rwbs - Isaiah:14-16

rwbs@Isaiah:14:1 @ For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall unite with the house of Jacob.

rwbs@Isaiah:14:2 @ And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors. (note:)whose…: Hebrews. that had taken them captives(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:14:3 @ And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage in which thou wast made to serve,

rwbs@Isaiah:14:4 @ That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! (note:)proverb: or, taunting speech(:note)golden…: or, exactress of gold

rwbs@Isaiah:14:5 @ The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers.

rwbs@Isaiah:14:6 @ He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, none hindereth. (note:)a continual…: Hebrews. a stroke without removing(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:14:7 @ The whole earth is at rest, is quiet: they break forth into singing.

rwbs@Isaiah:14:8 @ Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, the cedars of Lebanon,, Since thou art laid down, no woodsman is come up against us.

rwbs@Isaiah:14:9 @ Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. (note:)Hell: or, The grave(:note)chief…: Hebrews. leaders, or, great goats

rwbs@Isaiah:14:10 @ All they shall speak and say to thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like us?

rwbs@Isaiah:14:11 @ Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.

rwbs@Isaiah:14:12 @ How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! (note:)O Lucifer: or, O day star(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:14:13 @ For thou hast said in thy heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

rwbs@Isaiah:14:14 @ I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

rwbs@Isaiah:14:15 @ Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

rwbs@Isaiah:14:16 @ They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, consider thee, this the man that made the earth to tremble, that shook kingdoms;

rwbs@Isaiah:14:17 @ made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed its cities; opened not the house of his prisoners? (note:)opened…: or, did not let his prisoners loose homeward?(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:14:18 @ All the kings of the nations, all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.

rwbs@Isaiah:14:19 @ But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a dead body trodden under feet.

rwbs@Isaiah:14:20 @ Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.

rwbs@Isaiah:14:21 @ Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they may not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

rwbs@Isaiah:14:22 @ For I will arise against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.

rwbs@Isaiah:14:23 @ I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.

rwbs@Isaiah:14:24 @ The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, shall it stand:

rwbs@Isaiah:14:25 @ That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.

rwbs@Isaiah:14:26 @ This the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this the hand that is stretched over all the nations.

rwbs@Isaiah:14:27 @ For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall frustrate? and his hand stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

rwbs@Isaiah:14:28 @ In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.

rwbs@Isaiah:14:29 @ Rejoice not thou, all Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth an adder, and his fruit a fiery flying serpent. (note:)cockatrice: or, adder(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:14:30 @ And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.

rwbs@Isaiah:14:31 @ Wail, O gate; cry, O city; thou, all Palestina, dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none alone in his appointed times. (note:)none…: or, he shall not be alone(:note)appointed…: or, assemblies

rwbs@Isaiah:14:32 @ What shall then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it. (note:)trust…: or, betake themselves unto it(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:15:1 @ The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, brought to silence; (note:)brought…: or, cut off(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:15:2 @ He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall wail over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads baldness, every beard shorn.

rwbs@Isaiah:15:3 @ In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall wail, weeping abundantly. (note:)weeping…: Hebrews. descending into weeping, or, coming down with weeping(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:15:4 @ And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard to Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous to him.

rwbs@Isaiah:15:5 @ My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives to Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for they shall go up the ascent of Luhith with weeping for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise a cry of destruction. (note:)his…: or, to the borders thereof, even to Zoar, as an heifer(:note)destruction: Hebrews. breaking

rwbs@Isaiah:15:6 @ For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the herb is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing. (note:)desolate: Hebrews. desolations(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:15:7 @ Therefore the abundance they have gained, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows. (note:)brook…: or, valley of the Arabians(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:15:8 @ For the cry hath gone around the borders of Moab; its wailing to Eglaim, and its howling to Beerelim.

rwbs@Isaiah:15:9 @ For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land. (note:)more: Hebrews. additions(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:16:1 @ Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, to the mount of the daughter of Zion. (note:)Sela: or, Petra: Hebrews. A rock(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:16:2 @ For it shall be,, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon. (note:)cast…: or, a nest forsaken(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:16:3 @ Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; discover not him that wandereth. (note:)Take: Hebrews. Bring(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:16:4 @ Let my outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land. (note:)extortioner: Hebrews. wringer(:note)the oppressors: Heb. the treaders down

rwbs@Isaiah:16:5 @ And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and swiftly executing righteousness. (note:)established: or, prepared(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:16:6 @ We have heard of the pride of Moab; very proud: of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: his lies not so.

rwbs@Isaiah:16:7 @ Therefore shall Moab wail for Moab, every one shall wail: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely stricken. (note:)mourn: or, mutter(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:16:8 @ For the fields of Heshbon languish, the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down its principal plants, they have come to Jazer, they wandered the wilderness: her branches are extended, they have gone over the sea. (note:)stretched…: or, plucked up(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:16:9 @ Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen. (note:)the shouting…: or, the alarm is fallen upon, etc(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:16:10 @ And gladness is taken away, and joy from the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in presses; I have made shouting to cease.

rwbs@Isaiah:16:11 @ Therefore my heart shall sound like an harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kirharesh.

rwbs@Isaiah:16:12 @ And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.

rwbs@Isaiah:16:13 @ This the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.

rwbs@Isaiah:16:14 @ But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be despised, with all that great multitude; and the remnant very small feeble. (note:)feeble: or, not many(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:17:1 @ The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.