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
Yahweh says, “Terrible things will happen to you, my people who rebel against me. You make plans, but what you plan is not what I want. You have made an alliance [with the rulers of Egypt], but you did not ask my Spirit [if that was what you should do]. By doing that, you have increased the number of your sins.
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
You went to Egypt [to ask their rulers for help], without asking for my advice. You have trusted in [the army of] the king of Egypt to protect you; you have [trusted in them] [like] people sit in the shade [to protect themselves from the sun] [MET].
3 and to be to/for you security Pharaoh to/for shame and [the] refuge in/on/with shadow Egypt to/for shame
[But] the result of your trusting in the king of Egypt is that you will be [disappointed and] disgraced; because of trusting in him, you will be humiliated.
4 for to be in/on/with Zoan ruler his and messenger his Hanes to touch
Officials/ambassadors [from Judah] have gone to Zoan and Hanes [cities in Egypt to make treaties],
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
but all those [who trust in the King of Egypt] will be humiliated, because that nation will not be able to help you; the treaty that you have made [requesting help from them] will be useless; instead, the result will be that you will be humiliated and disgraced [DOU].”
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
[I received from Yahweh] this message about the animals in the southern part of Judah: That area is one where [people experience a lot of] troubles and difficulties, an area where there are male and female lions and various kinds of poisonous snakes. Caravans go through that area taking donkeys and camels loaded with valuable goods. [They are taking them] to Egypt to seek for protection [by the army of Egypt], [but] it will be useless.
7 and Egypt vanity and vain to help to/for so to call: call by to/for this Rahab they(masc.) cessation
The promises made by [the king of] Egypt are worthless; therefore I call Egypt ‘the sea monster/dragon that does nothing’.
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
Yahweh told me to write on a scroll a message, in order that it would be a witness [to the people of Judah] that would endure forever.
9 for people rebellion he/she/it son: child deceptive son: child not be willing to hear: hear instruction LORD
[It would remind them] that they are deceitful and always rebelling against Yahweh; they refuse to pay attention to what he tells/teaches them.
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 tell the people who see/receive visions [from Yahweh], “Stop seeing visions!” They tell the prophets, “Do not reveal to us what is right! Tell us pleasant things; do not tell us visions about things that are true!
11 to turn aside: depart from way: journey to stretch from way to cease from face: before our [obj] holy Israel
Stop doing what you have been doing [DOU]; stop telling us what the Holy One of Israel [says to us]!”
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: “You have rejected my message, and you are relying on those who oppress and deceive others.
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
Therefore, the result of your sin [of rejecting me] will be that you will [suddenly experience disasters]; what will happen to you will be like [SIM] a cracked wall that suddenly collapses [DOU].
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
You will be smashed like a clay jar is smashed [when it is dropped], and it shatters completely, with the result that there is not one piece big enough to carry some coals from a stove or to carry a little bit of water from a well.”
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
Yahweh, [our] God, the Holy One of Israel, [also] says this: “You will be rescued [from your enemies only] if you repent and trust [in what I will do for you]; you will be strong [only] if you quit worrying and trust in me. But you do not want [to do that].
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
You said, ‘No, we will escape on horses [that the army of Egypt will give us]!’ So, you will [try to] flee. You said, ‘We will [escape from the army of Assyria] by riding on swift horses!’ [But] those who pursue you will [also ride] swiftly.
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
[As a result], 1,000 [of you] will flee when [only] one of them pursues you! When only five [of their soldiers] threaten [to kill you], [all of] will flee. [Only a few of] you will be left, like [SIM] a [single] flagpole on top of a mountain with one signal flag on the pole.”
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
[But] wants to be kind to you; he desires to show you that he is merciful. [Do not forget that] Yahweh is a God who acts justly; he is pleased with those who patiently trust in 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
You people who live in Jerusalem [DOU], [some day] you will not cry any more. Yahweh will be kind to you when you call out to him for help. He will answer/help you as soon as he hears you call.
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
Although [now] Yahweh has caused you to [daily] experience [MET] great troubles and suffer much, [he], your teacher, will not hide himself from you. He [SYN] will teach you many things clearly.
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 you will hear him speak to you to guide you. [Right] behind you he will say, “This is the road on which you should walk; walk on this road!”
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
When that happens, you will destroy [all] your idols that are covered with silver or gold. You will throw them away like you throw away a filthy rag, and you will say to them, “We do not need you any more!”
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
[If you do that], Yahweh will bless you by giving you good rain at the time that you plant your crops. You will have good harvests, and plenty of pasture with grass for your cattle to eat.
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
After the wind [blows away the chaff], the oxen and donkeys that [pull the plow to] plow your ground will have good grain to eat.
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
At that time, when [your enemies] have been slaughtered and their towers have (collapsed/been destroyed), there will be streams flowing down every hill and mountain [in Judah].
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 moon will seem to shine as brightly as the sun, and the sun will seem to shine seven times as brightly as previously. That is what it will be like when Yahweh causes [the suffering of] his people [to cease; it will be as though] [MET] he will be putting bandages on their wounds and healing them.
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
[It is as though] we see Yahweh coming from far away; he is extremely angry, and there are thick clouds of smoke around him. By what he says [MTY] he shows that he is angry; what he says is like [SIM] a devastating/destructive 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 [SIM] a flood that covers [his enemies] up to their necks. He will separate [MET] the nations in order to destroy [some of them]; [it is as though] he will put hooks in their mouths and take them away.
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
But [his people] will sing joyfully like they sing during the nights when they celebrate a holy festival. They will be very joyful, like [SIM] [a large group of his people] are joyful when they go up to Zion Hill in Jerusalem, along with men playing flutes [when they are all going there to worship Yahweh]. He is [like] [MET] a huge rock under which [we] Israeli people [are safe].
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 Yahweh will enable [us] to hear him speaking powerfully/majestically. He will show us that he [SYN] is very powerful. [We] will see him [SYN] smash [his enemies]. Being very angry, he will descend with a big rainstorm and thunder and hail [to punish them].
31 for from voice LORD to to be dismayed Assyria in/on/with tribe: staff to smite
[The soldiers of] Assyria will be terrified when they hear the voice of Yahweh and when he strikes them with his rod.
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 while Yahweh strikes them to punish them, [his people] will [celebrate by] playing tambourines and harps. [It will be as though] Yahweh will lift up his powerful hand/arm and defeat the Assyrian army in battle.
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
[The valley of] Topheth [outside Jerusalem] has been prepared for a long time; it is ready for the king [of Assyria]; the (funeral pyre/pile of wood) [for burning his body] is wide and high, and [it will be as though] Yahweh will light the fire with his breath, which will come out like a stream of burning sulfur.
