Isaiah 30

1Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:

הֹוי בָּנִים סֹורְרִים נְאֻם־יְהוָה לַעֲשֹׂות עֵצָה וְלֹא מִנִּי וְלִנְסֹךְ מַסֵּכָה וְלֹא רוּחִי לְמַעַן סְפֹות חַטָּאת עַל־חַטָּאת׃ (4088)

2That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!

הַהֹלְכִים לָרֶדֶת מִצְרַיִם וּפִי לֹא שָׁאָלוּ לָעֹוז בְּמָעֹוז פַּרְעֹה וְלַחְסֹות בְּצֵל מִצְרָיִם׃ (3193)

3Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.

וְהָיָה לָכֶם מָעֹוז פַּרְעֹה לְבֹשֶׁת וְהֶחָסוּת בְּצֵל־מִצְרַיִם לִכְלִמָּה׃ (2438)

4For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.

כִּי־הָיוּ בְצֹעַן שָׂרָיו וּמַלְאָכָיו חָנֵס יַגִּיעוּ׃ (1109)

5They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.

כֹּל [הִבְאִישׁ כ] (הֹבִישׁ ק) עַל־עַם לֹא־יֹועִילוּ לָמֹו לֹא לְעֵזֶר וְלֹא לְהֹועִיל כִּי לְבֹשֶׁת וְגַם־לְחֶרְפָּה׃ (2914)

6The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.

מַשָּׂא בַּהֲמֹות נֶגֶב בְּאֶרֶץ צָרָה וְצוּקָה לָבִיא וָלַיִשׁ מֵהֶם אֶפְעֶה וְשָׂרָף מְעֹופֵף יִשְׂאוּ עַל־כֶּתֶף עֲיָרִים חֵילֵהֶם וְעַל־דַּבֶּשֶׁת גְּמַלִּים אֹוצְרֹתָם עַל־עַם לֹא יֹועִילוּ׃ (6521)

7For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.

וּמִצְרַיִם הֶבֶל וָרִיק יַעְזֹרוּ לָכֵן קָרָאתִי לָזֹאת רַהַב הֵם שָׁבֶת׃ (3235)

8Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:

עַתָּה בֹּוא כָתְבָהּ עַל־לוּחַ אִתָּם וְעַל־סֵפֶר חֻקָּהּ וּתְהִי לְיֹום אַחֲרֹון לָעַד עַד־עֹולָם׃ (3151)

9That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:

כִּי עַם מְרִי הוּא בָּנִים כֶּחָשִׁים בָּנִים לֹא־אָבוּ שְׁמֹועַ תֹּורַת יְהוָה׃ (2472)

10Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:

אֲשֶׁר אָמְרוּ לָרֹאִים לֹא תִרְאוּ וְלַחֹזִים לֹא תֶחֱזוּ־לָנוּ נְכֹחֹות דַּבְּרוּ־לָנוּ חֲלָקֹות חֲזוּ מַהֲתַלֹּות׃ (4534)

11Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

סוּרוּ מִנֵּי־דֶרֶךְ הַטּוּ מִנֵּי־אֹרַח הַשְׁבִּיתוּ מִפָּנֵינוּ אֶת־קְדֹושׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ (3236)

12Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:

לָכֵן כֹּה אָמַר קְדֹושׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל יַעַן מָאָסְכֶם בַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה וַתִּבְטְחוּ בְּעֹשֶׁק וְנָלֹוז וַתִּשָּׁעֲנוּ עָלָיו׃ (3783)

13Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.

לָכֵן יִהְיֶה לָכֶם הֶעָוֹן הַזֶּה כְּפֶרֶץ נֹפֵל נִבְעֶה בְּחֹומָה נִשְׂגָּבָה אֲשֶׁר־פִּתְאֹם לְפֶתַע יָבֹוא שִׁבְרָהּ׃ (3594)

14And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.

וּשְׁבָרָהּ כְּשֵׁבֶר נֵבֶל יֹוצְרִים כָּתוּת לֹא יַחְמֹל וְלֹא־יִמָּצֵא בִמְכִתָּתֹו חֶרֶשׂ לַחְתֹּות אֵשׁ מִיָּקוּד וְלַחְשֹׂף מַיִם מִגֶּבֶא׃ (5837)

15For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.

כִּי כֹה־אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה קְדֹושׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּשׁוּבָה וָנַחַת תִּוָּשֵׁעוּן בְּהַשְׁקֵט וּבְבִטְחָה תִּהְיֶה גְּבוּרַתְכֶם וְלֹא אֲבִיתֶם׃ (4978)

16But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

וַתֹּאמְרוּ לֹא־כִי עַל־סוּס נָנוּס עַל־כֵּן תְּנוּסוּן וְעַל־קַל נִרְכָּב עַל־כֵּן יִקַּלּוּ רֹדְפֵיכֶם׃ (3026)

17One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.

אֶלֶף אֶחָד מִפְּנֵי גַּעֲרַת אֶחָד מִפְּנֵי גַּעֲרַת חֲמִשָּׁה תָּנֻסוּ עַד אִם־נֹותַרְתֶּם כַּתֹּרֶן עַל־רֹאשׁ הָהָר וְכַנֵּס עַל־הַגִּבְעָה׃ (5725)

18And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

וְלָכֵן יְחַכֶּה יְהוָה לַחֲנַנְכֶם וְלָכֵן יָרוּם לְרַחֶמְכֶם כִּי־אֱלֹהֵי מִשְׁפָּט יְהוָה אַשְׁרֵי כָּל־חֹוכֵי לֹו׃ (2245)

19For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.

כִּי־עַם בְּצִיֹּון יֵשֵׁב בִּירוּשָׁלִָם בָּכֹו לֹא־תִבְכֶּה חָנֹון יָחְנְךָ לְקֹול זַעֲקֶךָ כְּשָׁמְעָתֹו עָנָךְ׃ (3225)

20And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:

וְנָתַן לָכֶם אֲדֹנָי לֶחֶם צָר וּמַיִם לָחַץ וְלֹא־יִכָּנֵף עֹוד מֹורֶיךָ וְהָיוּ עֵינֶיךָ רֹאֹות אֶת־מֹורֶיךָ׃ (3277)

21And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

וְאָזְנֶיךָ תִּשְׁמַעְנָה דָבָר מֵאַחֲרֶיךָ לֵאמֹר זֶה הַדֶּרֶךְ לְכוּ בֹו כִּי תַאֲמִינוּ וְכִי תַשְׂמְאִילוּ׃ (3380)

22Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.

וְטִמֵּאתֶם אֶת־צִפּוּי פְּסִילֵי כַסְפֶּךָ וְאֶת־אֲפֻדַּת מַסֵּכַת זְהָבֶךָ תִּזְרֵם כְּמֹו דָוָה צֵא תֹּאמַר לֹו׃ (4395)

23Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.

וְנָתַן מְטַר זַרְעֲךָ אֲשֶׁר־תִּזְרַע אֶת־הָאֲדָמָה וְלֶחֶם תְּבוּאַת הָאֲדָמָה וְהָיָה דָשֵׁן וְשָׁמֵן יִרְעֶה מִקְנֶיךָ בַּיֹּום הַהוּא כַּר נִרְחָב׃ (5470)

24The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.

וְהָאֲלָפִים וְהָעֲיָרִים עֹבְדֵי הָאֲדָמָה בְּלִיל חָמִיץ יֹאכֵלוּ אֲשֶׁר־זֹרֶה בָרַחַת וּבַמִּזְרֶה׃ (2524)

25And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.

וְהָיָה ׀ עַל־כָּל־הַר גָּבֹהַ וְעַל כָּל־גִּבְעָה נִשָּׂאָה פְּלָגִים יִבְלֵי־מָיִם בְּיֹום הֶרֶג רָב בִּנְפֹל מִגְדָּלִים׃ (2045)

26Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

וְהָיָה אֹור־הַלְּבָנָה כְּאֹור הַחַמָּה וְאֹור הַחַמָּה יִהְיֶה שִׁבְעָתַיִם כְּאֹור שִׁבְעַת הַיָּמִים בְּיֹום חֲבֹשׁ יְהוָה אֶת־שֶׁבֶר עַמֹּו וּמַחַץ מַכָּתֹו יִרְפָּא׃ (5151)

27Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:

הִנֵּה שֵׁם־יְהוָה בָּא מִמֶּרְחָק בֹּעֵר אַפֹּו וְכֹבֶד מַשָּׂאָה שְׂפָתָיו מָלְאוּ זַעַם וּלְשֹׁונֹו כְּאֵשׁ אֹכָלֶת׃ (3714)

28And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.

וְרוּחֹו כְּנַחַל שֹׁוטֵף עַד־צַוָּאר יֶחֱצֶה לַהֲנָפָה גֹויִם בְּנָפַת שָׁוְא וְרֶסֶן מַתְעֶה עַל לְחָיֵי עַמִּים׃ (3430)

29Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.

הַשִּׁיר יִהְיֶה לָכֶם כְּלֵיל הִתְקַדֶּשׁ־חָג וְשִׂמְחַת לֵבָב כַּהֹולֵךְ בֶּחָלִיל לָבֹוא בְהַר־יְהוָה אֶל־צוּר יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ (3634)

30And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.

וְהִשְׁמִיעַ יְהוָה אֶת־הֹוד קֹולֹו וְנַחַת זְרֹועֹו יַרְאֶה בְּזַעַף אַף וְלַהַב אֵשׁ אֹוכֵלָה נֶפֶץ וָזֶרֶם וְאֶבֶן בָּרָד׃ (3368)

31For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.

כִּי־מִקֹּול יְהוָה יֵחַת אַשּׁוּר בַּשֵּׁבֶט יַכֶּה׃ (1505)

32And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it.

וְהָיָה כֹּל מַעֲבַר מַטֵּה מוּסָדָה אֲשֶׁר יָנִיחַ יְהוָה עָלָיו בְּתֻפִּים וּבְכִנֹּרֹות וּבְמִלְחֲמֹות תְּנוּפָה נִלְחַם־ [בָּהּ כ] (בָּם׃ ק) (3864)

33For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

כִּי־עָרוּךְ מֵאֶתְמוּל תָּפְתֶּה גַּם־ [הוּא כ] (הִיא ק) לַמֶּלֶךְ הוּכָן הֶעְמִיק הִרְחִב מְדֻרָתָהּ אֵשׁ וְעֵצִים הַרְבֵּה נִשְׁמַת יְהוָה כְּנַחַל גָּפְרִית בֹּעֲרָה בָּהּ׃ (5839)