Isaiah 30
1 woe! son: child to rebel utterance LORD to/for to make: do counsel and not from me and to/for to pour liquid and not spirit my because to snatch sin upon sin
“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.
2 [the] to go: went to/for to go down Egypt and lip: word my not to ask to/for to seek refuge in/on/with security Pharaoh and to/for to seek refuge in/on/with shadow Egypt
They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade.
3 and to be to/for you security Pharaoh to/for shame and [the] refuge in/on/with shadow Egypt to/for shame
But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.
4 for to be in/on/with Zoan ruler his and messenger his Hanes to touch
For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,
5 all (be ashamed *Q(K)*) upon people not to gain to/for them not to/for helper and not to/for to gain for to/for shame and also to/for reproach
everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them. They cannot be of help; they are good for nothing but shame and reproach.”
6 oracle animal Negeb in/on/with land: country/planet distress and anguish lion and lion from them viper and serpent to fly to lift: bear upon shoulder colt strength: rich their and upon hump camel treasure their upon people not to gain
This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.
7 and Egypt vanity and vain to help to/for so to call: call by to/for this Rahab they(masc.) cessation
Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.
8 now to come (in): come to write her upon tablet with them and upon scroll: book to decree her and to be to/for day last to/for perpetuity till forever: enduring
Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.
9 for people rebellion he/she/it son: child deceptive son: child not be willing to hear: hear instruction LORD
These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.
10 which to say to/for seer not to see: seer and to/for seer not to see to/for us upright to speak: speak to/for us smoothness to see deception
They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.
11 to turn aside: depart from way: journey to stretch from way to cease from face: before our [obj] holy Israel
Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”
12 to/for so thus to say holy Israel because to reject you in/on/with word [the] this and to trust in/on/with oppression and be devious and to lean upon him
Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on deceit,
13 to/for so to be to/for you [the] iniquity: crime [the] this like/as breach to fall: fall to enquire in/on/with wall to exalt which suddenly to/for suddenness to come (in): come breaking her
this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly— in an instant!
14 and to break her like/as breaking bag to form: potter to crush not to spare and not to find in/on/with fragment his earthenware to/for to snatch up fire from to burn and to/for to strip water from cistern
It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”
15 for thus to say Lord YHWH/God holy Israel in/on/with returning and quietness to save [emph?] in/on/with to quiet and in/on/with trust to be might your and not be willing
For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence— but you were not willing.”
16 and to say not for upon horse to flee upon so to flee [emph?] and upon swift to ride upon so to lighten to pursue you
“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.
17 thousand one from face: because rebuke one from face: because rebuke five to flee till if: until to remain like/as mast upon head: top [the] mountain: mount and like/as ensign upon [the] hill
A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.
18 and to/for so to wait LORD to/for be gracious you and to/for so to exalt to/for to have compassion you for God justice LORD blessed all to wait to/for him
Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
19 for people in/on/with Zion to dwell in/on/with Jerusalem to weep not to weep be gracious be gracious you to/for voice: sound to cry out you like/as to hear: hear he to answer you
O people in Zion who dwell in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious when you cry for help; when He hears, He will answer you.
20 and to give: give to/for you Lord food: bread distress and water oppression and not to corner still rain/teacher your and to be eye your to see: see [obj] rain/teacher your
The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him.
21 and ear your to hear: hear word from after you to/for to say this [the] way: road to go: walk in/on/with him for to turn right and for to go left
And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”
22 and to defile [obj] plating idol silver: money your and [obj] ephod liquid gold your to scatter them like sick excrement to say to/for him
So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”
23 and to give: give rain seed your which to sow [obj] [the] land: soil and food: bread produce [the] land: soil and to be fat and rich to pasture livestock your in/on/with day [the] he/she/it pasture to enlarge
Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.
24 and [the] cattle and [the] colt to serve: labour [the] land: soil fodder salted to eat which to scatter in/on/with shovel and in/on/with pitchfork
The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder, winnowed with shovel and pitchfork.
25 and to be upon all mountain: mount high and upon all hill to lift: raise stream stream water in/on/with day slaughter many in/on/with to fall: fall tower
And from every high mountain and every raised hill, streams of water will flow in the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall.
26 and to be light [the] moon like/as light [the] heat and light [the] heat to be sevenfold like/as light seven [the] day in/on/with day to saddle/tie LORD [obj] breaking people his and wound wound his to heal
The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds He has inflicted.
27 behold name LORD to come (in): come from distance to burn: burn face: anger his and heaviness smoke lips his to fill indignation and tongue his like/as fire to eat
Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, with burning anger and dense smoke. His lips are full of fury, and His tongue is like a consuming fire.
28 and spirit: breath his like/as torrent: river to overflow till neck to divide to/for to wave nation in/on/with sieve vanity: vain and bridle to go astray upon jaw people
His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.
29 [the] song to be to/for you like/as night to consecrate: consecate feast and joy heart like/as to go: went in/on/with flute to/for to come (in): come in/on/with mountain: mount LORD to(wards) rock Israel
You will sing as on the night of a holy festival, and your heart will rejoice like one who walks to the music of a flute, going up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.
30 and to hear: hear LORD [obj] splendor voice his and descent arm his to see: see in/on/with rage face: anger and flame fire to eat storm and storm and stone hail
And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.
31 for from voice LORD to to be dismayed Assyria in/on/with tribe: staff to smite
For Assyria will be shattered at the voice of the LORD; He will strike them with His scepter.
32 and to be all ford tribe: rod appointment which to rest LORD upon him in/on/with tambourine and in/on/with lyre and in/on/with battle wave offering to fight (in/on/with them *Q(K)*)
And with every stroke of the rod of punishment that the LORD brings down on them, the tambourines and lyres will sound as He battles with weapons brandished.
33 for to arrange from previously burning-place also (he/she/it *Q(K)*) to/for king to establish: prepare be deep to enlarge pile her fire and tree: wood to multiply breath LORD like/as torrent: river brimstone to burn: burn in/on/with her
For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.
