me to
    l
    a
    Z
    n
    speak these words?* Is it not t o the men sitting
    $kl&j$i their land out of m y hand* so that Jehovah
    upon t h e wall, that they may eat their own exq$;I1,O,& should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?" '
    crement and drink their own urine with you
    21 And they continued to keep silent and did
    I $7
    men?"
    W$%Z:l5 not answer him a word,n f o r the commandment
    Jsa 3 x 3 of the king was, saying: "You must not answer
    13 And Rabfsha.keh continued to standAand A1Sa17:8
    Ua 3.15
    "Ch 3 % ~
    ,IPS%:14
    ?Z But E-li'a.kirns the son of Hil-ki'ah,~
    call out in a loud voice in the Jews'
    PS 39.1
    who was over the hou~ehold,~
    and Sheb'nau the
    and he went on to say: ''HEAR the words of t h e +B,7:lz
    pr 9.7
    Pr 26:4
    great king,* the king of As.syfi.ame' T h i s is ?$z\i$m
    hrt 7 : ~ secretary and Jo'ahv the son of A'saphy the
    what the king has said," 'Do not let Hez.e.kifahs*;,",h22;$1
    recorder came to Hez.e.ki'ahawith their clothes
    ::::!
    ripped apartz and told him t h e words of Rabtdeceive YOU people," for he is not able t o de- $y;,$z.,
    ;j;t;%
    ;
    vIsn 36:s
    c h 32:'15
    live? y0w.k l5 And do not let Rez.e.kiPahd cause znx
    sha.k&.'
    y2Ki 18:3:15
    zGe 37:29
    YOU to trust in Jehovah," saying: "Witharrt fail n a 6:20
    And it came about that as soon as King
    Jehovah will deliver us.' This city will not be ?$&?:
    2Ki 2'2:11
    Hez.e.ki'aha
    heard he immediately ripped
    '2Kt 18:17
    given into the hand of the king of As.syr'i.a."s n2',:' 1";::g
    his
    clothes
    apartn
    and
    covered himself with sack"i$:&9
    Is
    Do not listen t o Hez.e-ki'ah,e for this is what
    ti!,
    clothh and came into t h e house of Jehovah.@
    "fF1:?ii
    the king of As.syrfi.a has said: "Make a capitucZCh 7:16
    ;$&
    Further, he sent E.li'a.kim,+ who was over the
    Iqa 363
    lation to met and come out to me and eat each E;*g5&
    household, and Sheb'na the secretarp and the
    one from his o m vine and each one from his :$FA8'?
    older men of the priests" covered with sackcloth
    ;,K,Ly,F2
    PZCh
    LU 3:4
    2fi:zz to Isaiaha the son of A'mozm the prophet* And
    a Or, 'iA~.a.mae'tmlanguage." Y, A.ra.withp; L X X , Syr.i.stk';

    "E

    ,E

    Yg, Syfra lin'gad. Or, "understanding." "The Jem' langnage."


    N, PfRtc.dith'j L X X , 10u.da.i.sti'; S.'g, Ia+dai'as. d "Lord." X,
    a.do.nimr; the plurnl of a.dGn', to denote excellence or majesty.
    See Terse 1, footnote f.

    ":;: :;is

    Sce Iaaiah 36: 1, footnote f. ~ " G o ~ sM,. "el.o.kina';


    ~
    the p l m l
    number of eb.oPa7&.e See verse 3, footnote b. Ye87znt%'a'hztJ
    mcnmng "Sal~ationof Tah (u)." Vg, "I-sai'm" ; L X X , "E-sititas,"
    a

    u;

    ISAIAH 37: A 9

    104

    105

    they proceeded to say to him: "This I s what


    I
    Wez4e.kI'ahR has said, 'This day is a day of distress'( and of rebuke and of scornful in~olermce,~
    :i;f&;!:
    I
    I
    for the sons have come as far as the tvomb's Isit SG:IH
    I
    mouthb and there is no panperte give births -:Ek;f?$
    * Perhaps Jehovah your Godc wilt hear the
    words of Rab'~Eta.keh,~
    whom the king of As- t ~ ~ ~I "
    syr'la his lord" sent to taunt the living God,eu l$$f&!f
    and he will certainly call him to nccount for the Isa 36:20
    words that Jehovah your Godc h ~ hs~ a r d And
    . ~ 'am 19:'
    you must lift up prayerr in behalf of the remZ ~ ~ C
    17,ER
    I
    nant that are to be found.' "s
    Isa 1 :!l
    Ra
    9:27
    5 So the servants of King Hez.e.ki'aha came
    in to J s ~ i a h . ~T' h e n Isaiall*said to them: "This *xi
    is what YOU should say t o uoun lor~l,~l
    This is
    what Jehovah has said:""Do not be afraidAbe- i:tj$!!\
    cause of the words that .vou have heard with hz$
    which the attendants: of the king of As.syr'i.a ig;
    spoke abusively of me. Here I am putting a ?:;. 1s
    spirlt' in him and he will certainly hear a re~+m;; ; : ; :
    portq'and return t o his own land, and T shall cer- saK1 7:6
    tairlly cause l ~ i mto fall by the su701.d in his o ~ v n
    I X a~2 1
    Iand." "'=
    Isa 3::3F8 After that Rab'sha.kehgreturned and found ~~~1 I B J ~
    the king of As.syr'i.alcfighting against Lib'nah,
    tJ;2B
    I
    for he had heard that he had pullcd away from ;,EA:f:j,
    b ' c h i ~ h ."Now
    ~
    he heard it mid concerning
    Tlr.ha'kahRthe king of E.thl.o'pi.a:g "'He h a s l ~ ~ $ ~ , i $

    IfS" mR
    uaICi i8:n
    v:1~11~-5
    9 C h 32:15

    ISAIAH 37 :10-19

    come cut f o fight against you.'lt When he heard


    heatoncesent messengersUt o Hez.e.ki1ah,i1say-

    ing: lU "This is what YOU men should say to


    Rez.e.k!'aha t h e king of Judah, 'Do not let yous
    God in whom you are W t i n g deceive you,"
    X?IU
    xCh
    3%13
    1".5
    'Verusalem will not be given into the
    ;*E:? ~ ~ 1 9 :saying:
    1~
    :
    ~
    hand
    of the king of As.sj~rri.a."'J'Look! You
    t l S a 5.21
    1
    :
    yourself have heard what the kings of As.syrtl.a
    Ixn 36.19
    O Z K L17.6 did to 811 the lands by devoting them to del C h 5:26
    + G 1 3 structian,' and will: you yourself be delivered?"
    G c 28.4
    Have the godsq of the nations that my foreT.4
    fat11ct.s
    hroucht to nlin delivered them," even
    !:,:"'.+t g
    i:
    W
    "
    '
    V
    o
    1
    z
    a
    n
    and
    ' Ha'ran' and Re'zeph and the sons
    [-.I10:9
    rs 22:s

    IFU
    36 :4
    y2K1 19:10

    :z!&3:;x1
    I

    Rcr I s ~ i n h36 :1, footnote f. Litetsllg "the place of brcnking


    throlrgh," C'OII~ dye Isninh 06 : 0. "~lod.'j Jf, El.om7~insJ.
    ""Lord."
    If,tr.dn.tilntl; t le plural of d.d6laP,to tlcnote exrelleuce or mnjeaty,
    '"TIIF 1ivi11~God.'' 31, Ei.o.lrinrS rI An!,; Ihc n d j ~ c t i r eklrng ("living") being ~ C I ' Pin the singultir nur~ibcr,nIthonsh El.o.Bim0 is t11c
    plum1 nua~hrrof EE.o1aA. See Psnltli 7 : 8, footnote b. Ere verse 2.
    footnote d. "FJ.thi.o'pi.a,'> Vg; ''tlue F,.thi.orpi.aas~
    LXX; "C~tsh,"
    >I Sy T,

    I"

    of E'den* that were i n Tel-as'sar?' Where is


    the king of Ha'rnath" and the king of Arbpad]<
    ;
    :
    ;
    .
    ;
    '
    i
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ~
    * z ~ Ir W and the k5ng of the city of Seph.ar.varlm~1--of
    t;lii
    2 ~ l 8.30
    r 6 . m Ee'nar and of Iv'vah?' ''=
    Per 8 5
    P.,74.10
    14 Then Hez.e.ki'aha took the letters out of
    Pa 123:l
    hand of the messengers and read them,^
    t ~ z s a ; : ~ the
    ~
    after which Heztenki'ahawent up t o the hause of
    g:F$;:l
    v;2fi
    $$ .Jehovah and spread it out before Je11ovah.t
    Pd6:7
    l5 And Hez.e.kiJaha began t o pray to Jehovah,"
    1'2Sa ::28
    saying:
    ""TIJehovah of armies, the God of
    paF;o
    Israel,*.
    sitting
    ripon the cherubs, ' you alone are
    X
    ?
    3
    :j:
    2e:. 1.1s:~
    1 y T h e t r G d d h k i n g d a m s o ~ t h e
    ';2~,G:i" earth.8 You yet~rselfhave made the heavens and
    the earth." l r Incline your ear, O Jehovah, and
    Fg7;$:,
    ,3! hear.* Open your eyes,' 0 Jehovah, and see, ~fnd
    z.P"O
    2: ::igl4 hear all the words of Sen.nachfer.iWt h a t he has
    sent t o taunt the living GodBco
    In
    It is a fact, 0
    Isa 37.4
    Jehovah,
    that
    the
    kings
    of
    Asisyr'lpa
    have dev'2,;:
    i%h2ig6astated all the lands, and their awn land.' l o And
    1s; 36:19

    I<V.l 1S:34

    ':;:

    38 : I., foothote f, b "Thc Itsoel God.'' 31, hn-R?.o.hin~';


    ortitlc ku ('The") preceding the titlr Gt.oJtimV. See
    c f r h ~ s i5s : 24, Sootnotr n , ''The living Bod." See velqe I
    ,
    r o ~ t n o t e.
    r

    a See Isaiah
    the d p l b i t e

    ISAIAH 37 :20-24

    106

    tkere'was a consigning of their gods to the fire: '&y$


    because they were no godsla*but the workman- ,;,l.,g:!;
    ship of man's hands,* wood and stone, so that
    8;;;;;;a
    They destroyed themk fP And now, 0 Jehovah lllrr~ 41.7
    n
    6
    our God,') save us out of his hand,' that all the
    1;:~
    kingdoms of the earth may know that you, 0
    j::;,"
    Jehovah, are [God] a l ~ n e . " ~
    r:'1.<1:I~ R: I.l 19
    21 And IsaiahC the son of A'moz proceeded "j:; :!,$
    to send to I-Iez.e.kidah,%aying: "This is what
    Jehovah the God of Israel has said, 'Because
    you have prayed t o me concerning Sen.nnc11'erdb the king of As-syfi.a,f 22 this is the word t3K1
    rt2Kl 1fi:21
    that Jehovah has spoken against him:"
    "The virgin daughter of Zion has despised
    you,V she has held you in derjsion.,' P~",r1~;'~17
    "Behind you the daughter of Jerusalem Izas ;;;;fi&
    ]!I

    nEzc n:s
    flK1 1923
    Isa 2927

    23:ZZ

    30s 9:9
    1% 4:8
    Y G C 315
    Ex 9:17
    zPs 3311
    'I?
    17:13
    1 7G;lO
    \

    I,$

    W I ~ I19:~s
    'Xu 14.9
    I

    "Whom have you taunted' and spoken of "ZK1le:m


    EX 6:2
    abudvely?"
    21C1 18:N
    "And against whom heve you lifted up
    AaKi
    [ your ] voiced
    h n 10:13
    1'1, ,w;13
    " A n d d ~ y o u r a i s e y o u r e y e s o n h l g h ? ~ 8 x,,2R:a
    2'1X 2 ,.\
    "It is against the Holy One of Ismel!'
    .,:,
    " "By the hand of yaur servants you have j:,\L.f?d
    I s r i ln,:o
    taunted Jehowahe and you say,*
    .IfT 51 S
    " 'With the multitude of my war cl~ariots ;!;,:
    2~ dl : I ? : ~ T
    I myselr1
    15::3
    " 'I shall certainly ascend the height of %!!<I
    m::,:;,:10
    mountainous regions,"
    JFU 1 2 13
    I(XI.:AO
    ~ O 3C31
    3 .I
    :3
    " 'The remotest parts of Leb'anon;"
    War, "not God." M, lo el.o.himf, fi "[Qocl]." 11laer.trrd in n ~ r o ~ l n ~ n t
    with nSIn R I 2~ Kings 19 :19, where "Ctod" i s fou~ld.a Err vvrur 2,
    footnote d. d See Isaiah 36: 1,footllcrtc f. *"Jeh6rah " t l l V ~ S p ;
    "the peo],le of Jehltb\-&," T;A.rFo.nnyt, 11 nnd DS&. 'L1lilp, i~ one
    a l the 131 pnssagw in which the Jerr-ieb 8 0 1 d ~ t ~chrtr~gikd
    it~
    Yrkoc-nkr In the primitive Hebrem text to w n d A.do.nnwP.

    -:q.iL

    1's 7d.55
    PS

    48:~

    3sa 19:16
    Jer ,w:n

    0Ps 4&:5

    r51t 6 9
    'PS

    ,$c~

    choice juniper tres.li

    " 'And 1 shall enter his final height,a the


    forest of his orcharcLr
    26 " 'I myself shall certainly dlg and drink
    waters,

    EX 7:19
    VEXLb.9
    VEX 914

    wagged [her] head.

    ,,.,,

    " 'And I shaIl cut down its lofty cedars, its

    PS

    37:s
    92.7

    PS 103.15
    Ps 129:6
    Isa 80.6

    Jas 1:10
    IPe 1:24

    $
    6
    #Ps 139.1
    PC5 2 1

    Pr 15:s
    Jer 21.24
    k2m 19:n
    1lPS
    PS

    21

    r:e

    Ps 1O:B

    PS4 6 : ~

    r2Ki
    Isa 36.1
    18:=

    Isa 36:10

    l i a 1:9

    aIsa 3098
    Eze 3 9 4
    Ere 38:4
    Atn 4:2

    ::$

    'And I shall dry up wlth the sales of m y


    feet all the Nilet c a n ~ l sof E ~ y p t . ' " ~
    "Have you not heard?Y From remote times
    it is what I will d a y
    "From bygone d ~ y sI have even formed it.=
    Now I will bring I t in.'
    "And you w i l l serve to m ~ k fot%ifid
    e
    cities
    become desolate as piles of ruins."
    "And their inhahitants will be feeblehanded;"
    "They will simply he terrified and ashamed.+
    "They must become as vegetationo of the
    field and green tender Rrass,'
    "Grass of the roofs nnd of the terrace before the east wllndnm
    aa"Andyoursittin~quietcandyourgahgout"
    and yaur corning in I well know,*
    "And your exclting yourself a ~ a i n s merk
    t
    2g '%ecause
    you^ exciting yourself against
    men and your roaring have come up
    into my ears."
    "And I shall certainly put my hook jn your
    nose and my bridle between your lips,"
    "And I shall indeed lead you back by the
    way by which you have come."t
    330 '' 'And this wlll be the sign for you: There
    "

    '+Height," I t + here; but ulorlRing place" in 2 Kings 19: 23.


    **ER;I'P~.''
    BIr Ma.tsBr'; thp dual tiulnhrr of which i a .%1ik.ratim,
    for E m t as a whale, DDSIn r r n d ~ :'"rnm of the roofs, which is
    ficorehed before the east wintl. [23] k'onr rrsing up!'

    109
    will be an eating this year of the growth from
    spilled kernels,' and in the second year grain vte 2Rs
    that shoots up of itself, but in t h e third year g;t2;jt?o
    sonwseed,y YOU people, and reap, and plant vine- " ? s r ~I:n
    I 0 21
    yards and eat their fruitage.= a And those who iru
    u:, r:d
    escape of the house of Judah, those who are 2; y?:
    left remaining,' will certainly h k e root down- Z;,':: I;i3O
    ward and produce fruitage up~vard.~
    "* For out I~;,6~~,~,,
    of Jerusalem a remnant nil1 go forthh and those -;:; ;c;,,7
    who escape out of Mount Zion.: The zeal of F:rc 5.13
    J6~tb2.1%
    Jehovah of armies mill itself do this:
    +.c :.: I
    33 '"Therefore this is $\*hatJehovah has said +i:i:ll';l
    concerning the king of A s - ~ y r ' i a"'He
    : ~ wiI1 not "'ISU'I1 I.??~ . :21+ z
    come into this city' nor will he shoot an arrow M$:iT:2!'8b
    (2
    there nor confront it with a shield" nor cast up it~;;;;;
    a siege rampart against it." 'I<
    tl:~c~I!]
    ;>r21 .XI
    34 " 'Bythe way by which he came he !\*ill re- 1.2liI %r!i
    IW 31 ,.I
    turn and into this city he n~illnot come,' is the I cri 3 8 : ~
    utterance' of Jehovah.11 S z 'And I shall certainly B;"s','$:!a
    defendr this city to save it for my own sakeH f::: z?;gz
    r ~ t C 115:4
    and for the sake of David my servant.' "t
    2lIi l 'I!)::E4
    36 And the angele of Jehovah proceeded to
    ,;,F;!;,;j::
    go forth and strike d o ~ m
    a hundred and eighty- :!;1=@;21
    five thousand in the campS of the As,syr'i,ans,L1 GJIIE' :! :I
    When people rose up early in the morning, why, V P 7R:B
    ~
    there all of them were dead carcasses.' " Hence &:;/Y$!
    Sen.nach'cr.jbY the king of As.syrti.a pulled IP:l$;'T
    away and went and returnedz and t m k up dwell-?;;;j!<
    i n g in Nin'e.veh.' "And it came about t h a t a:
    he \asbowing dnvn at the house of Xis'rmh :yf&;fi
    his god,"" A-dram'me.lechand Shar.e'zer, his own ~;;;t;;~7
    2 t, 32 19
    sons, struck him down with the sword and they
    A: , ; ' ; : 't
    themselves escaped to the land of Ar'a.mt.t"
    (,

    '";:,Bz:,

    "God." 31, PI-o.hi)nPttheplural umber of rl.ofdla bdng lrrre np~~llicd


    to the fahe god his'roch, to denate ~mwlIcney01. d i r i l ~ epotveis.
    "&'a.rnt ," 'Kg; '4-hmenia," L-LI; "l<ar'do,'%yT.
    a

    ISAIAH 38 :1-8

    And E'sar-had'done his son began t o reign in


    place of him.
    In those days Hez.e.ki'ahe got sick to
    .mxm
    the point of dying.' Accordingly Isaiahb
    ~ of A ' m o i the pmphet came in t o himk
    ;;F11;;:9 t h son
    ?z&g::z'p and sald t o him : "This is what Jehovah has said,
    for you yourn z s ~17.u Give orders to your hou~ehold,~
    20.1
    self will indeed die and will not live.' '"" At that
    Er. n:lo
    Hez.e.kj'ahR turned his face to the wally and beY2 I< I :'I)
    8 :m
    2
    so 1s gan to pray t o Jehovah' " and to say: '7 beseech
    1 u lll 1.5
    you, 0 Jcllovah, rcmemlber,' please, how I have
    1
    V:I* H I
    tt~alkcd''before you in truthfulnessd. and with a
    :,,. .,
    I
    ?!I I '1
    complete heart,) and what was good in your
    ,,,
    eyes
    I have done."* And I-Iez.e.ki'aha began to
    lc!o
    l l P l >1~ 5I I: ) ~
    s:?:! weep profusely."
    1 1 ~ 12 L
    ?(lh
    1.11 1:i1.20
    G
    4 And the word of Jehovah now occurred to
    "God and you must say to
    I ~ a i a h ,saying:
    ~
    LP~TB:l s~-:1~:21
    ~:18
    I
    I
    Hez.ehkitah,4'Thls IS what Jehovah the God of
    2ch 3.1:a David your forefather has said:" ''I have heard
    rr 89:'3 your prayer.* I have wen your tearsnkHere I
    ~ 2 1 IR:ZO
    ~ 1
    am adding onto your days fifteen yearsl1I and
    PS 31:6
    tL1111
    ]~;KI 90: out of the palm of the king of As.syr'i.a I shall
    Pn 39.11
    PS ~ H
    i ; deliver you and this clty, and I will defend this
    ~ i t y , r And this is t h e sign for you from Jehovah
    $I?:
    ???d
    24 -11 -2: ?'d
    I,,, l o ? I that Jehovah will perform this word t h a t h e has
    t?1a
    spoken:' Were I am making t h e shadow sf the
    steps that had gone down on the steps [of the
    uJmlo:12 stairs] of A'haz by the sunu retrace backward
    ~ 2 2 : ~ ten steps." ' "V And the sun gradually went back
    ten steps on the s t e p [ofthe stairs] that it had
    r2Kl
    gone dorm.Y
    0E.4r4!2

    38

    ,
    ,,,,,.,,

    zs

    * SN!Tminh SO: 1, footnote f.

    See Irainh 37:2, fnatnote d. ULitternlly, "with n vent rwpirlg," M. d Literall?., "Let there be a going,"
    31; thc IIehrt,rr vcrh hrrc being in tLc infinitire absolute and h ~ n m
    i n i p ~ r s o n n ln11d indPflnite IIU to Iinlr. See Jeremiah 9 : 2. footnote c.

    111
    9 A writinga of Hez.e.ki'ahb the king of Ju- .EX
    dah,z when he got sick* and revived from his *aJ

    YPS 1026
    zIsa 69:ll
    Eze 7 2 6
    K a 2;i
    *PY69:3

    5:1

    I20:1

    WIS-a
    e 3239
    25
    sicknes~,~
    P S 3:ll
    l o I myself said; "In the midst of my days I am
    EO G:I
    W C o 1:9
    disposed to go away.'
    t Job a 1 7
    "I have heen summoned t o the very gateso ?k:31s
    of She'ola with the remainder of my ,:6':
    l1

    IZ

    years.''+
    I have said: "I shall not see Jahaoeven Jakd
    in the Iand of the living ones.
    "I shall no more look on mankind*--with
    the inhabitants of [the Iand of] cessa-

    ti~n.~"
    "My own habitatlong has been pulled out* and
    removed from me like the tent of shep-

    PS 119:82
    Ps 123:2
    1439
    AP%119:122
    UPS

    omr ~ : I O
    Ps 39.9
    Joh 1227

    0f:3&:;
    2Ki 4%
    J o b 721

    zob
    7:gHo 13'14
    I9:l

    Ec

    9:s

    :yh"9",28

    11x
    21
    0:36
    Ps 51%
    vJob 16.12
    Ps 39~10

    Possibly, "A mikrtiim.'' See Psalm 16, superscription, footnote a.


    See Isniah 3 6 : 1, footnote f. &I,shFdl; LA=, " H a Q e s " ; ~ ~ ' g ,
    dw'f e.ri. d Tali PahJ 31; Do'nmi.nus Derwcs, Vg ; "the fear-insp~nng
    One, Sehol-ah," T; 'rSehovah," Sg. See Exodus 15:2, footnote b ;
    Psalm BX : 4, footuots n. 31, a.drxm'. Or, "inhabitnnk of the system of things," according to eight Hebrew rnanusclipts. g Or, "tent
    mmp" (circular) ; or, C'generation.'l By a slight correction of 31.
    Literally, "of my shepherd," M. 1 Or, "from the thrum." J Or, by
    slight correction aP NcI,
    '$1hare cried for help."

    '

    lo

    Ps %:13
    Pr 14:24
    Isa 25:8

    H a 13.14
    kPs 30:s
    nPs 28:l
    Ps 30:3
    Ps 40:2

    PS 69:15
    Ps 8693
    PS %:5

    rJob 9 :
    threads of the warpir
    Job 1472
    "From daylight till night you keep handing
    s3bb 17:l
    me over.s
    la
    "I: have soothed myselfj until the morningat tPS130:6
    "Like a lion, so he keeps breaking all my

    9.6

    j;,, G 25

    s p a 8:s

    worker;

    me over."

    I~ O : ~

    ~t 441

    #'%

    "One proceeds to cut me off from the very

    "From daylight till night you keep handing

    ??&$?
    xDe 8:s

    *g;
    g;~,
    herd~.~'
    PS 102 11
    "I have rolled up my life just like a loomn nE;$;?

    bones;u

    l4

    Jon 2:s
    ~ P ~S5 : 2
    Isa

    4325

    31:34
    hllc 7.18
    JCC

    Ro 4:8

    sGe
    PS 3o:g
    42:~

    Ps m10
    Ps 146:4
    ~ P S
    63%.

    Ps 11~.113
    EC 9.10
    Isa 36:11
    M N U16 33

    Ec 329
    EC 9:5

    l7

    ISAIAH 38 :14-18

    "Like t h e swift, t h e bulbul, so I keep chirping;Y


    "I keep cooing like the dove."
    "My eyes have looked languishingly to t h e
    height :'
    " '0 Jehovah,& I am under oppression.'
    Stand good for me.'"
    "What shall I speak, and [what] will he be
    certain to say to me?'
    "He himself has also acted.'
    d(II: keep walking solemnly all my years in the
    bitterness of my soul.@
    'W Jehovah,$ on that account they keep Iiving, and, as with everybody, thereby is
    the life of my spirit."
    "And you will restore me t o health and

    certainly preserve me alive.'


    "Look! For peace there was what was bitter
    to me, yes, b i t t e ~ ; ~
    "And you yourself have become attached
    t o my soul land kept it] from the pit
    of disintegration."
    "For you have thrown behind your back all
    my sins.T
    "For it is not She'ola that can laud you;"
    death itself cannot praise you.C
    "Those going down into the pit cannot look
    hopefully t o your tmeness.u

    "Jehovah," VgSyT and 16 Hebrm manuse~+pts;A.do.nay', M


    and 13SIa. This is one of tbn 134 prtswges i n mhich the Jewish
    Sopherim changed ~ e k o . w ~ Liu
    ' the prmiti~re Hebrew text to
    d.do.vtffig'. b''Jeho.rzh," LXXVgSyT; A.do.way', 3f and DSIa.
    This i s one of the 134 passages in which the Jewish Sopherim
    changed YeRe.~ala7api n the primitive Ilebrav text to AbdobnayP.
    C Or, hy correcting one letter i n the E I e h r e ~verb, ";1-ouyourself
    have held back my soul," to agree with LILXVg. d Slbuo'l,N ; "those
    in Ha'dcsi' LXX; in.fsrrmlw, Vg.
    a

    one that can vF;;f;;4


    1% I.IO:?
    laud you,'
    I~:Cn:io
    "Just as I can this day.Y
    y.Int\ !I..L
    eGe 1R:19
    "The father himself can give knowledge to 1.: u 1 2 2 8
    his owin sons concerning your wueness.' E:
    "0Jehovah, [und~dake]to save me,' and we
    shalI play my sbing selectionsu
    .i,r
    l J c --.5
    7%3
    "AIl the days of our life at the house of
    : v t : rn
    Jehovah."~ 5 %1 1 5 9
    21 And Isaiaha proceeded to say: "Let them
    carry a cake of pressed dried figs and rub [it]
    27
    in upon the boiE,O that he n a y revive."+-"pan-' chba
    *1KI m?
    time, He2.e-ki'ahbsaid: '?&%atis the sign that
    WKI m:&
    1 s h d l go up to the house of Jehovah?""
    Pr 62-2
    At that time Mer'odach-bal'a.dann the rPs R~ I:Z
    ~1.10
    114.1a
    son of Bal'adan the king of Babylanfk I'h
    rl, 1112~1
    sent letters and a giftn to He~.e-ki'ah,~
    after he - 2 K l l'r1:12
    got t o hear that he had been sick but was strong 2; Ei;],
    againnf a So Hez.e.ki'ahb began t o rejoice over I;;(;:
    F;,
    IjP!;
    themEand proceeded to show them his treasure a;,p&gn
    house,t the silver and the gold11 and the balsam .I(>T i w
    2il:ld
    oilv and the good oil and all his armoryy and all t2KI
    WI, :{?,Z:
    that mas t o be found in his treasures, There ",",';i,':,:]:j,
    proved t o be nothing that Hez.e.ki'ahbdid not ;1,'61,??;!"
    show them in his o ~ v nhousez and in all his t 1l;c1tr 22.Z.H
    :;:s
    -21~120.13
    dominion.'
    3 After that Isaiaha the prophet came in to
    King Hez.e.1cirahh and said to him : "What did , O;Ph :$+
    these men say and from where did they proceed ::;$;Z
    to come t o you?"" So Hez-e.lci&h said: "'From a ~ ' t r hlzj:7
    141?
    i
    distant land they came to me,# from BabyIon."" la<
    pr m r z
    And he went on to say: "What did they we ~~~;'l'~1:"?4
    In youp house?"= To fhis Hcz.e.ki'&'j said: 'Qiil .":15
    "The living, the living, he is the

    '
    .es!;;JI

    -I:;g,J~:

    39

    Jssiah 37: 2, footnob d. b See Isaiah 38: I, footnote f.


    "Brrbylon," Vg ; 'B~ab~.lonin."
    LXT; L'Bn%el,"MSJ+T.

    a See
    6

    "Everything that i s in my hause they saw."


    There proved t o be nothing that I did not show
    them in my treasures." Isaiaha now said to
    *TC( 26.18
    IZIC~
    ?$IB Hez.e.ki'alr :h" "Hear the word of Jehovah of
    X:h .&:IH
    armies: ' b k I Days are corning and dl that
    J , . ~
    :2:17
    sg!cl - ).IT
    r5.1
    I:12
    is in your own house and that your forefathers
    :-,:t:
    have stored up dorm to this day ~r.illactually be
    :~ :,' I,<I
    .,,
    ,.,
    ih
    'Xathing will be left,'
    "fa4rr 2 L? carsid to Rabyl0n.'~1~
    Jehovahhassaid.r:%dsorneofyouro~~nsons
    i 1 2 i i i 2\k18
    that wj11 come forth from you, to rvhurn yon
    .r'ir ?,'lo
    wI11 become father, will themselves be takens
    i;!,!
    fnl3
    IS<&
    a IH
    in the pal:Is,, Ir;.ld and nc2unlly hccorne court oficia)~'~
    . l I,.,
    l t k:,!,
    !::I
    ,, ; ~ c of
    c the Iiing of BabyI~n."'~'u
    1 '
    8 A t that Hez.emlci'ahtlsaid t o 1saiah:a "The
    yJ4.r '4 4:fl
    z r 8 r ~ . z ! I ward of Jehovah that you have spoken is good."v
    P"Kk *'lJ 19
    a
    And he went on to say: "Because peace and
    %IU! I 13
    truthy will continue in my otm days."'?:
    L~:,, ~ . . t
    l'lTll.\ 18
    w c : l 1 m:22
    ' i C ~COMFORT
    ~ ~ my
    ~ people,'hays
    ~ ~ ,
    Ilrr 2:l.l
    :*I1!+
    10.1 13
    the
    God4
    of
    YOU
    men.'
    "'SPEAK
    t o the
    i 1's 25 11
    I 3 1
    hmrt of J e r u s ~ l e mand
    ~
    call
    out to herc that her
    1'9 51 :2
    military service' has been fulfilled,i t h a t her
    I
    :I::: i:ii%rror has been paid off.@For from the hand of
    JehovahQ she h ~ received
    s
    a full amountR f o r all
    -Jer 16:18 her s;ins."*
    ZPC b:12
    CMI 3:l
    3 Listen! Someone is caIUng outh in the wilh t r 1:2
    derness:O "Clear up the wayi of Jehovah," rou
    I .t :
    JIII~1:23
    people! Make t h e highway for our Godd throughj
    I,,, 3.r
    the desert plain ~ t r a i g h t . ~"t" every valley be
    ;;
    .J,p$;i?y
    1::'

    ,,
    .Q

    rlt41.1

    40

    * Sw lluninh 37: 2, footnotr d. b Scc?r.*ninh 38: 1,footnote f. t"Raby-

    Ion," Tg; +I3th'hrl." IlS;;?.T. "flod,"M, EF.o.Itinar. This entire introtlnrtion oP rllnpfpr 40 is thc Ilcrlta~miline uf columrrl (pagcl 32 in
    I M a . a "Jfilttnry srrricc."' 11, f.*cr.l,~r'; the s i a y l n r n~~n~brbr
    of the
    1Irhrerr rvol.d taehrr.l5tlr'. trn~islnt~d
    "rtrniies'? i n Isaial~39 :5. g Or,
    '.iuice Lhe I I I ~ ~ O I I I I31,
    ~ . ~h-ipk-kt'inr,
    '
    SPPJoh 11 : 6, fo0t11utt.a. Or. '.A
    rtrira-! TIhc~r;.is unc r l i l l t n ~ outr7;
    :
    :r, "Tllcrc i~ the rorvc nf one calling
    ~ r ~ t . SCI!
    "
    Ciencnis 3 : In, f'cmtnot~h. 1 Or,"cfiIEinp oat : 'Through (In)
    t l ~ slltlcrricrs
    ?
    rlcnr up thr wny.' " Or, "in." V l r , L'smooth."

    "

    ISAIAH 40:5--12

    114

    raised up,k and every mountain and hill be made k2;$g:16


    low." And t h e knobby ground must become level nI",","2T;11
    land, and the rugged ground a valley plain.'
    W n d the glory of Jehovah will certainly be BPS72h9
    revealed,S and all flesh must see [it] t ~ g e t h e r ,gO?3~8
    ~
    for t h e very mouth of Jehovah has spoken [it]."b $
    :ftJ
    6 Listen! Someone is sayieg:a "Call out!"v Y$;zj%o
    And one said:b "What shall I call ont?'"'All uLU
    J e r2:32
    9:12
    flesh is p e n grass, and all their loving- vjg,1z;6
    Re 2217
    kindnessc is like the blossom of the fie1d.y The ydob
    14:2
    green grass has dried up, the blossom has with-' ea93"7~m
    ered," because t h e very spirit of Jehovah has
    zfg?~
    blown upon it.' Surely the people are green * P S ~ O : ~
    grass." The green grass has dried up, the blos$:%
    som has ith he red,^ but t h e word itself of our tg: ;Ty;:89
    Isa 5j. 11
    God"wiI1
    last t o time indefinite.""
    htt 5:18
    9 Make your way up even onto a high mom- ,rgB%~:,,
    tain,' ycru woman bringing good news for Zion.@Jg,l3iP,
    Raise your voice even with power, you woman 2
    bringing good news for Jerusalem." Raise [it]. RO 10:18
    Do not be afraid.* Say t o the cities of Judah: i"r"&k?i5
    "Here is YOUR
    lo Look! The Lord Jeho- y
    p"$:$
    vaho himself will come even as a strong ~ne,~.~i;,";$z
    and his arm will be d i n g for him.n Look! His ,E;i?
    reward is with him,' and the wage he pays is ~
    ~
    ~
    before him." li Like a shepherd he will shepherd d o h 1 2 s
    rIsa 62:ll
    his own droveatWith his a m he will collect to- Re 22 12
    gether the lambs; and in his bosom he will carry :g:$:::2"B
    [them]." Those giving suck he will conduct ~ ~ & ~ ~ , . " i 6
    [with care]
    vGe
    J O 33~13
    21:15
    ~
    12 W h o has measured the waters in t h e mere.
    $Oil6
    a Or,"A ~oice;!Thern is one saying"; orj "There is the voice of one
    saying." b Or, "he said,'' L X X V g and DSIa, "I said." 'Zoving-

    hollow of his hand,y and taken the proportions

    taken the proportions of the spirit of Jehovah,


    and who as his man of counsel can make him
    know anything?* l4 With whom did he consult
    together that one might make him understand,m
    or who teaches him in the path of justice, or
    him k n ~ w l e d g e ,or
    ~ makes him know
    way of real understanding?"
    15 h o k ! The nations are as a drop from a
    and as t h e film of dust on the- scales

    .;:

    .'

    l7 All the nations are as


    existent in front of him;" as
    unreaIity they have been ac-

    ffering.k

    18 And to whom can YOU people liken God,br


    s3 can YOU put alongside hirn?t
    has cast a mere molten irnage,p
    he metalworker overIays it,u

    :z

    hndness? M ; ('gIol.y," LLIYYg; "beauty," Sy. "Uod." 31, E1.uhim'. eiiThe Lord Jeho~ah." See Isaiah 7 ;7, footnote g. f'LEcen
    ~nhhstrength? LXXVgSy and DSIa.

    a "A measure." liter fill^, "a third part '"hat


    is, of a measure not
    now known. b "God." 11, ET; LXX, "~ehorah"; Pg,fle'us.

    ISAIAH 40 :22-30

    117

    116

    ISAIAH 40 :31--41:7

    tire out and grow weary, and young men themthe foundations of the earth?' There is One *% ;:;$
    IPS 39:s
    selves will without fail get to stumbling,+ b u t
    Ec9:ll
    who is dwelling above the circle of the earth," ;4i;T
    Am 2 3 4
    those rVho are hoping- in Jehovah will regain
    -Ps
    the dwellers in which are as grasshoppers, the
    g~~4~~
    power.E They will mount up with wings like
    Eg;
    :
    g
    E
    i
    One who is stretching out the heavens just as a 0
    PS 68%
    192
    eagles.cxThey will sun and not grow weary;
    :
    E
    H,
    o
    Fi
    ;
    fine gauze, who spreads them out like a tent in Isa
    Isa 66:1
    *PS 8-1:7 they will walk and not tire aut."*
    which to dwel1,O B S the One who is reducing high 'i,": gSII
    XPs 46:10
    officials to nothing, who has made the very judg- ea\\22:
    "Attend t o me in silence,k You islands,an
    6
    nIsa 49:l
    Isa 44:24
    I.PSI O S : ~
    es of the earth as a mere unreality.'
    and let national groupsr themselves reJer 10:12
    sIsa1:18
    gain power. Let them approach.= At that time
    24 Never yet have they been planted; never g,",,l;;i,l,
    let them speak. Let us come up close together
    yet have they k e n sown; never y e t has their +pa7&1j3
    ;,"il
    Re 16:12 even for the judgment.=
    stump taken root in the earth." And one has
    YISB45:l
    only to blow upon them and they dry up,' and Spr2218
    2 "IVho has roused up [someone] from the
    l K i 21.21
    % I h i ~40:24
    ZKL
    1k11
    lllDc 3234
    like stubble the windstorm itself will carry them 1sa 14:21
    sunrise?u
    [Who] proceeded to call him in rightFs 64 9
    Jer 2 2 : ~
    away.#
    PS 7 i : l a
    eousness
    itsex
    to His feet, proceeded to give bexzi 1:14
    Ps 90:16
    fore him the nations and t o make [him] go s u b
    25 "But t o whom can YOU people liken me so 1,;::
    ps 92.4
    Ps 111:3
    that I should be made his equal?" says the Holy F&I;f\3
    ps 143:5 duing even kings?y [Who] kept giving [them]
    like dust to his sward, so that they have been
    One." zC "Raise YOUR eyes high up and see. Who k F s s 8 y S
    e;,522,
    .'lIab 3:9
    driven about like mere stubble with his bow?"z
    has created these things?" It is t h e One who is
    ;;IF
    That he should pursue them, should peacefully
    bringing forth t h e army of them even by n m - Tg
    aPs 8923
    pass along on his feet wer the path [by \vhich]
    ber, all of whom he calls even by name.r Due t?:i:24i7
    he did not proceed to come? Who has been
    t o the abundance of dynamic energy, he also r',\7,;;l,
    ;;;* ;g;;i
    cDe 32:7
    active'" and performed,' calling out the generabeing vigorous in power, not one [of them] is
    Ac 15:18

    ;:

    $'

    41

    RO II:I
    missing..
    U J O 27:a
    ~
    25" "For what reason do you say, 0 Jacob, f,0ab4gf
    and do you speaJx out, 0 Israel: 'My way has
    been concealed from J e h ~ v a hand
    , ~ justice t o me V2u$h
    Y G 2133
    ~
    De 33:neludes my Goda himself ?U " Have you not come IS,
    57:13
    to know or have you not heard?v Jehovah, the E2$;t
    Creator of the extremities of the earth, is a &$'&$:
    Goda t o time indefinite.r He does not tire out or ga15457z
    grow weary. There is no searching out of his $jiF
    :
    understanding.* 2 3 He is giving to the tired one B ~ , " ~ ~ ; l ~ ,
    p o w e ~and
    , ~ to the one without dynamic energyA E$E :$$,
    he makes full might abound. 30B0yseven may *L? $;$"

    "God."

    N, El.o.kiniF.

    tiom from the t tart?^


    ''I, Jehovah, the First One;" and with the last
    Isa 48:12
    ones I am the ~ a r n e . " ~
    aps 102:27
    5 The islandsa saw and began t o fear.' The
    IBZ 46:4
    very extremities of the earth began trembling."
    ;if
    :::f7
    They drew near md kept coming. T h e y went
    +g,l~~,,
    ?o", g : d helping each one his companion, and one would
    PS 65.8
    say to his brother: "Be strong."" So the craftsPs 66:3
    PS 6 7 : ~ man went strengthening the metal!vorker;* the
    -I$ 4:9
    ;1 40:1$ one doing the smoothing out with the forge hamJoe 2 1 0
    4d:la mer him that is hammering away at the anvil,
    F,"p\;% saying regarding the soldering: "It is good."
    AC 17:26
    Lisa 43:10

    xsa 44:6

    Or, "coastlands"; sneh as those around the Mediterranean Eea,

    ISAIAH 41:8-15

    118

    Finally one fastened it with nails that I t could L C J18:IR


    ~
    not be made to totterak
    Iqn 4o:m
    Inn
    48:':
    8 "But you, O Israel, are my servant," you, n;,,Y2Ff!&
    0 Jamb, whom I have chosen.' the seed" of tk;b
    Abrahama m y
    " you, whom I have taken R;; ;;;;a
    hold of fmm the extremities of the earth,uand I?:;,"y;;
    you, whom I have called even from the remote
    111?:3

    $
    7;7
    parts of i t v A n d I went on to say to you: 'You ' "h1t
    24 31
    .1:1:10
    are my servant;? I have chosen you,*and X have YI
    .
    r;.sa 1?::'2
    not rejected you." IG Do not be afraid, for I am D;;r:\*,
    with you.' Do not g m about, for I am your a:t 2 1 I:
    God.cAI will fortify you.* 1 will really help you: if: :$G
    I will really keep fast hold of you with my right
    gi:
    hand of righteousness."
    d
    3J I+I St t 120
    :!a 17
    11 ' U o k ! AlI those getting heated up against j;;:-E&
    you will become ashamed and be humiliated."
    The men in a contention with you will become ;FII;W;
    as nothing and will perish." l 2 You will search o ~ j c33:27
    Yrmc It1 12
    for them but you will not find them, those men +i.%
    2 ~ 1 1
    in a struggle with you.8 They will become as
    $i;"
    something nonexistent and as nothIng,n those ,j,;; :;A3
    men at war with you. IY
    Far I, Jehovah your 2;4;:
    1
    God,c am grasping your right hand," the One b;;; ;;:;;;;
    saying t o you: 'Donot be afraid? I myself will kr+:i : l ~ : t ;
    nl's 3';:36
    1
    help you.'t
    1.1%h3:H
    7.'i.4L3
    14 "Do not be afraid, you wormu Jacob, YOU
    ZO'I:~~
    mend of I ~ r a e lI. ~
    myself will help you,""^ the ,::j: :t';.:\o
    utterance of Jehovah, even your Repurchaser,-q;!;3r;;;i;
    the Holy One of Israel.>" "LOok! 1 have made ;I:~;?;
    G
    youe a threshing sledge,. a new threshing in4;:;;
    s m e n t having double-edged [teeth].' You Tba 4 3 : l l
    will tread down the mountains and crush ,% $i:o
    [them], and the hills you wiII make just like 'l'""''G
    LR

    '

    17.

    Ox, '40fipring."

    Or, 'lover?' e"%d.n 31, El.o.him', d Or,


    ~'mal3
    c31, mrtkim. a The pronoan k i n the feminine gnder, singular number, to refer to

    119

    ISAIAH 41:16-24

    the chaffmDYou will winnow them: and a wind


    itself will carry them away,O and a windstorm
    c 1'3 1 . 4
    - I A ~1i:u itself will drive them different ways.+And you
    C f i n 2:l
    yourself will be joyful in J e h o v ~ hIn
    . ~the Holy
    LU 1:46
    'I.{& 12:G
    One
    o
    f
    Israel
    you
    will
    b
    a
    s
    t
    about
    yourseK."'
    .Tcmr
    9.21
    17 "The amicted ones and the poor ones are
    E P * ~ : l seeking for water,' but thew is none. Because
    Ian 55:l
    Am 8:li
    of thirst their very tongue has become dry.k I
    111. 2 '.I1
    myselfl Jehovah, shall a n s w r them." I,the Goda
    rt 3% ?::is
    Llt 4 1
    of Israel, shall not leave them.' l8 Upon bare hills
    u ~ 73.1:0.
    5
    E,?!9.j\I shall open up rjvers, nnd in the midst of the

    cficJ!jtj
    ~t
    2.19

    valley plc~jns,springs,* 1shall make the wilderness into a reedy pool of water, and the materJ1ct1 11 (5
    less land i n t ~sources of watermtl" In the wilderwI SsR ,rs:.i
    30.~5
    I
    I
    ness I shall set the cedar tree, the acacia and
    ;1'. l(lr,:.il the myrtle and the oilc treenuIn the desert plainb
    I shall place the juniper tree, the ash and the
    PY JU; '45
    11 [?ina2:i.n cypress at the same time,' zU in order that peoIsn F'i 1 3
    3 ~ in; i r : i ~ ple may see and lcnow and pay heed and have
    r l v n SI:J
    insight at the same time, that the very hand of
    Jehovah has clone this, and the Holy One of
    Israel has himself created it.y
    21 "Bring Youn controversial case fonvard,"
    ,1~
    YOU
    people,'' says Jehovah. "Produce YOUR arguZJob 23:4
    1 5 43.9
    ~
    merits,"'
    says the King of J a c ~ h .2?~"Produce
    'f rlb 3q.9
    .IHI~ .LO7
    ~ n tell
    d to us the things that are going to hapntic I,.:!
    pen.'. The first things-wh~t they .rvere--do tell,
    =I ,P x+5
    1>;1 .I!] 245
    that we may apply our heart m d know the fucg
    ture of themat Or cause us t o hear even the
    ti:;;
    :$:<l
    *I>!,
    I{:Q d'l.?o
    :.g
    things that are coming.' P T e l l the things that
    are to come aftenvarcl, that we may know that
    44:R
    You we godsmC9
    Yes, You ought to do good or do
    Is11 4 6 3
    n c r:l:le
    b ~ d that
    ,
    we may gaze about and see [it] a t the
    same time.' Y4 Look! YOU men are something
    *
    lbq

    J-ll

    !bl:l

    12

    fJ","bB;z

    --

    ''God," 31, EI.o.lritn'. A Or,"thr Ar'a.bah." See Deuteronomy 1 :1,


    footnoto c. o"'l;ods.'' 31, cl,a.kim'.
    a

    ISAIAH 41:2-2:3

    120

    ISAIAH 42:4--11

    121

    nonexistent, and POUR achievement I s nothing.* ',Pa,


    A detest~blething is anyone that chooses uouak
    j;;;::;:
    25 '" have roused up [someone] from the
    ;
    north, and he will cornedt1
    From the rising of the g$$
    sun he will call upon my name.'' And he will nganr&
    J e r 51:B
    1:2
    come upon deputy rulers as [if they were j clay rEzr
    I.ca 4 6 ~ 1
    and just as a potter that tramples dolvn the &
    :, %
    ,&
    .

    tinguish it. In trueness he will bring forth justice."" He will not grow dim nor be crushedh
    slsn n,
    until he sets justices in the earth itself ;n and for
    1\11 4 9 9
    themselves nfillkeep waj ting.l
    THI 2 . . ~ his law the i d a n d s ~
    2Pc 3.13
    5
    This
    is
    what
    The
    God,Vehov~ah,has
    t
    ; sftit?,the Creator of the[true'/
    Ikn 4I!5
    heavensl%nd the grand
    Y'I
    1112a
    .I), 10.1:~ One stretekringe them out;' the One laying out
    Esa :$:6
    moist material.=
    the earthy and its p r o d ~ e e ,the
    ~ One giving
    h:lc 2 0
    26 "Who has told anything from the start,
    breath'
    to
    the
    people
    an
    it,'
    and
    spfrit" to those
    : 1/ ' 1 5
    that we may know, or from times past, that tve
    ivallcing
    in
    it:"
    1
    '
    "
    myself,
    Jehovnh,
    have called
    2
    :
    ~
    ;
    ~
    U.loh 12:10
    may say: 'He is right'lt Really there is no
    1'3 I ! I : . . ~ YOU In righteousness," and I procccd~clt o take
    onevp;a4::o;
    Al'a rlR:li
    telling. Really there is no one causing lane 1 to 14, ~ : 6 I
    I
    :
    hnld of your hand.; And I shalI sal~guardyou
    hear. Really there is no one that is hearing any1'?,:$:,
    give you as a covenant of the people," as a
    !::;,'
    $
    ;I:i
    %
    al
    l
    IS(! 403
    sayings of YOU rnenmnu
    'Ibn 5(;,10light of the nation^,^ : [for you] to open the
    Nu 1.15
    BX~R
    .t81:6
    27 Them is one first, [saying1 to Zion: ,gx1",ik5
    1-u 2,n.J
    blinds eyes,' to bring forth out of the dungeon
    JUII 9.12
    "took! Were they are!"wand t o Jerusalem I shall 3 2 g
    -r*n ~ i . 5 the prisoner,' out of the prison house those sitn;
    u:c.t l i l . 1
    give one that is indeed bringing good news.,'
    \ ~ i r ~ ?:IS
    . i ~ ting in d a ~ k n e s s . ~
    *pa;-;
    I t'r ?:!)
    25 And I kept seeing, and there was not a
    c\fl i.:o
    8 "I am JehovahPoThat is my name;" and t o
    ;~;~1,3:;~
    %
    ;I
    K.1 IR
    man; and out of these there was also no one
    r l ~ r ~ . ~anyone
    ~ l t
    cbe I shall not give my on-n glory,'
    2Jc;$$
    lhnt wns giving counsel.^ And I kept asking :Isa49:3
    neither my praiseu t o grayen images,"
    $
    :
    ;
    !
    !
    :?i
    I
    l ( i t b 1.7!14
    them, that they might make a reply. ?%oak!
    9 "The first things-here they have
    .1,;8 2 1 , ~ s
    All of them are something n o n e ~ i s t e n tThcir
    .~
    I K I 8~1.7
    ,Y,",p4$;
    but
    things I am telling out. Before they be,,:,, gin new
    works are nothing." Their molten images are '?;&?A
    to
    spring
    up, I cause YOU people to hear
    :;(:fii;;;J
    windt1and unreality.=
    1 pe ::.I
    11"c1 . 1 1
    [theml,"la
    B X t 3:17
    Y 1'5 9B:1
    Look! My servant: on whom I keep fast 5L0u119.35
    12:28
    10 Sing to Jehovah a new song,v his praise
    ,
    hddEVMy chosen one,' [whom 1 my soul
    from
    the extremity of the earthly mu men t h a t
    Ai:
    ;1:;~i;;:;: : I are going
    h:u approved!" I have put my spirita in him." ~ ~ l ; i g
    down to the seax and t o that which
    1 5 51:5
    ~
    Justice to the nations is WIIRL he will bring *$;&
    uisrt : 4 2 : ~Ifllls it, YOU island& and you lnhnbiting them.*
    forth." He will not cry out or raise [his voice],
    2;; 1:'):s
    $$:!s Let the rvildernessband its cities rdse [their
    and in the streetd he I ~ not
    I cause his voice to lpe 223
    voice], the sefSlements that Ke'dar inhabits?
    be heard.k "Ko crushed reed will he break;" "?f!"t"l?g
    8 Or, '-intlm~ent."
    11, rrrish.paf. M, m.taat#'; in npcernent with
    and as for a dim flaxen wick, he will not ex- k:,2"25
    TPTSI! 3n. C Or, "'constlnods." d('The [trur] Gad,"' 31, Irn-El. Pee

    ,f;z$

    r*RT1:3
    1;a 11:3

    I ,

    .,,,

    42

    'E

    &sj;

    ['S

    hy a ~ l i ~ rorrrction
    ht
    of iCT, i11 a g e e rnrt~t mth 8gT. "Hurtfulnesu"; nr, "solrictlling hurtful," 31.
    b ''JYintl," 31, rz~'aI&k;see Gelleai.~1: 2, footnnic d. 0 '(spirit?' M,
    rri'olrfi. d "In the ~treet."Or, "outnidr,"
    ~ L b K o i ~ ~ r t lnonexistent,"
    ling

    J s ~ i n h5: 10, foot not^ a. "The grant1 Oflr tltr~tcldng,')Tho Jlebremp r ~ r l i u i ~i l~~ l! ~ri ~a iu oppnrcntly tlie phirnl riuiiib(~r,to crpresr e n (]cur 01. rxcnl]crjq. "Breath." 31, qrPaIrn.~~ah',
    u~ in G ~ n e n i s3 :7 .
    g ..Spiril." 31, rlilrrlrk.
    f

    ISAIAH 42 :12-20

    123

    122

    Let the fnhabitants of the crag cry out In j0y.O


    From the top of the mountains let peopIe c r y
    aloud. j2 Let them attribute to Jehovah glory,'

    8Jcr4s:2a

    'R $$f

    and in the islandsa let them tell forth even his 1-n .!.t:IS
    ~ T R 56:f
    A B
    pr~ise.~
    n o 15:9
    13 Like a mighty man Jehovah himself wUI
    m:sr
    go forth." Like a warriorb he will awaken zeal,* ,pm
    rua JD:l6
    He will shout, yes, he will let out a war cry;]( d!:O
    ;i'
    over his enemies he will show hlrnself migM1er.n ,:'/',:'f:,,
    14 "I have kept quiet for a long time.'' I cantinued silent.= I kept exercjsing selGcontr0l.t I.:::;!;:?,
    Like a woman giving birth I am going t o gronn,
    pant, and gasp at the same time.
    shall devas- ;Mt; z r c+-:!; A : *
    tale mountains and hills, and all their vegetation r";:1I,qi.4:
    I shaII dry up." And I will turn rivers into %!l!:y,$ex3
    :;
    islands,a and reedy pools I shall dry up.* hlld
    1'q 2
    I \viH make the blind ones walk in a way that +;81;5;
    they have not kmwn;r in a madway t h a t they
    have not b o w r ~1 shall cause them to trcarlnZl I-,,~ .\ t ::I
    shall turn a dark place before them into light,* 'i::: i::b
    and rugged terrain into Ievel land."] These are 3:;2:' j';"
    the things that I will do for them, and X will not
    I'X
    7
    leave them,"A
    I h t t 1:29
    1? They must be t m e d back, they will be r uu .i.1.11
    I d &45: LO
    very much ashamed, those who are putting trust .Jt.r
    2 29
    in the graven irnage,O those who are saying to a .I:?!?:'"
    FI\rr
    I S ~ I .1.1:17
    ;q 18
    molten image : "YOUare our gods."cm
    18 Hear, you deaf ones, and look forth to see, I;; ;j:.!j;
    YOU blind ones.' I D
    Who is blind, if not my sew- 'E;
    ant, and who is deaf as my messenger whom I $2 ;?$
    send? Who is blind as the one rewarded,dor blind It 13:14
    as the servant of Jehovah?' I t was a case of olr 17.40
    seeing many things, but you did not keep watch- I , 4 !I
    ing," It was a case of opening the earn, but {!:$9!

    ,$;czJz,l:e,,
    lbhk

    ":;,zl;$$
    !I;

    ti;,,

    Qr, ~'mStl~nds."
    LLiteraUg, ''rnnn of w m . "
    bitrt'. 6 Or, "one in a townant of pcare."

    fiOods.''

    X,cl.0-

    XSALAH 42:2143:3

    yo~a
    did not keep 1fstenlng.k Jehovah hIrnseZf
    f
    a
    r
    the
    of hts rlghteo~~sness~
    has taken a de;1:
    226 light insake
    rPs 40.5
    that
    he
    should
    magnify
    the law and
    Heb 5.10
    make it majestic.' :' But 'lt is x people plundered
    F
    1.
    ,g1g3and pillagedt all of them being trapped in the
    hales," and in prison houses they have been kept
    ,,Ija
    ;k
    ; : 25123
    "
    hidden,'
    They have come to be Tor plunder withuDe 4:30
    De32:29 out a deliverer, for pillage tvithout nnyone to
    yDe 25:49
    say: "Bring beck!"" WIla among YOU people
    JF: 2:14
    2Ch 15:6
    ps 106:40 will give ear to this? Who will pny attention and
    listen for later times?* "Who has given Jacob
    for pillage itsell, nnd Ismel to the plunderers?
    zgz!:g
    5 : r L-5
    IS it not Jehovah, the One against whom we
    * ? T i 1 25.9
    cti0.i 3
    have sinned,J and in whose ways they did not
    ':~"5::'3~ want to walk and to whose law they did not
    ,lIa12:2
    g&g, if st en?^ * 3 0 H e kept pouring out upon him
    OF< 100:3 rage, his anger, and the strength of mar.= And
    it kept consuming him a11 around,' but he took
    ;;o;:;j
    +rsa 4 - 1 : ~ no note;* and it kept blazing up agalnst him, but
    Iqa 14:21
    *Ex 15:13 he would lay naihlng to heart.*
    Isa 3 5 3
    And now this is what Jehovah has said,
    ~ E K33:1.7
    Isa 4 2 5
    your Creator,#0 Jacob, and your Forml s a 454
    *EX 19:s
    er,'
    0 Israel: "Do not be &aid, for I: have reDe 32:9
    k ~ 14:m
    h
    p m h t s d you.IP I have called [you] by your
    Jos 3:15
    p, 66:e narneaL
    You are mine.* "n case you should pass
    ,7,$E:29through the waters.k I: will be with you;n and
    through the rivers, they will not flood over you.
    r_Da 3.15
    1 3 3 In case you should walk t h m u ~ h
    the Are, you
    1Co 3 3 3
    1Pe 1 : ~
    will not be scorched, neither will the flame itself
    ~ I s 4194
    a
    singe you.' For I am Jehovah your &dlb the
    ~ , 2:10
    t
    tg2A;$:9 Holy One of Israel your Saviar.u 1 have glven
    Pzdh"I.gEgypt as a ransomCQfar you,t E.thinoEpi.adU
    and
    n"Tou," LXXVg and nhout B0 Hebrew rnnnnsaripts; 'l~otr"
    (plural), XyTj 'Tte," 31, bUQad.'* Bi, JSl.o.hiir~'. a Or, "atonement
    price." M) kho p k r ; literally, "cevwing.'jd "E.thi.o'pi=a,'%XXTg;
    ,'Gush," XSyT.

    1
    ISAIAH 43:ll-19

    125
    Se'ba in place of you. Owing to the fact that
    you have been precious in my eyes,\' you have

    Jehov~h,' and besides me


    none.&@l1 1-1
    there is no savior."'
    12 "I myself have told forth and have saved
    and have caused [it] to be heard,k when there
    as.lz was among you no stranger.""So YOU are my
    witnessesIV'~
    is the utterance of Jehovah, " a d I
    rgi!&:l:;:,
    .Is:\IS;^ -.+:.zQ
    $1 1 R
    am god.^. fl Also, all the timed I am the s ~ m e
    1-R +~(i
    "1
    One,t and there is no one effecting deliverance
    tT-it il 1 L.:
    out of my awn handmuX shall get active,' find
    p.tb 1 s
    3iDo 3":39
    who can turn i t 0 back?"y
    py an
    Ill> 2.10
    14 Thin tr what Jehovah has said, the ReI : .
    purchaser of You people.z the Holy One of
    "For YOUR sakes I will send t o Babylonf
    , xsnd.l:ri Israel:'
    and cause the bars of the prisons= to come
    *Isn q \ 5
    dowm,= and the Chal.dePansin the ships with
    cJiW
    k : 45.2
    ~+~r.S
    whining
    cries on their pad.* ln I am Jehovah
    J Vr fx:at
    R
    I :
    LJ{Ic 50 10 YOUR Holy One,hb the Creator of Israel,' YOUR
    44!5

    p D e 6:4
    alsa 1-23
    H o 1:i.d
    LU I: 17
    IT1 2:s
    J U ~ 25
    V
    R I s a 4 6 10
    nDc

    been considered honorable,^ and I myself have


    loved0 you." And I shall give mena in place of
    you, and national' groups in place of your soulqb
    3V10
    5 "'Do not be afraid, for I am with youVa
    Prom Jer,,:,
    the sunrising I shall bring your seed,= and from
    L.y;iT;I;"o
    the sunset I shall collect you t o ~ e t h e r . ~
    I shall
    y;;7
    say to thc n o ~ * t h'Give
    : ~ up!' and to the south:d
    g
    2
    ~?~
    'Do not keep back. Bring my sons from far off, Irl, i e
    ia
    and m y daughters from the extremity of the ff{E!7,
    earthP5a everyone that is called by my name' $5
    f7;!Jer 3 1 : ~
    and that 1 have created for my own glory,' that CHO
    I:11
    I have formed, yes, that I have rnade.'k
    'JPT 33-10
    Jas 2 r
    S "Bring forth the blind people, though eyes
    k;~;;,y
    themselves exist, and the deaf ones, though they ,I,P,e,2j,;
    have ears." "Let the nations all be collected r&gj$3
    togetherc at one place,r and let national"groups
    nF;",$;;l
    be gathered together. Who is there among them
    Y
    ;Ta%,?l
    that can tell this?t Or can they cause us io hear
    even the Arst Zhings?la Let them furnish their
    ;=;$;&
    ~vitnesses,~
    that they may be declared righteous,
    &
    ?
    ;
    :
    ;
    ; 2. 44.8
    or let them hear and say: 'It is the truth!' "I* 1Lu
    24: 19
    10 "You are my witnesses,"~is the utterance 2::;8
    of Jehovah, "even my servantR whom I have cho- ,ip&5;%5
    sen,' in order that YOU may known and have $Tp$;:,
    7:5
    faith' in me? and that YOU may understand that 1311:~
    Jer 31.34
    IE arn the same One. Before me there was no God11 :20,ii;:O
    formed,* and after me there! continued to he +Isa44;6

    .,

    pa:&,{King.""

    rz :;To

    .-

    "Uen.'9M,

    n.rl*~n*. "60uI." N, t l s A'esll; Tg, alni.nta. *Or,


    n'oflaplinp..*' ' * l r c south." M, taimlltan?eIn n~rwrncntwith EyT.
    But JILL=: "All the na,tionn I;ILVP eullected t h e ~ i w a l ~ togethera''
    w
    '"It i s t h e truth!'' ?lr, Enr.rt1t ;literally, "Truth!" r "Penant,"
    +VLLXTg; "~err~nnts,"ST; "nnoint~d ema ant," or, "sermnt, the
    nnointed" (n~'nla~~likra),
    T. "Ciocl." 31, EI.

    16 This IS what Jehov~hhas said, the One


    making
    a way through the sea itself and a roadePS
    D ~7s. 1J .: 1s~
    Iba
    Re 1:
    x . 2!
    ;
    2 WBY even through strong ~vaters," the One
    bringhg forth the war chariot and the horse,
    . EJOS
    U I L'~:Ix
    :IR
    Re 113 12 the military force and the strong ones1 a t the
    *EX 15:4
    same time:" "They will lie doivn,lc They will not
    ,.,
    k P s 3; (i
    get up-"They will certainly be extinguished.'
    fiyr1::3q
    Like a flaxen wick they nlust be put
    ~ R L1!).2fl
    V
    I[!')
    18 "Do not rernembep the Arst things, and
    PIS>! 1.11
    to the former things do not turn YOUR considera,,,,,
    2Pc >:I3 tion , IB Look! I am doing something
    Now
    RC 21.5
    IS^
    JPr51.5
    43:1

    .,

    ,,:,

    Thnt is,
    Or, "'aaPterme there mmn [or, ell romc] to br none!'
    no strange god. ''C~bd." 31, El. '"All the time!' Zit~rnlly,"from
    [thc] dny ," 31,*s'Xt,"In thcl feminine cendcr in V, hencr rcf~rrins;to
    '~bnsd."~rpicb
    is f e m i ~ ~ i t in
    ~ t *Hebpw. sLllabyhn,"LXX\'e: "Batb~l,'7lhg.P.g"The hnrs of the pnsonsi' I1.v n correctionpf 31; I ~ u t ,
    litrmlly, "the bars, all nf thnn," SI; "nll the hnm ( b m ~ ~ r s vg.
    )?
    h Or, "J, Jrhb~ah,am rom Tloly One." Lite~nlly,"and tl~r~trong
    one,!' 31; in a collec~tivcmlnc.
    a

    1
    1

    it wi11 spring up. You people will know it, will


    YOU not?Y Really, through the wilderness X LU 3 B
    IO:3
    shall set a way,r fhrougt~ the desert rivers.+ !!Ian
    a l t s ,t
    ?"The
    wild beast of the field wlll glorify me,*'I'U!h. 78
    R 2.5
    16
    the jackals and the o s t r i c h e ~because
    ,~~
    I shall mj:Jii!j:'C,
    have given water even in the wilderness, rivers 2;; !,;:$
    in the desert,* t o cause my people, my chosen
    one,' to drink, the people whom I have formed ;:;+L, J:;?
    :.;A;
    for myself, that they should recount the praise h;u'ti5:1%
    I
    I
    '
    C
    2 9
    of me:
    'I1:, llC?,lR
    22 "But you have not called even me, O :'t:!t?li<!,
    ~ ~7
    Jacob? because you have gram weary of me, C' JII C* cil
    2~ 3
    O Israel.' " You have not brought me the sheep
    of your whole burnt ollerings, and with your
    7
    sacrifices you have not glorilicd me.. I have not
    compelled you to serve me with a gift, nor have ,I,,, 5 22
    -!I 3
    I made you weary with fran kincensemcka For c.]tbr
    nJvr 1; 20
    rl.c
    3:lG
    me you have bought no [s%veetl canen with any -31t
    - 29 18
    rnoneyrb: and with t h e fat of your sacrifices you Rj:;y,l()
    have not saturated me.' In reality you have cornpelled me t o serve because of your sins: you $,y;a;,
    IIJJ:~?;~
    have made me weary with yotir errors.s
    \. I'E 25 7
    ?,\ -i<l <>
    23 "1-1 Rm the One that is blottingl out your
    y
    y~+y?
    trarrsgressionan for my own sake,v and your ,l~brxa:q4
    sins I shall not rernember.~pa RemSnd me; let m:r22?170)i7
    us put ourselves on judgment' together;' tell
    . J 7
    your o ~ t naccount of i t in order that you may "
    I-u ? to 29
    be in the right.' " Your own father, the first A:/;: 5;:
    one, has sinned." and your own spokesmend have
    ;:1$2;4
    transgressed gain st me.0 :* So I shall: profane t15n
    2s:~
    5.31
    the princcs of the sanctuary,@and I will give Ji*F
    3 1 3~5 ~ 1 4
    Jacob over as a man devoted to destruction and ,;:$A&
    Israel over to words of abuses
    1.~1 7Ir:.I
    21:v.l
    Liternlly, "the daughters of the owtrich? kt,b Or, "~lvrt:'" Pi-,
    "let ua ~ n t e rinto colltrererflg"; o r , J ' l ~ tm plead." a 01-,
    "intw-

    :/.:a1:
    ,::

    plrtera." *Or, "profane the 11017 pnnws,"

    4 1 0

    "And now Ilsten, 0 Jacob my servant,"


    and you, 0 Israel, whom I have chosen."
    r, 105.6 This is what Jehovah has said, your Makerk
    PO 11.5
    kf$n.i$f and your Former," who kept helping you cven
    nIsa
    l a r r 4.1
    4.1 211 from the belly: ar "0 not be afraid, 0 my servant Jacob,$ and you, Jesh'u.run,bt whom I hnve
    !
    rl'h TI :ti
    chosen.
    For I shall pour out water upon the
    I5n '19 1
    7 3
    thirsty
    and trlckljng streams upon the
    ~ I \ l b a11 :I0
    I I W 32.15
    dry
    place?
    I
    shall
    pour out m y spirit upon your
    br 3:.S
    ulan
    17 seed,cy and my blessing upon your descendants.
    Iv I 3~IZ~ 2 ~ 'And
    ~
    they will ccrtnlnly spring up ns among
    green grass,x likc poplars by t h e water
    !,!~,?$:7'"hr
    ':;5 :/ 11 ditches.' T h i s one will say: "I belong to Jehoczvc I.{:'t vah."" h d that one will call [himself] by the
    LZ6'C: x:w
    name of Jacob," and another will n7riteupon his
    It'@ d : 9
    emu z?:n hand: T3elongina to Jehovah."a And by the
    Isn 31.2q
    name of Israel one will betitle [himself 1.'*
    R C Y 1.17
    G 'This is what Jehovah has said, the King
    +x:r r no.rr
    0 IT
    , h r 3 1 34 of IsraeP and the Repurchaser of him," Jeho,
    .
    2;::;: vah of armies: 'I am the first and I am the last,*
    ~ I M 35 and besides me there 6s no God."" And who is
    ].!I 011. 0
    n i m ":r;'i~ there like me?n Let him call out,' that he may
    116 9
    ~ 1 4 %
    n r rl tell i t and present It to m
    e.' From when I ap1st 4521
    pointed the people of long ago, both the thlngs
    ~ G 17.3
    c
    lsa 41 :,I
    coming and t h e things that will enter in let
    Ac
    tT'r. :l::",
    them tell on their p.art.a Do not be in dread,
    1cn
    10
    trr;*
    13 YOV peopIe, and do not become stupeA4.l Rave
    I-* ilr 5
    VI-H
    {:lo I not from that time on caused you individually
    ad. 1:r
    rI)c 4 . ~ 1 0 to hear and told [ltj o ~ ~ t ?
    And
    i l YOU are my witis* 2 , a
    nessesavDoes there exist a God@ besides me?y
    C I : L !):A
    ~
    ED{%
    2,,, 32
    ,.%A
    No, there is n o R ~ c k . 1~have
    ~ = recognized none.' "
    WXSFI

    41:8

    ;;E

    Ihlr

    4:

    -is, t be mother's mmb,

    "J~h'n+rnn,"M. Meaning "Cpright


    '['tie t
    oti~."Ann Iiaaornry title for Imn*I. "Most upright one," YE; "heloved I ~mcl,"L a ; '"muel," Sy'r. n Or, "offs ring." Or,"u]>on
    11il Imnd : .Jcl~ovah's(" * "Clod." M, El.odint. h ~ r him
    f at and np,
    l ~ him
    t
    call out," LXg. a nbhd."at, XF.o'aA. h "Rock." Bl, tstdr;
    "Strong one,'' SpT.
    a

    ISAIAH 44:9-15

    128

    9 The formers of the carved image are a11 of


    them an unreality,' and their darlingsa themselves wiIl be of no benefit;' and they are their C$ty&
    n7itnesses that see nothing and that know noth- lco 8:4
    ing," in order that they may be ashamed.O loWho &
    ;:;
    has formed a godbor cast a mere graven image?' T
    ?
    ,
    !
    E
    ;
    I
    &
    ;
    Of no benefit at all has it been." L%~ok!MI e f e r 10.5
    his partners themselves will be ashamed," and x1"&15"6:
    I
    the craftsmen are from earthling men.c They '":'
    41:s
    I
    will all of them collect themselves together." "Im
    They will stand still. They will be in dread. They
    B D 3:n
    ~
    will be ashamed at the same time.k
    I
    12 As for the carver of iron with the billhook,
    he has been busy [atit] with the coals, and with
    the hammers he proceeds to form it, and he
    fi 32~4
    keeps busy a t it with his powerlul arm." Also, nEx
    32:s
    he has become hungry, and so without PQWer. y;j;g
    I
    /
    He has not drunk water; so he gets tired,
    rsa 465
    13 As for the wood carver, he has stretched
    out the measuring line; he traces it out with red
    chalk; he works it up with a wood scraper; and
    ,
    with a compass he keeps tracing it out, and
    1
    gradually he makes it like the representation" " E X B : 9
    of a rnanldrlike the beauty of
    t o sit rE:g!t
    in a house.8
    j De 4:28
    Ac 17:29
    14 There is one whose business is to mt down
    sg;
    ;;yg
    cedars, and he takes a certain species of tree,
    even a vigorous tree, and he lets it become J~ 17:4
    strong for himseIf among the trees of the forest.' ti&\"o:2$a I
    He planted the laurel tree, and the pouring rain 2;22"jf9
    itself keeps making it g e t big. And it has become [something J f o r manf t o keep a fire burning. So he takes part of it that he may warm
    himself. In fact he builds a fire and actually
    a Or, "desired things." ''God?' 2rl, el, Or "rnnnlrind.'~I, n.dumt.
    d Lh3fan,7q
    i e,h .
    Or1 "rnci~."'31, a+ilrc.n~'.
    'f "Man." N,a.darnJ.

    %%z5

    129

    ISAIAH 44 :16-22

    -bakes bread. He also works on a goda t o which


    he may bow do~sm.~
    He has made it into a cawed
    JE Z:19
    image,'
    and
    he
    prostrates
    himself t o it. *Waif
    2Ch 2 3 1 4
    Re s:m
    of
    i t b he actualIy burns up in a fire7 Upan haZf
    vLe 2 6 3
    of itb he roasts well the ffesh that he eats, and
    J R IT 3
    JS ln 30
    2K121:T he becomes satisfied. He also warms himselfz
    %7*T5 a d says: "Aha! I have warmed myself. I have
    $;t$4'4 seen the firelight." But the remainder of it
    actually makes into a god& itself, into his
    ;.bd;;; he
    carved
    image." He prostrates himself to it and
    ;z; ;;;;;I bows down
    and prays to it and says: "Deliver
    me, for you are my God."ao
    D!;t$ii$j
    I s i ~37 38
    18 They have not come to know: nor do they
    ,
    :
    ,
    u n d e r ~ t a n d ,because
    ~
    their eyes have been besmeared w as not to see,' their heart so as to
    :
    have no insight,' '%And
    no one recalls to his
    PJ","r;g:E
    EIrn ~ G : T heartxor has knowledge or understanding,' myJcr 10:8
    ingr "The half of it I have burned up in a fire,
    RO 1 : 2 1
    -Jar 521
    .p, 81:12 and upon its coals I have also baked bread; I
    $:;i1y5 roast flesh and eat. But the rest of it shall I
    make into a mere detestable thing?k To the
    r,R:+lg dried-out
    wood of a tree shall 1 prostrate myg;2ii6
    prsn 46 8 self?'?20 He is feeding on ashes," His own heart
    Eze 40:4
    l t n e ~ i : 1 5 that has been trifled with has led him astray.'
    1Ki 11:5
    n P s 102:g And he does not deliver his soul,C nor does he
    rRo 1:28
    say: "Is there not a falsehood in my right
    sJer lB;19 hand?""
    Hab 2.18
    tDe 4:9
    21 "Remember these things, O Jacob,t and
    ;:;;g: you, 0 Israel, because you are my servant.= I:
    yg,";'p.$$ have formed you.VYou are a servant belonging
    "$$:,Tsa
    : 1 :18 to me. 0 Israel, you will not be forgotten on my
    43:25 paTt.Y e 2 I will blot out your transgressions just
    j,"22g8 as with a cloud,Z and your sins just as with a
    u&2$$5

    .,

    ai'Glod.'> 11, el, bqt:' that is, the fuel,


    Ci'So~ll.'' X, ~zeph'eah; LLT: psu.eiP';

    the tree branches.


    y6.,ossibl~
    o'.i.rnfl.

    ISAIAH 44 :23-28

    130

    131

    doud man. Do return LO me,=for I will re- Ep;fi:


    purchase you)
    A C 2:m
    AIsn 1:27
    23 "Joyfully cry out, YOU heavens, for Jeho- f s n ~ : m
    vah has taken action!' Shout in triumph,* all CPqGR:w
    1% %i:
    I1
    uov l ~ w e s partsa
    r
    of the earth!' Become cheer/
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    $
    ful, you m~untairm,~
    with joyful outcry, you ~ ~ ; ~ , l r
    forst and all YOU trees in it! For Jehovah has ikl, ,?:lo
    repurchased Jacob, and on Israel he shows his
    ::;':I::

    beauty.""
    r11F;h
    EfeGO
    :a'>. 21
    13
    24 This is what Jehovah has said, your R e
    purchaserr and the Former of you from the rrsaQQ:fl
    belly:b ''I,
    Jehovah, am doing everythlng,t tjg5y%
    stretching cut the heavens by myself,u laying
    out t h e e a r t h v Who was with me? " [I am] u;;I:2~:,!$n * l . t : l :

    f mtrating the signs of the empty talk~ls,~'r.


    *'%I .?;$
    and [I am] the One that makes diviners them- """'
    selves act crazily;~t h e One turning wise men rnn4:7
    backwards, and the One that turns even their
    knowledge into fwlishness;' the One making
    the word of his servant come true, and the One
    that carnies out completely the counsel of his
    own messengers;*the One saying of Jerusalem: G e c
    'She will be ir~habited,'~
    and of t h e citles of 3u- Ei$:i2,
    sn (il:,l
    dah: 'They will be rebuilt,+ and her desolated ':"\
    t N ?\!I5
    places I shall raise up';@zi the h e saying to the
    watery deep: 'Be evaporated;and all your rivers rtt. I(\:1 2
    ::I
    I shaIl dry up';' Pe the One saying of Cyrus:" mr:/i":,~I:B
    'He is my shepherd, and aEh that I delight in he :;;,;'(;'i:
    '
    wfI1 complete1y carry out';" even in [rny] sayingC::&Cl; : ; 4
    '"""

    $
    ~i ; f ;b;c

    ' L h ~
    parts:
    d
    3i; "foundntions," SF-;
    "extlm~e nrtn," VE.
    .That is, fmrn the u l o t h d e womb. C o m p r a Psoliu 13f: 15, imtnotr b. LiteraIIp, "the w p b talk," 31; hut. h ~ r c1 ) ~ m o n ~ f i 7 ~ d .
    dk'ho'r~=sk, M
    I'; "C;prus;' L S X T g . Tbe marue's amning is now
    in doubt. The name is probnhly EFlmu.ite;in whicb cmr the tr!d
    Grecinm deriration connecting it with Ghar ("the rrual") it1 P c r ~ i u l ~
    i s to be rejected. "Even in [my] saying," 3ISy; "the One sqlng,')
    L,XY; "I who m'' 1%
    8

    ISAIAH 45: 1 4

    lZ~ c
    C l9~' 6 : ~of~ Jewsalem : 'She will be rebuilt,'&and of the
    V.~I. 1 .?
    temple: 'You will have your foundatlan laid.'
    ! : f r 6.7
    1 .:t 47 13

    This is what Jehovah has said t o his


    anointed one,hr t o CYNS,~whose right
    hand
    have
    taken hold of,- to subdue befare him
    I,., d . h
    nations,' my that I may ungird even the hips of
    I I,,:,
    : / ~ I, .t
    ,
    ;
    .
    I
    ; ;:km k i n ~ s t; o open before him the two-leaved doors,
    1.n I.? .r
    so that even the gates miIl not be shut:" ? "BesJ>rt.lo:.L
    4 2 1 6 for(?YOU I rny~elfshall wry
    and the swells of
    1.u 7 5
    tr3e ip;:ia land I shall strai~htenout? The mppr doors
    *31rl N:l.'I
    1 shalI h r c ~ kin pi~ccs,and the iron bars I shall
    , ,
    cut off." :'And 1 will give you the basuree in
    yj{r:+!;:7
    the darkness and the hidden treasures in the con:
    cealrne~lt
    places,' in order that you may know
    ;!,: ;\'=
    t
    h
    ~
    I
    t
    am
    Jehovah, the One calling [you] by
    ;:$:/:a
    I.:;II> ,la your name,n ihe Godd of Israel." For the sake
    1 l'il 4:5
    011 my s e r v ~ n tJacob and of Israel my chosen
    rnla4:?,5
    I even proceeded t o call you by your name;+
    2,YT
    .,, dare
    ,:,!, I pr~ceededto give you a, name of honor, al1)1'""'$?
    though you did not know me." am Jehovah,
    91tSn 17,113
    1'5 I n l : ~ ' ; and there is no one else."With the exception of
    Inn :17,211
    hInl I : I I
    me there is no God.dL T ahall closely gird you,
    I'T'.:
    R X 1%
    although you have not known me,"in order that
    pr:o 1:.7
    r 1 4 R:3
    and
    , 3 : people may know from the rising of the s ~ m
    311.;1 :I7
    its setting that there is none besides me."
    ,., ICronl
    ;!:;j
    :p am Jehovah, and there is no one e1se.r FormJLtaf'
    ing lightnand creating darkness,f making peacem
    r l l Y r ?PIE
    b+.:r CI
    and creating ~ a l a r n i t y ,I,~ Jehovah, am doing
    r'.:7:14
    !,;::
    :%$; all these th i1ags.s.r
    An1 3.0:
    8 '93 YOU heavens, cause a dripping from
    r:

    1Q:ls

    1;:1 4.1 ,'H

    p~ 77 2.4
    I r i l 1 1 17

    ,,

    45I:

    rylu

    "

    ,,..,

    ,,,., ,

    ' T r , J~nrfinlrnt: 'Yon will hr rphnilt,' " 1,XXVg.T. b NAnointed


    nrl~." ?I[, ~~i'a/rf'rlLlt;SF,mW.~lri'lrkn;
    I . S X , riri.*.tncf; To, rhri~'trtic.
    hvjr,o'rt*nb, AlT; "Cq'rus,'' I d 9 X T g . The nnmc's ineatling is now
    i n rlrml,t. Tllv !Innip i a panhnl)ly R'lnmite; in rrltich ease the old
    Orrrinrl d~rirntionrorrn~~tinp
    it witlr klior ('.rbe sun1') in Persian
    is lo 1 ) ~ . r y ~ r l ~dr "'Clotl."
    l,
    31. l ~ ~ I a o , / ~ i ~ ~ ~ ' ,
    a

    ISAIAH 45 :9-14

    132

    72:6
    above;'. and let the cloudy skies themselves * PA
    Em 3 4 2 4
    trickle with righteousness.' Let the earth open $:;:
    up, and let it be fruitful' with salvation, and let
    04\,%
    it cause righteousness itself to spring up a t the mv.
    21.e 13
    same the.' I myself, Jehovah, have created it.'"' ij:i:k;:i
    Rib ":I
    9 Woe to the one that has contended wjth his sl,., 13*1
    Former, as an earthenware fragmcnr wl t h t l ~ a:I. !jl!i'Po
    other earthenware fragments of t h e ~ r a u n d !
    I
    10mt5
    Should the clay say to its formcr:' "Wl-rat do n I h 1 27;W
    you rnalse? And your achievement is that of
    one who has no hands"?" "' W Q t ~o the one say- ;<yif;a;;:;:
    ing to a father: "1Vhat do you become father I a r i r l : ~
    .x
    to?" and to the wife: b' "What are you in birth ,,.rvr 2n.:.a
    I..,?:tv-2
    :I(: 1 9t;
    pains with?"'
    l Ill t I 0
    11 This is what Jehovah has said, the Holy (:,,
    J,-.~,
    One of Israel' and the Fsrmcrlt of him: "ASK *""
    1'. 111
    "'!':z.''7I
    me even about the things that are carningl' can- '1- 8 611.21
    cerning my sons;' and concerning thp activity8 :;;rl;;: ;.(;,I"
    of my hands YOU people should command me.t
    l 2 I myself have made the earthu and have r h a '1o;n
    created even manc upon it,' I-my own hands v cI;t, @10~1;
    1.2;
    25
    have stretched out the heavens,,' and a11 the rhos:?
    army of them I have comrnanded."z
    :!,l.I.
    K i32: ~ . t
    13 "I my&
    have roused up someone in' 2>8!23
    righteousness,' and all his ways 1shall straight- ";' I;;,;;
    en outD He is the one that will build my cj ty,* %$; 2,:;
    and those of mine in exile he \vilI let go,d+ not *15a .r?.s
    ["I 1Vh 1.R
    because of him* nor because of bribcly," Jeho- nar'1t
    3s:zn
    l,.>r I:.?
    r a h of armies has said.
    1\:1 4-In:s
    Y .4
    14 This is what Jehovah has said: "The un- $lm:7.C
    I 4!1:?3
    paid laborers of Egypt' and the merchants of
    :ii::
    E.thi.o'pi.ae and the Sa.be'ans,* tall men,'" will #;,':;!
    :(

    :;;:F:i:;'

    ?<;t*

    pmr

    kll

    ';p

    ub

    +I{

    :::::

    Or, "hiiu.'* The pronoun is i n the nrnsrulitw gt~ndn-.


    b Or, " ~ v o n ~ n ~ l , "
    31, n.dnlnF. Or, "he I V ll~ ncmd awfiy.'' Ji
    alr~~.lalrlt',
    ,
    * "E.thi o'pl.n.'* 'C-g(IXX); *'CII+B:' 3lSyT. 1 Literhl I)., " m ~ nof
    D"~~RII,"

    ~llef~ltt~~.~."

    themselves come over even to you," and yoursa


    they will become." Behind youa they will walk;
    h a 6::s
    in fetters; they will come over,r and t o youa
    1.BS 149,s
    &a 1a:2 will bmv dowts.~TO you& they mill pray, [say..-Es 8 : l i
    ] 'Indeed GodVis in unlon with you,. and
    $22 ing:
    there is no one else;' there is no [other] God.'
    tzec s 23
    iaIsa 34%
    15 Truly you are R Godll keeplng yourself convPs 44:24
    cealed,~the GodC of Israel, a Savior7 l o They
    pTsa 12:2
    Tlt 1:3
    will certainly be ~shemedand even be humillLFS 97:7
    *Isa 44:4
    26:4 ated,z all of them. T o ~ e t h e rin humiliation the
    H o 1:7
    APS 1 0 3 : i ~ manufacturers of Idol forms will have t o walk."
    Isn 51 :6
    :PS 25.3
    I T As f o r Israel, he will certainly be saved in
    lair 29.22
    J O 2.25
    ~
    union
    with J e h o v hu
    ~ with a salvation for t i m s
    -15a54:4
    Z W ~ ; : T I ind~finite.~
    You
    pmple ~ ~ 1 1not
    1 be asharned,O
    P.0 9:33_
    m a a:> nor will YOU be humiliated for the indefinite
    Jer 10:12
    Jer 5 1 : ~times of eternjf y.*
    .2Sa 22333
    IS FOXthis is what Jehovah has saId, the
    "Ge14.19
    PS 102.25
    Creator
    af the heavensImHe The [ t n ~ e ]Godtd"
    &
    ,;:
    Ps w0 the Former of the carth and the Maker of it,"
    PS 1M:5
    Ps 119:90 He the One who Arm1y established it,'( who did
    11Ps24.1
    PT 3.19
    not create it simply for nothing," who formed
    r G e 128
    i t even Po be inhabited:' "I am Jehovah, and
    (;e 115:16
    PS
    9 2
    there is no one
    '"In a place of conceclRFeCzgIQ
    ment
    I
    spoke
    not,t
    In
    a dark place of the
    fg:l$c
    F? 5.:
    earth;
    nor
    safd
    I
    to
    the
    seed*
    of Jacob:~'Seek
    r113a:s:16
    me
    simply
    for
    nothing,
    YOU
    1 am Jehov
    ~
    ~
    ~
    ~
    :
    :
    ~
    vah,
    speaking
    what
    is
    righteous,
    telling
    what
    Fag,\
    rNu 23:19 is Upright,!:
    Ps 111:s
    ~t
    together and
    F;12%137 20 ' r C ~ l l e yourselves
    zgt$i;$7EEring yourselves up close together, YOU escapees
    B

    'ICu

    ,Fs

    The persontll pronoun i~


    in tl~efeininina gender, ~ddressedto a
    people or a city. bflUod.F' >I, E l , o'i(toil.fJ 11, EZ.o.him< da"TIre
    [tme] God." 31, ha-El.o.lrint', Sea Ianinh 37 : 16, footnote b, the
    nnty other o m m c e of this exprtlsnion in Inninh, Or, "offspring."

    ISAIAH 45 :2 1 4 6 :3

    134
    from the nations.' Those carrying the wood* of
    their carved image have not mme to any knowl-

    'iz&,:

    135

    ISAIAH 46 :6 1 1

    to [one's] old age T am


    PE
    !gif 'from the womb.8 "en
    1- 4 : a
    the same Oneit and to [one's]gray-headedness1
    1 Laa

    41 :4
    I G 43:10
    ~
    u ? s 2:18
    it2 1 4
    \-La43.13
    ,.ps41:l

    edge, neither have those praying t o a g d b that


    cannot 3ave.O "Make votfa report and YOUR

    myself shall keep carrying." I myself shall certainly


    act,' that 1 myself may bear and that I
    Tz1;?17
    presentation.* Yes, let them consult together in
    myself may carry and that I may furnish
    :
    PS 116~4 escape,y
    ~ ~ n i t yWho
    , ~ has caused this t o be heard from at ; ; : ; ; .I,,,
    .41.22
    zEu S:10
    long time ago?' [Who] has repori.4 j i from t h a t:1: ;1 ?:;,
    5 "To whom will YOU people liken mez or
    \ I L AJ,.!
    J ~ r 1 0 : 6 make [me]equal or compare me that we may
    r7erytime?" Is it not I, Jchovnt~,hcsidcs lvhonl e-1%[Ilrl
    1,3tl
    *Ps 89.6
    there is no other God;cya righteous God" and y;ea$;
    resemble each other?' There are those who
    $~~$::g
    R SRV~OI',"
    there being nonc excoptirig rnp?'r l1F:;j5:;;.la
    AC 17:2a
    are lavishing out the gold from the purse, and
    @Ex 32:J
    '? Turn to me and be saved," all YOU lat the]
    .rl~r.ini
    Isa40:19 with the scale beam they weigh out the siIver.
    ends of the earth, for I am God& and there is :';I%%
    They hire a metalworker and he makes it into
    c r r 4 l.h
    no one elser By my own self L have swornn- lI,,,
    a
    They prostrate themselves, yes, they
    ,$:,s
    I,
    A",.ib2:i1S
    .>.i
    4!j;:L7
    out of my own mouth in righteousness the word "~T!':,2[~2,1.i"
    hTV
    dojm,"
    They bear it upon the shouIder,*
    Dn 3.>
    has gone forth: ao that it will not return'l~ 1 S aS:S
    cJcr
    lo.5 they carry it and deposit it i n its place that it
    that to me every knee wjll bend down,v every ;;;R:;;:,l;;
    ~ ~ 1 3 . 1 may stand still, n o t b e removed f r o m i t s o w n
    PJff lO"14
    tongue will swear,y *' saying, 'Surely in Jeho- F I:O n:11
    1%
    :8:26 standing place.' One even cries out to it, but
    .\'(;+ 31 5'3
    I.;a F:38
    vah there are full righteousness and strength.'
    it does not answer; out of one's distress it does
    J,, 2.m
    !;
    All those getting heated up agajnst him will cI r)?+l:in:):,!
    not save oneam
    $
    ,
    $
    :
    '
    5
    :
    ,
    I
    Isa 44:18
    come straight to him and be nshnrned.' lL
    In 2;:; Fil
    8 "Remember this, that You people may
    Hap 1:s
    Jehovah all the seede of Israel will prove to be ,l,~ll~~~i~
    muster up c0urage.h Lay it t o heart,"YOU trans",
    E
    ,
    "
    '
    ,
    l
    ?
    f?
    c;n s:?n
    rightg and will boast about themselves,' "A
    gressars,k ' Remember t h e first things of a long
    Ai'.; lil 10
    ;
    "r'n IU:17
    r:oPS
    s S22:2a
    D : ~ time ago," that I am t h e Dlviner Oner and there
    Bel0 has bent dstvn,' Ne'boe ts stooping t:rr,
    :,,,:2
    ps 118:is no other G o d , " v ~ a ranyone like me;t lo the
    over; their idols have come to be for the .$:$!L:'kL
    315% 15:14
    tDe33:26 One telling from the beginning the finale, and
    trild beasts and for the domestic animals, their
    Isa 4(':IS
    loads? pieces of luggage, a burden for the tired
    ursa;l:m from long ago the things that have not been
    Isa G:21
    anjmals.' ? They must stoop over; they must " f ; ~ p 2 , : ~ !
    . . ~ j : : ~ done;u t h e One sayjng: 'My own counsel \rill
    "J"137:la
    each alike bend down;' they are simply unable
    stand,
    and
    everything
    that
    is my delight I shall
    Y
    ~
    ~
    ~
    &
    ~
    ~
    to furnish escape for the burden, but into capdo';^ li the One calling from the sunrising a bird
    1
    Wer 43:la
    tivity their own soul must go,k
    of prey,**from a distant Imd the rnm to execute
    L
    3 "Listen t o me,0 house of Jacob, and all YOU
    i
    i;; %;= my counsel," X have even spoken [it] ; I slhall
    remaining onesf of the house of I&rael,rYOU the I'JSn I : ~ J
    4bG~d.'j
    If, PI, b Or, ('m~ np cnr nshnnwd," The mcnning o f the
    ones carried from the belly, the ones borne up
    1

    fily;;I,r,

    46

    ;:,

    ,!:,","zi7
    ,

    31, 'Pts. "%Qod,


    M, el; LXX thr.ai2 Vfi dda'tta.
    a "Clod." RI, El.o.hiplp'. d 11G~d.F7
    b1, El; VE,~c'rrr. * Or, "~ffspring,'~
    Orl '(you entire r~mnant."
    a

    Or,

    lIebren ~ o r di s still dodlla?a~~clir trnnsl~tedin vnriour r ~ p s


    wcurding to suggested verll roots. 0 "'Cl~c Llivilit~rOue.'j Or, ''Ood,''
    31, El; LIX, ?to Z'k~.as', d " O ~ t l . 'X,
    ~ Is'l.o./r~iis'. 'Literdly, ''mm
    :isL] of niy couns~l,"31.

    ISAIAH 46 :1-7

    :7

    138
    also bring it in.' I have formed [it], I shall also
    do it?

    137

    'c;8;;;
    hr 5:39

    E , f l > ! > !z:#:l:\


    ~ ~~ Jf ~ i : ~ ~

    I
    12 "Listen t o me, wow the ones powerful at
    765
    heart? YOU the ones far away from righteous- hpr
    I -a .IS:.I
    ness." I have brought near my righteousness:
    It is not far away,' and my oivn salvation will f,:;&:5
    not be late." And I will give in Zion salvation, d?;&;
    t o Israd my beauty."*
    .tm 1 2 2
    [ L R ti%:ll
    Came doti-n and sit down in the dust,k 0 *:; iGl.2;
    virgin daughter of B a b y l ~ n . ~Sit
    l i down
    ; ' ::::::k
    otl the earth where there isno fh~-one,rOdaugh- +$;.:,!>ij
    ter of the Chal-de'ans.' For you will not expcrhnce again that people will call you delicate r;;;;!gq
    ; m-.s
    :,;
    and dainty.' :Take a hand mill and grind out :I*i;r.
    flourmuUncover your veiLYStrip off the flowing i,r!:'~'Fiz!
    s1rirt.Y Uncover the leg." Cross over the rivers. 1;:!,\';
    V o u ought fa uncover your nakedness.* Also, Y g d Z : : ' ?
    your reproach ought to he seen.' Vengeance is ?::~e~;,:P,y
    what I shall take," and I shall not meet any manb
    [kindly].
    A I )C 32:as
    L'? g 1:l
    4 "There is One repurchasing us.O Jehovah ft(1 12 19
    "Ten ~ 1 l . l . i
    aarmies is his name,' the Holy One of Israel."@~ Y I I
    .:,Ixlt .t.!:.'$
    5 Sit down silentlyx and come into the dark. ;$~%:;;1
    mess,* 0 daughter of t h e Chal.de'ans,k for you lcr.;~ 47:t
    1H:7
    will not experience again that people will call nnr.
    rI\;\ 17.lt-1
    ycu Mistressn of Kfngd~rns.~ grew indignant! :;: ?:E!
    at my people.9 I profaned my possession,^ and *y:$4;qi% [r
    I proceeded to give them into your hand.^ You 7,C
    I
    ,:; b:,?
    showed them no rnercie~.~
    Upon the old man
    $
    .
    ;
    you made your yoke very heavy.r ' And you
    ;1:;j;2163 7 : ~
    kept saying; "To time indefinite I shall prove r:7F>
    7k.t 7 12
    to be Mistress,' forever." You did not take these ,EMm:cn
    things to your heart; you did not remember the '!;i;:l7l:,:
    RI. :q. i
    finale of the matter.'
    -13c 31:m

    47

    a:bC:;;i6

    "

    h"Baby1on." LXXTg; "Ba%ei," 318yT. a ''hlnn? M, a.&m'.

    ISAIAH 47 :&I4

    8 And now hear this, you pleasure-given


    [
    a
    t o r n ~ 1,n the one sitting in ~ e c u r i t y the
    , ~ one
    Cg;E1i
    IS:^
    saying in her heart: "I am,and there is nobody
    else." I shall not sit as a \vidow, and 1 shall not
    Ac:z\f3
    10
    know the loss of c h i l d ~ n , ""ut~ to you these
    I<* f flm7
    -r2u
    I :h ,.l.ts
    5 : ~ t\cta things will come suddenly, in one day:'
    RC I ~ : I Q lass of children and widowhod, In their com.J@ral:a plete measure they must come upon you;forthe
    abundance of your sorceries, for the fulI might
    of your spH~+;~~eedingly.*
    "'And you kept
    .b2:2
    n ~4:5
    i
    trusting
    in
    your
    B>aclness.l~
    You
    have said:
    K ~ 5:7
    n;r
    ~Y : d
    HI- 18:m 'TTJIcI'c
    is
    no
    one seeing rne,'"'Your wisdom and
    k r'u 5:7
    al.r,brz3:~.1
    I.IFR
    ?, 21

    I B
    rmo ~6

    $l:;y;t
    1 JP1
    T

    5l:J;l
    ~
    ~

    ll:I8

    your knonledgecthis is what has led you


    away; and you keep saying in your heart; "I

    ~ mand
    , there is nobody else."g And upon you
    calamity must come; you tvill knorv no charming
    against it.t And upon you disaster will fall;"
    YOU will not be able t o avert it.v And upon you
    tlwre will suddenly come a ruin that you are not
    8cb~1stomeCEt~ know.,'
    12 Stand still, now, with your spells and with
    the abundance of your sorceries, in which you

    have toiled from your youth, that perhaps you


    might be nble t o benefit, that perhaps you might
    strike
    people with awe.W8 You have grown
    :
    weary
    with
    the multitude of your counselors.^*
    p
    .\a
    b 5.7
    3:4
    A(: 1 3 3
    Let
    them
    stand
    up, now, and save you, the warmIsa 5;:lO
    113b ? 13 shipersl' of the heavens, the lookers a t the
    c>lt 2 ~ 1 stars," those givfng out kno~vledgeat the new
    moons concerning the things that will come
    Qan44:25
    j 2 upon you.RA l4L0ok!They have become like

    !,itc+rnlly,

    "FOII~RP~R," 31; !jut bere per.sonaliwd. b ' ' F T o ~ ~ i i p e ~ "


    rrually rrr~derrd "tlEl+idt+~(tt~our rho divide)'" but we I;etns
    Trw!i~trrn~rtrrsrr.
    Val. 7, So. :! (hp~.il.
    1937), pagm 1.83. 134. srtielc
    rrolr~ .Jc~rt~snlr~~r,
    Tarn~I,in Cir-r~lwn.a Or, "thc aatrnlng~rs." In
    f l ~ r t l r t i ~ ~%nvti t t ~I-SXT'g, *'Fsutu the t b n g ~thot t r i l l come upon
    ~ I ) I I , " 31 ; by ~\.i(Irt~tly
    n dittopn plq of letters.

    ISAIAH 47 :15-48 :5

    138
    Jrr 4.1:17 them.Ia You have
    k321cfi:9
    YOU people, wlll
    433

    stubble.@A fire itself will certainly burn them 4EJE::,


    Jsn ~4
    up.' They will not deliver their soula from the +Clli
    18
    1:lo
    powerb of the flame? There will be no glow of
    ~ I n l4.1
    charcoals for people to warm themselves, 110 F ~ I1ci:2~
    L
    firelight in front of which to sit down.' I m u s -?A! %'%
    they will certainly k m e to you, with whom Jvr51'''
    you have toiled as your sorcerersc from your * p p
    youth.' They
    actually wander abot~t,each d 2 1 7 8
    51:6
    one to his own region. There will be no one t o hJcr
    F*r. 1 8 : ~ ~
    $It ,* 2:s
    save youek
    4
    :{r,:ld

    vrl.; 4o:n
    1\7A 21:lO

    . ,22 :I

    things kept i n r e ~ e r v e ,t~h a t you have not


    knownen At the present time they must be
    I<#.21 ila created, and not from that time, even things
    ;j:;x:-fi 2::% that before today you have not heard, t h a t you
    may not say: 'Look! I have already known
    . I P . 5.11
    ~
    it.0

    t n , , , ~ 17
    ~

    ::&

    them,*'
    8 "Moreover, you have not heard," neither
    Epth 2:3
    ~ from that time on has
    aJ,,,;.s ,have you k n o n ~ n ,nor
    1
    F l"2a
    your
    car
    bccn
    opened.p
    For I we11 know that
    , ,
    ~vithozrt fail you kept dealing tre-achero~sly,~
    I,,,
    ) , yba,,,'3
    ~ " 1n 7 and ~t 'transgressor from the belly'" you have
    EL@ *om9
    -sc_n.?t been caIled," [I For the sake of my name I shall
    P%l( 8 .H
    o ~ t j h23.10 check my angerlu and for my praise I shall reT'q Gfi 1U
    IV 1; n
    straln myself t a w ~ r dyou that there may be no
    I\tr I :.!3
    cutting of you off." l o Look! I have refined you,
    o.;
    -Ci,"1$j1' but not in the farm of 8 i l ~ e rI. ~have examined
    ti42b
    you in the smeltlng furnace of amiction."' fi For
    r1-lh I:'+
    'D{>d:"
    o!ny own sake, for my own s~Ere1 shall actle for
    R i u j l .lh Q
    .1)0 :J.: 27
    h a ~ vcould one let oneself be profaned?' And to
    1':Lc2'- !I
    2.21
    no one else s h ~ l lI give my own glory.#
    * I \ n .I:: n
    12 "Listcn to me,O Jacob, and you Israel my
    called
    one." I am the same One.? I am the first."
    nfi;C$q
    III>71 :!a Moreover, T am the last.' IR Moreover, my own
    7 I'C
    r k 3.:39 hand laid the foundation of the earth,u and m y
    Ikn 4' I
    I . . I
    own right hand extended the I~eavensout.' I am
    I:<* 1:s
    t , : , h ~ . l acalling to them, that they may keep standing
    > I r d 2 11

    .!l*

    ,T,

    17:.+4

    Hear this, 0 house of Jamb, YOU who P~;~~,;llh;g


    are calling yourselves by the name of
    Israeln and who have come forth from the very ag:Y;i;:lP I~ 5
    13
    watersa of Judah,' YOU who are swearing by the Z LI,,,X ?a.
    zs.13
    name of Jehovaha and who make mention even 'Ij;.'; !i':2
    of the Gode of Israel,' not in truthf and not in !$?;1;2
    righteousness.~T o r they have called them;;;:;;v
    selves as being from t h e holy citylvand upon the JnC;
    Gode of Israel they have supported themselves,y 7 . l ~i.;:la
    I S n 413
    Jehovah of armies being his name."
    1 3 1~R , N
    Jcr 7.4
    3 "The f i r s t things I have told even from that
    ;:\?
    time, and out of my awn mouth they went forth, . J?$;
    ,.~~ o ~ l s
    "'"":'5
    az 17
    and I kept making them heard.' Suddenly I
    acted, and the things proceeded to come in.= i: ;i1z2
    * Due to my knowing that you are hard' and ',J:;;
    that your neclrz is an iron sine\vQand your fore- ;:$;1;2
    head is copper,' I also kept telling you from p;-j;;;z
    t h a t time, Before it could come in,I caused you (I., J ? : ~ ,
    1[).16
    t o hear [it],' that you might not say: 'My own t;: 17 14
    idol has done them, and my own carved image $
    .$
    :;+
    and m y own molten image have commanded 'L'd:'o

    48

    9.7

    ,, ,

    z:;':

    a '6Soul!' IrI, ftep?t1e8h;TJXT, pg-ck F'; Irg, n'~i.tnu. b Lit~rnlly,


    "hand." 11, B?- cwrc~tionof first l e s t ~ rof Ilebmrw noun ; I~tcrslly,
    " n ~ c ~ c l ~ n n ttar;s f i c k c l ~ ~ V 1d. Possibly, by n c a ~ r ~ c t i o n
    (hi' Al,
    '.~OTF;PIB ; intard pnrts." Abont 40 E l e b l w ninnusc~il~te
    ycad "c1~ps.'~
    * "i4od." 31, EI.o.k~m'. Or, n ' t r ~ ~ ~ ~ s ~ ~ '

    l9 111J:49

    13

    heard." Behold it all." As for

    ~ o u n a tell
    t [ i t ] ? r I havemade
    you hear new things from the present time, even

    !?:I9

    '

    !'a ll l?.B
    1 .I;: ;.
    v:+n , , l h ?2
    ;;
    z ~ \ l I .):t 9

    11

    ,,,, , .,
    '

    a
    a

    togetllerm

    14 "Be collected together, all YOU people, and


    hear.* Who among t h e w has told these things?'
    Jehovah himself Itas loved him."Re will do what

    Or, "krpt nndw ~Ytf~m~nrd."


    b T h ~ is,
    t h ~ thp
    n ~notber'swomb.
    "'l'hrir~," Ml,,LYTgT nrld DSIn; ''YOU,'" Sy nnd a b u t 40 Kebrew

    nu~r~r~rvript~.

    ISAIAH 48:15-21

    140

    141

    ISAIAH 48 :22-49

    :6

    4 4 ~ 8
    caused to flow forth for them, and Re proceeded
    is his deIight upon Babylon,&"and his own arm
    to split a rock that The water might stream
    will be upon t h e Chal-de'ans. 1-1 myself have
    kNu rnlt iorth*'*k
    spoken. Moreover, I have called him." I have *J"sI:ao
    Pi0 8:tS
    Ps7a:ls
    22 "There is no peace," Jehovah has said,
    brought him in," and there wiIl be a making of .PP
    JJOB 13
    '"for
    the wicked ones."'b
    his way successful.'
    n$,"$7q1
    16 "Came near to me, YOU people. Hear this. 22: fli'
    r 7 . 1 4~1 4
    Wsten to me, 0 YOU
    and pay
    [.?A +l?A
    From the start I have spoken in no place of con- k;$:i",
    Isn 51::~
    attention,
    l'ov national9 groups far
    sl's I(* 3
    eealment at alLk From the time of its occurring
    aivay.' Jehovah himself has called me even from
    lr,a .i.+n
    ! , l h 7,F,..L
    rlk:r
    53
    1.1
    I have k e n thew."
    the be1ly.l1 From the inward parts of my mother
    1
    .
    6
    I.th 44.6
    ]hi& 41:2
    And now the Lard Jehovahb himself has sent
    sjii::l
    he has made mention of my nameY And he
    ?$:;;!;
    vJi*r 1 :Tr
    plmcwded to mpllte my mouth like a sharp
    me, evenC his spirit." l7
    This is what Jehovah ;l/;g;fl
    .
    ,
    ,
    sword. In the shadow af his hand he has hidden
    has said, your Repurchaser,' the Holy One of
    IPr 1 1. 20
    1-u
    5
    me.-nd
    he gradually made me a polishedh
    I~rael:~
    "I, Jehovah, am your God, the One ;;.;;O:~o
    I,:, 5 1 13
    I,
    BPY
    I.;* 01
    43.1
    1
    \lie '1.2
    *Jer 15:20 R ~ O W . 'He concealed me in his orrn quiver."
    teaching you t o benefit lyourself1,t the One :T,~I,
    s:.rS
    BJcV I 18
    causing you to tread in the way in which you ' :i?Lr$7,
    I And he went on to say to me: ' Y o u are my
    should wa1k.u l6 If only you tvould actually pay i;,';",rl?:
    , ~ the one in whom I shall
    *Ia@
    >TI 24.45
    49:lfi servant, 0 I ~ r a e Eyou
    016;
    Job 4-1:29
    12.213 shoxy my b.eauty.">
    attention to my comrnandment~!~~
    Then your ?;;\$$,
    peace would become just like a river, and your 1 s R1:13
    4 But as for me, I said: ''It is for nothing
    a:s
    righteousness like the waves of the sea.y lo And a'pa
    I
    +Rola:gI thnt 1 have toiled,' For unreality and vanity I
    Pcll3:166
    your affspringd would become just like the sand, ;;;
    I
    *tem:ao ]lave used up my own p o ~ v e r Truly
    ,~
    m y Judgand the descendants f ~ o myour inward parts Am 5 : h
    ment
    is
    wit11
    Jehovah,'
    and
    my
    wages
    with my
    1 ";,*Isn2?+4
    like the grains of it.= One's namee tvould not be
    4
    6
    1
    0
    god.''^^
    *
    And
    now
    Jehovah,
    the
    One
    forming
    ;$;$
    Jrnr :1:2;22
    cut off or be annihilated from before me.""
    me
    Prom
    the
    belly
    as
    a
    servant
    belonging
    to
    " 1 7 ~ 11.10
    him," has said 1 Ear me] to bring back Jacob to
    20 Go forth, YOU people, out of Eabylon!ae iI'.~~~$,l 1c1na4g:1
    him,'\ in order that to him Israel itself may be
    Run away from the Chd-de'ans." TelI forth even $ ~ ' ~ ~ $
    with the sound of a joyful cry, cause this to be 47,z'22&,
    r>1t 2.3 37 gathered.*r And I shall be glorifi.ed in the eyes
    LI1y:.k?
    of Jehovah, and my own Godc will have become
    heard.0 Make it to go forth to the extremity of @!;,:'$
    my strength.@ And he proceeded to say: "It
    "go;%
    the earth.' Say: 'Vehovah has repurchased his
    *gc4
    has been no trivial matter for you to become to
    servant Jacob.@" And they did not get thirsty' Fi$;'
    $'
    me a servant t o raise up the tribes of Jamb and
    I
    ~rvhenhe was making them walk even through
    to bring bark even the safeguarded ones of
    I
    devastated places? Water aut of the rock he * I s a w g
    Israel;" I also have given you far a light of
    :

    149

    >;zj!,yl

    ri:;;

    !;.:T'

    Lfz,"&w

    a '%ahplan,'' L-YTT';:
    "Ba'bel." XSyT. b "The Lord Jchorah.)'
    See lsninh 7: 7, footnote g; Istlinh 3 : 15, footrlotc c. Or. "and."
    d Litc~nllc,"seed," BI. a Or, "ILis name," JlVgSyT aacl DSTa;

    "l'anr nnmr," LYT.

    Or, "~nnuttat~ds~."
    b Of',
    " ~ o i n t d " aitGod." 31, El.o.Lirn< ''~lnd
    J~rnol,tlirit wns not be>elnggntlwred," Bf; "tlmt ta Iliin Israel itself
    r1111y palli~rrd,ILnla"KflbrirlTnnd DSIa,
    @

    1111

    ISAIAH 49 :"I-I2

    142

    the n a t i ~ n s that
    , ~ m y salvation may come to V[r,y&6
    J O 1:4
    ~
    be" to the extremity of the earth."^
    Ac 13:47
    7 This is what Jehovah, the Repurchaser of yIsa
    PS m:2
    11:10
    Isr~el,"his Holy One,* has said t o him that is E;;Zj;o
    despised in
    t o him that is detested hy the
    nation..' to the servant of wlen : " K l n p them- pg7;;;4
    selves will see and certainly ltise up, I andl prin- :~;!:;717; ~ 9 : 7
    CFS, and they will bow down; b y rcnsoon of Jcho- g
    : 52i&
    vah, who is faithful, the Holy One of Xsmel, who ".k:h':;:fO

    ;$;!j;To
    fire 8 11

    kl%nl l , l f

    ,,,,, ,7:')!.1.,\:Lqful, you earth.' Let the mountains become cheer[It-

    lL1h

    ~ 1 OR:4
    %

    ~
    /

    'F;R1r;:6

    ."

    rp?:la
    I

    ,,,,,:,

    a glad outcryanFor Jehovah has comforted


    his
    people,t and he shows pitye upon his
    1\11 4n:j
    I,,, r;,;:13 own ~fflicted
    uJ1.P 3 l ! l 3
    14EutZienkeptsaying:'~Jehovahhaslekt
    2C.07~
    Y i ' ~ n . 1 me,' and Jehovah* himself has forgotten rne."y
    ~ F .iu.n
    ~ L
    :
    In Can a wife forget her suck fin^ so that she
    yl'v 13 1
    1 , ! m should not pity the son of her belly 3" Even these
    Z I K ! n:3a
    I
    wortlcn can forget,' yet I mysell.'shall not forget
    IIIb.:'H
    ~ O L I , ~"" Look!
    ~
    Upon [my] palmsr I have enI,,, h
    : 5,;
    "<I C#,??r
    graved
    Youre rvalls arc jn front of me
    a].;:,
    mnsnstant1y.Ql7 Youse sons have hz~rriedup. The
    2::;
    ~ I ~ n ~ ;very
    : l
    ones tearing youe down and clevastating
    1.1~ tf I R
    1:tZn::12
    youe will goforth even from you.' '*Raise your
    E."acfi!vl
    eyes ~ t T 3around and seenmThey have all of them
    together," They have come to
    *n ~4 :~ ~been
    ; ~colIected
    ,
    you.* "AS T am living,?'i g the utterance of JehoItce2?:1fl V R I I , ~ ~ ''with all of then1 you wlll clothe yourself
    Iich (i.13
    131s. 6 1 : ~just
    ~
    as with ornaments." and you will bind them
    rJcr 2:m on yourself like a bridc.f "' A1t h o u ~ hthere are
    Rr 21:2
    your devastated places and your clesolatetI places
    nnd the land of your ruins,l althowgl~now you
    are too cramped to be rlwelIing, and those stvalt l l g m.1
    1's 12 L!3
    J,jr 3rl 18 lowing you down have been far a1vay.t ' y e t in
    Jr.r [,1:3ri
    your ~ t v nears the sons of your lsereaved state
    , , ,
    r ~ a * ~ z :Eul
    ~ o with

    nl.itt

    ILit 27:2?
    ~h006m
    'Ps 2.12
    8 This is what Jehovah has said: "In an Isa 3:15
    acceptable timea I have answered you,' and in @gE%i
    a day of salvation I have helped you;" and I kept x2ut9;\3
    safeguarding you that 1 might Cjve you as a
    I
    X; ; C
    ; ,~
    covenant far the peaple,@k1 0 rehahilitate the
    LIII.EO
    426
    land,l to bring about the repossessing of the kIsa
    n Tsa 51:16
    2:s
    I
    desolated hereditary pos~essions,~
    " to say t o the rPs
    Isa 523
    prlsonersFfn'Come out!' t o those who are in the ng,lgF I
    darkness,' 'Reveal yourselves!'u By the ways F
    ,A;A4
    ,
    they will p a ~ t u r eand
    , ~ on all beaten pathsa their ,$zd&;~,
    pasturing will be? loThey will not go hungry,%,?&l&
    DC 32:13
    ncither will they go thirsty,' nor will parching yRe
    7:17
    heat or sun strike them? For the One who is hav- 5;: !,g;
    In,r: pityh upon them will lead them: and by the i&3&
    springs of water he wiI1 conduct thern.4 And I :P":2
    Jcr 31:9
    wlll make ~ lmymountains
    l
    a way, and my highways themselves will be on an elevation.* Look! Jt"O 14:6
    ~
    These wjll came even from far away: and, look! ":z2z2T

    *Or, "that. p n m ~ . rbwome my ~ ~ l r n t i o n , 'in


    ' n m p n ~ ~ n~t3 f b
    LXIT'g. "In soul." Or, " m h o l c - ~ ~ d r dtllnrotrgllly."
    ;
    31, rrapk'esh;
    IJXS, ?l*y-c.lli'; l'g, n'ni-mn. Or, witbout nny rorrrrtjon of M,
    "lor the miout to despise, for the nation to he t k t m t i n ~ . "That is,
    t o thn onr ~ t 1 0 1 1 1tlre 90111 deepisea, tn t h onr
    ~ ~vllnlnt l ~ rnation is
    d c t r u t i n ~ , or,
    a time of e n d will (npplmnv~~I
    )
    * 8y adds :
    rind nri n light to the peoples," Or, "bound u a u ~ . >g' Or,"all bare
    hillh:'
    01', "rnerq."

    these from the north' and from the west,'* and


    these from the land of Sirnim."bk
    13 Give a glad cry, YOU heavens,n and be jay-

    .,

    Lit~rn1)1;, ' ~ R P L''~ M ; that is, the Meditrrrnnean Sea to the west
    of Judnh. b "d'nint," 31; Sm.yawts, S . ; "thc Pc.~.~inr~s,"
    LdL,Y;
    to tap ~ ~ t h ,vcT.
    .
    = o4 " I U ~ I C ~ d! ~l:ldlov.lg lrg5?Y
    and 15 H e h r ~ wn~anaseripts; "the Lord," LSS ; A.rfr~.~n~u-',
    bnt
    wjth "my God" mitten above it, 1lSIa; A.do.tra,v', hZ. 'Chis 1s orte
    of thr 131 pnosaEPs in which tlte Jewinh Sapher~mrt~nt~ged
    l*rTmrcrrlr' in tho pr~rnltiveHebrew text to A.do.ttu!fF. T l i p rononn is
    i l l 11111 I'mluini~~c
    grndar in 31,tbua referring b Xioa 'b$c palms,"
    blT; "11rg b n n d ~ , ' )LXTVg; "the pnlma o f my hands," By,
    f

    flesh;%and as 1~4ththe sweet wine they \t.ill hwill aay:u m e place has become too cramped ug,",T;4
    ~'::e 136:6
    s ~
    come drunk with their own blood.' Rnd all flesh
    for n?eavDo make room for me, that I may II,g ;;;lE
    cps
    FS 9:16
    5~11
    F:ze39:7
    will have t o know that I, Jehovah," am your
    dwell.'P And you will for certain say In your YISR
    ~ ITI
    1 %61:l
    ~:16
    SavioP nnd your Rep~rchaser,~
    the Powerful
    heart : 'Who has became father- to these
    I Isa 41:14
    me," since X am a woman h ~ v a v e dof children1.Ta',3:t;
    I.;& 44:~ One of Jacob."'
    .YE4:32
    and sterile, gone into exile and taken prisoner?"' 2
    Pq 1;2:5
    This Is what Jehovah has sald: "Where,
    2
    Isn 1:24
    hs for these, who has brought them] up?; $; j;;ze
    Isa 60 16
    then, is the divoscP certiflcatd of the
    CJer 3:8
    Look! I myself had been 1eri behind alone.
    mother
    of YOU people, whom X sent a w a y ? W r
    e.nc
    24,3
    .:;;;;T
    a r c 10.4
    These-where have they been ?' "c
    +PS22 ar
    which one of my creditors is it t o whom I have
    ,J,C 3.1
    31a 2:1
    22 This is what t h e Eord Jehovahh has said: FZgij$
    sold YOU peopEelYLook? &cause of POUR own
    ll:10
    ''Look! I shall raise up my hand even to the =T\1-n w-10
    errors YOP have been sold," and because of YOUR
    nations,' and to the peoples I shall lift up my ' ; ~ ~ , ~ ~ m
    53:3
    o m transgmsions YOUR mother has been sent
    Jt5r
    3:s
    sfgnal.'@And they will bring your sons in the
    mJ ear 5s:16
    8:6
    away." ' Why is it that, when 1 came in, there
    bosom, and upon the shoulder they will carry *I",;;;;;;$
    W ~ no
    S one?ILvWhen I called, there nrasnobody
    spr 1:24
    Jer 7 2 3
    yaur own daughters." ?%And
    kings must become I ~ Ufi~>:io
    answering?-as
    my hand become in fact so
    t
    G
    e
    l
    S
    :
    1
    4
    GO: l(l
    xu 1x23 short that It cannot redeem,t or is there in me
    caretakers for you," and their princessesd nnurs- T5tr
    1.n ~ 1 . x
    ,
    ,
    ,
    ,
    ,
    :
    ,
    ing women for you. With facesu'to the earth k G c " ' l : M
    vk:Tz9 no pm7esto deliver? Look! With my rebukey I
    they will bow doto YOU,* and the dust of1ah.ilc
    E7
    7i:d
    l i i]1'
    dry up the sca;r I make rivers a \vllderness."
    yPS
    E y11~:3
    l4:m
    yaur feet they will lick up," and you will know ;.l gf: 2
    Isa 51:10 Their fish stinkn due to there being no water,
    FGc 3.1:30
    for certain that I am Jehovah, of wham those IIsn
    sa 2i:n
    F.I:~
    and they die because of thirst.' '1 clothe t h e
    zg?g~$
    RU D x1
    hoping in me will not be a ~ h a r n e d . " ~
    heavens with obscurity," and I malre sackcloth
    E 7 :
    Po lo: 11
    24 Can those already taken' be taken fm a 1i.p 2.6
    Itself their covering."l*
    CE2
    1'
    s
    "::Z
    13~7
    rnigl~tyman himself,=or can the body of captives nPs
    3~~ I
    4 The Lord Jehovahb himself has given me
    of the tyrantK make their escape?' "But this ,k:'%:if'
    the tongue of tile taught ones,=: t h a t 1 may
    'b;$j?;
    is whet Jehovah has said; "Even the body 0f'1:;n9;2?n
    Jcr 1.9
    know how to answer the weary one with a word.'
    doh 7:36
    captives of the mighty man will be taken away, ~;;~;~o
    *llr 1 x 3 He awalrens morning by morning; he awakens
    >It 1$54
    ancl those already taken' by the tyrant himself; ;:4
    c ~ ~ o ,t 1
    l 5 my ear to hear like t h e taught ones," :. The Lord
    will make their escape.* And a ~ n i n s tanyone- ipb 2:ls
    ' P s 4 ~ Jehovaht>himself has opened my ear, and I myr l r r 21:K
    =Jan
    1
    :
    s
    contending against you 1 rnysclf shall cantend: Tan 41.:1
    %:m selfwas not rebellious.' I did not turn in the opT,,l 5 $ 3 7
    and your awn sons I myself shall save.'' =%And
    E, 8 31
    $8g posite directfon." " My back I gave to the strikI c t ? 3-%x
    I \frill make those maltreating you ent their own y$;:i23
    xlc3.1 ers, and my cheeksk t o those plucking off [the
    a liTnlrpn p~inoner,"hy a alight cor~ectionof 11; "turner1 (gut)
    hair]. My face I did not conceal from humiliat.
    neirlr," ht. b"The Lord Jehovrth." h1, d.do.playt Trho.wih'. SPP
    kz
    ;s
    :B& ing thingsd and 5pit.r
    O P I I ~15
    ~ :H2, footnotes ez f. "Siminl!* 11, ~ 2 sd. Or,"noble Indic~."

    z:f,:,

    -,,
    F;;;

    * L~ternllp,"nnsr.:," N.
    or
    or

    cnptirca

    Or, "tlmc tlringn ( pmplc) takm." g "Body


    :I corrr~tionof 31; "rightmm h d g

    oP the tyrant," by

    r ~ i j ~ t i i * hE,
    ~~,"

    50

    ., ,,:,
    ilI5n

    ( lrq "man."

    31, ~ P L a. .lThe LdPd Jehor~h."See Isninh 3 : 15, foot-

    nnir c; I~niali7 : 7, footnote g; Genesis 15:2, h o t n o t ~ se, f,


    . m l l ~ r s rhsc.il>lcs ( f a l l o ~ v ~ ~ s )dl-,"frum insulrr,'"

    ."

    * Or,

    ISAIAH 50 :7-51 :2

    146

    7 But t h e Lord Jehovaha himself will help meqSs&yf;$,


    That is why I shall not have to feel humiliated.,
    That is w h y I have set my face like a flint, and I UJer
    :g
    know that I shall not be ashamedeuT h e One vmR o38.33
    declaring me righteousb is near.'' Who can con- ;gm$:yo
    tend with me? Let us stand up together? Who *rsa
    43;9
    =Ps 5 1 ~ 4
    is my judicial antagonist?cs Let him approach R~ 3 ' 4
    me.' Look! The Lard Jehovaha himself will "F,' ;&:&
    help me, 1Vho is there that can pronounce me :gs12p

    I1

    wicked?dD Look! AIl of them, Like a garment,


    8;;:O
    wiLl wear out." A mere moth will eat them t1p.O gn,.n:",iy;
    10 Who among YOU people is in fear of Jeho-; : :%
    vah,' listening t o the voice of his servant: who ;f;:;;;I
    '
    has rvalked in continual darkness and f o r whom
    there has been no brightness?" Let him trust in -:cbgja
    rsa 9:2
    59.9
    the name of Jehovah" and support himself upon Iart
    J oh Z:IZ
    #1C11
    5:M
    his God.ek
    ZCh 20:a
    11 "Look! All ~ o who
    v are igniting a fire, ,&'!&'!,
    making sparks light uplfnwalk in the fight of ,E,ZS,{,

    Y
    '

    YOURfire, and amid

    SPS 16:4
    20:3
    the sparks that YOUhave set,rEze

    ablazenPFrom my hand YOU will certainly come


    t o have this: In sheer pain YOU will lie

    51

    ~~$2$o

    t~;~;4~::~

    "Listen to me, YOU who are pursuing


    $f4"3'
    after righteousness,' YOU who are .seek- ,"
    ing t o find Jehovah." Look to the rock3 from "Mt 7.24
    which YOU were hewn out, and to the opening vg4'9'::;5
    Eph 2:11
    of the pit from which aorr were dug outmy' Look OR0
    4:18
    to Abraham YOCR father and t o Sarahe who yJos 24:3
    gradually brought YOU forth with childbirth ,g::i?
    pains,' For he was one when I caLIed him,z and pe
    9
    ' :j.4
    .'The Lord Jeborwh." See Isaiah 3 : 15, footnote c; Esaiah 7:7,
    footnote g; Genesis 15 : 2, footnotes e, f. b Or, 'ipronouncingme innocent.'' ''Xy judicial antagonist." Literally, "the owner [bd'al]
    of my judgment," $1. d Or, '.can condemn met" "God." M, E1.oh i n f . f By a correction of X; literally, "closely girding on the sparks
    Q

    (flery arrows) ," M.

    ISAIAH 51; 3--8

    147

    I proceeded t o bless him and t o make him many."


    For Jehovah will certainly comfort ZionnaHe
    c,P,SP:;!jf
    wiII for certain comfort all her devastated
    Lj2z gji6 places,' and he will make her wilderness like
    p E z e m : i 3 EdenP and her desert plain Iike the gardenap of
    Jeh0vah.O ExuItatiom and rejoicing themselves
    *gf;*l,
    rsa 35:a
    Isa 11:18 will be found in her, thanksgiving and the voice
    Eze 21:s of melody.'
    Joe 2 3
    +Jer33:11
    4 "Pay attention te me, O my people; and
    Re 19:6
    you national group of mine, give ear even to
    "Ex 1*6
    me.' For from me a law itself-ill
    go forth,"
    Ps m1a
    1Pe 2:9
    and
    my judicial decision I shall cause to repose
    rIsa 2:3
    even as a light t o the peoples.c# My righteousnric 4.2
    *Fr6:23
    n e s is rrearak My salvation will certainly go
    Isa49:6
    3't f2:18
    k D s 30:14 forth,, and my own arms will judge even the
    gt1"6i43pe6ples.r In me the islandsd themselves will
    hope, and lor my arm they will wait..
    ;
    6 "Raise YOUR eyes t o the heavens them,
    PS
    ,67:4 selves,t
    Ps110:6
    and look at the earth beneath. For the
    Isa 2:4
    ac 17:31 very heavens must be dfspersed in fragments
    sIsa 42:4
    ~ P 8S : ~
    just like smoke," and Iike a garment the earth
    Isa 40:26
    itself mill wear out,' and its inhabitants themlips 1 0 2 : ~
    Isa 34:4
    IIeb 1.11 selves will die Like a mere g r r a t . Y But as for my
    vip2,3;:0s a l ~ a t i o nit, ~will prove to be even t o time indefinite, and m y righteousness itsel will not
    &
    :
    ;Ireb 5:9 be
    shattered.*
    Hcb 9.12
    7
    "Listen to me, YOU the ones knowing right*
    3731 eousness, the people in whose heart is my law."
    J?r 31:B
    zco 3:3
    DOnot be afraid of the reproach of mortal men,"
    and do not be struck with terror just because of
    E fJer
    i e 157
    2:s
    their abusive wordsmq For the mothf will eat
    if:,I%pthem up just as if a garment, and t h e clothes
    *EZe33:24

    ,:,,

    "Paradise," LIXXSy, b Or, "instruction itself." Or, by a slight


    mrr~r~tion,
    "and my judioial decision RS a light to peo lea in an in~rnnt:' Or, "c~natlands~" a'Mortalmmn."M,n0s)'. ?"The moth."

    motha will eat them up just as ff wool.' But as '{;;&j?P


    for my righteousness, it will prove to be even CDI.R .IS:~T
    t o time indefinite, and my salvation to unnurn- ::l':f$'"
    ~ 1 ' c?:ti
    bered generati on^."^?
    l:u 1 1 23
    9 Awake, awake, clothe yourself w i t h ,;;a%,;!17
    n~ : f i
    strength,' 8 arm of Jehovah!" Awake as In the JJ *1~11
    1'. *9
    days of long ago, as during the generations of
    :'
    ,
    I;
    times long past.k Are you1! not the one that rJs.i4:~
    t~Job ''8:11
    broke Ra'habd to pieces,n that pierced the sea I., H~!.I
    monster?"' '"re
    youc not the one that dried up
    ?(I:!
    the sea, the waters of the vast deep?'* The one, ',i.,R,:!&t,
    that made the depths of the sea a way for the ~f;:;;
    ;F;
    u
    repurchased ones to go across?[ Then the re- t I..R~ IJ~I:
    *,.I 16

    ,.:

    t
    deemed ones of Jehovah themselves will return U I~ : xl.irl
    and must come to Zion with a joyful outcry,"
    and rejoicing to time indefinite n.II1 be upon $:,':iLf
    their head,v To exultation and rejoicing they ;:,:$:,2S
    will attain? Grief and sighing ill certainly flee g;$::qg

    fit. Ziu:za
    ,.I
    rl~-(:!y

    El!Vi3y."

    12 '7-1 myself am the One that I s comfortjng YOU people.'

    -I P

    ~ I ' S

    "Who are youl: t h a t youe should be afraid of


    a mortal man that will die? and o f a son of manklndli that will be rendered as mere green grass?'
    "And that you should forget Jehovah >our1
    M a k ~ r the
    , ~ One stretching out the heavens' and
    laying the fomdation of the earth," so that you
    were in dread constantly the nthole day long on
    account of the rage of the one hemming [you]
    jn,"s
    though he was all set t o bring [you] t o

    *'Theclntka moth," M, ?as.

    ,I1

    m a

    k:$f$
    ;1:

    ';:;
    ;4;

    ;;9
    4 ~ 2 -

    1tr2

    1 <I# 4 2 . 5

    :g 'ifi:?i:

    ?;":,;

    b Literally, "to the pnnerntEon of gmFnrrntione," RI. "You,') in the feluinine gender, referring to LIIP " n r i ~ i
    of Jehovnh." d Or, "the Stonner," f g, "the h n ~ ~ ~ (proud)
    hty
    otlerl
    (mnsculine), "Theclragan," F'g, 1 "The , derp!',\I, t'lrci~u; L S S l'gI "the nbyss," Compare C+en~sib1 : 2, foott~ot~~
    r, s "Tnu," in tllc
    frtuinine ~ e n d e r ,singular nur~iher,rrfcrrilbg to Zion. h Or, "inen."
    11, o,tirtm . 1 "Tour."in the mnsmtlinr g ~ ~ d rsingulur
    r,
    nuniben

    ..

    .,.AT

    $&Fcl,

    ,,,, ,:,

    'L

    13:hi.e
    n 1::"-I
    0 ti

    m1

    "%>::P
    ]ruin?* And where i s the rage of the one hemr A
    Da3::S
    REX 14:13 ming [yo111in?k
    Es ::YO
    14 "The one stooping in chains tvfll certainly
    Ps 9-6
    beloosndspeedily,nthntllemaynotgoindeath
    ; 5 to the r>itand that 111s bread may not be lacking.'
    I
    Jsrt 48:m
    1.a 52.2
    15 "But I, Jehovah, am yourn God,b the One
    A c 32.7
    stirring up the sea that its waves mRy be boister1
    . ~
    of armies is his narneet And I
    z e c D 11 o ~ s Jehovah
    shall
    put
    my
    words
    in youra mouth," and with
    F:g43::25
    the
    shadow
    of
    my
    hand
    E shall certainly cover
    ,";;:ij?g
    youjV
    in
    order
    to
    plant
    the
    hcavensr and lay the
    &
    ::
    TSJ. 4 0 2
    foundation
    of'
    the earthn and say to Zion: 'YOU
    yIsn 63:17
    ~ P G
    3.13 are my people.'*
    z:.-a 65:s
    rsa 6 6 : ~
    17 "'Rot~seyourself, rouse yourself, rise LIP,
    0 Jenzsalem," you who have drunk a t the hand
    'p<",%I14
    Jcr 3 2 3: a3 of Jehovah his cup of rage." The goblet, the
    Jl'r
    cup causing reelln~,you have drunk, you have
    drained ouC.q Thcre was none of all the sons
    =Iqa
    Isa 60.1
    5?:1
    - D e x : D that she brought to birth conducting her,'
    Ps 60'3
    :PS 7 5 : ~ and there was none of all the sons that she
    Jer 25:lS
    zec 12:2 brought up taking hold of her hand," 'Those
    R e 1.; 10
    .ps 88 18 two things were befalling you,' Who will sympaPe l.E:-1
    thize with you?"Havoc and breakdown, and hung & ger and sword!" Who ix7111r cornfart you?rl Your
    otvn sons have s\vooned away." They have lain
    k;y4!;:n
    r5;122:4 don-r~at the head of all the streets like the wild
    rlaa +>:XI
    sheep in the netIRas those who are full of the
    zn 2 1 1
    s E t e 12.13
    G,?I.:Mrage of Jehovah,' the rebuke of your Gad."bu
    r T's
    I-a 9:19
    21 Therefore listen to this, please, 0 woman
    EL. 1430
    trrsa 29:9 afilicted and drunk, but not writl> wine.y 'P This
    Isa 40:26
    is what your Lard,d Jehovah, even your God,"
    with whom his people contend,Qas said : "Look!
    12$:,:"

    "kJnnr,'> in tlie msrnctriirlr g r n d ~ r ,singular. n u n ~ l ) ~ r ."God."


    b

    31,

    "'Tho will?" LSSTpSy ntlrl 1 ) S l n ; "\Vha--I clhnll,'' X;


    son^ but I ellall," T. dULortl." 31, rL.ift>.rrin';the plurnl number
    (11' ;f.dfin', tn d ~ n o t e~~rmnrlcur
    or u~njeat!..
    JSl.rr,krm'.

    ISAIAH 51:23--52:6

    150

    ISAIAH 52:7-14

    151

    51:13
    I will take away from your hand the cup emsing 3*I88
    1 %~4:9
    ~
    reeling.' The goblet, my cup of rage--you will q;m:e;4.
    AI~:Q
    c:~:?
    not repeat the drinking of it any more." "'hnd
    10 '"4
    E will put it in the hand of the (maIrritatjng 4.14,.u
    1 : ~11 2
    +l\:i 51
    yourL who have said to your soul,n 'Bow down J ,!,!il:17
    that we may cross over," so that you used to f!i:f
    make: your back just like the earth, and liltc the ":.;;:>ti
    I
    1'4 s n : ~ ~
    srrect for those crossi~~g
    over."e
    lm GI::l
    l ~ i5:22
    i
    Wake up,wake up, put on your strength; nc I * k H
    O Zion! Put on your beautiful garrnenta,'
    ::ii
    0 Jerusalem, the holy city!' For no mare will
    l5
    there come again into you the uncircumcised: Cl!03.m
    and unclean one.' ' Shake yourself free from *!,"; E!!,
    ,
    II
    the dustjk rise up, take a seat, 0 Jerusalem. c;yl;5g
    Loosen for yourself the bands on yaalr neck,
    0 captive daughter of Zjon.a
    . b r sl :F;
    3 For this is what Jehovah has said: '*Itwas~"::?I;YI
    for nothing that YOU people were sold, and it4::1:;:;;"
    will be without money that YOU will be reVPS 4432
    p~rcbased."~
    Isn 45:13
    4 For this is what the Lord Jehovah)' has w e l:ls
    said: " I t was to Egypt that my peaplc !vent
    down in the first instance to reside these for n
    and without cause As.syrfi.a, for its * ~ ~ , P : ~ ; ~
    part, oppwssd them."
    5 "And now, what interest do I have here?"
    Is the utterance of Jehovah. "For my pmple Xg$;i2
    \!?ere taken for nothingy The wry ones ruling :yp:;$T
    over them kept howling,"cp is the utterance of *;2fl :7;!2
    Jehovah, "and constantly, all day long, my name ]:re 20 9
    I t 0 2::+1
    was being treated with disrespect.' For that UI.:S :+.I:18
    reason my people will know my name,u even .I:' iJj:o
    I
    for that reason in that day, because I am .y:t:.:!'14
    '
    n L'Saul!' N, P I C ~ ~ ~ P IXY,
    S R ; py.ch5'; Tgt a't~i.mn. b "Tl~cLord
    +)

    52

    Jehovnh." See Isninb 7:7, footnote g. "l<t.pt Ilowling.'' Or, ''krpt


    junking [th~tn] howl?'

    One that Is speaking." Look! It Is I."O


    ;g
    ,:F1:;g the7 Wotv
    1.a m:s
    handsome upon the mountains are the
    .Is2 40:9

    one bringing g'ood news,' the one


    m u making pepea~cet~dbe-heard,m
    the one bringing
    $c,$$%good news of somet hint hct ker,"the one making
    *g! f$i4 salvation to be heard," the one saying t o Zion:
    *,Co
    Re 763 0: ~ "Your Godn has become Idtl~!""
    kDe 33:5
    8 Listen!b your' own watchmen have raised
    Ps 9 3 2
    [their] v0ice.n In unison they keep crying out
    l s n 33:22
    hlic +1:7
    ~ it will be face to facedn that they
    g e 11:17 j o y f ~ U y ,for
    11rsa 65.6
    will
    see
    when
    Jehovah comes back t o Z i m t
    rrsa 2s:14
    9
    Become
    cheerful,
    cry out joyfuIIy in unison,
    ;$% $22
    sou
    devastated
    places
    of J erusalern,u for Jehou1sn
    2Co 61:
    of the
    s a r : ~ feet
    ~

    WPP

    \,Tsag:;3
    pIsa 412.3
    Z:B~ 5 1 3

    'Pa 2227
    I 4 :

    e$:o

    nIsa 48%

    Jer 54 8

    vahhascornforted h i s p e o p l e ; v h e h a s w p ~ r chased Jerusalem.r l"ehovaah has bared his holy


    arm before the eyes of all the nations,"and aIl
    the ends af the earth must see the salvation of
    md.&=

    11 Turn away, turn away, get out of there,"


    @LC 5:2
    touch
    nothing unclean," get out from the midst
    b
    y;;;
    F: h 5 11 of her,O keep yourselves clean, you who are
    b280 6;17
    carrying the utensils of Jehovah.' I V o r YOU
    RE 1
    2 7 ; people will get out in no panlc, and YOU will go
    no flight.' For Jehovah will be going even beBig in
    fore
    rou," and the Godn of Israel will be vom
    1ch 15:15
    Dcm.4
    Ica45.2
    rear
    g~lad.'k
    k:os 8:9
    I Q 55:s
    ~
    13
    Look! My servantr ~ v f l lact with Insight."
    42:1
    >it =.a He will be in hlgh station and will certainly be
    YPS2:6
    "To the exr, 110:1 elevated and exalted very rn~~ch.'
    $?BPm tent that many have stared at hhng in amaze~ec2.6

    111xa

    Co!np~re
    31, Bl.o.7rirnt. $ Litc~~rlllg''1'11~ voicr of,'"f,
    Cienesis 4 :10,f o o t a o t ~h. "l'onr,';~n thr f o u d n i n ~gcnrl~r,~it~gulnr
    ~rnntbw,beeau~eof rcferrin~t o Zion, I,itoritlly, " Q ~ Cto eyri' X.
    l l i l t see h-~utlber.~
    14: 14,Fnntnntc n. * "nc y n r w rpnr ~unrd."Liter~ ~ l l '*hp
    y , gathering mu np," 31, 1 Or pnssibly, ' L J ~ ~ sk~ r~v r ~ n~t . ' ~
    SW Jttdpes 19:18, footnote b. 'lflimn," NyT; lb+von,''31LLTTg
    and l)STll.
    s "Qorl."

    we have all of us ~vanderedabout;0it was each


    rnentLso much was the disfigurement as re- $;,Rj:;$
    P~;,1\!$\T6
    *Lp 1 ~ - t one t o his own way that we have turned, and
    spects his appearance more than that of any
    1Se 7.18
    $;%;;T, ,
    *PA2K12
    Jehovah himself has caused the error of us all t o
    other menPLand as respects his stately form
    Pn Btl,?
    :
    I
    :
    .
    ,
    %
    ;
    ;
    193 meet up with that one.'"' He was hard pressed,"
    more than that of the sons of rnankindh'L1;he V I ~ - 2:2
    rips 3
    trrtr
    A JL'
    16
    1:';
    and he was Ietting himself be afflicted;" yet he
    wilI likewise startle many n a t i ~ n sAt
    . ~ him kings ,.r3,ttr ::lo
    31t 3,
    ,
    .
    ;
    ti?
    wi1I shut their mouh,Y for what had not been
    would not open his mouth. He lvas being
    I>?( 1.1
    recounted to them they will actually see, and to I . , ~ \ ; , l ~ Z ~ Y
    brought just like a. sheepa to the ~laughtering;~
    LU 3 : ) ~
    Ac.R::l.?
    and like a ewe that before her shearers has bewhat they had not heard they must t u r n their 2y,;;;;;;
    . (
    ,In4 !)
    3:t y..io mme mute, he also would not open his mouth.
    ..-!\a .m::
    considerati on.^
    J 0 h .1.rfI
    )It" I ] , ? vJ[>h 35:$ 3
    8 Because of oppressionhand of judgment he
    who has put faith in the thing heard(:, \*;
    f'e 13t;,?#
    I
    .
    \WS taken away;"? and who nTilImncer'nhimseIf
    by us?' And as for the arm of Jehovah,'J1
    g R n 5:ci
    ";::;$:
    I I , . ~ 20 even with [the details of] his generation?dtFor
    to whom has it been revealed?' And he wiI1 .i:i$zi:,
    I/
    zxt
    S , P 15 5;
    .,a he was cut off" from the land of the living ones.v
    come up like a twig before
    and like a root
    tu37.'1?
    I;$
    Because of the transgression of my pmple he
    out of waterless land. No stateIy form does he *;;;,9,
    .!l~tt 1 ~ . 1 ~ )
    had the stroke,@s%nd hef will makeg his burial
    have, nor any splendor;' and when r v shall
    ~
    ,
    see'-i!~"2&?'
    Mlc 2:t
    place
    even with the wicked ones, and with the
    him, there is not the appearance so t h a t rve hit ?$:a7
    ; ;$! ; : ,
    A G r 3:15
    rich
    cIasll
    in hls death,z despite the fact that
    ~MI1 20:.77
    I ~~ : ~A should desire him,@
    Lll 2:3'L
    V I ~ SB ~ : A he had done no vio1ence"nnd
    there was no dej a i l l!j:4Jb
    3 We was despised and was avoided by men,BkJC>III I : , L , ~
    r c c1R:7
    a man meant for pains and for having acquaint- ~t!~!j,'?l:~'v 1.u 2 7 : M ception in ht mouth.0
    10 But Jehovah himself t w k delight in crush*L. I r I 1
    ante with sickness.* And there was as if the con- $;;:&[:;/I
    ~
    riub
    C %:i:2
    O P
    ing
    him;* he made him sick."If you wlIl set his
    ceding of one's face from us.fic He was despised, ,ti;$;$
    sot111
    RS a guilt offering,:' he will see his off2f:;&jo
    and we held him as of no a c c ~ u n t . ~ Truly
    '
    our Y;;,: &:;l;r
    spt.lng,jahe will prolong rhisl days,* and in his
    sicknesses were what he himself oarrled:r and
    ;;!;1;I.;3
    ;!:;j; 1
    m P 3 3 1 , 1 hand what is the deIight of Jehovah will sucas for our pains, he bore thema But we ~umelvestr;, 2 t : 1 0
    lun !?:?
    *I%
    727
    c ~ e d , *'Because of the trouble of his soul1 he
    accounted him as plagr~ed,~
    stricken by Gdg1l
    ,
    1:pt\ 1.3
    hewiI1 be satisfied.ll Bymeansof his
    (-nk1:14 \\rill ~ee,~?lL
    and afRicted.hP &Buth e was being pierced for
    ~I ,I . I~?:RL
    IC
    1I2 :~~ ;
    kno~vledgelthe righteous one, my ~ r v m twilI
    ,~
    our transgression:r he w a s being crushed for, : :-?
    t [\4& 42: 1
    bring a righteous standing to many people," and
    sltu J:18
    our errors." The chastisement meant for bur,I Rr)
    Z ~?U~ 2~
    t
    56
    peace n-as upon him,"and because of his woundsr, ::;:
    0 r , "ln~nh.l' bI, ~ J I .b Or, ' + ~ t m i n t : mcwion." =Or,n-ith Tg,
    "Ire was tnlietl from a p ~ ~ w ~ inot ~nd from judgment"; LLY,
    there has 'been a healing for us.' ' Like sheep' 1 ;:;;:,!:,.-

    ,,,

    :I*

    53

    '1

    ,::,;':

    It!$

    "1)tiring llin htitihi tintion

    n1'3Xan." &I, ish. Or, 'Linen." 31, n.dalrr. "The thing henrd,'Wr.
    "the report j to] d Or? "him." "Men." 31, i-alrim'; the plural nlullbcr of tcrr ("~orln")in this aaune t-prsp. T l k pInrnl for111rrrptnuruOIL!?
    here and in Psalm 14l: 4 (fmtnotr n ! nnd Prorrrbs S: 4 ( fmr
    nate b ) . Or. "him." g "God." Jl, EF.a.him'. h Or, "'Eluin\rler!.'' 8 01..
    "a dock." 31, Rats-tsdtl.

    ."

    '

    J U ~ ~ ~\ w
    F aP

    tl~kctiaway fro111 him" (Acts

    8:33). d Or, *'[thrdrtnils of] his nlannm of life." .Or, by eorrection of 31, "hv cnr~~e
    to hc strtrkrn to the dentt~."in agwen~entRith
    LSX. Or, ' . o ~ ~ c .a"l i t r ~ ~ l l y
    -akc;
    ,
    furnial~.'VN. h liter all^, "a
    rir.11 one I irlan)," 3E. I "Sol~l."31, n~plr'rslr; LSI, p ~ ? ~ . r k r Tg,
    ';
    o'niawtrr. E L i t ~ r ~ 1 1 y"ac~d,''
    ,
    .\I. k "He will src," 31Tg : '"[he will]
    how hi111l i ~ h t , " LXX. I Or, "B?.the knoving af h i t u ~ , ' '

    ISAIAH 53112-44: 4

    154

    155

    their errors he himself will bearat 3' For t h a t tlPe2:ad


    reason I shall deal him a portion among the
    and it ~ v i ube with the mighty ones t h ~ uE;$E,
    t
    ,
    he will apportion the spoil,'- due to the fact that v; ;!;,;,
    he poured out his soul" to the very deathr and y:*f:,
    it was wfth the transgressors that he WAS
    counted in;=and h e himself carried the very sin ,r4jr':g(;i;,2~:l.i
    of many people,' and for the transgressors he A\\!;$
    proceeded t o interpose:
    LLI
    L U 22
    :4::
    -17
    14
    'blt 2 0 2~
    "Cry out joyfully, yau barren woman 11.1 ~ r ;
    2:1 1
    that did not give birth!* Become cheerful Tlt
    rr,+ 9 28
    with a joyful outcry and cry shrjlly,"~ t h a t '34," $L;'"
    had no childbirth pains,' for the sons of t h e ::!;:
    desolated one are mare numerous than the sons
    of the woman tvith a husbandly ormer,''*Jeho- 1; r 4c:. LS
    II
    Y R has
    ~
    said. "Make the place of your tent ,;;;;::
    more spacious.9nd let them stretch outh the
    curtains of your grand tabernac1e.c Do not hold ;:, g;;
    back, Lengthen out your t e s t cords, and make ;jl&
    those tent pins of yours strong.k For to a
    h
    te ;,:;'!$
    right and to the left you will break forth,ll and ;; ;;:;
    I
    your own odspringa will take possession even .;:yL;i;l,
    of nations,r and they will inhabit even the deso- k,l:;
    lated cities.* *Do not be afraid,[ f o p you will ;E:; 7; $
    not be put to sharne;~
    and do not feel humiliated, tk,,i;:;T
    for you will not be disappointdqYFor you will :!;;I;';;
    forget even the shame of your time of youth,^ I.:;;
    lfl:w
    and the reproach of your continuous widow~ M 1.
    C
    2342
    hoodP"you will remember na more,"

    54

    &!i:j?
    i,

    :;::;:z

    PI, ~reph'esh; LXX, psy.clr~'; Vg, o'nb.nbo,

    'T~etthml
    ~tretrtlout," 31; "Let her 9tretch out,!' I3Flll; "Stretch out," L X S \'gSy. "Cqrond tabernncle." Liiernlly, "to l~ernacl~a,"
    31 ; ~ r i d r t l yt
    *lCflol~l!'

    ,Inlanl nu111her t o denote grandeuia or ni~ljrsty. dI,itu~.nlly,


    I.swf:. 31. * 6 4 C ~D ~ ~~ ~ ~~ Y~pidoxbood.)j
    ~O Y S
    ~t~rrt'nllly,
    4 A y 0~ ~ i~c t o ~ v llou(lc," 31 ; t
    o &ow prolongation
    tho

    ISAIAH 54:%12

    5 'Tor your grand Maker&is your husbandly


    Jehovah of armies being his name;"
    CI= ;148:2
    and
    the
    Holy
    One of Israel is your RepurchaserP
    Jer 1Q:lG
    axsa 44% T h e Godc of the whoEe earth he will be calEed.O
    cMnl
    o z ~ 14.9
    e3 3 4 - g For Jehovah called you as if you were a wifed3
    -abandoned and hurt in spirit,' and as a wifed of
    the time of youth who was then reje~ted,"~
    ':5,;:$1,4
    your
    Goda has said.
    * ;;
    7
    "For
    a little moment* I abandoned you,"
    4
    but
    with
    great
    mercies I shall coIIect you to@:aff/p
    *De30:3
    gether.*
    V
    i
    t
    h
    ~h flood of indignation I conPS 1 m : g
    I s a 2 7 . ~ cealed m y face from you for hut a moment,"
    > i t 21:31
    but with loving-kindnessr t o time indefinite I
    ~ P 13:1
    S
    will have mercy upon
    your Rept~rchaser,~.
    Jehovah,
    has
    said,
    7I;:::
    YFh 2 5 8
    9 'This i s just as the days of Noah" to me."
    P , ~ , 14:L4
    Just as I have sworn that the waters of Noah
    "G'7.23
    shalI no more pass over the earth,' sa I hatre
    tGe 821
    ~3 104 9
    sworn that I mill not become indignant toward
    uJer 31:36
    Eze 39:29 you nor rebuke you."
    For the mountains themvPs 46:2
    yrsa 51 6 selves may be removed, and the very hills may
    but my lovlnpkindnessf itself will not
    Z ~ ~ a a staggerlV
    & ~ ~
    be removed from youla nor will my covenant of
    ,:*:1"E;$ P 2:a
    ~a
    peaceitself staq~@r,"~Jehov~h,
    the One having
    5 2 ~ 2 mercy upon you,' has said.
    Re 11:3
    A
    51:17
    11 "O woman afflicted,"tern pest-tossed," unE La 1:2
    ,:rnforted,"here
    X am laying with hard mortar
    .~~,l;-~~T
    your stones; and I will lay your foundation with
    sapphires.' I3 And f will make your battlements
    1Pe24,10
    2:s
    of rubies, and your gates of fiery glowing
    a "Grand Maker," Liternlly, in the plntnl n u b a x of "hlc~ker,'~
    to
    *ha

    3er 3:14

    Ezel6:g
    H o 2:19

    Ee4&&

    nz;

    :","A;%

    denote grandeur or exc~llencp,b "I'Iu~bnl~iIly


    owner." This Hebrem
    rxprps~ioais R ~ S Qin tbc plural of ~ r l l ~ l t f01.
    ~ aVr X P P ~ ~ Fin~ lCw~e e ment with L ' ~ m 5Iaker."
    d
    "Ood." '1, l<:'l.o.ftim'.d Or. "rt.oman."
    M, iaJ~~skak'.e ' T o r little n~onlent,"nILXSVg; "Mr\l'itka little
    a n g r , " STT. f Or, "Iaynl lore." >I, bhes'r-d,

    stones,"and all your boundaries of delightsome 'R*21:12


    stones. ' $ A n d a l l your sons will be persons mpR~r=$
    31:~
    taught4 by Jehovah,"and the peace of yotlr sons :pEb6,::\%
    will be abundantk la You will prove to be firm1y k{,;l;;,3';y

    established in rjghteousness itself.1' You nuill ;;;;;G


    be far awayb from oppressionr-for you will I;;;;~~;l
    fear none--and from anything terrifying, for 2 1 ) ~3 13
    rlw! 51 1.3
    it will not come near
    iz If anyone should at ,[,:I 2 -I
    all make an attack, it will not be at my orders.'. , $ ; . ~ $ ~ ~
    Whoever is making an attack upon you mill fall ,'!:;?;;$
    %I't. 2 4
    even on account of you."ll
    %*or. 1 L:3
    16 "Look! I myself have created the crafts- r;;$;
    man, the one blowing upon the fire of charcoal
    and bringing forth a weapon as his workman- );i:!:11 . . 7 0 3 ~ : 1 1
    ship. X myself, too, have created the ruinous man y;;:.:!,R
    for wrecking work.v Any weapon whateverl,!i;if ia
    IY:9
    that will be formed against you will have no Ps 15R:1Q
    success,y and any tongue at all that will rise up ff;T;;i
    against you in the judgment you will condernn.c"
    a:!:"
    This is t h e hereditary possession of the serv- btIp 3:s2 1
    ants of Jehovah," and their ~.lghteousness is '::ti;::
    from me,"is the utterance of Jehovah."
    eT\n
    RP 2r1
    1 fi17
    I<(#22 11
    Hey there, at1 YOU thirsty ones!" Come ;~I;T,::F
    to the water.@And the ones t h a t have
    9.15
    318
    no money! COBPE, buy m d eat.' Yes, come, buy -JUQ
    lr:03,2
    wine80and milk' even without money and with- .:!:;:&
    out price." = Why do YOW people keep paying
    out money for what is not bread, and ~ v h yis ;;;;,$f3:e
    w u n toil for what results in no satisfa~tion?~
    11%
    :; ~6
    Listen intently t o me, and eat what is good,"and 1 ~ t ' i k : e
    h l t Y?!4
    let YOUR soula find its exquisite delight in fat- r3.s x(i;&
    mess itSe1f.l' "ncline YOUR earrrand come to meor gI7
    Listen, and YOUR sould will keep alive,u and I :;I;;y,'i;i%
    Or, "be diaciples,li X. Compare Isninh 8 : 10, footnoto h. b l i t e r .J

    55

    ,:

    filly, "'He far nwnr!" Impmatively? G O r , 'lpronounct! wicker1 ( f i b


    ty)."' d '-Snvt."31, nepIdPeslr;IJLS, p$!j,cfre';T'g, flcc'?iS.trra.

    v:56yg5 Ishall readily conclude with YOU people an in,r;z+ga definitely lasting cosrenantv respecting the

    : ~loving-kindnesses& to David that are faithfulSby


    Look! AS a witness to the nationaI groupsCzI
    have given him," as a leader3 and commander"
    rsa34.1
    *Re 3.14
    ,,Jcr
    , 2.630.9 to the national groupsnC
    5 Look! A nation t h a t youd do not know you
    JOI, 1:49
    will
    67:2yi?~6 call,@and those of a nation who have not
    FTai8,:f1 known youd will run even to you,d' for the sake
    E ~ h 2 : 1 1 of Jehovah your G ~ d , e and
    ' ~ for the Holy One
    1
    ' ,B
    60:s
    of
    Israel,*
    because
    he
    ill
    have beautified you.'"
    ezpc
    -ISR 60.9
    833
    6
    Search
    for
    Jehovah,
    sou people, whiIe he
    11i1;:h '*:9
    'p:~ 114:~
    113:3
    may be f0und.k Call to hfm ulhfEe he proves ta
    7
    :
    be near." Let the wicked man leave his way.r
    n De 4:;
    PS 143:18 and the harmful man his r houghts ;" and let him
    $
    3
    ?
    :;"9
    return to Jehovah, who 1~111have mercy upon
    ~ 3 C h7.14
    E ; ~ C3 : ~hi, ,t and t o our Gad,' for he will forgive9 in a
    $; i29 large t%?ay.u
    S "For the thoughts of Tau people are not
    ;
    my thoughtslv nor are my ways YOUR ivays,"Y
    tEu34:6
    P$51:1
    $2
    is the utterance of Jehovah. "For as the heav1 ~ l:is
    1
    'ens are higher than the earth,* so my ways are
    YPS40:5
    higher than YOUR wlnys,' and my thoughts than
    ps 92:s
    1'01% thoughts.- " T o r just as the pouring rain
    descends, and the snow, from the heavens and
    .g g3;i1 does not return to that place, unless it actually
    =F:pt :Fz !saturates the earth and makes it produce and
    "Fa\%%
    sprout,- and seed is actually given to the sower
    3$p3;:,rOand bread t o the eater,"' so my word that goes
    $ts,",5;i4forth imrn my mouth wlll prove to be.' It 11411
    PSm

    Jrr 33.28
    .qc 13:3.1 I *
    zlsa 17:13

    Or, "the full loring-kindness"; or, "tile

    Pnll l o p 1 lovc," b Or,


    "lasting; firu~ly~~tt1l~lir2ic~tl."
    a Or, "tllr ~ ~ u p ~ i l r ~ t i ot!hie> ;mnsscs."
    llSXl .'natiori-," d "'l'clu," i n ths tuns,wl~~ir
    j i r t ~ i l ~ rwilrgnln~~
    ~,
    nmnIjcr ; rcf erring to Jacoll or I ~ r l b ~ 1 . nhClo(l.'*hl, I ' : I . o . ~ ~ I ) I ' . 'LTo~:'
    in t h ~~ P L I ~ ~ IgIm~ dI c~r P, mnpilnr nllntbrr; repcrring to Zion or
    f

    Jern~nlrnl.

    not return to me without results: but It will ?*:;,b4:;$3


    certainly do that in which I have delighted; andl -1 11% 4k30
    I:IR
    it will have certain success in that for which I I r PS 105: :3
    1511 37 In
    have sent '.ti
    Itl~iq
    12
    12 "For nith rejoicing YOU people will go ,;?&:"
    forth,kand with peace YOU will be brought in." ,f;;-n,,"fi'j,
    The mountains and the hills themselves will be!:, ~ ~
    . IJI:IO
    come cheerful before YOU with n joyful outcry,r t l14fk
    Kin: 1R
    nnd the very trees of the fielcl will nll clap ihclr
    H I krt

    trli:

    to them in my houset and withln my walk a


    ;zhl$;g m
    u m e n t a u and a
    something better
    rnIsa6515

    ~>%a
    E e 1:s
    3:g

    than sons and daughters.~A n ~ m eto time ind e m t e I shall give them," one that will not be

    i2C08:5
    c Yo;& I 6"Andthefo~!~ers~thathnvejoinedthem:F~"p;$i;f, selves t o JeI~ovahto minister' to him" and to
    Ro 8 : z
    Jas 1:E love the name of Jehovah,' in order t o become
    bIsn 56.2
    servants to him, all those keeping the sabbath
    +PS
    1- 2:h
    z3
    in
    order not to profane it and laying hoId of my
    hands,* '"stead
    of the thicket of thorns , r ~ *ir: h r r
    a11c4:2
    zcc8:3 lcovenant,o I will nIso bring Ihcrn to my holy
    the juniper tree will come u p t I n s t e ~ dof the i ' i ; ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ' *11
    11:ll
    l r o R4:10
    fr& ,z:za mountain* and m ~ k ethem sejojce inside my
    stinging nettle the myrtle Wee will come up." ylsn
    ci;:jn
    And i t must Gecome for Jehovah something :
    ;'$t2,
    :::, house of prayer. Their tvhoPe burnt offerings'
    4 i?;:
    l P f h 2 : 5 and their sacriBeesa rivill be for acceptance upon
    lamous,av a sign to time indefinite that will not j:; ;<.;,
    kE:eb?J:lO
    nlzi s:a my altar.k For my own housc will he called even
    MIP I ~ , R
    be cut ~ f f . " y
    3:i 21 :13
    *55 \ :9
    ~ P S I W :a~ house
    ~
    of prayer for all the peoples."l~
    Isa ?;:I2
    This is what Jehovah has said: I'Keep ,:!,'$2:2
    HO 1 : l l
    8 The utterance of the Lord Jehovahtd who
    YOU people, and do what is $;L:;'
    ntE 24.31
    B I E 49:22
    ~
    is coIIecting together t h e dispersed ones of Isrighteous.' For my salvation is a t hand to come A:;l
    Isa
    . T U 60.4
    ~lo:ls rael,' is: "I shall collect togclI~ert o him others
    in; and my righteousness t o be revealedqAHapRe 7:e
    '
    ;
    l
    ?
    ;$
    collected together of hismHy
    tJ,,
    12:s besides those allweady
    p p is the mortal manc that does this,hand the )I)II 12:12
    Re
    Eze19:17
    .18:17
    9 All YOU wild animals of his of the open field,
    son of m a n k i n d w a t lays hold of it,* keeping *m4'1.9
    2:11
    UnIF&?l:come ta eat, all YOU wild animals of his in the
    the sahbathc in order not to profane it,I1"nd El.IO
    'I'IKII SR:N
    keeping his hand in order not to do any kind of ~~.$,?~~.ia
    ~
    ~ farest,'
    ; ~""His
    ~watchmen
    ; ~ arc blind.cu None of
    EZe
    them
    have
    taken
    All of tlicrn are speechbadness.' And let not the foreigner* that has '3; y':q
    pder 15.0
    less
    dags;ll
    they
    are
    not
    able t o bark,?'panting,
    joined himself to Jehovah say:' 'Without a 2?;:!,?N
    ;pE;;~6
    Na 3::s
    lying
    down,
    loving
    to
    slumber.=
    They are wen
    Ic:i f i r ~ o
    doubt Jehovah will: divide me off from his pea- .Id.p
    F.!T i3:36
    '1II.5
    m;~a
    2
    1
    2
    dogs
    strong
    in
    soulful
    d~sire;~'
    they
    have known
    pie." Neither let the eunuch say:ab ' h k ! 1 am za
    P t p 3:2
    . l r k f ~ 1 1 , 16
    no satisfaction.' They arc also shepherds that
    D.~,*~~
    a dry tree.' "
    11,
    k [ . t i 7.13
    &;$$' have not known how to understand."They have
    4 For t h i s is \\-hat Jehovah has said t o the n M t 1 ~ 3 12
    oF;i,l::,lga11 of them turned to their own way, each one
    eunudls that keep my sabbaths and that have :&
    ;'
    chosen what I have delighted inr nnd that m e '';;\',?;il
    ig:z;\7 for his unjust gain from his own border:O
    laying hold of m y ovena ant:^ &"Iwill even give n;y;[?j:;
    a LiteraU~;"a hand." Rut w e 1 Snsll~cI1-5:13; 2 Snnlnel 15: 18.
    1

    56

    M ' ' ~ o n ~ e t h frtlnous.)'


    in~
    Or, "a f n ~ n e ; a rrputntinn," Litcmll~,
    M n n t t ~ ~ lIf.
    "
    b Or, rrjudgmenh" "Jiortnl T I I R ~ . " I\l, rjt.r;,~k', *Or,
    " I I I F ~ . " >I, n.dnntJ. IJiteraLly, "the son a t f n r r i g n n ~[or,
    ~ ~ of a foreign ~ o n n t v,''
    ] 31.

    b J , i l e ~ ~ a I l''hinl,"
    g~
    or, "eat11 n n ~ , " R t ; "tha1n,'?~.7iXYg9yT and
    13slit. See veme 3, footnotc H. d l'Tl~oLard J F I I O V R See
    ~ . ~ 'Isaiah
    7: T , footnote g. B'lSoulful desire.'' Mure likl.ally, '"wul."Af, neph'-

    csh; LAXY, ps?r.cREJ.

    ISAIAH 56 :12-57 :8

    161

    160

    lZ "Come, men! Let me take some wine; and let


    +,\?:'&
    us drink intoxicating liquor to the limit.' And $2Fi:
    tomorrow will certainly turn out just as today, 3gs9
    great in a very much larger way."@
    pi-2.395
    Fr 2 7 2
    The righteous one himself has perished," f ~ ~ ~ $ & .
    but there is no one taking [it] t o heart.'
    And men of loving-kindnessa are being gathered #I=er 45:1
    2:s
    [to the dead],k while no one discerns that it is $&4;:;
    because of the calamity that the righteous one;;:",B;;
    has been gathered away.==Z H e enters into ,,1~114:13
    peace;r they take rest upon their beds,^ [each] zi12$i0
    ~I s2a ~14:18
    116 13 4
    one that is walking straightforward1y.t
    Eze 32325
    3 "As for YOU men, come up close here,u YOU IGe 11:1
    sons of a soothsaying n~ornan,~
    the seed of an
    adulterous3 person and of a woman t h a t corn- ::g%f:9

    57

    rnits prostitution : "Y Over whom is it that YOU ;$;::62:28


    have a jolly good time?* Against whom do YOU
    ~~fi;
    keep opening wide the mouth," keep sticking out
    :
    E
    the tongue?; Are YOU not the chiIdren of trans0e2;o+22"
    session, t h e seed of falsehood/ those who are L a 2 : ~
    AIsa 1:4
    working up passion among big trees14under
    4~;~g;;
    every luxuriant tree,' slaughtering the children
    in the torrent valleys under t h e clefts of the
    +~;:$2~
    @L.?18;21
    crags ?e
    21-3 16:3
    6 "With the smooth stones of the torrent $ ; g y o
    valley was yourb portion.' They-they
    were ;7;;;;\9
    yourb lot.* Moreover, to them youb poured out a
    z:ao
    drinkp offering,k you offered up a gift.11 For vJoe
    rIsa 66:4
    these things shall 1 comfort myself?' 'Upon a 8F;;g;9
    mountain high and lifted up youb set your bed." E;;;%;;
    There also you went up to offer sacrifice.ct ?gg;&
    And behind the door and the doorpost youb
    j

    ~;"z;:,g,:;

    Or, "loyal lovc." b This personal pronoun is in the feminine gender,


    hilrgulnc nmnbcr; rrferlitlg t o Zion or Jcrusnlcm.

    ISAIAH 57: 9-14

    from me you
    uncovered and proceeded t o go up; you made
    bed spaci0us.V And for yourself you went
    vE,",":;::~ your
    concluding a covenant with them. You loved a
    ,vEze23:u bed with t h e m . ~The male organb you beheld.
    OPr 7:17
    And you proceeded t o descend toward Mel'echo
    4's 5 5 : s
    with oil, and kept making your ointments abun03er 9:5
    danka And you continued sending your envoys
    'Jer 2:25
    ,,, ,:, far off, so t h a t you lowered matters t o She'ol.dA
    lo In t h e multitude of your ways you have toiled.0
    ;"p';&!:&7
    ISB.
    51:13 YOUhave not said: 'It is hopeIess!'+ You have
    1cIsa 309
    Isn5!1:3
    found a revival of your own power.e" That is
    J~hr.12:20
    Em 12.22 why you have not grown sick."
    Hn 11 12
    2 ~ 2h : ~
    11 ''Whom did youf become frightened a t and
    11Jer 9:3
    begin t o fear; so that you took up lying?lCBut
    ~n12:2 I was not the one that you remembered." You
    slPs 50.21
    ,,,, 2.32 took nothing t o your heart.= Was I not keeping
    silent and hiding matters?ss So you were in no
    $: ;2;
    Re 2 2 0
    fear even of me.'. 1" myself shaIl tell forth your
    yJer 7.4
    .IUC
    34
    righteousnessu and your works," that they will
    z J e 10 14
    XI ;13:13 not benefit you7 l W h e n you cry far aid your
    Jer 2 2 3 2
    Zec 7:13 colIection of thingsh will not deliver you,z but a
    "gb,T:18windi will carry even all of them away." An EX%
    , gz halation will take them away, but the one taking
    refuge in me will inherit the land" and will take
    2; gjg possession of my holy mountain." l4 And one wiU
    :F: D{2;! certainly say: j 'Bank up, YOU people, bank up!

    ~ J ,set ~your~ memorial.au


    ~ ; ~ For
    ~ apart
    ~

    zb2$%

    rz

    M, ~i.ka.rdn'.Some translators m o d d deiive the Hebrew word here


    from aa.kknrt, meaning "a male," and hence rronld apply sd.ka.rbmt
    fa signify a phallic symbol. LXSVgSy, "memorial"; T , memor ria^
    af your idols.'' b "Tho male organ." Literdly, "hand." 31, g a d Or,
    "the king." d N , shebl; LXK, ,"Ha'des7'; Vg, ia'fe,rS. hteraliy,
    rlhand,Tq81.f T b i ~
    personal pronoun is in the feminine gender, singu3nr numbe~;refezmug to Zion or Jerusalem. g idAndhiding matters B"
    1)y a, vowel repointing of 31; literally, "even horn long agot" AT.
    h Evidently idols. 1 "Widd!r
    M, pzt'ahh; LXX, a'we.mog; Vg,
    rsn'tuu. ) I X X S y , " h i d they mill say"; Vg, $'AndI shall say."

    163
    Clear the way.' Remove any obstacle from the
    3,B
    IFII A.!:IO
    way of my people.'
    L L5~: 5
    15 For t h i s is what the High and Lofty One,@ +iC,; ;$a
    who is residing forever-and whose name is e+$&\jJl:;2
    My,. has said : ''In the height and in the holy g;
    place is where I residc,k also with the one r ~ *~:,m
    n ti,
    crushed and lowly in spIrlt,"m t o raevive the I ~ , : N , ?
    spiritn of the lowly ones and t o revive thc heart ~ ~ ; ? l .
    of the ones being crushed,' I"For it: will not be '!i;n',:i1
    to time i n d e h i t e that I shall contend, nor per- kt;]Ii;;;l
    pLlr.6.a
    petually that I shall be indignant," for because nl's
    3 . 1%
    of me the spirita itself would grow feeble,t even qyt7%
    the breathing creaturesb that I rnyseIf have ":A i i ~
    1
    rnade.'~
    A nr
    I ' ~lr:I?,:!1'78
    17 "At the erroneousness of hirs unjust gain
    I grew indignant,"" and I proceeded to skike l$,"bl$;2;1
    EC 1 2 : ~
    h j m , ~concealing [my lace],' whik I was in- ursn
    5
    dignant. But h e kept walking as a renegade' in v,rrr G : 1 3
    the way of his heart Iu I have seen his very
    ways; and I began to h e ~ himA
    l
    and conduct ~$$~~!,$
    himv and make compensation with comfort t o $;j!:;y
    '
    pxyn F;.ln
    him' and to his mourningt' ones."@
    . P, 2 7 2
    19 "1 am creating the fmit of the lips."Con- ;T;.y+O
    tinttous peacec there will be t o the one that is b7;H'5;i;12
    far away and to the one that is near,"" Jehovah cyc",91,':2L7
    hns said, "and I will heal h1111,~'k
    xxx .~:LI
    I I U I-i:a
    20 "But the wicked are Hke the sea that is ply;;
    m s
    being tossed, when it is unnl~leto calm dorm, a lil..t)
    2.14
    the zvnters of'which keep tossing up seaweed ,I,Ltr ro::io
    5::'11
    and mire. 21Thereis no peace," my Godd has k+"Po
    hfnl 4 2
    r21il
    9
    , ~
    saidl "for the wicked onesnt'r
    I S I L 3:11
    "+

    lf?
    j;

    ,,,,:,,

    "'Spirit?' I f , as'rrkk. "Thc hrcnthiag cr~atares.'~


    Liternlly, ''the
    hmn th~!'' hl. Compare Psalm 160 : 8, foott~ote f. C; ''Coatinuouu
    pence." Literally, "Peace, peace," '1. Compam Isaiah 26 :3, footnote g d"hIy God," NSg m d DSIR; " ~ d , " T; "Jehovah GodF
    LAY-YVg;"Jeho~&,'' about 50 Bcbrcw mnnnscripts.
    I

    ISAIAH 58: 1-7

    58

    "Call out full-thmated; do not hold back."


    Raise your voice just like a trumpet,at
    and teI1 my people their transgwsslon, and the
    house of Jacob their sins. V e t day after day
    it was I whom they kept seeking, and it was in
    the knowledge of my w a y s t h a t they would exvm5:Z press d e l i ~ h t ,like
    ~ a nation that cmried on
    righteousness
    Itself
    and that had not left the
    ~ ~ ~ ~
    1
    veiy justice of their G ~ d , ~iny that they kept
    h n 29.13
    ~ze3;:32 asking me for righteous judgments, drawing
    >tt 1_5.8
    J ~ B I I O : ~ near
    ~
    to Godt' In whom they had delight;=
    %Jrr
    . I + , ~142:2
    2.3
    3 " 'For what reason did we fast and you did
    >Ir 12.14
    .xrr,3
    11 not see,' and did Lve mitt our soul and you
    would take no note?'O
    f;1.u:1251,
    l5:29
    "Indeed YOU people were findlng delight in
    ':Id 18:m
    s'1 68:10 the very day of YOUR fasting," when there were
    /.Jon 3:?
    ISr S:T
    all YOUR toilers that YOU kept driving to tr.ork.+
    .11>r3 4 3
    l4 I n d ~ d
    for contention and s t r u ~ ~YOU
    l e would
    J r t 13
    '1K121:g
    fast,' and for striking with the fist of ~vicked$It 6:16
    23:2
    nessBm
    Dicf YOU not keep fasting as in the day f o r
    making YOUR voice tr, be heard in the height?
    Should the f ~ s that
    t I choose become like this,
    a day for earthling man to afnict his saul?~"
    %;$?,*r e 9:t as
    For bo~vtrlngdown his head just lilce a rush, and
    ES 4:3
    that he should spread ottt mere sackcloth and
    'i2Kimo
    ashes as his couchTk Is it this that you call a
    fast and a day acceptable to Jehovah?
    6 "Is not this the fast that I choose? To loosen
    tNc 5:10 1
    3P:0 the fetters of wickedness,' to release the bands of
    the yoke bar," ancl to send away the crushed ones
    :
    m.rer3.i:14 free,Ot and t h ~ YOU
    t
    people shouId tear in two
    r I J'S
    J ~22.9
    11z:g
    every yoke bar?" Is it not the dividing of your
    LSrr 11:l
    r.:,c 13:7 lbread out to the hungry one,v and that you should
    $y!,z::P bring the afflicted, homeless people into [your]

    """

    I Inn

    2213

    .J,

    Itr, "shn'phar." b ''God?' M, El.o.him'.


    /,,YAY, p.vy.rhF'; Tg, flf?li.rnf7.

    * "$anl."

    31, ~IC-ph'esh;

    ISAIAH 58: 8-13

    ISAIAH 58 :1 G 5 9 :6

    164

    house?s That, in case you should see someone


    naked,yournust coverhimIzandthatyoushouId
    Heb 1 3 2
    not hide yourself from your own flesh?*
    z2Ch %:15
    ,
    8 "In that case your Iight would break forth
    just like the dawn,Dand speedily would recuper- ,$:$?
    atian spring up for you." A n d before you your IJO 3:17
    s
    I
    righteousness would certainly walk;O the very ~PSP 3*.6
    l&:4
    glory of Jehovah would be your rear guard.' A ~ ~ I I ~ ~ a 1 8 I
    Ln that case you would calI, and Jehovah him- <:?&\
    self would answer; you would cry for helpla and
    %
    ;!:
    *EX 14:19
    h e $vould say: 'Here I am!'
    Isa 52:12
    "If you will remove from your midst the-@;;;g;
    yoke bar," the poking out of the fingerk and the
    2;;~
    speaking of what is hurtful;"
    and you will 1:pr 6.1s
    Isa 5;:4
    grant: to the hungry one your own soulful de- nPS; 1::a
    si~e,"'m d you will satisfy the soulb that is being 'E","e5$%
    afflicted, your light also will certainly flash up ' ~ ~ d ~
    even in the darkness, and your gloom wiIl be ,
    ; g;F
    29:18
    like midday.n And Jehovah will be bound t o ILsaU 18:22
    lead you constantlye and to satisfy your soulb t p s s . 9
    Ps 48.14
    even in a scorched land," and he will invigorate FS
    73324
    your very bones,' and you must become like a ",:$
    "::
    well-watered garden,y nnd like the source of U,P,Sd7;:
    water, the waters of which do not lie, I U n d at 3 :;g6
    your instance men willc certainly build up the ;E;i:y5
    GI:U
    places devastated a long time;" you will raise Isa
    Jer 31:12
    up even the foundations of continuous generazp,";g:35
    tions,%d
    YOU will actually be called the re- j e r 31:38
    '
    pairer of the gap,O the restorer of roadways by &':i2
    :W
    NC
    e 6:l
    4:7
    which t o dwe1l.e"
    13 "If in view of the sabbath you will turn
    $;::,$

    ;$A;

    e;&ti;

    sc:a,r

    "Bodful desire." Literally, "soul." M, meph'esh; ZXX, psy.clair;

    Tg, a'4zi.naa. b "Soul." M, msph'ssh; LX;S, psy.eh&'; Vg, ra mema.


    Or, by a carrection, "And TOUr sons 8ill." Or, "devastated for

    time indefinite,"
    Ilomeward,

    Or, "roadrrays t o [one%] dwelling"; that is,

    back your foot as regards doing your awn delights on m y holy day,$ and will actually call the
    sabbath an exquisite delight as belonging to the
    +PYz i : 4
    Holy
    One, Jehovah, who is being glorified,' and
    Ps 42:4
    ~ ~ 8 3 will
    : ~ actually glorify it rather than doing your
    own ways, rather than finding what delights you
    1621 and speaking a word;B you wit! in that case find
    gz your exquisite delight in Jehovah," and I wiIl
    Hab 3:18 make you ride upon the high places of the earth,*
    =Dc 32.13
    De 33129 and I will cause you t o eat from the hereditary
    possession of Jacob your f ~ r e f a t h e r for
    , ~ the
    EEb"3;::!
    mouth of Jehovah itself has spoken [it]
    '$'::&5$
    Ps 136:21
    Jer 3: 19
    Look! The hand of Jehovah has not beIrIss 40:s
    PGC13,l4
    come
    too short that it cannot save,-or
    NU 11:23
    I s a % ~ : 2 has
    ~
    his ear become too heavy that it cannot
    Isa b0:2
    ler s : n hear. ' No, hut the very errors of YOU people
    have become the things causing division between
    : ~
    and YOUR own sins have
    ~ ~ $ YOU
    ~ and
    l ~ YOUR
    ; ~God,au
    ~
    1s. so:1
    caused
    the
    concealing
    of
    [his] face from YOU t o
    Jer 5:25
    \ - ~ 31:l~
    e
    keep
    from
    hearing.v
    For
    YoVR own palms have
    D e 3g.20
    isa 5?::17 become polluted with blood, and YOUR fingers
    Eze 39 :23
    with err0r.Y YOURown lips have spoken false5nc 3:4
    yj;; :;2 h0od.Z YOURown tongue kept muttering sheer
    unrighteousness.* T h e r e is no one calling out
    ~ J g r 7 : g in righteousness," and no one a t all has gone to
    Eze 13:s
    *HOW
    court in faithfulness. There has been a trusting
    3Iic 6:12
    cJer s : ~ in unreality," and a speaking of w~rthlessness.~
    Eze 22.30
    3 1 i ~ i : z There has been a conceiving of trouble, and a
    bringing of what is hurtful to birth.'
    ( Ps 624
    5 The eggs of a poisonous snake are what
    *Pr4:16
    they have hatched," and they kept weaving t h e
    &:",$:
    mere cobweb of a spider." Anyone eating some
    ;G:$+4 of their eggs would die, and the [egg] t h a t was
    G: :;jzi smashed would be hatched into a viper." Their
    'D"~12
    N e 1395
    Jsa 5 6 : ~
    Jcr 17:21

    *E

    .""

    59

    "God." NI El.o.hi?nr.

    ISAIAH 59 :7--14

    166

    mere cobweb will nut serve as a garment,k nor kIata=m


    will they cover themselves with their works." ";zE;:,1"
    Their works are hurtful works, and the activity :; ;ig
    of violenm is in their palms' Their own feet r;if
    keep running to sheer badness,"nd they are J ~ r l i 7
    7.11
    in a hurry t o shed innocent
    Thelr 1-.z8 :<:lo
    thoughts are hurtful thoughts;" havoc and ""!"
    J I I I ~I l~
    22
    breakdown are in their highwrrys.u The a n y of Hi:; $jig
    peace they have ignored,s and Ihere 3s no justice t:",;??$T
    in thefr tracks.=Their roadways they hnvc mnde f;; :+";s
    crooked for themselves.' No one a t all treading tl;:r.,.r 7rr;:!e?r
    in thema will actualIy know peaeeda
    ,i,-8 I
    9 That is why justice has come to be far ;!:?$:!
    away from us, and righteousness does not catch :
    , kZy9
    up with us. W e keep hoping for light, but, look! .$;r,?&:,":5
    darkness; for brightness, [but in continuous
    .{0.?&
    gIoorn ure lcept walking.: " PWe keep groping for Ohb
    $1-r H IS
    the waIl just like blind men, and like those tvith- ;:;: i;:;~
    out eyes we keep groping.' We have stumbled +I>,) 2Hm2g
    at high noon just as in evening darkness; among j~~~~
    the stout ones [we are] just like dead peopte,"
    " We keep groaning," all of us, Just lilcc bears, AER,Tklt4
    and like doves rve mournfully keep cooing,W 7 e +.I;',
    kept hoping for justice, but there mas none; for tc;;lmw55
    sG
    salvation, [but] it has stayed far away Prom nF:tr
    12
    u s . k l * ~~r~urtransgressionshnve
    becornernany 1Ilt
    I,rh
    in front of
    and as f o r our dns, each one :',C,r?:'
    has testified against us.' F o r our transgrc%q,sions :;;:;{$
    arc with us; and as for our errors, we well know RE;:$:A~
    them.8 IS There have been transgressing and a t;;$;!M
    denying of Jehovah11and there was a retreating I W n$Ic
    AC a: 3
    from our God,b a speaking of oppression and uI,n.ii:e
    revolt,u a conceiving and R muttering of words $1$'2:29
    of falsehood from the very heartv And justice vj","$2A

    3 r r 3::6
    1-c
    5:23
    5:7
    I4ab 1:4

    .
    :
    I
    n
    .I.;

    "Them," LXXVgSyT and one Hebrew mnnusmipt j "it," M and

    32:2

    *,JI S RB7:28
    S:~

    ,Ho

    4:l

    RO 8 : s
    I J o 3.12

    1's 306.23

    '1

    and righteousness itself


    kept standing simply far offerFor truth has
    stumbled in the public square itself, and even
    what is slraightfonvard Is unable to enter.=
    l5 And the truth proves to be missing,' and anyone turning away from badness is being de-

    AndJehov~hgattosee,eanditwasbadinhis
    there wag no j u ~ t i c e .la
    ~And when he
    Isn 50.2
    Ezc 33:m saw that there was no rnanInhe began to show
    *Ps 95:l
    Isn 5 2 3 0 himself astonished thnt there was no one interposing.' And his n r m proceeded to save for him,
    ;":@
    :
    $:;
    and his a w l righteousness was the thing that
    -!.~h
    T;gh6:14
    8 3 7 ~upp~rtedhim.*~~~henheputonrighteo~lsn
    ! 1115:s
    as a mat of mail," and the helmet of salvation
    Hue 32:s
    ps 94:r
    upon
    his head.' Furthermore, he put on the garHeb l@:N
    r ; ~ ,m.5 rnents of vengeance RS raiment" and enwrapped
    tldob 2.1:11
    PS 18:N himself with insistence on exclusive devotion as
    PS 6 a : l a
    if a sleeveless coat." '
    "n accordance with the
    ,
    ,
    J
    dealings he will reward correspondingly," rage
    g
    ;
    i6i27
    cJer ;6:lQ to his R ~ V P ~ S R T ~ E Sdue
    ,'
    treatment t o his enerPs21:g
    mies.T
    To
    the
    idandsh
    he
    will recompense due
    Isa1:24
    ~a 4:li treatment.8
    And
    from
    the
    sunset they will beEze 5:13
    LU rs:n gin to fear the name of JchovahrCfind from the
    .=Isa2.32
    Tising of the sun the glory of him," for he will
    t~sn:n
    ,~&l~zi:~come in Ii ke a djstressing river,"which the very
    spilsitd of Jehovah has driven a l o n ~ . ~
    ,,\gl&&
    2ec 4 : 6
    20 "And the RepurchaserY mill certainly
    2
    :
    come even to Zion,s and to those turning from
    ig,"$27
    Isa 6 2 2 1
    transgression* in Jacob,"* is the utterance of
    *I:ze
    R" '""
    Jehovah.
    will
    ~ mm. in like
    a lMrtn." .\I, id. b Or, 'lconetbndq.ll 4 Or,4 % l i r t n

    ISAIAH 59 :15-20

    was forced to retreat,

    y,m2

    ;I'

    DSXn. "God." M, EE-o-him'.

    167

    eyes that

    n riv~r." d Or, "wind; blaat," Nea O ~ n o s 1i ~:2, Eootnot~d, "And to


    f l l n ~ cturning from trsnspaion," bIVg; "nnrl he Anll turn away
    n n ~ o d l ypractices," L.LT; '+ant1to those turning nnrighteoegnesa
    1IlTll~;'

    &.

    ISAIAH 59 :21-60 :6

    168

    21 "And as for me, this is my covenant with "$&4$;


    A h a 11:2
    them,"n Jehovah has said.
    Joh 1:U
    "My spirit that is upon youw and my words 0:$;5"i816
    that I have put in your m o u t h L t h e y willnat be J O 7~3 s
    60:4
    removed from your mouth or from the mouth +Isa
    xIsa B B : ~ Z
    of your offspringbt or from the mouth of the ":fEl:'4$:~z
    offspring of your offspring," Jehovah has said, ,!$ty::&
    I
    "from now on even to time indefinite,"'
    %j: ?6:
    nIsa 9:2
    "Arise, 0
    shed forth light,k L~ 139
    1:9
    far your light has cornell and upon you . ~doh
    1~14:2
    the very glory of Jehovah has shone f o r h r Fp","43?4
    ? For, look! darkness itself will cover the earth,s
    sg
    and thick gloom the national group^;^ but upon t;E$z3
    you Jehovah will shine forth, and upon you his 1%: $gyg
    own glory will be seenu a And nations will cer- ;gi;;$
    tainly go to your light,^ and kings t o the bright- rsa 11:lo
    Mic 4:2
    ness of your shining f o r t h . ~
    Ro 15:LO
    4 "Raise yourd eyes all around and see!" They , ~ ~ i ~ , ,
    have all of them been collected together;* they $:;$:
    have come t o
    From f a r away youra own fp4;j;S
    sons keep coming, and you$ daughters who will ~;~?m;16
    I
    be taken care of on the flank." "At
    that time DIsa &:6
    you will seee and certainly become radiant,O and A%: %:4."
    your heart will act~lallyquiver and expand,' ,;",tr8i:%
    because to you the wealthiness of the sea will &;+:;?
    54:2
    direct i t ~ e l f the
    ; ~ very resources of the nations +Isa
    mIsa 2414
    will come to you." " The heaving mass of camels yTE,';IeA?i;
    itself will cover you," t h e young male camels of Isa
    61:6
    2:s
    Mid'i.an and of E'phah. All those from She'ba" Hag
    R o 15:26
    -they will come. Gold and frankincense they i$5{:z::1

    60

    "Tau," i n the masculine gender, singular number. Ljierdly,


    "secd," M. ' ( 0woman," because the one addressed i~ feminine, the
    pronoun "SOU" in this passage being in the feminine gender, singuInr number, the same as the Hebrew verbs. LXX'CfgT read: "0
    Jerusalem !" d The pronoun is in the feminine gender, singular number, as in Terse 1. ""See," MLXCVgSyT and DSIa; "fear," 15 o r
    inore Hebrew manuscripts.
    a

    /
    I

    will carry.' And the praises of Jehovah they wiII


    announce." All the flocks of Ke'dart-they will
    be collected together to you. The rams of Ne.ba'iothu-they will minister to you.VWith approval
    they will come up upon my altar,y and I shall
    beautify my own house of beauty."
    X "Who are these t h a t come flying just like n
    cloud,*and like doves to their birdhouse holes?'
    T o r it is in me t h a t the islandsa themselves wilI
    keep hopingAthe ships of Tar'shishQ also as at
    the first, in order t o bring your sons from far
    away,' their silver and their gold being with
    them," t o the name of Jehovah your Godbxand
    to the HoIy One of Israel,* for he will have beautified you.k I"And foreigners" will actually
    build0 your walls,n and their own kings will minister to y o q r for in my indignatian I shall have
    struck
    but in my good will I shall certainly
    have mercy upon y o n t
    11 "And your gates will actually be kept
    opena constantly;~they will not be closed even
    by day or by night, in order t o bring t o you the
    resources of the nations,' and their kings will
    be taking the 1ead.y lZForany nation and any
    kingdom that will nut serve you will perish, and
    the nations themselves will without fail come
    to devastationmZ
    13 "To you the very glory of Leb'a-non will
    come, the juniper tree, t h e ash tree and the
    cypress at the same time,' in order t o beautify
    the place of my sanctuary;' and I shall glorify
    the very place of my feetn4

    Literally, " ~ o n sof forOr, "coastlands." b "God." M, El.oLhimna'.


    cignnm [or, a foreign country]: 31. d "Your gates rvill actually
    bc k ~ p topen? by a correction in agreement with L X W g S y T ;
    liternllg, "open son your gates," M and DSIa.

    ISAIAH 60 :1 6 2 1

    171

    170

    14 "And t o you the sons of those afflicting ofsa14:2


    you must go, bowing down;0and all those treating you. disrespectfully must bend down at the
    &s2
    very soles of your feet,' and they will have to ;E
    ~ ~ 8 7 - 3
    call you the city of Jehovah, Zion of the H d y gt:?2$2
    One of Israel.@
    RC 14:1
    Re
    3 : ~
    15 "Instead of your proving to be forsaken $
    ;:,&:
    and hated, with no one passing through," I will :;;g;i4
    even set you as a thing of pride to time in- ?;El7
    definite, an exultation for generation after generation." l" And you will actually suck the milk *Isa ;;2;
    35:lO
    of nation^,^ and the breast of kings you will :":P"3%:i:711
    suck;n and you will be certain to know that I, '\",","&?i:
    Jehovah,lb am your Savior,s and the Powerful ,H,",gZ&
    Onet of Jacob is your Repurchaser.au l7 hstead ;Rp$g~
    of the copper I shall bring in gold,' and instead rLt 2:1o
    4621
    of the iron I shall bring in silver, and instead of tPs
    ps 132:2
    the wood, copper, and instead of the stones, iron; i:z &?&
    and I will appoint peace as your overseersby ,:",",Em;:
    v~l Kri21:18
    10:21
    !
    and righteousness as your task assigners."
    18 "No more will violence be heard in your Yj+Ti2i1
    land, havoc or breakdown within your bounda- d:;P:26
    ries.%nd you will certainly call your otvn walls ;:;* $!9
    Salvationn and your gates Praise.* For you the z;: ;81
    sun will no more prove to be a Iight by day, and .nnc 19.1
    36:9
    for brightness the moon itself will no more give CPs
    R e 2123
    you lightnbAnd Jehovah must become ta you an +RC
    ePs 22:s
    33
    indefinitely lasting light,' and your GodCyour g'zig
    beauty." 'ONo more will your sun set," nor will z;;;jF
    your moon go on the wane;for Jehovah himself pmyi,"
    will become f o r you an indefinitely lasting light, Jas 1:17
    and the days of your mourning will have mme
    giy9
    to completion." And as for your people, all of gts,aZ3::i0
    a Or, "I am Jehovah our Gavior and your Repnrchase~,the Pomerful One of Jacob." ~ ~ u t e r s l l y
    "goor
    ,
    o~enigbt,'~
    1II. a
    M,

    ?,";A

    ::*

    El.o.himt.

    ;;;k

    ISAIAH 60:22-43 :5

    $j3 them will, be righteous;k to time indefinite they

    will hold possession of t h e land," the sprout of


    mya planting,= the work of my hands,afor [me]
    I'PS92:13
    2 2 The little one himself will
    ?.it 15:U to be bea~tified.~
    become a thousand, and the d
    E
    .
    one a mighty
    , T~sa 44:23
    , " , ~nati0n.u
    i ~ ~ I myself, Jehovah, shalI speed it up in
    uDa 2135 ifS own time,"'
    Mt 13:32
    The s iritb of the Lord J d o v a h c is upon
    -.
    m e e f o-r-t e -reason that Jehovah
    __has
    Hnb 2:s
    2 2 $: = i ~ e F m e & to-&lI-good lr1ews-to. the meek
    11<-hassent me t o bhd up the brokenB ~ ~ , ~ones.*
    #
    &aaed,"To
    call out libertyd t o those taken capePs
    >yc 2:6
    10 .a
    *PS 2 2 26 t&eLA
    and
    the
    widee opening - [oTfhe >@s 1
    M t 11:s
    EPS 1.m
    to
    the
    ~risoners;~
    ' to call out the year-of good
    2Co 7 6
    day of
    A P ~ I D L y~i ~l l on the part of JehGa35iFttiie
    Jer 36:s
    vengeance
    on
    the
    part
    ofour
    God;ew
    t
    o
    cornfir
    d:18
    .- - -all the mooiiin& ones;" "to
    assign to thos2
    mourning over Zion, to give- -them .a headgear
    in%ea_d -of. ashes,* the oirof -exultation instead
    :";!:
    -vurnicg,k the m&tleof--praise instead of
    LU *4
    &:?I
    t-wnhearted
    spirit;"
    and they must be called
    . --..,
    big
    trees
    of
    righteousness,"the
    of Jehof:;,",";!;
    g
    v
    f
    d
    .
    h
    i
    r
    &
    t
    o
    _
    b
    e
    beautifiep
    4And
    they
    r;&;2iy
    must
    rebuild
    the
    long-standing
    devastated
    ;3hy!2
    they will raise up even the desolated
    &$,"&%
    places
    of
    former
    and they will certainly
    ,~,'n1;3~,
    make
    anew
    the
    devastated
    cities,y the places
    ,g,l$z,3
    n~

    gjil

    F L 21:~

    s!zgj?

    61 +

    .t;:gi:
    J J ~

    mzec fl:17
    OJoe
    3:17

    desolate for generation after generation.


    5 "And strangers3 wiIl actually stand and
    shepherd the flockso of YOU people," and the

    "Afy," Vg(GpT) and 14 or inore Hebrew manuscripts; "Jehovah's," DSIa; "his" (planting), N. b"Epirit." &I, ru'ahh; L X X ,
    pneqi'ma; Vg, spidd.tus. See Genesis 1.: 2, footnote d. "The Lord
    Jehovnl~.~'A.do.nay' yeho.u*ih'. See l s a i ~ h7:7, footnote g. ri Or,
    "rrlcaso; manumission [of slaves] ?' * "God." 31, El.o.htm'.
    a

    ISAIAH 61: 6-11

    173

    172

    ISAIAH 62:1-6

    ,Ps,,,:,

    foreignersa will be YOUR farmers*and YOUR vine- *p,Yjg


    d r e ~ s e r s . And
    ~ as for YOU,t h e priests of JehoR;I.$
    vah YOU will be caIledf the ministers of our ;u;;
    Godb YOU will be said to be.O The resources of E e T : I ~
    the nations YOU people will eat,* and in their
    glory YOU will speak elatedly about yourselves.@
    ;Instead of YOUR shame there will be a double

    Isa 4 5 8

    ;;;;I
    'E
    i',"&z

    *Ps 115:14
    blessed."'
    Isa 65:23
    10 Most certainly I shall emit in Jehovahnnaygal;::6
    My soul will be joyful in my Godnb"For he has
    clothed me with the garments of s a l v a t i ~ n L; i~" u . 4 6
    6.41
    with the sleeveless coat of righteousness he has 42Ch
    p s 13236
    enwrapped me,' like the bridegroom who, in a &:;
    priestly way, puts on a headgear,' and like the *P,S,\3&g
    +
    bride who decks herseIf with her ornamental ,P,h2;:i9
    things." lLFor as the earth itself brings forth ,$$4"i1:,
    its sprout, and as the garden itself makes the ~ ; ~ ~ ; ~ 8
    things that are sown in it sprout,* in like man~~j~~
    I

    F;;

    ":;:

    .Literally, "sons of foreignness [or, a foreign country]," bT.


    "Qod." M, EZ.o.lrim', "Along with unrighteousness," by a slight
    correction of RI, rn agrcenrcut with LXX and Ave Hebrew nialluscripts; "and unrighteoumess," Sy ; "in whole kumt offering," MVg,
    d Literally, "seed," 31.

    nati0ns.n
    Fox the sake of Zion I shall not keep
    ?P"e6i9'
    rPs 51:18
    still,' and for the sake of Jerusalems I
    Ps 102:l.S
    SPS 122:~ shall not stay quiet until her righteousness goes
    Ps 13i:6
    z,, 2:12 forth just like the brightness,t and her salvation
    like a torch that burnsmu
    2 "And the nations will certainly see yourb
    ; ;
    righteo~sness,Y
    0 ~ o r n a n , ~and
    Y all kings yourb
    ~Isa
    I s 5a-2:10
    51ic 3:8
    g10ry.z And youb will actually be called by a new
    Joh 10:16
    name,' which the very mouth of Jehovah will
    vTsn GO:I
    h ~ 72:10
    s
    you must become a crown of
    49;23 designate.&"nd
    Isa 60:ll
    beauty
    in
    the
    hand
    ~f Jehovah," and a kingly
    *Isa sj:15
    turban in the paIm sf your God.a No mare will
    Eg$:,26
    Ge 32133 you be said t o be a forsaken wornan,@and your
    %ec 9:1&
    irh 2 : l s own land will no more be said t o be desolate;+C J s t i 54:G
    +Iua 3 2 : ~ but you yourself will be called My Delight Is
    Xsa 49:14
    R e 113 in Her,"@and your land Owned as a WifeqfFor
    E
    .4
    :64 Jehovah will have taken delight in you, and
    own Jand wiIl be owned as a wife.% For
    p&!2i? your
    just
    as
    young man takes ownership of a virgin
    :?;, HO 2.19 as his awife,
    your sons will take ownership of
    ltPs 45.11
    Isa 49121 you as a wife,k And with the exultation of a
    der 32:41
    bridegroom over a bride, your Godd will exult
    ,cn3:n
    Isa 6529 even over you." Upon your walls, 0 Jerusalem,
    rlcb
    12:22
    -.Isa 621
    nIsa 60:18

    z:3
    z~;';.;~~

    portion,' and instead of humiliation they will cry '$5; $$+g


    out joyfully over their share.* Therefore in their ;;,*%zi;
    land they will take possession of even a double
    portian,k Rejoicing to time indefinite is what kzcc R l a
    will come to be theirs." For I, Jehovah, m lov- '2 g::i
    ing justice,r hating robbery along with unright- , " p ~ ~ ~ ; ~ 6
    e o u s n e ~ sAnd
    . ~ ~ I will give their wages in true- g$;;;;;4
    n e ~ sand
    , ~ an indefinitely lasting covenant I shall ;iy;:;o
    conclude toward them.u "nd
    their offspringGnrt 20:s
    will actually be known even among the nations,v v'r,$,"$3i5
    and their descendants in among the pe0ples.y MI Etbf k!o
    those seeing them will recognize them,z that v$C i4j:
    they are the offspringd whom Jehovah has ;:,":.?

    ner Jehovah" himself wilI cause the sprouting of


    righteousnessk and of praise in front of all the

    62

    :;;z

    a"Jehovat," L X X ; "the Lord Jehovnh,l* 11; "Jehovah God,"


    TgSyT and DSIn. Compare Isaiah 7: 7,footnote g. This is one of
    the 134 passages in which the Jewish Sopherim changed YCIbo.wnln',
    maccompanied by A.do.mnyr ("tho Lord"), into A.do..rmau' in the
    primitive Hebrew text; however, R.1 has retnined both WOI-dstogether
    i n its text, hence having to make tho divine riame here rend Yc7to.uri/~'.
    "0
    b The pronoun i s in t;he feminine gender, singnlar number.
    woman," to show that the one here addressed i s in the f e m i n i n e
    sender, s i n g - u l ~ rnumber, and is spoken to as a woman, namely,
    derusalm. d ('God." hi, El.o.kim'. *"My Delight Is in Her." Or,
    L'ILeph'xi+bah,"M, Hheph.tai-bak'. for, "Owned by a Eusband."

    Or, "Be~'lah.'~?vX, Be'~r.lrah'.

    175

    1 have commissioned watchmen." All day long r;$h$';14


    and a11 night long,constantly, let them not keep ;!$ :,".;;;
    P 1% 13.1: I
    stillas
    10 .1
    "You who are making mention of Jehovah,' I tnt.
    ~I(;P ~ : 2 6
    1-l'h :. 17
    Eet there be no silence on YOUR part,u and do not c I ~ n~
    r~ i :
    give- him any silence until he fixes solidly, yes, $:E!:/,'
    until hesefs Jerusalemasa praise in t h e earth."" ;!2',o!i
    8 Jehovah has swam with his right handy ,1;',"2;1:;
    and with his strong arm: "I will no more give :;y$.r;7
    1 ?3
    yourn grain as food to youP enernie~,~
    nor \vill II V) PL IGU~.'f1
    foreignersb drink your& new wine,' for which : : > n 30
    youn ]lave toiled. But the very ones gathering .i;:?P ''
    it w i l l eat it, and they will be certain to praise 'I',R$?3
    <
    Jehovah; and the very ones collecting it will '!lj!:"!3
    * l x n I1H
    1 : 12
    :~
    drink it in my holy courtyards,""
    10 Pass out, pass out through the gates, You ;,JJ;:';;~
    .men." Clear the way of the people,* Bank up,
    bank up the highway." Rid [it] of stones.' Raise
    ;; :;:jg
    up a signale for the peoples.*
    tll.;~l 'n::~
    11 Look! Jehovah hirnseIf has caused [it] 3';: ?$&
    to be heard t o the farthest part of the earth:]r
    I
    ;;.zU
    "SAY fo the daughter of Zion,'>'Look! Your sn1- mi;; ;ti;"
    vation is coming.^ Look! The reward he gives r z ~ uze .I
    15.58
    is with h h , 9 and the wages he pays are before tll:o
    7. 22 12
    IIRF 3l:l,lD
    him.' "r
    I n !:IT
    12 And men wiLl certainly call them the holy '1% !lT;p
    peoplelUthose repwchssed by Jehovah;' and ,,,nlI'* 1:H
    h.%%
    you yourself will be called Searched For,dr a 'zoc
    1,u 15 1
    City Not Forsaken.&
    Jon l o 16
    aHc 21 3
    Who is t h i s one coming from E'dom,c' IF!;
    the one with garments of glowing mlors *so 315
    from Boz'rah,= this one who is honorable in his wAm1:l*
    I
    cb

    ,,:,

    63

    The pmnonn is in the feminine gender, singular numhm, being


    ad&essd to Zion or Jerusalem. b Litemlk, "the wns of f o r c i ~ n c ~ s
    [or, a foreign muntq]," 31. 11, sis; Yg,sig'nwtn. d 11,U C r ~ ~ 3 l c n k ' ,
    I n the feminine gender, singular nnrnbcr.

    ISAIAH 63 :2-8

    clothing, marching in the abundance af his


    power?'
    "I, the One speaking in righteousnessr4t h e
    -IMI
    -15.24 One abounding [in power] to save-'"
    aJoo 3 1,s
    2 Why is it that your clothing is red, and your
    I 2
    1.+:*
    111
    garments am like those of one treading in the
    Lrt I 15
    !4rnl I 3
    wine press?*
    ltll 1.;: 19
    k run <: l:n
    3 "'The wine tmugh I have trodden by my.
    > j ! t h .i 141
    self,' while there was no maria with me from the
    r t x i :1.3
    I!,. Ip.in peoples. And I kept treading them in m y anger,'
    sIsrq GI:?
    Janr51:Ii and I kept trnmpling them down in m y rage.k
    1.u 21 .:'a
    H I Ir::rl
    .
    And their spurting blood kept spattering upon
    HI-IL . < I Y
    ,IIr8.r ,41 :'RI my garments, and a11 my clothing I have polluted,
    For the day of vengeance is in my
    I l l 5 t I :,I) L
    hcclrt,r and the very year of my repurchased
    ;i:;$;t?G
    3's ~ : l ones has comee And I kept looking, but there
    I.un4fI:lO
    I
    : W R S no he1per;t and I began t o show myseLf
    1q1t !>7vio
    J I , II ~:#:a nstonf shed,'i but there was no one offering supST<fi 5 9 : y
    portnvSo my nrm proceeded to furnish me saI-,,,
    v a t l o n , ~ancl my rage was what supported me.z
    '
    .L*r-lrJ:m
    tlilr Y,->:I~ And I kept stamping down peoples in my
    nan-JI:llj anger,* and I proceeded t o make them drunkb
    I?U If, ti
    ~ 1 . : 1 2 ~ : : 5 with my rageu and to bring down t o the earth
    l < ' ,Ih:Zt
    i p s w::{
    their spurtinp; blood."&
    1'9 JO?.8
    I
    I
    7 T h e Ioving-kindnesses~ofJehovah I shall
    IPNO
    1 ,Sk
    :I::
    rnention,Vhe praises of Jehovah,' according to
    ,E f ~ l l : Yall that Jehovah has rendered t o us? even the
    abundant goodness to the house of Israel"that
    'TIC1 8x4
    has rendered to them according to his mer2;y;i5; I he
    I
    cies
    and according to the abundance of his
    I?& "'7
    1 1 i';~ aa loving-kindnesses."" a And he went on to say:
    kq 17 7
    R o ll:a ''Surely they are my peaple,k sons that win not
    prove false.'" So it was to them that he came
    NU
    19
    Isn 43,19

    -1

    !h

    ,_

    ='Iproceeded to hreak tbcm to pieces,'; atcarding

    '%.~i."~
    >I,
    ish. b
    ri ~ i u r n b ~of
    r Hebrew

    tn
    I

    Or, "111.19 of loyal love,"

    mmurrcripts nnd early printed editiam.

    ISAIAH 63 :9-15

    176

    t o be a Savior.' During all their distress it was


    distressing t o himnas And his own personal

    177

    rF;d',"tp

    and 17 Hebrew manuscripts. "During all


    their distress he was no adwrsar;r.,'j 11. b Or, more Literally, l'thc
    angel of his person," M. c Or, '&he.?>
    d "His servant," Sy and some
    Rehrew ~nanuscripts;'dEand]his people," MVg and DSIa, "Shepherds," 3ITg and DSIa; Lkhepherd," LXXSyT m d U. or more Hehrerv manuscripts. f Or, "the deeps." ll, hat-t6ho.rnbfh'.

    me they have restrained themselves.ao


    For
    you
    are our Father;Aalthough Absaham
    u e 3339
    Jer
    26
    a
    1.6
    himself
    may
    not have known us and Israel him> I t 6:9
    self may not recognize us,O you, 0 Jehovah, are
    OEC 9:s
    -Isn 41~14
    our Father. Our Repurchaser of long ago is
    IS, 4 4 6
    p$ey:& your name.' IiWhy do you, 0 Jehovah, keep
    er;,l%giio
    making us wander from your
    Why do
    "?o;",m
    you make our heart hard against t h e fear of
    Isn s.10
    you?' Come back for the sake of your servants,
    Joh 12:40
    R~ ~ 1 8 the tribes of your hereditary possession.*la For
    *Nu 10:36
    a little while your holy peopIe had posse~sion.~
    PS 742
    k ~ g ~ ~Our
    l $ own adversaries have stamped down your
    sanctuary.I1 lU We have for a long time become
    &:!f
    lips
    fsa 7@:11
    43
    as those over whom you did not rule,r as those
    upon whom your name had not been called.g
    ~ a 12 :4 1
    ~t
    20
    "Psm
    AEX
    4 7:

    ~Toward
    ltr

    sF6
    ;1
    ;6

    messengerb saved thern.t In his love and in his t!zxd1;i:"


    compassion he himself repurchased thern,u and ilDe 7:s
    he proceeded to lift them up and carry them all , ' E " . ~ : : ~ o
    ~e 1:31
    the days of long agaY
    Isn 46:3
    10 But they themselves rebelledy and made
    ;I;
    his holy spirit feel hurt.%He now was changed ZE;~T;;;O
    into an enemy of theirs;" he h h s e I f warred AC 7:5i
    against themmG
    " And onec began to remember G$E h,ft:44 3 0
    the days of long ago," Mosesm his servant; *$ Ez
    "Where is the One that brought them up out $&3,0i4
    of the seao with the shepherdse of his flock?+ ;:&
    Where is the One that put within him His own
    holy spirit?' l2 The One making His beautiful ;;;i;;5
    ~5%
    arm go at the right hand of Moses;" the One bk;
    I s a 51':10
    splitting the waters on account of them' in order lgui:i?&
    to make an indefinitely lasting name for his own g,",gh;5
    self ;k l8 the One making them walk through the xE
    $::;6
    14:2i
    surging watersf s o that, like a horse in the wil- *EX
    Jos 3:16
    delmess, they did not get to ~ t u r n b l i n g ? ~Just Pa
    1437
    as when a beast itself goes down into the valley kEx
    1sa 5.533
    plain, the very spirit of Jehovah proceeded t o fg :&T9
    TJOS n:4
    make them rest.""
    JOE
    232
    Thus you led your people in order t o make a ":g;1$:3
    beautiful name for your own se1f.a
    tDe
    Ne 9:s
    2.6:~
    15 Look from heaven' and see out of your zCpig
    lofty abode of holiness and beautyauWhere are F$:&:iF
    your zealv and your full might, the commotion ':g1&g;"21
    of your inward parts, and your mercies?" !E&'o

    ISAIAH 63:16-64: 5

    'k

    Re 11:2
    I-Ps7935
    ,S m:4

    '

    64

    Oh, if onIy you had ripped the heavens


    apartfitthat you had come d o m , u that
    'E%:'won account of you the very mountains had
    2?,4,i:; quakedlbV as ix7hena fire ignites ff~ebrushwood,
    tpe;4$$, [and] the fire makes the very water boil up, in
    u ~ y c ; 9 ~ 1 order t o make your name h o w n to your adverr P s u:7
    saries,r that on account of you the nations might
    Ps 68:s
    2 ~ 3:
    e10
    be agitated!" a When you did fear-inspiring
    y1Sa 17:46
    things for which we could not hope, you came
    p,
    ",J'&j;
    down.* On account of you the mountains themselves quaked.= And from time long ago none
    "E,": have heard," nor have any given ear, nor has
    an eye itself seen a God,C except you,; that
    .Z:E;fp" acts for the one that keeps in expectation of
    EE1g. him,+ YOUhave met up with the one exulting
    &FD and doing righteousness, those who keep remem:ail,, bering you in your o m ways.'
    a Ox,"mercies, [that] have restrained thelnselves eren toward me 7"
    AC

    14_:16

    :;;z;;!
    ,g

    a According to 3lmargln

    Hel-e in 3t chapter 63 ends, this 1-erse being pat* of its rerse 19

    ahove.

    "God." 11, El.o.kim'.

    ISAIAH 64:-5:l

    ISAIAH 65 :2-7

    17s

    Look! You yourself became indignant,^while


    3p am!'* to a nation that was not callinga upon my
    H o 1.10
    we kept sinning-in them a long time,# and ~ P 103:17
    S
    Zec 2:ll
    should we be savedlk And we became likel$$,Tt:4
    2~10
    2 "I have spread out my hands all day long to
    'De 31:ZT
    someone unclean, all of us," and all our acts of
    Isa 1:a
    a
    stubborn people,' #those who are walking in
    Ac 751
    righteousness are Iike a covering for periods of
    G P ~36:4
    the way that is not good,&after t h ~ i xthoughts;"
    Le12:~
    menstruation;' and we shall fade away like rLC
    xgli6;a9 the people [made up of] those offending me
    15:20
    leaf age,^ all of us, and our errors themselves& rllp 3:9
    right t o my face constantly," sacrificing in the
    ,
    ~S~~~
    3:17
    will carry us away just like a windat? And there ,I,,Rc 90:s
    gardensk and making sacrificial smoke upon
    3;
    %;
    $
    ,
    7
    I
    17:s
    is no one calling upon your narnqu no one rousthe bricks,h 'seating themselves among the
    I S 3 1.3
    ing himself to lay hold on you,Vfor you have tg3',$::,,
    nEx 20.25 burial ~ l a c e s who
    , ~ also pass the night even in
    rXu 19:16
    conceded your face f m us,y and you cause us uE;
    m 8:28 the watch huts,ca eating the flesh of the pig,t
    1,
    ~ 3 I r5:5
    visa 27:s
    to meltz by the power of our error.*
    t L e ~ l : i even the broth of foul" things being in their
    yDe 31:17
    8 And now, O Jehovah, you are our Father." Zp;%7;17
    vesse1s;~"thosewhoaresaying;'Keepc1oseto
    I, &;$: : :
    We a r e the clay,&and you are our Potter,b4and *Eze 2233
    y ~ u r s e l fDo
    . ~ not approach me,Y for I shall cer;
    ?
    rLu15:2
    all of us are the work of your hard." Do not be :!E %i:z
    tainly convey holiness t o you.'d~These are a
    zLu 18.9
    * P r 6:17
    indignant, 0 Jehovah, to the extreme,' and do
    smoke in my nostrils,"
    fire burning all day
    Pr 1 6 5
    not forever remember [our] error: Look, now, 4$;&0"
    one 2$;20
    L E x 17:14
    please: we are all your people.* Your own
    6 "Look! It is written before me.* I shall not
    P~5 6 s
    CPS 5(' 3
    holy cities have became a wildernexs.~~
    Zion it- &48,:17
    -,I
    42.34 'keep sti11,Obut I will render a reward;+I will even
    self has become a sheer wildexness,n Jerusalem ps 79:s
    render
    reward
    into their own besom," for
    ' ~ ~ ~
    ~ ; the
    2 ~
    ,
    a desolate waste.' l1 Our house of holiness and 1;"p'z?i?f3 +
    theirg own e m r s and for the errors of theirs
    beauty," in which our forefathem praised yoqt k25'$:9
    forefathers a t the same time,"" Jehovah has said.
    .EF&fi21
    has itself become something for b m i n g in the n & ~ ~ $ ~ 2
    "Because they have made sacrificial smoke upon
    $6
    fire;u and every one of our desirable things has9;;&;:;
    the
    mountains,' and upon the hills they have rebecome a devastation.v l2 h the face of these ; ~ $ ~ , ~ ~ . ~ :$i*$3 proached me,k I will also measure out their
    kF&@z$28
    things will you continue keeping yourself in 3er ~ 1 3
    $$12gfg wages first of all into their own bosom."n
    check, 0 Jehovah?y Win you stay still and let fk7'6fY0
    P
    s
    83:l
    us be afnicted to the extreme?"
    "Yhlling," by a slight change o f vowel pointing, in agreement with
    Ps 89:46
    Re 6.10
    1,XXT'gS~T;r'called," 31. b Possibly the pa>-ement of the plaw for
    "I have let myself be searched for by
    offering sacrifice; or the roof tila. Qr, by a moderate correction,
    those who had not asked [for me] I zp;Piha
    *PS ~ L ; W
    "even among the socks." LAUS-*,"in the ca~es.'' d Or, "I: have behave let myself be found by these who had not g:g"%
    come holy toward you." e T (Babp1oni.m) of this rerse reads: "-4s
    for these, their anger is as a slnake before me ; t h e f punishmmt shall
    looked for meqU
    I have said: 'Here I am, here I nzE2$E
    he in Gehinnam [Gehenna] where the fire burns all the dar."
    a "Errors themselves," LXXYgSyT and DSIa and 13 other Hebrew
    T (Babylonian) renders the second half of the Terse : %but I: will

    ;T;a~;:lo

    ~~~~~

    ei"2:f

    -el;;:

    ,eA;',

    65

    manuscripts; "erro~itself," MCRL and many other Hebrelv lannuscripts. b Or, "Former."
    "For me,'' L X X S y and three Hebrew

    ivndm to them the punishment of their transgressions and will deliver their bodies t o the second death." g "Their," LLXSTA~SJIUT~;

    manuscripts.

    "YOUR," RIVgT.

    181
    8 This is what Jehovah has said: "In the
    same way that the new winer is found in the
    duster and someone has t o say, 'Do not ruin
    it,t because there is a blessing in it,'u so I. shall

    rJg 9:13

    t3er m:11

    ,y;:fi
    v~e"j'g
    s:n
    RO

    do for the sake of m y servantsa in order not t o .I,Ro 11:26


    I I : ~
    bring everybody to ruin.7 " And I will bring ,% Gz1
    forth out of Jacob an offspringby and out of
    i::,
    Judah the hereditarp possessor of my moun- "$fp~1"3::$
    t a i n s , ~and my chosen ones must take possession
    ; ~ ~ ; f ~ ~
    of it,c* and my own servants will reside the~e.~'nk~ohl0:16
    And Shar'onAmust become a pasture ground !e,"g:"s4
    for sheepm and the valley of A'&or4 a resting '2; :$;$::
    place for cattle, for my people who will have x$ekTf,3,
    Re I ~ : I
    looked for me.'
    #De 3217
    11 "But YOU men are those leaving Jehovah,' :&2,;%,
    those forgetting my hoIy mountain," those set- k;;;l;
    ting in order a table for the god of Good Luckm
    $;?&
    and those filling up mixed wine for the god of ~t 22k
    Destiny.ek And I will destine YOU men t o the ,B,"rli293
    sword,n and YOU will all of YOU bow down t o gF9,j.
    being sla~ghtered,~
    for t h e reason that I called, s$:;215

    ne

    but

    YOU

    did not answer;s I spoke, but

    YOU

    did

    not 1isten;t and YOU kept doing what was bad in


    my eyes,u and the thing in which I: took no delight YOU chose."'
    13 Therefore this is what the Lord Jehovahf
    has said: "Look! M y own servants will eat,Y
    but YOU yourselves Will go hungry.2 Look! My

    ty;Ti;
    z c c 7:7

    hlt 223
    ursa I : I ~
    Jcr 1627
    vPr 1:29
    Isa 66:3

    YPS 3430

    Ma1 3:lS
    Lu16:E

    z ~ m ~ i ~ ~

    a'rSemitn~,"IlVgSyT; "serr;ant," LXX and sereu OY more Hebrew mannscripts. b Literalls, "seed,>' Af. c Or, ('her." In the feminine gender, singular number, in 11; referring t o the %weditmy
    posseseionOJ
    d"The god of Good Luck.'> Gad, 11. Compare Genesis
    30 : 11, footnotes a, b. L X X , "the demonr'; Tg, For.tut*a. Or,
    ''gad of Fate." If, ME.fs?~<;
    L X X , he tych'l. f "The Lord Jehovah.'>
    31, A.do.nayt Tcko.wi7~';L X X , "Jehovah"; VgSyT, "Jehovah God.)'
    DSIa has PBJ~o.waln',with A.do.nagrVn smaller lettmbs inserted
    above it.

    ISAIAH 65:14-19

    servants will drlnk,'but YOU yourselves will


    *gz
    8::;;own
    FLU
    go t h i r ~ t yLook!
    ,~
    My o w n servants wilI rejoice,"
    16:24

    -1sa 61.7

    you yourselves will suffer shame.O l4 Look!


    M y own servants will cry out joyfully because
    the good condition of the heart,' but YOU
    &$;i?r:t z4:51 of
    yourselves will make outcries because of the
    Lu 1 3 : B
    *Ba SG:I~ pain of heart and YOU will howl because of sheer
    breakdown of ~ p i r i t . ~And you men will cerk"f:",?i4i
    lay up YOUR name f o r an oatha by my
    EjF2"ainly
    chosen
    ones,and the Lord Jehovahb will actually
    F
    ;":
    Jer 4:2
    put
    [YOU] indivlduallyc to death,de but his own
    rDe 3 2 4
    ps 8s:ia servants he will call by another nameik lo so t h a t
    Hpb B:17
    anyone blessing himself in the earthn will bless
    sDe 6.13
    ,g?iil himself by the Gode of faith," and anyone making a sworn statement in the earth will swear by
    Gode of faith,fs because t h e former disnXsa51:1Vhe
    ML1 3 : ~
    tresses
    actually be forgoteen and because
    k:Re;;I~:L
    ; they willwillactually
    be concealed from my eyes.t
    r C c 12:3
    Ps 37:29
    17 "For here I am creating new heavensu and
    Isa 49:12
    Eze 3832 a new earth,' and the former things wiII not be
    Mt 25:34
    called to mind,y neither win they come up into
    J O 10:16
    ~
    2Pe 3 2 3
    the heart.2 l%ut exult, you people,' and be jayRe T:D
    ful forever in what I am creatingP For here I
    am creating Jerusalem a cause for joyfulness
    zay;2
    tPs 96:10 and her people a cause for emltation." ' U n d
    P S 98.1
    'Isa5i:ll I wilX be joyful in Jerusalem and exuIt in my
    ZCP 3:14
    p e ~ p I e andmomore
    ;~
    will theye be heardin her
    srsa62:4
    -!&r235&4' the sound of weeping or the sound of a plaintive
    Isa 661~4 but

    :Isa 66:3

    Jcr 31:12
    Re 21:4

    Cry.ll+

    That is, a c u 1 ~ e .b "The Lord Jehovah." 31, d . d o . a a U f PJ~o.wi7a';


    L X X , "Jehornh"; VgSyT, "Jehovah God." DSIa bas YC74o.wah',
    with B.do.aajrt in smaller letters inserted above it. "[Fou] individually." Literally, '*yon:'iin the masculine gender, singular number, 31; t o show individuality. d ''To deatl~,"M ; "to death with the
    second death,!' T. e "God." M, El.o.hinz'. WT,"faithfulness." This
    rcndcling is by w, change of vowel pointing to read e . n l i n r . A i rends
    A.rn?~a",~ncanirrg"Amen" or "Surely!"

    ISAIAH 65:20-66 :2

    182

    20 "No more will there come to be a suckling


    a few days old from that place, neither an old

    man that does not fuIfiI1 his days; for one wiII
    die as a mere boy, although a hundred years of
    age; and as for the sinner, although a hundred
    ,
    years of age he will have evil called down upon me m a
    331
    him." And they will certainly build houses and Isa
    brt 2 4 : a
    have occupancy;* and they will certainly plant *FG$:i!
    vineyards and eato [their] fruitage,kS z They will ::3',"63;3$
    not build and someone else have occupancy;
    they will not plant and someone else do the eat- "Ezg:g
    ing. For like the days of a tree will the days of ,~;02~.&
    my people
    and the work of their own hands u$$;;
    my chosen ones will use to the ful1.t 2 3 They will $:
    not toiI for nothing,u nor will they bring to birth LU 2;;.g2
    1:n
    for sudden terror;* because they are the off- y1sa 6 1 3
    springamade up of the chosen ones of Jehovah,Y ~ ~ ~ 2
    and their descendants with them.t And it will
    actualIy occur that before they call out I myself 2;!g$;

    .,,:,,
    ,B,"z;$:,,

    shall answer;* while they are yet speaking, 1


    E$29:39
    myself shall hear."
    *p391.15
    UIsa 58:9
    25 "The wolf and the lamb themselves will xc 4:31
    feed as one," and the lion win eat straw just like
    iijg
    t h e buI1; ! and as for the serpent, his food will be +GR',%i&
    dust.* They will do no harma nor cause any ruin @
    ;j?9
    ;;;
    in a11 my hoIy mountain,"" Jehovah has said.
    xk;; 84;
    This is what Jehovah has said: "'The 'IKi
    PS 1 1 4
    heavens are my throne,# and the earth0 Ohiic 4:13
    is my f o o t s t o ~ lWhere,
    .~
    then, is the house that *;ti:$
    YOU people can build for me," and where, then,
    ng;
    ;;T~
    is the place as a resting place for me?"r
    AC 1 7 : ~
    rlCh 28:a
    2 "Now all these things my own hand has J oh 4:21
    Ac 7'48
    made, so that all these came to be.,"ba is the #Ge
    l;l
    utterance of Jehovah. "To this one, then, 1 shall. z;7?&p

    ;:=

    66

    aULerallg, "seed,'? M. b"Came t o he," MVgT; "nre d l mine,"


    LXXSy.

    look, to the one affiicted and conbite in spiritt


    trembling ata my w01.d.~
    ~s119:161 3 "The one slaughtering the bull is as one
    Ac 16:29
    down a man,bv The one sacrificing the
    ~ ~ ~ 1 5 striking
    : s
    Isa 1:ll
    ,.D, 23:18 sheep is as one breaking the neck of a d0g.Y The
    zDe 1+:8 one offering up a gift-the
    blood of a pig!Z The
    ,:,
    "Le2:2 one presenting a memorial of frankincense" is
    C N u a 2 1
    as one saying a bfessing with uncanny words.co
    1%
    They are also the ones that have chosen their
    :
    own ways, and in their disgusting things their
    7;
    very soul has taken a delight." * Imyself, in turn,
    c;?$;i20.
    z ~ 2:11
    h
    shall choose ways of ill-treating them,%nd the
    -Pr10.24
    things frightful to them 1 shall bring upon
    6pp 1.24
    Isa 5 0 2
    Jer 7:13 them,+for t h e reason that I called, but there was
    'TEE;; no one answering; I spoke, but there were none
    ,%
    ;:;:?,that listened;" and they kept on doing what was
    Jsa66:2 bad in my eyes, and the thing in which I took
    Jer 3G:16
    Hab 3:16 no delight they chose."'
    kblL 2-1:49
    5 Hear the word of Jehovah, You men who
    Joll IG:Z
    git26aw trembling at his word:' "YOURbrothers that
    are hating you,lS that are excluding YOU by
    2X
    ,~enSll:10 reason of my name,u said, 'May Jehovah be
    glorified!'r We wiU also certaidy appear with
    aIw 6314
    3:3
    rejoicing
    on YOUR part,g and they are the ones
    Mt W:46
    LU lE25 that will be put to ~ h a r n e . " ~
    tIsn &:I3
    6 There is a sound of uproar out of the city,
    ~t 2;:51
    tu 16:23
    a sound out of the temple!u It is the sound of
    , ~ d
    3:1
    lPe 4:17
    r I s n 34:8 Jehovah repaying what is deserved to his eneIsn 59:1&
    yIsa M:l rnies.v
    G e 1:26
    7 Before she began to come into labor pains
    ZFS2.6
    P a 7 : ~she gave birth.7 Before birth pangs could come
    R e 11:15
    *rsa n:4 t o her, she even gave deliverance to a male
    ig9"i"3 chi1d.z 8 Who has heard of a thing like this?*
    Who has seen things like these?3 Will a landA

    t;:13zi$g
    Lu ~ : 1 4 and
    uGzr 9:4

    I
    :;~

    ,,,

    / ,AT:
    I

    :;z9

    Ens1?,

    '~Tretnbliug at'?;

    OP,

    'Canxiom toward."

    "upott uncanny thmge."

    b 'Wan."

    M, ask,

    Or,

    185

    be brought forth with labor pains In one day?[


    Or will a nations be born at one stroke?aBFor
    Zion has come into labor pains as well as given
    birth to her sons.
    9 "As for me, shall I cause the breaking
    through and not cause the giving birth?"" says
    Jehovah. "Or am I causing a giving birth and
    do I actually cause a shutting up?" yourb Godc
    has said.
    10 Rejoice with Jerusalem and be joyful with
    her,' all aov lovers of her,k Exult greatly with
    her, all YOU keeping yourselves in mourning
    over her," for the reason that YOU will suck
    and certainly get satisfaction from the breast of
    full consolation by her,d for the reason that YOU
    will sip and experience exquisite delight from rPs 36 8
    the teat of her glory.' l2 F o r this is what Jeho- Isa 6Q.3
    6O:16
    vah has said: "Here I am extending to her peace Isa
    Joe 3:18
    BPS 7%3
    just like a rivers and the glory of nations just Isa 9:'i
    Isa 48:18
    like a flooding torrent,t and YOU will certainly tIsa
    54:3
    60:13
    suck.U Upon the fiank you will be carried, and Isa
    Hag 2:7
    6036
    upon the knees YOU will be fondledv "'Like
    a uIsn
    vIsa 60:4
    mane whom his own mother keeps comforting, yIsa 51:3
    1Th 2:7
    so I myself shalI keep comforting YOU people;y zIsa
    6516
    *Zec 10:T
    and in the case of Jerusalem YOU will be com- J o h 16:2Z
    P r 3:s
    forted.' l4 And YOU will certainly see, and YOUR DPr
    17.22
    26:19
    heart will actually rejoice,' and YOUR very bones Isa
    Ho 16:5
    6533
    will sprout just like tender grass." And the hand AIsa
    AIaI 318
    of Jehovah will certainly be made known to his 4Isa 6312
    l i t 26:46
    servants: but he will actually denounce his +Ps
    11:6
    P s 21:9
    enernie~."~
    Fs 5033
    P S w:3
    15 "For here Jehovah himself comes as fire Isa
    3027
    Am 7:4
    itself,* and his chariots are like a stormrvind,@@Jer
    2332
    a Or, '<at once?" h"Your," in the feminine gender, singular number,
    in 11; referring to Zion or Jerusalem. a "Glad." ATj E!.o.hi?nP.d Or,
    ..of her consolations." ''Ilnn." Rf, ieh.

    ISAIAH 66: 1 6 2 1

    in order t o pay back his anger with sheer rage


    and his rebuke with flames of fire.' l8 For as fire
    gegz Jehovah himself will for a fact take up the con-

    QTh1:8
    #Isa 34:s

    troversy, yes, with his sword, against all flesh,


    and the slain of Jehovah will certainly become
    k t e 17:s
    many.' IT Those sanctifying themselves and puri1:29
    %
    , gj,3 fying themselves for the gardens behind onea in
    the center,k eating the flesh of the pig" and the
    ~ t f 1 1 : 3 loathsome thing, even the jumping rodent,br
    ~ l s a37:28
    Am 5:la they will all together reach their end,'' is the
    t n e 31.21
    "And as regards their
    Eze 3 0 ~ 0utterance of Jehovah.
    works8
    and
    their
    thoughts,"
    I coming in
    ,y:
    C8i:2 order to collect all the nations end tongues together,Uand they will have to come and see my
    ;,","&&
    Re 7 : 9
    glory."'
    vEze 3%21
    19 "And I will set among them a s i g n , y and
    g;: I wilI send some of those who are escaped to the
    GGe 1L4
    *Ge
    10.13 nation^,^ [to] Tar'shish,' Pulpcand Ludfathose
    the farQEze2 , .I3 drawing the boivy%TalA a d Sa'~asl,~
    away
    islands,e*
    who
    have
    not
    heard
    a
    report
    ;LgC433
    .J";,"&$I about me or seen my glory," and they will for
    tell about my glory among the nations."
    g; 1,5;2 certain
    "
    And
    they
    wilI actually bring all YOUR brothers
    ;;;* g;:2
    out
    of
    a11
    the
    nations" as a gift to J e h ~ v a hon
    ,~
    Tsa 54;3
    T$a
    60:4
    horses
    and
    in
    chariots
    and
    in
    covered
    wagons
    g;iIct,z%31
    and on mules and on swift she-camels,n up te
    k$?;,&9
    my holy m ~ u n t a i n J, e~r u ~ a l e m , "Jehovah
    ~
    has
    Hp"2e;
    said,
    "Just
    as
    when
    the
    sons
    of
    Israel
    bring
    the
    ::":,;
    gift
    in
    a
    clean
    vessel
    into
    the
    house
    of
    Jehovah."'"
    ;
    21 "And from them also I shaIl take some for
    Joe 3:14

    Re 14:m
    Re 19:18

    1
    I

    1
    I

    "One," in the masculine gender in It;but in the feminine gender


    in the margind reading and in 13 or more Hebrew manuscripts.
    b Or, "the jerba." 0 "Pul," HSy and DSIa; "Put," L X X . * "Thoso
    drawing the bon-," M s y and DSXa; "?ITe'shech," LAX. Or, "coastlands.'" '9Iountain,', MTgSyT and DSIn; "city," L X X ,
    a

    ISAIAH 66:2!2-24

    186

    the priests, for the Levites,"ao Jehovah has sald.t :E;lz:j


    22 "For just as the new heavensu and the new
    earthv that I am making are standing before
    g:;
    rne,"y is the uffemce of Jehovah, "so the off- I f;;
    II%~
    (;<:I7
    I
    springh of YOU peoplez and the name of YOU ,.~~;C?;'-?
    people will keep standing."'
    Y I I I *B:.U~u:n
    xrhn
    23 "And it will certainly occur that from new *I:':,',~;~ffi
    moon to new moonCand from sabbath to sab- I:*'"$
    bathd all flesh will come in to bow down before
    me,"AJehovah has said. "And they will actu- A ~ c ~ 2 ~ l
    ally go forth and l o k upon the corpses of t h e h!e11:11
    menQthat were transgressing against
    for (z;eT#2
    t h e wry ~vormsupon thernr wjlI not die' and
    ;:;i;rj
    their fire itself will not be e x t i n g ~ i s h e d ;and
    ~ ,~
    hlr ! ) " i ~
    b l w 1 ' 1 10
    they must become something repulsive t o ail nit 3 12
    flesh.""

    JEREMIAH"
    'zh
    mr 1.1
    36:a1

    .I).<13'Em21

    "For the Levites," M and D S I a ; "rind for the E~rit~w,j'


    LXXVg8yT nnd eight or more Hebrew wnnuscripts. b Litrrally, "hlced,"
    MuI, Or, "from month to month." d Or, "from week to ~ ~ ~ e l r , "
    * "Uen." M, n.aif.skia1'; the plural nnml~erof bib, f 018,Inora litrwnlly, "their Tery wurm," 11.
    a

    The words of Jeremfahb' the mn of Hilki'ah,c one of the priestsn that were in
    ~t 2 17
    A: T C ~21~18
    S1.3 I k l . t h o t h Ain the land o
    f Benjamin:. t o whom
    the word' of Jehovah occurred in the days of
    11ci :.pa
    l t :h 6 GO
    ~ a son
    l l ~of A'mon,' the king of Judah,
    E.Jrru IS . I J ~ + ~ i the
    ' ~ s i iIT.:rn
    f
    n
    the
    thirteenth
    year of his reigning." And it
    1 , ,, ,:,
    kept on occurring in the days of Je-hoi'a.km"
    *?ICt
    :LYI 23:JrJ
    3.1.1 the son of Jo.siluh,d the king of Judah, untiI the
    :'r '11 :{PI
    completion of tllc devenih year of Zed.e.kiPah'h
    I(2Kl ?I:]
    :r*~a,y::, the son of Jo.si'ai1,'1 the king of Judah, unM
    3r.r ,r . 1
    I;,
    :.I:I-; Jerusalem went jnto exile in the fifth month.?
    2 ~ - 1 .!G:II
    1
    .I~,I. ?::I
    4 And the word of Jehovah began t o occur
    rr'l<l ":8
    "Before I proceeded to form
    jtL,
    k : 1 2 t o melRsaying:
    r/.c 21:20
    .rc,p o.lri you in the bellyt I h e w yoqU and before you
    ;~,i;l);!lH' : ~ beaan to come forth from the womb0 I sanetiRed you,v Prophet t o the nations I made you,"s
    T?n R.W
    6 But I said: "Alas, 0 Lord Jehovah!fz Here
    vLU~ I1u415
    t
    I n c t ~ ~ a l do
    l y not know how t o speak,' for I am
    ;!;:.;;
    f,
    :
    R
    ,
    .Jt*r1.1:13 but a b ~ y , ' ~ p n
    - E X 4 111
    7 And Jehovah went on to say ta me: '90
    2; 3:7
    not say, '1 am hut a hoy.'g But to dl those t o
    whom I shall send you, you should go; and
    6 ~ ~ , 7 , $ l i l everything that I shall command you, yon
    :FA;& shouId spak.; 'DO not be afraid because of
    nn 9:2

    Yir. m*inlrt, 33 ;as in Jercntitab 27 :1 in many Hebrew wnnseripts


    nnd cnrly printed ditions, bl'ir.mein'kt4, 3I; meaaiag9 possibly,
    ''Ynl~(11) Itwarns [ l h r . worrlh 1 ." a Onltil.gi.iaJEdtt,31; meaning "Uy
    partiorb i s l"aI~(a)."d Yo.r;lri,iolJts, M ; rlleaning "Yah{rr) m p
    ~ r t s . " * i%d.qi.ior!bu,
    31; ~l~enning"Tdl(u) is righteousness."
    O h r t l JPIIOYR~I." X, J~.~D.NBIJ'l'eho.tuih'; L K X , ,'.0
    Sovereign
    I.++s<l [i) d r * , ~ ' ~ ~ a . Jellovnh";
    ln]
    T-gSyT, "Jehovah God.') r Orn
    * ' ~ o H I I ~ :pcrsoa." 31, nat'ar.
    1BT

    JEREMIAH 1:1&2

    189

    their faces? for 'I


    am with you to d4iverJ you," :f&n,4,:$
    Eze 2%
    js the utterance of Jehovah."
    Eze 3.8
    9 And Jehovah proceeded to thnlrt his hand +&I; ?;5;
    out rind cause it t o touch my mouth.. Then
    Jehovalz said to me: "Here I have put my y2r;g$
    AC LS:IO
    words in your mouth." lo See, I have cornrnis- 6C,ob?;$
    sioned you this day to be over the nations and ;:* $i$'
    over the kjnrdoms,* in order to uproot and to ,k; z1i15
    pull donm and to destroy and to tear down,k t o oar 5126
    5:14

    :;

    build and to plant."n


    erc R:IQ
    >It 10.19
    11 And the word of Jehovah continued to *;g&
    occur t o me, saying: 'What are you seeing,
    b;;;~
    Jererniah?"a
    Eze 3218
    2Co 109
    So I said: "An offshootb of an almond treeC nIsa
    4'1:26
    J e r IK:8
    is what I am seeing.'1B
    .Tor 21:G
    36:s
    12 And Jehovah went on to say to me: "You ,Eze
    %
    , 8.11
    have seen 1r~e11,for I a m keeping awnked con- ,G1:j.2
    cernlng my word in order t o carry it outmWU
    ,'Zbb,;;$
    13 And the word of Jehovah pmceeded t o $; ?$::
    occclr t o me the second time, saying: " W h ~ are
    t
    p;$$Za
    you ~ e e f n g ? " ~
    vGe 41:32
    2Co 13.1
    So I said: "A widemouthed cooklng pote
    blown uponr is what I am seeing, and its mouth*
    Y E Z11:3
    ~
    Is away h a m the north."hy
    Eze I l : T
    E"24:3
    14 At this Jehovah said to me: "Out of t h e
    north the calamity will be loosened against all

    Soc vrrua 3 , footnote h. b Or, "fitnff; r~ail.''Aa nt 3. T(atnu~117:40,


    4:3. "An nlmnnd tree.'> 31, ~ h a . q C d ' ; l i t ~ r u l l ympnning "nwaktketling OYI*," tllc t r ~ ch ~ i n g&st to 1>10011ai n f l i t ~ p r i n ~ ''-lm
    .
    keeping
    nanke;' 31, slru.qi?I'; to correspond with ~lltrr.qPr2' nba~ve,a Pir, Ji;
    but o r i ~ n n lrcnding suggested to bc Pfir, t r ~ ~ n n i"furnace."
    ~~r
    1 '*Blown upon'' ( n s respects the Rrc u n d ~ r n r o t l ;
    ~ or,
    ) (Let aflnme"
    f t a ~ n r g ~ aat furnace). g LitoralIy, ''h-~,''
    11; hut Rrr! Zcctlarinh
    5 : 13. Or, "A furnace b l o m up011 i d ~ ~ l Iu n111
    l ~ c r i n orid
    ~ , its
    front aido i~ nwa7 from the north." Accvrrlin~Ln Lucl~rijiKorhler,
    in Kltbina L i c h t ~ r ("Little Lights)'),pilgca 43-42, ~ u h l j f i h c d in
    Zuricll, Switecrland, in 1945.

    :2

    the inhabitants of the land.' ' T o r "here I am


    calling for all the famillm of the klngdoms
    of t h e north,' is the utterance of Jehovah,' 'and
    they will certainly come and place each one his
    Jvr 2 6 3
    throne at the entrance of the gates of JemsaWsn 2?:7
    Jrlr ,?R 3 ]ern: and against all her walls round about and
    &% against all the cities of Judahan And I will speak
    with them m y judgments over all their bad$;:;:tj
    ness,+in that they have- left me*and they keep
    :Jpr
    ;:; /;'
    :
    $
    :
    .:Imfi
    4Ll. 24, J3 making sacrificial smoke to other godsae and
    ,fthr4:13
    bowing down to the works of their own hands."
    dt-r :*:n
    Fyro :ji.td
    17 "And as for you, you should gird up youP
    J~Mv,;:I 1
    h l r 1.1 &'I; hlpsIQand you must rise up and speak to them
    * I l l 24 "0
    d
    Do
    1 , ;.i;z
    ~o ~ everything that I myself ~ 0 m m ~ nyouak
    not be struck with any terror because of them,
    Qs
    11 in order that I may not strike you n.ith terror
    'I\($ 2 s
    before thanr l9 But as for me,hew I have made
    ,\I, 7 \ I
    m i ICI 1r.48 you today a fortified city and an iron pillar and
    "IC1 .1 79
    k7,:~c.i 'io copper wails against all the land," toward the
    1.1 ./P 7-i:fi
    kings of Judah, to~vardher priuccs, toward her
    I , '
    priests and toward the people of the 1andabt
    tJpr
    J ~ . 21;
    r.i T 'Ir And they wi1I be certain t o fight against you,
    riz:z2 but they will not prevail against you,ulor 'I am
    UI'S 1 3 . 2
    Jrhr3.G
    with YOU,' is the utternncc of Jehovah, 'to deV X * 1.1 11
    HVCI' YOU.'
    J ( I t~
    PC r.I
    ~4.r 1 5 20
    And the word of Jehovah proceeded to oc!It> E 31
    ;r'IICh L : l
    cur t o me,y saying: "'Go,E and you must
    21'r 1:21
    call out in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, 'This is
    ZPr 1:20
    I n n 5H.l
    what Jehovah has said:" "I well remember, on
    Kfi:rL8 you$ part, the loving-kindnessPof youfl youth,*
    a '.C;od.r," 31, ~1.o.lrirn'.b "The people of tho Innd." Y,'am ha-er'ets.

    Z:","Fjl*H
    Jerm
    Jcr 10 22
    J+r 50 s
    I :.b
    *.ror r5 1s

    J ~ T

    'lV

    8)

    .,

    2 Iiinm 11: 14. S o t yet med n s nn rapreaaioa of contmnpt.


    Colnpnrc John 7: 4749. CLlteraIlp, "Let thcre I)? n wing"; the
    Il~rnhretvverb here being in the infinitive nhsolutr nncl h ~ n c cbeing
    ilr11)rrsenal a~atl inrleflnite as t o time. d T l ~ cpronoun is in the
    f v ~ ~ ~ i n igonder,
    an
    singular uumber, it belng ndrlrrsaed t o Jerusalrm, Or, "loynl love,'' U,Rkes'ed,

    8ce

    the love during youra being engaged to marry,a :E ?j3


    youra walking after me in the wilderness, in a ,-%;$:$
    land not sown with seed." Israel was something ~;,";6~
    holya t o Jehovah,O the first yield t o Him." IC+ +EX 2z:zg
    1P:12
    'Any persons devouring him would make them- Nu
    a a 1:ls
    ~
    selves guilty." Calamity itself would come upon esgx'j
    them,' was the utterance of Jehovah.""
    PS
    Isa 81.14
    41.11
    C c c 1:15
    4 Wear the word of Jehovah, 0 house of #I,,,,:,
    Jacob," and all YOU families of the house of ~~~~&~
    31:1
    Israel." This is what Jehovah has said: "What kJer
    Jer 33:24
    have YOUR fathers found in me that was un- n;,":ij;=
    just," so that they have become far off from ;:;it3
    mer and they kept walking after the vain idols J F ~~B : Z
    and becoming vain themselves?' "nd
    they have Mt 15:8
    32321
    not said, 'Where is Jehovah, the One bring- ::i1:iji5
    ing us up out of the land of Egypt," the One tpR1z.;
    walking us through the wilderness, through a Upxt:&a
    land of desert plain and pit,' through a land
    of no water and of deep ~ h a d o w through
    ,~
    a vDes.15
    DE 32.10
    land through which no manu passed and in YPS 23.4
    which no earthling manf dwelE?'y
    ZL-u
    ~t 4:16
    13:27
    6:11
    7 "And I gradually brought YOU t o a land of De
    X, 9 : ~
    the orchard, to eat ib fruitage and its good *F;@$!i:
    things.= And YOU proceeded to come in and de- g:f,T:B
    file my land; and my own possession YOU made
    something detestable.* The priests themselves 03% z 12
    Isa 29.7
    did not say: 'Where is Jehovah?'" A n d the very Jer s:31
    H o 4:6
    ones handling the law did not lrnow me," and ADe
    33:10
    the shepherds themselves transgressedg against c;y; &y2,
    me,O and even the prophets prophesied by 'iT;i$i,l,g
    Ba'al,Ot and after those who could bring no zY;;+;j21
    benefit they walked.@
    Jer 30:s
    Isa
    7:s

    ee;$;;

    The pronoun is in the feminine gender, G ~ g a l a rnumber, it being


    addressed to Sernsnlern, Or, "was holiness." * Or, "the first i f i t s
    of his prodnee." d Or "death shadorr." e''Wan." M, hh. "Earthling man." M, ahdam', g Or. " r e ~ o l t e d . ~ ~

    'Therefore I shalI contend further with


    people,'x is the utterance of Jehovah, 'and
    with the sons of YOUR sons I shall contend.'#
    Nu 2k24
    l l ~ 25:13
    e
    20 " 'But pass over to the coastlandsa of the
    Ps 120'5
    Kft'timk
    and see. Yes, send even to Ke'darn and
    r;;~;!;~
    give YOUR special consideration, and see whethICO 5:l
    8 M I C 4:5
    Has a
    tps lra:r ex anything like this has happened.'
    Isa 3719
    nation exchanged gods,ba even for those that
    ug;:F;m are no gods?bt But my awn people have ex;; changed myc glory for what can bring no beneJer 6:19 fit,u l e Stare in amazement, 0 YOU heavens, at
    MLc 6:2
    YFS s1:11 this; and bristle up in very great horror,'"^
    Isil 1 : 3
    acr 4:22 the utterance of Jehovah,' l a 'because there are
    RJS:
    wari:lo
    10.13 two bad things that my people have done:
    '~,"~1"+31,They have left even me," the source of living
    water,' in order to hew out for themselves
    ,g;g;f4
    7.a 4-1:9 cisterns, broken cisterns, that cannot contain
    2Pe 217
    AEx d:z2
    the water.'*
    Isa 50:l
    o ~ ro:z4
    t
    14 " 'Is Israel a servant,em or a slave born
    Q G e 15.3
    in the household?+Why is it that he has come
    EC 2.7
    "Jg 14 5
    p, s7~4 ta be for plunder? l5 Against him maned young
    lions roar;' they have given out their voime
    ,$,','?jm
    And
    they proceeded t o make his land an object
    ,p,"2ii4
    Jer4:7
    of
    astonishment.
    His own cities have been set
    Zep 3:6
    afire,
    so
    that
    there
    is no inhabitant." "jEven the
    *JEze
    ","~+33:13
    ;;$ sons of Nophf* and
    Tahtpa.nesgm themselves
    mJer 13:7
    E~~ 39:ls kept feeding on you at the crown of the head.k
    kEzgim IS not this what you1'proceeded to do to yourm$giF;$self by your leaving Jehovah your Godn during
    in &a primitive Hea Or, "islanda." b "Gods." 31, do.ha'?M', ''~IY,''
    313

    Eze 20%
    6:2
    *Ex 20:5
    k ~ io:4
    e
    HLC

    YOU

    brew text; "its," MLXXVgSy. This fa one o f tho Eighteen Emenclations of the Sophe~im,or tiqqzc?red sopLerim, made vet of a mistaken reverence for Jehovah God. See Genesis 18:22, footnote a.
    d "In y e q p e a t horror," by a correction of 31;literally, "they hava
    beco~ne very much dcvas+ated," M.
    Or, "slave." M, 'sb'ed.
    f "Mem'phis,"
    L=Vg. g "Tahrpaa.hes,"& P a r p i n , h rrTou,"in the
    feminine gender, singular number, addressed to Jerusalem.

    JEREMIAH 2 :18-23

    192

    193

    the time of [his] walking youa in the way?y rgg;z


    I* And now what concern should youR have for 1.' 139:16
    the way of Egypts in order to drlnk the waters
    of S h i ' h ~ r ? ~And
    t
    what concern shoklld youn ,:j:;;
    have for the may of As.syr'i.a in order t o drink I h n rrli
    the waters of the River?cu 19 Your badness U2F,lJ!i&
    ~hauldcorrect you,avand your own acts of unfafthfuIness should reprove y ~ u Know,
    . ~ ~then, ;y; ;!;;
    and see that your leaving Jehovah your God sfi;,;;:
    Is sornetl~ingbad and bitterja and no dread a.ft,r > ~ : I H
    H:IP
    of me [has resulted] t o yau,'amis the utter- . I ,Arll
    , J!;:I
    ance of the Srrvereignm Lord, Jehovah11 of

    ,:?;

    mrnles.

    nbKan 22:s
    Ac 4:31

    *Er!~:,,

    '
    I

    1
    20 "'For long ago I broke your yoke to
    I tore your bands apart. But youn pro- ;Em
    ceeded to say, 'I arn not going to ~ e r v c , ' for
    ' ~ ne.1 m
    upon every high hill and under every luxuriant 1\11 QP*I
    G;
    ;;!,
    tree youa were 1-g sprawled out,' prostituting ONu
    I+I:,I
    y o ~ r s e I f . ~And as for me, I had planted youti *:y;11fi231
    as a choice red vine," all of it a true seed." So ~ ; : ~ ~ $
    how have youu been changed towplrd me into @;;LT;$;5
    I
    18:z* ld::15
    the degenerate [shoots] of a foreign vine?'" wI':x
    15:17
    22 " 'But though youg should do the wash- L1!;:4,;
    ing with alkaIi and take to yourself large quan- a;;; ;84;9
    tities of lye," your error would certainly be a
    $,;3t
    stain before me,'' i s the utterance of the Lord 2;
    ,:rt'a
    w
    ,
    J e h o ~ a h ."How
    ~
    can you say, 'I have not de- 'I:: 3t3
    filed
    After the Ba'alsf I have not 2$kTr617
    ~ a l k e d ' ?See
    ~ your way In the valleymuTake s:$n&:i's
    note of what you have done. A swift young she- :;lj$z
    camel aimlessly running to and fro in her waya; L':E

    al'You,'* in the feminine gender, singulor nun~bor,addremaad to


    Jeru~nletn. Or, "a branch o f the Sjlr.'" '"The River," That ia, the
    Eu.pht n'tes River. d "The Sorereign Lord, Jehovah." M. il.rlo.nn!!'
    YCko.tcik'; VgSyT, "Jehovah C;od." flee Geneaia 15:2, footuotw e, f. * Compare verse 19, ffwtnote d. Or, *'Bacolirnagee."

    '

    a zebra accustomed t o the wilderness," at the


    longing of her soul,') snufling up the wind:"' at
    her time for copulation, who can turn her back?
    A11 those who am looking for her will not go
    tiring themselves aul. In hcr month they will
    find her, ':Hold your foot back from Lbecom"E?j$\ing] barefoot, and your throat from thirst."
    But you proceeded to say, 'It Is hopeless!* No,
    2:6
    but I have fallen in love with strangers? and
    Jer 3.13
    after them I am going to a ~ l h . "
    w
    26 "AS with fhc ~hllmeof R thief when he is
    2ch m a 2
    Jer +!:I7
    found out, so those of the house of Israel haw
    P.O 2.5
    o l s l : B felt shame,' they, their kings, their princes and
    Jer324
    P.0621
    their priests and their prophets," ":They are
    *Ecr 9:i
    1:.
    9 32
    saying to a tree, 'You are my father,'' and to
    J e r 3252
    a stone, 'You yourself brought me to birth.'
    na9.6
    (PFs 115:4
    158 44.13 But t o me they have turned the back of the
    h a 46.6
    ,,,,., neck and not the face.*And jn t h e time of their
    "E,Ze$:& calamity they mltl sayj 'Do rise up and save
    er

    vJer 14:6

    cj:

    z:;

    JEREMIAH 2 :24--30

    1Q:lS
    Isa 25 16
    HO 5:15

    UJg

    US!'*

    28 "But where are youra gods* that youd


    have made f o r yourself?" Let them rise up if
    rsa45:20 they can save youd in the time of your calaml i d g 30:14
    rsa46:7
    ity." For EIS the number of your clties your
    rdcr 11:13
    a o ~ o : ~
    gods@ have become, 0 Judah,r
    d c r 3:2
    29 " 'Why do SOU people keep contending
    tJer
    :er 0.2
    5 2
    against me?' Why have 'iow transgressed, aLl
    ~a9::1
    YOU, against me?'%1s the utterance of Jeho"~c",hD~~ZZ'af
    Jer 6 29 vah. a0 TO no effect I have struck YOUR S O I I S . ~
    Eze
    Or, '&As i f t young she-c11n1p1niml~aslyrunning to and fro in her
    vnys; [24] she hns hrokm out ~ t l l otho aildernc~srj,'' Awarding to
    Ludwig Roehlrr, i n his I C l r i w ~ 1,icktrlr ("little Ligbt~"),ptlges
    45-47, pnhhsl-red in %urirll~,Rw~tzcl.lnncl, in 1945. "30~1."
    31,
    I I P ~ ~ L ' P SL
    ~ ;X Y , p$!y.ck?'; Vg, ~ l ' t b i . ~ t ~ ~"Winll,"
    ~.
    M, r~'a11Ftj see
    G~ncsis1:3, footnote d, d T ~ I pmnoun
    F
    is in tho mnsculine gender,
    singular number, it being ntldr~sacdto Jadnh. *"Ciods,j7 31, el.#71im'; the plural number of rI.o'alr.
    a

    JEREMIAH 2:31-27

    195

    194

    X:5
    No discipline did they take.' YOURsword har: 'visa
    J e r 5:3
    Jer 31:18
    devoured YOWR prophets, like a lion that is caus- %P
    3:2
    9:26
    ing ruin,y al 0 generationl see for yourselves yMhte 21:s
    the word of J e h ~ v a h . ~
    Ac 7:52
    "Have I become a mere wilderness to Ispael zMic 6:9
    131:10
    or a Iand of intenw darkness?' Why is it thal 'N2e39:21
    H
    o
    2:7
    these, my people, have said, 'We have roamed,
    3l:m
    We shall come t e you no more'?" 3 T a n a virgin oDe
    De 32:15
    s.10:4
    forget her ornaments, a bride her breastbands?" P
    H o 135
    And y e t my own people--they have forgotten Rc 3:17
    a c ; ~N:Z
    me days without numberVb
    2% 1:24
    s 45:U
    33 "Why do youJa 0 woman, improve your F
    Isa B1:10
    Eze 16:10
    way in arder to Iook f o r Iove?+Therefore it has IPS 9:17
    s 106:21
    also been in bad things that you have taught P
    Isa 17:10
    Jer 38:15
    youra ways.' S8 A h , in your& skirtsb there have +Isa
    57:7
    Ho 2.13
    been found the blood marksc of the soulsd of the 92Ct133:9
    innocent poor ones." h no case of breaking ine Eze 1651
    Ro 2:21
    have I found them, but [they are] upon all x2KI
    21:16

    these."
    35 "But youa say, '1 have remained innocent.
    SureIy his anger has turned back from me.'"
    "Here I am entering into controversy with
    youa on account of your saying, 'I have not
    sinned.'r 8 V h y do youa treat as very insjgnificant the changing of your way?Y Of Egypt, too,
    you will become asharned,t just as you became
    ashamed of As.syrfi.a.u "'For this cause also
    you4 will go forth with your hands upon your
    head,v because Jehovah has rejected the objects
    of your confidence,y and you will have no success with them."';

    2K1 24:4
    Ps 106.38
    Isa 5 9 5
    Jer 19:4
    *Ex 22:2
    Jer 6:15
    Jer 8 3 2
    Eze 2 4 3
    nPr 2833
    Isa 58:3
    rLJa 1:8
    sHo 22:2
    tIsa 20:5
    Jer 37:7
    u2Ch 28:16
    Ho 5:13
    Ho 7:IP
    v2Sa 13:19
    y3er 17:s
    3er 3 7 5

    Eje 17:1$
    SKU 14:41
    2Ch 13:12
    Jer 32:5
    f d i n e gender, singular ~ u m -

    This personal pmmun is in the


    ber, it being addressed t o J e m a l e m or Zion. b 'Skirts," NVg;
    r'handsJ"LXXSy. 0 icBloodmarks," Literally, "blood," 31; "bloods,"
    L,U, The aecompanjting Hebrew verb is in the plural n u m b a ;
    slso the following pronoun "thm." dUSads." M, ~aepAa.shlitla';
    LAXXIpsy.cT~ae";Tg, ra'ui.naae, e ('Breaaingin." Or, rnhousebrealiing."
    a

    JEREMIAH 3 :1-7

    Thew is a saying: "If a man%should send


    away his wifeb and she should actually go
    *De24:4
    LLe 18:25 away from him and become another man's,
    Xsa 24:5
    AJg 19:2
    should he return tu her any more?"*
    Jer 2:20
    Eze 1 6 : B
    Has that landc not yositively been p o l l ~ t d ? ~
    Q D s4:29
    Jer 4 : l
    "And youa yourself have committed prostituHo 14:l
    tion
    with many companians;" and should there
    Zec 1:3
    *Jer 2:23
    be a returning to me?"P is the utterance of
    EDe 12:2
    ZKi 23:lS
    "Raise yourd eyes to the beaten
    Eze 1F:16 Jehovah.
    Eze 2il:28 paths and see.' Where is it that you have not
    ZGe 38.14
    Pr 721
    Pr U:23 been lain w i t h ? e m Alongside the ways you have
    Ezc 1 6 2 4 sat for them, like an Arabian in the wilderness;"
    *dcr 2 7
    BLe 26~19 and you keep polluting the land with your acts
    Isn 5%
    of prostitution and with your badness.' So
    A m 4:7
    Hag 1:11
    nJer 5:24 copious showers are withheld,k and not even a
    rJer 5 : s
    Jer 6.15 spring rain has occurred.n And the- forehead of
    Eze 3:7
    a wifeb committing prostitution is what has
    1Co 11:s
    Re 17:s become
    YOUhave refused t o feel hueye 9 : l f
    Zec 7:11 miliated.#
    Have
    you from now on called out
    tJer 3 1 3
    l i p s 71:5
    t o me, 'My Father: you are the confidential
    Ps 71:17
    Pr 2:17 friend of my youth?u Should one stay resentH O 2 15
    Ma1 2:14 ful to time indefinite, or keep watching [someV P S n;7 thing] f ~ r e v e r ?Look!
    '~
    Youd have spoken, and
    Ps 85:5
    Ps ,l03:9 you went on to do bad things and prevail."y
    Xsa,5:16
    YEW 2233
    6 And Jehovah proceeded to say to me in the
    Mlc 2'1
    ZPp 3:3
    days
    of Jo.sitah the king:" '"Have you seen
    z2K1 2?:1
    ZCh 34:l what unfaithful Israelf has done?' She is going
    'ZKi 173
    Jer 7:24 upon every high mountain and underneath
    Eze 2311
    nLKi 14:23
    Isa 57:7 every luxuriant tree that she m a y commit prosEze 16:H titution therean And after her doing all these
    Eze 20:B
    Or, "husband." If, OA. b Or "woman." M, th.shah', G'Zand,"

    NApT; oman, an," I,XXVg. d This personal pronoun i a in the


    feniiyine gender, singular nnmhcr, it being addressed t o Jerusalem
    or B~on. "Lniu with," Mmargln; "raped: If. L~terally,"the nnfaithfulness (apostasy), Israel,'' M; thus terming Israel the concrete examplo o f unfwithfuEness or apostasy.
    f

    JEREMIAH 3:8--14

    196

    things I kept saying that she should return


    even to me,but she did not return;&and Judah
    kept loolcing at her own treacherous sister.OO
    "Then I got to see that, for the very reason :p;;;~sfo
    kie 2,l.z
    that unfaithful Israela had cammitted aduItery,O "JPr 23:10
    I sent her away' and proceeded to give the
    certificate of her full divorce' t o her,g yet :&tiy;I:~
    trcachcrousTy dealing Judnh hcr sister did not FEE:.
    110 3. L
    Ila 4: 15
    become afraid but she herself also began t o go no
    s:ls
    and commit p r a s t i t ~ t i o nAnd
    . ~ ~ her prostitution
    2,'';
    1- 19
    occurred because of [her] frivolous vieiv," and "T<i
    kTe2;!ll
    she kept polluting the landn3and committing &
    ; 51,
    ~ d u l t e r ywith stones and with trees$ l o and kI.;u
    nlJcr .'if
    even for all this her treacherous sister Judah JCI- 57.6
    ~7
    c r I0:H
    djd not return t o me with all her I ~ e ~ r tonly
    , ~ ' JwVP
    ](,:IT
    I](> d.12
    falsely,'s is the utterance of Jelzovah."
    n2Cl1 35.18
    II And Jehovah went on to say to me: "Un- ~PsP-8.38
    i:F 29
    %it hful Israelu*has proved her own soulb to be
    :;?:
    more righteous than Wache~~ously
    dealing Ju- t;;~ ;%;:
    dah.r GqCand you must call out these words ~4;$:;9

    to the north" and say:


    Jfr 22:s
    Jer 31:H
    I' ' "DO return, 0 renegade Israel,"a is the uIsa 4 1:22
    utterance of Jehovahv "T shall not have m y d$ .z~' 4,rc; ln ~ : ~ ~
    face drop [angrily] upon YOU peoplebyfor I
    a person of loving-kindness,"* i s the utterance ~
    ~
    of Jehovah. ' "I shall not stay resentful t o time
    indefinite." In
    OnIy take note of your error, for g; Zi;,
    i t is gain st Jehovah your Godd t h a t you* have
    ;A:?;;
    tram~ressed? And youe continued scattering *PA
    7r~.5
    ~ L 26:
    yourp ways t o the strangersLu n d ~ revery I w u - pr hCi 13ro
    riant tree,"but t o my voice YOU peaplc did not $&$:i''
    Hsten," is the utterance of Jehovah,' "
    ador
    EZC 2IG
    2 515
    14 "Return, O YOU renegade sons,"' is the *Isa
    ' D c 157.17
    "2
    See v e m 6, footnote f. b "Sod." If, rapk'e~h;L-XX, pq.rhF1i
    Ira, R'+$~.INII.C See Jeremiah % 2, footnote c. *"God." 31,El.o.f~irr~
    .
    l ' l k i ~prortoun i s in t h e feminine geutlcr, singnlnr nu~~rber.

    uffel-ance of Jehovah. "For I myself have behusbandly owner of aeu people," and
    J H ~come
    P ; ;the
    ~~
    Xlha 1:9
    I will take Yarr, one out of a cj t y and two out of
    a family, and I will bring YOU to Zion.' ' U n d I
    Iqa
    T S R 10.22
    1:;s
    Jrr 23.3
    i;,, will give YOU shepherds in agreement with my
    heart," and they will certainly feed'r you with
    I?O 92;
    knowledge and insight.k l' And it must occur
    *;2;:4
    J{*T 2.7 4
    that YOU will become many and cert~inlybear
    l,.j~kI !:I1
    ~ : z fruit In the landh in those days,'! is t h e utterC
    kJ3r
    F~L
    2-1'38
    1 0 1 ~ ance
    ~
    ai J e h ~ v a h "No
    . ~ ~ more will they say, T h e
    51t 24:.15
    ark'
    of thc covenant of J e h o ~ a h ! 'nor
    ~ will it
    utnh91.15
    come
    up
    into
    the
    heart,
    nor
    will
    they
    remember
    rfjz:;is
    it, and no mare will it be made. " In
    ;;;11
    g:g it" w missthey
    Eze x:26 that t l m ~
    ivill call Jerusalem the throne3
    N o 1.10
    rls~
    4:5
    of J e h o ~ a h and
    ; ~ ~to her all the nations must be
    P I L A65:17
    ,Is;%! 36.1 brought togetherv to the name of Jehovah at
    j4,r i4:21 Jerusalem,)' and they will no more walk after
    g:2gT the stu1~bomnessoftheir bad heart.'*=
    V I W 60.3
    2:2
    18 "In tllose days they will walk, the house
    of Judah alongsidec the house of Israel,' and
    iFz,23
    ~ " 3Zs:8
    together they will come out of the land of the
    Jca S6:6
    HE 2.19
    north into the Jand that 1 gave as a hereditary
    PF ;s:5
    R O I:ZP
    possession
    l o Y O U R ~ forefathers. uv And I my*Tsa 1133
    self have s ~ i d'0
    , how I proceeded to place you"
    J C 50-4
    ~
    ~
    ~
    ~
    among
    theT sans and to give youmthe desirable
    el;E"n5:+:
    f;;
    i3ig5land," the hereditary possession of the ornah P ~ 1 0 " 2 4 ment of the armies of the nations!' A:ld I
    .Ter 12.10
    Eze 2.75
    *TTA 63:i6 further said, ' "My Father?"' You people lilill
    ~t 6:s
    call out to me,and from following me YOU peo@ J e r32%
    Iseb 10.39 ple will not turn back.'" '"Tmly r as] a ~ i f e "
    "110
    . j3:1
    43.8
    has treacherously gone from her companion,' so
    YOU. 0 house of Israel, have dealt lreaehe~rmsly
    with me,'"is the utterance of Jehovah."
    :;;r5&l
    GIs* 54:5
    Jcr Z : 2

    ,,,,:,

    ,,

    str6j&n

    zzlt6';;e

    JEREMIAH 3 !15--20

    191

    *ii7i\5

    Or, 'dshepherd."b Or, "mrth?! 31, er'ets. Or, "up ko." a "1-om."
    hITg; "their," LXSSyT. 'b71"ou,'*
    in the feminine gend~r,siz~~qiior
    n u t n l ~ e ~1 .Or, ' . w o ~ i ~ n t ~ . " is?a..qPa7~'.

    JEREMIAH 3 ;2 1 4 :4

    198

    21 On the beaten paths there has been heard


    a sound, the weeping, the entreaties of the sons
    of IsraeLk For they have twisted their way;'
    they have forgotten Jehovah their God.nr
    22 "Return, YOU unfaithful sons.#I shall heal
    YOUR state of unfaithfulne~s."~t

    kg;$2:

    :;z
    ; 2

    &;f2

    ~ I : . R 17: 10

    %$?I"

    a1 I l l o 1
    110 14:l

    "I-Iere we are! W e have come to you, for you, :;$!;l,:!s


    0 Jchavah, are our God."" Z i Truly the hills as $
    ,;:;
    well. as the turmoiI on the mountains belong t o ~v;,?;
    fa1sehood.v Truly in Jehovah our Godn is the .I\ln 2.8
    salvation of brae1.Y 24 But the shameful thing '/?&
    itself has eaten up the toil of our forefathers ,k$\?:?s
    ft-am our youth,. their flocks and their herds, .i:'p,l;";F
    their sons and their daughters. We Iie rlo~vn,;T:L~~&
    in our shame,' and our h m i Iiatlon keeps cover- 2,::; ;.;,
    ing us;' far it is toward Jehovah our God&that , ;~;-j"l
    we have sinned,' w e and OUI- fathers from our :d(,~::z
    10c 'I
    youth on and down to this day,O and we have 1%
    r,, a,;:
    "'"
    # J E24:1B
    22
    not obeyed the voice of Jehovah our god."^'
    Ihrl .ifl:B
    "If you would return, 0 Israel,Ig Is the rl~c:lr):a.
    l ~ 31:b
    n
    -1 utterance of Jehovah, "you may return r r n 1 I : L
    ,I
    2 12
    even t o me." And if you will take away your a(;,. s:, 2
    disgusting things on my a c c o ~ n t , ~then
    '
    you ':'',;'i's4
    wili not go as a fugitive.* 'And [If] you will $,
    certainly nvear, *AsJehovah is alive in truth,k
    K LPC
    c'is
    in justice and in righteo~ness!'~
    then in himd nl1rl.b
    +T9.2.8
    the nations will actually bIess themselves,r and K,r
    23 Iff
    in him they will boast about thernsel~es."~
    79.17
    15n 65 18
    3 For this is what Jehovah has said t o the (:,, 3 s
    mene of Judah and to Jerusalem: "PIOWfor"""TIIP'.'I3:3
    yournelves arable land, and do not keep sawing t ~ ~ , : ~ ~ ~
    amongf th0rns.t Get yourselves circurncfsedg ml~U
    "God." M,Ek.o.hhPn'.
    "'Tow state of nnfnithfdn~sr!' Litorally,
    ('uor.~unf~ithfnlnesses,"M. Or,more Iiterelly, "from tny fncr," M.
    d rrlIim." Possibly meaning Xwael, "3len." M, isi:; used rolbr-

    r:;

    tiwEy.

    *EP?;\

    "

    is@

    litcmlly, "for," or, "to,"' If.

    to Jehovah, and take a m y the foreskfns of


    hearts,U YOU mena of Judah and inhabituEitz6 YOUR
    ants
    of
    that my rage may not go
    =&= forth justJerusalem,
    like a fre and it certainly burn with
    no one t o do the extinguishing, on account of
    the badness of YOUR d c n l i n g ~ . " ~
    v$gg
    La 4:n
    5 Tell [it] in Judah, you men, and cause [it]
    to be heard even in Jerusalen1,Y and say [it]
    yF
    :j2
    ;::
    out and blow a trumpeth throughout the land."
    dcrG:1
    EZC 3-33
    Call out loudlp and say: "Gather yourselves
    A m 3:6
    together, and lct us enter into the fortified
    ':g$Q;ycities.' *Raise a signaI toward Zion.' Make
    provision for shelter. Do not stand still." For
    there is a calamity that f am bringing in from
    %;&!$ the north: even a great crash.+ He has gone
    up as a lion out of his thicket,' and the one who
    24:1
    is bringing the nations to ruin has pulled away;m
    J ~ 49:lS
    F
    @Jer25:s he has gone forth from his place in order to
    Jer 27%
    render your0 land as an object of astonishment.
    You@ own cities will fall in ruins so that there
    will be no inhabitant.* On this account gird on
    ,:,'%i0
    ,' sackcloth, YOU people.' Beat YOUR breasts and
    howl,k because the burning anger of Jehovah
    AM S:IO
    JerQ26
    bas not turned bnck from us.ll
    kTsa
    ETC 12~
    3 1.:2 ~
    5.E
    9 "'And it must occur in that day," Es the utterr S R 10.1
    ance of Jehovah, "that the heart of the king will
    perish,' also the heart of the princes;%and the
    r2K125:4
    PS 103:4
    priests will certainly he drlven to astonlshment,t
    sg;,%ifl
    taer 6:is and the prophets themselves will be amazed,"u
    uIsa 29.10
    Jer 5 3 1
    10 And I proceeded to say: "Alas, 0 h r d
    Jehovah!" Truly you have absoluteIy deceived

    c:zz&O

    =j

    JEREMIAH 4 :5-10

    199

    l a

    "Nen." Kt, iski used coll~otivel;y, b Or, "sho'phnr!' 'Literally,


    "Call out, he full (do it frilly)," M,d This crsonnl pronoun is in

    ."8

    the feminine gender, ringtlnr numhcr.


    Lnrd J~boroh." See
    Jeremiah 2 : 22. footnote P. I,.YX, " 0 Sovercijg h r d [O destpo.b~a]r
    Jeho~nh";VgSyT, "0 dcltoral~Gori!'

    this peoplev and Jerusalem, saying, 'Peace ftself 1 Y::; 2;:;


    will become YOURS,'^ and the sword has reachd ;g6;;s;
    ~ 4 . r23:17
    clear to t h e soulma
    1 rn 5.3
    11 At that time it will be said to this people
    and to Jerusalem: 'There is a. searing wind of
    the beaten paths through the wilderness,' the *b*n:B
    .71>r
    233s
    way of the daughter of my people;''it is not lor KC;;;~
    winnowing," nor for cleansing. The lull wind c11;1122:4
    L11 2:11
    itself comes even from these to me,Now 1 my- .%zhtl
    41:M
    self also shall speak forth the judgment1 with '$l;:hji5
    them."IB Look! Like rain clouds he will come
    1:3L
    up,' and his chariots are like a storrn~vind."His ?g!L&.!$
    horses are swifter than eagles."' Woe to us, ; i ; c : : ' l
    because we have been despoiled! Wash your
    heart clertn of sheer badness, 0 Jenlsnlem, in
    ?:j 22
    order that you may be saved.' Ho\v long wlll
    your thoughts of erswr lodge within you?1t :?&,' $o
    For a voice is telling from Dan3H and fs mak- :{,:; \;;:
    ing something hurtful t o be l-leard from the -;:,?;.;,
    !?~: n
    mountainous region of Etpphraaim.r I"MAKE LJ4r.FJ O l%0:7
    mention [of it],yes, to the nations. Cause [it]
    to be heard against Jerusalem.''
    "Watchers are coming from a land far away,' *F#1Ti4:
    and they will let out their voice against the
    very cities of Judah. '"Like guards of the open t:ziEa
    field they have become against her an all sides,l ,,%;,i9g3
    because she bas rebelled even against rne,"l is I<dl 30 !&
    the utterance of Jehovah. If "Yourc way and ,::F:o:7,7
    yourc dealings-there will be a renderinghf zi,iJ:?
    these t o you.ev This is the calamity upon $rRJ;;io

    'K;;

    1q13

    * "6oul," 31,

    A P ~ ~ ~ PL X
    S X~ , ~ pqt.cAPt;
    ;
    Vg, ffi'~td,n~rt,
    b Or, "valturps," 0 The pi-ononn is in tho feininine gendrb~., ~ i n g i ~ l n~~umhrr,.
    r
    Tlie Hebrew verb here is i n the infFnitiv~nbsolutc nnd ltrnce is
    inip~r~lcsnnlnnd indefinite tts t o time. * "'ionr nny r ~ r ~ your
    rl
    dcnlinps h n ~ edone these things to yon:* in agrer~~ietit
    with LAXTTrgSyY nntI soiile W~hren-manuscripts,

    for it is bitter, because I t has reached


    dear to youp heart."y
    "k::z! 19 0 my intestines, my intestines! I am in
    severe pains jn the ~vallsof my heart.=My heart
    is boisterous within me.* 1 cannot keep silent,
    'Am
    ZPP 3:s
    1 : ~
    for the sound of the trumpet" is what my soul
    Lya;t;l
    has heard, the alarm signal of war.'
    Crash
    J ~ 17:u
    T
    1,la 3217
    upon crash is what has been called out, for the
    I.:,I. d.26
    . l 4 ~ (1.15
    ~
    whole land has been dcspoiled."uddenly
    my
    (I*:!
    33:20 tents have been d c ~ p o i l r d ,in
    ~ n moment my
    tent curtnjns.' " I-Iow long shall I keep seeing
    the signal, keep hearing the sound of the trum?s;
    IT^ 5.3
    pet?" " F o r my people is foolish.' Of me they
    sder 6:l
    have not taken note." They are unwise sons;
    .De32:6
    Ps I4:i
    aer 5:21 and they are not those having understanding."
    mp$?P,:::2 Wise they are for doing bad, but for doing good
    they actually have no 1znowledge.n
    l~yhF$l:,
    23 I saw the land,c and, look! emptiness and
    ,
    wasteness;"
    and into the heavens, and there
    z;Eiz1
    lI~a2-1.19
    Jer 9.10 were no lights.# l L
    I Saw the mountaina, and,
    look!
    they
    were
    rocklng,
    and the hills themflhn
    Joe 5.30
    2.31
    ~ r 2::m
    t
    selves were all given a shnkina.' 5u I saw, and,
    tdm 5 : 4
    rfkl19:n look! there was not nn earthling man," and the
    Hab 3:6
    flying creatures of the heavens had all fled."
    .A, 4:3
    2 . 2 ~ 1:3
    f6 I sartr, and, look! the orchard itself mas a
    ~vilderness,and the very cities of it had aII
    been torn dorvn.Y It was because of Jehovah,
    >TIC 3:12
    Jer12:4
    'Ps$6:7
    because of his burning anger.Y
    z2Ch %:21
    27 For this is what Jehovah has said: "A
    desolate
    w ~ s t ei s ~ v h the
    ~ t whole landc will be,EA36ig
    come,z
    and
    shall
    5
    not
    carry out a sheer exy,",sk:$3&
    Eze11:13
    5:27
    termination?~*" On tlrls ~eeounlthe land" mill

    );Trym

    ,,,,,:,,

    RU

    .The pronoun is ill the fcn~inine~entlci',singnlnr nnmber. OF,


    " s h ~ ' ~ h ~ rt. "Or, "rarth."' )I, rrftt.*. d "Ail rnthtl~llng mnn!' SI,
    I llhfill 310t P O r V ollt!'
    71a-a.r~arn~or, "but nll ~xte~rlnillhfl~ll

    JEREMIAH 4 :29-5

    :2

    202
    r n a ~ n and
    , ~ the heavens above MI certainly LTF$!!j$
    become dark.' It is because I have spoken, I
    ;j
    have considered, and I have not become sorry, nnp;:;!:i
    ~ t 6:1?
    c
    nor shall I turn back from it4 Because of the 4E4i;$;"2"B

    sound of t h e horsemen and bow shooters the


    ;4y,;4
    entire city is running away.' They have en- g
    I I : ~7 2 1
    tered into the thickets, and into the rocks" they '?',:/$;::
    have gone up." Every city is abandoned, and:;j;:;*
    there is no manb CgtveIIing in them."
    1.11 21 a
    !?rz 6.15
    30 Now that youc are despoiled, what 1t.ll1
    youc do, since you used to clothe yourself with
    scarlet,* since you used to deck yourself with "Ian 10.3
    ornaments of gold, since you used to enlarge
    ,
    :
    ,
    your eyes with black paint?k It is in vain t h a t z@
    , $1;:o
    you used to beautify yourself. Those lusting
    !liY;rI:;."
    after [you] have rejected you; they keep seek$;:lp;y
    ing for your very soul.an For a voice like that t1l&n
    IA:R
    21 ;:I
    of a sick womane I have heard, the distress ,Is11
    r,, ri:~.~
    like that of a woman giving birth to her first j!Ff,12jAa
    child,r the voice of the daughter of Zion who ";r$,!i4
    keeps gasping for breath.* She keeps spreading i;;;; ;:;$
    out her palms: "Woe, now, to me, for my sou1 ~y,:;q:y
    is tired of the killers!"u
    I':~C z t.47
    v ~ ( ' ! I I(i 9
    Go roving about in t h e streets of Jerusalem y ~ , ~ & ~ ~ ; ' o
    and see, now, and h o w , v and seek for ~ ~ ; ~ l ~ ,
    yourselves in her public squares whether YOU z;$;;~:i~~
    can find a man,br whether there exists anyone
    doing justice,=anyone seeking for fai thfuIness,' rt :.w
    ,I
    and 1 shall forgive her. Even if they should 2T\R1-1, >q?:lo
    say: "As Jehovah is alive!'Wey twuld thereby 'i;: !:2:i2
    130 4 2
    be swearing in sheer falseho~d.~
    %r>C 5:4

    "Rocks." 31, ke-plrim'; X T , pef'tni, Campare JInttl~ew10: 15.


    footnote b. "Man." 31, idr. "You." in the fernininr rcntler, s i n ~ i r lar an~uher, if being addmsed to Zion or J e r n w l r ~ ~d~"Snul."
    ,
    Ji, n e p k ' e ~ k ;LXX, psy.ct8'; Tg, n'si.mn. a Or, hy s l i ~ h tcorwct~on,'.a wo~nanhn-ring_ch~ldbirthpdns." , ,

    JEREMIAH 5 :3-9

    3 0 Jehovah, are not those eyes of yours to-

    ~ r df~itl~fulness?:'
    YOUhave struck them, but
    L,$:h,$$o w
    they did not become ilLc You exterminated
    p
    R~
    q 51:G
    2.2

    them.* They refused to take dis~ipline.~


    They
    m ~ d etheir faces harder than a crag.' They re1.h .I'?.'?f
    fused to turn back," men I myself had said:
    0
    ,
    .
    l \ I b 9:SX
    2 1 :39 "Surely they are of low class. They acted foolishly, for they have ignored the way of Jeho.I',"c;':-"
    1
    lmll, the judgment of their God.&* 1 a m inI<
    5:ll
    ~IO+G
    cIined to go my way to thc great ones and speak
    nAmnt:l with them," lot. they themselves must have
    taken note of the way of Jehovah, the judgment
    their God.&'' Surely they themselves must
    J'K;F;B of
    have alE together broken the yoke; torn apart
    miK1 1 2 : ~ must the hands have been."@
    6 That Js why a lion out of the forest has
    struclt
    them,' a walf itself of the desert plains
    ?{:t;F
    ;N n 2 : l l lreeps despoiling
    them," a leopard is keeping
    111;s 101.20
    I.,P ?1;27 R W R ~a t~ their cities,YEveryone going forth
    %rl>
    3,R
    from them gets torn t o pieces. For their trans, I I ,
    110 13:l
    gressions have became many; their acts of un.,,I,.,
    faithfulness have became numerous2
    ys,", ;?Ipb14
    7 Row cnn I forgive youh for this very thing?
    f
    D
    Yourh own sons have left me, and they keep
    'Joa
    Am 2
    8:14
    3 9 swe~ring'by what is no god.^' And 1 kept satis~
    fying them: but they contfnued committing
    ED^
    JC-r
    32.21
    ?,IL
    adultery, and t o the house of a prostitute womI c n H .I
    At.:tre 15:49
    an they go In troops.0 8Homes seized with
    I I O 13,s
    < x u2A.L
    1.m r~11 sexual hent, Ilaving [strong] testicles, they
    have become. They neigh each one t o t h e wife
    &Job
    Jar 1
    fl:s
    3:n of his c~mpanion.~
    M t 5:?R
    9 r r S h ~ ~Ilnot
    d take an accounting because
    of these very things?" is the utterance of Jeh*
    t I2T c2 h
    : ~.LS
    ~:n
    +lTr
    s-.:L

    wrlr

    !,ll

    ,,,

    203

    2 ; ~
    F

    'I

    mU'arpd," Sf, EI.o.kimt. b The pmnann i s i n tbc feminine gender,


    singulnl- ~ ~ u l n l ~ earOr,
    .
    " d i n t arc no ggadz." 11, lo c!.a.himr.

    JEREMIAH 5 :1-11

    205

    204

    *Jflrl:ls
    I-tl 2:a
    your fig tree. They will shatter with the sword
    m e ~ : 4your fortified cities In which you are trusting.""
    X t ' p :<
    A
    I<,lrbl"
    F:r,. c,.r
    .i:J7
    18 "And even In those days," is the utter-

    $' a$!

    vah." "Or upon a nation that is like this should


    TTn 8'13
    not m y soula avenge itself?''*
    26:25
    10 "Came up against her [vine] rowsb and :7;[:;$
    cause ruin," but do not you men make an actual
    extermination." Take away her luxuriating k2s;?L:,
    a h2fi:l?
    shoots, for they do not belong to J e h ~ v a h . ::?
    ~ iy 7
    " For the house of Israel and the hob~scof Ju- "j;:>L ~~j~~
    dah have positively dealt treacherously with
    me,"is the utterance of Jehovah."l2 "They have ,!I::I,:
    denied Jehovah, and they keep saying, 'He is I;;;;.
    not.t And upon us na calamity will come, and
    t
    ~
    ~
    no sword or famineCshall we
    And the
    s il
    Ill>.? lll.i?
    prophets themselves become a wind, and the J,., 2-t:j.r
    word is not in them.aThat is haw it tvill be done ''j\';Y;;$ Is
    to them."
    14 Therefore this is what Jehovah, the GodC
    of armies, has said: "For the reason that YOU
    men are saying this thing, here I am making
    my words in your mouth a fire, and this people $; &g2,
    will be pieces of wood, and it will certainly de-

    1 . ~115
    1l:ta
    (~
    hi rrr ?,M

    l~mr11.1'2

    ~ I I M 2<.75

    %PC

    BR
    rl 4%
    I , , 3 ,,R

    "Soul." 31. m~pk'erh; L-XX, psp.ehC'; Te, ar$ri.nln. Or, by fl


    slight change af r o ~ e pointinp
    l
    of t b H~llrew
    ~
    1-c;p181),"the ~ P ~ Y R P P
    w~lTs." "Cf0d.l' 31, EE.u.hitnF. dL~terally,*?onp~e,''Sf.

    t h ~ YOU
    t will say, 'Due to what fact has Jehovah our God" done to us all these things?" And
    you must say to them, 'Just as YOU have left me

    and h ~ v egone serving a foreign godb in YOUR


    land," so you will serve strangers in a land that
    !h,f!jT*l,
    Jtbr 4:22
    not y ~ n . 4 , "'r'
    Jt.1' R:7
    J q 3I1;;R
    t
    20 T ~ t r this
    ,
    in the house of Jacob, and CAUSE
    gt l u , 1 h
    ~
    ~
    'WZAR, now,
    FI $: ~I ~Q 1?:2
    18 It t o be heard in Judah, saying:
    111 17:13
    this, 0 unwise people t h a t is without hearkc*
    .T#Ih 1?:.10
    They have eyes, b u t they cannot see; they have
    ,tiv a; ro
    R o I 1 .h
    , , I J ~ 8 . 5e
    ~ m , but they cannot hear.t ? = 'DoYOU not fear
    even
    ~ ~ I f ~ ? ! ~ z o me,'"is the utterance of Jehovah, 'or are
    , I?* 66.5 YOU in no severe pains .even because of meJv
    who have set the sand as the boundary for the
    yJ4)h 2(i:lcl
    1's 2.3 7
    sea, an indefinitely lasting regulation that it
    i Y . ~-wl:n
    1 1 1 2'1
    ~ ~
    callnot
    pass over? Although its waves toss
    l w 5tIL2
    themselves, still they cannot prevail; and they
    ,
    " ~ , i ~ , r ~ O do became boisterous, still they cannot pass
    over it,!' " But this very people has come to
    3 [O 1:n
    7 '
    have a stubborn nnd rebellious heart; they have
    I rl, 11 7
    turned aside and keep walking in their courserz
    1 tc.b ?:I2
    3 : ~
    " But they have not said in their he&:
    "Let
    -TI+ 11:l.i
    US, now, fear Jehovah our God,"" t h e One who
    IrCl t7:t
    y&1i7i! is glv1ng the dorvnpour and the autumn rain
    ~ t ~ ~ . ; 4 ,and
    ~ 7 the spring rain in its season,O the One who
    J n s 5.17
    guards
    even the prescribed weeksc of the harvest
    ,
    !,,,
    Li;l'
    22
    for US.''* YOURown errors have turned these
    J

    ,,, ,

    s:;o

    ance of Jehovah, "I shall not carry out an extermination of YOU men.k And i t must occur

    ,;

    I:#$

    11(' 11,:

    15 "Here I am bringing in upon uov men a 7.r)lu n:49


    nation from far awayYz0 house of Israel," is 1sn ?.LIB
    k; 4 , 1 ( i
    the utterance of Jehovah. "It is an endurfng o;:rrr
    nation.' It is a nation of Iong ago, a nation i::;'!
    whose 1anguage"au
    do not know, and you ' 2? ?7
    cannot hear [understandingly] what they =!k\;!g
    speak? I" Their quiver is like an open burial ,;?:I*
    place;' all of them are mighty meneb They ~ / : ~ y : ,
    will also certainly eat up your hawest and your
    bread.' T h e men will eat up your sons and your o;$;
    S4.r .:; :!
    daughters. They will eat up your flocks and 'kg::..%
    yo11r herds.8 They will eat trp jTourvine and ..:/I,f:

    fr.,)

    :t7h

    ,,,, ,:,,

    V O U ~them."^

    JEREMIAH 5:18-25

    'Gorl." 31, Ei.o.kin1'. b Or, "fareign gods!' 31, el.o.hei' t~e.kha#;


    l i t ~ ~ - ~ l "n
    l t yp, d [or, gods a f f b r s i ~ n n w[or. of A fore@ land]
    l'lr plurnl l o r ~ unl '.godJ9 in JI nlng denote rx~cl!ena* or di\ine
    ptlwer~. Or, '*b~otlmotive." Scc l'rorrerbs Ci : 32,footuote a.

    ."

    207
    things away, and YouR own sins have held back
    PDe B:B
    what is good from YW people.0
    Ps IM:17
    26 " 'For among m y people there have been 2
    ;
    $;.:
    found wicked men.' They keep peering, as when -s,.Z;;$
    birdcatchers crouch down." They have put 6;pl;7ilo
    ruinations in position. It is men" that they
    py;;
    catch.' As a cage is full of flying creatures,# *Fr
    I:II
    so their houses are full of decepti0n.k That is L9$P1&;7
    why they have become great and they gain AT'c6:11
    riches. "They have grown fat;s they have become shiny. They have also disregarded the F;sl;$.to
    thingsc of the bad one. No legal case have they
    pleaded,s even the legal case of the fatherless 8g,Sg;i
    koy,t that they may gain s ~ c c e s s and
    ; ~ the judg- t$",;$,
    ment of the poor ones they have not taken up.' " UPS m:12
    29 "Should I not hold an accounting becatrse ,
    ,,,,:,
    of these very things," i s the utterance of Jehovah, "or on a nation that is like this should nut z:","~$;~
    my sould avenge itself?y ap An astonishing situ- JW
    H O S'PO
    ation, even a horrible thfng, has been brought *Jer
    i4:14
    to bee in t h e land: a 91 The prophets themselves $;2iif6
    actually prophesy in falsehood;*and as for the y:2jt:
    priests, they go subduing according to their ;!::&;.?
    powersnfnAnd my own people have loved [it] ; ;$ ;;:;
    that way;* and what wiU You men do in the 2~112:11
    2Ti 4 . 3
    finale of itYrb
    Enc 32:29
    Isa IO:3
    Take shelter, 0 You sons of Benjamin,O OAcl3:21
    from the midst of Jerusalem;' and in Te-'Jgi:21
    ko'aQ blow the trumpet,gX And over Beth- 'gEi:jZ,
    hac.che'rem* raise a fire signal, because calam- ,f;d,:;
    ity itself has looked down out of the north, even *Ne 3:14

    leg;; ;,4 a great crashk The daughter of Zion has resembled indeed a comely and daintiIy bred
    wornanVna To her the shepherds and their
    ;

    " ~ u i n ~ t i o n . That
    "
    is, h the f o r m of a trap or snare. b "Men."
    M, isk in the pltubulnumber. Or, "words; matters," d"Sou1." 11,
    ~sepla'ssk;L-LY, pq.eh8'; Vg, a'ni.ntca. a "Wns been brought to he.''
    Compare Deuteronomy 27: 9, footnote b. Litwally, "hands," PI.
    g 01,'6&o'phar.'j

    the shadows of evening keep extending themselves!M y


    5 "Rise up, and let us go up during the night
    and bring to ruin her dwelling t ~ w e r s . " ~
    z;2h,,3$19
    2$,32jj14 6 For this is what Jehovah of armies has
    said: "Cut down wood" and throw up against
    m a 37:33 Jerwalem a siege rampart.D She is the city
    Jer 32!24
    LU 19:43 with which an accounting must be held," She
    LJer 5:9
    ~2~121:16is nothing but oppression in the midst of her.
    Isa 59.13
    me 7:a AS a cistern keeps its waters cool, SO she has
    +Isa":zQ kept her badness cool.' Violence and rapacity
    Jas 3:11
    55:9
    are heard in her;' sickness and plague are beJer 20.8
    Eze ' i : ~
    fore my face conshntIy. Ee corrected,"0 JemXrlc 2:2
    salem, that my soul may not turn away disYPS 2 1 0
    P s 5037
    pr4:13. gusted from you,# that I mag not set you as a
    desolate waste, a land not inhabited."k
    *p,"9yi18
    Zec 11:8
    9 This is what Jehovah of armies has said:
    kLe 2 6 3 4
    $:E:i:"As
    :: a gleaner, they will glean the remnant of
    just like a vine." Put your hand back
    n3",
    "?4:::,16Israel
    Ob5
    like
    one
    that is gathering grapes upon the vine
    R e 1438
    tendrils."
    10 "To whom shall I speak and give warning,
    rg:E g:! that they may hear?PLook! Their ear is uncircumcised, so that they are unable t o pay attenji",Rfgf tionnSLuok! The very word of Jehovah has heyCa 2:17

    1.

    &

    '

    droves proceeded to come.r Against her they


    pitched [their] tents all around." They grazed
    ~ J e 4.16
    r
    off each one his own part.8 Against her they
    3:9
    have sanctified war:t "Rise up, and let us go up
    uJer 15:8 at midday !'su
    7&p 2:4
    s:m
    "Woe to us, for t h e day has declined,' for
    Jer.1:31

    La 2:13
    r x n 3:18
    lnLu 1943

    nF;,z;n

    JERE33IA.H 6 :2-10

    JEREMIAH 6:11-16

    208

    come to them a repmach,t in which* [word']


    they can take no delight." l1 And with the rage
    of Jehovah I have become full.vI have became

    :,is;?and walk in ft,a ~ n dfind case for YOUR


    rJyF3,2&
    J ~ h 5 ~ 3~
    9 s o u ~ s .But
    ' ' ~ ~they kept saying: "We are not

    'Eggn

    rIsn 2 : ~

    going to malk."11 l t "And I n l s d up over YOU


    peopleb watchmen:v 'Pay attention to the sound
    UJ"F:$2?~ of the trurnpet!""cr But they kept saying: ''We
    are not going t o pay a t t ~ n t i o n , "'R ~"Therefore
    hear, 0 you nations! And know, 0 you assemD K o ~ 1 2 bly:
    what will be among tl~em.' Listen, O
    visa 2 f : f i
    ~ h s6:lo
    n
    earth!
    Here I am bringing In calamity upon this
    J cr 25:'i
    Eze IT people9s the f r u i t n ~ cof their thoughts," far
    Hnb 2:1
    they paid no nttcntlon to my very awn words;$
    AC 2 a : n
    rIsa 55.1
    and my Ian-they nlso kept rejecting it"'
    Ito 3.1
    Am 3r6
    20 "1Vhat does this matter to me that you
    PC
    7.n '
    F~g!p bring in even frankincense from She'ba* and
    &;:&:;DcJO:19 the good caned from the land far away?' The
    whole burnt offerings of Yoc people serve f o r
    Isn 1:2
    3er 223

    rr.l.r.7
    tl r9 I '2

    1'5 .I(?$
    weary with holding in."
    Itlb 7.22
    "Pour lit] outuponthechiIdin thcstmetyand -:(;rlT;i;
    upon the intimate group of young men at the
    s m e time, for they wiIl also be cangl~t,R r n ~ n ' ';,1~:;r?j:2,
    along with his wife,c an old man along with one J O r 1fi:sl
    thnt is full of days.= l a And their houses will cer- xsxoo:e
    talnly be turned over to others for possession, the
    fields and the wives at the same time,' For I ' $ ' ; r ~ ~ ~
    shall srretch m y hand out against the inhabit- b; Si!ia
    ants of the land," is the utterance of J e h o ~ a h =.;:$~;;18
    ~ r
    13 "For from the least one of them even to L J ln
    the greatest one of them every onc is rnnltln~:
    for himself unjust gain," and from the prophet :'~B,1~2
    even to the priest each one is acting falselyai
    '%nd they try t o heal the breakdo\vnC1of my ( 2 : y
    3;:s
    people lightlyh@+
    sftyingl 'There is peace! There Jlrkr4,,?;3
    la peace!'' when there is no peaceafb]Wid they Lrsxr!
    ,,:a6
    Peel shame because it was something detestable .?2';!;\
    that they had done?" For one thing, they posi- ,,y;;:!:;fl
    tively do not fee1 any shame; for another thing,
    they have not come to know even how to feel $j?: F9
    l~urnillatd.' Therefore they will fall among -:I;$$;;
    p .3.s
    those tvho are fallingk in the time that I must *?a1 ;.p
    3.n
    hold an accounting with them they will &urn- kr ,m.1
    J v r "'I.E3
    ble," Jehovah has said,=
    >It I . . I 4
    7-.?,1
    16 This is what Jehovah has said: "STANDnYu
    ~;;r!yb
    still in the ways and see, and ask for the road- TEn':i7
    ways of long ago, where, now, the good way h1LC::4
    "

    JQh1293

    ~ P 2
    S3 3

    fz;I"i:l

    "icg:2
    Lpr 1:31
    Pr 15:26
    IStl 5 9 7
    xc 8:22
    FPr 1:24

    !1.It19:1g

    ElKt 10:1
    Isa 60.6
    "Iha 4 3 : s

    $;;?;?A

    I;,

    "Thich," in the masculine gender, Ringular number, ref~rringtn


    "the velT word," which is ma~culinc!in IT~brcw.b Or, d'l~nnllnltd,''
    &I, isls. Or, "woman.'"M, isk-slrnlr'. Or,"frnct~~rc."
    '.la, "~upcrLlcinlly." Literally, " s s ~ ~ n 'Pence
    g,
    ! Pence !' I' '7; or, "snyng,
    'I'wfcrt peace!'" See I s a d 26: 3, fmtrlote g.

    *1Sa 15:23

    =dpri:21
    lips 40 6
    rsaI::l

    '

    n::AEz'3
    7&

    R09:S

    rFF2&::7
    Jer

    'r

    ~:ZI

    La 2:21
    ader 1 14:
    Jcr 259
    tJer5:16

    ursa 13:u
    aerso:ld

    :ye:5,;:
    -

    n o p l e a s u r e , * a n c 9 ~ o u ~ ~sacrificeshavenot
    ery
    been gratifying t o me."lc " Therefore this is
    what Jehovah lras snid: "Here I Rm setting f o r
    this people sturnlsling blocks,1J R H ~they ~ 4 1 1
    certainly stumble aver them, father and sons
    together; the neighbor0 and his companlonthey will perish,"r
    22 This JS whnt Jehovah has said: "Lmk!A
    people is coming from the land of the north,
    and there Is a great nation that will be awakened from the remotest parts of the earth-a
    The bow and t h e javelin they rrrill grab hold
    of.=I t e is a cruel one, and they will have no cornpassi0n.u Their very voice will resound just like
    the sea, and upon horses they will ridenvIte is
    drawn up in battle order like a man af war
    against YOU, 0 daughter of Zian."Y

    '.SonIs." &t,ateph'esh; LA=, ps!/.ekni'; Vg, n'ni-mae. b "You people," 31LLXXT.TgS~T;


    "theni," trve Hrhrew ~~unuacripta.
    8 Or, "sbo'pI~m.1' Or, '"he E W C ~PITIP."
    "It," tllnt in, tl~cpeople or nation.

    JEREMIAH 6 :24-7 :2

    211

    210

    24 We have heard the report about it.a* Our

    zIsa =:I9
    Jer 4:6
    'Eze 21:7
    Hab 3:16
    UPS 48:6
    Isa 213

    hands have dropped.* Distress itself has seized


    hold of us, Iabor pains like those of a woman
    giving birtha 25 Do not gob out into the field, Jer 4:31
    30:6
    and do not walkb even in the way;" for these Jer
    Jer 49%
    nJ 6.6
    is the sword belonging t o the enemy, there is ~ 2 8 hi5:5
    Ps 31:13
    fright all ar0und.O
    daughter of my people, Tsli
    1.20
    Lu 19243
    gird an sackcloth' and roll yourself in the -1sa
    22:4
    Jer 4:s
    ashes.O Make for yourself even t h e mourning QIsa
    58:5
    MlC I:lO
    for an only [son], the wailing of bitterness," ,Isa
    2232
    because suddenly the despoiler will come up- La 1 2
    Zec L2:lQ
    on us."
    LU 7 la
    Ysa 2023
    21 "I have made youc a metal tester among Jer 15:8
    1:IS
    my peopIe, one making a thoxough searchid and kJer
    Jer 15:20
    3:s
    you will take note and you must examinee their Eze
    Ma1 3.2
    1,5
    way.k
    of them are the most stubborn nXw
    Isa 31:6
    Jer 5:23
    men,*n walking about as slamderersr<opper rPs
    50.20
    and ir0n.s They are all of them ruinous.' The J c r 9:4
    RE%@22:18
    bellows has been scorched,~Out from their fire tIsa 1:4
    Re 11:TR
    there is lead.u One has kept refining intense- uPr
    17:3
    J
    e r 9:7
    ly simply for nothing, and those who are bad Zec
    13:B
    3:s
    have not h e n separated.' Rejected silver is Ma1
    1Pe 1 7
    f s a 49:4
    what people will certainly call them,s for Jeho- r Eze
    24:13
    vah has rejected them.".
    H O 11.7
    $.P.S119:119
    The ward that occurred t o Jeremiahh from PIsar 2j.4
    1:22
    14:19
    Jehovah, saying: "Stand in the gate of the zJer
    La 5:Ta
    9:17
    house of Jehovah, and you must call out there HO
    XO Ir:i

    that is, the people or nation. b The Hebrew rerb ha!: the
    feminine termination, to denote it is addressed t o the "daughter of
    my people." "Tou," in the masculine gender> singular nnnlber.
    d c r O n e malring a thorough search," Like a grape gatherer, by a
    change of vox.el pointing in the Hebrer verb-form; literally, "as a
    fortifled placell 31. e Or, i'assay." "The most stnhborn men." Liter6 1 1 ~"the
    ~
    snllen ohe4 of the stnhborn ones,'"M.
    E6'Haa been
    scorched," h;r one delivation of tbe Hebrew verb-form; or, "has
    snorted," by anothcr derivation of the verb-hrm. Tir-m5#'ku1
    M ; see Jeremiah 1: 1,footnote b.
    f

    JEREMIAH 7 :3-11

    *:;,1i%, this word,' and

    you must say, 'Hear the word


    of
    J
    e
    h
    ~
    v
    a
    h
    all
    ,
    ~
    YOU of Judah, who are enter$$B;z2~
    ing
    into
    these gates t o bow down to JehovahVA
    vm??;;g
    1~:m This is what Jehovah of armies, the Goda of
    Jer 222
    CPT2913 Israel, has said: "Make YOUR ways and YOUR
    dealings good, and I will keep YOU people residing
    in this placeno& Do not put YOUR trust in
    F,",",1Zm
    fallacious
    words," saying, 'The temple of Jeho$,;:
    3rd 3.9
    vah,
    the
    temple
    of Jehovah, the temple of JehoBiSa 4 . 1
    l
    M I C ~ : I I vah they are!'"*For if ~ o u w i lpositiveIyrnalre
    Lu 3:8
    +.a 1:ls YOUR ways and TOUR dealings good," if YOU will
    positively carry out justice between a manc and
    riE,"G::ia
    S"21i1a
    no aIien re~ident,~no
    kDe 24.17 his companion," "if
    Ps 823
    fatherless
    boy
    and
    no
    widow
    YOIT will oppressk
    hIal 3:s
    J= I:=
    and
    innocent
    blood
    YOU will not shed in this
    n K1 21.6
    106:'
    s
    place,"
    and after other gods4 YOU will not walk
    rDe 624
    ue 8:19 for calamity to yotwselves,* I in turn shall cer9 er 13:10
    s ~ e r23:s tainly keep you residing in this place,s in the
    tAp;t&os land that I gave to YOUR forefathers, from time
    &; &$; indefinite even t o time indefinite." ' "t
    8 "Here YOU are putting YOUR trust in fdlaO
    Ez* 13:6 C ~ O U Swords-it
    will certainly be of no benefit
    v & T a l 3:8
    R O 291
    at
    aLu
    T
    a
    n
    there
    be stealing,u murderingy and
    3 Eze 13.10
    Eze =:i5 committing adultery* and swearing falsely* and
    d e r 9:2
    >pal 3:s making sacrificial smolre t o Ba'alQ and walking
    'Zep 1 3
    after other godse whom YOU had not known,"
    Z
    ,,
    5.3
    "~fd;,':~::~~ l o and must YOU come and stand before me in
    t h i s house upon which my name has been
    Ag;P$:f"7
    J 5 8
    called,O and must YOU say, 'We shall certainIy
    ade
    2~39
    + 2 ~ 1 2 1 : 4 be delivered,' in the face of doing all these de"Ch 33:7
    Has this house upon which
    Scr 3234 testable things?'
    62Ch 6:33
    my name has been called" become a mere cave
    I,, 56.7
    "t:t,:\i$ of robbers in POUR eyes?" Here I myself also

    +EP

    $S

    "Gail." 31, El.a.him'. b Literally, ''words [or, things] af falsehood:' M. "3Im.'W, dsk. d Or, iftemporary resident." * "Gods."
    31, e!.o.liint'.
    a

    have seen [it]," is the utterance of Jehovah.' *$&y;j'j


    12 " 'However, GO, now, to my place that
    was in S h i ' I ~ h where
    , ~ ~ I caused my name t o f ~ ~ ,
    reside at first," and see what I did t o it because {gY
    :p
    j125
    of the badness of my people I ~ r a e l l.3~And now line
    De 12:ll
    for the reason that You kept doing all these r l s n 4:10
    78:60
    works,' is the utterance of Jehovah, 'and I kept Ps
    J er 2 6 5
    speaking t o YOU, getting up early and speaking, *;ch93;9s
    but m u did not listen,# and I kept calling YOU,
    but you did not answer,t l4 I will do also to the tg;;43
    Iaa 6 x 2
    house upon which my name has been called,~ i.:i&
    in which YOU are t ~ u s t i n gand
    , ~ to the place t h a t y$;7i52
    I gave to YOU and t o rrom forefathers, just as I y;.,4.O
    did to Shit1oh,y"'d
    I will throw YOU out from $2?7:;f;;;
    before my face,' just as I threw out all YOUR
    brothers, the whole offspring of EJphra.im.'* ZZKI 1732.3
    J c r 3.8
    16 "'And as f o r you, do not pray in behalf of
    this people, neither raise in their behalf an entreating cry or a prayer nor beseech me,' for
    I shall not be listening to you.* Are you not
    seeing what t h e y are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?"' The sons
    are picking up sticks of wood, and the fathers
    are lighting the fire, and the wivesa are kneading Aour dough in order t o make sacrificial
    cakes t o the 'queenbof the heavens," and there
    is a pouring outc of drink offerings" to other
    godsVfor the purpose of offending me."n '1s
    it I whom they are offending?' is the utterance
    of Jehovah." 'Is it not they themselves, for the
    purpose of shame to their f a ~ e s ?2o' ~Therefore

    ,"

    Or, "rromen." b "Kerb (worship) according to the reading


    n 3 ~ h Jof 52 Hehrew manuscripts; " a m ~ ~L, "
    X X , C "There is a
    pouring out." The Hebrew verb here is in the infinitive absolute
    and hence is impersonal and indefinite as to tirue. "'Gods."
    M,
    a

    eE.o.himr.

    4
    I

    1
    I

    this is what the Lord Jehovaha has said, "Loo~c!


    anger and my rage are being poured forth
    ~1%:~ e~1;4m~;r i 8~ My
    upon this place," upon manklndr-'and upon dorJer 124
    sJer BOI:
    mestic
    and upon the tree of the field'
    t?g?$i!: and upon the fruitage of the ground; and it
    must burn, and it wiIl not be extinguished.'t
    $r!":$$
    uIsa
    J P 6:m
    ~
    I:II
    21 "This is what Jehovah of armies, the GodC
    ?$%,\: of Israel, has said, 'Add those whole burnt
    offerings of YOURS t o YOUR sacrifices and eat
    '>p4;%22
    Ps 5 0 8
    Ps 51:16 flesh.11 2 9 For 1 did not speak with YOUR foreHO 6:ti
    fathers, nor djd I command them in the day of
    %ItR:13
    ):EX 13:ae my bringing them out from the land of Egypt
    2 gGg3 concerning the matters of whole burnt offering
    .~
    this word I did express
    $&$,and s a ~ r i f i c e ""But
    in command upon them, saying: "Obey my
    b
    ;
    voice,Y and I wllI become YOUR GodCxand YGU
    ,Lne,De5:16
    ;
    6
    ;
    z
    yourselves will become my people, and YOU
    Jer 42:6
    CPS 81:11
    must walk in all the way that I shall command
    gk!!j$ YOU in order that it may go well with YOU." "'
    AD^
    aer 28:19
    23:17 ? 4 But they did not listen, neither did they intheir ear," but they went walking in the
    'yJert,9,';8:s
    ; cline
    counsels in the stubbornness of their bad heart,"
    ler 32:33
    HO 4.16
    SO that they became backward in direction and
    *De R:7
    1sax:R
    not forward,O 'Vrom the day that YOUR foreEzr Q:7
    fathers came fofth out of the land of Egypt
    Ne9:26
    "k-",h9::615 until this day;' and I kept sending t o YOU all my
    {g,?.24 servants the prophets, daily getting up early
    1313j;0 and sending [them] G' But they did not listen
    WK~
    t o me, and they did not incline their ear," but
    N e 927
    Pr29:l
    they kept hardening their neck." They acted
    lrJer 16:12
    worse than their forefathersIk
    . M U:32
    ~
    rider 26:2
    27 "And you must speak to them all these
    EZ, 2:7
    r g a % 0 2 b a r d s , but
    n they will not listen t o yoqr and you
    a " T l ~ e Lord Jehornh.'' 31,A.da.nayY PPJ~o.wili';L X X , "Jehovah'';
    VgSyT, LiJehorah God." See Jeremiah 2 : 22, f o o t ~ ~ o te.e b Or,
    "man." 11,ha-a.dam8. "God." 31, EI.o.T~irn',

    JEREMIAH 7 :-2

    215

    214

    must call to them, but they tvlEE not answer


    you.# 2-d
    you must say to them, 'This i s the
    nation whose people have not obeyed the voice Zec;:13
    of Jehovah' its God,"nd
    have not taken dis- :;",t,gF
    cipline,u Faithfulness has perished, and it ha1 I ;"F'P&&
    Pi-I:?
    been cut off from their
    Jcr G:8
    33
    29 "Shear off yourRuncut hairi1 and throw vzap
    Isir 5P:IQ
    ~
    [it 1 away,'' and upon the bare hills raise a J C 5:I
    dirge," for Jehovah has rejected*and ivlll desert $&$&
    the generation with which he is h r ~ o u s . ~ "'For :;1',
    the sons of Judah have done what is bad in my ~6;;;.
    eyes,' is the utterance of Jehovah. 'They have
    i;o
    set their disgusting things in the house upon c ~ f ; ; &
    whlch my name has been called, in order t o A,. z:.m
    deflle It." B U n dthey have built the hig11 places 'i,K,"$.f
    of Ta'pheth,( which is in the valley of the son g,;\:g
    of Hin'nom,U+ in order to burn ttlelr sons and t$; ~;;o
    38:6
    their daughters in the fire: a thing that I had ~jLar
    J O S
    J5:8
    not commanded and that had not come up into S C 3~: 3
    JI!~
    19.2
    my heart.'"
    311.2.1'33
    32 " 'Therefore, look! Days arc coming,' is @ ~ ~ , l f i ~ ~ T
    the utter~nceof Jehovah, 'when it will no more
    be said [ t o be] To'pheth" and the valley of the ;ye;s,&
    son of Hin'n~m,~
    but the valley of the killing,
    and they will have to bury in To'pheth without
    there being enough place.A11" And the dead nJ",",jlFiy
    bodies of this people must become iood for the
    flying creatures of the heavens and lor the
    beasts of the earth, ~ i t h o u mybody
    t
    disturb- mPS
    e TB:Z
    mzs
    ing,' U*.4ndI will cause to cease from the cities J er 129
    of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the Egg;$
    a "Tour," in the feminine gmder, singnlns number, this pmnonn

    ';;A

    ;;;z;;;

    I~eingnddresscd t o Zion or Jernsal~ni.b Or, "dcdicnt~d hair." 11,


    ~tr'tr-r,a Litrrotly, "gelleration of Ilia ft~ry,"11. d h ' T n l l e ~of the
    son of 1lin'~aoln." hl, g p t ~b e s ~ - H i t r ~ r r G';~ ~Tr J X X , !,An rp'n!t.~7 i ~ i . o ~ '
    B,wrnwlf; Vg, aal'lia jz1'k.r Gattmr,r, Cornpaw Joshnn 1 5 : 8, foot~iatc~s.
    b, c. Qr, "hecause of there heing no plncr! [~lse]."

    *:%:$! ?s:lo
    JW

    Jrr 33.10

    ~~;2;3

    R(%IW:LT
    tLr, 2lJ::j.j
    Ihar :.7
    tm 3 , 2 0
    Ixn G 1 L
    d r r 4:27
    n r l t m7 I 3

    JEREMIAH 8 :1-6

    voice of exultation and the v o l e of rejoicing,


    the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the
    bride,a for the land xvill become nothing but a
    devastated place.' " t

    "At that time," is the utterance of Jehovah,


    "people will aIso bring forth the bones of
    the kings of Judah and the bones of its princes
    and the bones of the priests and the h n e s of t h e
    "~1'~~!&
    ?Kb Yl.2th
    prophets and the h n e s of the inhprbltants of
    21.h
    Jc'r"4'
    I.:/~- li::~ Jcrusnlem from their graves.u And they will
    1
    ' . l T~8 1 nctunll y spread them out to Ihe sun" and to the
    '\lM 2 : !
    $PAP 8.16 moon and t o all t h e army of the heavens that
    ~ D 4 P : ~ they have loved and that they have served and
    9 0 17:3

    that they have walked afterv and that they


    have sought and that they have bowed down
    ?'< f1 :{.t:"l
    t0.Y They will not be gathered, nor will they be
    J
    .
    if,:';;
    7:;)'' I?urid. As manure upon t h e face of the g r ~ u n d
    t h ~ ywill become."^
    k ' , ~~ . l o
    3 "And death nlill certainly be chosen rather
    JIT $1~22
    J
    I
    t
    h
    ~ nlife*on the part of all the remnant of those
    m l kl 19:4
    J { , ~ J3 2 1 remaining out of this bad family in all the
    Jr*r20:14
    places of the remaining oncs, whcre I will have
    R,. A.G
    =,,,
    I ) :{nl,l
    ~
    dispersed them,"" is the utterance of Jehovah
    ? I C 21:3
    ~

    y2lCI 17:18

    :I;I

    215

    ,,:,

    "I'P

    ??:I4

    1111 D 7
    J:*R ! 1
    .5T'Ib ? 1:1a

    rro r I:I

    52
    hlle 7 : s
    .\I11

    c~~~~

    1:za

    J#$r81;:3

    ,,,,6 , ,

    Eze 13:23

    +
    ;
    @ r q ; ~30 10
    1911
    *ILJ

    .I l:m

    1 )!;

    . l ~ 5..r
    ~r

    n-t..;:)I

    a1-u I i:2

    k lur!
    ,T~#,

    >!':113

    ., 1

    J,'xr- 2::30
    7:2

    of armies.
    4 "And you must say t o them, 'This i s what
    Jehovah has said: "'1TriIE they fall and not get
    up again?" If one would turn hack, mill the
    other not also turn b a c l ~ ? Why
    ~
    is i t that this
    people, Jerusalem, is unfaithiuI with an enduring unfaithfulness?' They have taken hold af
    trickiness;' they have refused to turn back."
    " 1 have paid attention, and I kept listening.*
    It mas not right the way they kept speaking.
    There was not a man repenting over his badness," saying, 'What have I done?' Each one is
    going b a ~ kinto the popuIec~~oursa~,lilce
    a horse

    JEREMIAH 8:7-B

    216

    that 18 dashing into the battle." T v e n the stork nEfJil


    In the heavens-it ~pellknows its appointed3 3Das.ln
    times;r and the turtledovehand the swift and rgay;"9
    the bulbul-they observe well the time of each .sCa
    one's coming in. But as for my people, they
    have not come to h o \ v the judgment of Jetaer 5:4
    hovah." 'I
    R 'HOW
    can YOU men say: "We are wise," ~$$-i$il
    and the Iaw of Jehovah is with us"?vSurely,
    $$7e
    now, the false stylus of the secretaries has p;c",HOB:]:
    FIsa
    worked in sheer falsehood.-- * The rvf se ones
    have become ashamd.z They have k o m e terri- zJ","r'64i$l
    Eze 7:28
    fied and will be caught. Look! They have rejected *Uu
    4,O
    the very word of Jehovah, and what wisdom do y;ol;j:g
    they have?' lo
    Therefore I s h ~ lgive
    l
    their wives
    t o other men, their fields to tllose taking posses- uymgo
    Am 5:11
    ston;' for from the least one even to the great- t.%:!ii'
    est one each one is making unjust gain;" from KC?;:'
    the prophet even to the priest e ~ c hone is acting
    fal~ely.~
    l1 And they try to heal the breakdowna
    of the daughter of my people I!ghfly,tj" saying: Em za:2a
    2'2.18
    "There is peace! There is peace!"^ when there is +I14
    J er b 1.1
    no pace." l a Did they feel shme because they jF; 2
    .::
    had done even what mas detestable?" For one ,L,;,2$!!o
    thing, they positively could not feel ashamed; XF&5:;J
    for another thing, they did not know even how & $i;g
    t a feel humiliated.'
    zCp3:s
    k ~ p3:19
    " 'Therefore they will fall among those who l PEze
    i~= 3:2
    are falling.1cIn the time of their being given Hn 4 5
    attention they will stumble,' Jehovah has saidn ng,"
    ~
    13 " 'When doing the gathering, Isl1~1lbring rEIzes 2-1:22
    T J : ~
    them ta their f i n i ~ h , is
    ' ~ the utterance of Jeho!:$$
    vah7 'There will be na grapes on the vine,s and :",",?:,

    I
    I

    I'

    gz;;?

    <:t3'

    O r , C'frnctam."box, "snpertlcinlly," a Sw Jeremiah 8: 14,footnote f. " Or, by a ehnnge of rewrl point in^, "[When] I shsIE [or,

    'there will be no figs on the fig treett and the


    foliage itself will certainly wither." And things
    I shall ~ l v et o them will pass by them.' "
    14 "Why are we sitting still? Gather yourselves together, and let us enter 3nto the fortified cities*and be silent there." For Jehovah our
    aPs %:2
    Goda
    has himse1E put us t o siIence,h and he gfves
    Am 6:10
    i
    5 : US poisoned water to drink,' for we have sinned
    3's 8!1:21
    ,1~1.23:15 against Jehovah, '&Therewas a hoping for
    1n
    , 3:39
    peace, but no good [came] ;" for a t'lme of heal:Jpr 4:10
    :::$:q;:c r I " i 9 ing, but, Ioolr! terror!" aTrorn Dane has been
    heard the snorting of his horses: From the
    sound of the neighing ahis stallions the whole
    land" has begun to rock.@ And they come In and
    eat up the l~ndOand what fills it,' the city and
    its Inhabitants."
    17 "For here 1 am sending Pn among YOU
    serpents, poisonous snakes,* f o r rvhich there is
    no charming,k and they wiII certainly bite Y O W ~ "
    is the utterance of Jehovah,
    18 A grief that is beyond curing has came
    'rIsa13:5
    1%g;$9up into toe." My heart is ill. lg Here there is the
    mund of the cry for helpof thedaughterof my
    people from a Innd far away:' "Is Jehovah not
    I S R 1 2 : ~ in Zion?H Or Is her king not in her?"'
    Jt>r31:6
    "Why is it that they have offended me with
    Joe 21
    'gay$:2; their graven images, with their vain foreign

    '~pl ig;9
    d a sl:ll

    u h e 3226
    fsa 1:4

    szecld*

    rpr 10:s
    y$$&,

    &:$,J
    "God.'*

    would] rvithant fail gather thenl."

    its t o

    JEREMIAH 8: 1 6 2 1

    217

    gDdS?llrl

    20 "The harvest has passed, the sumrneP


    has come to an end; but as for us, we have not
    been saved!"~
    21 Over the breakdown of the daughter of
    my people I have become shattered.~I have
    .gmwn sad. Outright astonishment Elas seized
    M, El.ulhjrnp, Or,''pr~tns ont of action"; thnt

    perish,

    Or, "carth." 31, r r ' ~ t s .

    ie, caused

    JEREMIAH 8:22--9:7

    1I

    218

    hold of me.' Is there no balsam in Gilte+ad?o'2&3221


    Or is there no healer there?= Why is It, then,
    $;;;:,
    that the recuperation of t h e daughter of my
    y;f4;6:;1

    people has not come up?'


    oa:r 9.12
    Lu 5.3;
    Oa that: my head were waters, and that my 'jg ?2
    eyes were a s o m e of teal=.;!b
    Then I could 0;:.,1;;;:436
    !veep day and night for the slain ones of the
    ;;;17
    daughter of my people.+
    *FS423
    ,lor ii:28
    2 0 that I had in the wilderness a lodging mr,
    K,:C
    place of travelers!@Then I would leave my peo- "y:
    ple and go away from them, for all of them are lo
    adulterers," a solemn assembly of treacherous ?$
    ;\
    dealers;" ' and they bend their tongue as their u;l;;;;%l
    bow in falsehmd:k but not for faithfulness have
    they proved mighty in the 1and.h
    kl3-5 2 2
    "For from badness to badness they tvent I.L 'FF a83:3
    5 % ~
    forth, and they ignored even me,'" is the utter- ;j''$$
    i;12
    ance of Jehovah.
    J E T 4:2a
    4 "Guard yourselves each one against his
    own companion,' and put YOUR trust in no ,[;:,";d3!(4
    brother a t all.# For even every brother would
    g;::
    positively supplant: and every companion himn
    ULP~I!)
    self ~vt'ouldwalk around as a mere slandereq~l P.. 1.5.~:n3h16
    "and they keep M i n g each one with his cornpanion;" and they speak no truth at all. They Vi;pciP,';J
    have taught their tongue t o speak f ~ l s e h d y;.;,T?;v
    .~
    They have tired themselves out merely in doing
    :E$,;
    ;2
    wrong.lc
    J I . ~I W I Y
    OPr 1:21
    6 "Your sitting is in t h e midst of deception." .IshrI:I. ro
    Through deception they have refused t o know 110
    110 I : M
    7co l5"34
    me,"' is the utterance of Jehovah.
    M % l I 1 ::!5
    r
    LO
    7 Therefore this is what Jehovah of armies I.Ikt.P~ 4%
    (;':"l
    has said: "Here I am smelting them, and P have g:t ?zjdg
    to examhe them,* because how otherwise shall rFd ;:;

    ,',v$!,y

    :;

    4:tl

    aIn

    EZ this is the 5 d verse (23) of chnpkr 3, b Or, "cnrth."

    219

    JEREMIAH 9:8-14

    act an account of the daughter of my p e ~ p l e ? ~


    tz,hIF;* IaTheir
    tongue is a slaughtering arrow.8' De-

    -ps 1 2 2
    Ps 5i:4
    PS I X ) : ~

    ceptition is what it has spoken. With one'smouth,


    peace is what one keeps speaking with one's
    o w n companion; but in the midst of oneself
    "=a 3 5 7 one sets one's ambush.'"'"
    28a 20:9
    9 "Because of these things should I not hold
    ;
    aft 2 6 : ~ an accounting with tl~em?"is the utterance of
    Jehovah. "Or upon R nntlon that is like this
    should not my soul nvengc itself?" l o Over the
    mountains I shall raJse A irrecping and lamenta*~J e~t71316
    -: 2 9 tion," and over the pasture grounds of the wilLa 1:16
    k Jer 124 derness a dirge; for they will have been burnedk
    Jer23:10 SO that there is no man passing through and
    J o e 1:10
    people actuakly will not hear the sound of livestock.~BOth the flying creature of the heavens
    E ~ e 2 9 : l i and the beast will have fIed; they will have
    gonean And I will mnke Jerusalem piles of
    tps 7*1
    s t o n ~ s t,h~e lair of jackals;" and the cities of
    Jer 26:18
    uxsa la:= Judah I shall make a desolate waste, without
    YJe* =:11
    ,Jer 25:U an inhabitant.v
    12 "Who is the man that 1~ wise, that he may
    yDe 32%
    P S I O T : Q S understand this, even the one t o whom the
    Isa 62:23
    H~ 14~9 mouth of Jehovah has spoken, that he may
    ,R,e,g3, tell i t ? y On what account should the land actually perish, be actually burned like the wilderFS 10;:s
    1K19:8
    Jer 5.1s
    ness without anyone passing through?"z
    Eze 14:s
    13 And Jehovah proceeded t o say : "On ac'De
    2Ch31.16
    ?:I9
    ~ z 8r : ~ count of their leaving my law that 1 gave [to
    P5 89-m
    P; i19:za be] before them, and [because:l they have not
    Pr 28 4
    Jer 22;s obeyed my voice and have not walked in it,b"
    rec 6:s
    Jcr 3.17 l4 but they kept an walking after the stubborn-

    ; ? ness

    o f their heartn and after the Ba'aI

    a rrAslanghiering nrraw," M a "n hmlmcred arrow," MmaPsln; "an


    arrow fmnu a epceial wood [bow],'' hy nnotl~erderivation. ""It,"'
    in the fmlinine gender, singulnr nunlher; rcfcming to the "law?'

    JEREMIAH 9 ;23-10 :3

    JEREMIAH 9:15-22
    irnaps,ah about which their fathers had taught y&s$!,,
    them:: therefore this is what Jehovah of
    nrrnies, the Godb of Israel, has said, 'Here I am I.~TI:I
    making them, that is, this people, eat worm!r:ood,' and I will make them drink poisoned My;,";if;4
    w ~ t e r ;I F ~and I will scatter them among the
    nations that neither they nor their fathers have epy.4
    IAn a:m
    Irnown,Ic and I will send after them t h e sword Jc;;g;Jj3
    NII 1:s
    until I shaIl have exterminated then^,^^^
    1's lUl;:27
    17 "This is what Jehovah of amiea has said, n.y;:p
    s:2
    'BEHAWwith understanding and call the dirgesinging women, that they may come; and SEND
    ewri to the skilledc women, that they may
    come,r l aand that they may hurry and raise up
    over us a lamentation. And may our eyes run 1p7;;;
    down with tears and our own beaming e y e s L h ~ ~ 7 ~
    trickle with tvaters,"'" For the voice of lameni,n 1,1k
    t~ttlotlIs what has been heard from Zlon :t "How ,,?::t?jf:
    we have been despoiled!" How much we have KE:;ibfi
    felt shame! For we have left the land; for theya; ; ;1 o:;2:
    Cz:.~
    have thrown away our residences,''PV
    Eut vM1,r~ 1SI:ZR
    hear, 0 YOU women, the word of Jehovah, and
    ?11::2
    may YOUR ear take the word of his mouth-s k!;1;,'23?0
    Then teach worn daughters a lamentation, and yi,';:.$j,'j
    ench woman her companion a d ilqge.= For
    ;3$T
    :' 'I
    death has come up through our windows;-' it
    has come into our dwelling towers, in order t o
    cut o f f the child from the street, the young men
    *2ch
    acr 0:
    30:17
    11
    f ram the public squares."
    22 "Speak, 'This is what the utter~lnceof $;',?:j
    Jehovah is: "The dead bodies of rnmkindr will 2: z?;j4
    certainly also fall like mallure upon the face
    of the Aeld and like a row of newly cut grain
    Or, ',the Ba'nis." b irG~d."11, El.o.him'. a Litrrollp, "nixe!' 3E.
    j5

    I ~ J C

    ,:,

    1.1.

    ,.rtrr

    d"Thy,'"IJ'g$r;
    tb~orvnnn.ny.'l

    '&we:' LXS. Or, "SOY

    br, 4pmen."31, Ira-n.dnrrrP.

    PUI* I Y S ~ ~ ( J C ~ ~ZC 'Cbcrn


    C
    ~

    after the reaper, with no one t o do the gathering up.""'3


    J*r $:2
    23 This is what Jehovah has seid: "Let not
    Jer 1g:4
    Jcr b:33 the wise man brag about hlrnself because of his
    Zep 1:17
    wisdom: and let not the mighty man bmg about
    ~ P 49.N
    S
    Ec 8:Xl
    himself because of his mightiness.? Let not t h e
    IS^ 5:21
    rich man brag nbaut himself because oE his
    ,ggG
    1
    na
    K142O:lO
    : ~ - richega"*
    Ath 12.2,
    24 "But let the one bragging about himself
    I'A
    brag about himself becnust! of this very thing,
    k.
    f
    ?i
    ;
    L:,
    :
    9
    'fps 5 3 9
    the having of insjght."' and thc having of knowlPr 1:3
    ~ s el:m
    a
    edge of me, that I am Jehovah," the One exer'Ps 81 14
    Jer 31:s cising loving-kindness,' justice1' and righteous;oh 17:s
    ness in the earth;"for In these things 1 do take
    lCo
    delightl'lkis the utterance of Jehovah.
    "$: &-;?
    25 "L60k?Days are corning," is the uttemce
    ;
    P5 115:T of Jehovah, "and I will h d d an accounting with
    Ro 3 2 5
    everyone circumcised [but stiIl'l in uncircumk&91:yaz
    nr rc 6:s cision,cll u pon Egyptv and upon Judahs and
    nEze =:I0
    upon E'darnQnd upon the sons of Arn'monu
    E Z 3219
    ~
    and upon Mo'abv and upon ell those with hair
    ' E z e m clipped at the tempIes who are d~vellingin the
    wilderness,y far all Ihe nations Rre uncircumsIcn 1.1
    ~ . r e~r : 3cised and all ti-le house af Israel nre uncircumOh I
    i d c r 49:1 cised in heartaWz
    VISA15:l
    JI-r45:1
    Hear the \!lord that Jehovah has spoken
    y L e 21:5
    j e r 25:23
    against YOU people, 0 house of Israel.
    Jer 49:32
    zLe 2~:41 This is what Jehovah has said : "Do not learn
    Eze30:6
    De
    4 . 2 : ~ the way of the n ~ t i o n sa t all,\nd
    do not be
    Ac 7!51
    struck with terror even at the signs o f the heav*LC 20.23
    ens, because the nations are struck with t e r r o r
    of
    f
    ~ a t themVu
    ~
    ~For tlie
    ~ customsa
    ;
    ~ the ~peoplesb
    the
    love." b Or, "judgn~rnt.~'Or, "in [ I l i ~ ]for~skin'~;
    0 Or, *'lo~al

    %
    ?,-,$

    JUL

    0.-

    II!I:G

    10

    a sigil of I I S I P ~ Y F I I ~ I ~ P ~Or
    N ~ ~"a1110ng
    TI.
    t h e uneircmn~isiorl [the onerr rvho nrp izlicirculucisd, haling formkins]."
    6 Or, "stntutes." SF, i'iidols."
    ~ ' O S P S ~ Illeing
    L

    JEREMIAH 10:4--11

    222

    are just an exhalation,' because it is a mere


    tree out of the forest that one has cut down, +&a 44:14
    45:20
    the work of the hands of the craftsman with the WIsa
    Ps 135:35
    Isa
    4039
    billhook.' "Wh
    ti
    siIver and with gold one beauti- rIsn 41:7
    Isa
    fies it.& With nails and with hammers they Isa 44:12
    46:7
    115:5
    fasten them down, that none may reel." They #Pp sa 335:16
    239
    are like a scarecrow of a cucumber field, and lIab
    1Co 12:2
    cannot speak.* They are without fail carried, kPs
    115:7
    462
    far they cannot take any steps," Do not be Ise
    Ism 1197
    nIsa
    41:23
    afraid because of them, for they can do nothing Isa 41.9
    Isa
    4
    calamitous and, what is more, the doing of any 1Co S5:26D
    rEs 9:14
    good is not with them."'"
    E x 15:11
    6 In no way is there anyone like YOU, 0 Jeho- De 39:31
    2Sa 7:22
    vah.r You are great, and your name is great in Ps =:la
    rnightineswn ' Who should not fear you,t 0 King PPsS 86:s
    S9:G
    424
    of the n a t i ~ n sf, w
    ~ to you it is fitting;" because aNe
    Ne 9:32
    48:l
    among all the wise ones of the nations and Ps
    Ps 1453
    Isa 125
    among all their kingships there is in no way 3er
    3238
    37724
    anyone like you.y =And at one and the same tJob
    Jer 5 2 2
    time they prove to be unreasoning and stupid.= Re 1 S : d
    A tree is a mere exhortation of vanities,' Sil- UPPSS 90:s
    3:1
    R e 11:17
    ver beaten into plates is what is brought in even vFs
    7G:7
    Fs 89 :6
    from Tar'shish," and gold from U'phaz,* the y1co
    1.20
    115:s
    workmanship of a craftsman and of the hands zPs
    Isa 41:29
    of a metalworker; their clothing Is coccus scar- Jer 51:17
    Ro 1:22
    let material and wool dyed reddish purple. They *Isa
    44:19
    U l K t 10:ZZ
    are all the workmanship of skilled peop1e.O
    A D a 10:5
    11524
    1Q But Jehovah is in truth Godnb+He is the QPs
    +Fs3 1 5
    m
    n
    e
    6:26
    living Godm and the King t o time indefinite." ps 42:2
    X
    F
    s
    90:2
    Because of his indignation the earth will rock,# Isa 5795
    5:4
    and no nations will hold up under his denuncia- *Yg
    Ps 77:18
    tion." " This is what YOU men will say ta them: kPs
    76:7
    90:lZ
    "The godscn that did not make the very heavens Ps
    J O E 221
    96:5
    and the earth are the anes who will perish from nPs
    ICo S:5

    223

    JEREMIAH 10:12-18

    the
    rgf2z8
    Z ~ 2;11
    P

    earthr and from under these heavens,"ag


    Heb is the Maker of the earth by his power,t
    the One firmly establishing the productive landc
    :4 by his wisdom,u and the One who by his understanding stretched out the heavens.v " At [his]
    40.2s
    Jer 31:15
    Ac 13.15 voice there is a giving of a turmoil of waters
    t h e heavens by him,Y and he causm vapors*
    U,P,Si;i in
    to
    ascend from the extremity of the earth.s He
    v z i 4$;;
    121
    has
    made even sluiceseOfor the rain,* and he
    -1 1;L 1fl.G
    Y J U ~~ : 2brings forth the windf from his s t o r e h o ~ s e s . ~
    Ps 1833
    PS 6 3 : ~ ~ 14 Every mang has behaved so unreasoningly
    zGe 2:6
    J O 36:27
    ~
    as not to
    Every metalworker will certainly feel shame because of the shaped image;+
    2
    :i3jz
    *EY 0 9
    for his molten image is a falsehood; and there
    lK1
    are vanity,$ a
    CJob 3 9 : Z is no spirith in them." '"They
    Jer 5j:r6 work of mockery." In the time of their being
    APn 14 2
    44.11 given attention they win perish.#
    +1Co 8:4
    @Jer5 1 : ~ 16 The Share of Jacobm is not like these
    *In? 41 :99
    for he is the Former of everything," and
    Z
    JT$I things,
    Israel is the staffj of his possession.r Jehovah
    nrsa 4,:7
    rzE$ of armies is his name."
    sJcr 51:19
    17 Gather up from the earth your pack load,=
    t E Z 12:s
    ~
    0
    woman dwelling under
    Is For this is
    l,";iAF; ij:y3
    vQe 28:63 what Jehovah has said: "Here I am slinging out
    I S a 2529
    Jer 16:13 the inhabitants of the earthk on this occasfon,v
    ,"J'AZ:"z?,and I will cause them distress in order that they
    may find out"y
    &!;io
    l2

    zf.1-

    /
    a

    I
    I

    a r'U' ha," MVg ; "O'phir;'


    SyTTh, b "God." M, El.b.hi
    gods.' 31, el-a.knyyo' (Western or P~leatinianAr.a.ma

    This entire verse 11 is written in &.a-ma'ic.


    YI3ej" W r g ; ICJehovah," LLTSy. "Productive land."M, ts.bdlr; LXX, "the inhabited
    earth"; Tg, or'bis ("the circle" of the enrth). Or, "vaporaus
    clouds." e"Slniccs,'' by rending bedr2a.qim' instead of h"ra.qi?ra'
    ("lightnings"). Xec TBs Jolarmal of FheologP'caE Studies (London,
    England), Octuhel; 1952, pages 214-216. "Lightnings,H 5UXXVgSyT. Compare Psalm 136: 7, footnote a. f "Wind?' 31,~.u'akh;
    l r g , vem'tus; LXX, phds ('Llight"). g "Man.'"I,
    adam'. h 01;
    "breath." M i ru'ahh; 5x1, pneu ma; Vg, sp%'di.tus. 'Or, "an
    exhalation." 1 Or, "tribe." hI> she'bet. k Or, L'land."

    JEREMIAH 10:19-11 :2

    224

    19 Woe to me on account of my break dawn!^


    My stroke has become sickish.". And I myself

    zj;;$i;
    *?gr3d43"1

    have said: "Surely this is my sickness, and I


    shall carry it.' 2o My own tent has been de- "RHC7:S
    spoiled, and my own tent cords have all been
    torn in two? My own sons have gone forth from
    me, and they are no rn0re.O There is no one 4ga;<;o
    stretching out my tent any more or raising up Jer31:lS
    my tent curtains. For the shepherds have be,
    ,
    :
    ,
    ,
    er 5 :31
    haved mreasoningIy,' and they have not looked Jder
    12:10
    even for JehovahmoThat is why they have not ;F
    ; :;:g
    acted with insight, and all their pastured ani- 4 d e r 2 : g
    3er 8:9
    mals have been scattered.""
    yJer 23:l
    34:s
    22 Listen! A report! Here itb has come, aIso .ZEze
    cc 1 3 5
    a great pounding from the land of the north,* *!E;,f,lji5
    in order to make t h e cities of Judah a desolate ;$; 5:;!
    IcJer 9 : ~
    waste, the Iair of jackals."
    Ma1 l:3
    23 1: well know, 0 Jehovah, that t o earthling
    manc his way does not be10ng.~It does not be- ~ f ; ; ; ; ~
    long to mand who is walking even t o direct his F ~ I ~ : I
    step.7 Correct me, 0 Jehovah, however with ~l:$;p"
    j ~ d g r n e n t ;not
    ~ in your anger,t that you may ,gF!$i2
    not reduce me to nothing," ' T o u r out your rage u,J,o,b;g
    Isa dz:11
    upon the nations," who have ignored you,"y and vps
    796
    upon the families that have not called even FJOJO;;;~
    upon your name." For they have eaten up ~ ~ 1 7 : 2 3
    Jacob.' Yes, they have eaten him up, and they :Risis4
    keep at exterminating him; and his abiding zgh&z,
    glace they have desolatedqD
    Zep
    Isa 61:6
    43
    *Ps14:4
    The word that occ~~rred
    t o Jeremiahf 3ps m a
    from Jehovah, saying: "'Hear the words Egg6
    4F;x 19:5
    of this covenant, YOU men!A
    2K1 11:17
    , , +

    11

    OrJ '4~hroni~J';
    or, "incurable." b"It," in the feminine gender,
    singular numbel-; referring t o the "report." "Earthling man." 31,
    ha-la.damt. d "Man." 21, ;,ah. Or, "who have not come t o know you.?'
    f See Jeremiah 1:1, footnote h.

    *Ma1 1:14
    QDem:26
    D e 28:15
    Gn 9:lO

    *Ex21:3

    D e 5:2
    Eze 20:6
    mT3e 4:m
    11CI R : 5 l
    Tun 1H l a
    'I.:\

    211.6

    Id* 2 6 5
    DC 11:27
    1Sa 1522
    #Go 17:8
    LC 26:12
    Eze 11:20
    2.Co 6:16
    C X I t 26372
    lrCe 1518
    De 7 12
    PS lE:9

    nEx 3.8
    Le 20:24
    De 6 3

    sIsa 58:1

    Jer 7:2

    t D e 6:3
    Yoh 13:17
    Ro 2:13
    Jas 1:22
    ulSa 8:9

    v E x 15:26
    De 4:6

    g X h 36%

    Ser 254

    zNe 8.16
    J e r 6%

    Eze 20:8

    Zec 721

    *Jer 8:17
    der 2:M

    oLe 26:16
    De 28:15
    Jos 23:13
    Eze 20:37
    LJer 5:31
    Eze 22:2$

    Mt 21:38

    AC 2.3:ia

    "And you must speak them to t h e mena of


    Judah and to the inhabitants of JerusaIem,
    and you must say to them, 'This is what Jehovah the God of Israel has said: "Curseda is the
    manb that does not listen to the words of this
    covenantv which I commanded YOUR forefathers in the day of my bringing them out of
    the land of Egypt,' out of t h e furnace of iron,'
    saying, 'OBEYm y voice, and YOU must do things
    according to all that I command YOU;"and YOU
    will certainly become my people and I myself
    shaI1 become YOUR
    for the purpose of
    carrying out the oatha that I swore to YOUR
    forefather^,^ t o give them the land flowing with
    milk and honey,n as in this day.' " ' "
    And I proceeded to answer and say: "So be
    itJd 0 Jehovah."
    6 And Jehovah went on to say to me: "Call
    out all these words in the cities of Judah and in
    the streets of Jerusalem," saying, 'HEARthe
    words of this covenant and sou must do them."
    ' For I solemnlyu admonished YOUR forefathers
    in the day of my bringing them up out of the
    land of EgyptVand down to this day, rising up
    early and admonishing, saying: ""Obey m y
    voice.''y a But they did not listen or incline their
    ear," but they kept walking each one in the stubbornness of their bad heart,* and so I brought
    upon them all the words of this covenant that
    I commanded [them] to do, but that they did
    not do.' ""
    9 Furthermore, Jehovah said to me: "Conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah
    and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.*

    a ' L M e ~ . ' 'X, {sk; used collectively. bCi31an,l,N,ish.


    El.o.kinnr, d "So be it." M, A.nSn'.

    C*God!'

    N,

    'OThey have returned to the errors of their


    f~refatkers,~
    the first ones, who refused to b$f;;li
    obeya my words, but who themselves have FZrI);18
    waked after other godsh in order t o serve
    them.' T h e hause of Israel and the house of ':h2i?;I
    Judah have broken my covenant that Iconcluded zt5; :$q!
    with their f o ~ f a t h e r s". ~Therefore t h i s is what @;;;;
    yf;
    Jehovah has said, 'Here I am bringing upon 5~1'i;.:;
    Vrc itim59
    them a calamity' that they will not be able t o l i b s 7
    get out of;' and they will certainly cdl to me .j!:b$:y6
    for aid, but I shall not listen to them.k " And j,;;;, !,kg
    1
    the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jeru- ";%!;1,:1,7
    salem wilI have to go and call for aid to the fl;l$y
    1
    godse to which they are making samfflcial k1;5 IS:.LI
    smoke," but which will positively bring no sal- kh1i:?~
    vation to them in the time of their ~ a l a m i t y .:,";jfi~
    ' T o r your godsb have become as many as your
    7:.13:20
    i
    cities, O Judah;s and as many altars as the rd1.r:L
    cnr2:2H
    streets of Jerusdem you people have placed far . l l r b 32:
    &k"
    the shameful thing, altars to make sacrificial
    smoke to Ba'al.'t
    tarcf
    , r a lal:e
    r~l:~ t
    14 "And as for you, do not pray in behalf of ''T
    this people, and do not lift up in their behalf an
    entreating cry or a prayer,u for I shall not be uf;li!A
    listening in the t h e of their calling out ta me
    V P ~M:IS
    in regard t o their calamity.av
    HO S:B
    15 "What business does my beloved one have ,
    ,
    in my house,!: that many of them should do this z;;j:n
    I)r 2133
    thing,= t h e [evil] device?' And with holy flesh Jcr
    3:8
    will they make [it] pass over from upon m ~ 2 a8 5
    you; when your calamity [comes1 ? At that E:: !i:$,
    time will yau exult?* la 'A m i a n t olive tree, ::;F.l?j:f

    '1

    ,:;:

    ?:::

    '':''

    ,,:,

    Or,
    '
    *"The gads."
    %em."

    af(;lods." X,sl.o.hinr'; the plnral number of tbo'ah,


    31, kn-eLo.him1. "In mgmd b their calnnjitp," 31;

    "'in the time of their ealamib," LXXTgSgT ant1 34 Rebrcw mnntr~cripts.

    beautiful wlth fruit [and] fn form,' is what


    Jehovah has called your name.4 With sound of
    R o l l : a Q the great roaring, he has set; a fire blazing
    8-gnlnst her, and they have bmken its branches.'
    ?'.;k 1 5 : d i
    17 "And Jehovah of armies himself, the
    ,
    Planter
    of y o ~ , ~ @ hspoken
    as
    against youa a
    ~~,,3,s~PI
    calamity
    on
    account
    of
    the
    badness
    of the house
    m?si7
    t i r L 1l:Ifl
    T : I ~
    d Isrncl*and the house of Judah that they have
    1I <,I
    ,.. :,.>
    I .,
    i:,~
    r , r 2."17;s commiZted an their own part to oflend me in
    ..,a.r l f i . l ~ rnnkinfi srtcriflcinl smoke t o Ba'al."'
    .Jl,r 1n.u
    IR And Jchovah himself has informed me
    ,
    ,
    WI<I 2 1:s
    ,,,,;
    ,, that I mny know. At that t h e you caused me
    to s e their dealing^.^ And I was like a male
    a0 11
    1 ':.I
    lamb, an intimate one, that is brought to slaugh~;:,2i;U
    ter,tn and 1did not knew that it was against me
    I : LtP a:
    31
    F 13
    F:~
    that they thought out schemes:n "Let us bring
    In v s H7
    I:IB
    rqn 3:3:7 to ruin the tree with its food, and let us cut
    him offr from the Iand of the living ones, that
    ?a/:;!;
    his very name may no more be remembered."t
    l>n
    Isntn:fl
    n zn
    '* But Jehovah af armies is judging with rightt rr.llzl:
    q tows
    14
    MCC I H , ~ e ~ u s n e s s he
    ; ~ Es examining the kidneysb and the
    PI( 7 r
    ,lr I T , . ~ X heBTtaV0 may I see your vengeance on them,
    It is to~you that
    my
    '
    ' for ~
    ~ I have
    ~ revealed
    ~
    ~ case
    151w."
    LT<:2\:,5
    26 Therefore this is what Jehovah has said
    n.
    *Jef 1:l
    against the men of An'a.thothmwho are seeking
    cJcr20:lQ for youF soul," saying: "You must not pmph8; e s p in the name of Jehovah,"that you may not
    hln 2:12 die at our hand";# therefore this is what Jeh*
    bJvr :n:2
    :n+ vah of armics has said: "Here 1am timing my
    attention upon them. The young men them'~,"a~ilTselveswT1ldiebythestvord.'Theirsonsand
    their daughters themselves will die by the
    "YoI~,"in the fcmininc wnder, singular number. b Or, '(deepest

    sr

    :E
    J1.r

    "

    clmotion~." "Your," AlTgSy(T) ;"my," LXT. "seebring for yonr


    ~10~11,"'
    EflTgS~*;
    eelri ring to put on to death," T.

    JEREMIAH 11:2 L 1 2 :6

    228
    I

    famine? And not even a remnant will there


    come to be for them," because I shall bring *Jcr*lq:21
    calamlty upon the men of Ank.thoth,"the year ';;g%?ik8
    of their being given attenti~n."~
    ~ Ezr
    J C 2PIF 73
    !I
    B:l2
    You are righteous, 0 Jehovah, when f 3rr
    arlrT:.l
    1.u 19: 14
    make m y complaint to you," Indeed ,,:,.
    ,N:29;
    when I speak even about matters of judgment
    !:;,\,
    with you.' Why is it that the way of wiclred y;;F+j;;q
    ones is what has succeeded,"that all those who ;I ;;it
    RE mmmitting treachery are the unworried >Ink J,IS
    ones? YOUhave planted fihem; they havc also
    taken root. They keep going ahead; they hnve
    also produced fruit. You are near in their
    mouth, but far away from their kiclney8.n)' rA$sAf
    'And you yourself, O Jehovah, know me well; ;!ltty;\
    you see me, and you have examined my heart
    in union with yourse1f.a Single them out ljke 2fg;gj7
    sheep for the slaughtering,' and set them apart"
    for the day of killing. How long should the
    ;iyZ
    land keep withering away: and the very vege- LJcr !#:to
    tation of all t h e field dry up?"~ecause of the 'j::?ig4
    badness of those dwelling in it the beasts and

    12

    ,:;;

    the flying creahrrs have been swept away."


    For they have said: "He does not see our

    sos1

    : ; ; ; ; ; ; :1

    (tr~lqting)." L X X * R , "yon a r e not

    confident.'"

    .,

    zC?i$

    &; ;mr :&

    in the forest. She has let loose her voice even


    I havc hated herVz
    ~ ; , "against
    ~ ;possessiona
    ~me.r
    ~ ~Thatis 3sas why
    s 1t.r z:15
    My
    a
    many-colored
    bird of
    Jc.r 5 1 3 9
    ~ 2 c h 3 6 : 1 6 prey to me; the blrrls of prey am round about
    HO 0:IB
    nrn 6:s upon it:' Cann~,~ a t h c rtogcthsr, all YOU wild
    Zrc 11:B
    the lleld; bring [them] to eat." '"any
    ,,, beastsof
    shepherds~themselveshave brought m y vineg;
    %'
    +
    :
    ~
    2
    ~ yard
    ~
    2 to
    ~ ruin;'
    :
    ~
    they have stamped down m y
    Em? 26:R e i~:16 shareme
    They
    have
    turned my desirable share
    A l ~ a56.9
    One
    R~ I Q : ~ S into a wwllderness of a desolate waste.'
    ~ J C F:3
    F
    has made it a dwolate waste;* jt has withered
    it is desolated t o me.k The whole land
    eBk\,, away;&
    has
    been
    made desolate, because there is no
    ;
    gr3,:1;:
    krcr lo:za manb that has taken Tit] t o heart," " On all the
    rlEc 7:2
    Isa
    beaten paths through the wilderness t h e deISR 57:l
    spoilers havc c o m e . F o r the sword belonging
    ~ ~ r 2:a
    ai
    r$E: $$ ta Jehovah is devouring from one end of the
    even t o the other cnd of the 1and.m There
    ~ $ 5 2land
    is
    no
    peace for m y flesh.' 'They have sown
    J e r lILIT
    EX@
    amz
    wheat,
    but thorns are what they have reap4.u
    x n19.15
    Pe
    914
    They
    have worked themselves sick; they will be
    tSrk3;g
    uLe ~ $ 1 6 of no benefit-v And they will certainly bee
    ashamed of the products of YOU people because
    ,zF&:: of the burning anger of Jehavah."r
    sJ" 3:24
    14 This 1s what Jehovah has said against all
    a Jer .18:26
    who are touching the
    Eze 2 5 3 my bad neighbors,"
    hereditary
    possession
    that
    I caused my people,
    m2&g1s
    even
    Israel,
    to
    possess:'
    "Here
    I am uprooting
    EC&
    ,

    Jcr J:.%

    5 For with footmen you have run, and they


    ~voulcltire you out;' so how can you run a race 'PtN:i0
    with horses?" And in the land of peace are you 'Fr:l;l,
    confident?"k So how wiIl you act among the
    proud [thicketsts] along the J o r d a ~ l ?T~o r even
    your own brothers and the household af your
    own father, even they thernseIves have dedt i-c;g;i
    treacherously with you.FEven they themselves Jcr g,.l
    have called out Ioudly behind you. Do not put %$;'
    Or, "deepest emotions." b Or, "sanctifp." m Or, ((yon nre confident

    any faithQin them, just because they speak to


    yougood things."
    sB12:z
    pr 26:25
    Jer2317
    7 "I have abandoned my houseit I have detPS m:w
    wted my possession;u I have given the beloved
    rsa 2:6
    J IT 1 !:I5
    one of my soul into the palm of her
    130 0:15
    M y possession has become t o me like a lion
    U~~~~~~
    '

    vJ''r7:14
    Ln 2.1

    'JH","$F
    *Pg

    '" x5

    I
    I

    Or, "has mourned." btdMnn."' >I, i ~ h 0, Or, "And BE." Imperative


    mood, plural, 6 " S e i g h h . " Erridcntlg neighbor nations or peoplesL

    JEREMIAH 12:1 U 3 :7

    230

    them from off th&


    and the house d njf;g;;
    Judah 1 shall u p m t from the midst of them." ;
    ;;!;;;
    And it must o m r that after my uprooting A Z C ~7:2u
    them I shall again certainly have mercy upon
    themQand will bring them back, each one to his O&!,"C%lA
    heredftary possession and each one t o his Iand."'
    $";6
    16 "And it must occur that if they will with- !,::r:!!j;n
    out fail learn the ways of my people in swearing 2;~;;;~
    by my name,' 'As Jehovah is alive!' just as they ,y;;r$;t
    taught my people to swear by Batal,"they will rktr ri.i:ln
    also be built up in the midst of my people." e:%'E$?~
    I' Rut if they will not obey,k I will also uproot g$y;;rJ
    that nation, uprooting and destroying [it],"n "g;,rj:3
    Is the zrtterance of Jehovah.
    Ir:p
    ; (.ya.s
    : ~
    i t l c ; ~IJI.IZ
    r-tt1~4,z
    This is what Jehovah has sald to me: Yr'e
    2 Y
    "Go,a and you must get for yourself tl IiJcr I H : ~
    linen belt a d put it upon your hips, but you
    must not bring it into any water."l' So 1 got r6Ler27:2
    Z 4:1
    ~
    the belt in accord with the word of Jehovah
    and put it upon my hips." And the word of *Iua":a
    Jehovah proceeded t o occur t o me a second
    tlrne, saying: "Take the belt that you got, t h n t
    is upon your hips, and rise up, go to the Eup h r a ' t e ~ ,and
    ~ hide it there in a cleft of the
    crag.'" 'So I went and hid it by the Eu.phraltes, tg:zi&
    3M1 I ' M
    just as Jehovah" had mmmded me."
    u!lcb 1::s
    6 But i t came a b u t at We end of many days
    that Jehovah proceeded to say t o me: "Rise up,
    go to the Eu.phra'tesVand take from there the vg:;;lfH
    4:21
    belt that I commanded you to hide there." irri
    Vceordingly I went t o the Eu.phrattes and dug Ezr 4:10
    and took the belt from the place in which I had
    hid it, and, look! t h e belt had been ruined; it
    was not fit for anything.r
    YISII
    JCS WW:B
    24:8

    13

    See Jemialr 2: 2,footnoe c.

    231

    JEREMIAH 13:8-15

    8 Then the word of Jehovah occurred to me,


    saying: "This Is what Jehovah has said, % the
    same way I shall bring to ruin the pride of Judahz and the abundant pride of JerusaIem.
    =k$?;;;
    rqn 23.9
    This bad people who are refuging to obey my
    Gzc 16:W
    zcg 3.11 words,'] who are walking in the stubbornness of
    I,u 1824
    their heartd and who keep walking after other
    4:6
    1 I'I! s:5
    IINu 1,11godsa in order t o serve them ~ n tdo bow down
    f(,i,? j!&? t o thern,O will also becclme just like this belt
    Wrr 9:f4 that is fit for nothing.' ' 'For just as a belt clings
    3rr 11:8
    ~ r 7 : 5 1 to the hips of n man," so I caused t h e whoIe
    1 3 2.12
    ~
    3 5 8 s,s
    house aS Zsrncl and the whole! house of Judah to
    1KI 1 1 3
    cling even to me,"' is the utterance of Jehovah,
    7Cll;:19
    E aF
    D e 4:;
    26:18 'in order to become to me a people' and a name4
    =GC
    .,,,:.
    IT:T
    and a praisek and something beautiful;" but
    Fs 1 3 3 4 they did not obey.'r
    *I<a 6?:U
    J C 33.9
    ~
    12 "And you must say to them this word,
    ~ I <3:21
    RG
    n l P e 2.8
    'This is what Jehovah the Godc of Israel has
    rps
    Jcr6:17
    8 1 : ~ said: "Every large jar is something that gets
    filled with wine," ' And they will ce~*tainlysay
    t o you, 'Do u7enot positively know that every
    large jar is something that gets AIled with
    wine?' l a And you must say to them, 'This i s
    tBm3
    what Jehovah has said: ""T-EereI am filling all
    Ps 75!8
    xsa m9 the inhabitants of this land and the kings that
    Isq 4U:28
    r ~ =:s:IT
    me sitting far David upon his throne and the
    Lsd 63:F
    priests and the prophets and all the i n h a b i b t s
    Jer 25:Ezy:ly of Jerusalem with drunkenness.' 14AndI will
    %
    ,l s a$
    :$ dash them one against another," both the fa14.20 thers and the sons, nt the sRme time,"v is the
    2Ch 20.23
    ~ " ~ 8 utterance of Jehovah. "I shall show no compasJer 38:9
    vJer
    g:?: sion, nor feel any sorrow, and I shall not have
    a z e a:lu
    mtlo:21 the mercy to keep from bringing them t
    o
    JSN

    rUinmjrry
    1 15 "Hear, YOU people, and give ear. Do not be
    a b'Eod~." If, abo.hi~n'. ' ' i M ~ n . ' ~ Y ,isR. a "Glad!'
    31, El.a.Aimt.
    YDCB:20
    T\n 97.11

    $2-

    JEREMIAH 13:16-22

    232

    we3:15
    haughty,' for Jehovah himself h ~ sspoken." *
    ~
    ;
    ~ 4~
    ~3:21 ~your ~Skirts have been taken off as a cover$
    lrrsa a : 4 your heelso have been treated violently.
    lG Give t o Jehovah" YOUR Goda glory:
    before he ;g;gOl5
    me 16:X
    Ho 2:3
    23 "Can a Cushfitea change his skinPmor a
    causes darkness4 and before YOUR feet strike up
    ip245
    Na 3:s
    against each other on the mountains a t dusk.' A J O S ~ : ~ ~
    npr n:aa leopard its spots?n You yourselves wouId also
    Jcr 2:Td
    6:5
    And aou will certainly hope for the light,' and 1Sa
    ps 5 : ~
    10:24 be able to da good, who are persons taught to
    shall scatter thems Iike stubble
    he will actually make It deep shadow;" he will '
    ~ , ;5,'~
    ,'2:5,, do~bad.' ~" So I ~
    turn [it] into thick gloom.# l7 And if YOU will $z81;Zs
    that is passing along in the wind from the wili p s 1:4
    not hear it,k in places of concealment my soul "$
    derness.t a5 This is yourb lot, yourb measured
    +,;
    Isa 17~13
    will weep because of pride and will positively
    Jer 4 : ~portion from me,"u is the utterance of Jehovah,
    "because youQave forgotten mev and youb
    shed team, and my eye will run down with 6;;;;;;
    tears," because the drove of Jehovah will have ;zx:%gil
    Isa m:2
    ;$."I$ keep putting your trust in falsehood,y And I
    been carried captive.'
    kJer
    nlsa 22:s
    15:11
    ;
    ;:&?2, myself also will lift up your skirts over your
    face, and your dishonor will certainly be seen,=
    18 "Say to the king and t o the lady," 'Seat ,g:%??36
    yer:$;';"4
    ?.Iic 3 : l l
    a7 your acts of adultery* and your n e i g h i n g ~ , ~
    yourseIves in a lower pIacejtfor YOUR crown of 5;ey;3$1
    zLa X*8
    Eze i6:37 your loose conduct in prostit~tion.~
    Upon t h e
    beauty will certainly come down even from $gg;;-:i,3
    Ho 2:10
    hills, in the field, I have seen your disgusting
    * ~ e 2:zo
    r
    YOUR heads.'bU The cities of the southcy thempgg1
    ;6
    selves have been shut up,y SO that there is no
    B,",",1215 things.O Tot, bad for you, O Jerusalem! You
    ;3
    I P
    cannot be cleant-after how much l o n g e ~ ? ' ' ~
    one owning [them]. Judah in its entirety has uEze
    21:26
    bIsa 65:7
    been taken into exile. It has been taken into ;$,"&!&
    6:13
    This is what became theword of Jehovah
    +Eze 24:13
    exile completely.""
    to Jeremiahe concerning the matters of
    *Pr 1:n
    *Le
    2 ~26:31
    2321
    1
    20 "Raise yourd eyes and see those who are Jer 39:9
    the droughts:"a Judah has gone mourning," and
    .
    %
    coming from the
    Where is the drove nJer6:2a
    its very gates have faded away.k They have
    'Jef14:B
    HO 4:3
    liIsa3.26 become dejected to t h e earth," and even the
    that one gave to y o q e youre beautiful flock?" "geiti
    1sa 24:4
    ~ I L R2:g
    21 What will youe say when onef turns his atten- *C 2059
    outcry of JerusaIern has gone up.= And their
    rEx
    11:6
    m3
    tion upon yoq0when youe yourself have Itaught
    l s n 5 12 majestic ones themselves have sent their inPr 21:13
    them as confidential friends right alongside
    significant6 ones for water.s They have come to
    IVa.5 7
    youe at the start?' Will not birth pangs them- :
    the
    ditches. They have found no water.t They
    f
    :
    g
    !
    :
    i
    $
    '
    '=;.;;
    selves seize hold of you, like those of a wifeg ,,,,,,:,
    ,;T,"2&F4have returned with their vessels empty. They
    have been put to shameu and have been disgiving birth?@P 2 And when you will say in your
    ca;y;f
    aer2.26 appointed, and they have covered their head.v
    heart," 'Why is it that these things have befallen 'Et7,j.:
    v2Sa 1 5 : N
    cs 6 : ~ On account of the soil that has been shattered
    me?'* because of the abundance of your error Y ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ j ' yLe
    P
    26:20
    D e 2833 because there has occurred no downpour upon
    ' "God." M,E l , o . h h J . b "Even from YOUR heads,?'by a correction
    2:: i: the land,Y the farmers have become ashamed;"
    in agreement with L X X V g S y . Or, "tho Keg'eb." d"Pour," by R
    correction; "your [eyes], O Jerusalem," L X X ; "YOLX," M V Sy.
    Or, '%.thi.o'pi.an,'? EXXVgg b The pronoun is in the feminine
    9 The pronoun is in the feminine gender, singular number. for,
    gender, singular number. 8 See Jeremiah 1 :1, footnote b. d Or,

    u!z

    yzg

    clhe.'' L X X , "they."

    Or, '(woman,"

    14

    ''small; young.'j Such as attendanta, servants.

    they have covered their head.' For even the 'a* 19:'
    hind in the field has given birth, hut abandoni ngn [ it], because there proved to be no tender w r ~ B : B
    38:s
    grass.O And the zebras themselves have stood bJ0b
    J cr 2:21
    still upon the bare hiIls;* they have muffed up 'Z5i:':s
    the wind like the jack&; their eyes have failed 2;;?;:f
    because there is no vegetntion.O ' Even if our mp,;?;17
    own errors do testify against us,' 0 Jehovnh,
    R C ~f o the
    ~ sake of your name;' for our acts of y ~ ~ rI : O
    unfaithfulness have become many;' it is against *xhpr9L : ;Mi ~
    ,Ic.r I ) [i
    you that we have sinned.'
    mr2>., 9 h
    8 10 youb the hope of Jsrael,k the SavIor of '',J,"Z:zs
    him" in the lime of distress,' why do you be:
    come like an alien resident in the land,mand like ;4
    r;;:t&;,
    a traveIer that has turned aside t o spcnd the
    +:j,!:;;:
    night?t Why do you become like a mnric as- 5 l i m s4 1 : s
    Is? 59-1
    tounded, like a mighty mand that is unable to ~ck;s':.w
    do any saving?u Yet you yourself are in the i;f;
    $
    midst of
    0 Jehovah, and upon us it is that ~~,4,?j.0
    your own name has been ca1led.Y Do not let us ;;z$:;~
    I I ~ R ~;R.IP
    down.l
    - 1 ~ 15
    1 ~ 15
    10 This is what Jehovah has said concerning z;~:,;;a
    this people: "Thus they have loved to wander SlrAl>z?:n
    about;' their feet they have not kept in check." m.rrr 2,:lJ:5
    :
    So Jehovah himself has taken no pleasure in d!yl'lll?r
    iOl
    them.* Now he will remember the'lr error and &$;%
    :
    will give attention to their sins,"#
    h!r\l
    nm E!:.1.h
    ,
    11 And Jehovah proceeded to my to me z "Do x,"';,l4
    not pray in behalf of this people for any good." +;!$;,/a
    la
    When they fast, I am not listening to thefr
    c ; ; :&
    entreating cry;@ and when they oflcr up the
    158 3:15
    whole burnt offering and the grain ofbring, X 5{1',!;:i'
    am taking no pleasure in them;' for by the ""I' 1-11
    TLIR

    The verb here i s in the infiniti~enl~soluto.b H O Jdiornh," LXX


    nnd 18 Hebrew ~nannscripts. *'Mnn.'' li, ish. d ''lllg11t.y man."
    31, gib.blr'.

    m r d and by famlne and by pestilenceo 1 am


    bringing
    them to thefr end.""
    'g!$&13 At this
    I s d d : "Mas, 0 Lord Jehovah!&
    Here the propheb are saying to them, 'You
    wiU see no sword, and there wilI be no famine
    to happen to YOU, but true peaceb is what I
    shall give uav in this place.' "1'
    kJf,",":?:
    Jcr 2J:lT
    14 And Jehovah went on to say t o me: "FalseI.:ro 13:10
    allc 3 1 1 hood is what the prophets are prophesying in
    ?I'e 2:i
    I ~ I S
    9:15
    ~
    my name," I have not sent them, nor have I
    Jer 23:25
    or spoken t o thern.r A faIse
    z e c 13:3 commanded t h ~ m
    IT1 4 ' 2
    vision ancl divination and a valueless things
    the trickiness of their hesR they are speak%:Eze
    &$1 2 and
    ~ ~ prophetically to YOU people.' '"Therefore
    ing
    F;c 21:m
    .-.LC 3.11
    WS is what Jehovah has said concerning the
    zec 10:2
    trln 30.11 prophets who are prophesying In my name and
    J c r 23'26
    whom I myself did not send and who are saying
    L 4
    t~Jer5:13 that no sword or famine will occur in this Iand,
    Jer 23:W
    Jer29:32 'By sword and by .lamine those prophets will
    Eze 1k10
    come t o their Anish.u ;'I And the very people to
    whom they are prophesying will become people
    v~;'l~:'~~
    3er5:31 cast out into the streets oi Jemsalem because
    31t 15:14
    I.PS 79:3
    of the famine and the sword,'' with no one to
    :cr 7:33
    Jer 9 . n
    do t h e burying of thcm, thcm, their wives and
    Jer 15:3
    their sons and their daughters.y And I will pour
    ,P, 1.31
    Jpr 4.18
    ,,, out upon them their calamity.'s
    you muat say to them this word,
    'J'5:Z;i3' 17 "d'
    ? k t my eyes run down with tears night and
    day and let them not keep still,' for with a great
    GJer 8:21
    Ln1:lj
    crash the virgin daughter of my people has
    Am 5.2
    APS 39:10 been b r ~ k e nwith
    , ~ an extremely sickish stroke."
    Jcr 10 19
    Jcr 30:n l8 If I ~ctuollygo out into the fleld, look, now,
    And if I actually
    bf;':r35$$ those slain by the
    come into the city, look,also, the mal~diesfrom
    QmkIO

    .,,,,

    .,,,

    ,,,,

    '*'Lord Jehovah."
    hcness.*

    See Jeremiah 2 :23, footnote e.

    Or, "pcaw in

    the famine!*For both the prophet and the priest


    themselves have gone around t o a land that
    they have not knatvn.' "B
    19 Have you absolutely rejected Sudah," or
    has your soul abhorred even Zion?" Why is it
    that you have stmck us, so that there is no
    E h 36:16
    healing for us?k There was a hoping Tor peace, kJer
    8122
    but no good [came] ; and for a time of healing,
    30.26
    and, Iook! terror!n
    We do acknowledge, OI nJob
    Jer 8 3 5
    $:I7
    Jehovah, our wickedness, the error of our fore. La
    1 T h 5:3
    fathers,r for we have sinned against youbs Do rLe 2&40
    Ezr 9;$
    not disrespectt [us] for the sake of your name;" Pie
    9:2
    do not despise your glorious thr0ne.v Remem- IPsJ o106:6
    1.9
    12:n
    bes;y do not break your covenant with us.Z 82%
    Ps 51.4
    Da
    9.8
    2aDothere exist among the vain idols of t h e Lu 15:18
    X06:4Ci
    nations any that can pour down rain, or can tPs
    U P $ 79:9
    even the heavens themselves give copious show- E z e 3 6 : B
    1212
    ers?"Are you not the One, O Jehovah our God?" vJer
    yEx 3233
    Le 26:12
    And tve hope in you, for you yourself have done Ps 74:2
    Ps 106145
    all these thing^.^
    L u 1:72
    zZec 11:lO
    And Jehovah proceeded to say t o me: * 1 K i 18:24
    11C1 18:J5
    "If Moseso and Samuel' were standing Zec 10:1
    nDe 28:12
    before me,@my soula would not be toward this 1 x 1 8 36
    30:23
    people-.There would be a sending of them away AIsa
    P S 25:3
    Ps
    1N:5
    from before my face, that they might go out." Ro 8:24
    a And it must occur that should they say to you, OEu 3211
    +lSa 7:9
    G e18:32
    'Where shall we go out to?' you must also say @"Ps
    106:23
    to them, 'This is what Jehovah has said: "Who- #2Ki 17:20
    Jer 7:15
    ever is for death, to death! And whoever is for
    the sword, to the sword! And whoever is for -the
    famine, to the famine! And whoever is for the
    kYsa =:I8
    captivity, to t h e captivity!" 'k
    Jar 14%
    3 " 'And I wiIl commission over them four &c 11:9
    fa mi lie^,'^ is the utterance of Jehovah, "he

    OMt

    7:6

    rEze 14:ZX

    SIKI 21:a3
    tDe 28:28

    uIsa 18:6
    v Jer 7 : s

    'Ps 669:ZI)

    Isn 51:19

    La 1:12

    1:4

    3er 7:24
    Ho 11:7

    +Eze 14:9
    Eze 25:7
    Zep 1:4
    6 J f r 6:II

    ~ P 1:4
    s
    Isa 41:16

    M t 3:12
    aDe m:18
    der 9%

    Eze 24:21
    ItIsa 913
    Jer 5.3
    Zec 1:4
    nIsa 4:1

    15

    "Soul."

    M, meph'esk; L X X , psy.chdl; Vg, a1ni.wa.

    vJer &kg7

    Eze 5:12

    sword to kill,' and the dogsmto drag a w a y , W d


    the flying creatures of the heavenst and the
    beasts of the earth to eatu and to bring to ruin.v
    And I will give them for a quaking to all the
    kingdoms of t h e earthy on account 01Mamas'seh
    the son of Hez.e.kitah,athe king of Judafi, for
    what he did in Jerusalem.~ For who will show
    compassion upon you, 0 Jerusalem, m d who
    will sympathize with you,' and who will turn
    aside to ask about your welfare?'
    6 '' 'You yourself have deserted me,'* is the
    utterance of Jehovah. 'Backwards is the way
    you keep walking,O And I shall stretch out my
    hand against you and bring you t o ruin.+I have
    got tired of feeling
    And I shall winnow
    them with a fork in the gates af the land." I
    shall certainly bereave [them] of children? I
    will destroy my people, [since] they have not
    turned back fwm their own ways." BTo me
    theirb widows have become more numerous
    than the sand grains of the %asan
    1 will bring
    for them, upon mother, young man, the despoiler at midday.' I will cause to fall upon themc
    suddenly excitement and unexpected terrors.8
    m e woman giving birth t o seven has faded
    away; her soul has struggled for breath,t Her
    sun has set while it is yet day;u i t has become
    ashamed and felt abashed.' "d
    to the sword I
    shall give the mere remnant of them before
    their enemies,'Y is the utterance of Jehovah.''
    10 Woe to me, O my mother, because you
    have given birth to me,y a man subject t o contention and a man subject t o strife with all the
    earth. I. have given no Ioan, and t h e y have

    See Isaiah 1 :1,footnote f . b 6cTheir,"L X X S 9 T ; "his,* M m a r ~ i n Vg; "my," M, "Them," SgT; "her," I f ; "oitiea," Vg.

    given me no loan* All of thema are caI1lng down *gzg


    K e 5:4
    evil upon mePo
    Ps 15:s
    11 Jehovah has said: "Surely I will minister n~ ;02;28
    to you for gwd.' Surely I will intercede for you
    In the time of calamity0and in the time of dis- ;gJ; e ;ri;2346 9 : ~
    tress, against the enemy.' l 2 Can one b m k iron ""
    in pieces, iron out of the north, and copper?a mJerl:lp
    Your resources and your treasures I shall give
    for mere plunder," not because of hire, but be- 'Frg$
    cause of all your sins, even in all your territ o r i e ~"
    , ~And I will cause your enemies t o pass *F8$i2
    through into a Iand that you have not kn0wn.k lcgg::g
    For a fire itself has been ignited In my angeran yrf,&~& I
    Agafnst YOU people it is kindled."
    nDe 3 2 : ~
    21:9
    15 You yourself have kn0wn.r 0 Jehovah, Ps
    rsa 42.25
    remember mes and turn your attention to met ,@~,2:~"
    and avenge me upon my persecu't~l-s.~
    In your
    &:::;
    slowness to anger do not take me RwayaVTake ;;l;4
    note of my bearing reproach on account of your ;gd$g
    own self.^ " Your words were found, and I pro- Y P ~69:'i:
    ceeded to eat thern;r and your word becomes to .!$&lsif
    I
    me the exultation' and the rejoicing of my 'Job23:fa
    I
    heart,' for your name has been called upon me,"F;:iF:y
    0 Jehovah0 God of armies. I have not sat - ~ t m
    down in the intimate group of these playing
    jokes and begun e ~ u l t i n gBecause
    .~
    of your hand
    &id
    1 have sat down all by myself,' for j t is wit11 +;F;T7
    denunciation that you have filled meom" Why La328
    1:10
    has my pain become chronic' and my stroke in- WJer
    3er 6:1L
    curable?' It has refused to be healed, You posi- :%3,'o' :%
    tiveEy become to me like something decejtfu1,n 2;;&g!
    1 i ke waters that have proved unt 1-ustrvorthy.r '3" ":3
    19 Tl~ereforethis is what J e h o v ~ hhas said:
    "If you will come back, then I shall bring you ,~+30:2
    I
    back.-efore
    me you will stanc1.t And V you tg:,"$F
    I
    a "Thau," by a correction; tiher," If; *'him," MmarEin,

    :;:

    rdU bring forth what is precious from valueless


    things,u you will become like my arm mouth.
    ~~,f;S,l$l$~
    They themselves will come back t o you, but
    you yourself will not come back to them.''
    20 "And I have made you to this people a
    ; forrifled copper wall,^ and they will certainly
    fight against you,' but they wlIl not prevajl over
    *AC n;x4
    1 ,. 1~' ~v 1w.2
    rP I 11 you.a For I am with you, t o save you and to
    rlrliver you,"" is the utterance of Jehovah.
    n 11
    r. I '* 4G.7
    .t;.lo " "And I will deliver you out of the hand of
    r\i' 1H:lO
    the hnrl
    and I will redcern you out of the
    ,,;.:!
    ;:fL:!li/
    !jk pnlm of the tyrannical ones,"'
    2,:o 1 I,,
    * I u t r 25:-1
    And the word of Jehovah continued to
    1 ~ 2'3
    1 1
    %
    r!a~

    ,,,,

    16

    occur t o me, saying: "You must not


    take for yourself a wife, and you must not come
    rMt *4:lo to have sons and daughters in this place,a a For
    this Is what Jehovah has said concerning the
    sons and concerning the daughtclrs that are
    born in this place, and concerning their mothers
    who are giving them birth and concerning their
    fathers who are becoming father to them in this
    land," ''With deaths from mnladies they will
    "L,u,gE
    .Jvr 1.l.ifl die.* They will not be bewailed," neither will
    3 c r 15,2 1
    they be buried." As manure upon the surface of
    *;g$;;;,f
    the ground they will become;' and by the sword
    t
    . i ~ ,:<.I
    r
    J c r 22.18 and by famine they will come t o an end,-and
    their dead bodies will actually serve as food for
    ,$;1;:;:'$
    ;1~
    !$sm?z$
    I,:$ t h e flying creatures of the heavens and far the
    beasts of the earth.'t
    7r.p 1 I7
    5 "Forthis is what Jehovah has said, 90
    not
    ;
    enter
    into
    the
    home
    of
    a
    mourners'
    feast,
    and
    JE;;:y:i2
    do not go t o bewail and do not sympathize with
    ,
    them.'"
    j;;?'
    vvzc 2.1:1e
    " 'For I have taken away my peace from this
    people,' is the utterance of Jehovah, 'even loving-

    JEREMIAH 16:16-19
    kindnessa and mercies.~BAnd they will cer- r2ct1
    'EgZ off this landv into the land t h a t uov yourselves
    DC 9k17
    15:8
    tainly die? the great ones and the small ones, $ ~ ~ ; ; ~ ?g;cg have not knswn,r neither YOUR fathers, and
    ~Jer15:14there you will have to serve other goclsa day
    in this land.' They will nat be buriecl,' neither
    Jer 1?:4
    *I:,+ $ 1 5
    ~ v i l lpeople beat themselves for them, nor will x/:;:;T,
    and night, because I shall not give you any
    favor." '.
    anyone make cuts upon hirnselfO or make him- $,":;'kl
    '~ler 2 3 3
    14 I'
    self bald for them? And they wiII not dcal out 'j;: ;zi;',
    look! days are corning," is
    to thern any bread on account OC m ~ ~ ~ r t i to
    l n ;gn;:
    the utterance of Jehavah, 'when it will no more
    be mid: "As Jehovah is dive who brought the
    comfort someone over t h e dead,$ neither will -;;;:;;:;j
    they give them the cup of consolation t o drlnk c2s. 261:17
    sons of Israel up out of the land of Egypt!""
    :;E
    ' Mlc6:d
    ;&
    on account of one's father and on account of
    ls but: "AS Jehovah is alive who brought the
    sons aP Isrnrl up out of Zhc land of the north
    one's mother.+ And you must enter no house of +Prm e
    banqueting at dl t o sit down with them t o eat
    and lout of all the lands to which he had dispersed them!" 'and I shall certainly bring them
    and to d~*i&.'*
    em
    lun 7:a
    22:11
    2.1s
    back to their soil, which I gave to their fore9 "For this is what Jehovah of armies, the
    ,m
    PS 106:47 fathers,'&
    Goldb of Israel, has said, Were I am causing t o
    ha 1 1 : ~
    Jsa
    cease out of this place before the eyes of YOU
    16 " 'Were I am sending f o many
    ~
    fishers,*is
    Jcr 3:18
    acr 2 4 : ~ the utterance of Jehovah, 'and they will certainly
    people and in YOUR days the voice of exultation
    Ezc 34:12
    Am g 14 fish for fhem;O and afterward 1 shall send for
    and the voice of rejoicing, the voice of the My$r?$J4
    :,Em 47:10
    Eze 20:13
    bridegroom and the voice of the bride,'"
    many hunters,' nnd they will certainly hunt for
    .iiln
    4:2
    I l a 2:11
    I{O J R : ~
    them from upon every mountain and from upon
    10 "And it must occur that, when you tell #I>**
    2Tb,
    :
    i
    :
    9'
    5
    pcE:2.)
    t o this people alI these words and they wctually I T ~!,:RI
    every hill and out of the clefts of the crags. l T o r
    :
    say to you, 'On what account has Jehovah $::rEi.;i:
    r ~ b ; p myeyesareuponalltheirwaya.Theyhavenot
    Pr 5:21
    spoken against us aL1 this great calamity, and j;:; >;;?
    been concealed from before me,neither has their
    Pr 15.3
    what is our emor andl what is our sin with k;,fj%:-?
    rsa 2 ~ e
    5 m r been hid from jn front of my eyes.' IA
    And,
    Jer 32:19
    which we have sinned against Jehovah our
    first of all, I will repay Ihe full amountc of theis
    r;zeg:12
    c:sif;
    God?'* l'you must also say to them, "'On ac- Jcr L ' B
    :pb!j.L erroruand of their sin, on account of their procount of the fact that YOUR fathers left rne,"k!: : :f
    1and.k With the corpses of their dis:o
    mi$ t'L;::s faning my
    is the utterance of Jehovah, "and they kept n
    ~
    ~
    ~k*; g~g gusting
    ~
    ~things
    4 and theIr detestable things they
    going after other godsc and serving them and ~ ~ , ' , ~ ~ ! $ 0 ,
    had filled my possession.' ''dm
    eay$$s
    bowing down t o them.n But me they Ieft ~ n ;,te$;;O
    d
    nLe 26:m
    19 0 Jehovah my strength and my strangEze 11:21
    my law they did not keep.r a2 And You your. tE;ldG
    Eze 43:7 hold, and my place for fligl~tin the day of disrPs 1 8 2
    selves have acted worse in YOUR doing than :g:;~~~
    to you the nations themselves will come
    FS 27:s
    Isa 2 5 4
    YOUR father^,^ and here YOU are walking each .i,Ir 7 2 1
    22:a7 from the ends of the earth,n and they will say:
    one after t h e stu3Jbcrnnesst of his b ~ heart
    d
    in "
    ~
    j
    ~ $:$, ~
    ~"Indeed our forefathe~scame to possess sheer
    not obeying me.u IY
    And I will hurl You out from t~ib'z~2
    a "Gods." M, cl=a.him'. a Or, "An a, re~ult,"'Or, "the double
    Or, "loyal lore." b '<God," X, EEo.kimt. a "Gods."' 11, el.o.him',
    ~rnount"; or, '(the duplicate?? 11, miah. rrebr*. d Or, ''inherjbce."
    a

    c;

    1
    t Jer 3h14
    Hnb 218
    uIsn M:10
    Jpr 10:s

    fal~ehood,~
    vanityand things in whlch there was
    nothing benefi~ial."~
    'O Can earthling man make
    115:4
    for himself godsa when they are no gads?nv vl'.;
    n:.i
    21 "Therefore here I am causing them to ICo
    (:n 4:H
    y14:x 9 : t &
    know; a t this one time I shall muse them to l:ee R:7
    I?zr 24:H
    know my hand and my mightjness,Y and they 1Cz~h
    %!i:l.t
    : 17
    will have to know that my name is Jehovnh."z El#:.: 91!',:R
    1'9 m : i a
    "The sin of Judah i s written down ~ v l t h Ifif1 ,I:?:;\
    an iron stylus.* With a diamond point J r r 6 ( : 2
    it is engraved on the tablet of their heart," and
    on the horns of theirb dtarslr' = when their
    3:3
    sons remember their altars4 and their sacred" F560
    M l c 3:14
    N.r
    4!7
    polesC beskle a luxuriant tree, wpon the high Ila 12:11
    hills,' a [on) the mountains in the field. Yourd 6.1I trr
    7 :E&
    resources, a41 your treasures, I shall give for < ! 4:13

    ZCP 2:9
    ePs X : S
    Pr16:m
    1sa %:3

    17

    mere plundeF-your high places because of sin


    throughout all your territories.' ' And youvet

    Zr'll

    9.

    2.1:18

    1's X:5B
    1.5~1:2!l

    I:se :?0:=
    loose, even of your own accord, from your Q91CI
    2.1 1.13;
    s r ~3'1:.1
    hereditary possession that I had given y a ~ ~I. * I.IcF
    1:,:13
    ~ l s owill make youa serve your enemies in the "Lc
    ac;:.m
    TI:!%
    land that youa have not known;'<for as a fire Jtin
    J l , t 111:12
    !.:dr
    u::!
    YOU people have been ignited in my angernnTo *I*P2ii::Il
    rlp . L : ~ R
    time indefinite it will keep kindled."
    J < i R Z1:IS
    T I i l 9::
    5 This is what Jehovah has said: "Cursed is krlc
    28:+18
    !'M
    the abk-bodid mane who puts his trust in Jh'vWBLG:13
    21':%
    earthling manfr and actually makes flesh his nnc
    TRII 5:L5
    I:{;
    armmand whose heart turns away from Jeltovah Nrt 115:s
    Pin 3(1:1
    hirnse1f.t "And he wiIl certainly become like B nZ(:ir
    :r%:8
    soIitaly tree in the desert plainu and ~ v i l lnot see lsrr 31 1.1
    when good comes,v but he must reside in
    parched places in the wilderness, in a salt

    1
    1

    +'S

    "Gods.'' JI, e1.a. himr. b "Their," VgSyTh nnd nhout 170 Ecbrew
    mnnuardpts; ' E ~ ~ ~M.
    , : mr Or, "their A.~ho'rnha," The pronoun
    ier in the masculine gender, singulnr nan~her. "Xblc-hrllei?111un."
    bl, g r b ' e ~ . f''EfirthIiiiing man!'
    31, n.rlum'.
    Or, "lam-covered
    stretches."

    243

    '

    JEREMIAH 17:T-16

    country that is not inhabIt4.Y Blessed h the


    able-bodied mana ~vhaputs his trust in Jehovah,

    and whose confidencei' Jehovah has become.=


    * P X I : ~ "And he will certainly become like a tree
    I'\ 3?:12 planted by the waters, t h ~ sends
    t
    out its roots
    r..l.p31:4
    right by the watercourse; and I?e will not see
    when heat comes, but his foliage will actually
    ;,
    l
    bls~t1 6 : ~ prove to be luxuriant.' And in the year of
    ltrr rc:n
    I IY~,.I:IZ
    drought he will not become anxlous, nor will
    '1% 7;9
    BPS 62:m he leave OR from producing fruit.'
    Jor 32:lO
    9 "The heart is mom treacherous than anyno 2 6
    ~ T l i 3.10
    t
    thing
    else and is desperate." Who a n know it?
    Irlc ;:I3
    la I, Jehovah, am searching: the heart,+ exam=Pr1:19
    ining the kidneys,~'even to give t o each one
    T.;a 1 :23
    J- 5:s
    according t o his ways:IiR according to the h i t k PT 55:n
    ~ I I L U 12:m age of his dealings.' " [As] the partridge that
    n l a r 14:21 has gathered 'togcthep what i t has not laid is
    E ~ C1:26
    Rc 4.2
    the one malcing riches, but not with justice.#
    rJCh 2:s
    At the half of his days he rvill leave them," and
    aPs22:q
    in his finale he will prove t o be sen~eless."~
    d C 28:m
    12 There is the glorious throne on high from
    tPs
    Isa 97-7
    4x16
    ups73:fl the start;" It is the pFnce of our
    Pr 1 4 3 4
    0 Jehovah, the hope of Israel," all those who
    ~s1
    a :s
    vPr 10 7
    LU ~nIm are leaving you will he put to shame.' Those
    Rc 20:15 apostatizing from met1 will Be written dawn
    Fp,x:9
    in t h e earth,y because they have left the
    g;7<;;3 even
    m
    u
    m
    of living water, Jehovah.s 1* Heal me,
    zp4C2%39
    Isa 6.10 0 Jehovah, and I shall be healed.= Save me,and
    *Ps m.5
    ~ e r l 5 : mI will be saved;' for you are my praise,'
    CDc 10.21
    rs 1o9:1.
    15 LOOIC!There clre those saying ta me:
    alsa 5.19
    is the word of JehovahTALet it come
    Eze 1 2 ; ~"Where
    ~
    Am 5:18
    in, please." But as for me, I did not hasten
    2pc 3:4
    +J": i/:4 from being a shepherd following you,O and for
    a "Ablc-bodied man." 11, g~b'sr. Or, "trust!' 0 Or, "deepest em*
    tiens? d "WB;I'S," J J ~ E X ~nnd
    ~ Tnhaut 130 Hebrew mannscripts.
    Or, "tht has hntched.')

    I
    the desperate day I did not show any cradng.' 'J@r
    You yourself have known the expression of
    my lips; in front of your face I t has occurred.@~ Q ~
    " Do not become something terrifying to me,"""
    You are my refuge in the day of calamity.* $;f*I:,
    Let my persecutors be put to shflmc," but let kl'"h75vd
    me personaIly be put t o no sharnc,l~Let illem
    p5:=
    be the ones to be struck with terror, but let me
    personally not be struck with terror. Bring
    upon them the day of calamity,' and break them rJerM:23
    even with twice as much breakdown."
    azrr 16:18
    Etc 1R:Q
    19 This is what Jehovah has said to me:
    "Go,B md you must stand in t h e gate of the
    sons of the people by which the kings of Judah
    entw in and by which they go out, and in nl1 the
    gates of
    * O And you must say to ?
    1t;,
    them, 'Hear the word of Jehovah, YOU kings Ac5:m

    245

    lI(!b 12:22

    pi?18

    r;

    See Jeremiah 2 :2, footnote c. "Soal~."hl, -nRpk&akfitk'; the


    plural number of fieph'esh. LXX,p#y.chlri'; I'g, s'ni.m na.

    And people will actually come from the cities:


    of Judahn and from round bout JeruWem and
    tJcr32:44 from the lnnd of ncnjaminl nnd from the lowuaef:7
    vJer 33:13 landk'a and from t h e n~ountainousregionv and
    F Z L Y : ~ : ~ from t h e Neg'eb,cv bringing rtlhole burnt offeringx and sacrifice* and grain afferine and
    :
    'h2:1
    frankincenseh and bringing thanksgjving sacri'L,e 2:2
    :PS 107fice into t h e house of Jehovah."
    fs 116:li
    Jer 3.3:~
    27 " ' "But if YOU will not obey me by sanctiHeb 13:lCi
    fying the sabbath day and not carrying a load,'
    1 ~ 2:s
    e
    -Eze n : ~
    b u t there is a coming in [with it] through t h e
    gates d Jerusalem on the sabbath day, I shall
    'Ez"g?;p also actually set a Are ablaze in her gates," and
    b;:;i
    :4, it will certainly devour the dwelling towers of
    Am 1:d
    will not he extinguished." ' "*
    *2K125:g Jerusa1em"d
    The word thnt occurred to Jererniaha
    from Jehovah, saying: "Rise up, and
    U Z K2~a : n
    you
    must
    down to the house of the pot;ter,k
    P,Eze", $?:47
    4; and there go
    I
    shall
    cause you to hear my ~vords.''
    kIsa 4:25
    Jer aa:l
    3
    And
    I
    pracceded
    to go down t o the house of
    Ro 9:21
    the potter, and there he was doing work upon
    $
    the potter's wheels, And the vessel that he was
    making with the clay woa spoiled by the potter's
    hand, and he turned back and went making it
    into another vessel, just as i t looked right in
    the eyes of the pottervto make,'
    "3ien." M,ish, Or, "the Shc.phc'lah," a Or, "the south.'! See
    15:21

    ,,:,

    day by not doing an It any work,' =&there


    will
    also certainly enter fn by the gates of this city
    kings with princes,' sitting on the throne of
    ~
    DaYidlk
    1~idln8in the ch~riotand upon horsesPn
    k
    j
    I ~lt:m they and their princes, the menn ai Judah and
    1's 132:lf
    the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city
    LU 1:32
    will certainly be inhabited t o time indefinite.'
    F'kp1&1:4
    'I"m13

    af Judah and all Judah and all YOU inhabitants ,


    ,.,
    of Jerusalem, who are entering in by these
    1.:/@ 3:17
    aatesau This is what Jehovah has said r "Watch 110
    5:l
    out for YOUR
    and do not carry on the V y l ; ~ y
    sabbath day any load that you must brjng in J ~ ~ Z : ~ : I I
    I'r 4 23
    through the gates of Jerusalcm,Y And YOU Mr
    4.24
    must br3ng no load out of rova homes on the YE: ;,P:'ft
    sabbath day; and no workO at all must YOU dohBi:,!;
    %I!!!
    And aow must sanctify the sabbath day, just as 2;;;;
    1.13
    I commandedYOUR forefathem.'" ?' But they did '7:rtb 3hli:?
    not listen or incline their car,d and they pro- n ~ ~ ~
    ceeded to harden their necka in order not t o I,*ra
    .. s n : ~
    hear and fn arder to receive no di~cipline.'"~
    24
    "'Andit must o c c u ~that, 1f you strjctly 'F;
    Y~vp7.7
    obey me,"* is the utterance of Jehovah, "to .,-,,,
    bring in no load through t h e gates of this city
    an the sabbath day* and to sanctify the sabbath O J @ r l T : n

    ,;;,,

    JEREMIAH 17:S 1 8:4

    Jeremiah 1: 1, footnote b. ~Litcrall;r,"'fo~mcr,'%or, "one forming,"


    3I. See verse 11.

    M8
    5 And the w o ~ dof Jehovah continued to oc- eTs8
    Ro 9 3 8
    cur to me, saying: " 'Am I not able to do jud tJer 1:10
    1294
    like this pottera to YOU people, O hause of Is- Jer
    Jer 2 5 9
    rael?' is the utterance of Jehovah. 'Look! & Jer 65:4
    the clay in the hand of the potter, so YOU are AJ omn 9%
    3:4
    in my hand, 0 house of 1srael.s At any moment nJ1#1 10*::15
    is
    12:6
    that I may speak against a nation and against 2Ch
    Isa 1:16
    7:3
    a kingdom t o uproot [it] and t o pull [it] down Jcr
    Jer 36:3
    Eze
    18:21
    and to destroy [it],t and that nation actually Eze 33:ll
    3:5
    turns back from its badness against which I Jon
    13:3
    spoke," I will also fee1 sorry" over the calamity WLue 6:6
    32:X
    that I had thought to execute upon i t . v $But vDe
    Jg 2:18
    P
    s
    w:13
    at any moment that I may speak concerning a Ps 1U6:45
    Jer 2 6 2
    nation and concerning a kingdom to build [it] Joe
    2:13
    Jon 330
    up and t o plant [itl,y lo and it acfxally does yJer
    1:10
    Jer 11:17
    what is bad in m y eyes by not obeying my Jer
    30:18
    voice," I will also feel sorry over t h e good that Jsr
    32341
    Am 9:fl
    I said [to myself] to do for its good."
    zPs 125:s
    Eze 18:24
    11 "And now say, please, to the men of Ju- *Nu
    14:22
    Nu
    dah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, 'This 1Sa 14:34
    2:30
    is what Jehovah has said: "Here I am forming 1% 13:13
    against YOU a calamity and thinking against YOU
    51:11
    a thought" Turn back, please, each one from =Jer
    Mic 2:3
    his bad way, and make YOUR ways and YOUR
    AZK~ 1 1 : ~
    dealings good." ' "*
    Isa 126
    26:13
    12 And they said: "It is hopele~s!~
    For after Jer
    n e 18:23
    n
    c
    28:20
    our own thoughts we shall walk, and we are 02KI 6:33
    going to carry out each one the stubbornness of
    +Ge 6:5
    his bad heart.""
    De 24:19
    13 Therefore this is what Jehovah has said: Jer 7:24
    "Ask for yourselves, please, among the nations.
    Who has heard things like these? There is a
    horrible thing that the virgin of Israel has done
    233
    to an excess." WiII the snow of Leb'anon go *Jer
    Jer 5:30
    away from the rock of the open field? Or will Ho 6:10

    strange waters, cool, trickling, be dried up?


    ' T o r my people have forgotten mek in that
    they make sacrificial smoke to something
    , ~ in that they make men stumble
    ng',e
    :f;i,j ~ o r t h l e s sand
    -Jrrffl:f5
    in
    their
    ways,P
    the paths of long agogato walk
    1io 223
    HO 1 1 : ~ in roadways, a way not banked up, ="in order
    rlsa 3:12
    Isa 9:16 to make their land an object of astonishment,"
    Mnl 2.A
    rr.1c.r G.10 for whistling at to time indefinite.' Every last
    11 I,,!
    PG x-3
    one passing along by i t will stare in astonishi2e2;$3ment and shake his head,y l l A s with an east
    I shall scatter them before the enemy.=
    vE[
    iT:.i wind
    Ln 2 %
    The
    back,
    and not the face,' I shall show them
    M I C 6:16
    pwe 2837 in the day of their disaster.""
    Ps 44:14
    z ~ 4
    S ~ ~ 7 18 And they proceeded t o say: "Come, men,
    Jer 13:24
    and let us think out against Jeremiah* some
    .D,,,:l,
    thoughts: for the law will not perish from the
    3*Fs21:11
    ,;:
    Jer 11:19 PriestOor counsel fram the wise one* or the
    word from the pr0phet.O Came and let us strike
    Qg$;;$2.
    + 2 ~ 1a 5 : ~him with the tongue," and let us pay no atten2Sq 17:14
    ~ 1 n :~z 4 1 tion to any of his words."*
    x P s 52.2
    19 Do pay attention to me, 0 Jehovah, and
    Pr 18:21
    *2&i3 listen to the voice of my opponents.bkO' Should
    k ~ ~ ' , ~bad
    ~ 1 6be repaid for good?" For they have exl$Flg::J7 cavated a pit for my sou1.r Remember my standr ~ 353
    n
    ing before you t o speak good even concerning
    Ec 10 8
    them, to turn back your sage from them.s
    $;;B
    ;E
    ;;
    tJer 11:n Therefore give their sons over t o the famine,t
    and pour them down upon the edgesc of the
    uJer
    sword;u and may their wives become women
    bereaved of children, and widows.' And may
    qJ","P3:3
    La 5 3
    their own men become those kilIed with death,
    their young men those struck down with the
    sword in the kattle.y 2z Let a cry be heard out
    yam
    pL9,i:; of their houses, when you bring upon them suda Sea Jeremiah 1 :1, footnote, b. b Or, 'icontenders.'JLXX, "plead-

    aliterally, "former," or, "one forming,'? 11, See verse

    ing>'; 5y, %ppression.:' CLiterally, L'hands,u3iI.

    kJerz:la

    in It t o other gods&whom they had not knownjV


    denly a marauder band." For they have excavat- zga
    g::& they
    their forefathers and the kings of Jued a pit to capture me, and traps they have hid Jer @:B
    y$ryi7 dab, and
    *PS
    PS 38:la
    54:5
    f o r my feet.'
    and they have filled this place with the
    blood of the innocent 0nes.y And they built
    23 But you yourself, O Jehovah, well know M t z 2 : l 5
    Yj"2"1g:?,6
    )
    :
    the high places2 of the Ba'al in order t o bum
    all their counsel against me for [my] death?g::;&TD:
    Jthr2 J4
    L ~4L
    33
    their
    sons in tho fire as whole burnt offerings
    Do not cover overa their error, and do not blot Jer l5:15
    ML 23:35
    to the Ba'al,* something that I had not comR(+t6:6
    out that sin of theirs from before you; but let AN;;:
    nNu 2241.
    * I , , o 1231 manded or spoken
    and that had not come
    them became those who are made to stumble P, 5915
    Xi1 17.17
    %.:{
    up into my heart." '*
    before you? In the time of your anger take
    10G:38
    6 ' "Therefore, look! there are days comOIsa
    Jer 10:3
    8.12
    action against t h e m 0
    Eze 16:20
    1
    Jer 11:23
    ing,"
    fs tlie utterance of Jehovah, "when this
    ,Iihr :Y2.?5
    L U 21:22
    This is what Jehovah said: r'Gojb and Ra
    L~~v-T
    ~ I . will be called no more To'phethb and the
    2:5
    place
    4ZKt 2R:lO
    you must get an earthenware flask of a ++Jer1s:a
    I S R ~ :valley
    ~
    of the son of Hinrnom,b*but the valley
    Jer 7:32
    potter" and some of the older men of the people &"1:1"&
    And I will make void the cow. J 15:s
    ~ ~ of the killing.
    and some of the older men of the p r i e ~ t s '. ~
    And ge
    xzt 5:m
    g;i7
    s p p 2 1 - 3 ~ sel of Judah and of JerusaIem in this place?
    you must go out t o the valley of the son of ' . J , K S , ~ ~ ~ Is" 8:10 and I will cause them t o fa11 by the sword beH i n f n o m , c ~ v h i c his at the entrance of t h e $$+%
    ;' ;
    fore their enemies and by the hand of those
    Gate of the Potsherds.de And there you must #g;5 3 ; ~
    seeking for their soul.C* And I will give their
    "$$Jer9.21
    $;;
    proclaim the words that I shaIl speak to you.k kpr 1:20
    dead bodies as food t o the flying creatures of
    And you must say, 'Hear the word of Jehovah, ,"P':a7:'&
    *$2i2"he
    heavens and to the beasts of the earth."
    0 YOU kings of Judah and YOU inhabitants of &
    ;$
    ::
    *
    And
    I will make this city an object of aston3erusalem.l1 This is what Jehovah of armies,' ,"p;'&?;F
    ishment
    and something to be whistled aLk
    Isa W
    :I
    the Gode of Israel, has said:
    J e r 7:3
    J c r 18:16 Every last one passing along by it will stare in
    Ln 2 1 5
    " ' "Here I am bringing a calamity upon this s ; z &;;,
    astonishment and whistle over all its plagues."
    z e 2 15
    place, at which, when anyone hears of it, his tpiyp7
    And I will make them e a t the flesh of their
    ears wiIl ting1e;s for the reason that they have Isa ss:ri
    sons and the flesh of their daughters; and they
    left met and have proceeded ta make this place gz&!3
    will eat each one the flesh of his fellow man,
    unrecognizableu and t o make sacrificial moke U;$t 2::
    because of the tightness and because of the
    1 . b 2 6 : ~ stress with which their enemies and those seeka Or, 'LDonbt make atonement for!)
    nI, ka.phart. b See JeremEah
    De 2853
    2: 2, footnote c. C $1, gey ben-H~n.mbm'; Vg, val'lb fkE'i.i En'mona.
    2x1 6:29
    ing for their souIc will hem them in." 'r
    Isa 9!20
    d "Gate of the Potsherds,'' As this gate opened upon the most easterLa 2:20
    10 "And you must break the flask before the
    ly section of the valley of Hin'nom, it is v e e likely identical with
    La 4:10
    Eze 5 3 0 eyes of the men who are going with you.s lL And
    rrhat was more officially called the Gate of the Ash Heaps or the
    L u 19:4
    Dung Gate. See Jerusalem in the Old Testament, by Dr. J. Simons,
    L~ 21:23 you must say to them, 'This is what Jehovah
    page 230, paragraph 2, footnote 1 of which s a p : "Instead of 'Gate
    s j ~ ~ of$ armies
    2 ~ ~ has said: "In the same way I shall

    ea1$99:14

    I'

    19

    e,7,:;,3,

    of the Potsherds' i t is possible t o translate (Gate of the Potters', or,


    b e t t e ~ perhaps, 'Gate of the Earthenware Pots'." e"God." h1,
    Elmo.himr.

    a "flod9." M, sl.o.lriml. b See vhse 2, footnote c.


    ~reph'esk; T7g, ~'md.nzae.

    "Soul." 11,

    break this people and thIs city as mmmne


    breaks the vessel: of the potter so that it is no
    more able to be repaired? and in Td~hethu
    to , ;;a1G433
    they will b@
    until-there is no more

    Jer 1 9 9
    bury." '"
    v J c r 732
    12 " 'That is how I shall do t o this n1ace.l fs
    the utkerance of Jehovah, 'and to the-inhabit.
    ants of it, even to make this city like To'pheth.r IS And the houses of Jerusalem and the
    houses of the kings of Judah must become llke
    the place of T ~ l p h e t hunclean
    ,~
    ones, that is, ~ l l
    the houses upon t h e roofs of which they made
    sacrificial smoke to all the army of the heavens'
    and there was a pouring out of drink offerings
    t o other gods.' 'ybn
    14 And Jeremiahc proceeded to come from
    To'pheth; t o which Jehovah had sent him ta
    prophesy, and to stand in the courtyard of the
    house of Jehovah and say t o all the people;
    ID
    'This is what Jehovah of armies, the Godn of
    Israel, has said, 'Here I am bringing upon this
    city and upon all its cities all the calamity that
    I have spoken against it, bes~use they have
    hardened their neck in order not to obey my
    . q h %:I8
    words.' "*
    Xc 9:13
    0:m
    Now Fash'hur t h e son of Im'mer,@the SP
    dor 7'26
    dcr 17 23
    priest, who IVBS also the lead Lag comm is- 2c.c ;:I?
    AL!7.51
    sioner in the house of Jehovah,' kept listening b1L:h
    2 1:14
    :I7
    t o Jeremiahc while prophesying these rvords. 1:si-_2
    Nr 10
    3S:8
    * Then Pash'hw strmck Jeremiahc the prophetu .7CI1
    JIG 4:1
    Ac 5 2 4
    and put him into the stocks1(that were In the *Jar
    2r;:8
    upper gate of Benjamin, which was fn the house WA(.( 21:2
    2;:10
    of Jehovah. Eut it came about on the following 1<2Cll 1cr:lO
    day that Pash'hur proceeded t o let Jeremi~1-P'
    Or, more literally, '%emuse of there being no plnre," M. ifCloda."
    N,el.o.J~im'.C See Jeremiah 1:1,footnote b. 'Garl." Ji, If"i.o.him',

    20

    a.

    out from the stocks,r and Jeremiah' now said


    to him:

    "Jehovah has called your name,n not Pash'h ~ rhut


    , ~Fright a11 nmund.CI ' For this is what
    1
    Jehovah
    has snld, 'Tlcrc I nm making you a
    l I 31:13
    j c p 6:25
    fright t~ yourself and t o dl your l ~ v e r s and
    ,~
    Jcr
    ~n2.~2
    m:10
    they will certainly fa11 by the sword of their
    'l/t;?iTT enerniesll while your eyes will be looking
    and all Judnb I shall give into the hand of the
    rI
    ',:;,~ r : . c ~
    ~ ~ ' ~ z ! 'king
    :"
    of D~bylon,~'
    nnrl he will actually take
    Jcr 3Y:G
    I them into c . x i l ~ in JZabylon and strike them
    r!,"F23?;i5 down with tl~csword., And I will give all t h e
    Jm2j:9
    stored-up things, of this city and all its product:
    and all its precious things; and all the treasures
    of the kings of Judah I am going t o give into the
    hand of their encrnies.a And they will certainly
    zil
    "I:lo
    Eze 22.25 plunder them and take them and bring them to
    *2ch 3i:io
    '' Ancl RS for you, 0 Pash'hur, and
    Jer 15313
    a11
    the
    Inhabitnnts
    or your house, YOU will go
    Uer a 2 1
    AC 13.10 into c a p t i ~ i t y and
    ; ~ to Babylonf you will come
    Ader 5:31
    ~ i c z . 1 1 and there you will die and there you yourself
    C Jer 14.14
    qer zgh5 will be buried with all your Iovemlds because
    +k7pflyou have prophesied to lhcrn in felsehood,' " O
    TYouhtivciooledme,OJehovah,sothatI
    was
    fooled: You used your strengith against me,
    .;;;~;;5
    J o b 12.4 SO that you pre~ailed.~
    1 became an object of
    P h z?:7
    J e r E:IO
    laughter
    all
    day
    long;
    everyone is holding me in
    La 3 1 4
    AC l T : 3 3
    derision.' T o r as often as I speak, I cry out.
    WJer
    e r 6:;
    439
    Violence ~ n ddespoiling are what 1 calI out.'
    k2Ch 26216
    For thc ward of Jchovnh bccamc for me a cause
    6:,o
    y
    And
    k,1?,3::,,for reproach and for jeerhg RII d ~ long.lc
    P G 1~2 5
    c e ma
    Ism 8:1
    5

    ,,<,

    J,,

    Jeremiah 1: 1, footnote h. b"Pnu1irhur," Acclaiding to the


    Judneo-Arnrnfiic derlvntian o f this nnme it Inennu "VThnt remains
    round aboutpJ(pnsh ['*it realaine"] ~ n s"Rlrbr
    d
    ["rounrl nbout)']).
    "Fright all around.l' Or, "JIn'nor-mi%'w.hihhJf
    M, 3f.ln.gfir' mis.sabib'. d Or, cLfiends.'l*Thir is tllc first mention o f J3nhylon in the
    book of Jereroi.sl3. "Bnbglou," iT,X.'i \'g ; "Ijn'bel,'' IIS,vT.
    a See

    253

    I said: "1 am not going to make mention of him,


    1P:4
    and I shall speak no more in his name."" And tilHl
    J n n 1:9
    in my heart it proved to be like a burning fire
    shut up in my bones; and I got tired of holding
    L9:lb
    in, and I was unable [to endure it]
    For X rlKl
    Job 52:18
    Ps m:3
    heard the bad report of many.s There was .1cr
    C;: L t
    hf!4 , ; 3
    fright all ammd.bt "TELL out, that we may tell 81'9
    31:13
    out about hirn."~Every mortal man bidding me rJvr 3 : 3
    I;:6
    'aP~ace!"C-they are watching for my limping: 'USC
    i-'? 10.i8
    JvP 15: 18
    "Perhaps he mill be fmled,r so that we may m e ;'2:!1
    L U nt Y O
    prevail against him and take our revenge upon rTJnb
    1!):18
    11 :Q
    him."" l1 But Jehovah was with me" like a terri- gPs
    Lu 11
    111:2
    ble mighty
    That is why the very ones zl1il
    .\Zr G:l!l
    persecuting me will stumble and not p r e v ~ i l . At!
    ~ 5::3:1
    4l:ID
    They will certainly be put to much shame, be- *I.\n
    J r r 1:s
    !to B:R1
    cause they will not have prospered,) [Their] a l - ' ~4 7 : ~
    indefinitely lasting humiliation will be one that 1'3 G6:5
    :<2:A9
    1'3 Z i : 2
    will not be forgotten.+
    J c r 15:90
    Jcr 17:1E!
    12 But you, 0 Jehovah of armies, are exam- OJcr
    1:19
    -E'-'s
    ining the righteous one;* you are seeing the 1 9 6:lU
    352fI
    P* 1n:i4
    kidneysa and the heart." May I see your venge- Xsn
    .t5:1R
    I1 !t>
    ance upon them,* for t o you I have revealed tny el's
    1'3 LT:,?
    case a t law."
    J c r 1i:lO
    '1's 7 9
    11:20
    13 Sing to Jehovah, YOU people! Praise Jeho- Jcr BhI!T
    vah! For he has delivered the soul of the poor J'S G9:Irl
    J c r 1?:f8
    one out of the hand of evildoers."
    nc J 9 : 2
    k r.3 K2:R
    14 Cursed be the day on which I was barn! Isrc 3':: 14
    2.25
    May the day that my mother gave me birth not n1F'r
    t'q 3.M
    1's ~ ~ t ~ ~
    become blessed!' l" Cursed be the mane that r J o b 3
    bmughtgoodnewsto m y father, saying: "There Jcr 13:10
    has h e n born t o you a son,a male!" He p s i tive- rGe 21:6
    1:s
    ly made him rejoiceV8 And that very man* Jct
    Lu 1 3 4
    *"[To endure it]," in agreement with LXXVg, b M, mtr-gcr' m 6 Compare v m e 3, footnote e. aLiterallp, "mortnI man
    [ s ~ . 6 e K of
    ] my peace," M.d Or, "deepat emotions." "'3laxr." M,
    iah.

    :6

    must become like cities that Jehovah has overthrown while He has felt no regret.r And he
    must hear an outcry In the morning and m
    n1nr.m s l ~ n a nf
    l the time of midday."
    17 Why did h e not definitely put me t o death

    from the womb, that my mother should become


    to me my burial place and her womb be pregnant to time indefinite?v lB1Vhy is it that I
    hiive cornc forth from the very womW in order
    to see toil nnd gr.ldXand that my days should
    ronw to t hrir end in mere shame?'
    1 .FI :I.I
    * t a * t,'l,l')
    The word that occurred to Jeremiaha
    llr.1) 1 2 2
    13:13
    from Jehovah, when King Zed.e.ki'ahw
    -:]<I
    2.1.18
    !c3rl n 15
    sent
    to
    him Pash'hur* the son of Mal.chi%ah and
    2C11 '3G:lO
    h ~ son of Ma,a.sei'ah, the priest,
    /.t!:h i? Z e p h . ~ n i ' ~tlVle
    X I , 11:1,2
    f JehoJ , . ~ : + H : ~ saying: vTlease inquire in our behalf o
    vnh,* because Neb.uachad4rez'zarthe king of
    :',!
    .jl''rg;;lBnhyIoi~Cis making war against usmQPerhaps
    1 f i 1 ;I:! 5
    21il 2:' 1.3 Jchovah will do with us according to all his
    c,"lib ~ 1 ~ wonderfuI
    1
    works, so that he will withdraw
    J~br325%

    :.14

    sahib'.

    JEREMIAH 20:17-21

    21

    111.1)

    '

    ;)

    from us.""

    - ,t 1

    r l N r i 7 111

    3 And Jererniaha proceeded to say to them:


    This is what YOU will say to Zed.e.ki'ah,b
    4 'This is what Jehovah the Godd of Israel has
    said: "Here I am turning in reverse t h e weapons
    of war that are in the hand of YOU people, with
    which YOU are fighting the king of Babylon,""
    and the Chal.de'ans who are laying siege against
    YOU oufslde the wall, and I wiIl gather them
    into the middle of this city! & And I myself
    f i ~ h tagainst Youn with a stretched-out hand
    and with a strong arm and with anger and with
    rage and with great indignation.' U n d I will

    2(*11 ."VL:21 # I

    r'sJ0T,:5

    .,,,,,:,
    : A l

    J cCr r37:s
    m 5
    kIEU
    k a 13
    5 ' 54
    JPF

    I:r*
    a!t

    3'1.5
    Lti;W

    r:

    tzIhn t;l 10
    1-R 2.5

    :I;?;:,

    SCP ,Tcwminh 1:I, footnotc b. b Xaid,qi.ira'hu, hi; meaning


    "'31~h(a) i~ right~ousnes&"'"Babylon," Vg ; "BaZ.el~JKByT.
    $

    "God." 31, El.o.kirnl.

    strike the inhabitants of this citv. both manal


    6:ll
    and beasts With a great pestileke they will aIsa
    a e 14:13
    die."

    t Jer 32:24

    't

    Eze 7:15

    7' " ' "And after that," is the utterance of


    Jehovah, "I shall give Zed-e.ki'aW the king of
    Judah and hihis servants and the people and those
    who a r e remaining over in this city from the
    pestilence, from the sword and from the famine,
    into the hand of Neb.u.chad.rez'zar the king of
    B a b y l ~ n even
    , ~ into the hand of their enemies
    and into the hand af those who are seeking for
    their sodjd and he will certainly strike them
    25:s
    with the edgee of t h e sword.u He will not feel uam
    2Ch X:17
    c r 39:5
    sorry for them, nor will he show compassion dEze
    1720
    Eze 2195
    or have any mercy," 'Y
    v D e 28.50
    C h 56:17
    8 "And t o this people you wiIl say, 'This is 2Isa
    2'i:ll
    475
    what Jehovah has said; "Here I am putting be- fsa
    Eze 7:9
    fore YOU people the way of life and t h e way of Eze 0 : 6
    e 1128
    death? The one sitting still in this city will W
    We 30:19
    Isa
    1:19
    die by the w o r d and by the farnine and by the
    zJer
    pestilence;" but t h e one who is going out and Jer 27:13
    382
    who actualIy falls awayf t o the Chal-de'ans who Jer
    are laying siege against YOU will keep living
    and his sou1 will ceMnIv come t o be his as a - . .-spoil." '*
    PS 3
    Le
    %:17
    4:16
    10 " ' "For I have set m y face against this
    4,;;l
    city for calamity and not for good,"'" is the A$,":;!3
    utterance of Jehovah. "Into the hand of the Wh3!:_l_g
    J e r 11:m
    king of Babylon it will be given,* and he will ;g wfo
    certainly burn it with
    yer 399
    Ser 52:13
    11 " 'And as regards the household of the +Jer 13:la
    king of Judah, hear, 0 men, the word of Jeho- $$%?O
    vah.' l2 0 house of David,@this is what Jehovah
    &j:
    a C51fan."31,ktl-la.&m'.
    See verse 1, footnote b. "%ahylonlv Tg;

    ee

    "

    (1Ba'bel:7 MSyT, d "Soul." &I, ncpl'esh; L X X , psy.cha.i ;Tg,


    ra'~i.mcs. Literally, "mouth," Nil. Or, "actually deserts?'
    f

    has said: "Every morning" render sentence in


    justice,* and deliver the one being robbed out
    of the hand of the defsa~der,~
    that m y rage
    may not ggo forth just like a firen and actudly
    burn and there be no one to extinguish it because of the badness of YOUR dealings." ''
    13 " 'Here I am against you, 0 inhabitress of
    the low plain,s 0 rock of the level land,' is the
    utterance of Jehovah. % ~ s for You who are saying: "Who will descend against us? And who
    1F:B
    will come into our dwellings?'" l4 I 1vi1l also hoId
    Jet- 48:4
    h r 4:12
    an accounting against YouU according t o the
    Ul, 3r,
    uJcr 5.9
    fruitage of YOUR dealing^,'^ is the utterance of
    Jer 9:Q
    vPr 131
    Jehovah. 'And I will set a fire ablaze in her
    Isa 330
    forestjy and it will certainly devour aJI the
    Ga 6:7
    vTsa 10.18
    things round about her.' " 2
    h ~ 36:19
    h
    Jpr 52:13
    T h i s is what Jehovah has said: "Go
    down to the house of the king of Judah,
    md you must speak there this word. And you
    must say, 'Hear the word of Jehovah,' 0 king
    of Judah who are sitting on the throne a
    c25a 350 David," you with your servants and your people,
    Jsa 9:7
    Jer 17:25 ,those who are corning in through these gates."
    L U 1:32
    AJer 7:2
    "his is what Jehovah has said: "RENDERjusJer 17:m
    tice and righteousness, and deliver the one that
    is being robbed out of the hand of the deoLe 18:s frauder;&and do not maltreat any dien resiD e 16:18
    Isa 5 8 6 .dent,b fatherless boy ox widow.+ Do [them]
    Zec 7:3
    Art 232.3
    +De 10:18 no violence.* And do not shed any innocent
    DG n : i g
    blood in this place.m For if YOU will by alI
    PY 94 :6
    aDt 19:10 means perform this word, there will also cer2K1.24:4
    Ps 94:21 tainly come in through the gates of this house
    Jer 7%

    22

    a "Defmuder."
    Literally, "the defrauding," N ; the Hebrew verb
    here being in the infinitive absolute and hence being impersonal and
    indefinite as to time. b Or, "temporary resident?

    257

    the kings sitting far David upon his throne," "ma:U


    riding in chariotg and on horses, he with his
    *Jer 17%
    servants and his people." '*
    5 " 'But if YOU will not obey these words, by
    myself I do swear,'k is t h e utterance of Jehovah, kg$g&g
    'that this house will become a mere devastated prng:ig
    H e b 3:18
    place.'n
    nJer 7:14
    6 "For this is what Jehovah has said con- Jer 39.8
    "I2
    cerning the house of the king of Judah, 'You are
    as Gil'e.ad to me,' the head& of Leb'a.non.8
    Assuredly I shall make you a wi1derness;t as for ,$;
    Isa 27:io
    the cities, not one wiIE be inhabited." And I uIsa
    6:ll
    wilt sanctify against you those bringing ruin,v 1.a 24:1
    dcr 7:34
    each oneb and his weapons,r and they must cut Eza 3 3 : ~
    down the choicest of your cedarsz and cause TB,"e'J:f
    them to fall into the fire.* And many nations I
    ~
    will actually pass along by this city and say one Zec 11:1
    to the other: "On what account did Jehovah do aDe 2$:24
    IKL 8:a
    like this ta this great city?"" And they will 2Ch
    7:20
    have to say: 'On account of the fact that they La 2:15
    A D e 29:23left the covenant of Jehovah their GodCAand De 3120
    proceeded to bow down to other godsd and to ,%f$9"::,3,2
    2Kl a217
    serve them." ' O
    a c h 34325
    10 "Do not weep for the deada one, and do oM'B:22
    not sympathize with him, YOU people. Weep
    profusely for the one going away, for he will
    return no more and he will actually not see the
    land of his relatives." l1 For this is what Jeho- 612SB l2:u
    vah has said concerning Shal'lurnex the son of "lCh S:15
    Jo.siJah,f the king of Judah who is reigning
    instead of Jo.si'ahf his father," who has gone *% E;?
    forth from this place, 'He will return there no
    more. l8 For in the place where they have taken

    ;;Fx

    one." hXJi$l. c "God," M,El.o.)sim'.


    "Oods." h1 eeko-him'. 0 "Shal'lum,'? XLXXVgSyT ; "Je.ho'a.haz,"
    ~ X X b g a d l a neditlo? 1 See 2 Kings 21: 28, footnote a.
    a

    Orj "summit; top,''

    b "Each

    JEREMIAH 22 :13-20

    him into exile he will die, and this land he will


    kZKi 23:34

    see

    no more.'k

    13 "Woe t o the one building his house,n but


    not with righteousness, and his upper chambers,
    but not with justice, by use of his fellow man
    who serves for nothing, and whose wages he
    does not give him;" l4 the one saying, 'I am gor$ $
    !;
    :$
    ,?;$ : ing to build for myself a roomy hause and eom1
    rnodious upper chambers;' and my windows
    Jas 5: 1
    PPT 17 18
    must be widened out for it, and the paneling
    Isa 3:s
    will be wjth cedart and smeared with vermilISa 9:10
    ion.'" l5 Will you continue reigning because you
    are competing by use of cedar? As for your
    ""g1:+
    father, did he not eat and drink and execute
    u Eze 23:14
    SZKI 2 2 2 justice and righteousness?~
    In that case it went
    Z K l 23325
    2Ch 34:2 well with him." " He pleaded the legal claim of
    ~
    ~
    ~
    Pr ~20.28
    the &licted one and the poor one.* In that case
    P, 21.,3
    it went well. W a s not t h a t a case of knowing
    me?n0is the utterance of Jehovah. " 'Assuredly
    ,P,r,$:i%
    Ps YB:2 your eyes and your heart are upon nothing but
    Isa 3,10
    Jer 42.6 upon your unjust gain,' and upon the blood of
    'Job 29:lZ
    PS 722
    the innocent one in order to shed [it]," and upon
    Ps 8 2 7
    defrauding and upon extortion in order to carry
    P, 1~;:31
    [them] on.'"
    ICh 28.8
    18 " T h e r e f o r e this is what Jehovah has said
    PS 9:10
    concerning Je.hoiJa-kim" the son of So.si'ah,"
    %Ti&
    g
    ' ,;b:12,1the king of Judah, 'They will not wail for him:
    g;:;"g::F "Alas, my brother! h d alas, [my] sister!"
    ~
    ~ They~ will ~not wail
    $ for~ him: ; "Alas,~ 0 master!
    Z
    i
    i
    g
    q
    n
    d
    alas,
    his
    dignity!"k
    lo With the burial of a
    aggi
    he-ass
    he
    will
    be
    buried,
    with a dragging about
    k$:~$~o
    and
    a
    throwing
    away,
    out
    beyond the gates of
    ,"If.; 24?,:
    1l=K123:35
    2Ch 36:4

    1Ki 2123
    2Ch 36:6

    ~~~~~~l~~JII
    "Go up onto Leb'a.norl" and cry out, and

    &,e,P:i::ia20

    See 2 Rings 21 : 28, footnote a.

    JEREMIAH 22:21-27

    258

    on Ba'shana let youra voice out. And cry out Rfrom Ab'a.rim,bt because all those intensely tmsz48
    loving youa have been bmken.u *: I spoke ta UaKi
    youn during your flwdom from care.Y You V2Ch
    P C 3D:P5
    ~
    said, 'I sl~allnot obey.'^ This has been your way y!;;;r:I;'fl
    since your youth, for you did not obey my n..cimlfi
    voicer A wind will shepherd all your a w n y , ;:21
    shepherds;' and as for those intc~~sely
    lovii~gA;o:,
    they will go into captivity itself." Far at ,$;;::y,g
    that time you will be ashamed and certainly z;;;;~;;
    Peel humiliated because of all your calamity." .$.rrr zrt
    0 youa who are dwelling in Leh'a.non,' being; ; ; )
    nested Ln the cedars,' how you will ccrtainIy :',;!;:;:
    sigh when there come to you birth pangs: the 1!ry;\:21
    labor pains like those of a woman gfv i n ~hi tth I""-.la.r
    j irl T , 14
    11.31
    24 " % As I aXalive,Ys t h e utlerance of Jeho*;5:j
    $lc,
    vah, 'even if Co-ni"ahcgthe son of Je.hef'a.kirn,"a .lvr
    z:!.:s
    311 1 11
    the king of Judah, happened to he the seal ringk t;,zrc~sn:w
    on my right hand, from there I would pull youd l'""r"
    off!" And I wiU give youqinto t h e hand of 1iJer22:r3
    tbosc who are seeking for your soulp'l'nnd into riEi:~::$::g
    r
    the hand of those at w2iom you arc frjchtcncd ~ ( '+l:zO
    and Into the hand of Xeb-u.chad.rez'zar t2.1~king
    of Babylonc and into the hand of the Cha1.d~'ansmR
    ?'' And I will hurl you and your mother * ~ ~ $ ! ~ ~ B
    who gave you birth out into another Iand in $2;:;;;
    which YOU people were not born, and there Is .Flhrnzm7
    urllcre YOU ~vill die.u7 And inlo t h e land to t$;,'\7;,?j
    which they will be lifting up their s o d k t o re:3

    yf;:

    "'"

    I n n o a n i s in the f ~ m i n j n ogender, ~inpalni-nnrnh~l-,rrfrrring


    to the riey. Or, "the bordwmiand," l J , k.llr~ritrr', Cotnl~nrtSumberg 27 : 1 3 , footnote a, " ICnn.?lrt'k.u,
    ('I?)
    : '6,Jca,o.niP~~11,'1
    LXXVrSy. Tllp same as Je.hoi'a.cllin of 2 liings 24 : fi-15, thal k~?lirlhnn
    of Jo.si'nl1. "The pronoml i< in tl10 n~ns~nlinc
    p~nrl11r*,
    s~n;:ultrr
    nlmt~er. ""Soul." 31, n*pB'~sL; L X X , /~ap.~lrii~;
    Vp, o1r8r.mn.
    "Bnbrlon:' V g ; "Ba'bel." JWpT, f Or. " ~ n u l l i ~dl~ ~ i r c Litemllc,
    .''
    "soul." 3I, t~eph'e~h;
    LiS, pay.rI13'; I'g, nl~rt.n?n.
    a Thp

    JEREMIAH 22 :28-23 :4

    259
    u2W 2 5 9
    Jer 4154
    Jcr 5 2 3 4
    vJer T2:U

    yl Sa 5:s

    2% 5:2P
    rPs 3 : i Z
    J r r .JR .?3

    turn, there they will not return.u IS this mana


    Co.ni'ahbv a mere form despised, dashed to
    pieces,r or a vessel in which there is no delight?"
    Why is it that he himself and 111soffspring must

    he cast down nnd thrown into Zhc land that


    they have not known?'"
    *2Ki 24:E
    29 "8 earth, earth, earth, hear the word of
    1Ch 3:17
    rDc 4 2 6
    Jehovah." a T h i s is what Jehovah has said,
    1sn I:%
    .Ivr li. 19
    'WRJTEdown this man" as chfldless,*as an able*I L'll 3,lG
    &It 1.12
    bodied man who will not hnve any success in
    his days: lor from his offspring not n single one
    P X ~%:fa will have any success,+ sitting upon the throne
    Ps %:XI
    J e r 3330 cf David' and ruling any more in Judah.' 'm
    Jer 52:x
    +Lu1:31
    "Woe to the shepherds who are destroy@JMt1:11
    ing and scattering the sheep of my
    *FI",Fj; pasturage!"*Is the utterance of Jehovah.
    2 Therefore thjs is what Jehovah the God of
    1 1 t 9:36
    =C1l15
    Job 10:10 Israel has snid against the shcpherds who are
    shephelrling my people: "You yourseIves have
    scattered my sheep; and YOU kept dispersing
    them,
    and YOU have not turned your attention
    *fi;$YT
    >In R
    Eel
    2'1.1 Z:LO

    23

    &e 34:s
    IPc 5:2

    to them.""

    "Here I am turning my attention upon YOU


    for the badness of Youn dcnl tngs,'Ik is the utter,$,p1'1:::47 ance of Jehovah.
    3 "
    'd
    I rnywlP shall collect together the
    Eze
    remnant of my sheep out of a11 the lands to
    2 e c 20:8
    which I had dispersd thern,lt and I will b h g
    roex1-3
    :er 3 2 : ~
    Eze 3 4 : ~them back to their pasture ground, and they
    Am Y :14
    sI3s 78.~0 will certainly bc fruitful ~ n dbecame many.'
    Tcr :+I5
    E?e 36:23 And I will r ~ i s eup aver them shepherds who
    ~ I E C
    7.14
    tvilt actually sl~ephcrd them;^ nnd they will be
    ,J
    ,
    z,.,~
    afraid no morc, neither will they be struck with
    1 "lIan.lp 31, hn-iah. b- Iiurr.!/nlhzr. 11 (T); "Jcc.o.nirnh," L X X V g S y .
    ~ C E Y32:34

    Jcr 5:9

    H" 2:iB

    The snme
    Jo.si',&-

    as

    Jr.l~oi'n.clun o t 2 Iiingr ?.1: 0-15, thc grnnrkon o f

    any terror nor will they be rnisslng,'" is t.he?lku31:49


    1 $!: tp
    utterance of Jehovah.
    5 "Look! There are days coming," is the utterance of Jehovah, "and I tvill raise up to David.
    a righteous
    And a king will certainly tl$fgs
    reign' and act with discretion and execute just
    ;.3 3 : t 5
    tice and righteousness in the 1and.y In his days Jt'r $
    Zer 7.e
    Judah wlll be saved," and Isracl itself will re- S-rsn b;7
    side in security.* And this is his name with $@$
    which he mill be called, Jehovah Is Our Right- &3j;&

    130 3 : :
    ~ous~~ss."~~
    2cc 10:6
    7 "Therefore, look! There are days corning," *Rf;Oz;
    la the utterance of Jehovnlr, "and they will no
    more sny. 'Jehovah is dive who blvought the
    sons of Israel up out of the l ~ n dof Egypt,'"~py;;,i
    Rn 3 x 2
    " but, #Jehovah js alive m l ~ obrought up and A:? &";r
    wit10 brought in the aRspringh of the house of:
    Israel out of the land of the north and out of

    11 "For both the prophet and the @est


    themselves have become polluted,fl Also in my
    own house I have found their tsndness,"t is the

    Eze aZ:E

    Ze

    3+4

    utterance of Jehovah. l a "Therefore their way


    will brmrne for them like slippcry plc?cesU in
    ~t 21:12 the gloom, into which they rvil! he dispersed
    ir I,.s
    P ' Y 73:rS
    :ij:ti
    m d certainly falE,"V
    T'r 4.19
    "For I shall bring upon them A cnlamity, the
    ,,,.,
    v ~ o hIH!lfl year of their being given attentionIuris the
    1\11 n
    uttemncc of Jehovah. I.' " h d in the prophets of
    3 ; y;:;;
    ~
    aric 7:-I Sa.mnr%n I hnve scen s i l l i n e s s , l L L They have
    ki
    la1 I ~ : I X acted as prophcts [incitd] by Bn'al,* and thcy
    1 i i h IY.IU
    keep makinr: my people, even Israel, wander
    a,, 2.s
    aboutnu
    And in the prophets of Jerusalem I
    cZCR33:9
    151t 9 2 6
    1 8 9 3 have seen horrible things," committing aduland walking in falsehood,"and thcy have
    ?J",";E;ztery#
    stren~thenedthe hands of evildoers in order
    13:22 that thcy should not return,' each one from his
    own Ilndn~ss,To me all of them have become
    like Sotl'om, and the inhabitants of her llke
    'gC Go.morfral~,"*
    15 Therefore t h i s is what Jehovah of armies
    Inst the prophets: "Here f a m makt wolm~~ood,
    and I rvill give them
    cr to drink.* For from the prophets
    npostasyk has gone forth to all

    t5$g;d

    .1 . ~ )H~ 111

    zL2;;,:
    I

    all the lands to which I have dispersed them,'


    and they will certainIy dwell on their own 5!,","z;ia
    Eae 34: 13
    gr~und."~
    l<ze 35:21
    9 As regards the prophets, my heart h a s f-I!ob
    f zCP 322n16
    been broken in the midst of me. All my bones -pnFl"
    have begun shaking.' I have become like a
    ~tt%i&
    mRnC thttt is drunk,' and like an able-bodied ItJcr
    5:7
    me
    mand whom wine has overcome, because of ~ P2:11
    ~
    4
    Jellovah and because of hjs holy words. "For
    IG:"
    it is with ndulterers' that the land has become
    fulLk For because of the oath-bound cursee the
    Iand h ~gone
    s to mourning,1L
    the pasture gi*uunds eJer 12rr
    8,3
    of the wilderness have drled
    and their Ho
    Joe l:lo
    course of flctian proves t o he bad, and their f$.T !Zo
    I'PS
    Isa 107:34
    24:~
    mightiness is not right.
    ~''JrhbwhIn 01:r Righteunsn~~q,"
    IT, T*tto.zrntr' T . ~ i d . ~ e ' ~ L,LT
    r<r.
    w r l s ditTmntlg. Literalh, n-*eetl,"JI. "31nn." A i . i v k . d LLAbEehorlicd tuon." lI, gcb'er. .'Oarl~-hound tur~c."M, tr hk'.

    what Jehovah of armies has said:


    ten to the words of the prophets \rho
    sying t o you people.lt They nre ma kcome vain,' The vision of their own
    at they speak-not Pram t h c mouth
    # I TThey are saying again and again
    o Rre disrespectful of me,'Jehovah
    "Peace is wvl~atYOU pe3plc mill come

    tx$:7i$3

    t o have.'"" And as for anyone walking in the


    stubbornness af his heart" they have said, 'No gzy;:l,
    calamityw~llcomeuponYOUpeople.'r' ' F ~ r w h o

    :!:
    has stood in the intirnatem group of Jehovah uy:z;~e
    .!or 3,1T
    that he might see and hear his ~vord??Who has vnn13.10
    given attention .to his w a d that he might hear E!; ;'3j:$
    it?s 1%ook! The windstorm of Jehovah, rage ~;!,"$~.:2
    itself, will certainly go forth, evcn a whirling
    tempest.' Upon the head of the wicked ones it *F,%Z5
    will whirl itself." '"The anger of Jehovah mill ,;I$; :;?
    not turn back until he will hflve carried outA;:y.jy4
    and until he will have made the ideas of his
    heart come
    In the f i n d part of the days OJFr 90:24
    YOU people will give YOUR c~nslderatiunso it
    ~l l i~l ~ ;: 4 7$ b
    with understanding.+
    lu.lt,r 1.1:14
    21 ''I did not send the prophets, yet they
    tl~ernselvesran. I did not slwsk t o them, yet -.I(II,s;;$;1:1.18
    b25P.L
    they themselves prophesied." ?? But if they had JI*,< l zr,
    stood In my intimate' group, then they would ;1
    have made my people hear my own words, and JF:,j;,l
    they 117ould have caused them to turn back from f;;
    their bnd way and from t h p badness of their,,;;;;;p5
    deaTings."*
    I.:/.c I R.JO
    I %u'**1 ~1
    23 "Am I a Goda nearby," Is the utterance of ,+;;:5;$,
    Jehav~h,"and not a Godn far a~vay?"lc
    1 11~i:~
    tlCi~k1 G : l J
    24 "Or can any manb be conceded in places
    I trlmr
    of cance~lmcntand I myself not see him?"" is f'c ;fi;$l
    l."ifl7
    the utterance of Jehovah.
    lVI'I:*::<
    A111 !):2,
    "Is it not the heavens and tlse earth that I 11:b 4.13
    1 1 x 18 77
    myself actually fill?"r is the utterance of Jeho- ~ 2(.1,2:6
    vah 37 "I have heard what the prophets who !;",\%:!
    are prophesying falsehood In my own name nq!::;.!,,B
    have saidls saying, '1 have had a dream! I have Fc,lf/!
    had a dream!'t ""How long will it exist in the :l; giA!:

    ;;:

    :;

    UPa4:2

    heart d the prophets who are prclphesflng the


    falwhoodu m d who are prophets of the trickiness of their own heart?V 2T They are thinking

    >:z3:: of making my people forget m y name by means


    J c r 1;:~)

    fa

    Ac?:1:*

    E7

    .I:'#

    of their dreams that they keep relating each one


    to the other,Y just as their fathers f o r ~ o tmy
    name by means of Ratal,z 26 The prophet with

    whom there is a dream, let him relate the


    drcam;" but the one with whom my own word
    is, let him spenk forth my ward trutl~fulIy,"~
    I C r I $2
    ''What does the straw have t o do with the
    , . l3
    pyain?".' is the utterance of Jehovah.
    29 "Is not my word comspondin~lylike a
    as Are,"+ is t h e utterance of Jehovah, "and like a
    ;P",!;: :!;: forge hammer"' that smashes the crag?"'
    30 "Therefore here I am against the prophla:? etq, is the utterance of Jehovah, "'the ones
    PR 3 ~ 1 : J i r
    who are stealing anray my words, each one from
    g,;
    ;:$q
    Y 1'11 :t:w
    hi^; companion,"
    31 "Here I am against the prophets," 1s the
    utterance of Jehovah, '"he ones who are employing their tonme' that they may utter forth,
    "rm
    wc m:l*
    211
    W c ' l i lN:5 *A, utterance!'
    2Ch 1 S . 1 1
    32 "Here I am against the prophets of false
    dreams," is the utterance of Jehovah, "who relate them and cause my people to wander about
    k ~ ~ because
    / ~ ~ oa their falsehoodsk and because of
    1x11 3:12
    their
    basting."'l
    Jcr 27.L1
    zcc 1:1:2
    "But
    I myself did not send them or command
    n%rbp :I: 1.
    :I,~I?.!Z
    them, So they will by no means benefit this
    people,"^ is the utterance of Jehovah.
    'It 15'14
    33 "And when this people or the prophet or
    priest asks you, saying, 'What is the burden"
    i f i t m:3

    *Ir

    'it

    ."And my, 'Jeharah mp,"'


    se1P llns wid tlius.'" Fp.

    Vg; "nnd nre saying, 'Jchwnh himOr, *'prououncement." 31, t i ~ n , ~ + ~ t t . ' .

    264

    JEREMLAH 23 :3-0

    of Jehovah?'s you must also say to them, ' "You "@,";?"'


    people are-0 what a burden!atAnd I shall cer,;!:;b,;:f4
    tainly abandon you,"U is the utterance of Jeho- z~nc3i:i'l
    vah.' As for the prophet or the priest or the 1W 32:m
    people who say, 'The burdenbof Jehovah!' I will :~;hd$;
    Jer 1 7 : ~
    "I"
    also turn my attention upon that manc and upon "'
    his howehold.~35 This is what YOU keep saying vEy 22;34
    each one ta his fellow and each one to his t:Yf?;i,3

    brother, 'What has Jehovah answered? And E+U ~rr:.na


    what has Jehovah spaken?':- 3' But the h~lrden";/~?;$;!
    of Jehovah YOU people remember no more, for m l ~ : . 1
    the burdenb itself becomes t o each one his own
    1
    word," and YOU have changedm the words of ofhe
    85;
    120:
    living God,a' Jehovah of armies, ow Godme PU
    1% 1.40:8
    37 "This is what you will say to t h e prophet,
    What answer has Jehovah given you? And
    $;:;
    w h a t has Jehovah spoken? And if "The bur- t ~ l n c1:~:10
    Tm 1:7
    denb of Jehovah!" is what you keep on saying,
    r3(a6j,720
    therefore this is what Jehovah has said: "By +
    z~chln:,i
    reason of POUR saying, 'This word is the very ;?";:!,'
    ''IH
    burdenb of Jehovah,' when I kept sending to
    You, saying, 'You must not say: "The burden of hDe 31~17
    Jehovah!" ' SVherefore here I am! And I mill
    give YOU people to neglect, with finality) and 'j;:;g;A
    I nil1 desert YOU and the city that Igave t o you
    and t o YOUR forefathersfrom before meE ~ i ; : & ~ l
    "d
    '
    1 wilI put upon Yov reproach to time in- Jcr z 1:9
    I
    definite and humiliation to time indefinite, i!;'!,:!i!?
    ~ I R0.16
    which will not be forgotten."
    F l u 4:7
    I

    ";:
    A:";

    "I+

    "Burden." fi1, ans.saY. For the mnd&np LdTor!I I W ~ E P

    nre-0

    what a b m d ~ n ! "see F~trrsT ~ s t n m r n i r rJuly,


    ~ ~ , 10513,T7al. 43, So. 3,
    pages 313,316.LLLTreads: '.Tot people n+e the burden." Alwa V
    Thus in a n r m to thc eo lp's question JlnR ma*.sn'.* .lt-tmin%
    P
    pnns and replips At-rmP**ob-rr~a.fin'.'
    b Or, ~'pronovnc~nii~nZ."
    >I,
    n1as.m'.
    '.hInn." M, I!~-i$h. d +'The living &d." 31, F;l.a.lrirlt'
    hl~ay.~im';the a d j ~ e t i ~hhoy.yi~nP
    e
    being in thc pl~rrnl number in
    ngreement with h'I.o.hiul', rvhic"b i a a aord of plural fonr~.

    265

    JEREMIAH 24 :1-8

    Jehovah made me see and, look!


    two
    baskets
    of figs set before the temple
    7 Ua IB:2
    t\rn 3::
    of
    J
    c
    h
    o
    v
    ~
    h
    ,
    after
    ~
    Neb.u.chad.rgzPzart h e king
    -"I<l 2.L.12
    2c~lni:in 01 Rnbylonq had carried Into exile Jec.a.ni'ahb
    ,1vr : * ' " I
    Zt~cson of Je.hnifa.kim,' the king of Judah, and
    ,
    H2hlh .)i It!
    ,,,, ,:, , thc princes of Judah and the craftsmen and the
    builders of bulwarks, from Jerusalem that he
    ';'A;$';;:
    Mir
    mirht bring them to Batayl~n.~'As for the one
    Izl,mr !._I
    I~nskrt.the Ags were very gmd, like early figs;k
    1 8 . t :I1:>:2
    I..<,.
    MI
    13'1 nncl ns for t'tv otl~erbasket, the figs were very
    " h l l . 3.13
    bnd, so thnt t hcy could not be eaten for badness."
    a t r 1;17
    1:ll
    ,it11 7 : ~
    3 And Jchovah proceeded to say to me:
    S>!lW2
    are you seejng,:,' J ~ r e m i a h ? "SO
    ~ I said:
    a r , ~ - ~ , t*'What
    ~
    4 XI 1
    "Figs, the good Ags being very good, and the
    X,.P I 1:n
    ,I('o
    ;,, H 3 bad ones being very bad, so that they cannot
    :!;,I
    z;!fi be eaten for badness." A
    4 Then the word of Jehovah occurred to me,
    ,
    1 2 : ~ saying: "'This is w h ~ Jehavah
    t
    the Godd of
    V I h ' 11.12
    I
    I : Isrncl has snid, 'Like these good figs,' so I shall
    3:19
    I,* R,I:IJ
    regard the exiles of Judah, whom I will send
    1'r 7.1
    yJr1r ii:,?m BWRY from thls p l ~ c eto the land of the Chal3t81'23,J
    pAI.:{,;:a4 de'ans, in a good ~vllay,~And I will set my eye
    t~ponthem fn R good way,' and I shall certainly
    Z .,,,,.:
    ~ I I ~ II- :LO
    cnuP;c
    them to ~ r t u r nto this 1and.Y And I will
    ;J(.r :+I.1;3
    bt~i
    ld
    them
    up, and I shall not tear down; and
    F:>l* 11 I !I
    ? And
    rutL2rii s I will plant them, and I shall not
    1,Cl 51 If3
    I will give them a heart to know me,* that I
    P
    7
    *r :
    m .'?
    g7,
    1.1.11 am Jehovah, and they must become my peopIeo
    %ec 8.3
    land 1 myself sllall become their God,Vor they
    1 ~ 1 1 1r e t ~ ~ rt on ma with all their heart.*
    I Il't2
    S '"And llke the h d figs that cannot be
    .Ianr TI :3
    ,7?::~:J,~l, eaten for badness,<this in fact is what Jehovah
    *"Rnhylou." LXSVg; "Bn%vl," 3ISyT. b M. F t k B a ~ ~ m ' h ~meanr;

    24 And

    r . ! l b r

    ,.,

    I I I ~ ~ J

    %4>

    ,,.,,,

    ,,., ,,

    ing ' + \ * a h ( u )111.111iy c ~ t n l ~ l ! * h ~ ~ . ' ~ h l h l to


    ~ PtDo.nl'ah
    i ~ l r d at J ~ T P
    1 i ~ n 1 1"2 : 24, L'k; 37 : 4. I ~ l ~ t ~ t i c vwhjlt h .1~.l1oi'a.~hiu.Sre Jeremiah
    1 : 1, l'llotl~obfi. d "nod." If, lCl.c.ktrrtP.

    JEREMIAH 24: 9-25 : 5

    266

    267

    ,,,,

    has said: "SQ I shall give Zed.e.ki'aha the klng


    al:la
    of Judah and his princes and the remnant of j6; #;;$7
    Jerusalem who are remaining over in this land*
    ;in;;
    and those ~ v h oare dwelling in the land of y;;;
    m1~l.2x.5
    E,wt5- '1 shall also certainly give them over $:
    $37
    for quaking, for calamity, in all the kingdoms A?:*
    of t h e earth," for reproach and for a prov~rhial31$:;:::,
    saying, for n taunt* and for a malediction,('(
    in all the places to tr-hich I shall disperse them." nj;;; f;;);:
    " h d I wiII send against them the sword,' the r . 7 ~ IR
    famines and the peaenceCuntil they come to **!;; :$:kF
    their finish off the ground that I gave to them tKr,:;;;Y
    and to their forefathers." ' "u
    t 7 t ; pI.;:I~
    Jc15 1'I;l
    The word t h a t occurred t o Jemmiahb
    concerning all the people of Judah in
    the fourth year of Je.hoi'a.kirnv the son of Jo- v,T,",i,p";:y
    si'ahVct h e king of Judah, t h a t is, the first year
    $t;fi:a
    of Neb.u.chad.rez'zar the king of Babylon;
    which Jeremiahb the prophet spoke concerning all the people of Judah and concerning all
    the inhabitants of Jerusalem,~saying : T r a m ~ J c 1r ~ 1
    the thirteenth year of Jo.si'ahcz the son of zZCh34:l
    A'mon, t h e king of Juclah,' and down to this *Jerl:a
    day, these twenty-three years the word of Jehavah has occurred to me,and I kept speaking to
    YOU people, rising up early and speaking, but
    YOU did not listen." ' And Jehwah sent to YOU .y;:+i;7
    all his servants the prophets, risinq up early .,j:,: h!,;il
    and sending [them], but YOU did not listen,^, .1t-r
    JOII :IT:IS
    h ;1
    neither did YOU incline YOIU ear to listenltlYL,
    ,IC c7:51
    7.11
    'they saying, 'Turn back, please, every one ':2','2p::$3
    from his bad nraya n d from the badness of YOUR i;;: l:i!:o
    dealings,*and continue dwelling upon the ground
    ;:i:3

    rGe 178

    tJs 3797

    1's 105: 11

    Jrr 7:7

    'I.:% 33.3

    1:I, footnoto b.

    ."1.20

    YOU."

    mi

    7 '"'But YOU did not Usten to me,' is the


    :~LI 1 0 . ~ 2utterance of Jehovah, 'to the htmt that YOU
    1'P.I '11:1,r
    , , ,, 9, :I;
    might offend me with the work of YOUR hands,
    1'1. g-:i;
    .11#r1.19 for calamity ta y~ul~sclves.'~
    J v r ."I: Nl
    8 "7'11c.r~lore
    this is what Jehovah of armies
    I<I ?h >!:
    3l1+'3- 15
    hns
    said,
    '
    "For
    the reason that YOU did not
    i \ n n 21%
    .laar 1 l i
    obey
    my
    ~vords,
    here I am sending and I will
    Jvr 5 15
    l r r fi:l
    take
    all
    the
    families
    of the north,"k is the uttertiisn 13:3
    .I
    27 ,Ii ance of Jehovah, "and to Neb-u-chad.rez'zarthe
    .I..I..P:x
    lcjng of B~byIon,bmy servant," and I will bring
    V,IU,I+
    I ' : ~ F2
    2'1.:HIR
    lhcm tl~ainstthis land ~ n d
    against its inhabitI.:L(. 21i:7
    RAP
    Y: ~n
    a n t ~nnd ogninst all these nations round about;"
    1:to
    MI li1 7
    i 1 1 them t o destfuction and make
    , I ~ IV:IO
    ~ I ~ R ~ C Z1 ~ ~ ~ devote
    21;')
    them
    an
    object
    of astonishment and something
    t
    2.:,7
    .fV14 :i:t:11 to whistle nt and places devastated t o time in1 . : ~3 : 13
    1 1 0 7:ll
    deflnite.fl I n And I will destroy out of them the
    lj,lor 7 ~ " 1
    -1r.r lei !I
    sound of exultation and the sound of rejoicing,t
    v iiP 1- 2.7
    t h voice
    ~
    oaf Zhe bridegroom and the voice of
    ) I; ! )I V ~
    ~ I!I:-N 21
    the bride,'?the sound of t h e hand mill and the
    F.~,.7 ,
    %cc4.2
    light of the lamp.'v " 'And all this land must
    become a dwastatd place, an abject of astonrN
    d c r m:lo ishment, and these nations will have to serve
    *l)r
    U.I 0:2
    3 2 : s the king of B~bylonhseven@ years." 3
    I < I L 1.3
    Isrt
    1 I tI
    12 " 'And it must occur that when seventy
    I1 . 1. ~~46
    :lm:b
    ~z
    years have bsen fulfilledz I shall call to account
    ,Tvr
    I\JI .IT.I
    I:I against the king of Babylonb and against that
    11.. 5 i : l
    nation," is tile utterance of Jehovah, 'their
    l l n s 26
    IS..!
    error,
    even against the land of the Chalde'an~,~
    -:~cI ::1 a

    rn I)v ~I$T2
    : :.I"~

    lj

    a Fee Jemaizh 1: 3. footnote e. bSee Jmminh


    * S e e 2 Kings 21: 26, footnote a.

    L"; 14

    that Jehovah gave to you and to ram forefathers from long ago even to a long time to
    come." And do not walk after other godsa in
    a r d ~ rto sctve them and to born dorm to them,
    thnt YOU may not offend me with the work of
    Y~CR
    hands and that I may not cause calamity

    lt Irc~
    i l l1t 4m:' iz ~ to

    z;i;s!;;!;f8

    25

    I: I I

    Tlr.

    .I815

    JEREMIAH 25 :6-12

    .{,

    PI'

    :ill:llj

    .fl#l*
    I\I~

    :
    .
    I

    Y!t.

    a a h ~ i o ~ l s11,
    , l ' rl.o.ltin~'.b "Bnb~lon,"P g ;

    "Bnbl," MSyT.

    and f will make it desolate wastes to time in- t$:399


    definite." IRAnd I will bring in upon that land J,r,':::,O
    all my tvords that: I have spoken against it, ,~&o,;?~,
    even all that is written in this boak t h a t Sere- LT,n w : i
    r r 27::
    miaha has prophesied against all the nations.: JJrr
    s:) 41
    Hnb ' 8
    l4 For even they themse?ves, many nations and sps 1 3 i : A
    great kings,In have served to acquire them,' and j:::;y,$q
    I will rcpny them accord in^ to tlzelr activity $;rd;
    and nccording to the worlr oP their hands.' "" xgblf;;lfl
    15 For this is what Jehovah the Godh of cRg:q7
    Israel said to me : "Take this cup of the wine of ;
    ;,"I:;z
    rage out af m y hand and you must make all the * J P ~;i:7
    nations to whom I am sending you drink it.?' JPrhyl;3fI
    La 3.15
    And they must drink and shake back and k;22132
    forth and act like crazed men because of the E; $:j!
    gnVordthat I m sending nmong them,"'
    tcJr$
    ~ ( ,272
    L:IO
    t
    17 And I proceeded t o take the cup out of ,$;$?
    the hand of Jehovah and to malte all the nations
    drink to nhom Jehovah had sent me: Is name- j;;
    Eze ~ . f i
    ly, Jerus~lemand the cities of Judah and her D 9 12
    $;'{L~
    kings* hex princes," t o make them n devastated ,ZKI
    zi:ls
    place, an object of astonishment,lmsomething to ,JE';F?,'T
    whistle at and amalediction, just as a t this day;* y:r!l:;"n
    Phar'aoh the king of Egypt and his servants t$IfeL%,;
    and his princes arid all his people;l and d1 the ;!$;r$;),:;
    mixed company,u and all the kings of the land
    b

    Ih

    of U Z , and
    ~
    all the kings of the land of the $2
    ELP Z T ~ : I ~
    Ph141isYines)'and Ash'lte.Iona ~ l n dGa'za' and ?:?::.!,.;f
    Ek'ron7 and the remnant of Ash'dod;" " E'dom. n i:;
    and hlo'nb' and the sons of Am'rnon;' 2z and ' I:;;;, ,!,\:;
    all the kings of Tyre' and all the kings of Sl'donq
    and the kings of the islandd that is in the region f,?; :y;oi
    of the sea; 2Qnd De*dank and Te'man and Buzt
    a See Jr.rP~l~Cnh
    I : I, footnote 1,. b "Gorl,'' 11, El.o.hi~s'. e "f t ," f ti
    the ~ ~ i t ~ r v u l gender,
    i~tr
    to r ~ t e rto t l ~ c*'siltr," 1ilir.wLc
    Ch', " l l l n ~ t l l l l l u a "

    t~~aqrullirrr.

    rJ*rw6

    and dl those with hdr clipped at the temples;m

    ~ n dall the kings of the Arabs! and all the


    kings of the mixed company who nre residing
    in the wllclrrness:~" and all the kings of Zim'riv
    ;$2F;37
    vl.:/p :i?:w and all thr! kings of E'IamP and all the kings of
    the Medes;Z and all the kings o l the north
    z:","ri%i:
    bn5:B
    who are near and far away, one after the other,
    and ~ l t l h [other]
    ~
    kingdoms of the earth that
    arc on thc surfncp of t h e ground;"and the king
    *Jflrw:n
    EJC 31330
    himself will drink nfter them."
    /.lsn
    I J e r 14:12
    5 1 : ~of She'st~ach'~~~
    U" 5:m
    27 '#Andyou must say to them, 'This is what
    Jehovah of armies, the Godb of Israel, h ~ l said:
    s
    "Drink and get drunk and puke ~ n fall
    d so that
    cannot pet up' because of thc sword that
    (&:;$ IYOU
    am
    sending
    among YOU." " 2 u And it muat occur
    111cb
    ~n
    4:21
    2:16
    that In case they refuse to take the cup out of
    32.42
    J.:Ic 21:4
    llancl to drink? you must also say to them,
    n lhs
    ~ 5 . your
    ~
    'This Is what Jehovah of armies has snld: "YOU
    -%
    g;;51 29 will drink rvlf hout fan.' " For, lool<! it is upon
    Jer .l:28
    Jt5r
    the city upon which my name i s called that I
    am starting off In bringing ~slarnlty,~
    and
    *pr 11.31
    3er 49 12
    should YOU yourselves in any way go free of
    D, e:ls
    12Cl19:14

    liJcr 36:2R

    Ir

    p~nishrnent?'"~
    '' 'YOITwill not go free of punishment, for
    there is a s w o ~ dthat I am calljng gain st a11
    the inhabitants of the earth,' 1s the utterance

    nE,","&$i: of Jehovah of ~rrnies."


    "Shc'shach,'' MPg; "Bn'h~l. [or, Babylon] ," T. This

    UIRY be a
    ayptogaphicnl rltillrr for Ihhylon, by the d e v i r ~knolvn na ~ l t . b n s V ,
    1lr.hi~11disLqi~ru I h r h t r r i ~ . rit1111e by taking* ttic 11wt I ~ t t ~
    ofr the
    l l c b r e l ~alphrrbrt ( t r r ~ r b ) for t l filnst
    ~ ( a l e p h ) , nruI the ~ r i ~ o v d - I n s t
    lttter [ p h ~ r a ) fnr t h ~arcnucl letter ( b e t h ) , nnd so on. T h u ~in
    "Bn'bel" each b ~ t k (or T1) monld stand for nkir~,nntl t h e lrrmed
    would stand for kaph, nttd the nnwe would hecomr .S'lrr.sknkk'.
    D u l i t d heEd thnt '~S~C'SIIAPII"
    Ptood fw FE.r.krt.lif at" nn old
    Babylonian m y 1 rqister. S'in,l;tl or 8a.h.a mny hare h e n o diatrict of ancient Bnl,ylo11. b "God." X, El=oJrim

    JEREMIAH 25 :30-36

    270

    30 "And as for y m , you wjll prophesy to


    them all these words, and you must say to them.
    'From on high Jehovah himself will roar/ and
    from his holy dwelling he will give forth his
    voicennWlthwut fail he will roar upona his abiding place.t A shout like that d those treading
    [the wine pressJ he will sing out hgainst all the
    uha i~:9
    Enhabitants of the earth.'l
    Jer d8:33
    37, " 'A noise t d l certainly come dear to the
    $
    ; y ; ~
    fartllest partb of the earth, for there Is a con- visa
    34:s
    t~*oversythat Jehovah has with the n ~ t i o n s .J~c r 4 3 : i
    ;i:2
    He must personally put himself in judgment nI,,6:2
    with all Aesh.Y As regards the wicked ones, he Y
    E!$$
    must give them to the s w ~ r d , is
    ' ~ the utterance $2 ;!,
    *ZCII 15:s
    of Jehovah.
    lsa 34:2
    32 "This is what Jehovah of armies has said.
    n
    k;;g
    'Look! A calamity is going forth from nation to rsa
    66:13
    nation,' and a great tempest Itself will be roused $cr
    c.r 33:19
    30.23
    up from the remotest parts of the earth.= O8 And A7:,P$83
    those slain by Jehovah will certainly come t o be
    EIA
    In that day fmm one end of the earth clear to E:;:
    the other end of the earthA They will not be bpaE;a
    bewailed, neither will they be gathered up or Fze 3 9 : u
    9:K
    be buried.* As rnanure on the surface of the *21<1
    P 83::~
    ground they will become."
    BEY@
    3~ 5:E
    36.15
    34 "Howl, YOU shepherds, and cry out!mAnd :. 2;;~
    wallow about," YOU majestic ones of the flock!" ,
    ::: $:;
    For aouR days for slaughtering and for WUR ;{:,"$$l
    .;.30:14
    acts of scattering have been fulfilled,clr and sou 1Jcrr
    ,22:2S
    must f d l like a desirable vesscl.1~:"' nd
    a place S~EW;::~
    t o flee to has perished from the shepheids,~and Jer 33lm
    a e 17.G
    a means of escape from themajestic ones of the A..
    I.<?:I!
    I]oclr.* Listen! The outcry of the shepl~erds,'"%i!;ii''
    and the howling of the majestic ones of the &;:&234
    '0i3,"ngniuat." Or, "the end.'' *Or, " ~ o t ' ndnps far being

    zr
    E

    slnuglrtcrod nnt? for YOCR being ~cfittemdbnvc! c a m due."

    'flock,for Jehovah is despoiling their pasturage.m


    3' And the peaceful abiding places have been
    rendered lifeless@because of thc burning anger
    of 3(!110vah.~5 9 He has left his covert just like
    'il;;&?::#
    n mrmrsd young lion,^ f o r thcjr land has became
    yl'r Tri:3
    L::
    an object af astonishment bccauw of the mal.I!( l~
    .rvr no:r~r treating sword" and because ol his burning
    I in 5 . id
    Irll l l . l a n n ~ e r . " ~
    z Ivr 2:~ El
    In the begjnnlng of the royal rule of
    '2K I 27:M
    Je.hoi1a.kim' thc son of Jo.si'nh," the
    2 n l t ti:,^
    Iring
    of
    Judah, this word occurred from Jeho~a.1.IVP I.:{
    an:r
    i
    t I
    v i ~ hsnying:
    ,
    ? "This is tvhnt Jehovalz has said,
    .J
    1
    I ~ : L 'Sland in the courtyard of the house of Jehom,Jrbr t r ~ : I d
    you must speak concerning all the
    J , I ~I ~ ~ vnh,'
    .
    ~ and
    ~
    citiesaf
    Judahwhoarecoming
    in to b o ~ v d o ~ r n
    .
    at
    the
    house
    of
    Jehovah
    all
    the
    words that I
    j;;~.*!~;./,
    will
    command
    you
    to
    speak
    to
    them."
    Do not
    !;;::;;:,
    I:<* 2: 19 take away a word.4 a P ~ r h a p sthey will listen
    -1ci1 l lli
    and return, each one from his Isad way; and I
    I
    I ~ : A ctH:27
    ~
    shrill ]-lave to feel regret for the calamity that I
    I
    ,
    ,
    H
    r'llCl 2*1:28
    , : am thinking t o execute upon them because of
    the badness of their dealings," And you must
    'I
    .:;,
    &lJpr

    ,~11r
    I 1

    26

    LLL' 3rj

    1hu."32.1"xfly
    6)s :):! !5

    .f

    t o them: 'This is what Jehovah has said,

    2,v1 7 1 9 'IS wov will not listen to me by walking in my


    I n ~ v 'that I have put hefore YOU," ";by listening
    1311 1 .:(I
    to the wards of my servants the prophets, whom
    ;j. :;'.12
    .J.l:lo I m sending to YOU, even rising up early and
    It?ICI !1!7
    [them], whom k'ou have not listened
    31;;. 7:.:13;:"sending
    v,r3q:17 t q 1 ~a I wiU, in turn,make this house like that
    ll<l

    4 e

    1:

    J1.r

    J t b r

    in Shl'loh,nl and this city I shall rnnlre a malediction to all the nations of the earth."' '
    L'I:'F
    7 And the priests and the prophets and all
    01,.L d ~ i l ~ nbt . "
    sword^ LXXT and nhntrt 20 JTPIII*PWamnu-

    'b;!,,s!H'$
    Jvr f 12
    r,-,, 6; ,.$

    ,,,,, ,,;

    .Il.t

    n r r i p t ~; ' ~ t l c a t e d n ~(burning)
    ~a
    ," 11.
    31r1t1, n.

    Sen 2 fcing 3 1 : 28, foot-

    JEREMIAH 26:P I 4

    JEREMIAH 26 :15--20

    272

    the people began to hear Jeremiah" speaking


    these words in the house of Jehovah,@ So it
    gg
    came about that when Jeremiahn had completed ~t 21 :I:
    speaking aII t h a t Jehovah had commahded
    [him] t o speak to all the people, then the priests
    and the prophets and all the people proceeded
    to lay hold of hjm, saying: "You will posjtivclp
    die.t l' Why is it that you have prophesied in t h e t:$F f$#
    name or Jehovah, saying, 'like that in Shilohlr %;,!j;f0
    is haw this house will become, and thia very city
    will be devastated so as t o be without an in- nt>.; Ejg;
    7~:1:0
    95 16
    habitantT7" And all the people kept congregat- 112rh
    I \ A 311:10
    ing themselves about Jererniaha in the house ?/: $:.'"
    br! 2 r . 3
    of J e h o ~ a h . ~
    v 5 l r 14.1 l
    10 In time the princes of Judah got to hear ;j;;t11.2:2:
    these words, and they proceeded t o come up
    from the house of the king to the house of
    Jehovah,' and t o sit down in the entrance of the J"'F:#:!:2"
    new gete of J e h o v d ~ ."And
    ~
    the priests and
    i,z;:4
    the prophets began to say to the princes and 26; y;;!,
    t o all the people: "To this man1' the judgment ,$;r$;$~
    of death belongs,' because he has propliesirjd .];I;?;!;$
    concerning this city just as YOU have heard 0 . 1 ~.Ls:~.Yt
    Ac 5 1 1
    with r*ourr own eam.'12
    krt-r 1:17
    dcr lY1:2
    12 At t h t Jererniaha said to all the princes, A t j t 7.15
    and to all the people: 'Tt was Jehovah that sent i F $$
    me to prophesy concerning thfs house and coni;!:
    cerning this city all the !wards Z h ~ tyou have ;;:;
    heard." And now make YOUR mays and YOUR ;;;;;,$:;
    32:'1,1
    dealings good,%d obey the voice of Jehovah .I~:\
    1 Ir, RI::ZR
    YOUR GodIc and Jehovah tvill feel regret for the ,Jr2 . 1 ~
    ~S,R
    calnmlty that he has spoken against YOU.' '%nd JJtbr .I:!:
    IO
    as for me, here I am in TOUli hand,'3 Do to me i:y1~~:[;'
    925
    according to v h a t is good and according to what "Jn5
    - WJT3: IG
    See Je,mn~inh I: 1, footnote b. b'lRfnn." 31, ha-ish, a "Bod.'' 11,
    @

    *2stlps

    T
    g

    %j;1g2
    NrlE.33
    De 13:lO
    2Ki 24:4
    Pi-6:17

    me t o YOU to spealr in YOUR ears all these


    wor&."k
    J F F 7:6
    16 Then the princes and all the peopIe began
    M t 2x35
    k.rr<r1 1 7 to say t o the priests and to the prophets: "There
    Jpr 2G:12
    is no judgment aS dent11 bclonginfi:t o this man,"
    for it was in ihe nnmc of Jehovah our Godh that
    he spoke t o us.""
    "Ef
    Jer 353
    17 Furthermore, certain one* of the older
    Mt27:23
    men of the land rose up and began saying t o a11
    & the congregation of the people: I' "Mi"cahda
    RMrc 1:1
    of Mo'resh-eth"' himself happened to be proph'LSXlc 1:14
    esying in the d ~ y sof H~z.e.ki'ahfthe king
    u * C h m of Judah" and went on t o m y t o all the people
    vPs 79.1
    PS 10j:34 of Judah, This is what Jehovah of armies has
    Mt 24:2
    herself will be plowed up as a mere
    9 2 . 3 1 9 : ~said: '"ion
    2 ; field,v and Jerusalem herself mil1 become mere
    heaps of ruins,,' and the mountains of the House
    3er
    Mic 17:3
    4:l
    zcc8:3
    will
    be for high plnces of a forest." '* Did
    '~IIC 3.u
    t2ch 2 6 : ~ Hez.e.ki'ahf the king of Jizdnh and all those of
    U C h 32:m
    2~113226 Judah by any means put him to death?" Did he
    2Ch %:+A
    not fear Jehovah and proceed to soften t h e face
    I:.q 31.4of Jehovah," so that Jehovah got t o feeling re!g$
    gret for the calamity that he had spoken against
    .:%&?A6
    La 4.13 them?$ So we are working up a great calamity
    IsaZe:21
    against our SOMIS,R*
    20 "And there also happened to be a manh
    A,: :$:

    E.;,

    ::3f

    EI.O.I~I'NI
    .

    is right in YOUR eyes." Only YOU should by all


    means know that, if YOU are putting me to
    death, it is innocent blood that YOU are putting
    upon y o u r ~ ~ v eand
    s upon this city and upon
    her inhabitants,' f o r in truth Jehovah did send

    E: ; ;$z

    '"Mnn."

    31, ha-islr, b i'flad," 31, ITl.n.lrim'. a X, a,sll.shflu'; the


    plural nnrnber of ish, ""hli'cnl~," BLma+'aln nnrl n nuu~t)cro f Kcbmw mnnusrripts; "1li.ani'n 11," M. * "Of ~lorresh.ctli."Or, '+the
    SIo'rash-tite." 1 Sce h n i n h 3 :1, Footuate P, fi "Souls." 11, aeph'tsb
    in the pll~rnlnumhcr. h ' ' l \ T : ~ ~ l . lt,
    "
    +>it.

    prophesying in the name of Jehovah, Uuri'jahLwr 1 5 : ~


    the son of Sbemai'ahb from Kir'i.ath-je'a.rimme; ;$ $*;I4
    And he kept prophesying against this city and m 2 , ~ ; ~ ~ , ~
    nadnst this land in accord with all the .rvords q:::;;;,;;
    of Jeremiah." 21And King Je.hoJ'aOkirng
    and all
    his mighty men and all the princes got to hear i;;;ym25
    his words, and the king began swlcin~t o put lt;;,;~;&
    I , 2!,:25
    him to death.* When U.rirjahUgot t o hear I of 1;;!;$?
    i t ] he at once became afraid and proceeded to ;14;:,2j'j?,2a
    run away and come into Egypt.1' 23 But King
    if?:;;
    Je.hoi'a.1rim sent mendt o Egypt,'~Elbnarthanthe y;;3;;l
    son of Ach%orr and other mend 114th him t o u$l;
    Egypt. "A'nd
    they proceeded to bring U.rEfjahn A, I:! 2
    out from Egypt and to bring him to King Je- &1':';I;'
    hoiJa.kirn,who then struck him down with the L:{::F y!;:!:
    swords and cast his dead body inlo the grave- u:i:,[$f;i,2
    2~ 11 , ! ~ ' m
    ynrd of the sons of the people."'
    ,I,.l' 39.14
    24 Moreover, it was the hand of A.hitkamM &y{,~i;~l,
    the son of Shatphanv that proved to be with y,;;;!;.:;$
    Jeremiahc In order not to give hlm Into the :;yd<i;s
    hand of the peopIe to have him put t o death.,'
    r;:43
    nZ1\1 23.51
    h the beginning of the kingdom of .:;::;yi::,
    Je.hoi'a-kirnez the son of Jo.slPah,'theiu;;;l$,??l
    king of Judah, this tvord ocfl~rr~d
    to Jet-crnlahcr, ;:
    from Jehovah, saying: ? "This is what ~ehovah'!d.r~.r
    ?s.21
    bas said to me, 'Make for yourself hands and 1.1:LLCm r bi'9.7
    :3:12
    yoke bars,' and you must put them upon your (1;:;'"
    n e ~ l r ." ~And you must send them to 11.1~king ';/if,
    of E'dom" and t o the king of Mo'nb' and t o t h ~.at;;
    , Yij?,
    Iring of the sons of Am'rnon- and t o the king of ( II:,C
    Am 15 : 2: ~

    ; ;s

    27

    n F.sd.icr'lw, 31: only here in J e r r n ~ i n h2fl: 917,21,23,


    bR?rknfn%ztkriJ
    M ; m e ~ n i n g"Tah ( u ) has hesrd." 0 ~ P ,7e1-~111iati
    P
    1 : 1, hotlroto h,
    d SPP \-erst: 17, footnote c. e "Jr.llnitn.ki 111," ,IIi,X,YVg'r ; "%~rl,e
    ki'ah," Sy, the Arahic version n ~ r dtlirt-cr FIehrtarn i l i n n ~ ~ < r ~ i p~s
    ta,
    in r m e s 3, 12. f %e 2 K i n e 21:30, footnote n, L'Jrrrtttinll."If,

    Y it.mrinh'.

    Tyre* and to the king of Sl'don" by the hand of


    the messengers who are coming to Jew-dem
    to Zed.e.kt'ahh the king of Judah.' dAnd you
    mnst give them R command for their rnastersTb
    saying: "This Is what Jehovah of armies, the
    'God" of Israel, has sajd; Ihls is what YOU should
    t o youn masters,"" "1 myself have made
    kJEgtmsay
    the
    manldnd" and the be~sts"that are
    ?=
    :;; r;(.z:; uponearth,^
    the
    surface
    of the earth by my great
    n(:V 1 2.1
    ma 42:5 powert and by my atretchcd-out arm;iLand I
    'lPs
    136:22
    have given it to rvhorn jt has proved right in
    my eyes.v "ncl
    now I myself have given all
    ~g$~~:$!,
    Da 437
    these lands into the hand of Nebauchad.nez'zarae
    yg2Y;4

    ,the king of Babylon," my servant;= and even

    z:","*g;Fthe wild beasts of the Aeld I have given him

    to
    serve him.* 'And all the nations must serve
    J U ~
    ~ : l r leven himu and his son and the son of his son4
    2%
    &'n.
    h
    &:m until the time even ef his own I ~ n deomeslband
    Jcr 25:11 many natiuns and great kings must serve to
    An,
    5:2
    0 Pr 13733
    Jrr E:12 acquire hlm."
    8 I ' ' ' I 'And it must occur that the nation and
    ".*"
    t
    h
    e
    kingdom that will not serve him, even Neb*J,e,r,
    2::
    e J e r 5 . 1 1 u.chad.nez'zare the king of B a b y l ~ n ; ~and
    " the
    J e r 35:17
    J e r 4 r ~ : n one that will not put its neck under the yoke of
    JCF42.10
    the king of Babylon,Qwlth the sword and with
    ~ e r
    he """
    'the farnine and with the pestilence I shall turn
    m y attention upen that nation,' is the utterance
    of Jehovah, 'until I slrall have finished them off
    *Je~":10
    Eze 14:21 by hiS hand.''
    a 31, T ~ k ? . ~ i ~ k srt!
    f k ~r~J, ;~ r ~ 1~:~
    3, ~P ui ~~> ~~H I!> P,
    ~i F b "fiir~ntera."JI,
    ~ ~ e 2 9 : u

    .PT w:10

    Y I I

    plurnl ~ ~ u u r l ~ r)P
    r < rrc.r?r~ra', nnrl 1101'cl hnvilrg il plural
    r e f ~ ~ ~ n c "Grjil."
    e.
    Evl. I$l.04kh'in'; t l i ~p l ~ ~ ~aulnl~sr
    tll
    u 1 Elao'trla,
    hnt llavi~~gx siugutt~s rt.f't~risnre.d C)r, ' l m ~ t i , ' t IkI, h(i-~i.t7trin'.
    a rhS~l~.~.~liad-a~e~'z~~r,'l
    l'orirt of U I ~ I H P~ C V L I I ~ H
    i r l J e r ~ l ~ i i ninh
    cha ters 27, 26' 29, 34. 30, C l o ~ ~ ~ l ~l lat rn rfcrr~uw i t t i ".Kcl~.n-cllntlP
    rez mr'? in Jerer~risIl21 : 2 xr~rl clscwlierc ~hrunyltour:tlie book.
    "Bahylou:' 1-g ; .*Ra?)vl," JISyT.
    ado-primr; the
    Q

    JEREMIAH 27 :9-15
    9

    277

    276

    prophets that are prophesying t o ~ o v . ' " ~


    16
    And to the priests and to all this people I
    JPT2921
    ~ : c 3 : 5 spoke, saying: "T11is is wlmt Jehovah has said,
    ; ~ 15:?4
    t
    230 not listen to the words of I * ~ Rprophets
    that are prophcsytng to vow, snying: "Look!
    The utensils of the house oC Jchovah are being
    For
    brought back from Babylon soon
    n,gi$;;3
    Jer =:3
    falsehood
    i
    s
    what
    they
    are
    prophesying
    to
    Y
    O
    U
    .'
    Da 1 :2
    rl~n
    9:15
    l 7 DO not listn~
    to them. Serve the king of Baby8 J e r Z 7 : 1 1 lon and keep on l l v i n ~ t .Why
    ~
    xl~ouldthis city
    become
    a
    d~vaslntcd
    plncc?'
    Iq
    But if they are
    Ei;
    n e 18:31 prophets and if lhe tvo~.clof Jehovah does exist
    h1Ki
    with ihem," let t hcm beseech, please, Jehovah
    of armies, that the utensils that are remaining
    over in the house of Jehovah and t h e house of
    the king of Judnh and in Jerusalem may not
    come into Babylon.'*
    $l!4
    nral
    19 "For thjs is w h ~ Jehovah
    t
    of armies has
    said
    concerning
    thc
    pillarss
    and
    concerning
    the
    y'&'&::7
    seaz and concernixlg the cnrriagas' and concern"r52:21
    ing the remainder of the utensils that are rezlKi 7 2 3
    maining over in this city," "' that Nebuchad;
    i
    g
    ;
    !
    +
    '1Kii:27
    nez'zara the king of Bnhylon had not taken
    zch 25.18
    Xii
    . I : ~ . I when he carried Jecho.r~i'nhh"
    the son of Je-hoi'Jvr 5 ' 2 : l T
    c.iii z,:14 a-kim, the king of Judah, illto exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, together with all the nobles
    1 C n X:10 of Judah and Jerusalem;
    " for this is what
    J e r 22:18
    JPT~;:~
    Jehovah
    of
    armies,
    the
    Godc
    of Israel, has said
    C 2Ki 24:14
    concerning the utensils t h a t are remaining 01-er
    -ZCh 36:M
    a t the house of Jet~ovahand the house of the
    ygg::;;
    un 5 7
    king of Juclah and Jen~snlcm,'" ' 'To Babylon
    t2Ch
    EZF 3ID2: Z l
    ,is where they wjll be brouglip ~ n there
    d
    they
    'will continue t o be untll thc day of my turning
    Q
    ;:J'31"0
    3sr
    Da s.a
    32:s
    my attention to them,"' Is the utterance of JF-

    '' ' " 'And as for YOU men, do not listen to

    the
    kJ",";f;z
    Jcr rns

    prophetsf and to YOLT practicers of dlvinationU and to Y O L ~drearnersa1n and t o YOUR k./$ ;Rlj;$
    practicers of magicn and t o YOUR sorcerers, l*;d:;r$;i5
    who are saying to YOU: "You men will not serve
    the king of B a b y l ~ n , "lo~For
    ~ falsehood Is whnt;;n,I,,, ;~fl!;r" i g
    they are prophesying to Y Q U , ~for thc purpose
    of having you taken far away from ofl YOUR '$~',~":j:~~
    ground, and I shall have to disperse YOU and
    uJer a:31
    YOU will have t o perish."
    11
    'And as for the nation that will bring Ln 2:ld
    its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylonh1
    and actually serve him,' I mill also let it rest vJ@rm8
    upon Its ground,' is the utterance aP Jehovalr,
    'and i t will certainly cultivate it and dwell in
    ydrr 219
    it.' " '
    Jcr 38:2
    12 Even to Zed.e.ki'ahcz the king of Judah I ;;;;;:yo
    spoke according to all these wwds,' saying: 22~:1 z.1:17
    'Bring om necks under the yoke of the king ~~~k~%l!o
    of Babylanb and serve him and his people and ,$&!:G.\,
    keep on living.' IWWhy should you yourself and L;Trl;&\
    your people clie by t h e sword/ by the famine' ,:j;:;
    and by the pestilence' accordjng t o what Jeho- A;:;r$$&
    vah has spoken to the nation that does not serve J-?: ;:;;
    the king of B a h y l ~ n ?"~And do not listen to P!;,r,'1'~121
    the words of the prophets that are saying t o 'J'''3y2
    YOU men, 'You will not serve the king of Baby.
    ,
    p
    r
    l ~ n , ' for
    ~ ' falsehood is what they are prophesy$;i;
    YQCfa

    II I .IJ

    vE

    z;:

    ing t o YOU."

    15

    ,:,
    .fs

    Jrmr 14:I.i

    'r 27-2
    " 'For I have not sent them,* Is the utter- ?T
    2i:1A
    Jcsr P!:n

    ance of Jehovah, 'but they are prophesying in 1I:L@ 13:6


    my name falsely, to the end that I shall disperse li'?$ikl
    YOU and you mil1 have to perish,* YOU Inen and *:22g::te

    " 9 r ~ a r n c i ~ , TigSrT;
    '~
    literally, *'dr@arnw,"31. b4*J3n;bylan," Vg;
    "'Bn'hel." IrlSyT.
    footnote e.

    JEREMIAH 27: 16-22

    Tsid-q;.iirk', Con~pare with Jrrt.uuiab 1:3,

    See verse 6, footnote e.


    a

    21, E?m~.hinb'.

    Sr'r lfwfli~r2 : 6, h o t 110t~11.

    "God?'

    279

    hovah. "And I will bring them up and restore


    #ar1:7
    them to this place." ' "*
    Ezr 5:14
    Then it came about in that year, in the Ezr 7:19
    begfnning of the kingdom of Zed.e.kitaha
    the king of Judah,k in the fourth year, in the k&%i,2,$
    fifth month, that Han.aaitahn the son of Aztzur, rider %:11
    Jer 3G:12
    the prophetf who was from Gib'e.on,* said to me J e r 37 13
    r I c a 8:15
    in the house of Jehovah before the eyes of the J er 2 3 : ~
    priests and of all the people: "This is what
    Jehovah of armfes, the Godh of Israel, has said, 2sa
    'I will break the yoke of the king of J3abS;lon.t t<;;gj,
    V i t h i n two full years more I am bringing
    back t o this place all the utensils of the house of
    Jehovah that Neb.u.chad.nez'zarc the king of
    Babylon took from this place t h a t he might
    bring them to Babyloo.' "U "' 'And Jec.o.ni'ahv
    the son of Je.hoik.kim,Y the king sf Judah, and 9;;;16
    all the exiles of Judah who have come to Baby- vg&ig::&
    lonZ 1 am bringing back t o this place,' is the
    utterance of Jehovah, 'for I shall break the yoke >QKI4:;23:36

    that happened to be prior to me and prior to

    28

    .L@D : f B

    D e .1.26

    1% J.11
    1K1 14:6
    1Ki 172

    1K1 22:8
    X.cn 5:4
    Jnr 1.2
    ~ i l u1,3
    3llt, 3.8

    zzi:i:9

    of the king of Babylon.' "


    ZZICI
    21~12~ 4 5 3
    5 And Jeremiahd the prophet proceeded to J"24,5
    say to 1lan.a.ni'ah the prophet before the eyes
    of the priests and before the eyes or' all the people who mere standing in the house of Jehovah;=
    ;zl4
    " yes, Jeremiaha the prophet proceeded to say: rer ;26:a
    "So be it!@*
    Thus may Jehovah do!+ May Jehovah establish your words that you have propheg;,
    sied by bringing back the utensils of the house OJer 11:s
    of Jehovah and all the exiled people from Babylon t o this place!' 'Horvever, hear, please, this *JeraR3
    word that I am speaking in yaw ears and in the
    ears of all the people.@ As regards the prophets ,mlsl=:=

    *Jer 6;14
    Jer S:3l
    Jer 14:13
    Eze 13710
    kDe 18:22
    nlK1 22:11
    Ps 10:13

    der 2;:2
    Jer %3:2
    Ma1 3 1 3
    rJcr 2S:l
    tIKl 13:2Ch 18:10
    Jcr 203
    113CT X:7
    Jer 23:4

    vFr 14.7
    Fr 26.4

    yJer
    $d 1:z
    $;,4
    1

    Jer 29:s
    wa 9:a
    zJer Si:2

    'yLa
    l;$3;T2
    2.14

    E;

    See Jcrendnh 27: 12, footnote c. b"Qod." M, El.o.kina'.


    Sea
    Jeremiah 27: 0, footnote e. See Jerelniah 27:1, f o o t n ~ t e g,
    "SO be it I" Or, "Amen!" 31, d.mFm'.
    a

    JEREMIAH 28 :9-15

    Jer 2T:7
    CJer 27:6

    ,J"=&!:

    you from long ago, they also used t o prophesy


    concerning many lands and concerning great
    kingdoms, of war and of calamity&and of pestilence." " As regards the prophet that prophesies
    of peace,' when the word of The prophet comes
    true the prophet whom Jehovah has sent in
    truth will become known."IC
    10 At that Han.a.ni'ah the prophet took the
    yoke bar from off the neck of Jeremiahb the
    prophet and broke it.n " And Han.a.nitahP went
    on t o say before the eyes of all t h e people:
    "This is what Jehovah has said,t 'Just like this
    I shall break the yoke of Neb.u.chad.nez'zarc the
    king of Babylon within two full years more
    from off the neck of all the nations.' "U And
    Jeremiahb the prophet proceeded to go his

    way.v
    12 Then the word of Jehovah occurred to
    Jererniah,b after Han.a.ni'ah the prophet had
    broken the yoke bar from off the rkck of Jeremiahb the praphet,y saying; Is "GoPd and you
    must say t o Han.a.nitah, 'This is what Jehovah
    has said : "Yoke bars" of wood you have blioken,
    and instead of them you will certainly make
    yoke bars of iron."* l4 For this is what Jehovah
    of armies, the God of Israel, has said: "A yoke
    of iron I will put upon the neck of all these
    nations, t o serve Neb-u-chad.nez'zarethe king of
    Babylon;' and they must serve hirneAAnd even
    the wild beasts oE the IieId I will give him." ' "O
    15 And Jeremiahh the prophet went on to
    say to Han.a.niJah-the prophet: "Listen, please,

    "Calamity,"

    l I T 7 g S y l ; "famine," according to 23 Hehrev mnnuscripts. b See Jeremiah 27: 1, footnote g. See Jereiuiah 2 7 : 6, footnote c. "Go." See Jereminh 2 : footnote c.

    "

    "

    281

    0 Han.a.ni'ah! Jehovah has not sent you, but


    you yourself have caused this people to trust in
    a falseh~od.~
    lG Therefore this is what Jehovah
    giii
    Itas said, 'Look! I am sending you anFayfrom j;;%;;g
    off the surface of the ground.' This year you$::;;;;;
    yourself must die," for you have spoken outright revolt against Jehovah.' "1'
    I [;:I5
    ] I < ! lrj.34
    17 So Han.a.nitah the prophet died in that *p;i~j;
    year, in t h e seventh month,"
    SC.C 2 0 , ~
    ltflc 1:t:S
    And these are the \voi*ds of the letter
    FE,Q:
    that Jeremiaha the prophet sent lrom xbxa1 C
    Jenisalem to the remainder of the older men of
    the exiled people and t o the priests and to t h e
    prophets and t o all the people, whom h'eb.uchad-ncz'zarb had carried into exile From Jerusalem to B a b y l ~ n ', ~after Jec.0-ni'ah the klngP
    $ti!
    and the ladyt and the court ofFiciaPs,rl the princes n;?,; ?$;
    of Judah and Jeru~alern,~and
    the craftsmen R I I ~j;;?;:,
    the builders of bulwarks had gone forth froin
    Jerusa1em.r It was by the hand of El-a'sah the 112K1;:;;I
    son of Sha'phan2 and Gern.a.ri'ahm the son of v$E\$nl;:!k
    Hll-ki'ah, whom Zed.e.ki'ahcZ the klng of Judal-I $,':/j,'&;J6
    sent t o Babylon t o Neb.u.chad.nez'zarh the king ;:;
    of Babylon, saying:
    *dear
    I ~ E:rri
    HS I25
    L
    4 "This is what Jehovah of armies, the God ':,'5! ;:;fR,
    of LsraeI, has said to all the exiledln people,
    whom I have caused te go into exile from Jcru- ;:;I I O : ~
    salem t o Babylon:
    'Bt~ildhouses and inhabit Q:::7;j;:8
    Ithem], and plant gardens and eat their fruit- .:i;P,!?';2"
    nge. T a k e wives and become father to sons :i[:,$:I,,
    and to daughters;' and take wives for SOUR own 7 ;zijgl
    sons6 and give YOUR awn daughters to hus- ?;?;$
    bands,' that they may give birth to sons and $:,
    )mm

    29

    ''$5;

    ;;:::

    1 See Jer~ihiiah27: 1, faatnote g.,


    a SOFJ P W T H
    27:
    ~ ~12,
    ~ fOQtn0te C.

    See J ~ r e m i ~27h : 8, footnote e.

    JEREMIAH 29 :7-14

    daughters;* and become many there, and do


    not
    become f e ~ . ~ * M s o , s e the
    e k peaceof the
    r Q r 6:lO
    m
    :
    :
    m
    city
    to
    which
    I
    have
    caused
    YOU to go into
    1Ti 2:2
    ~m1 ~ 1 0 exilell+and prny in its behalf to Jehovah, for in
    1 L:13
    its peace thmhr1~111prove lo be peace far YOU
    star nl.al
    .Ivr 2;:14
    your~elves,~
    T a r this is wllat Jehovah of
    ,
    armies, the Gad of Israel, has said: "Let not
    ;
    v.rtnr 2?21
    uJcr
    f l : l 5 YOUR prophets who are in among YOU and POUR
    . r ~ =:la
    l ~
    practicers of divination deceive aowln and do
    -h i 2 1
    ~ 2 ~ 31 67: n not YOU listen to tllcirn clre~trns"
    thnt theyb me
    Lzr 1.1
    Jet- %:la dreaming,' "For 'it is in E~lschoodthat they
    J c r 2T:22
    are prophesying to you in my name." I have
    na 9:2
    BCC 7 : s
    not sent them,'' is the utterance of Jehovah." ' "
    ,,
    Jv.Pxi:-12
    10''For this ismhat Jehovah has said,Tn
    Zep 2:;
    'Job 3 : m accord with the fulfilling of seventy years a t
    P S 3j.11
    PS 4 ~ : 5
    Babylon 1 shall turn my attention to YOU peolm -l6:10
    Isa 55:n
    ple,Y and I will establisl? toward YOU my good
    h l i c ;:I2
    zcc S : ~ I word in bringing I-ov back to this place.'8
    U e r 3:19
    11 'For I myself well Itnow the thoughts
    J,, M p~
    that I am thinking toanrd yotr," 18 the utter?;"$i:l1
    ance of Jel~ovah,'thoughts of peace, and not of
    A"
    AIIC k:S
    5:4
    ZPP 3:15
    calarnityla to give YOU a future and a hope."
    hLa 3 3 6
    zec m a
    And 1-ou will certninIy call me and came and
    Q S e4:2
    PS IU:~T pray t o me, nnd I d~all
    eel-tainly listen t o yor.'b
    Ps 50:15
    13 " 'And you n.iEI actually seek me and find
    PS 102:17
    Isa U:l9
    [me J ,+for sou will sealhch[or me with all YOUR
    se, 31:0
    hearLe l + And I shall certainly let myself be
    found by YOU," is the utterance of Jehovah.
    1 ~30:1
    "e
    8:47
    1
    'AndIwill gather SOUR body of captives and cd~t 91:15
    ps
    75
    m e so:a
    lect
    POW together out of all the nations and out
    J c r 21.7
    kDe 4:7
    of all thc places to ~vhjch X have dispersed
    Ps 32 6
    YOU,'" is the utterance of Jehovah. 'And I 11~811
    Isa 5 5 : s
    RO 10:20
    bring YOU back to the place from which I caused
    2::f!631 YOU t o go into exilcmtk
    .'*
    b l i t ~ ~ ~ ~ n lTO^?
    l g , 3PL.LTa LiternTlr, 4 L ~ ~ u nblLSl'l'gSyT.

    ,'J?%;
    1lD.s:~
    Ji-I'

    ,,:,

    .,,,,,
    VgSy T.

    to

    JEREMIAH 29 :23-29

    15 "But YOU have said, 'Jehovah has raised


    up for us prophets in BabyIon."
    16 "Far this is what Jehovah has said to the
    king sitting on the throne of Davidr and to all
    the people dwelling in this city," nom brothers
    that have nat gone forth with YOU into exile,'
    " 'This is what Jehovah sf armies has snjd:
    "Here I am sending against them the ~ u l o r d , ~ ~
    1A:2
    the faminevand the pestilence,y and I will moke vfcr
    gJcr 34:17
    them like the burst-open figs that cannot 31e
    eaten for badness," '"
    18 '"And I will pursue after them with the
    sword, with the famine and with the pestilence,
    and I wilt give them for a quaking to all the
    kingdoms of the earth,' for a curse and for nn
    object of astonishment and for a whistling at
    and for a reproach among all t h e nations t o
    which I shall certainly disperse ththern,"I1 due t o
    the fact that t h e y have not listened t o my
    jvords,' is the utterance of Jehovah, 'that I
    have sent to them with my servants the prophets, getting up early and sending [ t h ~ r n ] , ' ~
    " But YOU have not l i ~ t e n e d , 'is
    ~ the utter-

    ance of Jehovah.
    20 "And as for YOU, hear the word of Jehovah, all you exiled people,' whom I have sent

    *:I

    J4?i"

    'Ln 2: 13
    C P e Zt.41
    I K l 9:fi
    2l.'l1 i : 2 1
    .J

    t h t

    l'.t!H

    3c.r 25,9
    AJcr 7:19
    Jcr 2Y.1
    JthrT 2 , 3
    b J r r 839
    J1.r

    18.5

    JrLr3l:17

    2#.1!l

    .I

    Ilrb 1 2 : s
    2.1 14

    J,,

    42Kl

    I.:!a 2.11
    4 1

    SPPJcreininIl 1 :3, f00tIIot~e.

    vah make you like Zed.e.ki'ahn and like A'hab,k


    whom
    the king of Bal~yEonroasted in the fire!"^
    ngf;:f for the
    renson that they hnve carried on
    sensdessness in IsracI,s and they keep commitr$;?$24
    2PeZ:lQ ting adultery with the wives of their cornpan* ~ , " P ~ : : ~ s ionss and keep speaking falsely in my own name
    '"rn:15
    the word that I did not command thern.t
    " ' "And I am thc One knowing and am a wit'lpepPy~, nes.s,"lt is thc utlcsnnce of Jshovah."'
    24 "And to Sl~e.mairahhu
    of Ne-hel'arn you
    Jpr 16:17
    JPP
    23:24
    will say, zi 'This is what Jehovah of armies, the
    :Hef3i:13
    #$A4
    Vjcr ~ 9 . 3 1 God of Israel, has said: "For the reason that
    >-:xiZ1:g
    you yourself have sent in your name Iettersy
    2Kt LO:1
    2xr ~ : 1 4to all the people u.ho are in dwusalern, and to
    Zl'h 3?:37
    m.r a:?
    Zeph.a.ni'ahz the son of M~.a.sei'd-t,t h e priest,
    S P 96.5: ~ and to all the priests, saying, '"Jehovah himself
    nc
    you
    gricst
    instead
    of~ Jeholtabda
    the
    z
    ~ has made
    ~
    ~
    ~
    ~
    8
    ;$Jcr52:2"f
    ; .:?,? priest, in order to become the grand overseer
    the house of J e h o v ~ l l *toward any mano
    'Jer 2P:l
    ~c4:1
    maddenedo
    and behaving like a prophet: and
    A r 5.24
    r2~19:11 you must put him into tlre stocks and into t h e
    H(3 Ill7
    nue 133 'piIlory;: 'r now, then, why havc you not rebuked
    who is behaving as a
    :$%
    IJeremiaha of An'n.thoth,*For
    Y:I2s:2
    7S:26 . prophet to rou people?'
    that is why he has
    'sent to 11sat Babylon, saying: "Itr is long drawn
    'Jer 43.2 out! Build houses and inhabit [them], and plant
    Ac 4:37
    . ~ e r29:s
    gardens and eat their fruitage,-" ' " '
    *JT,'.22:::p29 And ZepI1.a.ni'nhn thc priest proceeded to
    JerZ"2"
    read this letter in the ears of Jeremiahi' the
    Jer 3';:3
    Jer 5224 1 prophet.
    "x~a*15

    Dc PS:64
    ?ZR 2It:S
    Pa & : i t
    Jcr 15:4

    away from Jerusalem to Babylon.'


    This is I-:/P 3 . : 5
    2 i.7
    what Jehovah of armies, the God oP Israel, has @Jb-r
    4116 10
    said concerning A'hab the son of Ko.lailah anrl
    to Zed.e.ki'aha the son of hla.a.seltah,who are
    14114
    prophesying t o YOKTfalsehood in my own name,' rJ@r
    Jcr 2B:S
    2:14
    'Here I am giving them inptothe hand of Neb-u- zu
    ?I% 2:1
    chadxez'zar the king of Babylon, md he will
    certainly strike them down before woua eyes.'
    And from them a malediction will certainly
    ji

    k taken on the part of t h e entire body of exiles


    of Judah that i s in Babylon, s ~ y i n "May
    ~:
    Jeho-

    %zO

    "@

    ''a

    See Jeremiah 1 :3, footl~otee. b 31, BI~%~'irs'btr; nlenning "Tab(u)


    has heard." "3fan." 31, idr. 8co J e r c r n i ~ h1 : 1, footnuts h, e "It."
    The pronoun is in the felninine gen.rl~r,nirlp;ular n~rinl>er,~ ~ f e r r i n g
    appauentl~to the "euiPe" mentiorlcd in verses 14, 16.
    a

    JEREMIAH 29 : 30-30 :7

    254

    285

    30 Then the word of Jehovah occurred t o


    Jeremiah,& saying: "Send to all the exiled
    people,k saying, 'This is what Jehovah has said k:g'22i,&4
    concerning She.maifah of Ne.hel'arn: "For the E;: g;:
    reason that She-mai'ah has prophesied to YOU n5;; ;:
    people, but I myself did not send him, and he
    gf;
    tried t o make nou trust in falsehcad," 3B there- E;:;:is
    e
    fore this is what Jehovah has said, 'Here I am 2 ~ 2:1
    turning my attention upon She.maitahr of Ne- i2:2z?4
    h'u 1627
    hel'arn and upon his offspring.'hH
    Jos 7:24
    5:n
    ti d
    He will not come to hare a man dwelling srci
    p, 109 9
    in the midst of this peop1e;t and he will not look :",",$%.ZO
    upon the good t h a t I am doing for my people,'^ $2 zjg
    i s the utterance of Jehovah, 'for he has s p k e n $gi2,2::,0
    Jer 11:6
    outright revolt against Jehovah.' " ' MY
    vJcr 28:16
    Ex li:14
    The word that occurred to Jeremiaha De
    31:19
    from Jehovah, saying; a "This is what :,0,b,l::9,:27
    Jehovah the God of Israel has said, 'Write for y,",g:
    yourself in a book all the words that X rvill speak g;;;:;
    to y0u.y a For, "look! there are days ~ o r n i n g , "Z;~
    r;$
    is the utterance of Jehovah, "and I will gather
    : : ; ; ; :*
    the captive ones of my people, Israel and Ju- Jer
    2 x 2
    28.14
    dah,"" Jehovah has said, "and I will bring them Jer
    er 3133
    back to the land that1 gaveto their forefathers, F:E$yi25
    and they wiIl certainly repossess it." ' "'
    WAm
    e 13:18
    934
    4 And these are the words t h a t Jehovah has ePi4i1
    spoken to Israel and to Judah. For this is what $; i!ji5
    Jehovah has said: "The sound of trembling we &;+?af,
    have heard, dread,&and there is no peace. Ask, J;, &
    ?:
    please, 0 men, and see whether a male is giving ;g ;!;;
    birth. Why is it that I have seen every able- +PS
    48:*6
    Isa 13:s
    bodied man with his hands upon his loins like J er 4.31
    a female that is giving birth,' and all faces have p$,"16Y
    turned paleT3 Alas! For that day is a great 'p:zf,

    ;:;

    IS I

    30

    n See J e l * ~ n l i n h1 : 1, footnote b,

    b Literally,

    "seed,"' M.

    JEREMIAH 30 ;8-14

    me," so that thereis no otherlike i t , * a n d I t is


    time of distress for Jac0b.k But he tvill be
    Am 518
    Z ~ P1:14 saved wen out of it."n
    *La 1:E
    8 "And it must occur in that day," is the
    D& 1 2 1
    M1 24:2?
    utterance of Jehovah of armies, "that 1 shall
    k i l n 1.1 2
    , 25. 35 break one's yoke from off your neck, and your
    JK';Pi?!z bands I shall tear in two,r and no more wilI
    rIsng:A1
    strangers serve t o acquire him.9 And they will
    E d r 3.1:27
    2;:;
    certainly serve Jehovah their God& and David
    [I>:' 5 5 3
    their
    king,l whom I shall raise up for them."u
    TI0 3 5
    ~ I L U1:69
    10 "And as for you, do not be afraid, 0 my
    n c 2:.w
    servant Jacob," is the utterance of Jehovah,
    de ~
    not ~
    be struck
    ' ; ' ; "and
    ~~
    ~ ~with terror, 0 Israel.'
    visa 49:25 For here I am saving you from far off and your
    Jer3:18
    offspringb from the land of their captivity-y
    3er 23-3
    Eze 16':53 And Jacob will certainly return and be free of
    wlsn 3 5 9
    aer 235 disturbance and be at ease, and there will be no
    dEze
    e r 33.16
    :i4& One causing trembling."
    11 "For I am with you," is the utterance of
    Jehovah,
    "to save y017;"ut I shall make an
    " ~ , " , ~ ~ ~ o
    extermination among all the nations to which
    gC;y,;:
    cJer 4:n I have scattered you.' However, in your case
    J P 4627
    ~
    Eze 11:13 I shall make no extermination." And I shall have
    AAm 9.3
    to correct you to the proper degree, as I shall
    OPS6:1
    .$rh 2:: by no means leave you ~npunished."~
    12 For this is what Jehovah has said: "There
    is no cure f o r yourC breakdown.' Yourc stroke
    Jcr13:18
    *Ps 106:23 is chronic,' l3 There i s no one pleading yourc
    Pu 142:4 cause, f o r [your] ulcer." There are no means of
    IT1 2:5
    *EX 15:26
    healing, no mending, for you.Cu l4A1I those inDc 32.59
    Jer 8.22
    tensely loving youC are the ones t h a t have forkJer 2 3b
    Jer 2220 gotten youekYou are not the one for whom they
    La 1.2
    nEze 23~22 keep searching." For with the stroke of an enewith the chastisement
    ,.:; my I have struck

    :'SJoe
    ,&,?; 2

    I I ~ ?

    ~ the

    -.ltbl.

    +I:,,

    "#od." 31, E l o . h h ' . bliterallg, "seed," 31. The pronoun is in


    xhe fcnJninc g ~ n d ~singular
    r,
    nuulber, t o r e f ~ rto tbe city of Zion.

    287

    JEREMIAH 30: 22-31:5

    *NU 16:5
    will cause him to come near, and he must apof someone cruel, an account of the abundance
    Ps 110:4
    Zec 6:1z
    prmch to me."'
    of your error;s your sins have become nurner~t
    LU 3:17
    n4:ae
    "For who, now, is this one that has given his
    ous.' ' m y do you cry out on account of your &1~5&
    IIcb St24
    b r e a k d ~ w n ?Your
    ~ pain is incurable on account , y e , 46:11
    aJob 23:3, heart in pledge in order t o approach to me?"o
    is the utterance of Jehovah. 2 z "And YOU will
    of the abundance of your erroqu your sins have y$$h9:fi1e I
    $1:
    certainly
    become my people, and I myself shall
    become numer0us.y I have done these things to 2;;%jig
    "?,u,2$$
    Eze 36:s become YOUR GO^.''^
    you." 1Therefsre a11 those devouring you will *g;$i?;
    Heb 8:10
    1Fe 2.9
    themselves be devoured;* and as for all your
    23 Laok! A windstorm of Jehovah, rage itself,
    b P r 1:x
    has
    gone forth, an onward-sweeping tempest.bo
    adversaries, into captivity they will all of them; ; ;=
    ?JT; $;:L;
    g 0 . O And those pillaging you" will certainIy come
    -sub U:13 Upon the head of the wicked ones it will whirl,
    ;O~;H
    The burning anger of Jehovah will not turn
    t a be for pillaging, and all those plundering Zep z:$
    Zuc 135
    back until he will have executed and until he
    youa I shall give over to pl~ndering."~
    Zec 2:9
    ?
    na
    will have carried out the ideas of his heart.' In
    17 "For I shall bring up a recuperation for Z,",C&s$
    17.7
    48.14 the finaI part of the days YOU people will give
    you," and from your strokes 1 shall heal you,"P 4F;1'0"5?j
    2; !k% YOUR consideration to it.'
    is the utterance of Jehovah. "For a woman kJera ?3 6
    *LP 26:U
    6.i
    f er 30:22
    chased away is what they caUed you:' 'That is Ha
    Ma1 4:2
    "At that time," is the utterance of JehoEze 11:20
    RE n 3
    Zion," for whom no one is searching.' "'
    k 3 e 1:30
    vah, "I shall become Goda to all the
    +Ne d:1
    Ps 7H:E4
    18 This is what Jehovah has said: "Here 1 ~ ~ 4 ; 3
    families of Israel;" and as for them, they themam ga.thering the captive ones of the tents of rze 36:2
    selves wilI become my people."*
    l&u;;33
    Jacob, and for his tabernades I shaIl have pity." xg2"3'!o
    ~s 85.11
    2 This is what Jehovah has said: "The people
    I-Ieb
    4:8
    And the city will actually be rebuilt upon her "g;
    Fee 6:s
    made up of survivors fyom the sword found
    mound;k and upon its rightful site the dwelling i;;,;$;
    rDe
    HO 7:s
    11 :
    I
    favoP in the wiIderness,k when Israel was walktower itself will sit." l0And from them there Ic$;iL;;2B
    i n g to get his repose."" s From far away Jehowill certainly go forth thanksgiving, and the ~ ~ i & ~ l g
    ,lp","?&i7 vah himself appeared to me, [saying: J "And
    sound of those who are laughing." And I wilI FS 48.13
    with a love to time indefinite I have loved you.dr
    multiply them, and they will not become few;\grl?,z
    ~PsS*:"
    That
    is why I have drawn youd with lovingJer 1:10
    and I will make them heavy in number, and EgjD
    xer 3 0 . ~kindness.e~ Yet shall I rebuild you,a and youd
    they will not become insignificant.t ?O And his
    m
    ac,1516
    D:II will actually be rebui1tpt0 virgin of IsraeI." You
    11
    12
    3K
    3a37.22
    1D:21
    sons must become as in former times, and be:::;;?;,
    wiII yet deck yourself with your tambourines
    TEX 11.31
    1.520
    fore me his own assembly will be firmly estab- $p$g8
    and actually go forth in the dance- of those who
    lished." And 1 will turn my attention upon alls;;$a;l
    are 1aughing.v ' You will yet plant vineyards in
    :
    his oppressors,v And his majestic one will cer- J~~ 5 ~ 3 3
    a "*Hod."11, El.o.ki??t'.b Or, " z roaring tenlpest." l i t m l l g , ''theye
    tainly come to be from him,y and from the ;g,'%j%
    was n waIking,'j >
    The
    !I.Hohrew rerb here is in thr? infinitire zbsomidst of him his own ruler will go forth;zand 1 ~ ~ ~ O i : . ~ ' 3
    Inte find hence is indefinite as to time and is impersorwd. d The

    s;:$

    zr;:2

    31

    geg:14

    F,"ha,I;&

    The prollouli is in the feminine gender, singular number, t o refer


    t o the city of Zion.
    a

    pronoun is in the feminine g e n d ~ r singular


    ,
    nnmber, to refer to the
    "rirgin of Israel." Or, "lop1 love."

    the mountains of SaImarl.a.P The planters will

    certainly plant and begin to use [them] .a a For


    there exists a day wl~m
    the lookouts in the

    yee!$,$

    ;; !;
    zk:p;;i
    ~
    actually
    14:;21

    mount~fnous region of Efphra.im wjll


    I~FI
    - 121
    call out,' 'Rise up, 0 men, and let us ga up to "Ch
    Jer MI.t R
    cEzr 1 5
    Zion, to Jehovah our God.' ""'
    Isu 2 n

    *I-

    l t

    and over the young onesa sf the flmk and the


    w:fO cattle.' And their soul will simply become like a
    r s ~ ~
    ~ l l
    well-watered
    ~ a r d e n , kand no more will they

    languish
    w~nin.""
    "$,"i~~
    ~'
    33 "At that t h e the viran ~vill~ e j o i c eIn
    the dance, ~ l s othe young men and the old men,
    ,?I I !:la
    7 For this is what Jehovah has fiafdr "Cry JJvr
    rNe 1 2 9 7
    5n:5
    a11
    together.? And I will change their mourning
    pn
    90:11
    out 1011dly to Jacob 1vil11 ~ejoicing.and cry
    I'* 1.Vl!:3
    info ~ x r r l t ~ t i s n
    m, d I will comfort then1 and
    ,
    .
    .
    43
    shrilly a t the head of nations.- Make [it) to be 'Z~~ a3,l.b
    d : t r 4, 22
    D
    make
    them
    rcjoice
    away from their g r i ~ f . ~
    hearc1.O Give praise and say, 'Save, 0 Jehovah,
    "
    And
    I
    will
    rnlurate
    the
    soul of the priests with
    I
    your people, the remnant oi Israel.'- Here I am +t;;::Q;,
    1" "1.b
    i a l n e ~ sn11d
    , ~ ~'itE7m y goodness rny own people
    bringing them from the land of the north," and n,, ;:.I
    155
    ~
    I
    4 ;
    will become satisfied,"Iu is the utterance of
    I will collect them together from the remotest "JCr
    P5 5
    311 ti(;
    parts of the e a r t h k Among them will he the " ~ ~ ~ : 1 , >IuS 1q:m Jchovall.
    15 "This is what Jehovah has said, 71nRa';17
    "1.1
    blind' ~ n the
    d Iame, t h e pregnant woman and
    J?C .ICl.I
    yEzc2.10 rnahY a voice is being heard, lamentation and
    the one giving birth, ~ 1 togetherma
    1
    As a great 'fio+n'~e
    bitter weeping;y Ra'chelz weeping over her
    congregations they will return here,k W i t h ltsJQcz:lfl
    'C' , .
    ",
    Wr 2:04
    ,I,:.{?
    sons.'
    She! has refused t o be comforted over her
    :I>\ 7: :!
    weeping they will come.' and with [their] en- ;;y8%:"
    i t . I
    sons? b~callsethey are no more.' "*
    treaties for Eavax I shall bring them.' I shall SPS 23.2
    or's :10 7,
    *RII %:12
    16 This is what Jehovah has said: " 'Hold
    make them walk to torrent valleys of water,% kc";$?
    2C11 1517
    EC 9::
    hack
    your1)vojce from weeping, and yourb eyes
    in a right way in which they will not be caused tE:l;':$:,3
    ti:10
    ) Q Hcb
    ;~Y :
    A 3 from tears,-or there exists a lwtrard for your')
    to stu1nble.t For I have become to Israel a '1g;:2Tf
    ~ctiviw,'' is the utterance of Jehovah, ' ~ n d
    ,Il2r :11.I?
    ,
    Father;Lzand as for E'phra+im,' he is my firstthey will certainly return from the land of the
    nllC11 ?:I
    born."'n
    y1s:t 41!1
    enemy.
    '*
    10 Hear the word of Jehovah, 0 YOU nations, Z D ~ , z,s
    "
    ;
    ; P.0 11!;:\ 41;
    17
    'And there exists a hope for yourb fuand tell [it 1 among the IsIandsb far away,y and k;.L^>I?1
    nJcr :;1:11
    EZC .\7,tR
    ture,'
    is
    the utterance of Jehovah, 'and the sans
    say: "The One scattering Israel will himself colHo 11 r
    lips
    n
    l
    i
    3
    will
    certainly
    return t o their own territory.' I t "
    lect him together," and he rriU certainly keep
    Pr 8 11
    J:.?
    18 "I have without fail heard E'phra-irn behim as a shepherd does his dlwve.' For Jeho- .F;jb !ii:i: Jer
    Heb 1 2 3
    moaning himself,* Y o u have corrected me, that
    ,,P+ R2,!1
    vah will actually redeem JacobC and reclaim .g?j:;f (
    P r 26.2
    I may be ~ o r l - c c t e dIjke
    , ~ a calf that bas not
    rps tr5
    him out of t h e hand of the one stronger than he $
    : ;~;21
    been
    trained."
    Cause
    me
    to turn back, and I
    is." '? And they will certainly #me and cry out * ~ ; . eI-#%?
    JL','li';l4
    "1tl.X
    shall readily turn back,r far you are Jehovah3
    joyfully on the height of ZionJ and become xasba B3:18 my God." l o For after my turning back I felt
    diant over the go~dnessof Jehovah; over the
    ,0:!+ 'i$2
    grain" and over the new wine' and over the oil ,'$; ;:ij:
    aLitprnlly, "the sons." bThr pronoun i g in the feminifie pcnder,

    "'

    Ill

    z;,$;,!ri,
    >L

    'I

    z;:,:F,

    d ~ ~ ~ ~ % ' ' '

    "God." 11, El.o,kim'.

    OY, '6clnn~fland~l''

    singulnr number, being nddrrased to LeKn'r:h~l.'' oi6Qotl," 31,


    E7.0,
    him'.

    JEREMIAH 31:27-33

    291

    reproach of my youth.' " y


    y,Jvr , 7 : 3
    z1i:ll 5: t
    20 "Is E'phra-irn a precious son to me, or s 1% 1V.7:13
    JtLr .?i:!l
    fondly treated child?" For to the extent of my 'I>[.
    3:?:3rJ
    rr7:IG
    speaking against him I shall without fail rc- L l .l:l:;$o
    ;<:x
    member him further." That is why my intes. I!<!
    I H ~ 1?.1:15
    I
    blslt
    !is;"/
    tines have become boisterous for him." By all > I ~ c'i:lR
    E 1 rr In:?
    means I shdl have pity upon him,''&is the utter- *Ts:L
    5;: 14
    J < l l c::10
    ance of Jehovah.
    4 1 ) ~R2:4G
    1.1: I43
    21 ' S e t up readmarks for yor~rself,~~
    Place "<.-I7 w:lrj
    signposts for y o ~ s e l f . ~Fi'x yourn heart upon 1'5
    1'5 R1:5
    .Irr 5 0 : s
    the highway, the way that youQ will have to '1\!1.
    .r\:?n
    I,,l&Y2-!1
    go,m Come back,' 0 virgin of Tsrncl." Come Jrhs
    51:0
    2:G
    Ilack to these cities of y0urs.k 2P How long ~ c - i l l~7.<ac
    l r 3ri : 4
    t . f ~:4,14
    r
    you turn this way and that," 0 unfaithful \ Zcc
    1o:n
    ClIll1
    2:lO
    claughter?r For Jehovah has created3 o new n.1a.r 2:l.R
    13:Z
    thing in t h e earth:" A mere female tvilI press .II*I<
    rJ1.r 3:s
    around an able-bodied man,"c
    I-Ic*4:1R
    ~NL
    1 GI : M
    23 This is what Jehovah of m l e s , thc God
    af Israel, has said: "They will yet say this w o ~ d
    in the land of Judah and in his cities, when I
    shall gather their captives, 'May Jehovah bless IPR 122:s
    you,dt 0 righteous dwelling place," 0 holy PR 123:s
    P%13,1:3
    mountain.'' " And in it* Judah and all his cities ulxn
    1:?I
    Jrr sf':?
    wilI certainly dwell all together, farmem and r 1's 45.1
    5-3
    those tvho have set out with the drove.^ " For y%t.c
    J c r :k7:12
    F:zc
    :i;i:10
    I will saturate t h e tired soul, and ewry lan- %rr:?:.l
    %ve
    R:-l
    guishing soul I will fill."^
    XI'H I[r:fi
    . ~ :12:a
    n
    26 At this thing I awoke and b c g ~ nto see; 12CO
    7:ti

    and as for my sleep, It had been pleasurable


    to me."
    27 "Look! There are days coming,'' is the
    utterance of Jehovah, "and I wilI sow the house
    rJer ~ : 1 9of Israel and thc house of Judnh with the seed
    36:9 of mana and with the seed of domestic animal.""
    H o 2:23
    Zec10:9
    28 ''And I t must occur that just as I had kept
    AJer 41;ar
    1Jn ~ 1 4 alert toward them* to uproot and t o pull down
    k.J<lr1:lO
    Jvr I?:T
    and t o t e ~ rdown and to destroy and to do
    der Q J : ~
    +PS6935 damage,O so I shall keep alert toward them to
    F::!:i$6 build 11p nnd I t s pltlnt,'" is thc uttermce of
    ,E,C,3i::, Jehovah. '""In thow days they will no more
    say, 'The fathers were the ones that ate the
    $;,3.$t1
    = l l n 9 . t l unripe grape, but It was the teeth of the sons
    Ac 15 XG
    +La>:;
    that got set on edge.'ll" "'But it will be each
    E7e 18:2
    = n2~r:ra
    ~
    one
    for his awn error that one will die. Any
    I\s 3 11
    manC eating the unripe grape, his nrill be the
    F;XP 3 1 8
    EfE
    i!:;teeth that will be set on edge.""
    1% 6:5
    31 "Look! There are clnys corning,'" is the
    Jns 1:15
    l ~ 6:15
    8Jer
    27:s
    ~ n utterance of Jehovah, "and 1will c o n c l u d e ~ i t h
    d
    the house of Jul'i~l?: the house of Israellc ~ n 1~1th
    'Eze 3x25 ! dahn a new c o ~ e n a n t ; "
    "~not one like the coverJcr 33:M
    Jr:r 33.14 nant that I condudcd 1~1th
    their forefathers in
    all 2628
    L U 22:m the day of my talcing hold of thcir h ~ n tdo bring
    1CO 11:s
    them forth out of the land of Egypt,g 'which
    ~ C 3
    Os
    Heh 8.5
    W e b " - l ~ covenant d minc thcy themselves broke, dHeb i0:16
    L2:W
    thoughe I myself had husbnndly ownership of
    Iieb13:20 them,'ft is the utterance of Jehovah."
    F E Y 19.5
    33 "ForthisIsthecovenantthatTshdIconj
    3
    the house of Israel after those
    t ~ ~ ~ ; , 5 " ~ u d ewith
    n
    uJer 32:40 days,'" is the utterance of Jehovah, "I will put

    The pronoun is in the feminine gender, singular number, bring


    addremed to the "virgn of: Jsracl." b U r l'thc wtly thnt you 11nvc
    pm." "Able-bodied man." 31, geb'cr. d "YOU," in tllc ~ l l a ~ ~ v l i n e
    ~cnder,singular number. "It," in the fcminins gender, to refer to
    the "land."

    "Man?? M, a.donlt. b Litrrnllg, "got b l t l n t ~ d (dull~d),"0 "Mali,'"


    M, ha-a.dnmT, d Liternmllyj' L c t ~ t , " M. L i t ~ ~ ~ n l"nnd,"
    lp,
    M, f <'Had
    husband17 ownersllip of thrrli," N(Vg) ; "11nd 110 mnccrn for th~m,'>
    LXX; '*despised tllenl," Sg; %nu finding plen~urefor mywlf in
    them," T.

    regretit and after m y being made t o know I


    made a slap upon the thigh.11 I became ashamed,
    and 1also felt humiliated,' for I had carried the

    w2
    Ezc X:31

    1-

    tll?Z@

    !21:12

    ~ * L 2h.41
    P
    F:zr I b ' 6

    T?n 6 : 2 1

    J S ~ L

    'h

    JEREMIAH 31 :39--32:5
    my law into the midst of them," and in their Vge%H19
    ; : 1*
    fits
    heart I shall write it.^ And I will become their ype$5
    ~q.cl61:1fi
    *?Ch
    20:9
    G o c l , ~and
    ~ they themselves will become my
    E~%T~;
    Eze
    3
    b
    :
    n
    people,"'
    "mea;l
    Heb 1Om16
    34 "And they will no more teach each one ZGP
    l7:T
    :.y;;+;,J2
    his companion and each one his
    say- fE,ere 30322
    3 ~ ~ 2 7
    ;j;;$:\l
    jng, 'KNOWJehovah!'* for they will ~ 1 of
    1 them .$::i!;Q
    5.14
    42% 15:%3
    know me, from the least one of them even t o g&\;;T
    ?I<W'.I.I)
    iS 1
    t h e greatest one of them,"< is the utterance of C$yC2;;3
    nktit I ,,In
    Jehovah. "For I shall forgive their error, and :$1$;5
    :('I1
    2 4:13
    ,
    thejr sin I shall remember no more,"'
    I J O 2:n
    "I<<@ dr>:l
    blsa 2;12
    ,1 n 4 ) -3. t7
    35 This is what Jehovah, the Giver of the sun ~ c 28:9
    h
    1 1 20
    Joh 1'3
    h l 22
    for light by day,* the statute1 oft' the moon' crsa ~;:j
    ,Il~l-lR,d
    I : , ~:I.: i n
    and the stars for light by night,# the One 9
    :2ij5
    I:/+> :4:l.??l
    stirring up the sea that its rvnvcs mny be- ;F;Pb%;fl
    .71,r?I71
    ,,,,, ,:
    come boisterous,k the One ~vhoscname is Jeho- -yr;+!$jA
    ~\.Tl*r
    \?ah of armis," has said: " 'lf these regula- 311 2 6 : ~
    RO 11:2;
    .llmr5:!.s
    lions could be removed from before
    is the Hrb s:12
    EC 1 : l E
    PSL1
    J ~211
    -3:4: I
    utterance of Jehovah, 'those who are the seedc Gfa 136:s
    .J.ln :J?:~L
    of Israel could likewise cease from proving t o L"p"S::s":i
    t.Ii8r , ! I ; 5
    ,ra-r:ih..~
    be a nation before me always,'
    .JN- :+'I: L4
    kIdsonb51:15
    s 10
    1121~3
    ?:IA
    37 This is what Jehovah has said: " 'If the rFs 1 3 . 6
    Jrr 3 r . l R
    v.!r.r SE,H
    heavens up above could be measz~redand the ,"$:,"iio
    .Lu 2n '
    foundntions of the earth below could be ,%&6;%
    searched out,t I myself also coltlld reject the en~JCP
    J c 27
    21:d
    r s
    tire seedc of Israel on account of all that they ga;$;=
    r :I :
    $&$:%
    lmve done,'^ is the utterance of Jehovah."
    JCF 37:H
    Jer 33,24
    4G:B
    38 "Look! There are days c ~ r n j n g , "is~ the
    ~ ~ Jrr
    R~ 11:2_
    utterance of Jehovah, "and the city will certain- ;$:;;::A
    na:s
    ly be buIltY to Jehovah from the tower of Ha- 'J"pr$?jg
    Jpr3?.!?
    Ph'l>

    ,.Ill

    %lh1!

    blqri

    an'& to the Corner Gate." "And the Iine for


    measurement \a
    yet actually EQ forth straight
    a h e ~ dt o the hill of Ga'reb, and it will certainly
    En nvound t o Go'ah.'
    And nlE tlle low plain of
    the carcnssesoAand the fntty ashcs,o nnd all the
    terraces as far as the torrent valley of Kid'ran,'
    clear to the corner of the Horse Gate'' toward
    the sunrising, will be something holy to Jehovnh.' It will not be uprooted, neither will it be
    torn down any more to Ijmc! indcfinfte."'
    The word that occurred to Jeremiahb
    from Jehovah In the tenth year of 2cd.eki'ah" the king of Judah? that Is, the eighteenth
    year of Neb.u.chad.l.ez'zar.n And at that time
    the military forces of the king of Babylon were

    32

    .,

    Iayingsi~etoJemsdem;~andasforJeremiahb
    thc prophet, he happened to be under restraint
    in the Courtyard of thc GuardR that i s in tlie
    ~ O U S Cof the king af Judah;l becnuse Zed.el<i'nIla the king of Judah had restsajned him,u
    saying:
    "Why is it that you are prophe~ylng,~
    saying,
    'This is what Jehovah has snid: "I-Iere 3 am
    giving fhjs city into the hand of the khg of
    Babylofl, and he will certainly capture 5t.v
    And Zed.e-ki'ahc himself, the Iring of Judah,
    mlll not escape from the hand of the Challde'ans,
    far h e mill without fail be given into the hand
    of the king of Babylon, and his mouth wflI actunlly speak with the mouth of t h a t one, and
    ,I,*
    :1q:2.t
    ?
    Jrr a!.?
    his
    own eyes wiil see wen the eyes of t h a t
    J L *:,2,:B
    ~
    Rrc 113 one." ''% ' 'And to Babylon he will take 2 d . e F l i . I.;,
    kitah,@and there he kit ill continue until I turn
    t:,? PI::
    *.T,.I'
    ,,,.,
    ?;:'12
    ,,,:,
    my
    attention t o him," is the utterance of Jeho- Or, 'mgntoof the
    horses," N. See Jermminh I,: 1,ioetrrote b. See
    J e r t l ! i ~ i ~ tI
    h :3, l'aotnote e.
    >-:

    I'H

    " C i ~ d . " N, E1.o.him'.

    "The ~tntutmof," l I T g 8 ~ Tbut


    i omitted
    by L S X and one Hebrew mann~cript,'Or, "offspring." dg4Comilig,?''ImnrsfnLKTTgSyT nnd .IS IIeSrrw ~narluscripts.In 11 the
    Ilt~h~~crn
    consonants for this plrrt ~ c i p l oarc nlinaing, but the vovrel
    pointh for this participle h ~ v cl ~ c e ninaertcrl, to i ~ i r l i c ~ i t"co~ning"
    e
    is to ht? rend; this is a qari 1u7o IiEthib ( " t o hc P P R nltllaugh
    ~
    not
    t~+ritl
    m").

    vah. 'Although YOU men keep warring againat


    UNU 14:41
    the Chnl.delans, YOU will not succeed'?""
    2Ch 13:12

    6 And Jeremiah& proceeded t o say: "The


    ivord of Jehovah has acr~rredt o me, saying.
    ''Here Es Han'a-me1 the son of Shal?um your
    paternal uncle coming in t e you, saying: "Bttyh
    for yourself the field of mine that is in An'athoth,' hccnuse the right of repurchase belongs
    to you for buying [it)."''

    k'J~t:?o':ls
    ,1i k r 3 1 :5
    JC-F AI:13

    2Ch 24:20
    ISr 21.30

    n 7.8

    eyes, saying: l4"This Is what Jehovah of armies, the Goda of Israel, has said, 'Taking Lheae
    deeds, this deed of purchase, even the scaled

    one, and the other deed left open,@ yarr must


    nlso put them into nn cai-thenware vessel, in
    'il
    :{;:'I
    that they may last for many days.' ' T o r
    ,, ,,,, order
    is what Jehovah of armies, the Gad of
    I ~ 9.11I ~this
    ~
    u*l.i : n
    I~rnel,has said, 'Houses and fields and vine~ : ~ ~ : ; ~ 8
    .IIP
    I v t ~ytlrds will yet be bought in this land,' "k
    Jcr 11:n
    8 In time Hanla.mel the son of my paternal 'LC 2 5 2 4
    16 And I beam to prny to Jehovah nfier my
    2ICl I V Y B
    2;;;g
    1
    '
    ~
    1w:l
    m
    uncle came in to me, according to M e word of k;,H,,
    having
    given 1hc deetl 01 purchase t o Bfir'ud~"
    4 4
    1
    r3!, I:+h:rl the son of Ne.ri%ih,r saying:a "Alas, O Lord
    Jehovah, h t o the Courtyard* of the Guard, and
    V 1 ~ H.
    ~ ~2
    l
    J1.r 2.i..>
    proceeded to say to me: " ' B ~ l yplease,
    ,~
    %hefield J I O FJ 21
    Jcl~ovah!~)t
    Here you yourself have made the
    rr;c.lM.r,
    . I d b t j 12 2
    of mine that is in An's-thoth,' which is in the
    , , heavens and the earth by your great powerM
    land of Benjamin,* for the right of hereditary
    and by your outstretched arrnbYThe whole matzpc
    ,-,,
    K:I;
    ,:,
    &;;;
    ftlld:21
    possession is yours, and thc repurchasing power p:
    ter is not too wonderful for you yourselP,Y In the
    ZVY w . n
    N'tl 1 i , ) , ~One exercising loving-kindness$ toward thouis yoursnltBuyb [it] for y~urself."~
    At that I
    m.lcrv ;
    knew that it had been the word of Jeh0vah.r :zpiH
    s 7 ~ c11:u
    I ~ lmi
    I lo sands,= and repay in^ the error of the fathers
    9 So I proceeded to buy from Han'a.mels the rJcr 3217
    $..?AL;:?%I ~ ~7!:5:]I info the bosom of their sons after them,' The
    son of my paternaI uncle the field that was in
    Ftrue] God,cln the great Onejathe mighty UnelPb
    AnJa.tkoth.t And I began to weigh out t o him tJerlrl
    Jehovah of armies being his name,' l u great in
    9
    ;
    :
    $
    .
    1
    ,
    Z
    *J1'rI".ln counsel3 and abundant in acts," you whose eyes
    the
    seven shekels and ten silver ufi(cl%l.&
    my-n D:LTI
    11::t.i
    IDThenI wrote in a deed? and affixed
    are. opefled upon nil the ways of the sons of
    - r h h :t2',!
    g2a
    * ~ : h IU:R tncn,rn in ordcr t o give t o each one according
    the sealqad took nritnesses' as I went weighing
    the money in t h e scales. ' ' After that I took the Ff;piu;ka
    k:lly%$h 1.0 his ways and according to the fruitage of his
    J ~ :WH
    H
    K r 12 111
    deed of purchase, the one sealed according to &r,&?$\4
    J~~~ 17:10 dea1ings;k " you who set signs and tokens In the
    the commandment and the reg.dation~,~
    and the ~ ~ , ' ~ f l ~ ,
    land of Egypt down to this day and in Israel
    one left open; I? and I then gave the deed of pur- .:,':;
    and among rnen,Kn that you might make a. name
    ,
    chase t o Rar'uchn the son of Ne.ri'ah+tthe son $!:;;lu
    for your own self, just as at this day.r nL And
    f
    ;
    .
    !
    d
    ?
    of Mah.sejrah before t h e eyes of Hm'a-mel [the ~ L U2.2;
    r:G1\11,!;:t36:l 12 YOU pmceeded to bring forth your people Israel
    son of] my paternal unde nnd before the eyes nt. ai.3
    out of the land of Egypt, with signs and with
    I:~)87
    of t h e tvitnesses, those writing in the deed of ~;;g:h
    ~ , . , d 1.3
    "Oo;d." JT, El.o.Aim', "T~lrrT J~hovnh." See Jeremirtlt I:0, fontpurchase,' before the eyes of all the Jews who &Pr
    noln E. 0 Or, "loyal love." d "'Tho [ I r w God.'' 31,,L,~ia-~;l,Src Jsainh
    weresittinginthe CourtyardmofttheGuard.
    6 : 111. footnote n. e "The mighty One!'
    11, licag-(iih.bd/. (.rimpara
    13 1 now commanded Bar'uch before their J a ' p m . l
    Inninh 0:B, fnnt.note b; nnd Inninlr 10:21, footnoten, f"lXen. 31,
    141

    ;;;;;T:17.15

    F,j';:F::'i'::!:

    E Z ~

    j"

    mF;!yl

    a::b2fi:,z

    * Scr Jcrcrninh 1 :1,footnotc b.

    z;;;i!jB
    >K;sc;{4

    OF, "Acquire."

    !)

    a.tlnm'.

    Or, 'bother men," 32, !tn-a8tlamr.

    JEREMIAH 32:30--36

    297

    tokensa and with a strong hand and wlth a sE


    stretched-out arm and with great fear~orneness.~;2h1d3;;j
    22 "In time you gave them this land that you ,E; $07.9
    swore t o their forefathers to give to them,u a ;.r ;;:;
    land flowing with mFZk and honey.' l3And they l l c l n.42
    8!):1U
    proceeded to come in and take possession of i t , y I'u
    I,* I-!G.IZ
    but they did not obey your voice, and in your I?
    :':;"
    law they did not walk.2 All the things that you i::q\?:u
    commanded them t o do they did not do,' so t h ~ $
    t ;"l,ii5
    you caused all this calamity to befall themt $;r;!,:!
    ?' Look! With siege rampartsh men have come
    ; f;;!44
    t o the city to capture itj$and the very city will 1 2 ; ; 7:
    certainly be given into the hand of the Chal- *JI: 2 1 I
    3.7
    de'ans who are fighting against jt," because of a1b.?r
    x 20:14

    Y e r 19:W

    t h e sttoml' and the faminc' and the pestilence;'

    :11;',y7l,9g

    and ttrhatyou have said has happened, and here *'c:$!.:9


    you are seeing [it]-k
    Yet you yourself have,";:;i:;.:
    said to me, 0 Lord Jehovah.. 'Buy for yourself '5,; !!/$
    the Reld with money and take witnesses,' although the city itself must be given into the ~;aj;
    w r r z,rm1a

    hand of the Chalbdetans."il


    ltJON
    UQ 4 ''6
    IS
    l,G
    26 At that the word of Jehovah occurred t o I %<.c
    I . I , , ~ 3 , :ID
    Jeremiah,h saying: 2 q "Here I am, Jehovah, the ''2:;
    Godc of aU flesh.' For me is there any matter I:',?j23
    a t a11 too ~ o n d e r f u l ?"~Therefom this Is what
    g;2:
    Jehovah has said, 'Here I am giving this city n*vg;ii;
    fnto the hand of t h e Chal.de'ans and into the ZR,J,':,,"
    hand of Neb.n.chad.rez'zarthe king of Babylon, ii;;!,;[;:
    and he must capture it.' 2P And the Ch~I~de'ans
    t:>:
    $;I:
    who are fighting against this city must come in j;:; 2;;;
    and set this city aflame with fire and must burn U
    $;'i',i$
    it downu and the houses upon the roofs of which;:A;.;:;:,
    they have made sacrificial m a k e to Ba'al and {:; i;!!
    I

    a?::

    See J m m i n h 1: 6, footnote f.
    * *'Clod."

    11, El.a=ki~n".

    b See Jervnli~h1: 1,

    footnotr 11.

    have poured out drink offerings t o other godsa


    for the purpose of offending me.''
    Jer 4?:17
    30 " 'For the sans of Israel and the sons of
    Jer 4 4 2 5
    Judah have proved to be nrerc doers of what
    yDe 9:T
    2KI 17:5 was bad in my eyes, from Their youth on up;Y
    S c 8:IG
    1
    '
    s 106:6 for the sons of Israel arc even offending me by
    .EJ~ 20328 the work of their hands,'* is the utterance of
    Ac 751
    sacr 311:s Jehovah. B L 'For thls city, from the day that
    -lI<I 11:T
    >I<! 21:4
    they built it, clcar dnwn to thls dny, has proved
    21i1 %?:I7
    Jcr 27:14 nothing but a cauF;e of nnfier in me' and
    Z e p 3:l
    bZ1 27:n a causc of rngc in me, in ordcr t o remove it
    r2Kl 1"3:27
    fmm before my face," I" on account of all the
    21il 2.;:.1
    Jcr 2::10
    badnem of thc sons of Ismel and of the sons
    a E ~ Y:T
    r
    c F7.e 2 2 5 of Judnh that Z hey have done ts offend me,they,
    'Se 9 2 2
    Ica 925
    their kings,&their princes,' their priests' and
    Jer 2 2 3
    *Jer 2625 their prophets,' and the menh of Judah and
    kJpr 2 27
    Jcr I R l T the inhabitants of Jerusalem.' ' U n d they kept
    Eze R 16
    turning to me tha back nnd not the face,k
    Zec ;:I1
    H2Ch 38:15
    Jer 7:13 though there was a teaching of them, a rising.
    Jcr 2;1:.7 up early and teaching, but there were none of
    Jcr 26:s
    Jcr 3 5 2 5 them listening to receive dlscip1ine.l~P d And they
    Jor
    44:4
    r2TC1 21:4 went putting their disgusting things in the
    2KI 23:6
    2Cll ?J:5 house upon which my own nnrnc has k e n called,
    dcr 7.X
    Furl l~crmare,they built
    Jer 23.11 in order to dclfile it.]'
    Eze E:5
    ~ 2 1 . 32 3 10 the high placcs of l3a'aIu that are in the valley
    2C11 =:a
    d e r 1 4 5 of the son of liinYnom,lin 01-der to make their
    t J w 1::s sons and their daughters pass through [ t h e
    ?Ch 23:3
    Jer 19:2 f i r e l u to Molech,' a thing that I did not cornu?Ch 3 3 5
    Ps 106:s' mand thern,y neither did it come up into my
    Isa 5T:5
    JPr 7:31 heart to do this detestable thing, for the purvLc 18.31
    pose of maklng Judah ain.'a
    yLe 2d:4
    De 1B:lO
    36 "And now, therefore, this is what Jehovah
    1K1 1133
    zlICi 14:16
    2KI 21:11 the Godc of Israel has said concerning this city
    2Ch 33:9
    Isa 4324 which YOU persons are saying will certainly be
    rJer 71.8

    L,!'

    hi, ~l.o.Bimr'. b "JIen." 11,


    31, ELo-him',

    ifill;

    in the c~llectirem s e .

    JEREMIAH 32:3 7 4

    298

    given Info the hand of the king of Babylon by


    the sword and by the famine and by the pestilence.' " Weiv I am collecting them together 'l=$fi$
    out of all the lands to which I shall have dis- J @ r w
    persed them in m y anger and in my sage and in
    great Indignati~n;~
    and I will bring them back %#$'
    t o this place and make them dwell in ~ e c u r i t y .J';yI~,Y,jT
    ~
    " And they will certainly hecome my people,<
    {I,&
    ~ n Id myself shall become their God.tE+"' And I
    z;:b3
    will give them one heart3 and one way in order Jer 24.7
    173
    to fear me alway~,~?orgood to them and to LGc
    J cr 11@:2!4
    their sons after them.* And I will conclude *$h,: ;?:':
    with them an indefinitely lastingc~venant,~
    that ":rE:P,
    I shall not turn back from behind them, far me *p","!i:i:,
    to do them good:" and the fear of me I shall
    ,$:&:
    put in their heart in order not t o turn aside p
    k2;ey:":l;n
    from me.' 'I And I will exult over them to do rJer 31 :<.?
    'W."Ij
    them good,#and I will plant them in this landt Ere
    ;lt.b$ii n tmenessu with d l my heart and rvfth all m y
    $7.':
    1st) fj5:lg

    ~0111.' "d "

    tJcr lH:9

    42 "For this is what Jehovah has said, 'Just


    %j::;:$

    as I have brought in upon this people all this


    great calamity, so I am bringing in upon them U$$;;j,y

    all the goodness that 1 am speaking. concerning


    t h e m f ' W n d fieldse will certainly be bought in Vj,","g:g
    this landy of which YOU people will be saying: ;g;
    "It is a desolate0 waste without manr and do- :
    ;; Rf$
    mestic animal. It has been given into the hand ;
    m e ~7:l-l
    m3e-r 21:4
    of the Chal.de'ms." 'm
    Jer 5'5.7
    44 '"With money people will buy fields themselves, and these wEU be a recordfng in the
    deedz and a sealing and a taking of witnesses" ?$z,PgjiF
    in the land of Benjaminn and in the surround$:$:
    "Qod." El, ELo.him'. literally, "rill tbs dnw," M. c Or, "truth."
    X, rm.sfh'. "SonE." >I, a~pb't.tA; Va, aPwi.rtpa; SF, n0pkGslr.
    I

    .LitornHy, "the fieId,' 31; in a collcctire nensc. f Im3fnn." JE, a.rlnnr'.

    tfg
    gi!
    'Jas l3:48

    Engs of JerusalemA and in the clties of JudahQ


    and in the cities of the mountainous region'
    @foBl5:33 and in the cjtles of the lowlandRm
    and In the
    '50s 15:=1 cities of ihe ~ o u l h , bemuse
    '~~
    I shall bring back
    thcir caplives,'"is the utteranc~of Jehovah."
    And the word of Jehovah proceeded to
    occur to Jeremiahc the second time,
    ,br 37:21.
    Jlrnr;rH:a8 wl~ilchc was yet shut up in the Courtyard]' of
    11c;r 1 .l
    ~ u 3:
    b
    :m
    the Guard, saying: "This is what Jehovah the
    s 95:6
    '
    1
    rsia 3 ; : ~ Makern of retwth I "
    as said, Jehovah the Formr(jls 14.19
    h firmly," Jehovah being
    I lTQ.25 err of it 10 r ~ f i l b l i ~it
    I - L ~ 4; 1.5
    his name,' ' 'Call to me, and I shall answer youeu
    tell youe great and incornprehenP
    ~
    ;
    ~and
    , rendfly
    ~
    ~
    sible things that youe have not known.' 'v
    [Ex:3:15
    4 '#Forthis js what J e h o v h the God of Israel
    12s 6:s
    I : 3
    has: said concerning the houses of this city and
    .lor :<2:l8
    concern in^ the houses of the kings of Judah
    11rn 2.6
    trnc 4 : ~
    PA 5 0 : ~ that nre pullcd down on account of the siege
    1 4 55;6
    ~
    rampart9 and on account of the s ~ v o r d ; ~[conJ < >zs:12
    r
    cerning]
    those who are coming to fight against
    ,",aI s&
    ;R ~ : ~
    the
    ChaI.detans
    andtofil1 places with t h e dead
    Am 3.7
    lco 2 : g
    bodies
    of
    the
    rnenkwhom
    I have struck down in
    sJ I-r:*24
    ZJW 2: :Q
    my anEcr nnd in my rage," and on account of

    *Ea 33

    ;:so

    allwhoseb~dnessIhaveconmaledmyfacefrom
    city,' " 'Here 1 am bringing up far h e r a
    d
    and I will heal them
    ,gF$:4,, recuperation ~ n health;"
    and
    reveal
    to
    them
    an
    abundance
    of peace and
    "%
    ,: &
    :
    "Ex 345 truth.* And I will bring back the captives of
    Ps 37.11
    nr~t4:s
    Judah and the captives of Tsrae3,O and I will
    P Ps 14:T
    And I will
    Jvr 3 2 : ~build them just as at the start,'
    ' l s n 1:26
    Jrf 2-1.5 purify thr?m from all their error with which
    BIPS
    Is, S5!2
    sa:a they h a w slnned against me,@and I wilI forgive all their ermrs with which they have
    ;;;
    Or, "the She.ph~'lnh."b Or, "the Seg'eb." SPCJ~rominhL :1,
    J
    Jr?r37:9
    tr 3 2 5

    w $ r ~ ~ this
    ~ o

    fontnote b, Litmlly, "it,'<n the feminine pender. "You," In


    , "aadanl'.
    tho mnsmline g r r ~ d ~ningntmr
    r,
    number. " K P ~ M,

    JEREMIAH 33 :9-13

    301

    306

    sinned against me and with which they have


    transgressed against me." A And she will cer- 'F;nT.&
    tainly become to me a name of exuItation,' a
    praise and a beauty toward all the nations aE c;&,; 1.m t 2 . 2
    C f :i1:.1
    the earth who will hear of dl the goodness that I.VD
    3:17
    ~2:'
    I am rendering to them." And they will cer- lChr"

    tainly be in dread" and be agitatedr on account ';h,:'51:'"


    of a11 the goodness and on account of all the
    peace that I arn rendering to her.' ma
    z.*e 122
    10 "This is what Jehovah has said, 'In this SSV6 i?
    place that YOU people will be saying is waste ~ j , , a . r
    without mana and without domestic animal, i n
    the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jem-

    ;;m.c;:i

    JEREMIAH 33; 14-22

    of Judahnflocks will yet pass by under the hands


    ;JL":l?;$j
    1 :
    of the one taking the c ~ u n t ,Jehovah
    '~
    has mid."
    1

    Joh 10,3

    14

    ;:;;!,I:;

    .r: :mt

    I.

    .TIIn,
    l h ,I 1:tl

    I E . ~2 1.1
    ~ I t ns:ll

    n,-~n.:c.a
    :,

    r,Ii.r31 ?
    :

    14

    1 .'#

    r S I I %1:9
    I ~ I4'!!
    1'I; 77

    14 " 'Look! There are days coming,'n is the


    uttcrnnce of Jehovah, 'and I shall certainIy
    cnwy out the good word that I have spoken,'
    concerning the house of Israel8 and concerning
    the house of 3udah.t I5Xn those days and a t
    that time I shall make sprout for David a righteous sprout," and hc will certainly execute justice and righteot~sncssin the land.av I" In those
    days Jrltlrlh will h saved and Jerusalem itself

    will rrsirlr* in securjty.y And this is what she


    will be called, Jehovah Is Our Righteousness.' ''hz
    salem that are desolated without mana and
    I
    . a
    17 "For this is what Jehovah has said, 'There
    81 4.5 24
    without inhabitant and without domestic miwill not be cut off in David's case a manc t o sitd
    ,T,,
    2a.o
    2['n :1 21
    mal, there will yet be heardt l 1 the sound of ex- tE",;%$!y
    upon the throne of t h e hause of Israel.' lBAnd
    V S ! , T.,.~
    ultation and the sound of rejoicing, the voice of
    in the cnse of tlze priests, the L e ~ i t e sthere
    , ~ will
    the bridegroomU and the voice of the brlde, the UEhl:i!9
    n ~ het cul: ofl R man from before men t o offer up
    !>,?ifi'
    voice of t h w e saying:v "LAUDJehovah of ar- v J r r 31:12
    1.u 1 : ~ whole burnt offcring and t o make smoke with a
    ~ ~ I $lilI I,fi
    mies, for Jehovah is good, for t o time indefinite
    I,./<&
    ,ln:in grain offering and t o render gacrifice always.'
    I
    AIcn t i 1 ~ 7
    ~ l C h~ B : B
    is his loving-kindness!" 'by
    3nt3
    11. 12l m
    1 l l 19 And the word of Jehovah came further
    2CI1 5:13
    " 'They will be bringing a thanksgiving offerto Jeremiah,K saying: "This is what Jehovah
    b
    h
    ;
    r
    ,
    ;
    11'0
    I I ~ .I2.5
    (i
    ing into the house of JehovahrZfor I shall brlng
    has finid, 'If YOU people could break my covet
    I I
    ;::
    ;*;;.{
    1'4 RP 37
    back the captives of the land just as at the
    I,, :,,I IR nnnt or the dny and my covenant of the night,
    z~;~T,!;,,
    ::I5
    start," Jehovah has said."
    1'8 10::22
    evcn i n order for day and night not to occur in
    .,:Jot
    , .t I,:,
    12 "This is what Jehovah of annies has said, :I:%
    "1:;:l:la
    their time,: " likewise could my otvn covenant
    yl;'
    ;
    ijj71
    'In this waste place without mana and even '5:r1$74,
    be broken with David my selvant' so that h e
    Lu
    1 69
    domestic animal" and in alL its cities there will '~~;;;~~;$j
    133.1 should not mme to have a son ruling as king
    *
    I
    g
    q
    !I'fi
    yet come to be the pashrre ground of the shep -Irr51iu
    4
    : I
    upon his throne;@also with the Levites, the
    ADa 83:rO
    1,tl I :T2
    herds who are making the flock lie down.'&
    priests, my ministers." " ' J u s t a s the m y of
    .fcr 31:2P
    . r \ , t titi 21
    mri,, I 1 IA
    13 '' 'In the cities of the mountainous region, j,",;$;\$
    Jdur:!~ $7 tile heavens cannot &counted, neither thesand
    in the cities of the lowlandc0and in the cities of 5;:
    q
    k::;
    f ',J: j, of the sea be measured,' so I shall multiply the
    the southd+and in the land of Benjamins and in ;;cfJ; :_i:.,~
    " J ~ h ~ v nhh Our Rightmmnp~s."See
    Or* "~nrth." 31, er't-tb.
    the surroundings of Jemdem' and in the cities ;jt.r 17 31
    I
    ,Ir,~rr~iinl~
    43: 8, footnote n, C "'hlnn." 81, isk. d "To sit." LitemEy,
    "~ittiny,"31, Or, "thp Levit@psiats.'' fLiteiqally,"all the davs."
    a "IIan." &I1adnmc.
    Or, '?oval love." Or, "the She.phelah.''
    * Src J rre~rliah1 : 1, footnote b,
    d Or, 'The Keg'eb."
    I

    1 :

    I<,- l ! l I 1
    I,.,#,Ir#,
    17

    ~1

    hri

    'jfL

    seed of David m y servantk and the Levi tes who


    1*2e :n:?s
    are ministering to me.' "n
    nIsn GB!21
    23 And the word of Jehovah continued to p;r*.L1::J
    occur to Je~eTniah,~
    saying: 24 "Have you not
    seen what those of this people have spaken,
    saying, 'The two famiIies whom Jehovah has
    chosen,' he will also reject them'??" And my rlClla:2
    Isn 11:13
    own people they keep treating with disrespect,
    $;n&;;:fi
    so that it should no more cantinue being a na~ P 4R 4 : ~ ~
    tion before them.t
    Ps 80 :1
    25 "This is what Jehovah has said, 'If it was E;; $it,
    not a fact t h a t I had appointed my own cavenant of the day and night,u the statutes of u,Spw&
    heaven and earthlv26 90 too I would reject even ;;v :;;y,
    the seed of Jacob and of David my servant,r
    pg
    so that I should not take fmm his seedh ntlersi J c r ;
    ? t 37
    over the s & G f Abraham, IsaacQand Jamb. 3Mr
    For I shall gather their captivesZand will have '"~;&7j
    - T S ~ I14:1
    pity upon them.' ""
    Jrr D L:M
    1Tn 1:7
    The word that occurred to Jeremiah& xslrc
    l0!8
    from Jehovah, when Neb.u.chadl.rez'zar I"'
    the king of Babylon" and all his military forc& :2
    ' :1$:,
    and all the kingdoms of the earth, the dominion ,f; $::
    under his hand, and all the peoples were fight- .r*rs;r:-~
    ing against Jerusalem and against all her cities,@?$,P i$:z
    nn z : . ~
    saying :
    ~ I 4::
    L
    2 "This is what J&ovah the! Gad of Israel has 1118
    said, 'Golc and you must say to Zed.e.ki'ahfl
    t h e king of Judah,' yes, you must say t o him:
    "This is what Jehovah has sald, 'Here I am giving this city lnto the hand of the king of Baby,:
    ,
    and he must burn it with fire," And you '$;$$$9
    yourself will not escape out of his hand, because f;: $:23

    k&?8F4m

    34

    fl

    ":'"

    g3,

    *;zf7;;::,11

    ,,

    Bce J e & ~ h 1: 1, footnote b. Or, "offspxin~."a See Jcrcnrinh


    13 : I, footnote a. Pee Je~eininh1:3, fnotnotc c.

    you will dthout fafl b caught and into his


    hand youwill begiven.%d your owneyeswill
    Jer =:7
    Jer 32:4 see even the eyes of the king of Babylon,k and
    Jer 3217
    Jer x.;:rs his awn mouth will spealr e m irith your
    .I( s 39.5
    mouth, and l o Babylon you will come.' ' HowJ,., ,>:,
    ever, hear the word of Jehovah, 0 Zed.e.ki'ah"
    kj,",l&:f
    king of Judah," 'This is what Jehovah has said
    K7F 1 2 3 3
    Jcr
    ~j?l'h
    concerning you: "You will not die by the sword.
    I':/(' 21125
    s1:se 17:le
    In peace you wlll die," and as with the burni n g ~for your fnthcrs, the former kings who
    to bc prior l o you,' so they will make
    tTh1 , : ~ happend
    a burning for you, nnd 'Alas, 0 master!'is what
    uGe 50:11
    I myself
    \.lsn gls they will say in lnmcnt for you, for '
    1Sa 1.~16
    rn e:, have spoken the yery word,'Uis the utterance of
    1Ki 21:19 jehOVah.H1 m *
    11Ci =:I4
    me 2 3
    6 And Jerernfahb the prophet proceeded to
    311 14:4
    A r m : n speak t o Zed.e.ki'aha t h e Icing of Judah all these
    y Ue 23.52
    2 ~ 25.1
    t
    words in Jerusalem,' W h e n the military forces
    2Ch ;iB:17
    of the king of Bxbylon were fighting against
    ~ e r8 514.3
    Jer
    Jerusalem and against a31 the cities of Judah
    J E 11~12
    ~
    " j ~ i that were left rernaining,Y against Larchisha m d
    against Aze'kah," for they, the fortified cities,3
    "Jar: 1 ~ 3 5were the ones that remained over among the
    c 2 K l 18.13
    2Ch 11;s cities of Judnh."
    L?Ch 11:9
    2c1127..1
    8 The word that occurred to Jeremiahb from
    Qz_Kt11!I?
    23:3
    Jehovah dter King 2ed.e-ki'aha concluded a
    2Ch 13312
    with all the people who were in Jem1 ~ 9 :covenant0
    ~
    +Ex 212
    salem ta proclaim to them liberty,c' " t o let
    ,
    :
    ,
    ,
    each one his manservant and each one his maidg;iyia
    m 1 3 servant, Hebrewl"man
    and Mcbrew@woman,
    omGe3 4:13
    E.*2:6
    go
    freeS
    in
    order
    t
    o
    trike
    no service of them, no
    1Sa 4:6
    2 c o 11:n one of a Jew, who is his brother." '90 all the
    *Ne 5.11
    *Jer is:io princes obeyed," and all the people who had
    J,, 3 :64 : ~entered Into the covenant to let each one his
    dcr

    ,,

    See Jeremiah 11:3, footnote e.


    01; "a release."

    b See

    Jewmiab 1: 1, footnote b.

    JEREMIAH 34 :11-17

    304

    manservant and each one his maidservant go


    free, in order to take no further service of them; kIsa29:13
    Jer 3:1o
    and they proceeded to obey and to let [them] ngB?iz
    go.ic l 1 But they turned about after that and $: g::l
    began to bring back the menservants and the
    maidservants whom they had Iet go free, and rg: 52$;
    t
    they proceeded to subject them as menservants
    and as maidservants." " Consequently the word
    e",9
    of Jehovah occurred t o Jeremiaha from Jeho- I ~De
    15:15
    vah, saying:
    De 16:12
    ZB:IE:
    13 "This is what Jehovah the God of Israel iF&!17
    has said, 'Imyself concluded a covenant with ,$U,f&i2 +
    POUR forefathersT in the day of my bringing D,;
    them out of the land of Egypt,s out of the house I ~ ~ ; ~ & o
    of servants,bt saying: l 4 "At the end of sevenc
    ;~;
    years YOU men should let go each one his broth- FE?;
    2ch 28:10
    Isa 58:6
    er," a Hebrew man,v who came t o be sold to you Am 2:s
    and who has served you six years;y and you 'De'5:12
    S'ZKI4 : l
    must let him go free" from being with you," "B1t17:x
    But YO^ forefathers did not listen t o me, neiI
    ther did they incline their ear.z
    YOU zigT$!,4
    yourselves turn around today and do what is &","2:616
    upright in my eyes in proclaiming liberty each $e:;fi
    one to his companion,' and YOU conclude a cove- * m i 21:zg
    122
    nant before mec in the house upon which my 2ICI
    rsa 58:2
    Mt
    15:8
    name has been called." l T h e n You turn back oZKi23:S
    and profane my nameo and bring back each one Fi1'1"9:%6
    his manservant and each one his maidservant, tg2:;f
    whom You let go free agreeably to their soula L e l g : l z
    and mu subject them t o become YOUR men&Jer34:11
    servants and maidservants,"
    Mt 1828
    17 "Therefore this is what Jehovah has said,
    'You yourselves have not obeyed me in keeping
    I
    a See Jeremiah I:1,footnote b. Or, "slnves.'>a "Se~en,'~
    MVgSgT;

    zoc,8,::l,l

    :::,

    "six," L X X . dliterallg, "free to their soul," M. Or, "where they


    VFish." Compare Deuteronomy 21: 14, footnote c.

    on pmclaimhg
    libertym
    his brother
    ~
    ~
    , ~
    ~each one
    ; to ~
    De 35ila and each one to his companion, Here I am pra-

    ,,

    @Le 26.34

    claiming to uov a liberty,'&"is the utterance of


    Jehovah, 'to the sword," t o the pestilence* and
    Gn 6.7
    to the famine,k and I shall certainly give YOU
    J,, 2:13
    kgr12:; for a quaking to all the kingdoms of the earth.n
    IS And I will give the menb side-stepping my
    ,ye",$$1,9,
    covenant,=
    in that they did not carry out the
    ,
    ";
    $;:{;
    ;
    Jcr 13.4
    words
    of
    the
    covenant that they concludedC
    rDe 17:2
    JOS ~ : i i before me [with] the calf that they cut in twaa
    Ha 6:7
    sCr1.5,10 that they might pass between its pieces;t
    Dc? 2q:1a
    l o [namely,]
    the princes of Judah and t h e
    nos9:7
    PA543:s
    the court officialsv and
    tGe 15.1'1 princes of Jeru~alem,~~
    the priests and all t h e people of the landd who
    y;g&$i2 went passing between the pieces of the calfYJer 4 m
    yes, I will give them into the hand of their
    Jer 4 9 3 7
    zDe 28.26 enemies and into the hand of those seeking for
    1Sa 17:44
    IKI 14:ll their sau1,'r and their dead bodies must become
    ty'7z.p food for the flying creatures of t h e heavens and
    for the beasts of the earth.3 21 And Zed-e.ki'ahf
    E m 239 :95 : ~the
    Eze
    ~ king of Judah' and his princes I shaIl give
    R e ~7
    into
    the hand of their enemies and into the hand
    '2ICi 24:18
    ~m 23.5 of those seeking for their soule and into the
    J c r 7'1.6
    Jer Y~:Iohand of the military forces of the king of BabyLa 4320
    ~ ~ ~ 1 7 lonD
    : l e who are withdrawing from against you
    men.'A
    ?JE%7:52
    2Ch 36:17
    22 'Here I am commanding,' is the utter13 3
    + ~ f ~ ~ance
    i ~ ofg Jehovah, 'and I shall certainly bring
    $;;gig3 them back to this city,O and they must fight
    against it and capture it and burn it with fire;'
    the cities of Judah I shall make a desolate
    ;::* &l;and
    ,
    waste
    without an inhabitant."'@
    gt::t,3
    ; ? ~ g

    ~t 7:2

    TF92$27

    I'

    MI a.ad.shim'; the plural number of i3h.


    Or, "release!' bLLh1en,"
    'rConcluded.'JLitersll;v, "caC' 31, krsaath'; the sarue as for cutting
    the calf. d "The PO 1~ of the land." M,'am ha-aflets, c'60ul?' M,
    "
    neph'esh; Vg, cdPn?.ma(e).
    See Jereminh 1:3, footnote e.
    a
    c

    The word that o a r r e d t o Jeremiah8


    from Jehovah in the days of Je.hoi'a.kirnx$a,I;
    the son of Ja.siiah,b the kina of Judah, saying: Da 1:1

    35

    "Goc t o the house of the Re'chaabiteqe and


    you must speak with them and bring them into

    ",Zz:iy;iB

    the house of Jehovah, Ita one of the dining


    rooms," and you must give thcrn wine ta drink." klm g : B
    3 So I took Ja.az.a.ni'ah the son of Jeremiah"
    the son of H.ab.az.zi.ni'ah and his brothers, and
    all his sons, and all the hauwhold of the Re'chabites, ' and I proceeded to bring them into the,

    house of Jehovah, to the dining roomn of the


    sons of Ra'nnan the son of Ig.da.lf'ah," man of

    nlaa:E

    The [true] God,"' which was beside the dining rP:fi%&


    mom of the princesa that wns obove the dining
    room of Mama.sei'ahfthe son of Shal'lm the f c ~;i2i2
    doorkeeper-Kt Then X put before the sans of the IT,s :g?;~; ~
    house of the Re'cha-bites cups full of wine md .s2J r7v 2%:lo
    17
    t71i1 12.n
    goblets and said to them: "Drink wine."u
    Ps 8.1:10
    ,
    6 But they said: " W e shnI1 drink no wine, Uh"::n\;,
    because JonFamdab
    the son of Re'ch~b,vour fore-il$F$
    father, was the one that laid the command upont 11.112 5 5
    us, snying, 'You must drinlr no mine,Y neither ~2
    13:~
    YOU nor YOUR sons, to time indefinite. And no JE
    J R 13:14
    house must YOU build, and no seed must you LU 1:15
    sow; and no vineyard must YOU plant, nor must
    it come to be YOURS. But in tentsX YOU should agbTy$
    dwell all YOUR days, in order t l ~ n '~*ov
    t
    may keep i p c 2:il
    living many days upon the surfaceof the ground * ~ m:12
    x
    where YOUare residing as aliens.'* So we keep1 F5<i&p
    obeying the voice of Je.hon'a.dabh the son of 2p,to:i:T
    Sro Jcre~ninh1. : 1, footnote b, Rre Jrwminh 1:3, footnoto (1,

    ;e

    ;o

    a FP~!
    Jcrt~~r~inh
    13:1, foot not^ n. d>l, 3'ig.da!.~/a"bazl; lr~pnning
    "Snli(u) i p grmt." *'"A maan of Thr [trur] [+or?!' M, ish hn-E1.nhim'. C'rm~pnm2 g i n 9 1 : 9, footnow f. a M, Jfrr'ssc-ya'ltar; mmn-

    "Work of Tnh(nj2' g Liternlly, ' ' k ~ p ~


    ofr the threshold," hI.
    h 711, I"boana.dnbt; ns in 2 ICingn 10:15, footnote e.

    ilte

    Re'chab our forefather in everything that he


    commanded us by drinking no wine all our days,
    ;P' 4:10 we, our wives, our sons and our daughters:
    a and by not building houses for us to drvell in,
    Pr U:XI
    1.r 1s.1
    so that no vineyard or field or seed should be( ' ~ 13 20
    t FJ 3-.I& come ours,* I" And we keep dwelling in tents
    and obeying and doing according ta ~ l that
    l
    IT1 2-53
    Jer
    6.6
    JonS1dabF
    our
    for~father
    cammanded
    us.*
    But
    ':Fi ;O&5
    ehJw3 5 s it came about when Neb.u.chad.rezlzar the king
    "2KJ W:l
    of Babylon camr up against the land" that we
    ZCh 36:8
    fia 1:r
    began t o say, 'Come, and Iet us enter into Jeru,saIern becnuse of the military force of the
    Chal.de'ans and because of the military force of
    the
    Syrians,%mcl let us dm11 in Jerusalem.' "'"
    jL U 2;1 : m$
    12 And the word of Jehovah proceeded to
    "This is what
    occur to J e ~ r n i a h saying:
    ,~
    Jehovah of armies, the God of Israel, has said,
    'Go,c and you must say to the rnent%f Judah
    and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem: "'Dd wov
    not continually receive exhortation to obey my
    1sa 023
    words?"lt 1s the utterance of Jehovah. Id "There
    Jer 5.3
    Jer 6:s
    has been a carrying out of the words of Je.hontJt,r 9:La
    Jb.r
    adabu the son of Re'chab," that he commanded
    lirb 1225
    n21i1 m:15 his sons,to drink no wine, and they have drunk
    1Ch 2.55
    none down to this day, but they have obeyed
    ,J,,35.9
    the
    commandment of their forefather.'' And as
    Pgyh13:j75
    3
    for
    me, I: have spoken t o YOU men, rising up
    Jer 11.7
    Jpr25.4
    early and speaking* but YOU have not obeyed
    Jet 26-5
    Jer 23114 rnct '"nd
    1 kept sending to You all my sewLu 21 :=
    I K P 9.26
    ants the prophets,m rising up early and sending
    r r a 9:m
    sc
    3(1 g
    [them,I, saying, 'Tun back, please, each one
    from his bad way, and make YOUR dealings
    ,";fr7$&
    good, and do not walk after other godsf l o serve
    f?:$g7

    kzgT

    q J r

    Or, "h-a.mae'an8." Likrnlly, A.mm', M. $PC J~reminh1 : 1,


    footnote b. See Jerenlinh 13 : 1, footnote a. d "llm." 51, skh; used
    collectivelp. See Y P ~ CHE footnote h, "Gods." At, el.a.ltdm'.
    f

    JEREMIAH 35 :16-36 :2

    368

    them.u And keep dwelling on the gromd that; : 1 :;$


    I have given to YOU and to YOUR forefather^.'^ 4;;;;;;
    Wlt YOU did not incline YOUR ear, nor did sou :;:$;;I
    :WJ~
    listen to me7 lg But the sons of Je.honla.daba .!LT
    J('r .:1:s
    the son of Re'chabz have carried out the cornIn:m
    rntllndment of their forefather that he cam- %:";I
    rnmded them;' but as for this peoplc, they have $;?;%
    I > ( * ;+11;20
    not listened to me."'
    +IOS 1 I.
    1
    17 "Therefore this is what Jehovah the O o d D
    of armies, the Godb of Israel, has said, 'Here I zy;:,; y ; g 6
    am bringing upon Judah and upon all the in- :J:;[;,!,:E.~
    habitants of Jerusalem alI the calamity that f - ~ ~ ~: n ~ r
    have spoken against them/ for the reason that A$
    I have spoken to them but they did not listen, :I;! :;A5
    u>r I!><'t
    and I kept calling to them but they djd not .htjc
    7
    .r.~:
    1.2.:
    answer,' " :
    l h l l '541:2
    18 And to the household of the Rekchabites rhll h:~~2
    Jererniahc said: "This is what Jehovah of i::;;kl!:
    armies, the Godb of Israel, has said, 'For the $i;j2$?
    reason that YOU have obeyed the cammandment
    of Je.hon'a.dab&+YOUR forefather and con thue
    \Q&u
    keeping all his commandments and doing ac- sEx 20:12
    cording t o all that he commanded you: "' there- ?$:;,:
    fore this is what Jehovah of armiesj the Godh of s!;;,ps;;:19
    L~:IT
    Israel, has said: "There will not be cut off from WLJithr
    EI ?.t:3&
    :.+:I
    Jon'a.dab' the son of Re'chab a man t o stand" 2,c1
    ,rr.r ZT.1
    before me always." '
    ,I v r :t.i.1
    k!:u 37.14
    Now it came about in the fourth year of ;.;,";Fi
    eq.7
    Je.hoi'a.kirnu the son of Jo.si'al7,f the I*.;
    ISPI.R:l
    Jdlr
    lcing of Judah, that this word occurred t o Jere- ]I:%?30:a
    2.8
    rniahc from Jehovah, saying: "Take for your2;;~~
    self a roll of a book,l=and you must writen In it,
    s~:2
    all the wordsn that I have spoken to you against 1:f;:
    'lo

    $,;,;L;,

    ;ilr

    r2KL IT18

    Jer 2:1
    Jer 2313
    eJer 3.5
    Jer 3 2 3
    1Jer 1:s
    J P E~: B
    tlJcr 1:3
    JI.~ Z>:3

    VDP 5:m

    J e r 18.8
    Eze 123
    2:3
    )ilc an:2
    1!<I K-18
    I:"
    1\11 55:7
    JVF
    18:8

    Jon 3.B
    Ar 2G:20
    *Jcr .32.12
    Jer 43.3
    Jer 4 5 1

    Ro 1622
    AJer 32:Z

    ?Jer 7 2
    Jer 18:11
    'Le lk29
    4 c 2::9

    + ~ ~ ~ ,Ke

    36

    8, footnote h. bl'BntF." RI, P~i:L.o.l~iwr,


    "Jehonfa.dnh." See
    See Jereniinh 3 : 1,footnote b. d ''Tostnnd!' Lit~mlIy,"*tnnrlin~,"
    hf. "Liter~lly,"all the days,!' 3E. f See Jrrernit\la 1: 3, Eoistrmt~d,
    0

    JEREMIAH 36 :3-9

    309

    me-2 3 4

    X:16

    'lK1 R:33
    2Ch 3 3 : s
    LIJ. 9:13
    Ifo 5:13
    *Jer 25:s

    Jon 3:s
    Zcc 1:4

    k Dl! E l 5
    D e 25 20

    251 23.13
    r l R 34:21

    Jer 16:10
    Eze 5.1.3

    n J e r 32312

    Jer 36:4

    Jcr 43:3
    J c r 49.2
    rJer l"17
    ICO 1e:lo

    8Xe 8:3

    L u 4:16
    t2Kl 2336
    2 K l 241
    3cr 25-1
    Jer 5.1
    0

    IsraelF and against Judahn and against dl the


    nations,l since the day that 1 spoke to you,
    since the days of Jo.si'ah,a clear down t o this
    day.li " Perhnps tho.% of the house of Judah
    will listen to a11 the calnmity that I am thinking of dolng t o them,V to the end that they
    may return, each one from his bad way7 and
    that I may actually forgive their error and
    their sin."
    4 And Jerrrniah'l proceeded t o caII Bar'uch"
    the son of Nc.rl'uh t l ~ n trjar'~lchmight write at
    the mouth of Jercrnlahb ~ l the
    l tr~ardsof Jehovah that He had spoken t o him, on the roll of
    the bookP T h e n Jeremiahb commanded Ear'uch, saying: "I: am shut up. f am unable to enter
    into t h e house of Jehovah.* And you yourself
    must enter in and read nloud from t h e roll that
    you have wrjtten at my mouth the words4 of
    Jehovah in the ears of the peopJe at the house
    of Jehovah in the day of Past;' and also in the
    ears of all Judah who are coming In from their
    cities you should read them aloud,* Perhaps
    t h d r request far favor will fall before Jehovah"
    and thcy will return, each onc from his bad
    way,' for great is the anger and the rage that
    Jehovah has spolren against this p e o ~ l e . " ~
    8 And Bar'uchn the son of Ne.ritah proceeded
    to do according to all that Jeremiah" the pmphe t had commanded hirn,r t o read aloud from
    the book the words of Jehovah at the hause of
    Jeh0vah.e
    9 Now I t came about in the fifth year of
    Je.hoira.kimt the son of Joqs'llah,Rthe king of
    Judah, in the ninth month, that all the people

    8cc Jeremiah 1: 3, footnote d,

    b SIX

    Jercrninh 1: 1, footnote h

    313

    in Jerusalem m d all the people that were corning in from the cities of Judah into Jerusalem

    &!zp
    :;z

    ,..

    :r;fo

    ; &

    Sr>nJeremiah 1 3: 1,footnote 6. M,GF?fins.!,n'h~;


    r n ~ n n i n g"'Pnh(~;)
    h n ~p~rfscted." M, -Mi.7iha'yehu; mcnning "Who j~ likp Tah(u) 7"
    d 31, nlm.glnskw; meaning "Sall(n) hns d~qnwnup," i n delivrrnner.
    31, Skcn~rr'ica'h?d;meaning "Yab (u) ha4 hc~trrl.'~
    f gee Jer~lnillti
    1:3, footnote e, g h1, Hlra.aan.ya'hu; i ~ ~ r n n i n''Bnl~
    g ( u ) lirln ~ h r ~ ~ i
    f nvar." h 31, PtJ!'tkan.yatk~~;
    ruenning " Y n l i ( u ) I i n ~~ i w n , " 1 51,
    Blrr.lrnr.~o'b~n;meaning ''Tnh(n) irr a rc~orr~prrrrrr-,"~or,
    "i'onrn~nrirln ~ n c r i f i c e of J&o%-ah,"
    U, Ss.ri.iatltrt; anrnalng "Lnmp af

    YflIi(~).''

    the roll In his hand and came In to them.v


    " Then they said t o him: "Sit down, please, and
    ,-J-=;nmad it aloud in our e m . " y So Bar'uchz read
    tJer 3256
    J
    :
    aloud in their ears.
    16 Now it came tthout t h ~ as
    t amn as they
    heard all the cvords, they looked a t one another
    in dread;*and they proceeded to say t o Bar'uch:
    "We shall without fall tell the king all these
    nJ@r13:18
    l q And Baxtuch they asked, saying:
    Jer 39:4
    "'Tell us, please, How did you write all these
    words from his mottth?"" "'Then
    R~1r'uckl mid
    ?$,9$:
    to them: "Out of his mouth hc kept declaring
    qJeran to me all these words,p and I was writing in
    +To the book wr.ith ink."" lTinally the princes said
    to Bar'uch: "Go, conceal yourself, you and
    J e ~ n i a h ,so~ that no one at all will know
    where
    YOU men are."'"
    .3Py4?3
    Am7:la
    20Then
    they came in to the king, to the
    Lu 13:31
    *Jer 3 6 : ~courtyard,*
    ~
    and the roll they entrusted to the
    d i n i n p room of E.llsh'a.ma" the secretary; and
    YE;
    ;
    ;
    :
    9
    "
    Jcr 3534
    liJer 36:l.Z they began t o tell all the words in the ears of
    Jer 41:i the king.
    hJer36:14
    21 SO the klng sent Je.hu'di19 out to get the
    roll. Accordingly he got Et out of t h e dining
    of E.li~h'a.rnn'~
    the s e e ~ t a r yAnd
    . ~ Je.hurg;; mom
    di began to read it aloud in the ears of the king
    and in the ears of all the princes standing by the
    king. 2e And the king was sitting jn the autumn
    houselbs in the ninth month," with a braziert
    Pi5a$14
    *m3:15 burning befarc him. "'Then it came about
    ZPx 1G2:3
    Isa 30:14 that as soon as Je.hutdl hnd rend three or four
    page-columns, he proceeded t o tear It apart with
    '
    J
    *

    proclaimed a fast bfore Jeh0vah.u And Bart- l!&TP


    uch began to read aloud from the book the
    3
    words of Jeremiah& at the house of Jehovah, ~ - 4 : l s
    in the diningv room of Gem.amrl'ahbY
    the son of vi;2
    Sha'phans the copyist,' in the upper courtyard,&;;:;y;
    o t the entrance of the new gate or the house of
    x;:
    ;z::;~
    -1t.r 3'I:l,l
    J c h o v ~ h in
    , ~ the ears of all the people.
    1a:/c %:I1
    11 And Mi.cai'ahc t h e son of Gem.a.rf'ahh the ;F;A~.;I:,
    son of Sha'phan" gat t o hear all the words of A.,l\l
    :!f:. o,;.!:,
    Jehovah from out of the book. l a A t that he went :, L.~t *,>
    :;q:z81
    down to the house oftheking, to the dining room
    of the secretary,and, bok! there is where all the
    princes were sitting, E.Bsh'a.mac the sccrrtary '::;
    and De.la'iahe the son of She.mai'ahfh~ n dEl- *Jcr3a:2?
    na'than' the son of Ach'bor' and Gern.a.riJnhblc
    the son of Sha'phann and Zed.e.ki'aht the son of !cqr :+c: 25
    ZP:12
    1-lan0a.ni1ahUand dl the other princes. l q n d UdlCI
    XI ??:I I
    Miac~jrahcr
    proceeded to tell them all the words k&T $ko
    that he had heard when Bar'uch read alaud
    ?iii;$
    .la,r 31,:z.i
    from the book in the ears of the peaplc.fl
    J ~r ,l!~:1.I
    14 Then all the princes sent out to Rar'ucht 2;:ti:,
    Je.hu'diu the son of Neth.a.ni'ah" the son of F,!{$,i5: $;
    Shel.e.mtfal~
    "he son of Cush'i, saying: ""The
    roll from which you read aloud in the ears of j:;:;;;;
    the people--take it in your h ~ n dand #me." r1.1q.r .t+i ri
    Accordingly Bar'uch the son of Ne.rl'ahJ took
    ;

    JEREMIAH 36 :1 L 2 3

    - ~ r

    z;

    1:1, faotnnte b. b Or, dLwinErrllourrrj." '"The niuth


    month?1 The Hebrew tnonth Clli~'Iev, or thc l n f t ~ rhalf of 90I-ember and the k t bnlf of L)ewnlber. 8rc h ' c l ~ ~ i l ~ i n2:
    l l 1, foota See Jeremiah

    .&
    L

    JEREMIAH 36 :24-30

    312

    the secretary's knife, pitching [it] also into the t\?:e, !%g
    17
    fire that was in the brazier until all the roll ;'r 50):
    I:30
    ended up in the fire that w ~ in
    s the brazier.u 5: :;!$
    " And they felt no dread;' neither did the king
    %
    and all hjs servanb, who were listening t o all F;pr ;:L-J:~
    these words, rip their garments apm+trt.x" And k:2"1"$j
    even M.na'fhanz and De-la'iaha' and Gem.n- SL'SII
    " -"';I' I!I
    ri'ahbE themselves pleaded with the king not: to
    burn the roll,' but he did not listen to them.+
    ?' And the king proceeded to command Je.rah'rlr I ? : : I
    ;'I 8
    me-el the son of the king and Se-raj'ahc the sen a:iCt
    :,.r :.,
    ?a
    i
    * - :i1, 1 ?
    of Az'ri.el and Shel-e.mi'ahdthe son of Ab'diel :?' #.r T J ~ ; ~ O
    to get Bar'uch the secretary and Jeremiahe the
    $I,.$
    prophet.' But Jehovah kept them con~ealed.~ l'j;X4
    27 And the word of Jehovah occurred further ;1:1,2?~!$
    t a Jeremiahe after the king had burned up the *I- F"I C Ir17:1
    :~
    roll with the words that Bar'uch' had written
    $!;;"
    fsn ?fi:zo
    at the mouth of Jeremiah,@ saying: B v ' T ~ k eJa'r
    I:l(l
    again for yourself a roll, another one,and write
    u
    ~
    ;
    ~j;;;a
    on it all the first words that proved t o be on the drr 4:1:3
    first ~ o U which
    , ~
    Je.hoi'a.kim the king of Ju- !+$:: :::$
    dah burned up," And against Je.hoi'a.kirn the i::,!;! 3&3
    king of Judah you should say, 'This js wllat rt)r m:10
    rhrl 45:9
    Jehovah has said: "You yourself have burned ,tc
    n:jn
    up this roll,' saying, 'Why is it that you have fli:!i?$,2
    written on it,$ saying: "The king of Babylon
    wiU come without fail and will certainly bring ;I';,::;j:;
    this land t o ruin and crtuse manf and beast t o ,f;r?.;;
    cease from itn?'t Therefore this is what Jeho- J t r 2::m
    Jcr 3 t:21
    3.:

    7j=

    2g

    x:f;Z1&\:

    vah has said against Je.hoi'a-kirnut h e king of I ~ ~ I C :PM


    I
    : lh G
    Judah, 'He will come to have no one sitting up- ~22 ~K 7.1
    0 cr
    an the throne of David,' and his own dead body rj$:ifl"
    will become something thrown outy to the heat rj;..$$f.',!!
    See TCR? 12, footnote d. Sw verse U, footnote b. 31, S0rm.!frs'brt; menrung "YahEn) has prevnileb" d Sep vrrw 14, footnote i.
    Sec Jrremiah I: I, footnote b. ''*llan." 31, a.drtm'.

    the frost by night.' 31 And I shall


    to account against him' and
    against his offspring and against his servants
    thcir c r r o r , b n d I wwJll bring upon them and
    ~,
    upon thc inhabitants ot JerttsaIem and upon the
    mena of Judah all: the caIan~itythat I have

    ~ G ~ ~ l : aby
    o day and to
    'het21:14 certainly call

    DM
    Jrr 2

    2 :

    spoken against themA and that.


    "k$t::
    r 1
    listened to*' '

    they have not

    "

    .74,r 1 L.R

    32 And Jeremiahb himself took mother roU


    and
    then gnve it io Bar'uctt the son of hTe.ri'ahc
    :m:
    t h ~~ r r l n r y , who
    '
    proceeded to write upon it
    at the mouth'' of Jeremiahh1all the words of t h e
    c I:, .i.!s
    I 1 0 Ili 22
    I~ookthat Je.hoi'n.kjm the king of Judah had
    burned in the flre,' and there were added to
    them many more words like those.
    2(:h 26: 10
    l"h=,
    ~ : K I5{:2n
    r12lil . I 12
    And King Zed.e.lzi'ahd* the son of Jo~ [ ' I I L5 ! t i
    si'nh@l<bcgan t o reign in place of Co.nitX-II
    'I
    d i.1. 2.: 2 1 ahf*)thc son of Je.hai'~.lrim,l'whom h'eb.u.chad,
    1 2 1 2i:G
    ,,, ~,, ~ rcz'zar the king of Babylon made king in the
    rTj.;i/ $f;:;land of Juclah." a And he himself and his serv2r:11
    PI. 29.12
    3(3b16 ants and the people of the landE did not listen
    1'rh.I
    to the words of Jehovah' that he spoke by
    III,V m::<14
    means of Jcrerninh1' the prapllet.'l
    ~j;,;;;
    ;: 3 And King Zed.e.ki'ahd proceeded to send
    ~y:~c~
    J c :2-1,
    r ~ IR
    : l
    nvr :I I
    Je.l?u'cnlv the son of SheI.e.milahh and 2eph.aJ V F 711:Llg
    Jvr :,2:2.1 nl'al~ly the son of Ma.n.sei'ahjz the priest to
    7 . J b ~2!1:25
    Jerernlahh the prophet, saying: "Pray, please,
    s 2
    :7fi'lt:;:ig in our behalf to Jehovah our God,"' ' A n d
    Jerernlahb t ~ l a scorning in and going out into
    . I ~
    bgr
    1'1 ~5~

    Jubr:{i:17
    *2(??l
    18
    att 2:1:17
    *,T, r 34, 2

    k$T:,y.~2?8

    37

    , ,

    ".\lr.t~."
    l I , i d . b SPE J~rrn~inlr
    I : 1, fnntnote h. See Jrrcnlish
    38 : 14, fnotnotr j. d SW d ~ r r n i i a h1 : 8, foot~~otee. * See J~renbinl~
    1 : 2, footnote (1. 1 Sa*i~J r ~ v l ~ ~ i'1'1:
    n l t 94, footnote c, "The gmpta
    nf I ~Itintl."
    P Set1 ,Jr~vi!~inlt
    J-l:19, footnote (1. h31, F h e . l ~ l ~ r . ~ n i ~ '
    C'slupnru, Jewrl~inh:1Tr: 14, flllktnrsk i. Y, Tflplsnrr.gafRtr; meani o ''~Ynh( u ) I I ~ W C ~ ! ~ C P R (Zret~rlwed).''
    ~ C ~
    J 31, 3faCa.sr.yaL'. ComI I ~ VJurerl~inl~
    35: 4, fr~ntnntr?f .

    315
    the midst of the people, as they had not put him
    In the house of detenti0n.O And thew was a ngFg;&
    military force of Phar'aoh that came out of
    Egypt," and the Chal.de'ans that were laying 4Eze17:15
    siege to Jerusalem got to hear the report about
    them. So they withdrew from against Jerusalern."Then the word of Jehovah occurred t o OJerWa
    Jeremiaha the prophet, saying: : ' T h i s is what
    Jehovah the God of Israel has said, 'This is what
    YOU men should say to the king of Judah, the
    one sending YOU to me t o inquire of me:' "Look! :
    ':; E;i8
    The military force of Phar'mh that: is coming Jer37:3
    forth to You people Tor the purpose of help will
    certainly go back to their Iand, Egypt.* And *@ g;:
    the Chal.de'ans will certainly came back and FS?
    ;;
    fight against this city and capture it and burn
    ~
    ,
    ";;3~~
    it with fire."' "Thisis what Jehovah has said: EreZ9:6
    ELF
    29:16
    "Do not deceive YOUR S O U ~ S , ~ 'saying, T h e .rs33:10
    Chatde'ans will without fail. go away from pp&
    i:'
    ag~linstus,'because they wlIl not go nwt\y. For $; $j;g
    if YOU men had struck down all the military m&yj8:8
    force of the Chal.defanstvho are Aghtlng YOUit 2~";
    ;&
    and t h e r e remained over among them menc
    :;w;g;:
    pierced
    they tvould each one in his ;er ;I;:
    tent rise up and actually burn this clty with G: ?%
    Isa 1-1:1$
    fire," ' "'
    Jer 51:4
    2:11
    11 And it occurred when the mDitary force
    of the ChaladeJanahad withdrawn themselves
    from against JerusalemHbecause of the military gig
    l7:15
    force of Phar'aoh: I= that Jeremtahn began to
    go forth from Jerusalem to go to t h e land of
    l8!S
    Benjamin($and to get [his] portion from there uJas
    zs,21:14
    in the midst of the people. So it came about 3gFf::p

    * see

    Jerminh 1:1,footnote b. b"F!oul~," 31, n'phrr.sk8tTr'; plural


    nuntber of ~aeph'esh. LXX, pa?/.chrsdr; Vg, o'nd.rnas, "&Icn!' H,
    a,nll.wkkw~'; plural number of iak,
    Q

    JEREMIAH 37 :14--20

    rzz;?owomcer
    h s he was in the gate of Benjamin'' that the
    holding the oversight, whose name was

    I.ri'jah the son of Shel.e.mi'ah the son of Rana.ni'ah, was there. At once hc Eoolc hold of
    YJ,, 111:18 Seremiaha the prophet, snying; "It 1s t o the
    Chnl*dekanthat you arefalling~\vay!"" 14But
    J c r 2~ ~: 11 24 Seremiaha said: "'It is false!" 1 am not falling
    Jrr
    ttwayt' to the ChaEde'ans." But he did not listen
    Art1 ?, I(I
    J
    2 :
    to him. Sa I.riljah kept hold of Jeremiaha and
    rlc 6:11
    bmught him in to the prinecs. '"nd
    the
    ~ N liEH
    3
    '
    1 27.1s
    , I princes began to get indigtlant at Jererniahla*
    f.g{:,!:7k1 t~nd they struck himU and put him into the
    house af fetters," in the house of Je.han'anthan4
    I;;1:y*'y2
    p;:f1rFtcb
    o I!::$& the secretary, for this was what they had made
    t h e house of detention.' " "When JeremiahE
    dl;r 3!1.,3)
    came into the house of the cistern" and into the
    ;i:h5?;H~o
    vaulted rooms, then Jeremiahn continued dwellA i
    CJ4.r :<<:20
    ing there many days."
    J
    I
    O l C P .an:15
    17 And King Zed,e.ki'ahc proceeded t o send
    ,,I, ,:,;
    Ln 3 PI:<
    and
    take him, and the king began asking him
    ,,,,,,,,,
    questions
    in his house in a place of conceaIm.:J&i;L4.
    merit.* And he went an to say: "Does there
    k2FC1.4
    .lt>r21:2
    12
    nJphr
    .Jrr z':ti7
    1.3 exist a word from Jehovah?"" To this JereJt3r Y I 16
    ~ miaha said: "There does exist!" And he said
    -1 vr :::,*;i
    . 1 , ~ : , , : 2 1 further: "Into the hand of the king of Babylon
    ~.!&:;:a
    you will be given!''"
    Y 7 : 18 Then Jeremiah&said t o King Zede.ki'ah:c
    "In what way have 1 sinned against you and
    r:$n34;yB
    I's 17.13 against your servants and against this people,r
    sJcr >;:,I
    t j r r r, I r
    so that YOU men have put me into the house
    Jd~rP.11
    J r r I.~:IS of detention?"l9 Where, now, are YOUR prophets
    J I-r 3:17
    king of
    J c r 2T:IQ who prophesied to You, saying,
    J 1.r %:2
    Babylon
    will
    not
    come
    against
    YOU
    men
    and
    J,., ,,,::,I
    , ngainst this land'?f f o And now listen, please,
    J

    ,,

    1.11.

    dI.1.8

    s:,;':,,

    HFP .Jerbernj~h1 : 1, fodtnote b, b 01; "desoi*ting," 0 See Jeremiah


    1: 3, foottlote e,

    JEREMIAH 38:5-11

    0 my Lord t h e King. May my request for


    favor,U please, fall bdore you, and do not send
    me back to the house of JJe.hon'a.thanvthe set-

    seeking not for the peace of this peoplev but


    for calamity," Wo King Zed.e.ki'ahu said:
    "Look! He is In YOUR hands. For there is nothing at all in which the king himself can prevail
    Y=
    a:"
    St
    Jab11 l!J:lfl R ~ R i ny~u,"Y
    6 And they proceedad to take Jererniahhnd
    ~ J Q LW:~
    F
    throw him into the cistern of Malmchi'jnltczt h e
    son of t h e king, wMch was in the Courtyard of
    the Guard.' So they Ict Jeremiahb down by
    " J+r
    N P ~S : :~ 2
    J
    :
    means of ropes, Now in the cistern there was no
    Jcr 37:21
    water, but mire; nnd Jcrerniahb began t o slnlr
    the
    mirc."
    ' 1's ~
    .1v2 0 down
    ~
    : into
    ~
    ~
    7
    And
    E'bed-rne'lechA
    the E.thi.o'pj.an,dO a
    1.9 fig
    1%
    I ~ 2P R : ~
    t n a::!
    man
    ~vho
    was
    a
    eunuch'
    and who was in the
    X P C !I 1 1
    house
    of
    the
    king,
    got ta hear that they had put
    L~S;
    ;:;;$ Jeremiahb into the cistern; and the king was
    ,IPR:%T
    *l\ft rMi.:{
    erl,, - I . ~ D sitting in the gate of Benjamin.m So E%ed:'-r .J7!13 me'lech went out of the house of the king and
    ,,,,
    '1's
    ,,,,~ 2,,,,: 4 spoke t o t h e king,' saying: " "0 my Lord the
    1 ' I 5s (1:
    r\n
    King, these men l l ~ v edone bad in all that they
    have done to Jeremiahb the prophet, whom they
    have thrown into the cistern, so that he will die
    =Jcr 52s where he is kcause of the famine." For there is
    no bread any more in the city,"
    10 Then the king commanded E'bed-me'lech
    the E.thi.dpl.an, saying: "Take in your chargee
    from this place thirty men, and you must get
    Jeremiahb the prophet up out of the cistern
    before
    he dies,"lc " Accordingly E'bed-me'lech"
    Itfi
    PS T*W
    !7O
    1 :
    took
    the
    men In his chargeP and went into the
    nJ6br :W:7
    yc.r 39.16 house of the king to beneath the treasury and
    took from there worn-out rags and worn-out

    vaarfl:T
    kiJ@rQe:T

    vJern:ls

    retary, that 1 may not die there."Y According- YJ",";$;Gs


    ly King Zed.e.ki'aha commanded, and they then
    put Jetlerniahb in custody in the Courtyard of
    the Guard:" nnd there was a giving of a round zEP3;7,
    loaf of brcad to him daily Irom the street of the 3;: @,
    balrers,' until all the bread was exhausted from J P P y : m
    I
    the c1ty.O And Jeremiahh continued dwelling in *1~ii
    F~ ~ , T : I : ,
    1'3
    l'r
    1fi;7
    37:
    11)
    the Courtyard of the GuardA
    nnc 3 : 5 3
    And Sheph.a.tirsh the son of f i t r t a n .Ir,r .-2;:;:..
    ~~
    and &d-a.li'ahc the son of Pash'hur and a . 7 ~.7~:13
    Ju'cal the son of Shel,e.rnitaha and Pash'hur' 'JrrZ1:l
    the son of Mallchi'jahm got to hear the wards lBJcrafl:e
    that Jeremiahh was speaking to all the people,' 4Jera1:8
    saying: ? "This is what Jehovah has said, 'The
    one conthuing to dwell in this city is the one mJer 21:e
    that will die by the sword,* by the Emin+ and &p'r%$!,l
    J er Z:I:IR
    by the pestl1ence.n But the one going out t o n.Tvr
    :I it17
    the Chal.de'ans is the one that will keep living ;?;: !;.;$
    and t h a t 11411 certainly come to have his soui'. rJcr ;1:o
    as a spoil. and alive.'r This is what Jehovah has :;;:: i.??
    ?5:1
    said, 'Without fail this city will be given Into o2.lil
    7r.lI m3ii:~7
    the hand of the military force of the king of j;::
    Babylon, and he wiIl certainly capture it.' "A ,$Fj,;f;:2,
    4 And the princes began to say Ito the king:(
    "Let this man,* please, be pnt t o death, f o r thatn::;;i,l;;t ;,;;;:,3:;:;+
    is how he Is weakening the hands of the men
    ;;
    of war who are left remaining in this city and I:; ;u411
    Alll
    the hands of all the people, by speaking to them HI^^ 10
    according to these words.^ For this manBis one k: $!&
    sco jprcrnjah 1:3, fmtrota c, B
    jenrnilh 1 : 1, footnote h,

    38

    )I, G'rlml.!~cn'R~i; meaning "Ynl~(tt) i s peat." d See Jcrmdnh


    30: 14, footnote,,i. " S o ~ l .31,
    ~ t~~pft'eak;
    L X X , Psbf.rh6'; Vg,
    fi

    aPni.mn. i"31nn.

    11, ha-islt.

    R'F

    J~l*sainL1 ;3, f o e ~ a t ar. Ben Jereminh 1:1, fwtnotc b.


    MI M ~ i ~ k i ~ i e ' k run;~ a n l n g "Ynh [u) i s ICinp." or, "'Ring of
    Tnl~( u )." d "E-thi.oPpipi.nn,"'
    I,fSl'g ; %d'ite,"
    3ISy. 'Litcrnlly,
    '*!IIII~~~,'"
    11.

    JEREMLAH 38 :12-18

    318

    pieces of cloth and let them down to Jeremiahn


    into the cisternr by means of the ropes. l X Then
    E'bed-me'Iech the E.thimotpi.ansaid t o Jeremiah:a"Put, please, the worn-out rags and the
    pieces of cloth under your m p i t s beneath the
    ropes." Jeremiaha now did so." '"inally
    they
    drew out Jeremiah8 by means of the ropes and
    brought him up out of the cistern. And Jeremiaha continued to dwell in the Courtyard of
    tNe 3 : z
    the G ~ a r d . ~
    Jcr 3 2 2
    231.1
    14 And King Zed-e-ki'ahb proceeded to send JPT
    Jcr 3i:21
    c r 3'1:11
    and take Jeremiahn the prophet to himUto the fnr
    :.=
    third e n t r y ~ a ywhich
    ,~
    is in the house of Seho. uJrra21:l
    J P 37:11
    ~
    vah,Y and then the king said to J ~ e m i a h "I
    : ~ v21Cl 1(;:18
    pJvr 211:2
    am asking something of you. D o not conceal
    from me anything.'" l5 At this Jeremiaha said
    to Zed.e.ki'ah :b "In case I should tell you, tvlll
    you not without fail put me t o death?' And fn
    case I advise you, you will not listen t o me."'
    that King Zed.e.ki'ahbswore t o Jeremiaha
    in the place of concealment," saying: "As Jehavah is alive, tvha has made f o r us this soul,cA
    I will not put you to death and I will net give
    you into t h e hand of these men who are seeking for your
    17 Jeremiaha now said t o Zed.e.kitah:b '"is
    fs what Jehovah, the God of aimies,*the God
    of Israel,* has said, 'If you \rill without fall go
    out to the princes of the king of Babylon, your
    soulc will dso certainly keep living and this city
    itself rvill not be burned with fire, and you yourself and your household will certainly keep living.' "But if you wi41 net go out to the princes
    of the king of Babylon,* this city will also cer-

    See Jexemiah 1 :1, footnote b.

    "Soul.'' M,nepk'esh; Tg, a'ni-ran.

    See Jererniali

    1 : 3, footuoto

    JEREMIAH 38 :19-24

    319

    e.

    tainly be given into the 11and of the Chd-de'ans,


    and
    they will actually burn it with. fiw,k and
    kj,K,l,Tf
    J P ~ S * YOU
    ,~
    yourself will not escape out of their
    3') H
    Jrqr

    J P F 5:' l!

    #l:'l{l

    L',

    hand,'

    "tl

    +I

    19 Then King Zed.e.M'ah" said to Jeremlah:b


    .I#.t' .l ' 5
    ! .
    "1 am in fright of the Jews that have fallen
    Etc 12.13
    away to the ChaE.de'ans,r for fear that they
    I.?" ? l ; : ~
    i;i::* r n l ~ h t~ i v eme into their hand and they might
    l
    with me."" **ButJereI;;TXY;; actually d c ~ abusively
    rnInhlF
    mid:
    "
    T
    h
    ~
    y
    will
    do no giving. Obey,
    .ll,h 1-2, 12
    Icr157,1,1
    ~sIc:ls~,thr~v~iceolJe~~oval~inwhatIarns
    ~I J~ sI 3:(l1
    : d: ~
    r.t.t1
    :rl:m in^ lo you, and jt will go well with you,t atld
    J('r Flb:l.{
    ~ O L I SS O U I ~ will continue to live.u "And if you
    : I4 ;
    J.Ib 1 'V
    are refusing to ga outlWthis is t h e thing that
    u ~ s :55*:i
    ,
    ? l'r 1:24
    Jehovah h ~ caused
    s
    me t o see:,' Z%d, look!
    ,'J''r9G:1B a11 the women that have been left remaining in
    ~ La
    J c r6:11
    d 3 : O the housc of the king of Judahs are being
    brou~htout to the princes of the king of Baby'JerBW3 lon,' and they are saying:
    " 'The men at peace with you hhave allured
    W u 41bW
    youn and prevailed over you."
    . ~ e r20:io
    Mlc 7:s
    " They have caused your foot to sink down
    A [ ~ 1: ~~ 2
    17'18
    into the very ooze;"hey have retreated
    PI a t ; ~
    T'r G:) 14
    in the opposite direction."
    *Jr.f .I&5
    Jcr dri 31
    ""And all your wives and your sons they are
    bringing out t o the Chalde'ans, and yau yawwill not escape out of their hmd," but by
    5jp:gh self
    the hand of the king of Babybn you will: be
    J~r3
    Jrr
    ~ qI :: fLlO
    JFFV:.H
    seiz~d,and because of you this city wiIl be
    u * l PW
    ~
    re,"*
    acr 5 2 18 hurncdd with
    24 And Zed.e.ki%ha prowedd t o say to Jemiah:" "May no man at all get t o know a b u t
    14.t :.i 9

    ,, ,:,

    -J~reniinh1: 9,

    fo~tnntnc. b ficc J~rrrminb1:1, footnote b,


    wSooul!~l,neph'csk; L I S , pey.r1re0; Tg, a ' n i . ~ ~d. "Thh city
    !vill 11r bur~ired,"LXXSyT; "thls oitr you lvill burn," 3i.

    ~SCF
    a

    these things, so that you do not die. e5Andin


    case the princesq hear that I have spoken with YE;%;;*
    you and they actually come in to you and say to Eze 2227
    you, 'Do tell us, please, What did you speak
    about to the king? Do not conceal anything
    from us, and we shalI not put you t o death. And
    what did the king speak about to you?' 2 o you
    must also say to them, 'I was letting my reguest
    for favor fall before the king," that he should kEr
    not send me back to the house of Je.hon'a.thann nit; 3";::~
    r J e r 38:15
    to die there.' "'
    sJer 2R10
    27 In time all the princess came in to Jere- Jer29:2
    Jer 34:10
    miaha and began questioning him. In &turn he J er 3 6 : ~
    toId them according to all these words that the :$: gj:$

    $z2

    king had commandednt So they became silent


    :gii5
    before him, for the matter was not heard. 2 B And 2K1AC 236
    Jererniaha continued to dwell in the Courtyard
    of the Guardu until the day that Jerusalem was 1%rFz5
    captured.' And it occurred just when Jerusa- j;; 2;;
    VPS 23:4
    lem was captured7
    Jer 153201
    In t h e ninth year of Zed.e.ki'ahbz the
    king of Judah, in the tenth rnonth,O
    Neb.u.chad.rez%arthe king of Babylon m d all his :g$
    ;;;
    military force came to Jerusalem and began t o :;;t&ls
    lay siege to it,& In the eleventh year of Zed.e- L ~ g
    kitah,b in the fourth month, on the ninth day of 21ci 252
    Jcr 5 2 4
    t h e month, the city was broken thr0ugh.O "nd
    J PY 52:5
    t2ICI 2 3 4
    a11 the princes of the king of Babylon proceeded Je r S L : ~
    Eze 33.21
    to come in and sit down in the Middle Gate,+-J,, 1 : ~ s
    Jcr 21:4
    [namely,] Ner'gal-sha.retzer? Sam'gar-ne'bo, Jer %:I7
    eJer 39:13
    Sar'se.chim, R a b ' ~ a . r i s ,NexJgd-sbare'zer
    ~
    the
    Rab'mag and all the rest of the princes of the
    king of Babylon.
    5419

    39

    ~4

    See Jeremiah 1: 1, footnote b. b See Jeremiah 1:3, footfiote e,

    Or, "the chief court-official!'

    4 Now it came about that as soon as 2ed.ekilaha the king of Judah and all the men of war
    saw them, they began to run away" and t o go
    "~~~~~
    Dc2Pi25
    *arc1 2.1 4 out by night from the city by the way of the
    garden of the king,* by the gate between the
    ;y,;, ,:%:;;
    1;Ici13a.s double wall," and they kept going out by the
    nDe l : i
    Jer 52:7 way of the Ar'a.bah.bll And a military force of
    rZCh .-:I1
    J,r 'J2.4 the ChaLde'ans went chasing after them,' and
    I.;, ;{slttl
    Jcr
    they got to overtake Zed.e.ki'aha in the desert
    ""t2U:%
    plains of Jer'i.cho?a Then they took him and
    sdos 5 : l O
    Jer 92 Y brought him up to Neb.u.chad.rez'zar the king
    OP Babylon at Rib'laht in the land of Ha'mathu
    that he might pronounce upon him judicial de;;J' g::$;
    r l y u 1 3 : ~ 1 c i s i o n ~%nd
    . ~ the king of Babylon proceeded to
    30s 13:s
    slaughtery the sons of Zed.e.kiraha in Rib'Iah
    before his eyes,' and all the nobles of Judah the
    :
    ;$E"z?! king of Babylon slaughtered," ' And t h e eyes of
    Zed.e.kilaha he blinded," after which he bound
    f;,2&3&, him with copper fetters,* in order to bring him
    T,gz~;$ato Babylon.'
    8 And the house of t h e king and the houses
    7;;
    83:
    ;
    J@r
    3439
    n2Ki 25*7 of the people t h e Chd.de'ans burned with fire,'
    Jcr 32.4
    and the walls of Jerusalem they pulled down.*
    EAE12:13
    ~ 3 . qIG 21 "nd
    t h e rest of the people who were left seP 4 10- 10
    FJ& 52:ll rnaining in the city and the deserters that had
    ' $ ~ ~ 5 fallen
    ~ , ~ 9away to him and the rest of the people
    who
    F,",gL,, were left remaining Neb.u'zar-adtan* the
    chief of the bodyguardx took into exile t o BabyaA;F:i:10
    Jer 5214 ~
    "Jcr 40:1

    ''$;Z3
    nJcr52:16

    5Ffg:;Sa
    a

    10 And some of the people, the lowly ones


    who had nothing at all, Neb+utzar-ad'an the
    chief of the bodyguard let remain in the land
    of Judah;n and he went on to give them vineyards and compulsory services on that day.'

    See 3ei.ernieth 1:3, footnote e.

    Or, "the desert plxiu."

    JEREMIAH 39 :11-18

    322

    11 Furthermore, Neb-u-chad-rcz'sarthe king


    of Eabylon gave command concerning Jeremiaha by means of Neb.u'zar-adfanthe chief of

    the bodyguard," saying: " 'Take him and keep


    your on7n eyes set upon him, and do not do t o
    him anything bad at all.t But just as 11e may
    speak to you, SO do with him."u
    13 So Neb-u5za-ad'an' the chief of the bodyguard and Neb.u-shaz'ban the Rab'~a.ris,~
    and
    Xer'gal-sha-re'zer the Rab'mag" and a11 the
    principal mend of the king of Babylon mnr;
    " they even proceeded to send and take Jererniahn out of the Courtyard or the GuardY and
    give h h over to Ged.a-li"ahezthe son of AM'kam' the son of Sha'phantD in order to hring
    him forth to [his] house, t h a t he might dwell
    In the midst of the people.
    15 And to Jeremiaha the word of Jehovah
    occurred while he happened t o be shut up in the
    Courtyard of the Guard: saying: lU
    "Go,f and
    you must say to E%ed-merlechPthe E8thf.afpi.an,g' 'This is what Jehovah o f armies, the
    God of Israel, has said: "Here I am bringing
    58:Zl
    true my words upon this city f o r calamity and 62Ch
    Jer 19:12
    not for good,""and they mill certainly happen JJcr
    a r 2i:n
    ZG:15
    before you in that day." ''
    J r r :3!i;17
    Dn 0:1,
    17 " 'And I will deIiver you in that day," is nj! I ?:H; i l
    the utterance of Jehovah, 'and you will not be = I1>s
    , % 41:1
    given into the hand of the men because of whom Y1's3' nr1:35
    !al:l.i
    ::I9
    you yourself are in fright.'"
    Zrtp 2:3
    kL1S-m
    ?-$!I4
    18 " 'Far I shall without fail furnish you an
    3'43
    Jt,r

    I : 1, footnote b.

    Or, '9he ehief court-oFllrit~l.l'


    Or, ."the chief magian (soothsa~er;nstrologr?r)." 01;"rhi~t:of
    the great ones.'' d Or, ''t11e chiefs." 31. rub-hinr'. * Scc J~rrlt~inh
    33: 1, fuotnote e. See Jcreminh 13: 1, footnote a. g See Jcrpmittli
    33 : 7, foootnbte d.
    8

    See Jeremiah

    JEREMIAH 40 :1-5

    323

    escape, and by the sword you will not fall; and


    you will certainly come to have your soulu as a
    ~pnil,~l
    becausr you have trusted in rne,'r is the

    l:J,";$:::
    J
    :
    r!$11
    :;.I:!
    11 'I!, , .'*)

    11t.l crmcP

    of Jehovah."
    The word that occurred t o Jermiahb
    I n % 32
    from Jehovah after Neb-u'zar-adran=the
    ' * . ' a.i:ia
    PS
    !
    of the b d y g u ~ r dsent him from Ra'mah:
    ,,, .,IT::# chief
    ; ; when he took him while he as boundwith handy!:;
    ?:; C U ~ Sin f hc midst of all the exiles of Jemsalem
    J1>r5..!2 and of Judah, who weye kin^ taken into exile
    t J # ) T IH%
    in R t b y l ~ n . ~
    Thcn
    ~ the cFtief of the bodyguard
    J - 4 ,:
    lkl . fnbk , l ~ s ~ l n i annd
    h ~said t o him: "Jehovah your
    t . , ~ 2tF
    God himself spoke this calamity against this
    ::l
    j
    r
    q
    ,.I , . ~ - , 14
    "11~ltJeI~ovahmight bring [it 1 true and
    vLcq 2;:
    $3 do just as he has spoken, because YOU people
    T h o 20:25
    have ginned against Jehovah and have not
    :pI~,l;lh
    I:
    at~eyerlIlls voice, And this thing has happened
    1.0 TDIT.~ And now, look! I have let you loose
    1 )
    todtiy from the h ~ n d c u f l sthat were upon your
    It0 25
    h ~ n d r ~If. it is goad In your eyes to come with
    me to Babylon, come, and I shall keep my eye
    ~ ~ @ upon
    r ~you,"uL
    ~ l ~If It is bad in your eyes to come
    .rvith mp to Rahylon, rcfrain, See! The entire
    Innd lfi b c f o r ~you, To wl~ereverit is good and
    in your eyes to go, RO there.' "And there
    'Gpmm"ight
    G V 20:13
    is
    YPE
    no one that would return, but do you
    T l i l zr"22
    r :il;:i.~ return to G.ed.a.1isah" the sol? of A.hi'karnAthe
    r4.r 4 1 :"
    ":-!lii 22?.12
    son of Sha"plzn, whom the king of Babylon
    Zc'lr :I !:M
    .TI.. :?ti.:: I has commissioned over the cities of Judah, and
    b2FC1 22 H
    d w ~ l twith him In the midst of the people; or to
    'brT:8
    wherever it is right in your eyes to go, go."*
    SC 1:11
    And thcchief ofthebodyguardthengave
    ;
    J''r 1 7 : f q i m
    a food allowance and a present and let him

    40

    '

    ,,

    'L8nlll!'

    a!,

    wrph'rdr;

    1: I , rontnote b.

    L,U, pnp.chFr; Vg, dni,mrr, b See Jeremiah

    JEREMIAH 40: 6-11

    324

    a remnant t o Judnh and that he had commisAccordingly Jeremiaha came to Ged-a- y,KJg:M
    "Jer 3 9 ~ 4sioned over them Gd.a.liFahnu the son of A-hi'Iirah*the sun of A.hi'kam at Wz'pah' and took,;c;p;;,
    kam the son of Sha3Ilnn. I2And all the Jerrrs
    up dwelling with him in the midst of the people
    began t o return Irom EIH the places to which
    who were left remaining in the Iand.
    11-3 I.-.:=
    they had been di~prsecl,nnd they kept coming
    7 In time a11 the chiefsa of the rniIitary forces
    into the land of Judah t o Gecl.amlikhu
    at Miz'who were in t h e field,lc they and their men, got kB$,lg:gy
    I
    pah.v And they went gathering wine and sumto hear that the king of Babylon had cornmis-. Jthr:i'I:l
    1 a 7.5
    '
    lici 15:za mer fruits in very great quantity.
    sioned Ged.a.li'ahc t h e son of A.hi'k~rnover the
    ~'JcrdI:tl
    13 AS for Joha'nan~the son of Ka.retaha and
    land and that he had commissioned him [over] I I ~ I 2~ I~ ~ 2 2
    3cr 4 l : l R
    J
    :
    all
    the chiefs of Ihc mililnry forces who were in
    the men and women and little children and some j:,'::?{:
    der 43:2
    d
    c
    r
    40:s
    the
    field,"lhey cnmc to Gedm~.li'ahA
    at Miz'pah.
    of the lowly people of the land, who had not "??; Zi?
    "2K1 Si:4
    And
    they
    proceeded
    to
    say
    l
    o
    him:
    "Do you
    ~
    4
    ,
    2?:10
    r
    ~
    z
    r
    i
    2
    j
    s
    :
    ~
    been taken into exile in Babylon." So they 1J1.r d l : l l
    nut
    af
    all
    know
    t
    h
    a
    t
    RaPa.lis,
    the
    king
    of the
    J1.r
    Jer rn.7
    52116
    came to Gd.a.lirahat Miz'pah, even 1sh'ma.eEr
    I
    ;::is
    tl"all:l
    sons of Am'rnon," himself has sent Ish'ma.elA
    the son of Neth.a.ni'ahds and Jo.ha'nan' and ~;;;
    +47:2
    r
    232 10.1 I
    tl?<n 23 28
    J ~ zs:a
    C
    the son o f Neth.aLni'ahbto strike you to the
    J~n'a.than,~
    the sons of Ka-~c'ah,~
    and ScmraiPah
    I I I, L. ;I
    Jer 4210
    491 SOUT?"~' But Ged.a.ti'aha the son of A.hi'kam
    the son of Tan-hu'meth and the sons of E'phal ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ \ Jcr
    $ 25:2
    a
    Ezc
    , t l l l l . m didnot believe thern."'"And Jod~a'nan* the son
    the Ne.toph'a.thiteu and Jez.a.ni'aRcv the son of ;~;:ti,,f!~l
    of Ka.relah himself s d d to Gerl.a.?i'~h,~
    in a
    the Ma.ac'a.thite,r they and their men. O And ,Dv
    ,Jon 1 2 5
    C Z K f 2 j : 2 3 Iplace of concc~llrnet~t
    in
    MIzJppah:
    "I
    want
    to
    go,
    Ged.a.li'ahcx the son of A.hj'karn* the son of
    +311c 7:s
    ;;$
    @l(:o 1,3:7 now, and strike down 1sh'ma.el the son of NethSl~a'phan"proceeded to swear to them and to j::; ;;;,;e,i
    *Jcr 41:11
    J e r 4?:i
    ani'ah, as no one a t all will know,' Why should
    their men,&saying: "Do not be afraid of serving
    I
    3er 13.2
    *21(;, ;?:A?
    elSa
    2
    ~
    :
    a
    he strike you to the sou113and why must all
    the C11nl.de'ans. Continue dwelling In the land j,,,
    ,,:,I
    ? ',X
    thase of Judah who nre belng collected toand serve the king of Babylon, and it will KO K'lil
    . 1stt&?>,I7
    gether to you h e dispersed and thc remnant of
    well with sov.' IbAnd as far me, here I am :yj:',?yA
    Judah per id^?"^^ '" But Ged.n.li'ahnn the son of
    d~velllngin Miz'pah,' in order to stand kfore y;:3;:fl
    1 l z r . ; l 5 z A.hi'kaml'said to Jo-ha'nan the son of Ka.re%h:
    the Chal.de'ans? who will come to us.' And as ;:(~.7
    .lt.r 39.13
    r~sr2x12 "Do not do this thing, for It is a falsehood that
    for YOU yourselves, gather wine* and summer e;;; ;;;,~5
    1Ch 3i:ZO
    J e r 26:24 YOU are speaking cbheernfng Ish'rna.el,"e
    IntitsU and oil and put [them] in YOUR VCOSCIS -i). !,,I:
    eder 41:2
    nrt lkl6
    and d~veI1in POUR cities t h a t YOU have seized." -\zi;;>a
    So it came about in the seventh month
    10
    25:23
    11 And all the Jews that were in Mo'ahtl~ n krh(l
    dJvr 3'1
    t1;:!1
    that Ish'rnn.ell the son of Neth.a.nitah
    .Jcr 40:X
    ~ G ~ Z Othe son of E.lish'n.ma1' of the royal offspringcv
    among the sans of Am'monr and in E'domn ~ n d%l;'Lk!?i"
    ? LKl I 1 1.
    2Ch ZZIIO and [of the] princip~llmen of the king and ten
    thase who were in all the [other] lands,L they :!:.?:, ,$' $
    Eze 17:13
    aIso heard that the king of Babylon had given T:'i":.'iXi,'"
    the
    yzlii z x s other men with him,' came t o Ged4alli%aha
    a SPP Jwerninll 38: I, Eoot~lotr!s. b"To file ~otzl." Or, "mortallr."
    SPC J ~ r e n l i ~1h: 1, footnote 11. b Or, d n p r i n ~ e ~If1
    r ' l~ t t ~ r i ~ a~ Spe
    a',
    31, t ~ ~ ~ ~ k ' e L.XY,
    s h ; pily,chP" Yg, a"lrib?rrn.e Or, "oiTupring of The
    dci.ci~~inli
    38 : 1, footnote r. d N, S ' t B r r ~ r . ! ~ r t ' k a ; t~~rannir~p
    * ' Y n l ~u)(
    go.*

    vvzq:l

    41

    I ~ given.'!
    R

    N, I - " : r r ~ . y u ~ ~merini
    z ~ ; tig *-Ynll(rr ) girls.r mr to."

    kingship."

    JEREMIAH 41:L 8

    326

    son of A.hi%am at Miz'pah.2 And there they zJer 4 0 s


    began to eat bread together in Miz'pah.' "en
    *e4E;9
    Ish'ma.el the son of Neth.a.niiah and the ten ph2;;:&
    men that happened to be with him rose up and
    struck down Ged.a.li'aha the son of A.hiPkam
    the son of Sha'phan with t h e sword.DSo he put Dig
    g2;,
    to death the one whom the king of Babylon had
    commissioned over the land." %nd all the Jews AJer 40:T
    who happened to be wit11 him, that is, with
    Ged.a.li'ah,a in Miz'pah, and the Chal.de'ans
    who were found there, t h a t is, the men of war,
    :I=
    223s
    Ishrma.eI struck down.+
    Ps 52 5
    4 And it came about on the second day of g$i[
    the putting of Ged.a.IitahS to death, when there Ro 3 1 3
    was no one at all that knew [it])' "then there ''j32:;
    G~ 33.18
    came men from She'~hern,"~
    from Shi'loh-and
    rGe 342
    from Sa.mar'i.a," eighty men with their beards ?&:32
    shaved off]'. and with their garments ripped &;$J
    apart and with cuts made upan themselves, and
    n
    ;4
    there were grain offering and frankincensea in CEK 30:i4
    their hand to bring t o the house of Jehovah," k$1':;1"7
    SOIsh'rna.eI the son of Neth.a.ni'ah went out fg:t!2
    from Miz'pah to meet them, weeping while he
    was walking along.' And it came about that as ,;;ay::;3
    soon as he encountered them he proceeded to
    say to them: "Come to Ged.a.li'aha the son of
    A-hi'kam." * But it came about t h a t as soon as
    they came into the midst of the city 1sh'ma.el
    the son of Neth.a.ni'ah went ~Iaughteringthem9 i" Q2,;:
    [and throwing themJb into the midst of t h e
    cistern, he and the men that were with
    tE;5jg3
    But there were ten men that were found ge5;&
    among them who immediately said to 1sh'rna.d:
    "Do not put us to death, for there exist in our

    *%$!A!

    AJ

    1$zy;j;9

    See Jeremiah 33 : 1, footnote c.


    See verse 9.

    b "And

    throwing them," Sy.

    possession hid ltreasures in the field, wheat and


    barley and oil and honey."" So he refrained, and
    ~$;b,$,4
    h.It
    he did not put them t o death in the midst of
    Mt 16:26
    their brothers. Now the cistern into which
    Tshrrna.elv threw all the corpses of the men that
    ~J",",1,7;,2a
    rlsa 1s:e he had struck down was a great cistem,"Y the
    1% 1.1!11
    one that King A'm had made because of Ba'aNeb
    sha the king of Israel." It was the one that
    ~$5~:~::7
    1sh'ma.el the son of Neth.a.nifahb filled with
    those slain.
    10 Then IshYma.eltook captive all the rem*Je1-40:12 , nant of the people who were in Miz'pah," the
    daughters of the king" and all the people who
    "Jer
    scr 8:a
    43%
    A a e r 4 3 : ~ were
    remaining over in Miz'pah," whom
    Neb.u'zar-adtan the chief of the bodyguard had
    put in the custody of Ged.a.li'ahc the son of
    OJer 40:7
    A.hi'km,@SoIshJma.el the son of Neth.a.nifah
    took them captive and went off to cross over
    to the sons of Am'mon.'
    ,E, %&$ 11 In time Jo.ha'nanm the son of Ka-re'ah and
    all the chiefs of the military forces" who were
    ,g;;$,Z, with him got to hear aiI the bad that Ish'mael
    the son of Neth.a.nirah had done, lWeonsequently they took all the men and went o b to fight
    Ishlma.el the son of Neth.a.nitah" and
    T,E,1s1: against
    found him by the abundant waters that were
    k2- 2 ~ 1 3 in Gib'e.an,k
    13 Then it came about that as soon as a11 the
    people
    that
    :jT:,"$J::
    Il were with 1sh'ma.eI" saw Jo-ha'nanr
    the san of Ka-re'ah and all the chiefs of the milisrer 41:11 tary forces who were with
    they began to
    rejoice. 14And all the people whom Ish'mael
    tJer
    had led captive from Mz'paht proceeded t o turn

    ."Was a great cistern," L X X ; "by the hand (at the instanoe) of


    Ctod.a.Li'ah," M. See Jeremiah 36; 14, footnote h, C See Jeremiah
    38 ; 1, footnote c.

    JEREMIAH 41:1-2

    :3

    328

    329

    JEREMIAH 42 :4-11

    around and return and go to Joha'nan the son


    way in which we should walk and the thing that
    of- Ka.re'ah. "And as for Ishfma.el t h e son of
    yPr
    p","3z
    ;f: we should do. "Y
    Neth.a.ni'ah, he escapedu with eight men,v be- ulKl20:21I
    :6
    4 At that Jererniaha the prophet said to
    Job 21:30
    M1c 4:a
    Ec 8:11
    cause of Jo-ha'nan, that he might go to the sans v2Ki
    t h e m : "'I have heard. Here I am praying t o
    25323
    of Am'mon.
    zEx 8:m
    Jehovah YOUR God according t o YOUR w ~ r d s , ~
    1Sa 12:23
    25:2.3
    16 Jo.ha'nanY the son of Ka-re'ah and a11 the YZKI
    and it will certainly occur that every word that
    Jer 10:8
    4Q:13
    chiefs of the military forces who were with him Jer
    Yer 42:l
    '&$Qg;l4 Jehovah gives in answer t o YOU I shall tell YOU.*
    now took all the remnant of t h e people whom Jer
    432
    olsn 3:18 I shall not hold back from YOU a word.'"
    Ps r10:10
    they brought back from Ish'ma.el the son of
    ac 2o 20
    5 And they, for their part, said to Jeremiah: a
    Neth.a.ni'ah, from Miz'pah, after he had struck zJer 4 1 3
    "May Jehovah prove t o be a true and faithful
    down Ged.a.li'ahz the son of A.hitkam, able- *Jer 41:12
    witnesso against usA if it is not according t o
    e r 42:8
    &
    ;?,"',:
    bodied men, men of war, and t h e wives and the JJer
    43:4
    word with which Jehovah yaur God sends
    19:37
    :MIC
    g;:;$ 1:2 every
    little chiIdren and the court officials, whom he WrZSa
    e 5:19
    i
    YOU to us that we shall exactly do,b "Whether
    CDc 5:27
    brought back from Gib'e.on.* l7 So they went 5 17.7
    i:51
    a~rct22:s good or bad,+ it is the voice of Jehovah our God
    Ezr
    2
    :21
    and took up dwelling in the lodging place of 4Tsa 30.2
    t o whom we are sending you that we shall
    42.14
    Chim'ham" that was beside Bethrle.hem," in JJ ec rr J3:7
    obeylmto the intent that it may go well with us
    ",D,e:f"::gbecause
    2313
    order to go on and enter into Egypt, : Is
    because +Isa
    we obey t h e voice of Jehovah ~ uGod."'"
    r
    3er 21:4
    *Do
    PS 128:2
    5:33
    of the Chal.de'ans;+ for they had become afraid JJ ee rr 37:5
    Jcr ~ ~ 2 3 7 NOW
    it came about at the end of kn days
    52:s
    because of theml@since 1sh'rna.d the son of e I s a 30:16
    that the word of Jehovah proceeded t o occur
    429
    Keth.a.ni8ah had struck down Ged.a-li'aha the Jer
    +Hnb2!3 to Seremiahmag
    Jcr 43:3
    s S o he called for Jo.ha'nan the
    25:25
    son of A.hirkam,' whom the king of Babylon v21Ci
    Jer 4 1 2
    son
    of Ka.re'ah and for all the chiefs of the
    I
    ,
    :
    ,
    "Jer 40:s
    had commissioned over the land,"
    k.Tor
    O.R
    military forces who were with him and for all
    --""- d--.;;$Jer ~~;~~
    4 1 9 6 the people, from the smallest one even t o the
    Then a11 the chiefs of the military forces Scr 40:13
    Jer qa:1
    ;;
    Jcr .~.J:zgreatest one$
    and he went on to say to them:
    and Jo.ha'nanl<the son of Ka-re'ah and ;
    Jcr ns:n
    rhaKI. 22:15
    ncr
    I4This
    is
    what
    Jehovah
    the God of Israel, to
    Jez.a.ni'ahbtl the son of Ho.shai'ahr and all the :j,",',$?Z3
    rGe 2 6 2
    whom
    YOU sent me t o cause your request for
    ps
    3;::3
    people, from the smallest one even to the great- ~ j ~ ~ j ~ ~sPs
    +6Y:55
    B
    favor to fall before him,n has said, loTIE YOU
    est one, approached5 "and said t o Jeremiahe J; ,":go
    will without fail keep dwelling in this land,r I
    the prophet: "May our request for favor,t :EI$,
    ge3,1%
    also build YOU up and I shall not tear [ ~ o u j
    please, faII before you, and do you pray in our
    tE $;$; will
    down,
    and I will pIant YOU and I shall not uproot
    behaIf t o Jehovah your God," in behalf of all AC s:z4
    Z ~" E2 I!n2:16
    J
    : ~
    1 I
    : LYOU]
    for I shall certainly feel regret over the
    this remnant, for we have been left remaining, xk?;i?&
    Jt.r :8:8
    C:27
    ssr2 6 : ~calamity that I have caused t o YOU,^ l1 Do not be
    a few out of
    just as your eyes are see- De
    De ~ : 6 2
    Ho 11:s
    ing us. a And may Jehovah your God tell us the g!;:
    Joe 213 afraid because of the king of Babylon, of whom
    $2,
    ;ZZ6 YOU are in fear.'^
    a Sea Jeremiah 38 : 1, footuotc c. b "Jea.a.ni'ah," JIT'gSyT;
    'DOnot be afraid because of him," is the
    I
    $
    "Az.a.rifah,?' L I X , as in Jeraruinh 43: 2. See Jeremiah 1:1,

    ,,,,

    42

    :;::A

    ,,,,,,

    erz;

    footnote b,

    Sclu Jere~niah1. :1, footnote b.

    utterance of Jehovah, fa^ I am with thou, In


    order to .=Ye YOU and to deliver YOU out of his
    hand.Y And I shall give to You mercies, and he y2&?$,
    will certainly have mercy upon YOU and return pa44"y;
    lrout o roun own soi1.n l 3 But if YOU a r e saying:
    "No; we are not going to dwell in this land!" 2;y ; ~
    ;$045
    in order to disobey the voice of Jehovah YOL'R ;
    God,' l4 mying: "EQ,
    but into the land of Egypt '?tr%;:,,
    we shnll enter, where we shnll see no war' and ;7:
    the sound of the trumpet IW shall not hear and Jcr 437
    for bread we shall not go hungry, and there is
    nEr 16:s
    where we shall dwelI;" '"
    Eu 1 7 3
    15 "Even now therefore hear the word of
    Jehoval~,0 remnant of dudnh. This is what 3ehovah of armies, t h e God of Israel, has said, 'If
    YOU ~ O U P S ~ ~ VpCs Si t i v d y 6 ~ tYOLX
    :
    faces to enter
    into Egypt and you acrunlly enter in t o reside
    there for a ~ - h i l eti"', ~ must also occur that the OErz?A
    w r y sword of which YOU m e afraid ~ 3 1 1thcre
    catch up with YOU in the land of Egypt,' and +%g:%
    the very famine at which You are in a fright
    g;;;:;g
    will t h ~ r eclosely follorv ater ~ o to
    v Egypt,' ,
    ~ 2 :
    and there I s where YOC will die.' li And it will
    Lj
    :
    ;;;;g
    come about that all the men that have set their
    faces to enter into Egypt to reside there for a
    while will be t h e ones t o die by the svord, by
    the famine and by the pestjlence;" and they will *fgz;g
    n0.t come t o have a survivor or an escnpcc, b ~ cause of the calamity that I am bringing in
    kJer 44:14
    upon them.'k
    Jer M:28
    18 "For thls is what Jehovah of armies, the n#r;,i,::;
    God ofIsracI, has said, 'Just as my anger and my
    rage have been poured out upon the inhabitants 5; :;$
    ;J; gj%
    of Jieru~alern,~
    so my rage will he pound out der
    GS
    upon YOU because of YOUR entering into Egypt, g2i'4
    I
    and mu will certainIy become a curse and an

    object of astonishment and a malediction and a


    rft: reproach,r and you will no more see thls place.IA
    19 "Jehovah has w k e n against YOU, 0 mrnRj;: !:;;! nant a l Judah. Do not enter into EgyptdtYOU
    ~110~iIcl
    positively know thnt I have borne wltness
    ~[>;In p17
    -<[J16
    2
    txa 31.1
    against
    YOU today,U that YOU have committed
    l.:l@ i7 l5
    YOUR SOUIS;~V for YOU yourselves
    trI>c131:21 error ~minst.
    It'll 21:19
    have fient me t o Jehaval~YOUR God, fi~lying,
    '396
    \ i"' 8:.'d
    ~ ~ ! 'Pmy
    l ~ ' ~1n~ o t ~ rbehalf 20 Jehovah our God; ~ n d
    according to every thing lhat Jehovah our God
    says lrll us that wny, nnd we sllall certainly
    ~
    . ~ ~ I tell YOU tod~y,"but YOU will cerIDC 142:a
    rJrr
    1 : ~ ~ 1 9?-nd
    tainly not obey t h e voicc of Jehovah yous God
    *FrT:T or anything with ~vhichhe has sent me to you.'
    2z And now you should positively know 11rat by
    '
    '$ iF the sward,0 by the famine and by the pestilence
    YOU wS11 die in the plnm Into which YQU do delight to enter to reside h r a n~hfle."~
    Now it came ~ h o u that
    t
    as soon as Jererniahb finished speaking to all the people
    a11 t h e words of Jehovah their God wIth which
    !?&\:.$
    ~
    Jehovah their God had sent him to thcm, even
    5;;
    Jihr6r:5
    a11 thcse words,@ Azbn.rirahthe son of I-lo.sh8ir*Jcr 42-1
    @df1r.IO:IS ah' and Jo.ha'nano the son of Ka.rerah" and all
    Jrbr :16
    f l ~ epresumptuous menw proceeded to say to
    I):\: r2);:
    -21ii
    %23
    Jeremiah: "It is a falsehood that you are
    :
    I'.i 113.4
    speaking. Jehovah our God has not sent you,
    ,,,,I,
    ;:: tg:l saying, 'Donot enter into Egypt to reside there
    for n
    But Bar'uchn the son of Ne.riPah
    ;
    s t far the purpose of
    ; ; is insligating you ~ g ~ l nus
    ~rrJer
    t d c ,r.36:4
    r5.12 giving us into the hand of the Chal.de'nns,'' to
    put us to death or t o take us into exile in
    : J P 4138
    ~
    r--J ihr;c3:4 Babylon,"a
    mdbSo-~la."
    M, fidp?~o.s?zfibht;
    ELK, psgbrfratp;Vg, atvtibmae,b Sea
    Jcrcu~iah1: 1, L"outr1ote b.

    J,::

    c::;,

    JEREMIAH 43: G I 1

    332

    4 And Ja.haYnanthe son of Kabretahand all


    the chiefs af the militmy forces and all the people did not obey the voice af Jehovah,t to keep t:g\2f;lR
    on dwelling in the land of J u d a h . ~30
    ~ Jo.ha'nan;!i;;T{;,
    the son of Ka.re'ah and all the chiefs of the mi- Jcr .12:10
    tary form took all the remnant of Judah that
    liad returned from all the n ~ t i n n sto which they

    JEREMIAH 43:-:5

    333

    [due] for death will be for death, and whoever

    [duel lor captivity will be for captivity, and


    Ee"5:z3iswhoever
    is [due] for the sword will be for the

    BJer

    zec11:g

    ~ I C X12:1a

    1 2 And X will set a fire ablaze in the


    of
    thc godsn of Egypt;C nnd hc will cerl l ! > : l .i!a,lH
    Zainly burn tllem and lead them captivey and
    1 : 6 .
    wrap himself up In t h e land of Egypt, just as
    8,4!$:': ':.:
    hat1 bccn dispersed, i n orclcr lo reside for a
    a shepherd wraps himself up in his garrnenE,U
    4;;
    :$7,
    ,
    11-hile in the land of J u d a S ~ ,'I~even t h e able- Vj,";$:::,l,d E
    and
    ;
    :
    :
    ;
    i
    nhc will actualIy go out from there in peace.
    bodied men and the ~vlvesnnd the little children
    And hrr will certainly break a0 pieces the
    *3cr2:16
    4 =r43:7
    and the daughters of the kinF and every SOUPYJCr
    E:.C mi8 pillars of Rrth-she'meshb that Is in the land
    J P s~ 2 : ~
    ul\d 1:#:13
    that Neb.utzar-ad'annl the chlel of the body- ~ n J e r:lg:lO
    Jvr 2.1s of Egypt, and thc houses of the gbdsn of Empt
    guard had let stay with Ge~l.a.li'ah~~z
    the son of z ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ : he: will
    with fire.'' "Y
    ~ burr1
    ~
    H(>9.6
    A.hj'knmmthe son of Sha'phan17and Jererniahc ,is!&,
    Al\a 11.11
    The word that occurred t o JeremiahCfor
    der 4.k:IB
    the prophet and Bartuch"I~e son of Ne.ri'ah.d 5;; 2: f;
    Eze 2 9 1 4
    all the Jews that were dwelling in the
    KLC 30:14
    And tlicy finalIy came into (hc lnnd of E-aypt,
    land
    of
    Egypt,Y
    the ones dwelling in MigldoI* and
    m;.y;:;a
    '
    6
    ;
    '
    :
    2:g.z
    for they did not obey t h e voice of Jehovah; and J + ~ * I SL:
    ,urL 25:lO
    ?ih
    :a17 in Tah'pnn.hes0and In Nophdoand in the land of
    they came gradually as far as Tah'pan.hesWo 'JJX:i'?
    ;cr 3!1:8
    Path'ros," snying: a "This is what Jehovah of
    ;W ,,:I4
    8 Then the word of Jehovah occurred t o
    armies,
    Zhr? God1$of Israel, has said, 'You yourJereminhC in Tahtpan.hes, saying:" "'Take in +2T12'9
    selves have seen dl the calamity thnt I have
    ;
    <
    :
    ;
    :
    ;
    yaur hand great stones, and you must hide them
    brought In upon Jerusalem0 and upon all the
    IIlC 3:a
    in the mortar in the terrace of bricksee that
    w z r 9:6
    cities of Judak, and here they are a devastated
    31,9 3 3
    Is at the entrance of We house of Phar'aoh in 3x3:""
    place this d ~ y nnd
    ,
    in them there is no inhabit~ c ?:IT
    r
    Jcr 4:18
    Tah'pmhes before the eyes of the Jewish men.' "=,"'? {3,i:
    ant.*
    It
    Iw
    because
    of their badnessa' that they
    .Jcrl]:17
    And you must say to them, 'This is what
    did in order t o affend me by going and making
    Jehovah of armies, the Godf of Israel, has said: *Jer i - 1 5
    sncrificinl smoke-and rendering service t o other
    2 f : ~
    ;
    "Here I am, sending and I will take Neb.u.chad-I 3er
    F,
    (rp
    Jer22:g
    godsa whom they themselves had not known,
    k 1Ch 36:15
    rez'znr the king of Babylon,*my servant," and ci: ::
    J~.~:;IJ
    neither
    you nor omf fore fathers.' ' A n d 1 kept
    Jrr 23.4
    I rvi 11 place his throne rj ght above these stones k,'; $: ,5&
    sending to You all my servants the prophets,
    J W 2s:s
    J r r 29i19
    that I have hidden, and he u-ill certainly extend ,E:,"$;!FO
    rising ~ i pearly and sending," saying: ' 9 0 not
    z,.,. ,.,
    1h.Jr.r
    1t;:l8
    Ills state tentg over them, li And he must come j;:;&;i9
    ,.?a,
    :;ti:16 dol plcns~,this detestable kind of thing that I
    P a 81:11
    in and strike the land of Egypt,P Whoever is E;: :;,';$'
    ,:,, have hnted."ll But they did not listen," nor did
    a"Sonl." 31, Aan-?teplrt~sh; JII.T, pmyb~knir;Vg, a'ni.mn. b SF^
    ''Gods." hlI, .~I.o.him', Or, ns in Vg, "the Bouae of tltc 6nn."
    J ~ i m i i n h35: 1, footnotr c. 8ce J r i r ~ ~ l i n 1:
    l l 1, Iootn~teh. d Sce
    LX-1;. " ~ ~ . l i . o p t u . l l ~a .SPC
    " Jvretnjah 1 : I., fontnote I). d "Sopb,"
    Jcrrnlinh 36 : 11,footnote j, * Or, "in t h ~11nns'ta.ha." "Qad." 31,
    >I; ''Jf~~l'pllir,''yg; "hln.pllae' [>1cmrphis],'"yT.
    '%0d." Jf,
    J:'r.o.lti~n'. a Or, '%is canopy"; or, "hjs cnrpet,"
    b,+!.omiiinzf.

    :sns:zr.
    1x11 1Yl
    .io3r.N.B h o u m

    44

    ,,,

    J
    I

    335

    JEREMIAH 44:l2-17

    theleg indine their ear to turn back horn their


    for mttIng off all Judah.i And I will take the
    tb;
    badness by not making sacrificial smoke to
    tfl
    1% R
    2 1.10~ 7remnant of Judah who set their faces to enter
    other gods.a3 SO my rage and my anger were ;e2?&3
    J P $1
    nrn
    2~1I
    : m into the land of Empt to reside there for a
    poured out and t h e y hurned in the cities of j;;
    tvhlle,ll and they will all certainly conle to their
    II.I,-~
    .!:'.IA
    Judah and in the streets of Jerusa1em;t and ~:rcsYi3
    fnish in t h e land ot E m t . ' They will fall by
    v~.'~;~,~,,~l
    Rn 1.2
    they came to to a devastated place, a desolate I r I h l ~ . ~ l
    I
    t
    r
    t h e worrl, [andl by the faminey they will
    y.lcr .I:! n
    .lt.i' ""lCI.S
    waste, as at this day.'u
    nIio 4:l~
    .I, t T,'.lJ
    come to their finish," from the smallest one
    7 "And now this is what Jehovah, the Godt) 'L?.': ;"$
    w e n to the matest one; by the stvord and by
    of armies, the Godb of Israel, has said, 'Why arei$;\
    the hminc they will die. And they will cerYOU causing a great calamity to YOUR souls,cv$;; $j.;d!
    tninIy
    become A CLII~SC,' an object of astonish'@,l.r
    ;%%$
    in order t o cut offs from yourselves man and .!,;;j~&
    Jvr 2
    7,;1 . 9la nlrnt nnrl R mnl~clictionand a reproach."dnA"'
    woman, child and sucWir~g,~
    out of the midst of
    z4.cH 1:1 I wilt hold an nccauntit~gagainst those dwelling
    Judah, so that YOU do not Eeave over for your- =;;;,yf!iS
    ,:.s 3:s
    in the land of Ezypt, just as I held an accountselves a remnant,' by offending me with the J v r 25.13
    ing a g ~ i n s tJerusalem, with the word, with
    10 an
    works of YOUR hands by making sacrlficinl .4$!&j?2
    the famine and with the pe~tilence.~ And
    '.$;;~~;!~
    moke to other godsR' in the land of Egypt, inlo C::?,i
    .IL~I.
    sa; 10 there will come t o be na escapee or survivor for
    !2j&
    !IT 4 2 : I H
    which s o u are entering to reside far a while, ;;:;\;;5
    , I : ~ :I I t h c remnant of Judah who are entering in to
    brsfl3 0 2
    for the purpose of causing a cutting off oaf your- ;;;; 5);:;;
    rtside Ihr?rc for a while, in the land of Egypt,O
    selvesL and for the purpose of I*OLT becoming ,7fhi- : J 4 t : ~ 3
    cvtm to return to thc land of Judah to which
    a malediction and a reproach among all the na- ?d?ri?L'Y
    thcy nre lifting up their soula t o return in order
    tions of the earth?b Have YOU forgotten the ' {$??i?l!T
    to dwell,"lor they will not return, except some
    '
    "
    r
    :
    $
    i
    2
    ,
    7
    ,
    bacl deeds of YOUR forefathers' and the had b ~ ~ l ' r ~~ ~:~:Id:?RlI~
    I egcaped
    ones.' "a
    q
    1\11 11Jm1a
    deeds of the kings of Judahc anrl the bad deeds y;$i;,
    15
    And
    all the men who were knowing that
    I
    of their mives%d
    OUR own bacl deeds" and .pf.il 2 1:8
    thcir
    w
    i
    v
    c
    ~hnd been making sacrificial smoke
    -1LI L'1:lZ
    ?
    ' ;%:;?
    the bad deeds of YOUR wives, that they have
    to othcr gods,g and ~ l the
    l wives who were
    done in the land of Judah and in the streets of J;;;;~
    k r 51:17
    I ' '1 standing as a great congregation,' and all, the
    S ~ IF : l 5
    .;t,r
    4
    i:l
    Jerusalem? 10PLnddomto thisday they did not TI ,:7r
    !)!,I
    :!$; people who were d11~e1lingin the land of Egypt*
    feel crushed,k and they did not become afraM,n nsi:,:s,~~
    83k.Y k.2
    in Pathtros,k proceeded to answer Jeremjac
    nor did they walk in my lawt' and in my statP.r 2::1
    mying: In "As ilegarrls the word that you have
    utesC that 1 put before YOU and before you^ fm:'c . l ~ . l s
    2:;fi.4
    1\11 .'\ * I
    m p6:2
    forefathers.'*
    ,
    la spoken to us in the name of Jehovah, we are
    12% 2 2 2 3
    11 '"erefare
    this is what Jehovah of ar.
    2:: A?+!8 not Ilstening to you;n I r but we shall positively
    rnies, the Godb of Israel, has said, 'Here I am
    every word that has gone foah from our
    r?;, od"':,\:,
    setting my face against YOU for calamity and
    mouth,'
    in order to make sacrificial smoke to
    ,
    -.-- .
    a "Cmds." M, ebo.hiwf- b "God.'' 31. El.a.$im'. 0 *'~ottls.''
    3f, tPpha1 01., 'nnnr~lful
    drrrire." 31, n*ph'rek; LKY. p ! ~ - c h m i ' ; Tg, a'nimae.

    $;:<)?

    ~bGth'; LXY, p~y.chaiC;

    a'ni mae.

    $;::::

    a "liutl~,";\I,

    pI.p.li

    in*'. e SCPJcrer~iinh1 : 1, footnote: b,

    JEREMIAH 44 :1 L 2 2

    336

    337

    *E

    the 'queena of the heawnsj8 and to pour" out t o ?


    !;:!
    .14:19
    her drink offering^,^ j u s t as we ourselves~~
    and t Jrr
    r)r *?:.a
    our forefathers,' our kingsr and our princes dld m! t;lgs

    JEREMIAH 44 :23-27

    astonishment and a rnaledfctlon, without an


    as at this day." "'Because of the fact
    Jer 15:16
    Jer ~9
    that
    YOU made ~crificialsmoket and that YOU
    Jer 23:11
    in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jem- i,*18,r!!I I3
    sinned againsl 3chovah1@
    and did not obey the
    t n 2.15
    iJvr 1 I 4
    voice of J c h n v J ~ ' and Jn his lnwY and in his
    salern, when we used to be satisfied with bread ;%I".%%
    !>Jtr .:,h
    1.a 1.F
    and to be well off, and we did not see any calarnstatutes8 and in his l+ernlndcrs1You did not
    ity at all.= lR
    And from the timc that we censcd !,:;,:::;;$
    walk," t h a t js why there has hefallen YOU this
    l l n q.R
    t o make sacrificial snloke t o the 'queena of the' yXI#:\
    calamity as at this day."'
    lti:9
    g;;;;\:;;$
    clK[
    heavens" and pour out drink offerings to her ;:,;il;;;:,
    24 And Jereminhn cantlnud on t o say to all
    h'e 13'18
    we have lacked everything and by tlze sword * I ) ( ? . I : I ~
    g:11
    the
    people nncl to d l the wemcn: "Hear the
    AIKl ~ ~ word
    1 9 of JchovnhlAnll Judnh who nrc in the Imd
    and by the famine we have come t o our finish,= .I r ~IT:.!
    r7'1s
    19 "Also,whenc we were making sacrifl cia1 'c:lh_kflL4
    of EgyptS023 This is whnt Jehovah of armies,
    OJcr
    J ~ 4614
    43:7
    smoke to the 'queena of the heavens'"and [\v~?reF;,;?(::2k
    the God of IsracI, has snid, 'As for you men and
    g c r 4*15 YOLX ~vives,' YOU womcn also keep speaking
    disposed] to pour out drink offerings t o her,wm::!l;!i,l?,,
    did ive without asking our husbands mnhe for 3;',.:;
    with POUR mouths, and ~vithYOUR hands YOU
    LI 5 , :s
    her sacrificial cakes, in order to make an image .11*r
    people do make a f~lfillrnent,~
    saying: "We shall
    eJ2Gy;p
    2028
    of her, and t o pour out drink offerings to her?"' I.;/* 19.13
    without
    fail
    perform
    our
    vofvs
    that we have
    l4:9
    20 In turn, Jeremiahd said to a11 the people, '?~~'\?~'' .Aft
    vowed," to mnlcc sncriRcinl smoke to the 'queenb
    AC 26:12
    *ne 4:lY
    to the able-bodied men and to the tvives and t o
    nc 17.3 of the henvensl* and lo pour out. drink offerings
    all the people, who were answering him with a
    to her,"'< You women will \~*ithoutfail carry
    &$?j:8,,
    I
    word, saying: "As for the sacriflcinl smoke
    out YO'UR,VOWS, and YOU rvill without fail per;!J"$&?2
    6Ge Z2i16
    that aou made in the cities of Judah and In Ihe
    fC!JXIl
    YOUR VQWS,'"
    n-le 14:21
    streets of Jerusalem," roc and YOUR fore- 3gc:Z,i$l
    3"::~
    26
    "Therefore hear the tvord of Jehovah, all
    1's 8L1.37
    fat hers,' YOUR kings* and Y O L princes"
    ~
    a and the ; y r 7 y l 7
    Isn ti2.q
    Judah who nrc divcllit~gin the Iand of Egypt,"
    A m b:%
    people of the land,@was it not this that Jehovah ib.rsr 3r:4
    I mysell have sworn by my great
    l l t * b 3 1 8 "'Wcre
    l;:13
    remembered and that proceeded to come up
    1 511176 name,"" Jehovah has said, "that my name ~ v i U
    :24
    into hjs heart?" " Finally Jehsvnh was no I ln 7n
    no more prove to Ile somet11Ing called out by
    y;gp
    j
    :%
    longer able to put up with i t bwause of the bad- nrn 8.7
    u:gFiz the mouth of any manCof Judah,t saying, 'As
    ..5 5.2
    ness of YOUR dealings, because of the detestable 1 '':$&?IO
    the Lord Jehovalln is alive!''] in all the land of
    vfer 1:10
    things that YOU had done," and so YOUR Iand
    3rr 2:17
    Egypt. =: Here I R r n lrceping alcrt toward them
    J(#r4:in
    came to be a devastated pIace and an object of i;;e2;19
    for calamity and not Tor good,'' and all the menc
    J~utr. 1
    lr i1 :: ~
    ~
    of Jridah that are in the land of Egypt will cerJer
    ZI:IO
    a Cnrnpnm Jeremiah 7 7: 18, footnote b, Abnut 30 ~ ~ P ~ J I ? PIII~LIIIIIV
    a r n p t ~rend here "work (woi.r;l~ip).'' b "To pour,'' Litcrr~llp "tl1c1.e
    $;,';P,3,gBtainly come to their flnish by the sword and
    will hn n pm~rin$,"as the Rrl~rcrc-vcrh i s in (LIP it~flr~rtlvc
    nlwotntc.
    by the Iarnlne, until they reach their end.Y
    E
    yj/:l.f:'$

    :,C&::

    eg::;p
    Ps 1 ~ 3

    4inhabitant,

    .,,
    ~

    )lJ

    :::$&

    ''Also. when " 31; "And ell the a n t a m nn~wr.r'r,rl nnd wid,
    'Kh~n,"
    ' Ey. See Jeren~inh1:1, footrrotc b. 'mTlrepeople of tilo
    3nnd.'* M, 'crnr ha-ar'ets.

    See Jeremiah 1 : 1, footnote 11,


    note h. c . m 3 k n(men)." JI. i.qk.
    a

    1 C O ~ H ~ IJI~Ir*~~n l i n7h: 19, footd S P J~hrrminh


    ~
    1: 0, footnote f.

    JEREMIAH 44:2-5

    :4

    339

    338

    And as for the ones escaping from the sword,


    they will return from the land of Egypt to the
    26:44
    land of Judah, few in numberis and all those zLe
    I s n 10:18
    27:13
    of the remnant of Judah, who are coming into Isa
    Jer 4 4 2 4
    the land of Egypt to reside there for a while, H a b 3:2
    will certainly know whose word comes true,
    * N u 14:B
    that from me or that from them." ' "*
    Ps 33:ll
    14;24
    29 " 'And this is the sign for YOU,'^ is the Isa
    Xsa 46.10
    Zsc
    utterance of Jehovah, 'that I am turning my =1Sa 1:6
    224
    attention upon YOU in this place," in order that AIsn 10:3
    Jcr 8 3 2
    YOU may know that m y words will without fail Jer ?3:12
    Lu ID:44
    come true upon YOU for calamity:( SD This is ?PA
    3321
    1B;ZI
    what Jehovah has said: "Here I am giving Pr
    Isa 40:8
    46:25
    Phaiaoh Hoph'xa, the king of Egypt,' into t h e *Jer
    Eze 29:3
    Eze
    31:18
    hand of his enemies and into the hand of those
    +Jer
    43
    :I2
    seeking for his s o ~ ~ ljust
    , ~ "as I have given Zed-eki'ahb the king of Judah into the hand of Neb.uchad-rez'zar the king of Babylon, his enemy and
    v21<i25:7
    the one seeking for his soul," '
    Jcr 34:21
    39:5
    The word that Jeremiahe the prophet Jcr
    Jer 52:9
    32:12
    spoke to Bar'uch' the son of Ne.rirah *Jer
    Y s r -133
    when he wrote in a book these words from t h e
    36:4
    mouth of Jeremiahcl' in the fourth year of Je- kJer
    Jer 36:32
    253
    hoi'a.kimn the son of J o . ~ i ' a h ,the
    ~ king of Ju- nJer
    d s r 26:l
    Jer 36:l
    dah, saying:
    2 "This is what Jehovah the God of Israel:
    has said concerning you, 0 B a r ' u ~ h , a~'You r2Co l:4
    P s 12_0:5
    have said: 'WW,now, to
    for Jehovah has sJer
    13:lO
    der 2 0 3
    added grief t o my pain!t I have grown weary tGe
    3754
    because of my sighing, and no resting place NGQu 42:36
    11:11
    have I found." !U
    J O S 7:7
    La 3%
    4 "This is what you should say to him, 'This uJer 8:18
    is what Jehovah has said: "Look! What I have
    a "90~1.'~
    If,nophFesfi;L S X I psy.chd3; Vg, armi.n~a.W e e Jeremiah

    built up I am tearing down, and what I have


    planted I am uprooting, even aZI the Iand itself.'
    Jer 120
    But as for you, you keep seeking great things
    31:28
    for yours elf.^ Do not keep on seeking." 'z
    yg," $&6
    0
    1
    'For here I am bringing in a calamity upon
    IT1 6 6
    Heb 13:s all flesh,'* is the utterance of Jehovah, 'and I
    zhlt 6:34
    n dl the
    *m6:13 will give you your soup as a spoil i
    )places t o which you may go.' "'
    ?22!$
    Zep38
    cJer P.9
    This is what became the word of JehoJer 313:18
    G e 1U.5
    vah t o Jeremiahh the prophet concernJ e r 120
    nati~ns:~
    T o r Egypt,O concernjng the
    military farce of Phar'aoh Ne'choc a
    h
    te king of
    ~?:~~2?19
    !
    Ex@ 3 2 Egypt,' who happened t o be by the River EuE z ~32:3
    at Car'che-mish," whom Neb.u.chadgg phra'tes
    lo:9
    rez'zar the king of Babylon defeated in the
    *2K1 23:36
    2i'h 2 6 5 fourth year of Je.hoi'a.kimYthe son of J ~ ~ s i ' a h ,
    Jcr 23:l
    3er ~ G : I the king of Judah: a "Set in array, 0 men,
    elsa 5 9
    J e r sr:i1 buckler and large shield, and approach t o batJoc 3.0
    tle.* Harness the horses, and mount, 0 YOU
    2:1
    horsemen, and station yourselr7es with the
    2 C h21:9
    Ezc
    l k 8 helmet. Polish the lances.k Clothe yourselves
    21:B with coats of
    nJvr 523
    1 - 2 ~ 1'1,7
    5 '' 'Why is it that I have seen them terrorAn 2:8
    They are turning back, and their
    s r s a l s : ~ stricken?
    ~
    JeF 15%
    Jcr 4n:'zg mighty men tl~emselvesare crushed t o pieces;
    3.lU
    and they have positively fled, and they have not
    6:lS
    turned
    around.' There is fright all around,'' is
    t$z $23s
    the
    utterance
    of Jehovah, "Let not the swift
    g
    Isa 30.16 one try t o flee, and let not the mighty man t r y
    Aln 2:14
    Am i1.3
    to escape.' Up north by t h e bank of the River
    u.rplq 1 :14
    J e r 239 Eu-phra'tesu they have stumbled and fallen.'v
    v P s 272
    7 "Who is this one that comes up just like
    Is, b:15
    the
    Nile River, like the rivers the waters of
    g;lyllJ
    vGe 6 : ~

    28

    J
    ,
    ,

    I'

    A:,?.'

    "8.K

    lz;,,3?f:::,,

    45

    1 : 3, footnote e.
    1: 2, footnote d.

    See Jarerunh

    1 : 1, footnote b. W e e Jeremiah

    JEREMIAH 45:5-46 :7

    ..

    "

    "fio~zl." $1, treph'esh; L X X , psy.chEJ; Tg, la'ni.+na. See Jerrmziah


    1;I., footnot. h. Or, "NetLaw (Kelon)." LAUT'g, x ~ o h a b . Scr
    J e ~ e n ~ i n1:
    h 2. footnote d.

    JEREMIAH 46 :15-23

    341

    which toss thernselves?~ Egypt: itself comes up


    8,;.
    just like the Nile River," and like rivers the ,ge$z3
    waters toss themselves." And it says, 'I shall ;E;e42i2
    go up. I shall cover the earth. I shall readily de- Isa io:i3
    Isa 3i:24
    stmy the city and those inhabiting it.jA Go up, GNa 2:3
    0 YOU horses; and drive madly, 0 YOU chariots!O '7:2"1:.$
    And let the mighty men go forth, Cusha* and
    $;,fo
    Put? who are handling the shield, and the Lu'- .,N,.&?,,
    dim," who are handling [and] treading the bow. :g&G
    10 "And that day belongs to the Sovereign* %
    ;Jer$ 2 : ~
    Lord,b Jehovah of armies, the day of vengeance #?
    for avenging himself upon his a d ~ e r s a r i e s . ~ ~46?; ~
    And the sword will certainly devour and satisfy ~~~~~~6
    itself and take its fill of their blood, for the i;;::jg
    Sovereign11 Lord,b Jehovah of arrnie~,~
    has a ;;;;;4
    sacrifice in the Iand of the north b y the River
    g;j
    l3u.phra'tes.a
    PS 1.11:~
    Isa 3 3 5
    11 "Go up to Gil'e.ad and get some balsam,' L~ 2:29
    0 virgin daughter of EgypteUIn vain you have 'g;,"3$:'5'
    multiplied the means of healing. There is no "F; :4.j7
    mending for you.' "The nations have hea~d.t?;~3;;$
    your dish~raor,~T
    and your own outcry has filled y?;;?;;,
    Eze 30:21
    the land."= For they have stumbled, mighty man .Mic
    1:9
    against mighty man," Together they have fallen XJ.3 19
    ~ E z 32:9
    e
    down, both of them."
    zJer 4.9:21
    13 The word that Jehovah spoke to Jere- i&?i12i21
    rniahe the prophet as regards the corning of " , ~ P , ~ ; ~
    Neb.u.chad.rez'zarnthe king of Babylon to strike Y;;:;
    down the Iand of Egypt:" l4 "Tell it in Egypt, Eze 24:io
    0 men, and cause it to be heard in Mig'do1,O +
    e
    1
    "
    9
    P
    i
    ?
    and cause it to be heard in Nophf4 and in gtgi6
    Tah'pan- he^.^ Say, 'Station yourself, making 'g',";Zz9
    a i d t ~ ~ hhT;
    j " d ( C ~ ~ h fmen:'
    i f e QyT; diE.thi.o'pi.s," Tg; t4r~ar~rliors

    'E;

    nz

    of the E.thi.a8pi.ans,?'
    LXS. b "So~~rr?igrr
    Lord." AC, A.do.~zay'. See
    Isninh 3 : 15, footnote c. f(Dishorlor," 3lTgGgT; "roic-e," LA=.
    Wr, r,L'earth.?'
    31, er'ers. See Jrrcminll 1: 1,footnote b. 1 "Koph,"
    31 ; "3Iem'pI1is,;' LXXVg ; X u pJaEs', Sy T.

    preparation also for yourself,' for a sword will


    XJJ;;%i
    certainly devour all around you." >"Why is it

    *2Sn2:26

    Isa 120
    xsaa~:6
    Jer 2.30

    that your powerful ones have been washed


    away?'<They have made no stand, for Jehovah
    K n 2: 15
    great
    I<
    lr,.lo himself has pushed Zhern xrvaynnI"n
    numbers they are stumbling.' They also actual3er 12.12

    n,Efj:2, ly faU. And they keep saying one t o the other:


    "Do rise up, and do let us return to our people
    PS 41.2
    Ps18.14
    fs 68.2
    and
    to the land of our relatives because of the
    s L e 26.36
    sder 5i:g maltseating sword." $ 3 l7 There they have called
    out, 'Phar'aoh the king of Egypt is a mere
    noise. H e has let the festal time pass
    18 " 'AS I am alive,' is the utterance of the
    EZP 313
    Isr'
    21:3
    !lIsa 4;:4
    King,
    whose name is Jehovah of armies," 'like
    Isa 4S:2
    ser 10.10 Tathor>' among the mountains and like Carrmely
    Jer 4.1:26
    bra1 1:14 by the sea he will come in,z I a a k e for yourself
    VJUA19:22
    mere baggage f f o exile," 0 inhabitress, the
    Ja 4 6
    daughter* of Egypt. For Naphan itself will bevTg28':242
    come a mere object of astonishment and will
    E"lz:x
    *Jer .18:18 actually be set afire, so as to be without an
    OJer 4 ::I
    inhabitant.* eo Egypt is as a very pretty heiferrno
    LEze 39.15
    Eder $31 From the north a mosquito itself will certainly
    H o fkll
    Forthermore, her hired
    +Jrr3.14 come against her.b'
    qc2 [soldiers] in the midst of here are like fattened
    But they themselves also have given
    $'I.),$f::,
    l,Jpp m.27
    rJt%r*
    41i:5
    way;# they have fled together. They have not
    lcJer ,18:15 made a stand." For the very day of their dis5;b:3 aster has come in upon them, the time of their
    Eze -5
    being given a t t e n t i ~ n . ' ~
    I30 9:7
    h i l t 7:4
    22 '' 'Her voice is like that of a serpent that
    rI%a29:4
    -13112:5
    goes along; for with vital energys men will go,
    Ps lX.32
    trsa 14:8 and with axes they will actually come in to her,
    Isa 37.24
    51':20 like those who are gatheringc pieces of woodnt
    They will certainly cut down her f o r e ~ t , is
    '~
    f

    :z;,Z&Tf

    izp~o&4b?s

    SyT, b''Agai11st
    nUh'oph," M ; "Ilern'phis~' LXYVg; i+..o.ph~.~'~
    her.: LLYT and 100 Hebrew inanuseripts. Or, "cutting?'

    JEREMIAH 47 :1 4 8:1

    the utterance of Jehovah, 'for It could not be V,J,R!;r2


    penetrated. For they have become more nu- "p;y$js
    merous than the locust,^ and they are without >;;yrqil;;?l
    ,I~T :.IS
    number. " The daughterv of Egypt will cer- X Jcr
    4i:Z
    tairlly feel shame. She will actually be given ,;ie~;;~o
    jnta the hand of the people of the north.'*
    7

    j.14
    :
    . I :\ 1:: 12
    1 , ~ ;.1:1
    b(

    f-

    25 "'Jehovah of armies, the God" af IsraeI, *r.I ):I3


    h ~ said,
    s 'Here I am turning my attention upon I" ,11l:13
    ,1 2 1 1
    A'monh* from KOC"and upon Phar2noh R I I ~' I.:J,P
    ;12:10
    upon Egypt and upon her godsdAand upon her -2;;
    kings,: even upon Phar'aoh and upon a11 those ;!:
    trusting in him.'*
    'tJJ(rm
    , Pr .Y:.I~
    .II.~CI
    26 " 'And I will give them into the hand of yi:;rj
    those seeking far their soule and into the hand .PJ, /WP -$):.KT
    -,,) I 1
    of Neb-u.chad.rez'zarthe king of Babylon* ~ n I;.,,
    d .ir :I.?
    into the hand of his sewants; and afterward ::::$I:llo
    she will be resided in as in the days of old," js
    &iZ
    JVP 3 1 : ~
    the utterance of Jehovah,
    Jcr :1::17
    27 " "nd as for you, do not be afraid, 0 my 2::
    servant Jacob, and do not be terror-stricken,0 h;$:,ril;
    Israel.' For here I am saving you from far way ;;:;
    and your offspringf from the land of their c a p py;; ;;x@
    4s r
    tlvlty.k And Jacob ~ $ 1 1certainly return and rl%
    1.91s S. LO
    have no disturbance and be at ease and without I.(, .;3 2
    anyone causing trembling.n?' As for you, do not j;::!;;$
    be afraid, Omyservant Jacob,' is the utter~nm i;:Q';:'
    of Jehovah, 'for I am with yau.r For I shall
    make an extermination among all the nntions L::i;,?:,
    t o which X have dispersed you,d hut 1vit11 you I j:;;
    ,\m o : ~
    shall make no extermination.t Yet I shall cer- uJcr
    111:24
    ~
    t a i n l y chastise you to the proper degree,u find I C 11~32
    Z shall absolutely not leave you unpunished.' "Y ',T:'h";;.199
    rAG~d.*'X, El.o.lbim'. b Or, "Atmen." (Empfion word) "From
    I:/,@

    ,""

    No,'' h1; "tier son,'! LA=; "of the wat~ra," ST; "of hlrxantlria,'"
    VpT. S o = Thebes, ''Gods." 31, rl.o.bim'. m'"o~&"
    M, rt~pk'rslr;
    Vg, rr'si-ma.

    1 Or,

    Iitwally, "s~etl,"M.

    47

    This is what proved to be the w a d of


    Jehovah to Jeremiaha the prophet conIIU 4:za
    cerning
    the Phi.1isrtlnesY before Phar"aoh pro2ec 9:s
    c e d e d t o strike down Gnrza.Z :This is what
    -I.;I
    s:.i
    D.11.r 1:I4
    Jehovah has said: "'Look?Waters are corning*
    .:G.6
    It-r S 16
    up from t l ~ cn o r t h 3 n d hh~vcbecome a flooding
    < I h a22:5
    And they w i l l flood the land and what
    iE;:6;i2 torrent.
    fills it, the .city and those i n h a b l t i n ~it.' And
    +Jx
    .Trhh5 2
    .??:I9
    2
    .r[.r 8 16 the rnenl' will c e r t ~ l n l ycry out, and everyone
    WJcr m1G 3
    Nn 2 :,
    dwelling in the lnnd must I ~ o w l , ~At the sound
    C z e 26:10
    of the stnmptng of thc hoofs of his stdEions,'
    xa 3 : z
    *T1v 2P:W
    at the ~ ' a t l l i ~of~ his
    g \.VIP c h n r i o t ~ ;the
    ~ turmoil
    L:r 4.f
    k P s 37 13
    of
    his
    wheds;
    the
    fathers
    will
    actual1
    y not turn
    s:zo
    around
    to
    the
    sons,
    bccausc
    of
    t
    h
    ~dropping
    nF;;i2:7
    down
    of
    [their]
    hands,"
    '
    on
    account
    of
    the day
    EF$:Q
    50.3 4
    that i s coming to despoEl all the Phi.lis'tinesjk
    ,\m 1.9
    P I - 4 1 23 4
    to cut off from Tyre" and from Si'don' every
    Jcr 27.3
    sze2q.a survivor tllat was hrlptng.* For Jcllovah is deZec 9.2
    spoiling the Phi . l i * ~ ' t I n ~ w1-10
    ~ , t are the remainR I S 20:6
    ~
    ing
    ones
    from
    the
    islnnd
    or Cnp11'tor.u "aidtfj;; $jy6
    ness'
    must
    coi'ne
    to
    Gn'znJ
    Ash'ke.lonz has been
    ;
    De 2.23
    put
    to
    silence.
    0
    remnant
    of
    their low plain,' how
    Aln 9.7
    15:2
    l
    o
    n
    ~
    will
    you
    keep
    mnk
    in^:
    cuts
    upon your~elelf?~
    ft.r .?r
    6 ''Aha, the s~vorllor Joliov~l~!~'
    HOWlong
    3
    illill you not stny q ~ z i ~ Be
    t ? ~shovede into your
    gbfFP2i'h
    Z4.r O :
    .,,,sheath.Takc! your rcpse and keep silent.
    c:.,. 2. .J
    7 "MOEVcan it stay quiet, when Je11ovah himD,, ;:,
    self
    has given a con~mandto it?@ It is Sol1Ash'bg;z&y
    ke.lon
    and for the const of the sea: There is
    S,z;%i%7
    EYC21:;10 where he has d~signrttcdItVta be."'
    O l S n 75.3
    I.:rr 2 :: 17
    For Mo'nbul t h h is what Jehovah of
    1) 2.7
    ao,,~,,
    armies, the God of Israel, has said:k
    nlGc 19:n
    "Woe t o Ne'bo," for she has been despoiled!
    :;L;:,$'&i
    S w Jei.emiah I:I, fwtnotr h, b rlTSl~e I I I ~ ~ . M,
    "
    ha-n.dama.
    Eae =:I5
    Zcp 2:4
    mr2520
    xGe
    10:19

    X%v

    4.8

    ~
    gender, eingtdar
    Lit~rally,"gathered," $1. "It," in t h fvminina
    nunib~r,ta refer to the L'sword.."

    JEREMIAH 48 ;2-9

    344

    Kir.i.a.tha'hr has been put to shame, has b w n ~ J o a18:m


    captured. The secure height has been put t o
    shame and been put in terror.# No more is there aE izj?2
    any praise of M0'ab.t In Hesh'bon" they have t i \-t1:u 1c:i.i
    :12:3T
    thought out against her a calamity : 'Come, men, [sn IO.3
    and let us cut her off from being a nationqFv
    "You, too, 0 Mad'rnen, should keep silcnt.
    After you there walks a stvord,~T h e r e is the ~ 3 "Q:I"
    sound of an outcry from Wor.onat,lm,* R de- *hu15:g
    J P 4
    ~ 8 : ~
    spojling and great breaking down.' Mokb has ";;;?;:gi
    been broken down." Her IittIe ones have c ~ u s e d,$;iy;s
    a cry t o he heardb For on the way up to Lu'- el*%I:G :,
    I ~ i t h 'It is with weeping that one goes up-there 'I5n 1~
    is ;a weeping. For on the way down from Hor.ona'im people have heard a distressing outcry
    indeed over the breakdotm?
    mISR
    u a1:zg
    15:3
    6 "Take t o flight: provide escape for WUR
    s a ~ l s , and
    ~ " ?mu should become lfke a juniper
    ;
    !
    ;
    I
    ?
    tree1) in the wiIderness." Because youro trust yj;t!$ii
    is In your works and in your treasures, your J r r r r : ~
    yourself wiIl also be captured.l( And Che'mosl~n 1!,?;&;7
    wtill certainly go forth into exile,'' his priests p;:
    and his princes at the same time." A And the ~l!]?~j:i?:
    despoiler will come in on every clty,t and there n x u t?1:29
    will be no city that can make its escapt..~And ':$f:,2!

    345

    fEREMIAH 48: I b 1 7

    10 %"r~ed be the one thst is carrying out


    the mission of Jehovah neglectf~lly;~
    and
    $
    :
    $
    ,
    J e r =:a5
    c m d be the one that is holding back his sword
    *PB123:4

    the Iotv plain will certainly perish and the level 2c).,[,i:i3
    land be annihilated, a thing that Jehovah has .j::; ;:i:2
    1Ja~r6 i
    said.
    J4.r Xl.'i
    9 "GIVE:a roadmark t o hTorab, for at the fall- ,$;q:ic;
    Ing in ruins she will go forth;' and her very v l r n lo:^,^
    cities will become a mere object of astonishVZQP2 : ~
    ment, with no one dwelling in thern.Y

    fmm bid!
    11 " T ~ Mo'nb.ftesn
    c
    have been at ease since
    t l \ . i 2.1.3
    .rcr 5 ~ 3 4 theirh youth,* and theyc' ore keeping undisSn 2:2
    they have not been
    N a 2:10 turbed on their dregs.%d
    blsn
    E.~elti.5
    16:49 emptied from one vessel into anether vessel,
    '$;eE.?jand into exile thcy have not gone.* That is why
    'P":g
    ISL 30:14 their taste IIRS stood still within themjd and
    i:; gI;; their very sccnt 11ns not been changed.0
    12 " 'Th~rcfore,look! there are days coming,'
    'J
    1.57
    c 31:2-1
    5 :3
    lk-111:7 is the utlernnce of Jehovah, 'rtnd I will send to
    l l C I 1';-26
    I:a 2 . 3
    them [vessel I tilters, and they will certainIy tilt
    IFX 16.12
    112 45.16 them,' and their vessels they will empty out and
    theire large jars they will dash to pieces? l U n d
    *IKI
    trrn 8=:XI
    :s
    the Mo'ab.ites8 wIIt certainly be ashamed of Che'7$2g; r n o ~ h , 'j u s t as those of the house of IsraeI have
    become nshnmcd of Beih'el" their confidence.#
    lc;F;,:;m
    9 : ~ Ii How dare YOU people say: "We are mighty
    IFU
    10:13
    An1 s G
    men]<and men of vital energy for the war"?'
    rIsa 1624
    Jcr
    15 " 'Mo'ab has been despoiled, and one has
    ~1'1.7
    .W:Z
    r5fkL1ti:a
    gone
    up gain st hcr own cities.r And theirb
    Jer 5027
    Jer 51:40 , choicest younE men themselves ]lave gone down
    l P g 2.1.5
    Ps 47 2
    to the slnughtering," As the utterance of the
    J e r -16 I$
    King, whose name is Jehovah of armies.'
    16 'The disaster on We Mo'ab.ltesn is near
    3
    to
    ,:~,"3"i4~, come, and theirb very calamity Is actually
    F;\lf;!$R hurrying up vcry much.u l 7 All those round
    :;!::F:j1l about thema will h ~ v eto sympathize with
    vJer
    Re 0 . 1 ~
    even ~ l those
    l
    knowing their1' name.v

    aeplr%sh; in a mllcctivr BP31RO. LXx, px!t.chni'; yg,


    aki.trrnp, b " A juniper tree." The dmignntion nf Ihrt word i s unP C I ~ ~ I ~B?
    H . a correction it eoald wnrl "n wilt! RKR,"
    T ~ I171a13n~~tt
    "
    IS i n ~ I I C feminine gender, siagulnr n u r ~ ~ h r to
    ~ ; r ~ f r rto 3lo'nh.

    Litcrnlly, "hEo'ab," 11, b Litomfly, "his," hI, 0 Literally, '%el' 31.


    L i t ~ r ~ l l j%him,"
    *,
    >f! 310tsll i~ S I ) O ~ P T I o f i n t l l ~frmiaine gender
    in VPWS 1-9. a L'Th(l~r,"in tlw ~nnnrulinngmdrr, pl~~ral
    auu~beq
    rcfrrrit~gto the men of SIo'ab,

    m "flonls.'"I,

    Pr 1:32

    Z~1.c1:15

    t z * 1:12
    ~

    JERlThUAH 48 :1%27

    346

    347

    SAY, '0how the rod of strength has been bro- v&-$4!;


    Lta 19:12
    ken, the staff of b e a ~ t y ! ' ~
    %<,c 11:10
    18 'Get down from glory, and s!t down in Y;;;;:;~
    thirst, O inhabitress of the daughteP of Dlbon;' for the despoiler af Mo'ab has come up _I,, l.,:z
    against you. He will actually bring your forti- i?J$LP!$l
    fied places to ruina
    ;'.+I
    T 14, z2 7th
    13
    19 "Stand stilI and look out for the way yjl;:,4
    itself, 0 inhabitress of AnroPer..l
    Ask him that is ,?$;,:b
    I
    fleeing and her that is making her escape. Say, @$$;;!
    'What has been brought about?'# Ma%b hns ill: 1 t ; i ~
    been put to shame, for she has been struck with ;:. gj'
    terror.* Howl and cry out. Tell In Ar'rron,0W O=hN" U 21
    21.23
    men, that MoJab h a k e n despoiled. '%nd
    ::nl/;*t
    judgment itself has come to the land of level k+,i;';:',8
    country,"t o Ho'lon and to Ja'hazR' ntid against nk.y;;2&
    18
    ATeph'a-ath,k'? and against Di'honr' and against r4' uJ W -1%
    'i?!.?
    Ne'bor and against Beth-dib.1a.tharlm," and h u :+.I:.~T
    against Kir.i.a.tha'imt and against Beth-ga'mul

    4fl:li

    Ps 1%:6

    Pr 18:f2
    Ina 2:ll
    Jas 4:6

    ,cp$~2e

    and against Beth-me'onn and against Ke'ri- 1c.;,~;i!,4,


    othv and against Eoz'rahr and against ~ l the
    l E
    ;, ; ;;$>\,
    cities of the Iand of Mo'ab, those Snr away nnd ;
    ;; ;!l;:,72
    ~.\n2
    those near.
    y ~ 4 .ri 3 ~
    25 " 'The horn of hTo'ab has been cut ofT,X s , , q z : 10ne
    and his o m arm has been broken," is the utter- Ti',
    'I,:, 2 2
    ance of Jehovah. 2i 'Make him drunk? 0 men.
    for he has put on great airs wainst Jehovah $:,;+:.!,;
    himself;' and Mo'ab has slappecl around in his 7;;r7;-;1,
    vomit,' and he has become an object of ridicule, 4
    :
    ; Lf):,;
    J lrr48 ..la
    even he himself.'
    V : d o 37!12
    i4~,i.1
    27 " 'And did riot Israel become a mere object 41.;nBn:R
    of ridicule to you?^ Or was he0 found among -1's
    I+M.:?:I:J~
    outright thieves?"For you tvould shake yourself 1';: i1.j:
    %tap2:s
    just as often as youb spoke against him.
    .Jc~r 2.26

    aIsa 16:9
    Jcr 48:8
    Jrr 4R:lS

    aka 2 4 3

    7"1

    * Liternll~,Yak'txah,
    1nr numhcr.

    ?if, b "You," in the mascnli ne ~ender,ainga"He:' 3Tmargin;''she? 31.

    Jcr -10
    Joe 1:12

    '1% 5:10
    1521 7.23

    Joe 1.5

    Hag 2.16

    *Jsa 16:lU
    ,xu 21:s

    Jas 1327
    Jer 4 8 2

    *NrlRk:.TI

    28 " 'Leave the ciff es and reside on a


    h
    te crag,*
    of Mo'ab, and become like the
    dove that makes its nest In the r e ~ i o n sof the
    mouth sf the hollow.' "Ic
    29 "We hnvc hcnrd of The pride of Mo'abnhe is very haughty--of hjs h i ~ h n e s sand of his
    pride and of his haughtiness and of the loftiness
    of his heart."'
    30 " '1 my~elfhave I t n o m his fury,' is the
    utterance of Jehovah, 'and that is not the way
    it wilI be; his empty tnlkM-they will not actually do in just that wny.fll That is why it is
    over Mo'ab that 1shall howl, and for Mo'ab in
    his entirety I shnl l cry out.'qor the men of
    fir-he'resv one shall moan.
    32 " "With more than the weeping for Ja'zesy
    I shall weep for you, 0 vine of Sib'mah." Your
    own flourish in^ :!shoots have crossed aver the
    sea. To the sea-lto:]
    Ja'zef-they
    have
    reached. Upon your summer fruitageCand upon
    your grape gathering the despoiler himself has
    ""knd
    rejoicing ~ n djoyfuIness have
    been taken away Irom the orchard and from t h e
    Iand or M ~ ' a b . ~And from the wine presses I
    have caused the wine itself to cease.' KO one
    tvill be doing the f~~eading
    with shouting. The
    shouting will be no slrouting.' "'
    34 " 'Fhm the cry in Resh'bon" clear to
    E.lpa'leh,* clear to Ja'hazIc they have given
    forth their voiee,ll from Z o t W clear to Hor.04
    na'im,s lo Eg'llath-sheblitshl.yah;L
    for even the
    waters of Nirn'rim" themselves will hecome mere
    desolations. :In And I will cause to cease from
    Mo'ab,' is the utterance of Jehovah, 'the one
    bringing up an offering upon the high place and
    YOU inhabitants

    job

    U P 2:35

    J R 11:m
    ~rlqa1 5 2
    rljr 3 4 3
    s.J m
    t r 1H:3
    11s:i 1"1:5
    11 lhn 15:G

    JEREMIAH 4 8 : 2 M 5

    the one making sacrificial smoke to his god," %i2g::,jo 1


    '' 'For I shall bring upon her, upon Mo'ab,
    That Is why my own heart itrill be boisterous Ieh l t i m l z
    the year of their being given attention,'' is the
    *y,",\$tB
    for Mo'ab himself, just like flutes,r and for the ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ : , 5 , utterance of Jehovah. '"'In the shadow ufHesh';;; P;L bon those fleeing have stood still without power.
    men of Kir-he'resz my very heart will be bojsIlfr 11.7
    terous, just like flutes. That is why the very
    For n vcry fire jvill certainly go forth o ~ oft
    Ef~r7-1
    abundance that be has produced tvill: certainly
    14esh'bon,L1
    and a flame from the midst of Si'';;;,?,';a
    perish.' 3T For upon every head thew is bald- 'g :t,iJ,,
    "su?1:2fi hen;* and it tvill devour the temples of Mo'ab
    1),.2?ri
    ness,' and every beard is clipped." Upon all E;
    1.1 31 nncl the crown of the head of the sons of uphands there are cuts,' and upon the hips there :yryg:;,
    ( 5 1 1 24 11 ronl*,'o
    is sackcloth!' "'
    'xu zl:m
    46 " 'Woe to you,& 0 Mo'ab!' The people of
    Lrr ?+*TO
    38 " Qn all the roofs of Mo'ab and in her c?: :(::I
    Che'rnod~~
    p~rishcd.For yaura sons have
    *J2 c1 r~.IS1:.w;; lwcn 1 n kan have
    public squares--aIE of it-there is wailing,' for
    2
    ns captives and youla daughters as
    I have broken Mo'ab just like a vessel in which
    cnptivcs. 4 7 And 1 will gather the captive ones
    ;;\:
    I
    'Jrr I!!:&
    there is no delight," is t h e utterance of JehoJ,bp . l t r : . ~OC
    ~ RI~'nt3 in the final part of t h e days,'" is the
    g,;
    # E r n 2 5 : l l utterance of Jehovah. 'Down t o this point is
    vah. " '0 how she has become
    Howl, e$l?;flR:
    I<i;,.
    YOU people! 0 how Mo'ab has turned the hack!"
    '.U,<2 1'1 the judgment upon Mo'ab,' "*
    :.~; S 15I 3I
    He has become ashamed.k And Mo'ah has be- ~+$$
    ~rhlKl1 1 5
    For the sons of Am'moak this is what
    come an object of ridicule and something terri1.1
    1 I,:,:<
    ?b"
    Jchovah hns said: '"re there no sons
    21t~
    I 2:1.1:1
    fying t o all those round about him.' "n
    wr:~
    I ~ O!IJRIO
    '19
    t
    has, or is there no inheritor that he
    I
    ,Fi;,f: :.&a t l ~ n Isracl
    40 "For this is what Jehovah has said, 'Look! !;$;e:;k\,
    has?
    Why
    is
    it that Mal'chamhm has taken posI
    :,A,
    Just like an eagle that pounces,' someone will r:,);; ;;tg
    I
    ' t;"
    session
    of
    Gad,ch1
    and his own people have
    also certainly spread his wings aver Mo'ab," p;;;;
    taken
    up
    dwelling
    in
    [Israel's] very citiesPHr
    " The towns will actuaIly he captured, and h e r ~ ~~ 1 >: 2 ar
    2
    "
    Thetcfare,
    look!
    there are days coming,"
    very strongholds will certainly be seized, And tIsa
    of
    c
    Jehovah,
    ~
    'and I will cause
    l l ~ p
    ~
    :
    ~ I O 13 the ~ l t t ~ r a n
    the heart of the mighty men of Mo'ab must be;l;r,y;
    t
    h~
    ~lnrrn
    signaI
    of
    war*
    t
    o
    be
    heard
    even against
    '
    ~
    ~
    $
    '
    {
    ~
    :
    !
    m
    come in that day like the heart of a wife having x ~ 5::l
    h
    t l F a &?:.I
    Rah'ht~h'
    of
    t h e sans of Am'rnon; and she will
    I
    :
    ;
    $!
    y
    !
    :
    o
    childbirth distress.' ' I t
    Jcu 7 ?
    dim l . l h
    certainly become a mound of a desolate waste,nl
    42 " 'And Mo'ab will certainly be ~ n n l h i - !,:!;!i:i?f, 1
    ~~,2S"lL.I
    +.I
    !and her dependent torvnsca themselves win be
    latedJ from being a peoplenufor it is against C;F;;Ci;2iia
    llSi1 2l:?3
    I?
    u
    iL
    set
    aflnmc in the very fire.'
    Jehovah that he has put on great airsov'"read
    I ,ll7:9
    2r!;:;;
    " "And Iskhnclwill nctua1Iy take possession of
    \ l.,r~ I \ 2
    and the hollow and the trap are upon you, 0 in1 b r l I ! 4%
    %$
    ,
    , those in posscssion of him,'v Jehovah has said.
    habitant of Mo'ab,'F is the utterance of Jehovah. ;5 I:..
    3 '"'I-Ioiz.1,~O Flesh'bon,~f o r A'i has been
    :
    'Anyone fleeing because of the b a d wi 11 fall ,I :ti'!!il~t
    . -into the hollow; and anyone coming up out of
    ~ a r l c rsinptlnr
    ,
    nun~her.b ''Ya1''I'EIVyblu~riounin i l l tlir* u~rtr;vulil~r
    ~ I I Y I I I ~J.I' ' ; 'h.\lrl'rllol," LXS; "3l1l'vhor11."1-gSy ; ..their king," T.
    the hollow will be caught in the trap,'=
    A .)I S:,1 I1~
    an1
    * .btl~~tl,"'
    11i 'SF;
    ~-4 iil8r,nrl," LXS; "thr Inntl ul' Cinrl," T. literOr, "gods." 31, d.o.kim'. b Or, "hos heen shntkei-edis'
    ally, b'liis," 11, C)I; "it5.'" 1141cr11liy,*.herdnuglitrra,"
    J1.r

    5114

    49

    yt~e

    JEREMIAH 49 :4-10

    350

    351

    despoiled! Cry out, 0 dependent towns of Rab'bah. Gird sackcloth on yourselves." Wail, an3

    JEREMIAH 49:11-17

    of con~ealment,~
    and one will not be able to
    hide oneself." His offspring and his brothers
    and his neighbors wiIl certainly be despoiled,'
    I
    and he will, not be.8 l1 DO abandon your fatherless boysnL
    I myself shall preserve [them] alive,
    Z~IJ
    about t h e low plains, your flowing low plain,' ag;
    ~ , 46:E
    I
    and your own widows will trust even in me.""
    0 daughter unfaithful," you the one trusting ,~~~~~JAY127
    12 For this is what Jehovah has said: "Look!
    in her treasures,* [saying:] "Who will come t o :,",%:;!
    Although it is not their custom t o drink the cup,
    me??,, "3
    eJer 3 3 4
    vJer 25:15 they will drink without fai1.v And you yourself,
    Jer 7:24
    J e r 2=1:28
    L n 4.21
    5 " 'Here I am bringing in upon youa a dread- "prs4,:,
    will you be absolutely left unpunished? You
    Ob 16
    ful thing,'" is the utterance of the Sovereignn EB
    wiI1 not be left unpunished, for you will drink
    I
    ; ;2"
    Lord, Jehovahc of armies, 'from all those round AT;+m3 I ~3",'~y;$i
    without failnJ1Y
    Jcr
    about y0u.b And YOU people will ceptainly be
    13 "For by my own self I have s l - v ~ r n , "is~
    KGC2236
    the utterance of Jehovah, "that nothing but
    dispersed, each one in his own direction,' and 1~;yd:f
    :uls-u
    Jar 48~44
    am b:a
    there will be no one collecting together those ~ ~ ~ e , ' ~ ~ : : 3 'TI\-e
    3 3 3 an object of a s t ~ n i s h r n e n ta
    , ~reproach,
    ~
    a devassIsa
    l6:3
    '
    G
    e 36333
    running away.'
    tation
    and
    a
    malediction
    will
    Eoz'rah*
    become,
    k a 34:6
    rsa 63:l and all her own cities will became devastated
    6 " 'But afterward I shall gather the captive
    g:i
    A m I:12
    OIsa 3.1_:9 places t o time indefinite."'
    ones of the sons of Arn'rn~n,'~
    is t h e utterance U,G,e $;?
    PS
    135
    7
    F,": 32?ii3 14 There is a report that 1 have heard from
    of Jehovah."
    Isa 83'1
    7 For E'dam" this is what Jehwah of armies
    f;:b,:k. Jehovah: and there is an envoy4 sent even
    among the nations, [saying:] "Collect yourhas said: "Is there no longer any wisdomV in v&bgg:lZ
    Q I ~ a 1 8 : 2 selves together, and come against her, and rise
    Te'rnan?~Has counsel perished from those hav- f;yh33"::;3'
    ing understanding?az Has their wisdom gone to1 J ob 4:1
    +$yr%;:227 UP fa battle."'
    Eze 23 13
    ob 1
    15 "For, look! I have made you smdl indeed
    putrefying?' W e e ! ' Let yourselves give ~ay!!zrsarrt.il
    among
    the nations, despised among man1~ind.b~
    Go down deep in order to dwell: 0 inhabitants"g," ?%i4
    mkyt:7
    of De'dan!4 For the disaster of E'sauC I will ~ f ~ r 2 $ ~ 2 ~ nllc 7:10 lu The shuddering you caused has deceived you,
    the presmptuousness of your heart," 0 you
    bring in upon him, the time that I must h r n *JIga6:2
    *
    13:6
    3er 4 8 : ~ who
    ~
    ase residing in the retreats of t h e crag,
    m y attention to him.' If grape gatherers them%&
    holding
    the height of the hill.# Although you
    selves actually came in t o you, would they not 4 ; s e a p . g
    2:&y,2:"
    k J o b m n build your nest high up just like an eagle,k
    let some gleanings rernainTg If thieves [came +Jer 4 6 : ~
    down from there I shaIl bring
    is the
    in] by night, they would certainly cause only ds"ar$iC4
    ;'P,F,\%%
    utterance
    of
    Jehovah.
    as much ruin as they wanted."O But as for me, G"o\i
    $
    2
    17 "And Efdom must become an object of
    rfsn 34:9
    1will strip E'sau bare.* I will uncover his places gal,:s
    &onishcnt.P Everyone passing along by her
    2i:3
    a SM Terse 1. footnote h. b The pronoun is in the feminine gender, 8,$;;itj;i:.! will stare in astonishment? and whistle on acsingular nmber. See Jeremiah 2 : 19, footnote d. d "Those having
    unde- standing," in agreement aith L X X S y ; "the sons:' $XTr~T.
    I,itrrtilly, "seed," M. b Or, '"men." M, ha-ahdamp,
    ltlsa 4 5 3

    Jer 23:24
    nAm 8:3
    rPs 3728
    Ob9
    PPS37:s
    Isn 1P:lrl
    LIT?82 :3
    I'r 23:EP
    u p s 68.3

    *p,",$=;ll
    rove about among the stone pens," for Mal'chama %
    ,
    ; ;2$
    himself wi1I go even into exile: his priests and A;yu;;~
    his princes, all together.' Why do you brag

    JEREMIAH 49 :2 5 3 2

    353
    count of all her p1agues.t l3 Just as In the over- ({A,' g;?,:
    throw of Sod'om and Go.mor'raho and her p":p,':;y
    neighbor [towns] ,"" Jehovah has said, "no 11r:c i ~ ? s
    man will d~vellthere, and no son of manklncln J11.- r 3'121
    50 io
    will reside in her for any tirneaY
    V ,I SI; :I
    ~
    <I:I
    ~1.101~ ~
    , l ~ r+l:33
    19 "Look! Like a Iiony one will come up from ,T;;:IT
    2.4

    the proud [thickets] along the Jordan to the

    "i,sr ,I.':,

    durable abiding place," but In ~t moment I will rJcr72:S


    make him run away from her." Ancl who is the ad em:^
    one chosen for her? I shall turn my attention
    upon [him]. For who is like me,O and rvho will "Rd$;;l
    challenge rnep and rvho, now, is tlie shepherd ~;~l,$:
    that can stand before me?'z"Thclefore hear, web
    .III 2
    J f i 11.L<5
    0 men, the counsel of Jehovah that he has ;;I,,,
    2.6
    formulated against E'dom,' and his thou~hts'i?Jt\i! lo
    thnt: he has thought out agaInst the inhabitants
    of Te'rnan:' Surely the little ones of t h e flock
    will be dragged about, Surely on account oi $?r*;;.t;
    them he will make their dwelling place become mp2,;yn
    desolate.* At the sound of their falllng the '101, I!J;I
    earth has begun t~ rock.l)l There 3s an outcry!'< n%?l?r:s
    The sound of it has been heard eveen at thc Rcd E::,i","jt:,i:!
    Sea. :'Look! Just like an eagle someone will
    ascend and pounce
    and he will spread 11%
    out hjs wings over 1Boz1rah;rand the heart of r*;;;;;,;?
    the mighty men of E'dom wiIl actually become
    in that day like the heart of the wife having i:; :,$:,
    . J P T "1:ni
    distress in ~ h i l d b i r t h . " ~
    j .rkl 5:'t
    23 For Damascus :t "Ha'mathn and Ar'padv r:;l";,l;';li,
    have become ashamed, for it is a bad report l;,",;';
    that they have heard. They have disintegrated,)' uGJ
    Xn the sea there is fright; it is not able to keep vk;;,l$)i,
    undisturbed.% D a m a s e u s 3 h ~ slost courage. ",';ki!;j!
    She has turned to flee, and sheer panic has fl:,'FTi3
    Or, "o~nn." M, adorn'.

    ;zy!;,$\

    .,,,

    seked her.bDfstress and birth pangs themselves


    have taken hold of her, as with a woman that
    "2;!i
    2& is giving birth:' " HOEVis it that the city of
    J c r 2 2 : z praise has not been abandoned, the tonm of
    O ~ r ex~ltatiorr?~
    ~ ; ~
    Jer 51:Jl
    26 ''T11erefor~her young men 1vil1 fall in her
    public squares, and all the mcn of war themqer
    Jer 11 :a selves will be brought to silence In that day,"'
    the utterance of Jehoval~of armies. Pi "And
    ;
    ;;gjzo Iiswill
    L n 291
    set a fire nblazc an tlra v ~ l ofl D~rnasms,~
    Am 4:10
    and it ivi11 certainly devour the rl\r.eIljng towers
    onrn 1:3
    '1x1 15.18 Of Ecn-haldnd, *
    IIil 217.1
    2x4 13:s
    28 For Kc'dar" ~ n the
    d klngdoms of H a ' z ~ r , ~
    which
    Selrr.u-chad.rez'zar
    .the king of Babylon
    "P;h5:;;
    Isa
    struck
    daum,l'l
    this
    i
    s
    what
    Jehovah has said:
    Isa 4221
    Jerz.10
    "Rise
    up,
    go
    up
    -to
    Ke'dor,
    O
    men, and despoil
    Eze 27-21
    1tJer 49.33 the mns of the East,lk "Their own teatsr and
    niJer 27 G
    their own flocks will be tnkcn, their tent curnc;e 25.E
    J g 6:3
    tains3 and all thuilb srlicles, And their own
    1:3
    camelst twill be carried off from them. And they
    $t&l:
    IGa13:20 will certainly cry out to them, 'Fright is all
    15% 60:i
    nh

    ,,,,

    ar-md!"'u
    30 "Flee, go homeless far away; go do\m
    deep in order to dwcll, 0 inhabitants of Hat.J 6:s
    uI's 31:13 z ~ r , ' is
    , "the
    ~ utterance of J~hovah."For Neb-uJcr 2 ~ 3
    chad.lrzlzar
    the king of Bnlsylon has forrnu,J;:!f:&
    '1mnIn.7
    lated
    a
    counsel
    even against I'OU and has
    Jer 25:o
    Eze 3 ~ thought
    0
    out
    ~lgetin~r
    youn a thought."Y
    rrPS IW:-l
    Jer 4 ~ 1 1 31 '"ise up, 0 men, go up agajnst the nation
    ' 3 c 1S:S
    JW ' 1 7 : ~
    that Is at ensc,a dwclllng in security!"" is the
    h':~1:ld

    aJer 4,20
    Jer 10 3
    IInb s.7
    LGe 37 25

    ut tcrancc of Jchovnll.
    "NOdoors and no bar does it have. Solitary
    they r c s i d ~ : .I z ~And their camels" must become
    a plunder, and the multitude of their livestock
    ,I,,,,,
    C: 6;s
    YOU," ?IrmarginL,XX"%VgTntld morb t h n 100 Hphrew manuu

    2:

    Jlc X3:Z
    J A 18:28

    ,,,

    S C C ~ I I ( R ; " t h ~ ~ n , MSy*
    "

    353
    a spoil. And I \Fillscatter them to every wind,O P$y::g
    those who have their hair clipped at the tern- EzeE:14
    ples;"ancl from all regons near it I shall bring
    in their disaster," is the utterance of Jehovah.
    33 "And Ha'zoF m ~ s t
    become the lair QF jack- 'Jer 4g:28
    ala," a desolate waste to time Indefinite. No "Ta,lf
    mana will dwell there, and in hcr no son of n;,;22
    *Jcr 5039
    mankind1*will reside for any iimc.""
    Jer 51:37
    34 This is what became the word of Jehovah
    to Jeremiahc t h e prophet concerning Elarnk in kIEgy
    the beginning of the kingship of Zed.e.ki'ahh ge
    the king of Judah, saying:
    "This is what ~ a s : a
    Ac 2:9
    Jehovnl? of armies has said, 'Here 1 am break- nZKi
    2-1:18
    Ing the bow of Erlarn,T the begjnning of their rg:;;$
    a.9
    mightiness. And I wiI1 bring in upon E'larn 1's
    I-:: 22:G
    Zhr four winds from t h e four extremities of the ;rr 5 ~ : 1 4
    51:s
    heavens." And I will scatter them to all these .DJer
    , 7:2
    winds,t and there \rill prove to be na nation t o g~4:!
    which the dispersedU ones of E'lamd will not

    +$z&%3

    zz

    COME.'

    ,E
    Eze

    5:lQ

    "

    UPS

    147

    37 "And f will shatter the E?am.ites before ?%


    &;;
    their enemiesv and before those seeking for y;;j;g
    their aoul,o and I will bring upon them a calnm- Erc x : x
    ity, my burning anger,"r is the utterance of rlsazs:lg
    Jehovnh. "And I will send after them the stvord
    until I shall have exterminated them."#
    J C ~9 : ~
    38 "And I wiII set my throne in Elom, and Jer 4 8 3
    I will destroy out of there the klng nnd the c~;~g:#
    Ua 7:;

    princes,""is the utterance of Jehovah.


    U
    JerF2.3
    4~x47
    ~
    E:I$
    39 "And it will certainly occur in the flnal Eze
    ~,z:g
    part of the days" that I shall gather the captive :PC3&
    ones of Elam,'" is the utterance of Jehovah. y,";i:;?
    a

    "JInn." 31, isA.

    Or, ''earthling mnn." 31, n.rlrsm',

    See Jeremiah

    I: 1, footnote- tr, d"Of E'lnm," M'n~rKl"LXX'lrp.SyT nad sunny


    XTcl)rcv ~nnnuscripts; " t o ( o f ) tima Endeflnito,l' 11. "Xoul." M,
    nrph'rsh; LXT, psy.eltF'; Tg, arwi.>ntm,

    Ira 13:t
    JPP

    2j.a

    JEREMIAH 50:1-7

    The word that Jehovah spoke concerning BabylontBeconcerning the land of

    the Chal.de'ans,+ by the hand of JercmiahVthe


    prophet :" a "Tell lit1 among the nations and
    Y;,;r,l.$$ cnusc lit] to be heard."nd IIM: up n signal;c*
    014n I:{.;!
    cause lit] to be heard. Conceal nothing, 0 men.
    ! < I L l l 2: :!3
    sc.r I>~:H Sny, 'Babylma has been captured.'c Beld I-ias
    I?<. 1 I H
    been put t o shame." Mer'o.dachi' has become
    I ~ ; , I I:rt 1
    r r.1 44
    I J O :.:,:II
    .~
    terrified. Her images have been put t o shame.s
    1:ru 1 i;.'3
    FIer dungy idolso have become t~rrified.'~
    Tor
    sl,
    ni3'LZ a g ~ i n s her
    t a nation will ccrtninly come up from
    x1y 2.11
    /;it :;$; the north,u It is t h e one that wlll mnke her land
    ,rlbr:,I 11 nn d ~ j e c tof astonisl~ment,so that there will
    v.1 f * i m 51 :Y!l
    I
    7I
    prove t o be no one dwelling in her.v Both mana
    Lr.1, 1 :I
    xr\rt m..~ and domestic animal will actually go homeless.
    J r r X3.M
    PI..,, i I .12 They must go away."r
    .!tap ?:IS
    4 "Xn thosedays and at ~ h a t t I r n e , " ~ ithe
    s
    I..L*:+;I~
    1111 1 : l l
    c b s 1 2 t i 5 utterance of Jehovah, "the sons of Israel, they
    .rrbr3 1 , H and the sons of Judah together, nil1 come."

    J;;L;:;l-l

    - 8

    hl"c

    They will walk, weeping ns they walk,' and


    for Jehovah their God they will seek." 90
    Zion
    1 in 3:s
    they
    will
    keep
    asking
    t
    h
    e
    way,
    ~1
    th
    their
    faces
    24bC H.21
    t
    2-4
    in that djrection,) [saying,] 'Come and let u
    s
    ,Irmf
    li 10
    J
    ~ ?,!t
    J
    ~
    join ours~lvesto Jehovah in an indefinitely last'Ir,r 5"1.I
    J , . ~ : ~ ~ ing covenant that will not be forgotten.'+ G A
    m ~ ~ , ' ~ , ~ ~ : ,of
    ~ 7perishing
    ~ I l c l c k creatures my people has be"5 come.@Their own shepherds have caused them
    hI>71Sli. 10
    ,rlbrl o
    to wander about." On the mountains they have
    %rh- 1 3 :'i
    *Jimr2.2t) led them away.* From mountain t o hill they
    kJPr :I:+,
    311:q 2.i 2
    I I ~ V E ! ~0ne.kThey have f o r ~ o t t e ntheir resting
    Irl'%
    27'4.7
    9 bv , pIlnce.al All those finding them have eaten them
    and their own adversaries have snid,s 'We
    77;;;d55 shaIE not become guilty,' due t o the fact that
    a "llnhylon," T,XXVg; "Ba'bel," 3ZSy"r
    Alpe d~rcminh 1 : 1,
    fonlrioCn 1. E"Sig11aI." 31, AFS, d''Be'llt~l'' L X X . '"MRu," 11,
    $;:{:;'0

    "'.a 10:):4
    J ~ L I 4:) 19
    1.5

    "'(":'

    ,,,

    ff.d(tll~',

    I
    they have sinned against Jehovah the abiding
    place of rlghteousnessu and the hope of their

    ug:?;

    i',:

    31, hut Ttith a felninin~,~ir~yulnr


    ~rrh,

    Jehovah that she has sinned.' l n Shout a war


    cry against her on every side.$ She has given
    .Ir.c 5?:13
    3ort 8:10
    her hnnd.' Her piIIars have fa1len.O Her tvalIs
    *I(:h 29 2 1
    2t 11 311,H hnve been torn down.' For It is t h e vengeance
    6:i3
    o l Jchovt~h,' Take YOUR vengenncc an her, Just
    m.1,-r :,;.2n
    as she has done, do to her." "' Cut or1 the sower
    ?$:?:i::I
    ) (,
    .I ' ~ I :,:,
    {;.K
    fro111 Babylon,n and the one handling the sickle
    ;*:lf 1j:.!1;;Vin the time of harvest.' Because of tllc maltreating sword they will turn each one to his own peoJ4.r -11; IU
    J
    1 . 1
    plc,
    and they will flee each one to his own land.""
    tJr'r 2.1 1
    s(~:tl
    1
    7
    "Israel is a scattered sheep.! Lions thcrnp:rr 3 1 3
    selves
    ]lave done the dispersingu In the first
    hit l9:'!4!
    r l a c i.25 instance the king of Asbsyrtiaa"
    has dcvourcd
    rllnhll
    tr.l~ur?:l5 him," and in this latter instance Neb.u.chadJa.1. 3,: :'{g
    s
    on his
    ,,llIrr ,539 rez'zar the king of Babylon h ~ gnanped
    bones,s 'STherefore this Is {\+hat Jehovah of
    !>:tg20
    .t!.j armics, the God of Israel, has said, 'Here I am
    1\11 7 17
    1 :
    turning my attention upon the king of Babylon
    s2KI 24:lO
    I
    nnd upon his Iand in the samc way that 1 turned
    X ' I I ."M;:17
    my ntlentisn upon the king of As.syr'i.a."l D And
    1 1I
    Ji I' :$'I:
    I
    a.l<l
    .L5 1 1vi1l bring Israel back t o his pasture ground,"
    and he will certainly graze on Car'rne12 and on
    3:l:JL:,
    Nnv'l
    %. 11 2: 1 1 Ba'shan;" and in the mountainous region of
    4i:7.1'j
    I:'pZ~r:t.im~and of Gil'e.ad* his soul will he satis.1 I H
    0Ju.i s:>

    ~P'LIIYP,

    JEREMIAH 50 :15-21

    *Z:bIp;ij

    YPS 2 2 : ~
    fore fathers,^ Jehovah.' "
    Jer 14:s
    8 "Go homeless out of the midst of Babylon,
    and go forth even out of the land of the Chaldefans,Y and become like the leadlng anlmalsa Y,&?;!
    before the ffock.z ' For here I nm nmusinr and
    bringing up against Babylon a congregation of 2;; g&
    great nations from the land of the north,lbiandlmfer55X:Q
    they wlll certainly array themselves slaainst *zrE:I,
    her.' From there she will be cnpt~tred.~
    One's1,;;; ;$:;
    arrows are like those of a mighty man causing ,;;;;
    berea~lementof children, rrthc does not come
    back without results.* l U And Chal.de'ab must +?;.rjy
    Re l'i:~s
    h c o m e a spoil.+ AU those r n a k l n ~spoil of her,rI,,17r 17.5
    151
    ~ v i l lsatisfy themselves,"' is the utterance of 3e- ~ ~ e ~ 6 : 2
    hovah. "For you men kept rejoicinpJqfor Y O L * ! ' ~ : ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
    men kept exulting when pillnghg my own pos- 6;; $;*M
    session." For YOU kept panring like a heifer
    inl*poz;;
    t h e tender grass,' and I-OW kept neighing like
    yr8
    stallions,~C" The mother of YOU men has be- &
    t115a4 7 s
    come w r y much ashamed.!) She that gave you $fF1"?A2
    birth has been disappointed.r Look: She is the "::.$%:#
    least important af the nations,* a waterless wil- I
    Ej3;
    dcrness and a desert plain.[ IS Because of the j ~ g;;:
    ;
    indignation of Jehovah she wfll not be inhab- ug;cly~
    Ited," and she must become a desolate waste
    CII I~erentirety.' As for anyone passing along -;?$%g3
    1 ~ 14:4
    :~
    by Rabylon, he w i l l stare in astonishment and
    zi
    ::
    5 e p 225
    whistle on account of all her p1agues.s
    zIea 13:4
    14 "Array yourselves against Babylon on
    %&
    every side,z all YOU who are treading the bow.'
    Shoot at her.' Spare no arrow, for j t is against &;:&
    a "Lrading aninmls." Or, "raitls nncl he-goats," Tg, "ki dn." b "Chaldots," lJXSVp; "the land of the C'l~nl~rIc'nn~,''F y T ; "the Chsl-

    357

    1.th

    ~ ~ ~ ' 1 1

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    .81.r

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    l

    n~I~r7.1.t
    0.J41~ I T I!!

    'Nll dS,l
    I

    , I

    @Jvr"+3:1B
    b~,,,

    2;k!;q:2,.?l

    43:25

    1 5 1 ~1 t l

    ,
    ,
    h:ic 11:2tL
    .i:11) I

    rl.:,a,2i::!:t
    -n.14~
    -91
    .I

    fictl.'"
    20 "And in those days and at that time,'*
    Is the utterance of Jehovah, "the error of Israel
    wlll be searched for," h u t it will not be; flnd the
    sins of Judah," and they w311 not be found, for
    1 ~ 1 1 ~ 1forgive
    1
    those whom I lct remain."lc
    21 "Aptinst: the land of Mer.ahthatirnn--come

    up nminst hern and against the inhabitants of


    Peltod.l~~
    k t there be a massacre and a devut-

    M ~ V I ~ I jrrhnps,
    IK,
    G ' D o ~ ~ rrhelliou.'
    j~!e
    Evid~utlym~rininp.BabyA ilaiIF nf A I . ~ . I I I ~ L Pnomad3
    ' ~ I I i n m ~ t h ~ n l t f ~hrhny l o n i ~ ,

    11111.

    I~trr.ilr+ri
    t r

    c>11
    ~

    1:'lnrn.

    359
    ing to destruction close upon them," I s the
    utterance of Jehovah, *'and do accordjng to dl
    that 1 lalave commanded you." x g Thei-e is the
    gk4
    sound of war in -the land, and a great break- Jer4&:10
    Lisa 21~2
    down,' *& 0 how the forge harnmcr of all the Jer 4 2 0
    earth has been cut off and gets brokenElz 0 how $2 ?:i?
    Babylon has became a mere object of astonish- 1 VdJm~ XCSO:;^
    :L~
    mcnt among the nations!' " 1 have laid a snare
    ,yc

    "'Tha Boverdgrz hrd.'' See Ianinh 9: 15, footnote o,

    l*E:lsraelm4 Therefore her young men will fall irl


    :
    her public squares," and even all her men of
    2 l'h 2:4
    I:~:c
    war will be brought to silence in that day,"' is
    OT\Il 13: LR
    I
    I
    the utl crrtnce of Jehovah.
    *It'!- #l!I
    Ti7
    1 I .
    31 "Look! I am ngninst you,'" P~resumphl*,IL.I. a1 sr$
    ZO:IH
    ousness,"l~
    is the l~tteranccof the Sovereignn
    W6.r 61.'15
    ILQTd,n Jehovah of armies, "far your dny must
    I.;,~ 5 : s
    kI\n 1.1 1.7 come, the time that I must give you a t l e n t i ~ n . ~
    ,:,,.
    ,;:!
    1
    I .:'I
    '? And Presumptuousness* will certainly sNm, , ,
    -"t?.t I
    ble
    and fall,# and it will have no one t o cause it
    3 ' 0 3 1~1.4
    nblaze in its
    l l.Il cr.1.
    t l or(;,
    lr1:24
    III tn rise up.' And I wjll set R f l s ~
    t t l . n ~ n c i t l ~ ~and
    ;
    ,
    it
    will
    certainly
    dcvour
    ~ l its
    l sur131<l! l l . 1 2
    k:,n :lr:I H I ro~ndings."U
    Pl'V lL\:t2
    33 This is what Jehovah of armies has said :
    [I I L L :5 . ~ 3
    I:,. 11.2
    "The
    sons of Israel ancl the sons of Judah are
    t.ra>r51 26
    being oppressed together, and all those taking
    Itt. 1t.9
    t#.l#br I . 14
    ~
    .T,.l':,l.5R thrm captive have laid hold on t b ~ r n .They
    I~nverefused t o let them go.Y ItJThelr RepwT,,,,
    I % I ,,,.,
    17 1;
    'v h n2~t 1 7 chaser" is strong,$ Jehovah of armies being his
    1.1
    nnmc. Without fail he will conduct their legal
    case," in order that he may actually give repose
    *
    nr~n
    P.I~II
    I~:I
    InI:J to the landb3 and cause agitation t o the Inhabit[q:h
    In nnts of Bnhylon.'"
    .!,,r r
    5l.rQ
    35 "There is a sward against the Cha1de'aml~rk.$I :"i
    I91% t5 I:~.?
    .tlLr
    I
    ans,"e is the u~eranceof Jelrovah, "and against
    t l inhabitants
    ~ ~
    of Babylon' and against her
    *1'111
    .I,.I' 1H,'I
    '1 I1
    princes?: and against her wise oncs." '"There is
    . i , . ~In:?
    *!2.:,~i$aat l r.tn:zo a sword againd the empty talkers," and they
    will certainly act f ~ o l i s h l y There
    . ~ ~ is a sword
    ,?
    aminst
    hrr
    mighty
    rncn,ll
    and
    they will actually
    t:;'"7,;Lt;
    ,j.:;l
    r f 7'1
    There
    is
    R s!vorCI. against
    h(aeorne
    terrifiedr
    ,.!. :,; ,,,
    r
    l
    l
    ~
    i
    f
    llorsesn
    and
    against
    their
    ivar chariotst
    n:~:,y~,~2,
    and
    against
    all
    the
    mixed
    compmy
    that are in
    t ,tl,r~
    ~ 71;, G22
    ~
    'I."
    T : ; ~ )I ' ,I
    3';;:;"! the midst of her," and they will certainly be3cn 47:10

    ,,

    for you and you have also been caught,r 0


    Babylon, and you yourself did not know [it].z 5;;~:;;~
    ;5"$7
    You were found and also taken hold of, f o r it 9
    ITh 5:3
    w ~ against
    s
    Jehovah that you excited yourself.*,',*:
    " Jehovah has opened his storehouse, ancl he :::j:::
    brings forth the weapons of his d e n ~ n c i n t i o n .,:$
    ~&;
    For there is a work that the Sovereign4 Lord,a i:; 2;;;s
    Jehovah of armies, has in the land of the ,:;;?c;;
    Cha1.de'ans.O =o Come in to her from the farthest
    part.' Open up her granaries.'>Bank her up, Qf;a;2il
    der 5132
    5.26
    just like those making heaps," and devote her +1sa
    J c r s1:n
    50:lO
    .to destruction." May she not come to have any eJer
    rIl;;t 2510
    r e m ~ i n i n g 0nes.k z7 Mass~cre ~ l her
    l
    young &; :?&
    bulls." May they go down t o the s1nughter.v kgl;?;fJ
    Woe to them, for their day has come, the time
    n;;;gz+2
    rder 2 5 : 3
    for their being given attention!"
    1 Re lr:l$
    28 "There is the sound of tho% fleeing and clr er -13.44
    those escaping from the land of Babylont to kEi:i?i
    tell atlt in Z b n the vengeance of Jehovah our fJ","p4&T5
    VI=S
    IS^ I.t!l:';
    GI:?
    God," the vengeance for his temp1c.V
    20 ' 5 m I n l o ~against Babylon archers,r all ;;;;i;O
    who are treading t h e b o ~ v Encamp
    .~
    against her
    all aro~~nd.'
    May there prove t o be no escapee^.^ y%;f,9
    ~j;;
    ;:
    Pay back to her according t o her n ~ t i v i t y 03sa13:19
    .~ %
    According to all that she has done, do to 11er.~a?E?$~7::&
    For it is against Jehovah 211~tshe has acted o ~ ~ $ ~ 6
    presumpWousIy, against the FIoly One of 1s- g;:gE
    i

    JEREMLAH 50:30--37

    r:#b

    1.1

    lill

    :.I>.

    ,.,.,

    ?n

    -. -

    <

    "l'ltn flovcrciga Lord." See Iaairlh 3 : 15, footnote a. b Or, t'earth."

    JEREMIAH 50:38-44

    360

    361

    ;::: ;;;:

    come women.- There is a sword against her


    treasures,Y and they will actually be plundered. ~ X R I L44:27
    B T h e r eis a devastation upon her waters, and !CTi;'?;y
    they must be dried upmaFor it is a land of T
    ::;:!,,
    graven images,' m d because of [their] horrifying visions they keep acting crazy.(3 There- ;O;;- ",;?
    fore the haunters of waterless regionsa will
    dwell with the howling animals, and in her the 7;- 1~ z
    ostrichesh must dwell;" and she will nevermore 9!\n,.r 1,3:M
    23.12
    be dwelt in, nor tvilZ she reside for generation
    :;::;

    ",:.z::52

    Je~r:%I,I, I
    after generation."+
    lltm lK.21
    40 "Just as with God's overthrow af Sod'- ('i;:;
    om and of Go.rno~'rah+and of her neighbor T;$ ;!!;L4
    [towns],"'"i s the utterance of Jehovah, "no 3r.r 49.18
    An1 0:11
    manc will dwell there, nor will the son of man- ZVIJ
    ::!I
    kind"eside in her far any time."
    J UCIP2
    dl'p
    :
    7l
    i
    41 "Look! A people is coming in from the *JRcar 1R.8
    13:it
    north, even a great nationwand grand kings1<$::; &z?d
    themselves will be roused up from the remotest &' !;:
    parts of the earth-n L 2 Bow and javelin they $;
    handle,' They are cruel and will show no ,;;;,l;i;;
    mercy." The sound of them is like the sea that$;(;:I;
    is boisterous,t and upon horses they will ride;^ I W I.~:IG
    6.23
    set in array as one manc for war against you, t .rcr
    t>,d(i~
    0 daughter of E~by1an.v
    u 1-a
    r h a S::TO
    ',:as
    43 "The king of Babylon has heard the re-, $::; !$!
    portQabout them,^ and his hands have dropped a%v.r4~r
    ~ Z51:n
    Ht
    1:'~
    don7n.z There is distress! Severe m i n s have ).lhn
    I
    2 I :;*
    seized hold of him, just like a woman giving ,:;:;;;a
    birth.'
    - =.T,.F ~ 9 . 7 ~
    jci 6 1 . . ~
    44 "Look! Like a lion" one w i l l come up from ZJrr
    3
    :
    :
    s
    the proud [thickets] along the Jordan to the
    durable abiding place,m but in a moment I shall mfm 129
    make them run away from her.AAnd who Is the nJer J k l D
    '"The drfigona," Vg. b Ltwnllp, "daughtets of fin os(rich," M.

    F;;:.",:

    *'31nnm"31, id. a Or, c'men.?r31, a.dart~'.

    JEREMIAH 50 :45-41:5

    one chosen for herlPI shall turn my attention


    upon him].' For who is like me," and who will
    c h a l l e n ~ ome,' and who, now, is the shepherd
    thnt cnn stnnd hcfore me?**Therefore hear,
    O men, tlie counscl of Jehovah that he has
    Forn~ulatedagainst Babylont<and his thoughts
    that he has thaught out against the land of
    Zke Chalal.de'ans,ll
    Surely the little ones of the
    flock \+rill be dragged about.= Surely on a c m t
    of them hc will taus their abiding place to be
    desolated." '"At i h c sound [when I Babylon will
    riciunlly be wized, Ihe earth wlll certainly be
    srl. rorlclng,ht~damong the nations an outcry
    itself bc heard.""
    This is what Jehovah has said: "Here I
    R r n rousing up against Babylonv and
    n ~ inst
    n tllc inhabitants of Leb-ka'maia a ruinous wfnd;r # and I mill send to Babylon winnowrvs who will certainly winnow her and who will
    mnke her land empty,* for they will actually
    prove t o be gain st her on all sides in the day of
    calamity.*
    3 "Lct thc one treading his bow do no treadIng." And Iet no one raise hlmself up in his coat
    of rnnil,"
    "And do not YOU men show any compassion
    for her young men0 Devote to desEntction all
    her army.' ' And they must f&II dain in the land
    of the ChaLde'nns* anid pierced through in her
    srmta:
    5 "For Tsraelm and Judahn are Rot widowed

    51

    ..I1

    !,::;h:, l;\
    !

    --

    I . d r cF~l."nn'i,
    11; ~ n ~ n n i n"Thr
    a h a r t o f tliase rising up against me."'
    A r r o r d i n ~to n nnta ill tho Mnnorn, ~ t l ~ iisa cryptogmphical name

    l'rw I ' t i t ~ l . 1 1or


    ~ ~ l~i h ~ r ( l . d ~ ? tlay
    ~ ' ,t l i ~dctfice called At.rlrmk'. See Sere~ri~nli
    ?>:9, footrmta &. LXY, "Lhe Chel.de'ansV; T , "the land of
    ihr, t'l~til~~lr'nns."

    JEREMLW 51 :6-42

    362

    363

    JEREMIAH 51 :13-40

    IcJos8:14 lying fn ambush.~ForJehovah


    from their God,&from Jehovah of armies." For #21L34;i:
    both has fomed
    *La 2:17
    the land of those has been full of s t i l t from the l$~Ilf%
    the idea and will certainly do w h ~ the has
    I

    standpoint of the Holy One of 1srael.k


    Jcr I~::IH
    E z c S:17
    S . ~ .iq:zm
    6 "Flee out of the midst of Babylon,' and ' JF,u
    IS: I
    provide escape each one for his own sou1.b~Do
    ;TsuL; I L 26
    not bc rende~wlinanimate* through her emrFg~
    For it is the time of vengemcc hIonging to Je- t ~ t ? < ~ ~ I ?
    -:1:~10
    hovnhmtThere is treatment that. he is paying Jer
    Jpj- 5 , , : , ~
    Hn
    12:tn
    back t o hermu' Babylan has been a goldenC cup,,Da I I : H
    in t h e h ~ n dof Jehovah,'' shed making ~ 1 1the I vJcr
    oder ?li:14
    2i 17
    earth drunk-$'Fmm here wine the nations have.,y;;&,IB
    drunkmX
    That is why the nntionr k e q acting
    I
    cmzed.' "udddely Babylon hns fallen, so that z7:r~2~i:
    she is brokenmaHowl over her, YOU people." R, 1.1:~
    Take balsam for her painQPerhaps she may *i?rl!!l!,G
    EP 1h.3
    Jcr
    :I)::,$
    bc healed."
    9 "5i'e tvodd have healed Babylon, but she
    Zii
    has not been heaIed. Leave her, YOU people,' LLh12;;,
    and let us go each one t o his own land.. For
    clear to the heavens her judgment has reached,
    and it ha,q been lifted up t o the cloudy skies."+RC Ipl
    ~..I
    '"Jehovah has brought forth deeds of right-1 CJ.I rcrn 41<:I4
    . 1 ~
    eousness f o r us." Come wcl do let us recount in 'azCI1$iS
    Zion the \rTorkof Jehovah our God."k
    C ~FI C126:1
    ~
    S, .g
    11 "Polish the arrows.n Fill the circular $I%'n::iB
    n l e r 21.5
    50:l.i
    shields," 0 men. Jehovah has aroused the spirit rIsn
    ,
    of the kings of the NIede~,~
    becnusc it is against A; ?j;:h
    Babylon that his idea is,' in order lo bring her
    E !,7
    to ruin. For it is t h e vengeance of Jehovah, the
    vengeance for his ternp1e.u '"gainst
    the waIls Jrr su:.ia
    SO:?R
    of Babylon lift up a ~ignal.~v
    Make strong t h e udcr
    rIsn 33:3
    waich.nu Post the watchmen.h Make ready those yNL12 . 1
    I

    zzzll

    ; ; :=

    ,$$Iaa

    "l';irlow~I from their God." Liternll;r, "n midower from his God,"
    31, treph'aslt; LXX, pq.rlr5'; 1'~;
    a'ni-ma.
    Or, "silent.'' d Or, "it," t!mt is, the PU it hring f~mnininein 3nder in
    IIchm. 01,"its."
    M, nh. 8
    " g ~ n r dh. ~
    Or, "pards."

    N, b "Soul."

    &,

    '

    spoken agninst the inhabitants of Babylon.""


    13 "0womnn rcsiding on abounding waters,'
    ; A~:-'I abundnnt
    c-'dhr
    in tt.camres,; your end has comc, the
    I :.-G
    i
    mcasurc
    oC yarw profit rnakinl;.' l 1 Jehovah of
    ' 1 i n b 2.9
    armies has sworn by his otvn sowl,afi'1 will AIL
    I:P 1s:19
    a.J+p ils:i3
    nrn ( i : ~ you with men," like the locusts,"and they will
    I Icl, G:13
    certainly silng forth over you a shout.'* He is
    :
    the Malcer of t h c carth by his powcr,k the One
    $kc$:";?
    OJcr ~ 1 f5i ~ m l ycstclbllshing the productive Inndc" by his
    1tt.t. > : I
    1
    . wisdom,"'nnrl the One ~ v h oby his understandIvi 45.18
    I
    ing* st rctcl~crl out the heavensat At [his]
    n 1's s3:I
    voice Ihcrc is n giving of a turmoil of waters
    I ~ Y MG.IU
    1'Ps 101:24
    in t h e heavens by himru and he causes vaporsa
    PP 3:19
    j
    5 to ascend from the extremity of the earthar
    + ' > 1"'
    2
    1\:1 .ll, 22 He has made even sluicese for the rain,^ and
    * J 81 r~ 1 2he b r i n ~ s
    forth the windf from his storrhou~es,~
    11.tOk) :w:34
    I :5 I H : I ~
    Eveiy
    mnn"
    has behaved so unreasoningly as
    1 Ihi.7
    t - l b u l:n:7
    not
    t
    o
    know,'
    Every metalworker will feel
    y !air 10 13
    because of the shaped image:' for his
    y..:r,t) :
    1 ashamed
    ~
    -1's 14 2
    molten Image is a falsehood," and there js no
    t ' i a n 4I:ll
    ;
    E.t,
    I C - S:<I
    ~ ~
    spirit" in thcrn.; ' T h e y are vanity," a work of
    mockery.'In the time of their being given attenff;,:'r4$,;y5
    * r ' * 1fi.s
    tian t hcy iviIt perisham
    I'C 75 'It7
    I7
    I9 (IThc Shnm of Jacob is not like these
    flL'Iil tL0.25
    I - ; , x.11 things,' for hc is the Former of everything,"
    ,Ia.r 33:2
    even the staffr of his possession.k Jehovah of
    I
    L1I?C
    .; 732.9
    !.?
    armies Is his name.n
    20 "You arr! a club for me, as weapons of
    ,- -, a " S r ~ i i l , " 11, nrpl8'r~ak; Tg, rr'rrni.11lar; L X X , "m-tri." b "Jtcn (mnn) ,"

    Re 17:15
    /.X%R 453

    31, rr.tlnmP.0 "1 ' r o ~ l ~ iivo


    ~ * l I I I ~ ~ I ~ . " ill, te.bt:l'; '-XXI "t 11s in11rtl)ited
    v11r611"; Tg, nr'lrirr ( "llrl. ~-ir.rlc" of the earth), d Or, "vn])~r011s
    c.lrlurls."
    Scc I'natlnl 1:I.i: 7, I'ncltnntea; Jereminh 10 : 13,foutnnte e.
    '' \VIII~." 31, r~~'ttjtfd
    ; ?*K, I ~ P W ' I I ~LXT,
    S;
    ph68 ( " l i ~ l i t " ) , a Or,
    L'hrcvltlr." 31, rrl'illll~lr; I,XX', ?,rr~jr'ma; Tg, apixPi,#uu.k Or,
    cxllr~l~rtion."1 Or, "tdbc." hi, slrr'bct.

    365

    warprand by you I shall certainIy dash nations


    to pieces, and by you I will bring kingdarns to
    rmin.8 And by you I will dash the horse and
    his rider t o pieces, and by you I will dash the
    war chariot and its rider to p i e ~ e s . ~And b y
    you I wiIl dash man and woman to pieces, and
    by you I will dash aId man and boy t o pieces,
    and by you I will dash young man and virgin
    82

    rlsa 10:s
    Isa 1233

    kings of Me'di-a,' its governors and all its dept y rulers and all the Pand of each one'sa dorninp&%g, ron.
    Z D And let the earth rock and be in severe
    D a 5:29
    na
    6%
    wlvn 1 3 : i ~ pain,a for against Babylon the thoughts of
    Jt,r H:16
    ,lcrao:.\s Jehovah have risen up to make the land of
    11111 8.8
    Babylon an object of astonishment, without an
    l ~ 1,2:19
    s ~

    rFE2yi;

    Jer 3:23
    aJer 25:9
    Jer 2 7 5
    tder W:37

    !,

    20:4
    and his drove t o pieces, and by you I will dash Tsa
    Eze 016
    farmer and his span [of animals] to pieces, and
    by you I will dash governors and deputy rulers
    to pieces. 2i And l will pay back t o BabyIon and
    t o all the inhabitants of Chal-de'aa all their badness that they have committed in Zion before 1Wt 4 i : b
    the eyes of Gou people,"" is the utterance ol Is%51:23
    Isn 66:G
    Jehovah.
    J P ~
    50: 15
    Re 620
    25 "Here I am against you,s 0 ruinous moun- \-JET
    50:31
    e
    tain,"= is the utterance of Jehovah, "you ruiner i Isa~ 11:4
    132
    Dn 430
    of t h e whole earth;* and I wiIl stretch out my Zec
    4:7
    %:9
    hand against you and roll you away from the 'Jer
    Re 11.18
    8;8
    crags and make you a burnt-out mountain."' LIZe
    I',c 15:9
    26 "And people will not take from you a LIsa 13:19
    Isa 1-1~23
    stone for a corner or a stone for foundations,* 3er 50:13
    50:40
    because desolate wastes to time indefinite are dJer
    Re 18:21
    -Isa 13:2
    what you will bec~rne,"~
    is the utterance of .TPT 511.2

    Or, "sho'phar."

    inhabitant.t
    30 "The mighty men of Babylon have ceased
    to fight." They have kept sitting in the strong
    p1aces.V Their mightiness has run dry.7 They

    Jcr ~ j o : . ~have
    'Nn 2 1 7
    1fi;':16

    UI'A

    1's 147:13
    ~sa
    4 ~ 2

    become w0rnen.l Her residences have been

    set') on Are.* Her bars have been broken."

    31 "One runner runs to meet another runner,


    one reporter to meet another reporter,'
    to report t o the king of Babylon that his city
    rsa 471 1
    has been captured at every endJc4" and that the
    :;:$$43
    4 ~ 7fords themselves have been seized,' and the
    Jrr 5038
    16 12 papyrus boatsd they have burned with fire and
    lJcr 5037
    .rsnzr:lo the men of war themseIves have become inIqn 41m15
    nm Y :a
    tensely afraid.""
    hllc l:L3
    33 For this is what Jehovah of armies, the
    Ilnb 3:12
    #Ise 17.5
    God of Israel, has said: "The daughter of Baby1R:5
    floor.Vt is the time to
    . ~ ~ Ion
    ~ ,is~like
    ~ a? threshing
    ~
    tread
    her
    down
    solid.
    Y
    e
    t a little while and the
    {$:$
    k Z( '11:$:I:+
    . ~ i 7 time of the harvestm must come for her."'
    34 "Ncb.u-chad.rezfzarthe king of Babylon
    2i:L
    has
    eaten me up;" he has thrown me into conF;P;:~
    fusion."
    He has set me as an empty ~ e s s e lHe
    .~
    I ~ z2K
    rrsa
    %:.1
    4 3~
    has
    swallowed
    me
    down
    like
    a big snake;""e
    r ~ 3,1:1i
    Jvr
    n
    W:II
    has filled his abdomen with my pleasant things.
    KJ, 2 2
    nl'l' 1 ; t Z
    He has rinsed mer away. 'The violence done ta
    n r ~ 51:44
    r
    b22ihG3me and [ t o ] my organism be upon BabyIon!'
    A m 1.5

    ~ l ~ ~ l and
    ~ : 1 g
    CIsa 21.9

    zk

    m~Tfjr

    z;$:;

    ~t%.

    nc18:10
    run 11 7

    ~rxm
    1ca
    3n:18
    13,s

    7 C - c 0.f

    UL-YXSy. bL'Signal."M,

    ; Yfi
    : : 5"
    ?

    15:3
    t o pieces.~" U n d by you I: will dash shepherd uPSa
    2Ch 36:17

    ~ehovah.
    ~ jI S~
    OM:3
    51:iZ
    i
    27 "Lift up a signalb in the land, 0 men.*
    Blow a trumpet? among the nations." Sanctify :kr,23;14
    against her the nations.~ummonagainst her
    t h e kingdoms of Ar'a-rat," Min'ni and Ash'ke- i c h 1:s
    naz.l<Commission against her a recruiting offi- ';"&%:::a3
    cer. Make the horses come up like bristly $Ei$:jl"
    locusts.fl 2P Sanctify against her t h e nations, the E; $+s
    r'ChaJ.de'a," Vg ; "lnnd of the Chal.detsns,'' T ; "Ch~l~de'ans,"

    JEREMIAH 51:29-35

    nnc'n.!' Literally, '%is," 3L r'Have been set:' Literally,


    a4Llili~rh
    "thry (penple) have set," 11. lit-ally, "from ntl end," M.
    d Irl$~pyrus
    boots," by n slight correction. Literally, "sn-amp reeds,"
    or, "rcctlS pools," M. e Or, '(a dragon." f ''JIe," 3Ima"'~'~VgfSgT.

    the inhabitress of Zion will my.t 'And my blood '2:!;58


    be upon the inhabitants of Chal.de'a!'L Jerusa- 1:; ;:;gg
    lcm wil1 say.""
    irpr;9:12
    T S ~ I?G 21
    36 Therefore this is what Jehovah has said: Re G : " )
    "Here I am conducting yourg1legal case,' and I;;1 &j.y;2
    sllsll certainly orecute venEesnee for you.* y?;;:
    And f will dry up her sea, nnd I zvill malre her :oe,1 :i?
    wclls (7ry.x And Babylon must hecame piles '%$%\;fji
    ISA
    l:!'l!l
    5 1 2
    of stones,' the lair of jackals," all object of ' .jcr
    astonlsl~rnentand something to whistle at, with- --ISR
    der 1
    jr):]:,
    ::22
    out an inhabitant." 38 All together they will roar ;gl:y;"
    Just like maned young lionsp They s i l l cer- i;~;fG~;

    and through them no son of manktnda will


    pass.t *+ And I will turn my attention upon Belhl
    EzeZg:11 in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his
    UIsn 46:l
    jrc+l. sn:2
    mouth lvhnt ho has sval1owed.v And to him naV"('11 .%:7
    I
    I
    tions \vill strcnm no more." Mso, the tvn11 itself
    d t - r 52 3 4
    of Babylon must fall.2
    tja 1:2
    ylsn 21
    45 "Get out of the midst of her, O my peoTln 4:l
    ple,' and provide each one his soulCwith escapeu
    !;",",:dig
    ,ti4.~~1
    ; from thc bumlng anger of Jehovah,* " Or atherwise YOUR hefirt will sinke and YOU will become
    01 19:LY
    ITW5;:6
    afraid
    hwnusr of the report that is to be heard
    %+.r2 7
    z lo in the land.' And in one year the wport will
    h3'u It; .75
    actually come, nnd after i.t in another year there
    tainly g1vn.1like the rvhelps of lions,"
    KL,2.5 I
    JCC ?:,:IS
    Zcp 2: 15
    IVL
    13.13
    will be the report and violence in i he earth and
    J,,, .i,,,,
    39 "When they are heated I shall set their ~ ~ n ~ ; ; j ; '
    rules against ru1er.O Therefore, look! there
    banquetr md I will make then1 d ~ l m h in
    , order J ~ . I - :J;
    are days coming, and I will turn my attention
    t h ~ It l ~ e ymay exult;c- and they must sleep an -2;$2 13
    2
    ;
    t
    k
    ;
    !
    ,
    ;
    3.27
    upon the~mvenImagesoEBabylon,'andallI~er
    indeAniteIy lasting sleep,(! from which they will Jer
    ~ :\$I
    J I ; : r; J 1s
    D, 5 . I
    -;.lr L ~ Zown lnnd wi!l hecome ashamed and all her own
    never wake up,"@is the utteranm of Jehovah. 2:ii::
    I-;t 111.9
    slain ones !+rill f ~ l 1in the midst of her."
    I , I
    '"7 shall bring them down like male sheep to EJ';r1,ir5,
    I\.l
    'lf;:l
    48 "And over Babylon the heavens and the
    Jilr rv):q
    the slaughtering, like rams along with the he- r g$
    r>1;52
    33
    goats,"'
    ISA M : t i
    *':,.r ?5.i2 earth sud all tlmt is in them will certainly cry
    Jrr T 4 1 : z f
    Jibr 50:35
    'out joyfully,l' for out of the north them will
    r,,:,,
    41 "0 how She'shache has been captured," *y;;i.;:
    mmc to hw the despilers,"ll Is the utterance
    and how the Praise of the hole earth gets to kIsn
    ::Gig
    I;:;:?;
    2-.I
    of Jrhovnh. '""Not only was Babylon lthc cause
    be seized!" How Babylon has become a mere JTSRCF 1W:25
    ;
    :
    r ~ . l 4 ~st1
    c
    for t hr alnin ones a Israel to fall but also a t
    object of astonishment among the nations!" :?s";'~
    f l ' 5 1.7ifJ
    r.r,.17
    The sea has come up even over BabyIen. B y "J","t57;:?& Jvr 51:24 Enbyl~nfhc slain ones of all the earth have
    It\. 1S:fi , fallcn,v
    the multjtude of its waves she has been cov- ,E;c1$7/35
    ' 5 20
    50 ''YOUescapees from the sword, keep goIca 51 :I1
    ered.t "Her cities have become an object of
    JcrsQ:s ing. Do not stand still."From far w a y rememItr I V : ~
    astonishment, a waterless land and a desert g;p>;:28
    t
    1
    ber Jrhovnh,' nnd may Jemsalern herself come
    I>-. 1 In .I
    plain." As a land, in thernfnno m a w will dwell, ,J";rl&t:D
    u1,./1. 1 :3
    U p 1t120 YOUR hc8k't.""
    Kl' 1:2
    51 "WC have been put t o sl~amelvfor we
    lJs
    JZZ:B
    FTrn vcrw 24, footnote n. Thr! pronnnll i~
    it) the feminine gcndnr,
    1's 137.5
    xinguln~.n n ~ n h r ~to~ r, ~ f e rto Zlnrl nr J ~ ~ ~ l r s ~ lOr,
    c n ~by, a pnlnrcchave h ~ n r d repn>ach.Y Humiliation has covv.~lqr
    tion, 'k~mnrlnifm?..'' L X X , ' ' 1 1 ~ stripcliird ( q t ~ n n e d ) " ;T'r, ''FEUJIIered our f n c ~ sfar
    , ~ strangers have come gain st
    L,',:
    $:_f3
    Iwr'" ;'l', "not he strong?' "Tllrj. nin?. die* t11e second death," T.
    --* Sco 2 ~ 1 r i n i a h'75:2B, footnote s, "lln'hef," T. "Them," in the
    o r , "men!' Y, n,dn.nr< bb"d," MTg; "Bil," 81.; "tile womhipere
    f emininc gender, to r e f e r lo the cities. ">Inn." RL, isA.
    (nlmntnnts) of Bel," T, a rlSouI." 31, ~,epA'esAj vg, a'~i.w&ft.
    '?::,$320

    -IT

    ;,I

    d,t'

    *I

    JEREMIAH 51: 52-58

    368

    59 The word t h a t Jererniaha the prophet


    commanded
    Se.rairahrt the son of Ne.rirahll the
    ki5:;e r fg;;!li : l son of Mahsei'ahr
    when he went withb 2ed.erJer 32:12
    ki'ahc the kjng of Judah to Babylon in the
    fourth year of his being: king,along with Se.rai'ah the quartermaster." " A n d Jeremiaha proflIsas:1
    ceeded to write in one bookS all the calamity
    Isn 30:8
    Jer ma that would come upon Babylon, even all these
    Jcr %:32 1
    words written against Eabylon. 01 Furthermore,
    Jeremiah& said to Se.raitah: "As soon as you
    come t o Babylon and actually see [her], you
    must also read aloud all these wordsmu" A n d
    ui;rl?:1
    you must say, '0Jehovah, you yourself have
    spoken against this place, in order to cut it off
    so that there may come t o be in it no inhabitboisterous like many waters.t1The noise of their $;r&c
    ant,y either mane or even domestic animal, but
    'fsa
    Isa 1~1:~j
    13:20
    ;
    3er 50:s that she may become mere desolate wastes to
    voice will certainly be given out. = T o r there 1 E z~ e1%
    26.3
    der 50:13
    must come upon her, upon Babylon, the despoil- k: ?+::$
    it must occur that when
    ser 50:39 time indefinite.'Y ""nd
    er," and her mighty men will certainly be cap- r$,"f:;fB
    :$: g:j$ you will have completed reading this book you
    tured." Their bows must be shattered,t for Jeho- ;$; zQ436
    will tie to it a stoneZ and you must pitch it into
    vah is a Goda of recompenses.u Without fail he p,"rT&;i5
    the midst of the Eu.phrattes.'
    And you must
    1
    will repay.'
    And I will make her princes and
    say,
    'This
    is
    how
    Babylon
    will
    sink
    down and
    *Ge
    JPT 24 6 2 0
    rtcx o m 1 4 never rise up because of the calamity that I am
    her wise ones, her governolx and her deputy
    Hv 16:12
    SW~
    rulers and her mighty men drunkp and they ,P,$ 137:s
    rlb<7 ~ 1 a bringing in upon her,' and they w
    ill certainly
    ,it-r Z : 2 7
    must sleep an indefinitely lasting sleep,h from $Pe,9j:5
    !,r :.12 tire themselves out.' "A
    Nra I:H
    which they will not wake up,"" is the utterance
    Down to this point are the words of Jerc31:s
    of the King,*whose name is Jehovah of armies,' $;, :l,;:!
    rniahnno
    $;;~jb8
    58 This is what Jehovah of armies has said: af;i!&:;5
    Zed.e.kYahcm was twenty-one years old
    4 J o b 31:40
    Ps 7220
    "The wall of Babylon, although broad, will
    when he began to reign,' and for eleven
    mH&2m
    2 ~ m:17
    1
    ;
    :
    ;
    g
    without fail be d e r n ~ l i s h e d ;and
    ~ ~ her gates,
    And the namc
    k;F1,2Aj:8, years he reigned in Jer~salern.~
    although high, will be set aflame with fire.c +PE~;?:~,~
    PSI~~:I
    *Jn.s10:2!1 or his mother was Ha.murtal the daughter of
    dos 15:42
    And the peoples will have to toil for simply
    =IIC~~.,:zz Jeremiaha of Lib'nah." a And he continued to
    nothing,' and national groups@simply f a r t h e
    do what was bad in the eyes of Jehovah,* ac~~~~~:~~
    213
    f i r e ; b n d they will just tire themselves out.Jrr1 XHab
    SAC 2 6 3 4
    m 9rr J c r ~ ~ u i 1
    a h: 1,footnote h. " "Kith," RCTgSy ; "from," LXIP;
    ailGod."' hi, El. b r ' d n d they d l die the second death," T.
    "in tho Icgatiorl of:' T. c See Jeremiah 1 :3, footnote e , d Literally,
    Or, "Inid hare."
    ''prillco uf the resang plaee," 'I* "JIan." fii, a.durnr.

    the holy places of the house of Jehovah."* ':;rig;?,3


    52 "Therefore, look! there are days coming,"
    ;il;
    is t h e utterance of Jehovah, "and I will turn my
    attention upon her graven images,' and through:;
    out all her land the pierced one will groan.'jA j;; $:;&
    53 'Even if Babylon should ascend t o the Agg$%;24
    heavenso and even if she should make the height
    8; 138:s
    of her strength unapproachable,' from me the 'ps
    despoilers will come to her,"m is the utterance
    $
    ::
    o b 44:30
    Da
    of Jehovah,
    10.6
    54 "Listen! There is an outcry from Baby- -*ha
    Jer 50:10
    lon," and a great crash from the land of the
    Chal.derans,*5 5 for Jehovah is despoiling Baby- *Jer 50:22
    1
    24:8
    lon, and he will certainly destroy out of her the kIIsn6 247:s
    great voice," and their rvaves will actually be
    A

    :;:;

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    "'

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    zziziy

    j7

    ,e,"3:$!,

    .,

    J r h r

    52

    $s-?3
    E:

    JEREMIAH 52 :11-18

    371

    cording t o all that Je.hai'a.kimk had done.

    k~~z"1
    u2&ei%=! b e f o ~
    his eye^,,^ and also all the princes of JuFor on account of the anger of Jehovah it
    dah he slaughtered in Rlb'lah.' l1And the eyes
    ~ Jer
    2 K?l_:F
    ~i 3 . 1 8
    j c r 39:6 of Zed.e.ki'nhfi he blindd,Y ~ f t e which
    r
    the king
    occurred in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had
    Eze 9.6
    M-l
    yrzei2:m of Babylon bound him with copper fetters and
    cast them out from before his face," that 2ed.e- nasn
    I>r m : i
    a z K l 2 s : r brought him t o Bnbylonx nnd put him in the
    ki'ahR proceeded to reb'el against the king of ~
    "
    ~
    ~ Jt:c 33
    ~7
    6
    house of custocly until the day OF his death.
    Raby1on.r Finally it came about fn the ninth
    12 And in the fifth month, on the tenth day
    year of his being kings in the tenth month, ,,y,!;:51;,fi
    of the month, that is the nineteenth year of
    on the tenth day of the month, that Neb.unchacl- h;i:;i;h
    *2Ki a 8 King Neh.u+chad.rcz'zar,*the king of Babylon,
    rez'zar the king of Babylon came, 11e ant1 ~ l ty;;;;;$z
    l
    Neb.u'zas-trd'an" Ihe chief of l l ~ cboclyguard,
    his military force, against Jerusalem,'n and they L,JL u ..IZ:X
    =jE!g::P
    I;:C
    ~
    Jer 4 0 1 who was sianding before the Irh~gof Babylon,
    began to camp against her and t o build against J vr "C.24
    her a siege mall all amund.u " 0 the city came ~ ~ $ & ~ a
    came into Jerbusalem. And he proceeded to
    under siege until the eleventh year of King
    burn t h e house of Jehovah* m d the house of
    E
    Z
    z
    9
    P574:S
    ~ 2 t . h7G.11
    Zed.e.ki'ah.av
    the
    king and all the houses of Jenasalern,: and
    T% 13:i
    y23<l 2;:9
    1- 64.11 everyglwt house he burned with fire.'
    And all
    6 In t h e fourth month, on the ninth dny af
    Jer T;I4
    Jet- 2 ~ 1 8 the military forces of the Chal.deFansthat were
    the rnonth,r the famine also got to be severe
    LU
    EzeZ:C
    7 : n with the chief of the bodyward palled do~m
    i n the city arrd there proved t o be no bread for
    even ~111the walls of Jerusnlem, all a m ~ n d . ~
    I.:T+ 1 ~ 2 1
    ~{~~~~~
    the people of the land.bz Finally the city was ii;
    broken through;" and as regards all the men of '$?:Zi:
    Qp$FC2315 And some of thc lowly ones of the people
    war, tiley began t o run away' and g.0 forth from ',';::
    ; ; and the rest of Ihc people that were left rethe city by night by the way of the gate be. ,1;;::L:$4q
    +;g;$;a mainiilg in the city' and tlre deserters that had
    fallen away t o the king of Rabylon and the rest
    fireen the double wall that is by the king's gar- !ik:r,:;T.18
    y!;iI$10
    .lqLrm a
    o i the master workmen Ncb.u'zar-adkn the
    den,' while the Chal.de'ans were all around ~!;:;::;;hl
    -2K1 5 : l l
    And
    311 1s
    a,rt*r15.2 chief of I he 1)odymnrd took illto exlle.' IR
    against the city;? and they kept going 33y the
    J ( . 3~'2 '1
    Z,,,
    some of ihc Iowly oncs ol the land Neb.utzarway of the Artabbah.- And a rnlIitary force of
    :.w
    ad'an the chief oC the lmdymarcl let remain as
    the Chal.de'ans went chasing after the king,' ' ~ ~ ~ ? ~ l i i l
    vinedressers and as comp~dsory1aboi~rs.k
    nnd they got to overtake Zdtl.e.ki"ahn'
    I n the r:T,:;::h7ih'
    desert plains of Jer'Lcho," and all his onrn mili- 'f;.:,vy;'h
    17 And the copper pillarst1 that belonged to
    ~z,
    E
    e 40:s
    33:24
    r
    ~ 1 1 2:
    1 11
    t
    h
    e
    house of Jehovah and thc cnrriagcsr and the
    tary force was scattered from his side,k [I Then tbm>l'ir
    9;:
    4"
    ;
    ;
    :n:~l
    271-3
    they seized the king and brought hjrn up to the $!;;%.&
    r l K 1 727 copwr scan ihrtt wns in the house of Jehovah
    I
    : the Chd.dc'nns broke t o picces and went carlyking of Babylon. at R i b l a h ~in the land of Hn"
    PI 1Cl 7 22
    +L;
    2 ~ 1 1 4 : l t i ing all the copper of then1 t o B ~ h y l o nla
    , ~And
    that he might pmnounce upon him judf- rNu I:~:;.I
    l i l >{:(Ir#
    W t C i 27:3
    Lr~m:.:
    25:19 the cansu and the shovelsv and the extinguishcia1 dedsions. lo And the king of Babylon pro- I <'I\
    H:')
    V
    ,.:c,.I,
    I t i ! ;:
    I:22
    .I5
    ersy and thc bowlsz and the cups' etnd all the
    ceeded to slaughter the sons of Zed.ebkifalvt;b: g,?:;
    copper utensils with which they used t o rninis-

    ?;#

    !;;l,;;f;I

    f;;?;!,l.r

    tLr:d.?,i

    kJ',",'3?!z
    Jjbr

    -;if

    See Jeremiah 1:3, footnote e. b"Tho pmple of the land."


    *47 nl Bn-flr'cts*

    M,

    !~.t~;;:!

    Set1 ,J~rominh1 :3,

    footnotc e.

    JEREMIAH 52 :19-25

    JEREMIAH 52 :26-33

    373

    372

    *NU 7:13
    25:14
    mena of the people of the lmd,b who were found
    And the basinsh and the fire OZKi
    aZKi25:19 i
    n the midst of the city." 28 SOthese Nebu'zarholders4 and the bowls' and the canse and the ?Ey::;;
    adtanu
    the chief of the bodyguard took and conlampstands3knd the cups" and t h e bowls that ;g;&!i
    U$,KPI$$
    Jer40:l ducted them to the king of Babylon atRibtlah."
    ~
    were of gold,k as gold, and those that were of < I K 7:49
    v2K1 2 5 ~ 2 0
    7386
    2r And these the king of Babylon proceeded t o
    silver, as silver," the chief of the bodyguard #Nu
    kach 24:14
    strike downy and t o put them to death in Ribttook.' *O And the two pillars," the one seajt and :#gg::::
    7;;;
    g
    ;
    :
    e2K123:33
    the twelve capper bullsu that were under the , ~ $ ~ ~ ; ~2x1 2 5 5 l a h ~in the land of Ha'math.' Thus Judah went
    into exile from off its soil.'
    JPT 39:s
    carriages" that King Solomon had made for the tigi 2%
    Jer 5Z:lO
    28 These are the people whom Neb.u-chad* 2 ~ 8:n
    n
    house of Jehovah.~There happened to be no ;?; ;
    :
    oLe 2G:dB
    rez'zar took into exile: in the seventh year,
    weight [taken] of the copper of them-dl these
    ne 4%
    p2Ki 2516
    three thousand and twenty-three- Jews."*
    artic1es.Y
    gfeK1Yj!&
    29 In the eighteenth year of Nebuchad21 And as regards .the pilIars, eighteen cubits
    f i n
    rezfzar,~xornJerusalem there were eight hunin height was each pillar,= and a thread of z 2 ~ 1 2 5 : 1 7
    twelve cubits itself would go around it;' and its *lK'7:15
    f e r 25:9
    Mic
    4:lo dred and thirty-two souls.d+
    thickness was four fingerbreadths, it being hol30 In t h e twenty-third year of Neb.u.chadna 1:s
    Iorv, e 2 And the capital upon it was of copper,O and
    rezrzar, Neb.utzar-adfan the chief of the bodyOZKl Z%IL
    guard took Jews into exile, seven hundred and
    the height of the one capital was five cubits;"
    a; ;$; : ;
    and as regards the network and the pome+Ge 12:s
    forty-five souls.de
    Ex 1:5
    granates upon the capital, all around,O t h e 42Ch4"3
    All the soulsd were four thousand and six
    @Jer6:s
    whole was of copper; and the second pillar had
    hundred.
    just the same as these, also the pomegranates.' 'EL%!\
    31 At length it came about in the thirtyAnd the pomegranates came to be ninety-six,
    seventh
    of the exile of Je.hoifa.chinx the
    'Jer
    ?$#;%24:1
    2, king of year
    on the sides,b all the pomegranates being one
    Judah,
    in the twelfth month, on the
    Jer J7:l
    W1Ki 7.m
    hundred upon the network round about."
    ~t i:11 twenty-fifth day of the month, that E'vilme.rotdach' the king of Babylon, in the year of
    24 Furthermore, the chief of the bodyguard
    kCe 40:13 his becoming kingje raised up the headk of
    took Se.rairah*the chief priest and Zeph.a.nitah*"&%$;i4
    Cc 40:20
    Je.hoih.chin the king of dudah and proceeded
    the second priest and the three do~rkeepers,~
    y;,p#;&
    a5 and from the city he took one court officialn
    to bring him forth from the prison house. And
    that happened t o be commissioner over the men
    h
    e began t o speak with him good things" and
    n~a
    D a5:m
    2:z
    '2%~
    PS *:lo
    of war, and seven men of those having ac- n2K1
    r2~125:28 to put his thronef higher than the thrones of
    9:32
    cess to the king,^" who were found in t h e cityls 2x1 2Q:lB
    the [other] kings that were with him in Baby$:
    and the secretaryt of the chief of the army, the
    B s And he took offg his prison clothes,"
    f;:j0
    one mustering the people of the landja and sixty 22; zig
    8 "Men.'> M, is8. b "People of t h e land.'> 31, 'a7n ha-ar'ets. c Verses
    28-30 are missing from L X X and 2 Kings 225. d " S o u l e . ' ~ ,~ s p k ' a carriage^? WTgT; "sea," LXX; "sides of the aea," ST. Litereak; TTg, rspni.)nue. eliterally, "'his kingship," N. Or, "fieat.'>
    ally, "~rindmal-d," M. *Literally, 'from those seeing the brig's

    ter they t0ok.l

    lQ

    "E

    face," hI.

    " "People of the land." 31, 'urn ha-ffir'ets,

    literally, "he changed:

    &-I.

    and he ate breadt before him constantly all the tasa 8:7
    days of his life.u S4ARdas for his d l ~ w a n c e ;$:ilF;y
    ,~
    there was a constant allowance given him from
    the king of Eahylon, daily as due,&until the day
    of his death,^ all the days of his life.*
    %LC
    S!+KI 48:15
    25:m
    a

    P'Dailyas due." Liter& yI "'a thing of n day on ik dnp," hf.

    LAMENTATIONS"
    abundant
    1 0 howsheshehas became
    c

    has come to sit solitary: the


    in pople!O
    ITow
    like a widow," she
    that wns nbundant among the nations!#
    How shc thnt was a princess among the
    jurisdicttonal djstricts' has become
    someone for forced
    city that w a s

    I [Bcfh]

    Profusely she weeps during the night,' and her


    tears are upon her cheeks.#
    She has no one t o comfort her from among
    a11 her loversmk
    In 31 the title of t h i hook
    ~
    r
    5
    i Eiaf:hrrb'l thk word ~ n e ~ l l i n"How
    g
    1''
    the wnrrl vitll wbict~the book cammences. L X X , I'Tha
    h m ~ n t n t i b n[Thv~'taoi]
    ~
    of Jereminv'; Vg, "TBroni, that is, the
    L n m ~ ~ ~ t n t oila
    ! nJerrlri~nh
    ~
    tho Proptlet." This is an alphabetic
    ~ l i r f i ' ~\ v, i t l ~ 22 cltmphr- In C I ) F ~ F R P O I Iwith
    (I
    the 2'3 lettors of the
    JII*I)I'FW
    ~ l j l l l ll~ibt,
    l~
    P I L C ~ LH I I P P Q I I Q ~ ~~tCrnpbe b~ginningwith the succbrsrrire Lettchr n f t h rIr7t)rrw
    ~
    nl p)irl!~rtws inilicntrd nhorre ench strophe.
    C'c>~~~pnro
    I'flnlrtl 11!I : 1, i'oott~otcq P, rl. LAX girvs tlie follo~ving
    i i r t rodurtiri~t t o VFI*.IO nlio nf t l i ~1300k of Lstnmtntions : '*And it
    occurrcd t h t , nftcr I ~ r n r llmrl hem tnkrn c n p t i ~ eand Jerusalem
    lind b ~ e ndcsolntorl, Jere~ninltgat down a e q i n g nnd lamented rrith
    this lnr~trnznlionorer Jeruenlfitu anti snitl."
    VR intrnrtlrccs nn foltour~:''And it occurred thnt, after Isrnel had
    b c ~ nlad nwny illto cnptivie an11 Jrrusnlmn aas desertd, Jewmish
    the prophet ant weeping anrl aniletl wlth this tnmmktion over Jern~lnir~n;
    R ! I ~sighing m ~ l t ha h i t t ~ rspirit, and lnoaning noefubx, he
    wid.'"
    T introduces ner follows : "Jereminh hhe prophet and great priest
    saicl."
    R L I ~I~oing

    "

    LAMENTATIONS 1 :3-6

    376

    377

    A11 her very own companions have dealt


    treacherously with her." They have become enemies to her.'
    3 [Gir~lel]

    ni,":
    Isa 5 1 : ~

    taps91:11

    der 330:14
    Isa
    03

    Judah has gone into exile because of the afflic- Mic.i:5


    tion; and because of the abundance of *gITiz4
    .ler 39:9
    servitudet
    J er 40:3
    She herself has had to dwell among the na- ~ D 30~17
    G
    36:20
    ticms." No resting place has she found." 2Ch
    Jer 11:10
    All those who were persecutinga her havemi: :iij4
    overtaken her among distressing cir-,'1JD, ?3"4::"94
    cumstances.y
    II VPS
    531
    Jer 945:3

    UPS

    YJcr 52;s

    E?e 14:13

    Eze 2 2 2
    ~ l K 9:7
    l

    rent thing.y
    All who were honoring her have treated
    her as something cheap,z for they have
    seen her nakedness.*
    She herself is also sighing and turns her
    back."

    13:4
    Jer 24:9

    Jer 36:17

    Eze 23413

    *Jer 13.22

    Jcr 13:26
    Eze 16:37

    me

    ii [ H a ]

    +
    Tgg68
    zec 1 : ~
    I

    2329

    Ha 2:3
    Uer 4 : ~
    AJer 2.34
    9De 3229
    Jer 5 5 1
    +Isa 3:s
    Jer 13.18
    EEC 4:l
    La 2:13
    *EX3:7
    P s 25:18
    Da 0:17
    #De 32.21

    C3 [Tetk]

    Her uncleanness is in her skirts." She did not


    remember the future for her,O
    And down she goes in a wondrous manner.+
    No comforter does she havenm
    0 Jehovah, see my affliction,"for the enemy has put on great airs.#

    Ps 140:8

    3De
    2ch4:28
    3 % ~

    gt&g
    Jer 5 3 9

    Isa 37:4
    Jcr 4s.26

    Jer 50:29

    E7e 8:17
    "2Ki
    Jer 2Z21
    39:9

    Zeg 2,10
    liIsa 1:14
    Jer 15:13

    $;gy

    nPs 74:7
    Ps 79 1

    And out from the daughter of Zion there goes


    Jer 52%
    all her splendor."
    Eze 11:23
    Her princes have proved t o be like stags ~ : 4 " : 2 1
    that have found no pasturage;Jr
    kI,e 2.6:37
    And they keep walking without potver be- I,$: gi&
    D e 44.9
    ps
    3230
    fore the pursuer.bn
    , -0 Or, "pursuing,"
    Or) "persecutor."

    [Hetla]

    Jerusalem has committed outright simv That


    er%9i"g
    is why she has become a mere abhor-

    zdes

    - "

    1 [w<;la]

    t [ZayitgJ
    Jerusalem has remembered [in] the days of
    her affliction and of her homeless peopleS
    AII her desirable things that happened to
    be Emrn days of long ago.m
    When her peopIe fell into the hand of t h e
    adversary and she had no helper,t
    The adversaries saw her. They laughed
    over her c ~ l l a p s e . ~

    La 2 1 5
    V ~ K8:46
    I

    The ways of Zion are mourning, because there kh%!f


    137:l
    are none coming to the f e s t i ~ a l . ~ ZPS
    L a 2:6
    All her gates are laid desolate;"her priests ,p;::g
    are ~ i g h i n g . ~
    J e r 3.0:~
    14.2
    Her virgins are grief-stricken. and she her- ,,T: Jer
    - - - 4.6
    Wer
    9:ZO
    self h a s bitterness."
    Am 8!13

    Her adversaries have become the head.O Those


    who are her enemies are unconcerned.'
    Because Jehovah himself has brought grief
    t o her on account of the abundance of
    her t~ansgressions,~
    Her own children have walked captive befe1.e the adversary."

    79:4

    PS 13i:8

    Heb 3:lS

    f [Dnl~th]

    rJob 28:2
    Ps 42.4
    PSm 3
    Lu 1527
    sDe 4:7
    De 4:8
    De 4 : ~
    De 430
    De 8:7
    De 8.;.
    PS 1.1
    1.20
    Isa 5:l
    tJrr 5a:4
    der 52:s
    hIic 4:21

    LAMENTATIONS 1:7-10

    Jer M : 5
    Jer 5217
    Isa 63.18
    Isa 6211
    Jer 51:Cil
    Jer 52:M
    Eze ?:22

    rDc 2 3 3
    S e 13 1
    f i e 4a:7

    ' [Yod]
    lo

    The adversary has spread out his own hand


    against all her desirabIe things,k
    For she has seen nations that have came
    into her sanctuary,"
    Whom you commanded that they should
    not come into the congregationa belonging f 0 YOU.

    - 7 - 7

    al'Cong~egation,"31, qa.Bral'; LXP, ek.Ele.siFa; Vg, ee.clsrsi.a.

    L A M ~ N T A ~ O NIS:11-14

    379

    378

    P [Samckk]

    3 IX~P~~I

    A31 her people are sighing; they are IooYing


    mi 625
    for bread.$
    I der 19:9
    e r 38;9
    They have given their desirable things for JJcr
    52:6
    something to eat, in order t o refresh Ezc 4:1&
    Bze $:I6
    the soulat
    tEx 12:16
    See, 0 Jehovah, and do look, for I have beuJob 40:4
    come as a valueIess rvornan.b"
    PS m:10

    "All my powerful ones Jehovah& has tossed


    n T l 14:14
    aside from the midst of me."
    2 1 ~ 18 : 4
    1's 115~!~1E
    H e has called against me a meeting, in orrZ(!h 38:17
    der t o break my youna men to pieces,'
    I'M 7Fi:41:<
    .l.<:1 13: 18
    Jehovahb has trodden the very wine presss
    Ji?r11!22
    RIsrt li:4:3
    belonging to t h e virgin daughter of
    130' 14:19
    tJvr 1.1:17
    Judakt

    1s tSit nothing t o an YOU who are passing along

    uma I:%
    Lu 23:28

    l1

    > [Lanrsd]

    a*

    LAMENTATIONS 1:I S 1 8

    the way? Look and see."


    Does there exist any pain like my pain that

    P e lEtU
    Is3 5 3 3

    IPS 8212

    vm IXkXSI

    Pa 89:41

    ts [JIrm]

    J~brl,l:l.7
    yPs R!1:20
    4:l

    r.law 9:2L

    *.De XXt?
    Ph l~lo:*
    I i R .%:.I
    J l T .I.<:%
    ~ 1 6 !;11:29
    . ~

    ' D e 32:X
    j o b *a

    Ps 2224
    Ps 31:iO

    [&111]

    D 1 1 ~ 1K:22

    ll<L R:,'M
    Is11 1
    :15

    JL~I'
    4:31

    A l ' x 11:1:fl2

    12fCI 24:2
    2KI 25:l
    J c r 613
    Jt-r 21:4

    Ho 7:a

    h-:>31:19
    r

    Jcr 3.1~22

    H e has kept himself alert against my trans- C,",F2y


    gressions.' In his Rand they intertwine '$y&&l9

    T:dc 7:Z.f
    1 ! a > !-I:!>
    P.WP

    ;;s. !)?:7B

    LIll

    If,

    J'S

    IrT:11

    Jhn 3 2
    *I )r! 2"22

    feminine grnder, sinpIar nnmh~r,ns if n woman xepwsenting t b e


    city ja apeeking, "Jehovah," L%TrgSyT nnd tnnny H e h e w
    mnnn~c~ptslienllicOtt
    ; A.do.?rayf, M. T l l i ~ifl on0 of thr 134 pasatlgeR in which t h e Jewish Sopherim changed tho Hebrew tort ta read
    A.do.rtng' iaatead o f Yska.wak',

    n:.v

    n l S a 12:14

    J ~ I P112.8

    k uc

    m a

    My sons have become those laid desolate,"


    for the enemy has put on great airs.*

    P I

    Zion has spread out her hands,' No comforter


    does she have."
    Jehovah has given a command caneernfng
    Jacob to all who are around him as his
    adversaries.O
    JerusaIem has become an abhorrent thing
    i n among them:
    Y [2-8adt]

    ' b : < r!I:11


    1,:<<3 :{I;: L7

    Isa 9 1 2
    one another.'
    40:17
    They have come up upon my neck,= My @.lob
    XDe %:48
    15r 5 9 2
    Dower has stumbled,"
    *I,% .?I . i n
    ~ehbvah*
    has given me into the hand of those k'~:!?:~
    against .rvhom I am unable to rise up.lt gP%:19
    "Soul." M, n~ph'esk; Tg, a'ni.nra.
    The B ~ h m
    word ia in the

    For a comfortef has become far away from


    me,someone t o rcfresh my sou1.d~
    P

    z\,p2:r I)

    Ps 102:3
    bones, and he subdues each one.'
    N n 1:6
    396
    He has spread out a net for my Ieet,O Re Hab
    I-Ieb 12:29
    nJoh 18:8
    has turned me b a ~ k w a r d , ~
    Job 1 9 5
    s 66:ll
    He has made me a woman laid deso1ate.h PEze
    12.13
    Cze 17:20
    All the day I m i1l.l'"
    Eze 32.3

    Over these things 1 am weepinge as a


    M y eye, my eye is running down with
    water^.^

    Jar P:x
    drr 13:17

    yLa 213
    has been severely dealt out to me,y
    Da 9 2 2
    With which Jehovah has caused grief in sEzr 10:14
    I s n 13;9
    the day of his burning anger?a
    J c r 51:G

    "From the height he has sent fire into my

    itr [AuhJ
    la

    Jehovah is righteous," far it is against his


    mouth that I have rebe1led."
    Llsten, now, all YOU peoples, and see my
    ~ain.#
    BTyLoa.nvirgins and my own young men
    have gone into capWity.k

    a"Jrl~ovah," VgSyjpT and man? Hebrew rnnnoneriph~ennf~~tt;


    "tho Lord,'' L,XY; dmdo.nayt,11. See verse 14, footnote c. bMJehovnli," lddLTVgYyattd many Hebrew m n n u a c ~ - i p t ~ ~ i * ~ l ' cA.doott;
    no;yF, RI. Seo v m e 14, footnote c. a See rarse 13, footnote b.
    d

    "Soul,ll Dl, weph'eshj Vg, a'ni.ma.

    LAMENTATIONS 2: 1 - 4

    I have called

    In

    P [QflpkI
    to those intensely

    I'R iR:zt

    They themselves have tricked me.r

    u3lt 1j:2,1
    fZu 10:16
    v:(:ll ,{:li$
    1 % i1ii.i:
    Y I!!ll LV:b
    I q i j ! ~. A
    ) ' A 1J.' 7

    men have expired,#


    While they had to look for samethlng t o
    eat for themselves that they rnicht re

    0 Jehovah, far 1 am in sore straits.~My

    "T.3

    Jer ID:=

    vJob 3D27

    ptr\6;?j1

    EE;:,

    [XRl'w]

    People have heardh how I myself am sighing


    as a woman.' There is no comforter
    fsa 24.7
    for me.b
    I t ' s 68.20
    Kc 4:l
    MI my enemies themselves have heard of *Jcr
    402
    48:Zf
    my calamity.' They have exulted, be- SJer
    3er 3211
    Eze 236
    cause you yourself have done [ it 1.e
    Eze 26:2
    You wiIl certainly bring the day that you *Ps
    Oh lz
    have proclaimed,' that they may be- JrrX:13
    =:IT
    Joe 3:14
    come like me.#
    *F'<. 1m.R
    .

    r1

    [fitill

    lsa 5 i : i k
    Jcr 5 ~ 2 . 1

    l t N c 4:4

    May dl their badness come before you, and J'Z;E::L


    deal severely with themk
    I r r 51.25
    RC 6:10
    Just as you have dealt severely with me nIsa
    4n.2
    J P T '.G:lR
    on account of a11 my transgresslons,n rLx 2:23
    s ; i i3:7
    For my sighs are many," and my heart is i1l.a dJcr
    $:I8
    ~'tSaul."MI mepla'esk; Vg,a'r~i.nm, Litarnlly, "They h a w henrd,"'
    NYg; L ' H s , i ~please,"
    ,
    LAX; "IZenr," Hy ; "Xationa have heard," T.

    "

    27 1 1

    .I. r 1.1.14

    EIo 11:s
    very intestines have fermented ,'
    YPS 13:2
    My heart has been overturned In the midst ; $;7
    of me,y for I have been absolutely rebe1liow.z
    mu 20:24
    Outside the sword caused kreavcment of 1 i?&?
    children.' Within the house It Is the
    same as death."

    I ~ i bV
    l 1.3
    XI'.;
    9

    fresh their sou1.a'


    'Osee,

    I'H

    In the city my own prjests and my own old

    'I [ R c ~ k ]

    K [Abpfr]

    1 p;r 2 ; : ~

    lovEng mean

    0 how Jehovaha in his ringer beclouds the


    daughter of Zion!t
    He has tlirown down from hcnven to earthu
    the beauty oC I s r ~ e l . ~
    And he has not remembered his footstool
    in the day of his anger.y
    I [RPI~I]

    ,!1.r 2 1.7
    I:/I- 5 r f

    Jehovaha has swaflawed up," he has shown no


    compassion upon any biding places of
    hllrj$ 11
    ~ I -~!:I12I
    ~r:::
    Jacob.'
    O!,s WI
    In his fury he has torn down the fortifled
    l 5 t t I i I;
    2 1 27
    pIaces of the daughter of Judah.'.'
    . 14:rtr
    l ,l .l:t ?Y
    1:re "? . ~ 3
    H
    e
    has brought Into contact with the
    WJqrb 11&5
    1's 7 5 : ~
    earth,;
    he has profand the kingdomb
    i'. H ~ ~ : Z . ~
    t'\
    17
    I,I~I
    and her princes.'
    -1'.u7: ' 1
    * l JP ;+?,'?a
    1 [Citr~rl]
    r's T!>:n
    N'r, ~tli a In the heat of anger he lzas cut off every horn
    7~ 1:71
    I \ ~ I~ 1 2 . ~ 3
    of Israel."
    Jt'r'
    I
    He
    has turned his right hand backward ber;:?
    >[:I! 'I. t
    cause of the enemy,'
    1.11 s.!;
    I<.l~bhh I
    And in Jacob he k w p s burning like a flm,l c r ,l 63:ID
    ,
    ing fire that has devoured all around?
    ,IN- 21:s
    1 :
    I
    I .lvr 5:lIl

    JV.N

    11:

    J1.1.

    +lvr ;+13: 14

    I)?'..ZI .Y

    1 < 7,L,11
    1.q 77 19

    v,Tor 21.~1
    F ~8:12
    P

    p7C'ti 34.21
    lull42.21
    1\11 fl.4.t:
    ,I. :
    .lvr 21 1 1

    .I+.P

    ,IB.Fl<ti:T

    I.:/@ 2?:22

    I:~,-

    :+(;:~n

    7 [Dnlr,l11]

    Ne has trodden his how like an enerny,k His


    right hand has taken Its position
    Like an adversary,n and he kept killing all
    those desirable to the eyes.r
    Into the tent of the daughter of Zion he has
    poured out his rage, just like Rre.0

    ".I ~lhovnh,~'
    L.=l'gs~T and many Hebrew mnaus~riplsKsnnic0tt;
    A + r i i ~ . r ~ mM.
    ~ : This is one o f the 134 paasngen in which the Jewish
    fiol)l~rlri~~l
    nltcred tho Hebrew text to r u ~ dAorlo.rrop' inatead of
    l**/,o,
    tlVdbt,

    LAMENTATIONS 2: E L 8

    382

    And he causes rampart and wall to go


    r n ~ u r n i n g .Together
    ~
    they have faded

    3 [He]

    Jehovaha has become like an enemy.t He has tJJer


    er 151
    30:14
    U ~ C I I36:16
    swallowed down Israel."
    He has swallowed down a11 her dwelling
    towers;v he has brought his fortified viE,2,T3
    Y I 17:3
    ~
    places to ruin.y
    Jer 5:1?
    And in the daughter of Judah he makes
    mourning and lamentation a b o ~ n d , ~ 2:1Q

    V [Zq~ila]
    7

    ;lIsal:g

    yD@ 2 3 3 6

    Em 32:U

    Isa 5:5
    Isa 6 3 3 8
    15" 6 4 ~ 1 1

    Hcr gates have sunk down into the very earth.u


    He has destroyed and broken her bars
    in piecesmv
    Her king and her princes are among the
    nati0ns.y There is no lawnZ
    Ker own prophets also have found no vision
    from Jehovah.'
    9
    lo

    *rs71:g

    .Am $32

    ALa
    Zep1~:4: I B

    Ivllc 3.6

    LJol) 213

    Jer 8.14

    blsa
    Jer 4
    5224
    3:~
    &e 1z:la
    +PS

    m:60

    Jsn 5:s

    Jcr 5:10

    Jehovah has thought of bringing the wall of ig; $:;$


    t h e daughter of Zion to rmin.lc
    nZSa
    21~1
    21:
    X:ZB
    He has &etched out the measuring line.n
    $9:;
    He has not turned back his hand from
    ,:::;;:$,
    swallowing up.'
    Eze 2:2
    LR
    zo:n

    a "J&o.rah,'' L A X V g S y T and manp Hebrew rnannseriptsRennic0tt;


    A.do-napt, IT. This is one o f the 134 passages in which the Jewish
    S o p h ~ l i mehmged the primitive Hebrew k t to read B.do.mapr
    instead of Y%o,wah'.

    LT4:16

    A m 5.13
    Ldos 7:6
    2Sa 1329

    Job 2:12
    nc 18:19

    2 ~ ~ 3 3 l1
    1

    1Cb 21:16
    *Ln 1:1
    Am 833

    ~ P 6:7
    S

    J.a 1.16
    ~ ~ : ~sLa
    ~1:20

    *Job 16:13
    PS

    22.14

    k Tsn 22:4

    ~ 1 9
    3er D:1
    Jer 1.::17
    13La 2:19
    JV~-

    My eyes have come t o their end in sheer


    tears." Mv intestines have fermented."
    My liver has"been poured out to M e very
    earth,* on account of the crash of the
    daughter of m y p e ~ p l e , ~
    Because of the fainting away of child and
    suckling in the public squares of the

    to~n."

    9
    la

    raKI 233
    Jer n:aa
    Jer 15:a
    Jer 21:9

    eJer 1 ~ 2 1
    t13a 5 3 ~ 2
    uGe =:I&

    [Yod]

    The older men of the daughter of Zion sit down


    on the earth, [where] they keep silence."
    They have brought up dust upon their
    head! They have girded on sack~loth.~
    The virgins of Jerusalem have brought
    their head down t o t h e very earth.'
    3 [ILI~~JL-J

    4Gu 37:34

    &zg

    B [TefA]

    Eze 17:2a
    ZZCII 15.3
    Lze 7.24;
    DR 8 11
    I10 3 .-I

    *PS
    PS w:12
    89:40

    Jehovaha has rejected his altar.' He has mLe26:31


    Jer 7:12
    spurned his ~anctuary.~
    J~~ ZB:B
    Jer
    52:13
    Into t h e hand of the enemy he has surren- g;:
    dered the walk of her dwelling toivers.\$g;
    In the house of Jehovah they have let out ~ g ;
    [their] own voice, as in the day of ,2e
    ;;;
    kZK1 2 5 2 0
    a festival."
    2Ch 36: 19
    I4 [Esbh]

    awayat

    ZR1 2-1:15
    2Ki 25.7
    Jcr 52:9

    1 [Tlrflzu]

    And he treats his boothu violently, like one in a


    garden.* He has brought his festival t o
    ruin.
    Jehovah has caused festival and sabbath t o
    be forgotten even in Zion,*
    And in his angry denunciation he shows no
    respect f o r king and priest."

    LAMENTATIONS 2 :9-12

    383

    To their mothers

    [Ldnaed]

    they kept saying: "Where

    are grain and wine?17r


    Because of their fainting away like someone
    slain in the public squares of the city,a
    Because of their soula being poured outt
    into the bosom of their rn0thers.u

    "Soul." hl, aephf@sh;LXX, psu.e?tni';

    Vg, a'~pQi.snos,

    LAMENTATIONS 2: 13-16
    t3 [ S a m ]

    Y [ A g hJ a

    8:12

    VDA

    yIsa X:P

    Of what shall I use you as a witness?' What


    I+!+;:
    shall I liken ta you, 0 daughter of z1sn All:'::
    I U 40:T
    Jerusalem ? Y
    *1s2h 5 I : l g
    What shaIl I make equalz t o you, that I may ',!::: ij?
    comfofiyou,OvirgindaughterofZion?' j:;Y1fi7
    For your breakdown is just as peat as the tt:;
    sea.' Who can bring healing to you?', ;ji7;;:;,

    tT

    l3

    l4

    Jehovah hns done what he had In mind.Y He


    has accompIIshcd his saying,^
    What he had commanded from the days of
    long ago.' He hns torn down and shown

    no comp~ssion~'
    And he causes the enemy to rejoice even
    b V w you.& H e has made the horn of
    your adversaries highsb

    I.t.2

    I.:!'?

    2 [A-IET~]

    ?.ilc "I

    .,

    Your own prophets have visioned for you *$?r?2;\,


    I</e 1 3:?2
    nrorthless and unsatisfying things,'
    ,,, ,,,
    And they have not uncovered your ermr $; 3i;
    in order to gather those of you i n ;i;:.;
    >[:
    2 ~ 2 4
    captivity;
    But they kept visioning for you worthless 311.,L1 1 #):n
    ';:?I
    J v r I2 ~5~ :: ~I U
    and misleading pron~utlcements.~

    9 [Tsndt]

    heart has cried out ta Jehovah,w 0 wall


    of the daughter of Zionrn
    Cause tears t o descend just like a torrent
    day and night.'
    Give no numbness t o yourself. May the

    "eir

    TI

    puplle* of your eye not keep quiet.

    I.:~C

    No 3:J 9

    *,t cr 13:8
    Jcr 2:;:tl

    D [Snnkeklr]
    ld

    At you all those passing along on the road ;;F;~;


    have clapped their hands."
    ?;ti,
    They have whistled' and kept wagging thefr I,!. 22.7
    head at the d a u-~ h t e r of Jerusalem, '?;'!ilf~
    [saying ;3 lC
    ~i
    f i ; ~+,iT
    ~5:zfi
    'Tsthls the city of which they used to say, n,!!;$;y,2
    'It is the perfection of beauty, an exul
    r J r h l(1.10
    tation for all t h e earth'?'111
    I'Y 22 13

    '"ise

    ,cw

    pcjl

    te

    [aep

    11%
    1%
    n7.21
    1 0 ~ 2

    At you dl your enemies have distended their


    m0uth.r

    l'\

    They have whistled and kept grinding the

    3 7 12

    1'5

    i 12: 10

    ;&";
    "We will wal- ,nr>$12.1+3

    teeth." They have said:


    low [her] down.t
    "Tbis indeed is the day that we have hoped
    for." W e have found! TVe have seen!"'

    at the head of all the stree2s.s


    1.i

    2 ii-

    'I [BeeA]

    I<)@5:16

    ~fi:!,fi;:!

    Itn 40

    11)

    P [Qopjtl

    up! Whine during the night at the start


    of the morning watchesPk

    Pour out your heart before the face of


    Sehovahb just like water.n
    Raise to him your palms on account of the
    soula of your ~hildren,~'
    Who are fainting away because of famine

    '

    LAMENTATIONS 2 :17-20

    385

    384

    IE* 3211

    II* 0 : 2 6
    15ri G.7 !6
    J c r 1.1.21

    FeeSee,
    0 Jehovah, and do look to the one to
    Whom you have dealt severelv in this

    rnar1ner.t

    Tn I lte Iirbrcw nlphabet the letter nyin follow the letter samcklc,
    wil II ~ v h i r l ivrtwc 13 h ~ g i n ~b .**Jehornh,"LALYYPgSyTand many
    I l(.l,r~!v ~ n n n u s c r i l ) t s I ~ ~ ~;nA.rfo.uap',
    I ~ ' ~ ~ t 31. This is one of the
    1:)-1 ~ ~ l r ~ rinc s ahlrl~t i l e Jewish Sapberinr ~ltangedthe primitive
    J l ~ . l ~ r l~c ~x tw to
    Anda.unyr iurtcad of FLo.troh'. =Literall>-,
    " r i t i i ~ ~ J ~ t . l ~ ~N.
    - , ' ' ''f40~1*''11, ~ b c p h ' o ~ hLSX,
    ;
    p y . c h i t ; vg, n'rai.,~ja.
    a

    Jr-r

    ;?ill
    o h 13

    The stmpbe beginning rrith the Hebrew letter pe pmccdea the one
    beginning with rbybc, $ '*Ier,"' LI,XXSy,

    ~qrnrl

    LAMENTATIONS 2 :21-3 :3

    Should the women keep eating their own


    fruitage, the children born fuIly
    formed,"
    Or in the sanctuary of Jehovaha should
    priest and prophet be killed?"
    W [Shim]
    21

    11:

    386

    J [Beth]
    d u b 16:9
    U L 2~ 6 : ~

    De 28:53
    2K16:B
    Jer 19:9
    La 4:1o
    Eze 5 3 0

    vPs
    Jer 78:64
    5:31

    Boy and old man have lain down on the earth ge


    1,4;15
    YDC 2 8 5 0
    of the strects.~
    2Cl1 36:17
    My virgins and my young men themselves
    Eze 9 %
    have faIlen by the sword.~
    tu 19:H
    You have killed in the day of your anger.' zJ';;:;f
    You have slaughtered;' you have had ;;m+;ig
    no compassion."
    ~a 1:15

    Ta$;$

    " As in the

    [Tmw]

    *Jer 21:7
    ~FLC
    9:6
    AIsa 27:ll

    day d a festival you proceeded t o p;$,:14

    call out m y places of temporary m i - E;: $;;I


    dence d l
    Eze a 1 8
    Zec 11:6
    And in the day of the wrath of Jehovah
    g: y6
    there proved to be no escapee or sur- oEzr
    1:4
    +ha 2 4 : ~
    vivor ;+
    Am 0:l
    Those whom I brought forth fully formed
    and reared, my enemy himself exter913%2 8 : ~
    minated themm
    Jer 16:3
    K [AkephIb

    I am the able-bodied man that has seen


    aWietian because of the staff of his fury.'
    It is I whom he has led and makes to walk
    in darkness and not in light.'
    Indeed, it is against me that he repeatedIy
    turns his hand all day longnk

    LAMENTATIONS 3 : A 1 5

    387

    HO 9

    Ps 9&:3

    rPs 22:14
    W 31:lO
    Ps 323

    Ps 51:X

    Ps lei5

    'He has caused my flesh and my skin to wear


    away.n H e has broken my bones.'
    H e has built against me, that he may encirclem [me] with poisonous plant and

    Iso 2F:la

    hardship.t

    Jor 30.17
    sJob 3.23

    % dark places he has made me sit like


    men dead for a long time.u

    tPs 69321
    Jer K;14
    dcr 9:l5
    f er 23:15
    ups 8F.5

    Ps l d d : 3

    vdob 10%
    Ps 8R:R
    Jcr 38%
    ?In 2 6
    s2ICI 23.7
    P* lP7:lo
    Ps 119:S

    2 J a b 19:7
    Job 30:20

    Ps 22:2

    Ps 80:4

    A [Gkmal]

    'He has blocked me up as with a stone wall,


    that I may not go forth,v He has made
    my copper fetters heavy.v
    BAlso, when I call for aid and cry for
    help, he actually hampers my prayer."
    He has blocked up my ways with hewn
    stone.* M y roadways he has twisted,"

    H a b 1:2
    'Job 19:8
    DIsn 6337
    AlSa l7:34
    Pr 2 8 : ~ lo
    tIo 13:8
    Am 5:19

    eJ0r,10:16
    Ps 10:8
    PS

    1732

    : ~

    '%b~!g#l
    nE%%
    J O 59
    Isa
    3026
    ~:9

    ?$ ::jk6
    Hsa 1:25

    Isa 63+10

    "Jeha~~ah,"
    L;YXVgSyT and manT H e h r e ~inclnuscriptsKennfcott;
    A-do.na#', $1. This is one of the 134 places in which the J h a h
    Sapherim changed the primitive Hebrew text to read A.do.nra$
    instead of 1"3eo.cuoR'. bEach line in each strophe of t h ~ schapter
    begins with the same Hebrew letter in alphabetic older.

    l3

    1 [DaletB]

    AS a bear lying in wait he is to m e t as a lion


    in places of concealment."
    My ways he has disarranged, and he
    makes me lie fallow.a' He has made me
    one laid d e ~ o l a t e . ~
    le He has trodden his bow," and he sets me
    up as the target for the arrow."

    n [Ha]
    He has brought into my kidneys the sons of
    his quiver.k
    141 have become an object of laughter to
    all people against me,b the theme of
    their song all day long.n
    l5 He has given me a smciency af bitter
    He has saturated me with
    worm wood.^

    * Or, rbl10team me to pieces." b Literally,"all my people," M I X X T g ;


    "rill peoples," Sy; "all scatterer; of my people,"

    T.

    LAMENTATIONS 3 :16-25

    388

    1 [Wata]
    la

    vPvr 92:9
    f SUh

    l"ememher

    my affliction and my homeless


    state,O the wbrmwood and the poisonous
    plant,A
    Po Withtrout fail youP soul will remember
    and bow low over memo
    'IThis is what I: shall bring back to my
    heart.' That is why I shall show a waiting a t t i t ~ d e , ~
    h [EttA]

    ~ E Z9 %
    F
    Re 931
    Pr 78 :38
    Pa 106:45
    Eze 20.8

    Ma1 3:6

    #PC77.Q

    bi &1i5

    Mic
    " "I IS the acts of loving-kindnessb d Jehovah k"p"t
    o;T

    7:18

    M 17

    1's 3;:;

    zz?,

    t u 2:25 aNe 9:32


    Ps 89:50
    Ps 137:l
    k T o r 8:15
    La 3:5
    bps 146:&
    +Ps77:ll
    e P s 119:SI
    Ps 1312.7
    Kab 3:3

    "Good it is that one should waitV even

    IPr t :ls

    ,
    ,:,

    And with gravel he makes my teeth get


    brokenntHe has made me cower in the
    U J O ~2:s
    ashes.u
    Ps 102:9
    You also make a rejection so that there :%"3:;6
    is no peace for my soul. 1 have lost
    ~ 5 ~ 4 ; ;
    memory of what is goorl.y
    ~ 1 % 1529
    "And I keep saying: "My emlnenmx has *:g2?i;1
    perished, and my expectation from i;: &
    :;:
    PS 31:22
    Jehovah.'"
    Ers 37.11
    [zfffli~]

    LAMENTATIONS 3 :26-36

    389

    1T

    should carry the yolre rlurine; his youth."

    rtPs 01:11
    ~s IIR:TI
    Ea 12:l
    r rcb
    ~

    silently, for the salvation of Jehovah.Y


    Good it is for an able-bodied man that he
    9

    [Yo??]

    "Let him sit soLitary and keep silent, because


    ' F S mn
    he has laid [somethinff] upon him.'
    Jrr I ~ : I T
    r2r11
    r ~ l )12:fi
    :'l:la
    an h t him put his mouth in the very dust.'
    Perhaps there exists a hope.*
    t him give [his] cheek t o the very one
    striking him.b Let him have his eufficiency of repronch.'

    hJ(~c-2 1 1

    xP1,I" :I

    OMle 5,:l
    ~b

    41'~

    fi;,m

    no k

    IZ.I:;I

    1 [Jirtplr]
    ~ P RS: T
    Pa 0 4 : ~
    Isn 5t:lO
    Jvr 31: 17
    .Tvr :1?:40

    MIc i : l H
    !in
    11 :5

    3:.;:'<,f;;
    I IF 7H:'W
    1's 1111: 13

    ,Ievr.'Ji 211
    i A 1 15 3 1

    'Tor not t o time indefinite will Jehovah" keep


    on rejecting?
    " For aIthough he has caused grief,"he wiIl
    also certainIy show mercy according t o
    the abundance of hls loving-Icindne~s.~*
    "For not out of his own heart has he
    afflicted or does he grieve the sons of

    men.ck
    k l.:sr. 1 s :I2
    that we have not come to our finish,' ;;;i%z
    r.:tc
    t I1
    $ [Lnmrrl]
    because his mercies will certainly not
    + k ? 1) 2 to
    g:%:;
    For
    crushing
    beneath
    one's feet" all the priscome to an end..
    nj,l;
    Sieb 3:23
    r l G').:i'I
    oners
    of
    the
    earth,r
    'They are new each r n ~ r n l n g Your
    . ~ faith- $
    ~ ' ~ r i a ~I : l l
    ' PS
    : +!:&
    I W Y~l2..'a
    119:W
    a T ~ turning
    r
    aside the judgment of an
    fulness is abulldant.11
    Szri 1 1 17
    Ps 142:5
    %PC !I 11
    able-bodied man before the face of the
    P u ' J e h ~ ~ aish my share,"]' my soul has $ ~ ~ ~ ~ ; R :I 'A ~13::)
    i.in 12
    Most High,s
    said, "that is why 1 shall show R wait- Bb$2f::g
    19' 17:IS
    "
    For making a maria crooked in his legal
    PS 130:7
    l'r s2::'~
    ing attitude for him."n
    X4.c I :IFr
    1Pe 121
    case, Jehovaha himself has had no
    IZSII 1l.3
    tCe 492%
    t) [ T d k J
    1 . 1 ~% P , I i
    Ps X:"
    c~untenance.~
    I I r ~ l l3:)s
    23 Good is Jehovah to the one honing in hlrn,l to
    e 1m:a
    25:9
    "41c4in~ah,''L - W g S g T and many Hebrew manuucriptsKenn1~0tt;
    the soul that keeps seeking for him,u Yi,",h2::j9
    'h

    ::

    17s

    " "hZy," M ;

    l~

    elllcnded frovl tt;vaur.." Tbia ia one of the Eighteen


    Emendatin118 af the Sopherim. See Genesis 18 : 22, footnote a. b Or,

    LLloyullove,"

    in ~vlrichtho Jewish
    A.rln,rrny', M. 'This i s one of the 134 >n~nges
    Hophtari~n rhanged the primitire Heu1ewFt ~ x t o rend dudonany'
    innt.clnrl 18f Boko.woh'. b Or, "loyal loru." 0 "Mm," 31, i p k ; in a col-

    1 ~ c . ti v11 R

    ~ R P6
    .

    "Iilnn." 31, o.rlana'.

    LAMENTATIONS 3 :37--46

    B [Mrws]

    1411

    >l :c

    out our ways and e x p l o ~fi;'?:?

    them,' and do let us return clear t o 2I-r, li'f;il


    19.5
    Jehovah."
    nl )P 4:'K
    2CIl x1:9
    *' Let m raise our heart along with [our] ;;;~i;7
    palms to Godc in the heavens:"
    drrr ?:19
    Znr 1:3
    &= "We ourselves have transgressed, and we
    have behaved rebelli~usly.~
    You your- ,,s ,$tiso
    -+,
    I 'IY FLI':I
    I'R
    :J:H
    self have not forgiven:
    I(:Q

    rlk

    A.do.m!!",

    ,i7

    l,tr 2 I f

    Against us all our enemies have distended

    their mouths
    "Jeho~ah,"m
    g SyT and many Hebrew

    n 1's 10.14
    1% 1tr2:1n I

    ,,,,t,:.(i
    ,;GL.1,:,
    X W I ~

    I%!l

    ,,,-,
    "7,. .,
    0,

    Y [J~lrr]

    +I1

    My very eye has been poured forth and win not


    keep still, so that there are no pauses,Y
    Until Jehovah looks do~vnand sees from

    !St1 '<<PI

    3.11

    If1 4 1

    n&r I t : r ~
    " 1 0 ~ 1 ' 1i : 1 4 i

    .lt~rT Q ~ ! ~
    A

    1.n 2 21

    henven."
    eye has dealt severely with my
    sut11,*because of all the daughter* of

    "My own

    r , . ~. r : - . ~ ~

    my city."

    " My

    I P ~1.2

    "YOUhave blocked approach with anger,O and -1 thr 5 19


    you keep pursuing us.You have kkled; J;~,?;:~
    Jpr a:.r
    you have sharvn no compassion."
    01-s
    T.:/c 4.1,10
    rn2.1:~
    "You have bbcked approach t o yourself .&'&i5
    with a cloud mass,]<that prayer may X[$l\?!:ls
    Y:ZP :I:ICI
    not pass through.n
    k F's %:2
    46 "You make us mere offscourfng and ref;c;";1;;!,
    : ~ v r is:^
    use in the midst of the peoples."t
    XI.? 7 I:+

    n
    d@

    I'S 77.2
    . f ~ . 1r :,t7
    I,n 1 1t1

    bhle !l:ZB

    D [Samskh]

    L3

    Ln 2:13
    vPnllO:laR
    Jr'r n. 1

    ?!G-

    *!Ch 15 13
    j'< 11;*.59

    [fi7iIh]

    5t:18

    I l J r W .I:G

    t t ~ 33:8
    s
    commanded ?u
    Pr 10:9
    From the mouth of the Most High bad ;$;A;
    thi~sandwhatisgooddonotgoforth.' v.Tne
    rqa io:lo
    .:: 11
    Horn ean a living manb indulge in corn- U;~YI;
    plaints,y an able-bodied man on account l t . i c m ;+ze
    of his sin?=
    1 2ss
    I..?.T G-7
    9. :?I

    Dread and the hollow themselves have


    l>ecome ours,' desolateness and breakd0wn.U
    With streams of water my eye k e e p running down an account of the breakdown
    of the daughter of my

    l f 4 ~25:17

    Who, now, has said that something should


    occur [when] Jehovaha himself has not

    Do let us search

    LAMENTATIONS 3 :4 7 4 8

    391

    390

    ,i%FS

    22.13

    tn 5:lG

    nnnacrIptsKe"n~~~f
    t;

    M. This is one o f the 134 p a s x n m in which tlu Jrwiah

    Sopherim changed the primiti~eHebrew text to read A.rla.r~np'


    in~teadof Iedo.~~ah'm *'Man." H,a.dontY, ''Clad,'' Al, El; Vgl
    Do'nti.11NR. In the Hebrew alphabet pe follows ayis.

    Y TT..nrl~1

    enemies have lbsiti;ely hunted for me


    just as for a bird," for no cause.O
    T h ~ yh w e silenced my life in the pit itself ,* and they kept hurlingstsnes a t me.
    Waters have flowed ovw my head," have
    said: "I shall certainly be cut off!""
    [Qapnl

    I have called out your name, 0 Jehovah, from

    ET
    .,r,

    1 G

    rr t %n2.i.39
    I'u 35:1
    J!br 5 1 36
    vr.,. 44.18

    "-

    I 1 - 31 7
    1'5 71 :I
    1% 1,3:1 1

    a pit of the lowest kind.Ic


    My voice you must hem." Do not hide your
    ear to my relief, to my my for he1p.r
    You have drawn near in the day that I
    kept calling you." You said: "Do not be
    af;ald."t
    - 1 [Reslt]

    " YOUhave taken ua. 0J e h o ~ a hthe


    . ~ contests of
    my s~u1.uY% have apukhased mylifev

    N.

    wLdepmdmt
    k m n s , " Li.iter~lly,"dnngbters,'"
    b "Jehovah,"
    LS X'lrgS~Tnnd many Hel~resmanuscriptsKena'~ott; A.do.nnf,
    M. I l 1 1 i ~is one of t l ~ s134 pnssngm in wh~chthe Jewish Sopherim
    nltowrl tho prirnitira ncb~.enrtext to read 4.h-may' instead of
    (lr,

    lvn1ln.ld-f~!r~,

    You have s e n , 0 Jehovah, the wrong


    done to me..' 0 do conduct the judgment
    for Me.z
    60You have seen alI their vengeance, all
    their thoughts against me.*

    z q e 3! :el2

    I ' ,L-,;I
    ~

    P.: :tr,.
    2s

    513-

    p; 1n:iu
    '1's

    W [Shin]

    a1

    YJ cr 15:10
    Jcr 1R:lR
    4er Y):?

    You have heard their reproach, 0 Jehovah. J l y r tl:lQ


    cps 74:18
    rill their thoughts igain~t'me,n
    Pcl 89!60
    The lips of those rising up against meh ,?;;P;$$,
    and their whispering against me all day ;;

    long.
    Fdvr IH:IB
    6W0look at their very sitting dorm and o h 11
    their rising up.' I am the subject a l "P6139:1
    OJob ma
    their song.*
    LO a 1 4
    h [Tato]

    U4

    YOU wlll give back to them a treatment, 0


    Jehovah, according to the work of their
    IPOW Q
    hands."
    J e r ll:20
    You wilI give to them the insolence of 4;; A:;?
    W I 2.30
    ~
    heart," your curse to them,k
    I.ua &:LO
    O 0 YOU will pursue in anger and annihilate
    ,~;f
    themn from under the heavens of Je- kJr:o, y11i:22

    .2--x1 Lu 11
    J c r '14:.'27

    H [Aleph]

    gold. that shines becomes d1mlb


    4 O0how
    the gmd
    how the
    stonesd are poured
    the

    p~ld!~~

    holy
    the head of all the streets!'

    nEee 7:18

    out at

    3 [Beth]

    t 1 ~ 317
    1
    1Ki f : t )

    Jrr 112:19
    ML ?.&.a

    * AS for the precious sons of Zion,U those who llk~R~$~18


    ZcC U:13
    were weighed against refined goldlo

    "Gnld." M, ra.ltnb', b Or, ('0how the gold becomee dim 1 [Howthe


    good gold] changml'' E"Gold." M, kell~'m1;an Ek~ptiann-ord.
    I X Y , 'ksil~er.''* 01; "the stones of the snnctnnry.'' "Lt~flncdgold."
    31, pru.
    n

    O how they have been reckoned

    as large
    jars of earthenware, the work of the
    hands of a p ~ t t e r ! ~

    vIsa =:I4

    Jer 1k11
    Jer 22-28
    LR 2,21
    L4 512

    Ru 8.25
    ?Ti 2 20
    yIsa f3:22

    Isa M:13
    Isa 35:7
    Jrhr 8:ll
    Jcr lo:=
    aLc 26:29
    Dr 2 5 5 3
    ZKi 6:28
    Isn 49:15
    Jer 19.9
    E7v 5:10
    Ro f -31

    2T1 3.3
    'Job 3934

    Dl% B.15
    Ps 1375
    ALa 1 2 1

    Ln 2:12
    F Dc 32:24

    1 [nlmcl]

    "ven

    jackalsy themselves have presented the


    udder, They have suckled their cubs.
    The daughter of my people becomes cruel,"
    Ilke ostriches In the wilderness.'
    f [DmErtb]

    The tongue of the puckling hm cleaved to its


    palate because of thirst.'
    Children themselves have asked for bread."
    There is no one dealing [it] out to
    them.+
    fi [He1

    -Do28:54
    Isn 3%
    Tsa 3 2 3
    Jer 6:2
    Am 6:4
    t u 7%
    62Sn 124
    LLI1 6 3 9
    =Job 2:s

    T h e very ones that were eating pleasant things


    have been struclc with astanishrnent in
    the streets.'
    The very ones that were being reared in
    scarlev have had t o embrace ash heaps,"
    I [IVari!]

    The [punishment for the1 error of the daughter of my people also kcames greater
    than the [punishment for tI~e]sin of
    Sodtom,"
    Which was overthrown as In a moment, and
    t o which no hands turned [ h e l p f ~ l l y ] . ~
    1 [Zayiu]

    Her Naz'i4ritesn were purer than snow;r they


    were whiter than milk."
    They were in fact more suddyt than e~rals;~
    their polish was as the sapphire.'

    LAMENTATIONS 4:8-13

    n
    8

    394

    [H~tk]

    t3 [TotJfi]

    Pu: 10. 3
    ~ P 3::X 1

    tJer 26:s

    Mt ZT.21

    i;i i i B

    Jr7r 2:34
    Ilo 4:2

    =Nu 1 6 s
    1% 5!8

    P b 139:19
    $T!c 2:10

    ' L 1 ~13'43
    U L R 15

    to one during the breakdotvn of the


    daughter of my people."

    m25
    Jcr 40:2

    A
    m

    3 [rnp?l]

    has accomplished his rage."He has Jer 8:ll


    Jrr 7 : 17
    poured out his burning anger.*
    E t C ?2..%1
    Da 9.12
    And he sets a fire ablaze in Zion, which Zec
    I!(;
    UJcr 7 2 0
    eats up her foundations."
    Srs 1y1.14
    5 ~ ,72:22
    e
    5 [Lajrrcd]
    Jcr 21:l.l
    Ex@ Z0:47
    l P The Icings of the earth and a11 the inhabitants
    27:24
    of the productive landhhad not believed" g;\;it
    That the adversary and the enemy would ;FP ;!y3
    come into the gates of Jenlsa1ern.t
    9 . 7 ~ r5
    .IP
    t7 1'4
    ~
    SZCh SB:16

    ,,.,
    -."

    Jcr 11:34
    J

    2 2 : I1

    ~~&
    Z P~
    M
    R C3
    .: 4[ I

    LitclrnZly, ""lllw forth,'' PI; eridmtly figuratively. bLrTheprodue-

    ."

    Cc 17_

    ,LO

    tivc In 11d 3I, te.E72'; L X S , "the inlbtill~itsrleai.th''; Tg, ar'bts


    circlcJ' af the earth).

    ('*the

    aLe26:33
    ne28:m
    110 32:26

    y [3?#]

    D [flarn~kh]
    I5

    The very h ~ n d of
    s compisslonate women have
    *LeS : 2 9
    boiIed their own children.'
    DP :'8:55
    ri:ZI
    They have become as bl-cad of consolation ZKI
    t?, J!3

    Because of the sins of her prophets, the errors


    of her priests,a

    I-n xqlln
    Inn
    56:la
    11t 1%14

    v.Uu ,2533
    I w 1:15

    Thev hnve w~nderedabout as bllndo in the


    stmts." They have become polluted
    wjtIl blood,'
    So t h a t none are able t o touch their garmentsar

    yN11 l!+lG

    lo

    la

    lr

    rlD@25:B

    Because these pine


    pierced through
    for lack of the produce of the open field."

    a ~Jfern]

    Ac '752
    37Ap1:1T

    Bettes have those slain with the s~vordproved


    to be than those slaln b y farnine,*

    " Jehovah

    'Il.lere were in the midst of her those pouring out the blood of righteous ones.'

    Thelr aspect has become darker t h ~ nblack3@30


    ness itse1f.y They hnve not been recog- yJob
    La 5: 10
    2Rrl 1:J9
    nized in the streets,"
    dab 2:12
    Ica 52:l.k
    Their skin has shriveled upon their bones.' *Job
    Il).?CI
    JDIInr:21
    It has become just as dry as a tree.o
    PC.w ;gr

    lo

    J c r 15:4

    Jer 24:s
    -2t-1136.16
    I l ~ h' 9
    c-21<\ s:1g

    3-I>
    m17
    5~12

    "Get out of the way! Undem!'' they have


    called out to t h e m e s "Get out of the
    way! Get out of the way? Do n o t
    tollch!'"
    For they have gone h o m e l e ~ sThey
    , ~ have
    aIso wandered about. People have said
    among the nations: "They w211 not reside ngain for any time."'"
    P Pel
    "The face of Jehovah has divided them upBQ
    He will not look upon them again.'
    "Men will certainly show no consideration
    even for the priests.@They will cc13ainly
    show no favor even t o the old men.'''

    *121L

    : 9~5

    U [&in1
    l7

    *2KI2-1:7
    Isn m5
    ~;1
    n:19
    lrfsa .10:3
    I s n 812

    J rr 2 3 8
    Jcr 8:20
    .Ti*? 37:7
    Pz'7c29%
    n21<125:4 l a
    t'? l ~ l # ~ . l l
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    PP-/.@ 0 . 2

    l,./r 12:23

    AIII

    n.2

    While we yet are, our eyes keep pining away


    in vain for our help.*
    During our looking about we have looked
    out to a nation that can bring no salv~tion.~
    Y [Tsade]

    They have hunted our steps so that there is na


    walking in our public squares."
    Our end has drawn near. Our days have
    come t o their full, for our end has come.'

    LAMENTATIONS 4: 1 9 4 :2
    P [&QPRI

    anSwifterthan the eagles of the heavens our


    pursuers have proved to be."
    Upon t h e mountains they have hotly pursued us.l In the wilderness they have
    lain jn wait for asaU

    aEu 22%

    H a 14:3

    ,
    I

    '1 [ResFb]

    ="The

    very breatha of our nostrils,Y the anointed oneb sf Jehovahlc~


    has been captured
    in their Iarge pit,"
    The one of whom we have said: "In his
    shade 1% s h d live among- the nations."*

    eigners.r

    v l K l 18:33
    S c 10:M

    28:&

    Z~)C

    Jcr 27:8

    cIca 30 2
    lsn 31:l
    der 2:18
    @

    Exult. and rejoice, O daughter of E'dom,=


    dwelling as you do in the land of UzaL
    TO you also the cupd will pass a1ong.O You
    will become drunk and show yourself
    in nakedness.'
    .,A I , P 3(i 28
    J r l b 1'1
    n [Taw]
    dJrr 2.i:IJ
    3P Your error, 0 daughter of Zion, has mme t o
    its finish.* He will note carry you off i;;cj:;
    into exile again."
    e l s r l 40:2
    He has h e d his attention to your error, *:'4 i T- 4ci.n
    5q.m
    0 daughter of E'dorn. He has unmverecl ':$?i;/,
    your sins."
    Rememkr, O Jehovah, what has happened
    to u s Do look and see our reproach."
    Our own hereditary possession has been turned
    over to strangers, our houses to for-

    uDe 28:48
    Isa 3:1
    E z c 4 :2l6l
    EX?

    T e have become mere orphans Wthout a father.4 Our mothers are Hke widouls.'
    For moneya we have had to drink our own water.u For a price our own wood m e s in.v
    Close onto our neck we have been pursued.=
    tVe have grown rveary.' No rest has

    JrAr2 7 : ~
    Jer 2R14
    = N P 8:36

    V [Kin]

    ~ . r:i, 40
    I../c .I;:>*
    1.i:m-

    ir:lr,r

    A!:
    r!?;

    I,

    15:;s

    &,':;o

    f>a'i!liqla

    YP~-

    Xt'p 1:19

    Or, "spirit (wind) ." RI, ru'alah; LXS, glrinu'srn; F 7 ~ ,~pa'~'i.tus.

    naointed one." M, 1na.ski'a7~11 LXX, rltria.taa'; Vg,clitbi.p'tns;


    Ry, ~r'~!ri'7zRca. c"The anointed Lrd," 1.SSTg. "TT~IPrnp,"
    RII'gSg; ('the m ~ pof Jeborah," LXX; "the rwp of cnraing," T.
    * Or, "SO one ~111."

    been left for us,


    To Egyptnwe have given the hand;Ato As.syr'La, in order to get satisfaction with
    bread.'

    e
    J,, 2 : ~ Our forefathers are the ones that h ~ v sinned.'
    Jer 44:Pa
    They
    are
    no
    more.
    As
    for
    us,
    it
    is their
    t + X i lo:fi
    Eze IC:l8
    errors
    that
    we
    have
    had
    to
    k
    ~
    ."
    F X i 15:+9
    hnve
    ruled
    over6 us.' There is no
    ~
    ~ Mere
    ~ servants
    ~
    .
    ~
    Ho 5:13
    one tearing us nway Prom their hand."
    H o ?:I1
    130 9::
    At
    the
    risk of our soulb we bring in our bread,
    tm 12,l
    J ~r 16:because
    of the sword of the wilderness."
    E:ze 18:2
    art 23 32 l o Our very skin has grown hot just like a furS E X 23:s
    Zec 1:5
    nace, because of the pangs of hunger."
    28:43
    *I>S 7:2
    The
    wlvesc in Zion they have l~urnbled,~'
    the
    IT0 2:LO
    virgins in the cities of Judah.
    ZCC1 1 5
    k h e 430
    rrJr>b~o:ml a Princes themselves have been hanged by just
    rut- 28.30
    their hand." The f ~ c e sof even old men
    kt1 3 3 6
    E J c r 38%
    have not been h anored.
    tlsa 4 7 6
    l3Even young men have Ilfted up a hand mil1
    uJ 16
    itself,u and under the wood mere boys
    %,!A
    2i1
    Isa 53:6
    have sh~rnbled.~
    y Uc 16:18
    liu 4 : i i
    Old
    men
    themselves have ceased even out of
    ?K1 8 : 1 8
    the gate,Y young men from their instruJob 292
    RJCZI)m:31
    m e n t ~ !music.e
    ISLL 24:T
    Ji'r 7 3 4
    The
    exultation
    of our heart has ceased. Our
    , I
    J1.r 25:10
    dancing
    has
    been changed into mere
    clc 26:13
    .Al r t H 10
    mourning,
    *
    Jtrv 4.8
    -4

    WEL\

    LAMENTATIONS 5 :L 1 5

    397

    396

    b "The

    a ( Ir, "silver." b t ' S ~ ~ l;\I,


    . " tteg)h'@$hj
    a or, n ' l ~ o t i ~ m . ! j

    LXX, psy.tltuiP; T'g, nfrh.mac.

    LAMENTATIONS 5 :16-22

    393

    " VICcroulnof our hesd has fa1.I~n.'Woe, now, 1 P: 3.?:3'?1I-l:g


    'nTqth

    , Jer 14:ls
    to us, became we have sinned!.
    .:.Fr 1 I:81
    ":On this accoutlt our heart Ilns bemmc ill,; yfi!;;;8
    011 ~ c c a u n tof these t1llnfi.s our cyes .r2c 2626
    T ~ i lI:>
    have grown dim,'
    J c r 8:18
    IWn account of Zion's mountain that is desolat- '$'&??$?
    ~ t lfoxes
    ; ~ themselves h ~ v walkccl
    e
    on it.'
    $"s for you, 0 Jehovah, to time jndelinile you; !;;;i+23
    1r.111 sit,' Your throne is for generation, i~gji4
    nftcr g e n e m t i ~ n . ~ ~
    ,*PS
    9 : ~
    1's w . 2
    '"Why is it that forever you forget US," that you I ; P s ~ ~ : I ~
    leave us for the length of dnys?''
    Brli~gus back, 0 Jehovah, to yourself,

    33n

    --

    T-Io\vo~er~
    y ~ hare
    u
    positively rt-jccted US.^,,;';;;^;"
    you have been indignant toward us
    very much.y
    vPs 6 0 3

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