Isaiah:30

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* Woe to the rebellious children , saith the LORD , that take counsel , but not from me ; and that cover with a covering , but not of my spirit , that they may add sin to sin : * That walk to go down into Egypt , and have not asked at my mouth ; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh , and to trust in the shadow of Egypt ! * Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame , and the trust in the shadow of Egypt confusion . * For his princes were at Zoan , and his ambassadors came to Hanes . * They were all ashamed of a people could not profit them , nor be an help nor profit , but a shame , and also a reproach . * The burden of the beasts of the south : into the land of trouble and anguish , from which the young and the old lion , the viper and flying serpent , they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young donkeys , and their treasures upon the humps of camels , to a people shall not profit . * For the Egyptians shall help in vain , and to no purpose : therefore have I cried concerning this , Their strength to sit still . (note :)concerning …: or , to her (:note ) * Now go , write it before them in a tablet , and note it in a book , that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever : (note :)the …: Hebrews . the latter day (:note ) * That this a rebellious people , lying children , children will not hear the law of the LORD : * Who say to the seers , See not ; and to the prophets , Prophesy not to us right things , speak to us smooth things , prophesy deceits : * Withdraw from the way , turn aside from the path , cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us . * Therefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel , Because ye despise this word , and trust in oppression and perverseness , and relied on them : (note :)oppression : or , fraud (:note ) * Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall , swelling out in a high wall , whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant . * And he shall break it as the breaking of the potter ’s vessel that is broken in pieces ; he shall not spare : so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a piece to take fire from the hearth , or to take water out of the pit . (note :)the potters ’…: Hebrews . the bottle of potters (:note ) * For thus saith the Lord GOD , the Holy One of Israel ; In returning and rest shall ye be saved ; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength : and ye would not . * But ye said , No ; for we will flee upon horses ; therefore shall ye flee : and , We will ride upon the swift ; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift . * One thousand at the rebuke of one ; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee : till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain , and as an ensign on an hill . (note :)a beacon : or , a tree bereft of branches , or , boughs : or , a mast (:note ) * And therefore will the LORD wait , that he may be gracious to you , and therefore will he be exalted , that he may have mercy upon you : for the LORD a God of judgment : blessed all they that wait for him . * For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem : thou shalt weep no more : he will be very gracious to thee at the voice of thy cry ; when he shall hear it , he will answer thee . * And the Lord shall give you the bread of adversity , and the water of affliction , yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more , but thy eyes shall see thy teachers : (note :)affliction : or , oppression (:note ) * And thy ears shall hear a word behind thee , saying , This the way , walk ye in it , when ye turn to the right hand , and when ye turn to the left . * Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver , and the ornament of thy molten images of gold : thou shalt cast them away as a polluted cloth ; thou shalt say to it , Be gone from me . (note :)thy graven …: Hebrews . the graven images of thy silver (:note )cast : Heb . scatter * Then shall he give the rain of thy seed , with which thou shalt sow the ground ; and bread of the increase of the earth , and it shall be fat and plenteous : in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures . * The oxen likewise and the young donkeys that plow the ground shall eat cured fodder , which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan . (note :)clean : or , savoury : Hebrews . leavened (:note ) * And there shall be upon every high mountain , and upon every high hill , rivers streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter , when the towers fall . (note :)high hill : Hebrews . lifted up , etc (:note ) * Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun , and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold , as the light of seven days , in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people , and healeth the stroke of their wound . * Behold , the name of the LORD cometh from far , burning his anger , and the burden heavy : his lips are full of indignation , and his tongue as a devouring fire : (note :)burden …: or , grievousness of flame (:note )heavy : Hebrews . heaviness * And his breath , as an overflowing stream , shall reach to the midst of the neck , to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity : and a bridle in the jaws of the people , causing to err . * Ye shall have a song , as in the night a holy solemnity is kept ; and gladness of heart , as when one goeth with a pipe to come upon the mountain of the LORD , to the mighty One of Israel . (note :)mighty …: Hebrews . Rock (:note ) * And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard , and shall show the lighting down of his arm , with the indignation of anger , and the flame of a devouring fire , scattering , and tempest , and hailstones . (note :)his glorious …: Hebrews . the glory of his voice (:note ) * For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down , smote with a rod . * And every place where the grounded staff shall pass , which the LORD shall lay upon him , shall be with tabrets and harps : and in battles of shaking will he fight with it . (note :)in every …: Hebrews . every passing of the rod founded (:note )lay …: Heb . cause to rest uponwith it : or , against them * For Tophet ordained of old ; yea , for the king it is prepared ; he hath made deep large : the pile of it fire and much wood ; the breath of the LORD , like a stream of brimstone , doth kindle it . (note :)of old : Hebrews . from yesterday (:note )

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