ISAIAH 28-29

¹ Which is on the head of the fertile valley of those overcome with wine!

² He will forcefully hurl it down to the earth.

³ Will be trampled underfoot.

⁴ When someone sees it, he swallows it as soon as it is in his hand.

⁵ In that day Jehovah of armies will become a glorious crown and a beautiful garland to those left of his people.

⁶ And he will become a spirit of justice to the one who sits in judgment and a source of mightiness to those who repel the attack at the gate.

⁷ And they stumble in judgment.

⁸ —There is no place without it.

⁹ Those just taken away from the breasts?

¹⁰ A little here, a little there.”

¹¹ So by means of those with stammering speech and a foreign language, he will speak to this people.

¹² He once told them: “This is the resting-place. Let the weary one rest; this is the place of refreshment,” but they refused to listen.

¹³ And be broken and ensnared and caught.

¹⁴ You rulers of this people in Jerusalem,

¹⁵ And we have hidden ourselves in falsehood.”

¹⁶ No one exercising faith will panic.

¹⁷ And the waters will flood out the hiding place.

¹⁸ You will be crushed by it.

¹⁹ Only terror will make them understand what was heard.”

²⁰ And the woven sheet is too narrow to wrap up in.

²¹ And that he may carry out his work—his unusual work.

²² That an extermination has been determined for all the land.

²³ Pay attention and listen to what I say.

²⁴ Does he continually break up and harrow his ground?

²⁵ And spelt around the edges?

²⁶ His God instructs him.

²⁷ And cumin with a staff.

²⁸ He does not crush it.

²⁹ And whose achievements are great.

¹ Let the cycle of festivals continue.

² And she will become to me like an altar hearth of God.

³ And raise up siegeworks against you.

⁴ And your words will chirp from the dust.

⁵ And it will happen in an instant, suddenly.

⁶ With storm wind and tempest and the flames of a consuming fire.”

⁷ Will become like a dream, a vision of the night.

⁸ That wage war against Mount Zion.

⁹ They are staggering, but not from alcohol.

¹⁰ And he has covered your heads, the visionaries.

¹¹ Every vision becomes for you like the words of a sealed book. When they give it to someone who can read, saying: “Read this out loud, please,” he will say: “I cannot, for it is sealed up.”

¹² And when they give the book to someone who cannot read, saying: “Read this, please,” he will say: “I cannot read at all.”

¹³ And their fear of me is based on commands of men that they have been taught.

¹⁴ And the understanding of their discreet men will be hidden.”

¹⁵ Who knows about us?”

¹⁶ “He shows no understanding”?

¹⁷ And the orchard will be regarded as a forest.

¹⁸ And out of the gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.

¹⁹ And the poor among men will be joyful in the Holy One of Israel.

²⁰ And all those keeping alert to do harm will be destroyed,

²¹ And who with empty arguments deny justice to the righteous one.

²² And no more will his face grow pale.

²³ And they will stand in awe of the God of Israel.

²⁴ And those who complain will accept instruction.”