rwbs - Isaiah:5-8

rwbs@Isaiah:5:1 @ Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved concerning his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: (note:)a very…: Hebrews. the horn of the son of oil(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:5:2 @ And he dug it, and removed its stones, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress in it: and he expected that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. (note:)fenced: or, made a wall about(:note)made: Hebrews. hewed

rwbs@Isaiah:5:3 @ And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard.

rwbs@Isaiah:5:4 @ What more could have been done to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I expected that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?

rwbs@Isaiah:5:5 @ And now come; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; break down the wall of it, and it shall be trodden down: (note:)trodden…: Hebrews. for a treading(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:5:6 @ And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor dug; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

rwbs@Isaiah:5:7 @ For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry. (note:)his…: Hebrews. plant of his pleasures(:note)oppression: Heb. a scab

rwbs@Isaiah:5:8 @ Woe to them that join house to house, lay field to field, till no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! (note:)they: Hebrews. ye(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:5:9 @ In my ears the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, great and fair, without inhabitant. (note:)In…: or, This is in mine ears, saith the LORD, etc(:note)Of a…: Hebrews. If not, etc

rwbs@Isaiah:5:10 @ Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.

rwbs@Isaiah:5:11 @ Woe to them that rise early in the morning, they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, wine inflames them! (note:)inflame: of, pursue(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:5:12 @ And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.

rwbs@Isaiah:5:13 @ Therefore my people have gone into captivity, because no knowledge: and their honourable men famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. (note:)honourable…: Hebrews. glory are men of famine(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:5:14 @ Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

rwbs@Isaiah:5:15 @ And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be abased:

rwbs@Isaiah:5:16 @ But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness. (note:)God…: or, the holy God: Hebrews. the God the holy(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:5:17 @ Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

rwbs@Isaiah:5:18 @ Woe to them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:

rwbs@Isaiah:5:19 @ That say, Let him make speed, hasten his work, that we may see: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know!

rwbs@Isaiah:5:20 @ Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! (note:)call…: Hebrews. say concerning evil, It is good, etc(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:5:21 @ Woe to wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! (note:)in their own sight: Hebrews. before their face(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:5:22 @ Woe to mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mix strong drink:

rwbs@Isaiah:5:23 @ Who justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

rwbs@Isaiah:5:24 @ Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. (note:)fire: Hebrews. tongue of fire(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:5:25 @ Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills trembled, and their dead bodies torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand stretched out still. (note:)torn: or, as dung(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:5:26 @ And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from afar, and will hiss to them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:

rwbs@Isaiah:5:27 @ None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the belt of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:

rwbs@Isaiah:5:28 @ Whose arrows sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:

rwbs@Isaiah:5:29 @ Their roaring like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry away safe, and none shall deliver.

rwbs@Isaiah:5:30 @ And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if looketh to the land, behold darkness sorrow, and the light is darkened in its heavens. (note:)sorrow: or, distress(:note)and the light…: or, when it is light, it shall be dark in the destructions thereof

rwbs@Isaiah:6:1 @ In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. (note:)his…: or, the skirts thereof(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:6:2 @ Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

rwbs@Isaiah:6:3 @ And one cried to another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, the LORD of hosts: the whole earth full of his glory. (note:)one…: Hebrews. this cried to this(:note)the whole…: Heb. his glory is the fulness of the whole earth

rwbs@Isaiah:6:4 @ And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. (note:)door: Hebrews. thresholds(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:6:5 @ Then said I, Woe me! for I am undone; because I a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. (note:)undone: Hebrews. cut off(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:6:6 @ Then one of the seraphims flew to me, having a live coal in his hand, he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: (note:)having…: Hebrews. and in his hand a live coal(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:6:7 @ And he laid upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thy iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. (note:)laid…: Hebrews. caused it to touch(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:6:8 @ Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here I; send me. (note:)Here…: Hebrews. behold me(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:6:9 @ And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. (note:)indeed, but understand: or, without ceasing, etc: Hebrews. in hearing, etc(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:6:10 @ Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and be healed.

rwbs@Isaiah:6:11 @ Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities shall be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate, (note:)utterly…: Hebrews. desolate with desolation(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:6:12 @ And the LORD shall have removed men far away, and a great forsaking in the midst of the land.

rwbs@Isaiah:6:13 @ But yet in it a tenth, and shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance in them, when they cast the holy seed the substance of it. (note:)and it…: or, when it is returned, and hath been broused(:note)substance: or, stock, or, stem

rwbs@Isaiah:7:1 @ And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.

rwbs@Isaiah:7:2 @ And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest are moved with the wind. (note:)is confederate…: Hebrews. resteth on(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:7:3 @ Then said the LORD to Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field; (note:)Shearjashub: that is, The remnant shall return(:note)highway: or, causeway

rwbs@Isaiah:7:4 @ And say to him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah. (note:)neither…: Hebrews. let not thy heart be tender(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:7:5 @ Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,

rwbs@Isaiah:7:6 @ Let us go up against Judah, and trouble it, and let us conquer it for ourselves and set a king in the midst of it, the son of Tabeal: (note:)vex: or, waken(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:7:7 @ Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.

rwbs@Isaiah:7:8 @ For the head of Syria Damascus, and the head of Damascus Rezin; and within sixty and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people. (note:)that…: Hebrews. from a people(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:7:9 @ And the head of Ephraim Samaria, and the head of Samaria Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established. (note:)If…: or, Do ye not believe? it is because ye are not stable(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:7:10 @ Moreover the LORD spoke again to Ahaz, saying, (note:)Moreover…: Hebrews. And the LORD added to speak(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:7:11 @ Ask thee a sign from the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. (note:)ask it…: or, make thy petition deep(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:7:12 @ But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.

rwbs@Isaiah:7:13 @ And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?

rwbs@Isaiah:7:14 @ Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, the virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. (note:)shall call: or, thou, O virgin, shalt call(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:7:15 @ Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

rwbs@Isaiah:7:16 @ For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken by both her kings.

rwbs@Isaiah:7:17 @ The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father’s house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; the king of Assyria.

rwbs@Isaiah:7:18 @ And it shall come to pass in that day, the LORD shall hiss for the fly that in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that in the land of Assyria.

rwbs@Isaiah:7:19 @ And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the clefts of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes. (note:)bushes: or, commendable trees(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:7:20 @ In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired,, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.

rwbs@Isaiah:7:21 @ And it shall come to pass in that day, a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;

rwbs@Isaiah:7:22 @ And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land. (note:)the land: Hebrews. the midst of the land(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:7:23 @ And it shall come to pass in that day, every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand pieces of silver, it shall be for briers and thorns.

rwbs@Isaiah:7:24 @ With arrows and with bows shall come there; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.

rwbs@Isaiah:7:25 @ And all hills that shall be dug with the mattock, there shall not come there the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.

rwbs@Isaiah:8:1 @ Moreover the LORD said to me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz. (note:)Mahershalalhashbaz: Hebrews. In making speed to the spoil he hasteneth the prey, or, Make speed, etc(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:8:2 @ And I took to me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

rwbs@Isaiah:8:3 @ And I went to the prophetess; and she conceived, and bore a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz. (note:)went: Hebrews. approached(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:8:4 @ For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria. (note:)the riches…: or, he that is before the king of Assyria shall take away the riches, etc(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:8:5 @ The LORD spoke also to me again, saying,

rwbs@Isaiah:8:6 @ Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that flow gently, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;

rwbs@Isaiah:8:7 @ Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks:

rwbs@Isaiah:8:8 @ And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach to the neck; and the spread of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. (note:)stretching…: Hebrews. fulness of the breadth of thy land shall be the stretchings out of his wings(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:8:9 @ Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. (note:)people and: or, people, yet(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:8:10 @ Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God with us.

rwbs@Isaiah:8:11 @ For the LORD spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, (note:)with…: Hebrews. in strength of hand(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:8:12 @ Say ye not, A confederacy, to all whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.

rwbs@Isaiah:8:13 @ Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and him your fear, and him your dread.

rwbs@Isaiah:8:14 @ And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a trap and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

rwbs@Isaiah:8:15 @ And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be ensnared, and be taken.

rwbs@Isaiah:8:16 @ Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

rwbs@Isaiah:8:17 @ And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

rwbs@Isaiah:8:18 @ Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwelleth in mount Zion.

rwbs@Isaiah:8:19 @ And when they shall say to you, Seek to them that are mediums, and to wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek to their God? for the living to the dead?

rwbs@Isaiah:8:20 @ To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, because no light in them. (note:)no…: Hebrews. no morning(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:8:21 @ And they shall pass through it, distressed and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall be enraged, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.

rwbs@Isaiah:8:22 @ And they shall look to the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and driven to darkness.

rwbs@Isaiah:9:1 @ Nevertheless the dimness not such as in her distress, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. (note:)of the nations: or, populous(:note)