Nevi'im
Yesha'yahu42
Isaiah · Chapter 42
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect,
in whom my nephesh delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his torah.
Thus saith Elohim 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), he that created the shamayim, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
I 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a b'rit of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison,
and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
I
am 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH): that
is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
Sing unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) a new song,
and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up
their voice,
the villages
that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
Let them give glory unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and declare his praise in the islands.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
I have long time holden my peace; I have been still,
and
refrained myself:
now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
And I will bring the blind by a way
that they knew not; I will lead them in paths
that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye
are our gods.
Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
Who
is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger
that I sent? who
is blind as
he that is perfect, and blind as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)’S servant?
Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the torah, and make
it honourable.
But this
is a people robbed and spoiled;
they are
all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.
Who among you will give ear to this?
who will hearken and hear for the time to come?
Who gave Ya'aqov for a spoil, and Yisra'el to the robbers? did not 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his torah.
Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid
it not to heart.
Nevi'im
Yesha'yahu43
Isaiah · Chapter 43
But now thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) that created thee, O Ya'aqov, and he that formed thee, O Yisra'el, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called
thee by thy name; thou
art mine.
When thou passest through the waters, I
will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
For I
am 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim, the Holy One of Yisra'el, thy Saviour: I gave Mitsrayim
for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
Fear not: for I
am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.
Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say,
It is truth.
Ye
are my witnesses, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I
am he: before me there was no Elohim formed, neither shall there be after me.
I,
even I,
am 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); and beside me
there is
no saviour.
I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when
there was
no strange
elohim among you: therefore ye
are my witnesses, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), that I
am Elohim.
Yea, before the day
was I
am he; and
there is
none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), your redeemer, the Holy One of Yisra'el; For your sake I have sent to Bavel, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry
is in the ships.
I
am 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), your Holy One, the creator of Yisra'el, your King.
Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.
Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness,
and rivers in the desert.
The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness,
and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
But thou hast not called upon me, O Ya'aqov; but thou hast been weary of me, O Yisra'el.
Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.
Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.
I,
even I,
am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Ya'aqov to the curse, and Yisra'el to reproaches.
Nevi'im
Yesha'yahu44
Isaiah · Chapter 44
Yet now hear, O Ya'aqov my servant; and Yisra'el, whom I have chosen:
Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) that made thee, and formed thee from the womb,
which will help thee; Fear not, O Ya'aqov, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
One shall say, I
am 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)’S; and another shall call
himself by the name of Ya'aqov; and another shall subscribe
with his hand unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and surname
himself by the name of Yisra'el.
Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) the King of Yisra'el, and his redeemer 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) of hosts; I
am the first, and I
am the last; and beside me
there is no Elohim.
And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.
Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared
it? ye
are even my witnesses. Is there a Elohim beside me? yea,
there is no Elohim; I know not
any.
They that make a graven image
are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they
are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
Who hath formed a elohim, or molten a graven image
that is profitable for nothing?
Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they
are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up;
yet they shall fear,
and they shall be ashamed together.
The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
The carpenter stretcheth out
his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.
He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish
it.
Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth
it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a elohim, and worshippeth
it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth
himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:
And the residue thereof he maketh a elohim,
even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth
it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou
art my elohim.
They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see;
and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
And none considereth in his heart, neither
is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten
it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his nephesh, nor say,
Is there not a lie in my right hand?
Remember these, O Ya'aqov and Yisra'el; for thou
art my servant: I have formed thee; thou
art my servant: O Yisra'el, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
Sing, O ye shamayim; for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath done
it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath redeemed Ya'aqov, and glorified himself in Yisra'el.
Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I
am 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) that maketh all
things; that stretcheth forth the shamayim alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise
men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Yerushalayim, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:
That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
That saith of Cyrus,
He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Yerushalayim, Thou shalt be built; and to the heikhal, Thy foundation shall be laid.