Ecclesiastes:9:13-10:20
nasb@Ecclesiastes:9:13 @the beginning of his talking is folly and the end of it is wicked madness.
nasb@Ecclesiastes:9:14 @Yet the fool multiplies words. No man knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him?
nasb@Ecclesiastes:9:15 @The toil of a fool so wearies him that he does not even know how to go to a city.
nasb@Ecclesiastes:9:16 @Woe to you, O land, whose king is a lad and whose princes feast in the morning.
nasb@Ecclesiastes:9:17 @Blessed are you, O land, whose king is of nobility and whose princes eat at the appropriate time--for strength and not for drunkenness.
nasb@Ecclesiastes:9:18 @Through indolence the rafters sag, and through slackness the house leaks.
nasb@Ecclesiastes:9:19 @Men prepare a meal for enjoyment, and wine makes life merry, and money is the answer to everything.
nasb@Ecclesiastes:9:20 @Furthermore, in your bedchamber do not curse a king, and in your sleeping rooms do not curse a rich man, for a bird of the heavens will carry the sound and the winged creature will make the matter known.
nasb@Ecclesiastes:10:1 @Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, for you will find it after many days.
nasb@Ecclesiastes:10:2 @Divide your portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what misfortune may occur on the earth.
nasb@Ecclesiastes:10:3 @If the clouds are full, they pour out rain upon the earth; and whether a tree falls toward the south or toward the north, wherever the tree falls, there it lies.
nasb@Ecclesiastes:10:4 @He who watches the wind will not sow and he who looks at the clouds will not reap.
nasb@Ecclesiastes:10:5 @Just as you do not know the path of the wind and how bones are formed in the womb of the pregnant woman, so you do not know the activity of God who makes all things.
nasb@Ecclesiastes:10:6 @Sow your seed in the morning and do not be idle in the evening, for you do not know whether morning or evening sowing will succeed, or whether both of them alike will be good.
nasb@Ecclesiastes:10:7 @The light is pleasant, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.
nasb@Ecclesiastes:10:8 @Indeed, if a man should live many years, let him rejoice in them all, and let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything that is to come will be futility.
nasb@Ecclesiastes:10:9 @Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for all these things.
nasb@Ecclesiastes:10:10 @So, remove grief and anger from your heart and put away pain from your body, because childhood and the prime of life are fleeting.
nasb@Ecclesiastes:11:1 @Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near when you will say, "I have no delight in them";
nasb@Ecclesiastes:11:2 @before the sun and the light, the moon and the stars are darkened, and clouds return after the rain;
nasb@Ecclesiastes:11:3 @in the day that the watchmen of the house tremble, and mighty men stoop, the grinding ones stand idle because they are few, and those who look through windows grow dim;
nasb@Ecclesiastes:11:4 @and the doors on the street are shut as the sound of the grinding mill is low, and one will arise at the sound of the bird, and all the daughters of song will sing softly.
nasb@Ecclesiastes:11:5 @Furthermore, men are afraid of a high place and of terrors on the road; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags himself along, and the caperberry is ineffective. For man goes to his eternal home while mourners go about in the street.
nasb@Ecclesiastes:11:6 @Remember Him before the silver cord is broken and the golden bowl is crushed, the pitcher by the well is shattered and the wheel at the cistern is crushed;
nasb@Ecclesiastes:11:7 @then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.
nasb@Ecclesiastes:11:8" @ Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher, "all is vanity!"
nasb@Ecclesiastes:11:9 @In addition to being a wise man, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge; and he pondered, searched out and arranged many proverbs.
nasb@Ecclesiastes:11:10 @The Preacher sought to find delightful words and to write words of truth correctly.
nasb@Ecclesiastes:11:11 @The words of wise men are like goads, and masters of these collections are like well-driven nails; they are given by one Shepherd.
nasb@Ecclesiastes:11:12 @But beyond this, my son, be warned- the writing of many books is endless, and excessive devotion to books is wearying to the body.
nasb@Ecclesiastes:11:13 @The conclusion, when all has been heard, is- fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person.
nasb@Ecclesiastes:11:14 @For God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil.
nasb@Songs:0:1 @The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's.
nasb@Songs:0:2" @ May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine.
nasb@Songs:0:3" @Your oils have a pleasing fragrance, Your name is like purified oil; Therefore the maidens love you.
nasb@Songs:0:4" @Draw me after you and let us run together! The king has brought me into his chambers." " We will rejoice in you and be glad; We will extol your love more than wine. Rightly do they love you."
nasb@Songs:0:5" @ I am black but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, Like the tents of Kedar, Like the curtains of Solomon.
nasb@Songs:0:6" @Do not stare at me because I am swarthy, For the sun has burned me. My mother's sons were angry with me; They made me caretaker of the vineyards, But I have not taken care of my own vineyard.
nasb@Songs:0:7" @Tell me, O you whom my soul loves, Where do you pasture your flock, Where do you make it lie down at noon? For why should I be like one who veils herself Beside the flocks of your companions?"
nasb@Songs:0:8" @ If you yourself do not know, Most beautiful among women, Go forth on the trail of the flock And pasture your young goats By the tents of the shepherds.
nasb@Songs:0:9" @To me, my darling, you are like My mare among the chariots of Pharaoh.
nasb@Songs:0:10" @Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, Your neck with strings of beads."
nasb@Songs:0:11" @ We will make for you ornaments of gold With beads of silver."
nasb@Songs:0:12" @ While the king was at his table, My perfume gave forth its fragrance.
nasb@Songs:0:13" @My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh Which lies all night between my breasts.
nasb@Songs:0:14" @My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms In the vineyards of Engedi."
nasb@Songs:0:15" @ How beautiful you are, my darling, How beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves."
nasb@Songs:0:16" @ How handsome you are, my beloved, And so pleasant! Indeed, our couch is luxuriant!
nasb@Songs:0:17" @The beams of our houses are cedars, Our rafters, cypresses.
nasb@Songs:0:2" @ I am the rose of Sharon, The lily of the valleys."
nasb@Songs:0:2" @ Like a lily among the thorns, So is my darling among the maidens."
nasb@Songs:0:3" @ Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, So is my beloved among the young men. In his shade I took great delight and sat down, And his fruit was sweet to my taste.
nasb@Songs:0:4" @He has brought me to his banquet hall, And his banner over me is love.
nasb@Songs:0:5" @Sustain me with raisin cakes, Refresh me with apples, Because I am lovesick.
nasb@Songs:0:6" @Let his left hand be under my head And his right hand embrace me."
nasb@Songs:0:7" @ I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles or by the hinds of the field, That you do not arouse or awaken my love Until she pleases."
nasb@Songs:0:8" @ Listen! My beloved! Behold, he is coming, Climbing on the mountains, Leaping on the hills!
nasb@Songs:0:9" @My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, he is standing behind our wall, He is looking through the windows, He is peering through the lattice.
nasb@Songs:0:10" @My beloved responded and said to me, ' Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, And come along.
nasb@Songs:0:11 @'For behold, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone.
nasb@Songs:0:12 @'The flowers have already appeared in the land; The time has arrived for pruning the vines, And the voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land.
nasb@Songs:0:13 @'The fig tree has ripened its figs, And the vines in blossom have given forth their fragrance. Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, And come along!'"
nasb@Songs:0:14" @O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, In the secret place of the steep pathway, Let me see your form, Let me hear your voice; For your voice is sweet, And your form is lovely."
nasb@Songs:0:15" @ Catch the foxes for us, The little foxes that are ruining the vineyards, While our vineyards are in blossom."
nasb@Songs:0:16" @ My beloved is mine, and I am his; He pastures his flock among the lilies.
nasb@Songs:0:17" @ Until the cool of the day when the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle Or a young stag on the mountains of Bether."
nasb@Songs:1:1" @ On my bed night after night I sought him Whom my soul loves; I sought him but did not find him.
nasb@Songs:1:2 @'I must arise now and go about the city; In the streets and in the squares I must seek him whom my soul loves.' I sought him but did not find him.
nasb@Songs:1:3" @ The watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me, And I said, 'Have you seen him whom my soul loves?'
nasb@Songs:1:4" @ Scarcely had I left them When I found him whom my soul loves; I held on to him and would not let him go Until I had brought him to my mother's house, And into the room of her who conceived me."
nasb@Songs:1:5" @ I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles or by the hinds of the field, That you will not arouse or awaken my love Until she pleases."
nasb@Songs:1:6" @ What is this coming up from the wilderness Like columns of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all scented powders of the merchant?
nasb@Songs:1:7" @Behold, it is the traveling couch of Solomon; Sixty mighty men around it, Of the mighty men of Israel.
nasb@Songs:1:8" @All of them are wielders of the sword, Expert in war; Each man has his sword at his side, Guarding against the terrors of the night.
nasb@Songs:1:9" @King Solomon has made for himself a sedan chair From the timber of Lebanon.
nasb@Songs:1:10" @He made its posts of silver, Its back of gold And its seat of purple fabric, With its interior lovingly fitted out By the daughters of Jerusalem.
nasb@Songs:1:11" @Go forth, O daughters of Zion, And gaze on King Solomon with the crown With which his mother has crowned him On the day of his wedding, And on the day of his gladness of heart."
nasb@Songs:1:4" @ How beautiful you are, my darling, How beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil; Your hair is like a flock of goats That have descended from Mount Gilead.
nasb@Songs:1:2" @Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn ewes Which have come up from their washing, All of which bear twins, And not one among them has lost her young.
nasb@Songs:1:3" @Your lips are like a scarlet thread, And your mouth is lovely. Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate Behind your veil.
nasb@Songs:1:4" @Your neck is like the tower of David, Built with rows of stones On which are hung a thousand shields, All the round shields of the mighty men.
nasb@Songs:1:5" @Your two breasts are like two fawns, Twins of a gazelle Which feed among the lilies.
nasb@Songs:1:6" @ Until the cool of the day When the shadows flee away, I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh And to the hill of frankincense.
nasb@Songs:1:7" @ You are altogether beautiful, my darling, And there is no blemish in you.
nasb@Songs:1:8" @Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, May you come with me from Lebanon. Journey down from the summit of Amana, From the summit of Senir and Hermon, From the dens of lions, From the mountains of leopards.
nasb@Songs:1:9" @You have made my heart beat faster, my sister, my bride; You have made my heart beat faster with a single glance of your eyes, With a single strand of your necklace.
nasb@Songs:1:10" @ How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, And the fragrance of your oils Than all kinds of spices!
nasb@Songs:1:11" @Your lips, my bride, drip honey; Honey and milk are under your tongue, And the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
nasb@Songs:1:12" @A garden locked is my sister, my bride, A rock garden locked, a spring sealed up.
nasb@Songs:1:13" @Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates With choice fruits, henna with nard plants,
nasb@Songs:1:14 @Nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, With all the trees of frankincense, Myrrh and aloes, along with all the finest spices.
nasb@Songs:1:15" @You are a garden spring, A well of fresh water, And streams flowing from Lebanon."
nasb@Songs:1:16" @ Awake, O north wind, And come, wind of the south; Make my garden breathe out fragrance, Let its spices be wafted abroad. May my beloved come into his garden And eat its choice fruits!"
nasb@Songs:1:5" @ I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh along with my balsam. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk. Eat, friends; Drink and imbibe deeply, O lovers."
nasb@Songs:1:2" @ I was asleep but my heart was awake. A voice! My beloved was knocking- 'Open to me, my sister, my darling, My dove, my perfect one! For my head is drenched with dew, My locks with the damp of the night.'
nasb@Songs:1:3" @I have taken off my dress, How can I put it on again? I have washed my feet, How can I dirty them again?
nasb@Songs:1:4" @My beloved extended his hand through the opening, And my feelings were aroused for him.
nasb@Songs:1:5" @I arose to open to my beloved; And my hands dripped with myrrh, And my fingers with liquid myrrh, On the handles of the bolt.
nasb@Songs:1:6" @I opened to my beloved, But my beloved had turned away and had gone! My heart went out to him as he spoke. I searched for him but I did not find him; I called him but he did not answer me.
nasb@Songs:1:7" @The watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me, They struck me and wounded me; The guardsmen of the walls took away my shawl from me.
nasb@Songs:1:8" @I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, As to what you will tell him- For I am lovesick."
nasb@Songs:1:9" @ What kind of beloved is your beloved, O most beautiful among women? What kind of beloved is your beloved, That thus you adjure us?"
nasb@Songs:1:10" @ My beloved is dazzling and ruddy, Outstanding among ten thousand.
nasb@Songs:1:11" @His head is like gold, pure gold; His locks are like clusters of dates And black as a raven.
nasb@Songs:1:12" @His eyes are like doves Beside streams of water, Bathed in milk, And reposed in their setting.
nasb@Songs:1:13" @His cheeks are like a bed of balsam, Banks of sweet-scented herbs; His lips are lilies Dripping with liquid myrrh.
nasb@Songs:1:14" @His hands are rods of gold Set with beryl; His abdomen is carved ivory Inlaid with sapphires.
nasb@Songs:1:15" @His legs are pillars of alabaster Set on pedestals of pure gold; His appearance is like Lebanon Choice as the cedars.
nasb@Songs:1:16" @His mouth is full of sweetness. And he is wholly desirable. This is my beloved and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem."
nasb@Songs:1:6" @ Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned, That we may seek him with you?"
nasb@Songs:1:2" @ My beloved has gone down to his garden, To the beds of balsam, To pasture his flock in the gardens And gather lilies.
nasb@Songs:1:3" @ I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine, He who pastures his flock among the lilies."
nasb@Songs:1:4" @ You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my darling, As lovely as Jerusalem, As awesome as an army with banners.
nasb@Songs:1:5" @Turn your eyes away from me, For they have confused me; Your hair is like a flock of goats That have descended from Gilead.
nasb@Songs:1:6" @ Your teeth are like a flock of ewes Which have come up from their washing, All of which bear twins, And not one among them has lost her young.
nasb@Songs:1:7" @ Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate Behind your veil.
nasb@Songs:1:8" @There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, And maidens without number;
nasb@Songs:1:9 @But my dove, my perfect one, is unique- She is her mother's only daughter; She is the pure child of the one who bore her. The maidens saw her and called her blessed, The queens and the concubines also, and they praised her, saying,
nasb@Songs:1:10 @'Who is this that grows like the dawn, As beautiful as the full moon, As pure as the sun, As awesome as an army with banners?'
nasb@Songs:1:11" @I went down to the orchard of nut trees To see the blossoms of the valley, To see whether the vine had budded Or the pomegranates had bloomed.
nasb@Songs:1:12" @Before I was aware, my soul set me Over the chariots of my noble people."
nasb@Songs:1:13" @ Come back, come back, O Shulammite; Come back, come back, that we may gaze at you!" " Why should you gaze at the Shulammite, As at the dance of the two companiesNULL
nasb@Songs:1:7" @How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O prince's daughter! The curves of your hips are like jewels, The work of the hands of an artist.
nasb@Songs:1:2" @Your navel is like a round goblet Which never lacks mixed wine; Your belly is like a heap of wheat Fenced about with lilies.
nasb@Songs:1:3" @Your two breasts are like two fawns, Twins of a gazelle.
nasb@Songs:1:4" @Your neck is like a tower of ivory, Your eyes like the pools in Heshbon By the gate of Bath-rabbim; Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, Which faces toward Damascus.
nasb@Songs:1:5" @Your head crowns you like Carmel, And the flowing locks of your head are like purple threads; The king is captivated by your tresses.
nasb@Songs:1:6" @How beautiful and how delightful you are, My love, with all your charms!
nasb@Songs:1:7" @Your stature is like a palm tree, And your breasts are like its clusters.
nasb@Songs:1:8" @I said, 'I will climb the palm tree, I will take hold of its fruit stalks.' Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine, And the fragrance of your breath like apples,
nasb@Songs:1:9 @And your mouth like the best wine!" " It goes down smoothly for my beloved, Flowing gently through the lips of those who fall asleep.
nasb@Songs:1:10" @ I am my beloved's, And his desire is for me.
nasb@Songs:1:11" @Come, my beloved, let us go out into the country, Let us spend the night in the villages.
nasb@Songs:1:12" @Let us rise early and go to the vineyards; Let us see whether the vine has budded And its blossoms have opened, And whether the pomegranates have bloomed. There I will give you my love.
nasb@Songs:1:13" @The mandrakes have given forth fragrance; And over our doors are all choice fruits, Both new and old, Which I have saved up for you, my beloved.
nasb@Songs:1:8" @Oh that you were like a brother to me Who nursed at my mother's breasts. If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you; No one would despise me, either.
nasb@Songs:1:2" @I would lead you and bring you Into the house of my mother, who used to instruct me; I would give you spiced wine to drink from the juice of my pomegranates.
nasb@Songs:1:3" @Let his left hand be under my head And his right hand embrace me."
nasb@Songs:1:4" @ I want you to swear, O daughters of Jerusalem, Do not arouse or awaken my love Until she pleases."
nasb@Songs:1:5" @ Who is this coming up from the wilderness Leaning on her beloved?" " Beneath the apple tree I awakened you; There your mother was in labor with you, There she was in labor and gave you birth.
nasb@Songs:1:6" @Put me like a seal over your heart, Like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, Jealousy is as severe as Sheol; Its flashes are flashes of fire, The very flame of the LORD.
nasb@Songs:1:7" @Many waters cannot quench love, Nor will rivers overflow it; If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love, It would be utterly despised."
nasb@Songs:1:8" @ We have a little sister, And she has no breasts; What shall we do for our sister On the day when she is spoken for?
nasb@Songs:1:9" @If she is a wall, We will build on her a battlement of silver; But if she is a door, We will barricade her with planks of cedar."
nasb@Songs:1:10" @ I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; Then I became in his eyes as one who finds peace.
nasb@Songs:1:11" @Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; He entrusted the vineyard to caretakers. Each one was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.
nasb@Songs:1:12" @My very own vineyard is at my disposal; The thousand shekels are for you, Solomon, And two hundred are for those who take care of its fruit."
nasb@Songs:1:13" @ O you who sit in the gardens, My companions are listening for your voice-- Let me hear it!"
nasb@Songs:1:14" @ Hurry, my beloved, And be like a gazelle or a young stag On the mountains of spices."
nasb@Isaiah:1:1 @The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz concerning Judah and Jerusalem, which he saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
nasb@Isaiah:1:2 @Listen, O heavens, and hear, O earth; For the LORD speaks, " Sons I have reared and brought up, But they have revolted against Me.
nasb@Isaiah:1:3" @An ox knows its owner, And a donkey its master's manger, But Israel does not know, My people do not understand."
nasb@Isaiah:1:4 @Alas, sinful nation, People weighed down with iniquity, Offspring of evildoers, Sons who act corruptly! They have abandoned the LORD, They have despised the Holy One of Israel, They have turned away from Him.
nasb@Isaiah:1:5 @Where will you be stricken again, As you continue in your rebellion? The whole head is sick And the whole heart is faint.
nasb@Isaiah:1:6 @From the sole of the foot even to the head There is nothing sound in it, Only bruises, welts and raw wounds, Not pressed out or bandaged, Nor softened with oil.
nasb@Isaiah:1:7 @Your land is desolate, Your cities are burned with fire, Your fields--strangers are devouring them in your presence; It is desolation, as overthrown by strangers.
nasb@Isaiah:1:8 @The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, Like a watchman's hut in a cucumber field, like a besieged city.
nasb@Isaiah:1:9 @Unless the LORD of hosts Had left us a few survivors, We would be like Sodom, We would be like Gomorrah.
nasb@Isaiah:1:10 @Hear the word of the LORD, You rulers of Sodom; Give ear to the instruction of our God, You people of Gomorrah.
nasb@Isaiah:1:11" @ What are your multiplied sacrifices to Me?" Says the LORD. "I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams And the fat of fed cattle; And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs or goats.
nasb@Isaiah:1:12" @When you come to appear before Me, Who requires of you this trampling of My courts?
nasb@Isaiah:1:13" @Bring your worthless offerings no longer, Incense is an abomination to Me. New moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies-- I cannot endure iniquity and the solemn assembly.
nasb@Isaiah:1:14" @I hate your new moon festivals and your appointed feasts, They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.
nasb@Isaiah:1:15" @So when you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; Yes, even though you multiply prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
nasb@Isaiah:1:16" @ Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight. Cease to do evil,
nasb@Isaiah:1:17 @Learn to do good; Seek justice, Reprove the ruthless, Defend the orphan, Plead for the widow.
nasb@Isaiah:1:18" @Come now, and let us reason together," Says the LORD, " Though your sins are as scarlet, They will be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They will be like wool.
nasb@Isaiah:1:19" @ If you consent and obey, You will eat the best of the land;
nasb@Isaiah:1:20" @But if you refuse and rebel, You will be devoured by the sword." Truly, the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
nasb@Isaiah:1:21 @How the faithful city has become a harlot, She who was full of justice! Righteousness once lodged in her, But now murderers.
nasb@Isaiah:1:22 @Your silver has become dross, Your drink diluted with water.
nasb@Isaiah:1:23 @Your rulers are rebels And companions of thieves; Everyone loves a bribe And chases after rewards. They do not defend the orphan, Nor does the widow's plea come before them.
nasb@Isaiah:1:24 @Therefore the Lord GOD of hosts, The Mighty One of Israel, declares, "Ah, I will be relieved of My adversaries And avenge Myself on My foes.
nasb@Isaiah:1:25" @I will also turn My hand against you, And will smelt away your dross as with lye And will remove all your alloy.
nasb@Isaiah:1:26" @Then I will restore your judges as at the first, And your counselors as at the beginning; After that you will be called the city of righteousness, A faithful city."
nasb@Isaiah:1:27 @Zion will be redeemed with justice And her repentant ones with righteousness.
nasb@Isaiah:1:28 @But transgressors and sinners will be crushed together, And those who forsake the LORD will come to an end.
nasb@Isaiah:1:29 @Surely you will be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, And you will be embarrassed at the gardens which you have chosen.
nasb@Isaiah:1:30 @For you will be like an oak whose leaf fades away Or as a garden that has no water.
nasb@Isaiah:1:31 @The strong man will become tinder, His work also a spark. Thus they shall both burn together And there will be none to quench them.
nasb@Isaiah:2:1 @The word which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
nasb@Isaiah:2:2 @Now it will come about that In the last days The mountain of the house of the LORD Will be established as the chief of the mountains, And will be raised above the hills; And all the nations will stream to it.
nasb@Isaiah:2:3 @And many peoples will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob; That He may teach us concerning His ways And that we may walk in His paths." For the law will go forth from Zion And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
nasb@Isaiah:2:4 @And He will judge between the nations, And will render decisions for many peoples; And they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, And never again will they learn war.
nasb@Isaiah:2:5 @Come, house of Jacob, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
nasb@Isaiah:2:6 @For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, Because they are filled with influences from the east, And they are soothsayers like the Philistines, And they strike bargains with the children of foreigners.
nasb@Isaiah:2:7 @Their land has also been filled with silver and gold And there is no end to their treasures; Their land has also been filled with horses And there is no end to their chariots.
nasb@Isaiah:2:8 @Their land has also been filled with idols; They worship the work of their hands, That which their fingers have made.
nasb@Isaiah:2:9 @So the common man has been humbled And the man of importance has been abased, But do not forgive them.
nasb@Isaiah:2:10 @Enter the rock and hide in the dust From the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty.
nasb@Isaiah:2:11 @The proud look of man will be abased And the loftiness of man will be humbled, And the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
nasb@Isaiah:2:12 @For the LORD of hosts will have a day of reckoning Against everyone who is proud and lofty And against everyone who is lifted up, That he may be abased.
nasb@Isaiah:2:13 @And it will be against all the cedars of Lebanon that are lofty and lifted up, Against all the oaks of Bashan,
nasb@Isaiah:2:14 @Against all the lofty mountains, Against all the hills that are lifted up,
nasb@Isaiah:2:15 @Against every high tower, Against every fortified wall,
nasb@Isaiah:2:16 @Against all the ships of Tarshish And against all the beautiful craft.
nasb@Isaiah:2:17 @The pride of man will be humbled And the loftiness of men will be abased; And the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,
nasb@Isaiah:2:18 @But the idols will completely vanish.
nasb@Isaiah:2:19 @Men will go into caves of the rocks And into holes of the ground Before the terror of the LORD And the splendor of His majesty, When He arises to make the earth tremble.
nasb@Isaiah:2:20 @In that day men will cast away to the moles and the bats Their idols of silver and their idols of gold, Which they made for themselves to worship,
nasb@Isaiah:2:21 @In order to go into the caverns of the rocks and the clefts of the cliffs Before the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty, When He arises to make the earth tremble.
nasb@Isaiah:2:22 @Stop regarding man, whose breath of life is in his nostrils; For why should he be esteemedNULL
nasb@Isaiah:3:1 @For behold, the Lord GOD of hosts is going to remove from Jerusalem and Judah Both supply and support, the whole supply of bread And the whole supply of water;
nasb@Isaiah:3:2 @The mighty man and the warrior, The judge and the prophet, The diviner and the elder,
nasb@Isaiah:3:3 @The captain of fifty and the honorable man, The counselor and the expert artisan, And the skillful enchanter.
nasb@Isaiah:3:4 @And I will make mere lads their princes, And capricious children will rule over them,
nasb@Isaiah:3:5 @And the people will be oppressed, Each one by another, and each one by his neighbor; The youth will storm against the elder And the inferior against the honorable.
nasb@Isaiah:3:6 @When a man lays hold of his brother in his father's house, saying, "You have a cloak, you shall be our ruler, And these ruins will be under your charge,"
nasb@Isaiah:3:7 @He will protest on that day, saying, "I will not be your healer, For in my house there is neither bread nor cloak; You should not appoint me ruler of the people."
nasb@Isaiah:3:8 @For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen, Because their speech and their actions are against the LORD, To rebel against His glorious presence.
nasb@Isaiah:3:9 @The expression of their faces bears witness against them, And they display their sin like Sodom; They do not even conceal it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil on themselves.
nasb@Isaiah:3:10 @Say to the righteous that it will go well with them, For they will eat the fruit of their actions.
nasb@Isaiah:3:11 @Woe to the wicked! It will go badly with him, For what he deserves will be done to him.
nasb@Isaiah:3:12 @O My people! Their oppressors are children, And women rule over them. O My people! Those who guide you lead you astray And confuse the direction of your paths.
nasb@Isaiah:3:13 @The LORD arises to contend, And stands to judge the people.
nasb@Isaiah:3:14 @The LORD enters into judgment with the elders and princes of His people, "It is you who have devoured the vineyard; The plunder of the poor is in your houses.
nasb@Isaiah:3:15" @What do you mean by crushing My people And grinding the face of the poor?" Declares the Lord GOD of hosts.
nasb@Isaiah:3:16 @Moreover, the LORD said, "Because the daughters of Zion are proud And walk with heads held high and seductive eyes, And go along with mincing steps And tinkle the bangles on their feet,
nasb@Isaiah:3:17 @Therefore the Lord will afflict the scalp of the daughters of Zion with scabs, And the LORD will make their foreheads bare."
nasb@Isaiah:3:18 @In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, headbands, crescent ornaments,
nasb@Isaiah:3:19 @dangling earrings, bracelets, veils,
nasb@Isaiah:3:20 @headdresses, ankle chains, sashes, perfume boxes, amulets,
nasb@Isaiah:3:21 @finger rings, nose rings,
nasb@Isaiah:3:22 @festal robes, outer tunics, cloaks, money purses,
nasb@Isaiah:3:23 @hand mirrors, undergarments, turbans and veils.
nasb@Isaiah:3:24 @Now it will come about that instead of sweet perfume there will be putrefaction; Instead of a belt, a rope; Instead of well-set hair, a plucked-out scalp; Instead of fine clothes, a donning of sackcloth; And branding instead of beauty.
nasb@Isaiah:3:25 @Your men will fall by the sword And your mighty ones in battle.
nasb@Isaiah:3:26 @And her gates will lament and mourn, And deserted she will sit on the ground.
nasb@Isaiah:4:1 @For seven women will take hold of one man in that day, saying, "We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach!"
nasb@Isaiah:4:2 @In that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth will be the pride and the adornment of the survivors of Israel.
nasb@Isaiah:4:3 @It will come about that he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy--everyone who is recorded for life in Jerusalem.
nasb@Isaiah:4:4 @When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and purged the bloodshed of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and the spirit of burning,
nasb@Isaiah:4:5 @then the LORD will create over the whole area of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud by day, even smoke, and the brightness of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory will be a canopy.
nasb@Isaiah:4:6 @There will be a shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and refuge and protection from the storm and the rain.
nasb@Isaiah:5:1 @Let me sing now for my well-beloved A song of my beloved concerning His vineyard. My well-beloved had a vineyard on a fertile hill.
nasb@Isaiah:5:2 @He dug it all around, removed its stones, And planted it with the choicest vine. And He built a tower in the middle of it And also hewed out a wine vat in it; Then He expected it to produce good grapes, But it produced only worthless ones.
nasb@Isaiah:5:3" @And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, Judge between Me and My vineyard.
nasb@Isaiah:5:4" @ What more was there to do for My vineyard that I have not done in it? Why, when I expected it to produce good grapes did it produce worthless ones?
nasb@Isaiah:5:5" @So now let Me tell you what I am going to do to My vineyard- I will remove its hedge and it will be consumed; I will break down its wall and it will become trampled ground.
nasb@Isaiah:5:6" @I will lay it waste; It will not be pruned or hoed, But briars and thorns will come up. I will also charge the clouds to rain no rain on it."
nasb@Isaiah:5:7 @For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel And the men of Judah His delightful plant. Thus He looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; For righteousness, but behold, a cry of distress.
nasb@Isaiah:5:8 @Woe to those who add house to house and join field to field, Until there is no more room, So that you have to live alone in the midst of the land!
nasb@Isaiah:5:9 @In my ears the LORD of hosts has sworn, "Surely, many houses shall become desolate, Even great and fine ones, without occupants.
nasb@Isaiah:5:10" @For ten acres of vineyard will yield only one bath of wine, And a homer of seed will yield but an ephah of grain."
nasb@Isaiah:5:11 @Woe to those who rise early in the morning that they may pursue strong drink, Who stay up late in the evening that wine may inflame them!
nasb@Isaiah:5:12 @Their banquets are accompanied by lyre and harp, by tambourine and flute, and by wine; But they do not pay attention to the deeds of the LORD, Nor do they consider the work of His hands.
nasb@Isaiah:5:13 @Therefore My people go into exile for their lack of knowledge; And their honorable men are famished, And their multitude is parched with thirst.
nasb@Isaiah:5:14 @Therefore Sheol has enlarged its throat and opened its mouth without measure; And Jerusalem's splendor, her multitude, her din of revelry and the jubilant within her, descend into it.
nasb@Isaiah:5:15 @So the common man will be humbled and the man of importance abased, The eyes of the proud also will be abased.
nasb@Isaiah:5:16 @But the LORD of hosts will be exalted in judgment, And the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.
nasb@Isaiah:5:17 @Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, And strangers will eat in the waste places of the wealthy.
nasb@Isaiah:5:18 @Woe to those who drag iniquity with the cords of falsehood, And sin as if with cart ropes;
nasb@Isaiah:5:19 @Who say, "Let Him make speed, let Him hasten His work, that we may see it; And let the purpose of the Holy One of Israel draw near And come to pass, that we may know it!"
nasb@Isaiah:5:20 @Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!