Reformation Directory

1 He reproveth the Jewes which in their adversity Used their own counsels, and sought help of the Egyptians 10 Despising the Prophets 16 Therefore he sheweth what destruction shall come upon them, 18 But offereth mercy to the repentant.

1.Wo to the ^arebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me, and ^bcover with a covering, but not by my spirit, that they may lay sin upon sin:

2.Which walk forth to go down into Egypt (and have not asked at my mouth) to strengthen them selves with the strength of Pharaóh, and trust in the shadow of Egypt.

3.But the strength of Pharaóh shalbe your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.

4.For his ^cprinces were at Zoán, and his ambassodours came unto Hanés.

5.They shalbe all ashamed of the people that can not profit them, nor help nor do them good, but shalbe a shame and also a reproach.

6.¶ The ^dburden of the beasts of the South, in a land of trouble and anguish, from whence shall come the young and old lyon, the viper and fyrie flying serpent against them that shall bear their riches upon the shoulders of the colts, and their treasures upon the bounches of the camels, to a people that can not profit.

7.For the Egyptians are vanity, and they shall help in vain. Therefore have I cryed unto ^eher, Their strength ^fis to sit still.

8.Now go, and write ^git before them in a table, and note it in a book that it may be for the ^hlast day forever and ever:

9.That it is a rebellious people, lying children, and children that would not ⁱhear the Law of the Lord.

10.Which say unto the Seers, See not: and to the Prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things but speak flattering things unto us: prophesy ^kerrors.

11.Depart out of the way: go aside out of the path, cause the holie one of Israél to cease from us.

12.Therefore thus saith the holie one of Israél, Because you have cast off this word, and trust in ^lviolence, and wickedness, and stay thereupon,

13.Therefore this iniquity shalbe unto you as a breach that falleth, or a swelling in an high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly in a moment.

14.And the breaking thereof is like the breaking of a potter’s pot, which is broke without pity, and in the breaking thereof is not found ^ma sherd to take fire out of the hearth, or to take water out of the pit.

15.For thus said the ⁿLord God, the holie one of Israél, In rest and quietness shall ye be saved: in quietness and in confidence shalbe your strength, but ye would not.

16.For ye have said, No, but we will flee away upon ^ohorses. Therefore shall ye flee. We will ride upon the swiftest. Therefore shall your persecutors be swifter.

17.A thousand as one shall flee at the rebuke of one: at the rebuke of five shall ye flee, till ye be left as a ship mast upon the ^ptop of a mountain, and as a beaken upon an hill.

18.Yet therefore will the Lord wait, that he may have ^qmercy upon you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have compassion upon you: for the Lord is the God of ^rjudgement. Blessed are all they that wait for him.

19.Surely a people shall dwell in Zión, and in Jerusalém: thou shalt weep no more: he will certainly have mercy upon thee at the voice of thy cry: when he heareth thee, he will answer thee.

20.And when the Lord hath given you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, thy rain shalbe no more kept back, but thine eyes shall see thy ^rain.

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

22.And ye shall ^tpollute the covering of the images of silver, and the rich ornament of thine images of gold, and cast them away as a menstruous cloth, & thou shalt say unto it, ^uGet thee hence.

23.Then shall he give rain unto thy seed, when thou shalt sow the ground, and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shalbe fat and as oil: in that day shall thy cattle be fed in large pastures.

24.The oxen also and the young asses, that till the ground, shall eat clean provender, which is winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.

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

26.Moreover, the light of the moon shalbe as the light of the ^ysun, and the light of the sun shall be seven fold, and like the light of seven days in the day that the Lord shall bind up the breach of his people, and heal the stroke of their wound.

27.Behold, ^zthe Name of the Lord commeth from far, his face is burning, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue is as a devouring fire.

28.And his Spirit is as a river that overfloweth up to the neck: it divideth asunder, to fan the nations with the fan of ^avanity, and there shalbe a bridle to cause them to erre in the jaws of the people.

29.But there shalbe a song unto you as in the ^bnight, when a solemn feast is kept: & gladness of heart, as he that cometh with a pipe to go unto the mount of the Lord, to the mighty one of Israél.

30.And the Lord shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall declare the lighting down of his arm with the anger of his countenance, and flame of a devouring fire, with scattering and tempest, and hail stones.

31.For with the voice of the Lord shall Asshúr be destroyed, which smote with the ^crod.

32.And in every place that the staff shall pass, it shall ^dcleave fast, which the Lord shall lay upon him with ^etabrets and harps: and with battles, and lifting up of hands shall he fight ^fagainst it.

33.For ^gTóphet is prepared of old: it is even prepared for the ^hKing: he hath made it ⁱdeep and large: the burning thereof is fire and much wood: the breath of the Lord, like a river of brimstone, doeth kindle it.

Isaiah 30

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