Book of the Prophet Isaiah

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THE BOOK OF ISAIAH

Bat Tsion Bible

Translation by

Benjamin A. Thompson


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Bat Tsion Bible: The Book of Isaiah

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This translation is not affiliated with, nor authorized by, norendorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I am

a member of that church. The officially recognized Bible of saidchurch is the King James Version.

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The Book of IsaiahBat Tsion Bible

Translation byBenjamin A. Thompson


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Introduction

I began working on a new translation of the Bible In 2002 when I beganto teach myself Koine Greek and then Hebrew. I wanted to translate the Biblebecause I do not trust others to do so correctly. The truth is that no Bible

Translator should be trusted completely because the Word of God is soimportant that I believe that one should take the time to learn the originallanguages if possible, but not all have that luxury.

That is why it is good to have many translations so that you can look andsee and judge for yourself. The problem with many modern translationsthough is that they use manuscripts that were created by Arius the antichrist,who did not believe that Jesus Christ was literally the Son of God and soremoved portions of text relating to that. Also, some modern translators tend tolook at the Bible from a scholarly viewpoint and not from religious value. Thismeans that they dont really believe what they are translating.

The King James Version (also known as the Authorized Version) is the

favored and better translation, not in the sense that it is better translated (themodern translations tend to be better grammatical translations) but those whotranslated the King James Version of the Bible believed in the Lord and it isreflected in their work, and they used manuscripts that were not touched byArius.

Now due to easy access to information we have many manuscripts indifferent languages and from different time periods that the King Jamestranslators did not have access to. These include the Dead Sea Scrolls, theGreek Septuagint, the Aramaic Peshitta, and the Chaldees commentary. Inaddition to this there is also the Inspired Version of the Bible that was createdby Joseph Smith Jr. to restore corrupted passages of the scriptures. All of

these works have been utilized in the Bat Tsion Translation.

The Masoretic TextThe Masoretic Hebrew Text is the foundation of the Bat Tsion Bible, as it

is with the King James Version as well as most other versions of the OldTestament. The Masoretic Text was developed in three stages: the first wasamong the Babylonian Jews until either the destruction of the temple (70 AD)or the Second Jewish Revolt (135 AD). The second was from that time to eighthcentury where it was made consistent and more standardized. The third periodwas from the eighth century until the end of the Middle Ages when it wasfinalized.

The Masoretes (for whom the Text is named) created vowel points for thetext so that anyone who could read Hebrew could now read the text.Unfortunately, this was based on tradition, and so it is possible that somewords are not accurate but it is now standardized and is the agreed upon text.


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The Dead Sea ScrollsThe Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered between 1947 and 1956. These

texts were created by the Essenes, who were a very strict sect of Jews,considered apostate by the Pharisees. Theses scrolls were made from 150 BCto 68 AD. These scrolls are important because they give us a witness to the

Hebrew text of the Old Testament from a period before the finalization of theMasoretic Text. Some errors and corrections are found in the text. Otherscontain alternate readings that agree with the Greek Septuagint rather thanthe Masoretic Hebrew. Some of these changes are not important but some ofthem are and provide valuable insight into the text of the bible.

The Geek SeptuagintThe Greek Septuagint is the Greek translation of the Hebrew Old

Testament. It is also the Old Testament chosen by the Apostles of Jesus Christ,which is why the New Testament often quotes from the Septuagint. The GreekSeptuagint was possibly started around 100 BC. It was made for Greek

speaking Jews so that they did not have to learn Hebrew. This version isvaluable because it can help us understand what they thought of certainHebrew passages. Since the Apostles used this version it had become theprimary source for early Christian and Catholic bibles.

The Aramaic PeshittaThe Aramaic Peshitta is newer than the other versions but it is an

independent source and therefore is using manuscripts not used by the others.Like the Greek, the Aramaic helps us to understand the current thought of thattime. It is not often different but it has provided important changes that helpus understand certain passages better.

The Inspired VersionThe Inspired Version (also called the Joseph Smith Translation, or JST)

was created by Joseph Smith by revelation from the Lord. Its purpose is tocorrect passages that were altered by early scribes by accident or by evil intent.It is therefore a restoration of original text that had been lost. I have used thefull version of the JST in my translation. In order to make the JST better fitinto my translation I have modernized the archaic forms of words but I did notalter any of the means. An example of this would be that thou arts arechanged to you ares. This does not change the meaning and it helps thereader understand the archaic language.


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The Book of IsaiahLittle is known about Isaiah but that he is called the Son of Amotz, who

is unfortunately unknown to us at this time. Isaiah possibly lived around theeighth century BC. His words are called great by Jesus Christ himself:

And now, behold, I say unto you, that ye ought to search these things.Yea, a commandment I give unto you that ye search these thingsdiligently; for great are the words of Isaiah.

- 3 Nephi 23:1, Book of MormonTherefore I present to you this new translation of the Book of Isaiah in the hopethat you will better understand Isaiah and come to love this book as I have.When I was a quarter of the way through this book I said to myself that it waslike reading out of a newspaper. I know that Isaiah saw our day and his wordsare truly great and beneficial to us.

A note on the name of GodIn Hebrew the name of God looks like this: hwhybut the truth is we do not

know how to pronounce it. It is often pronounced Jehovah or Yahway orYahwah. Some people believe that it is too sacred to pronounce and so insteadsay Lord or God, or if you are Jewish you say Adonai (which means my Lord)or HaShem (which means the Name). I have transliterated it simply as YHWHso that you the reader can decide how to pronounce or read it.


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Book of IsaiahChapter 1

Vision One Israel has no understanding.The Lord will not continue to correct arebellious people. The Lord will bringjudgment upon Israel. The Lord will forgive arepentant Israel. The Lord will eventuallymake things right in Israel and will restoreher to her original condition. The wicked willbe destroyed with their works like fire.

1A vision of Isaiah, son of Amotz that hesaw upon Judah and Jerusalem in the

day of Uzziyah, Yothom, Achaz,Chezqiyah, kings of Judah:2 Hear O heavens and pay attention Oearth because YHWH is speaking!Children I have made great and I havelifted them up, and they have goneapostate from me.3 An ox can recognize his owner and adonkey his masters manger, but Israeldoes not understand and my people donot discern it!4Alas, a sinful nation! A people weighed

down with iniquity! Descendants ofafflicters! Children who bring ruin!Theyforsake YHWH, they treat the Holy Oneof Israel with contempt, they go awaybackward!5How long over this matter will you bestricken? Yet you continue to rebel!Thewhole head is sick and the whole heartis faint.6 From the hollow of the foot even up tothe head there is no soundness, insteadwounds, bruises, and raw wounds. Theyare not pressed and not bandaged andnot softened in oil.7Your land is a desolation, your cities1burn with fire, your farm land strangersconsume before you, and they have

1Can also be translated a serpent burns instead of

burn with fire.

brought desolation upon it, she isoverthrown by strangers!8And a remnant of the daughter of Zionis left, as a tent in a vineyard, as awatchmans shack in a garden ofcucumbers, as a city guarded.9Unless YHWH Sabaoth, had left to usa seed, as Sodom we would havebecome, to Gomorrah we would be like!10 Hear the word of YHWH rulers ofSodom! And pay attention to the Torahof our God people of Gomorrah!

11 Why do you multiply sacrifices?Says YHWH, I have had enough burntofferings of rams and the fat of abusedstall-fed animals and blood of bulls andlambs and goats, I do not desire this!12 When you come in worshiping toappear before my face, who has soughtthis from your hand, trampling mycourt?13 Though you bring fine flour it ismeaningless! Do not continue to bringyour empty offerings! Incense is

loathsome to me!In the new moons andSabbath, and the great day you read atsacred gatherings, I can no longerendure your wickedness and sacredmeetings! I do not eat what has beenobtained wrongfully and taken by force!14Your fasting and rest from work, yournew moons and your festivals my wholebeing hates, it has become a burdenupon me, I am weary of carrying it!Youhave become loathsome to me, I will nolonger pardon your sins!

15And when you spread your hands Iwill hide my eyes from you! Yes, thoughyou multiply prayers, I will not hear,your hands are full of blood, your fingerswith iniquity.


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16 Wash yourselves and makeyourselves clean and remove fromyourselves the wickedness of yourdoings from before my eyes, cease yourwickedness!17 Learn to do good, seek justice, make

straight the ruthless, execute the law forthe fatherless, strive for the widow.18 All of you please come to me, and Iwill correct you, YHWH is saying,although your sins have become likescarlet, they shall be white like snow,although they are blood red likecrimson, they shall become like wool.19If you are willing and you obey, thegood of the land you will eat.20And if you refuse and rebel the swordwill devour you for the mouth ofYHWHhas spoken it.21 How has the faithful city Zion becomea whore? She was a fruit of justice,righteousness dwelt in her, and nowmurderers.22Your money has gone away from you;your wine merchants dilute your winewith water!23 Your officials are rebellious andunited with thieves; all of them love abribe and all of them chase after

rewards. They do not execute the law forthe fatherless and the striving of thewidow does not come before them.24 Therefore declares the Lord YHWHSabaoth, the Mighty One of Israel, Alas,I will comfort him concerning hisafflictions and punish his enemies.25And I will return my hand over you,and purge away your impurities makingyou clean and will cause to depart fromyou all that weighs you down.26 And I will return your judges as in

her ancient time and your counselors asin her beginning; after this, you will becalled the City of Righteousness, afaithful city.27 Zion in judgment and mercy will beredeemed and her repentant ones inrighteousness.

28 And will be smashed the rebelliousand the sinners together and those whoforsake YHWH will be destroyed;29 For you will be ashamed of theleaders that you have desired and youwill be humiliated by her sorcery, which

you have chosen;30 For you will be like a terebinth treewhose leaf drops and a garden that hasno water to it,31 And the strong one will become astinder and his work a spark and the twoshall burn together and none shallextinguish it.

Chapter 2

Vision Two A vision of the last days. All the

gentiles will seek the knowledge of the Lord.Zion and Jerusalem will send out the Torahand word of the Lord. War will cease. Israelwas cast off because of wickedness. Thewicked will hide in bunkers during thejudgment of the Lord. The Day of the Lordsoon comes.

1The word that Isaiah, the son of Amotz,saw upon Judah and Jerusalem:2 And it will come to pass in the lastdays when the mountain of the house of

YHWH will be manifested in the top ofthe mountains and lifted over her hillsand all the gentiles will flow to it.3And a great multitude of people will goand they will say, Come, and let us goup to the mountain ofYHWH, to thehouse of the God of Jacob, and they willinstruct us of His ways and we will go inHis path,And Torah will be sent fromZion and the Word of YHWH fromJerusalem.4And He will judge between the gentiles

and will correct the great multitudes ofpeople who are far off and they will breakdown their tools of war into tools ofagriculture and their spears intopruning hooks and a nation will not liftan instrument of war upon a nation andnot learn war again.5 House of Jacob, come, and let us walkin the light ofYHWH, yes, come for you


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skilled craftsman, and discerningcharmer,4 And I will give youth unto them astheir leaders and mockers will havedominion over them.5 And the people will be each mans

taskmaster, each man to his neighbor,and the youth will be loud, actingarrogantly towards the old, and thedespicable toward the honorable.6 For a man manipulates a countrymanin the house of his father, and shall say,A garment you walk by, be our chiefcommander, and let not this ruin cometo pass under your hand.7 He will lift himself up that day to say,Do not make me a 3binder, and in myhouse there is no bread and no4garment. Do not make me chiefcommander of the nation.8 For Jerusalem, she has decayed, andJudah, he has fallen, because theirtongues and their deeds have beenagainst YHWH to rebel before the eye ofHis glory.9 The expressions of their faces dowitness within them, and does showtheir sin to be even as Sodom and theycannot conceal it! Woe to their souls, for

they have rewarded to themselves acalamity!10 Woe to their soul, for they havedevised an evil counsel againstthemselves, saying against themselves,Let us bind the righteous, for he isburdensome to us. Say unto therighteous that it is good with them, forthe fruit of their works they will eat.11 Woe to the wicked! For they shallperish; for the recompense of theirhands shall be upon them.

12And my people, their oppressors arechildren and women rule over them.My

3ebrew word here means to bind up wounds with

bandages.4!ead "ea "crolls have different spelling of garment,

which might intend to show that this was originall#

meant to be two separate t#pes of garments,

modern text is the same.

people, those who guide you are causingyou to wander astray and the way ofyour highway is confused.13YHWH stands up to reprimand, andstands firm to execute judgment of Hispeople.

14 YHWH enters into a judgmentcounsel against the elders of His peopleand the rulers: Why have you burnt upthe vineyard and why is the property ofthe poor in your houses!15What is this to you? What is this toyou! You are crushing my people andthe face of the poor you are grinding,says my LordYHWH Sabaoth.16 And said YHWH: It is because thatthe daughters of Zion are prideful andthey walk turned around, their necksare stretched out! And their eyes arelustful and they walk arrogantly pullingtheir clothing in trains, and they walkwith their feet making noise fromshackles.17AndYHWH will humble the heads ofthe daughters of Zion and YHWH willopen destitution upon them.18 In that day, my Lord, will remove the5beauty and pride of the shackles, and ofheadbands, and of the ornaments,

19And the earrings, and the bracelets,and the veils,20And the paint of their faces, and theankle chains, and the sashes, and thesoul of the house, and the amulets,21 And the sacred rings, and the noserings,22 And the fancy robes, and the coats,and the cloaks, and the purses,23 And the mirrors, and the linenundergarments, and the 6miters, andthe veils.

24And it will come to pass: instead of asweet smell, putrefaction; and it will

$%he ebrew word here has a double meaning

referring both to beaut# and also to pride at the

same time.&%his is in the feminine form so it is implied that it

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come to pass: instead of an apron, arope; and instead of worked on hair,baldness; and instead of expensiveclothing, sackcloth; branding instead ofbeauty.25Your men will fall by the sword, and

your strength in a war.26 And her doorways will lament andmourn, and she shall be emptied out,and shall remain in the land.

Chapter 4

Women will return to polygamy. Men willspeak to the Lord for their families. Thosewho survive will receive glory and will becalled holy.

1 And her strength: seven wives in oneman; in this day, he says: Our food wewill eat, and our robes we will put on,only let us be called by your name, andtake away our reproach.2 In that day shall the glory and honorof YHWH shine forth in counsel on theearth to exalt and glorify the remnant ofIsrael. In this day, he is become thesprouting bud of YHWH, to be beautifuland to be glorious; and the fruit of theearth to be the pride, and to bring

beauty, to the survivors of Israel andJudah.3And it will come to pass, he who is leftin Zion, and he who remains inJerusalem; to him, he will be called holy,all who are inscribed to life in the7foundation of peace.4When my Lord has washed the filth ofthe sons and daughters of Zion and theblood of Jerusalem is rinsed from withinher in the 8wind of judgment and in thewind of wrath.

5 And YHWH will form upon all thesettlements of the Mountain of Zion and

wrapped around the head to form a middle eastern

st#le crown or miter.(ebrew word here is also used for )erusalem, but it

is a word as well meaning foundation of peace and in

the context of the dual places of *ion and )erusalem

upon her sacred gatherings a cloud byday and smoke and shining fire by night,for upon all the glory of Zion a canopy.6And a tent will be to shade the heat ofday and to shelter and to protect fromstorm and from rain.

Chapter 5

The Song of the Vineyard. Lord will removewhat protects Israel so they can be afflicted.Woes upon the sinners of the last day. Greatcities will become empty. Lord will lift upensign.

1 And then will I sing to my beloved asong of my beloved to his vineyard: Mybeloved has a vineyard with a horn of a

son of anointing!2 And he dug it and he removed thestones and he planted the best type ofgrape vine. And he built a watchtower inthe middle of it and also he hewed a winepress.And he waited with anticipation toproduce grapes and it producedworthless ones.3And now inhabitants of Jerusalem andmen of Judah please make a judgmentbetween me and between my vineyard!4What else is there to do to my vineyard

that I have not done in it? For whatreason did I wait with anticipation toproduce grapes and it producedworthless ones?5And now, please, I will make known toall of you what I am going to do to myvineyard!I will remove the thorny fence,and it will come to pass that it will beburnt; and I will break down the stonewall and it will come to pass that it willbe trampled down!6 And I will forsake my vineyard: no

pruning and no digging; and will grow

it ma+es more sense that it is referring to the word

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up 9thorns and 10thorn bushes; andupon the clouds, a command, from therain, no rain upon him.7 For the vineyard of YHWH Sabaoth isthe house of Israel and the men of Judahthe plant of His delight and He waited

with anticipation for justice and, behold,bloodshed; for righteousness and,behold, a cry of distress.8 11Woe to you who touch house tohouse, field to field, to steal the land,that they may take away things of theirneighbors, bringing near to yourselfuntil there can be no end of room andyou place yourselves alone in the midstof the earth!9 In my ears YHWH Sabaoth! Is it nottruth? Many houses will become adesolation, and great and beautiful citieswith no inhabitants.10 For ten acres of vineyard will produceone 12bath and a 13homer of seed willproduce an ephah.11Woe to those who rise up early in themorning so that they can chase alcohol;who delay in the evening so that winemay burn within them.12And then comes the lyre and the lute,the tambourine and the flute, and wine

from their feasts; and the works ofYHWH they do not pay attention to andthe achievement of His hands they donot understand.13 Therefore my people are uncoveredfrom their wearing out of knowledge; andthere has been a multitude of deadbodies because of the famine, and myhonorable men hunger and their greatmultitude is dried up of thirst.

ebrew word hear also means diamond, and it can

also be a reference to a hard heart.1'f this passage is s#mbolic then thorn bushes here

can also mean the cares and riches of the world.

%herefore this passage can mean hard hearts and

people who chase after mone#.11Compare /noch 3$12 unit of li5uid measure e5ual to around (.$

gallons.

14 For this reason Sheol has enlargedher appetite and she has opened hermouth wide without measure. And herglory and her wealth, and her uproarand they who rejoice, fall in her,15And mankind will despair, and man

will be humbled, and the eyes of theprideful will be brought low.16And will be exalted YHWH Sabaoth injudgment and the holy God will be setapart in righteousness.17 And the 14lambs will shepherd theirfold, and the ruins of the 15wealthy,sojourners will eat.18 Woe to those who drag iniquity andguilt with the cords of vanity and lies;and their sins are like a bridle of a yokeon the neck of a heifer.19Who say, Let him hurry and hastenwhat He will do so that we can see it, andlet the counsel of the Holy One of Israelcome so we can know it!20 Woe to those who say, Evil is goodand good is evil!; who establishdarkness for light and light for darkness,and bitterness for sweetness andsweetness for bitterness.21Woe to the wise in their own eyes andclever before their own face!

22 Woe to the champions for drinkingwine; and wealthy men for mixingalcohol!23 Who justify the wicked because ofbribes and take away from him therights of the righteous!24 For this reason a tongue of fire burnsup the chaff and flames waste away drygrass; their root will become rot andtheir budding flowers will blow away asdust.For they have rejected the Torah of

13 unit of dr# measure, which is e5ual to ten

ephah so it is sa#ing that #ou will onl# produce 161

of what #ou could have produced.14%he people will have personal responsibilit# again.1$7iterall# means fat ones of animals but the beaut#

of ebrew poetr# here is referring to the wealth# of

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YHWH Sabaoth, and thecommandments of the Holy One of Israelthey have despised.25 For this reason the anger of YHWHSabaoth has burned on His people; andhas turned His hand upon them and

struck them and shook the mountains,and it will come to pass that their deadbodies will be torn apart in the middle ofthe streets. Despite all this His anger isstill not turned away, His hand is stillturned upon them.26 And He will lift up an ensign to thegentiles from far away, and will 16hiss tohim from the edge of the earth, andbehold, with speed they will swiftlycome.27 None among them are weary andnone stumble, and none are drowsy andnone sleep, and their belt is not loosearound their waist and the sandal strapis not torn.28Whose arrows shall be sharp and alltheir bows are aimed, the hoofs of horsesare thought of like flint and their wheelslike a whirlwind.29 With a roar like a lioness they roarand like young lions they growl and seizethe prey, and carry it away safely and

none will deliver it.30And they will growl over them in thatday; he will groan like the groaning ofthe sea, and if they look to the earth,and, behold, it is the darkness ofdistress; and is darkened in the clouds.

Chapter 6

Vision Three Isaiah sees God, his throne,and the seraphim. Isaiah receives forgivenessbecause of the atonement. The calling ofIsaiah.

1 In the year of the death of the kingUzziyah: And I saw my Lord dwelling

1& form of signal li+e a whistle.1(%he ol# 8host taught me that the hem of his robe

is a reference to the fringes on is robe, and that

those are s#mbolic of is children.

upon His throne, exalted and lifted up,and the 17hem of His robe filled thetemple.2 Seraphim stood above Him with sixwings, six wings to each; with two theycovered their face, and with two they

covered their feet, and with two theyflew.3 And they called one to another andsaid, Holy, holy, holy is YHWH Sabaoth!The whole earth is full of His glory!4 And the foundations of the basinstrembled from the voice of the one whocalled out; and the house was full ofsmoke.5And I said, Woe to me for I am cut off,for I am a man of unclean speech and Idwell in the midst of a people of uncleanspeech, for my eyes have seen the King,YHWH Sabaoth!6 And flew to me one from among theseraphim, and in his hand a 18glowingstone in tongs, taken from upon thealtar,7 And touched it upon my mouth, andsaid, Behold, this has touched uponyour lips and is taken away your iniquityand they will make an atonement of yoursins.

8 And I heard the voice of my Lord,saying, Who will I send? And who willgo for us to this people? And I said,Look at me, send me.9 And He said, Go and declare to thispeople, You truly hear, but you will notdiscern it! And you truly see, but youwill not understand it!10 For the heart of this people is madeunfeeling and with their ears they havehardly heard, and their eyes they haveclosed; lest they should see with their

eyes, and with their ears they shouldhear, and with their hearts they shoulddiscern, and should return and I shouldheal them.

19eans this literall# in ebrew, can also mean

pavement or coals. %he eternal nature of 8od would

indicate to me that this is different than the coals on

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11And I said, How long my Lord? AndHe said, Until this time: if cities aredevastated from no inhabitants, andhouses from no men, and the fields aredevastated by desolation.12 And YHWH removes far away the

men, and there shall be a greatdesolation in the midst of the earth.13And again in her there will be a tenthand they will return, and it will come topass: to burn like a terebinth tree andan oak tree that is a cut down pillar inthem; the holy offspring will be theirpillar.

Chapter 7

Vision Four--Ephraim and Aram plot to divide

Judah, the Lord will not allow it. Ephraimshall be carried away. The Lord will give thesign of the virgin. God will be with us and hewill be poor so that he can choose good. Theland will be made desolate before he comes.

1 And it came to pass in the days ofAchaz, son of Yothom, son of Uzziyah,kings of Judah, went up Ritsin king ofAram and Peqach, son of Rimalyah, kingof Israel, to war against Jerusalem, butthey had not power upon it to devour it.

2 And it was reported to the house ofDavid, saying, The Aram have restedupon Ephraim!And his heart and theheart of his people shook, like theshaking of the trees of the forest from theface of the wind.3And said YHWH to Isaiah, Go, please,to seek Achaz, you and 19Shiar-Yashuvyour son, towards the end of thewaterway of the 20Elyon Pond towardsthe highway of the field of washing.4And say to him, Keep the watch and

be quiet, and do not fear and do not befainthearted because of these two tails,the smoldering firebrands, in the

19eans in ebrew :emnant will :eturn.29eans in ebrew 9ost igh.21ebrew implies here that the# were going to split

)udah in half between them.

burning anger of Ritsin and Aram, andthe son of Rimalyah;5 On account that Aram and Ephraim,and the son of Rimalyah, have evilcounsel upon you, saying,6 We will go up in Judah and we will

terrorize her and we will 21cut through itbetween us, and we will set up a puppetking in the midst of her, the son of22Taval.7Thus says my Lord YHWH, It will notbe fulfilled and it will not come to pass!8 For the head of Aram is Damascus andthe head of Damascus is Ritsin and afterabout sixty and five years Ephraim isbroken from being a people.9 And the head of Ephraim is Samariaand the head of Samaria is the son ofRimalyah; if you will not have faithsurely you will not understand.10And added YHWH this word to Achaz,saying,11 Ask for yourself a sign withYHWHyour God: the depth of Sheol or to theexalted above.12And said Achaz, I will not ask and Iwill not testYHWH.13And he said, Hear, please, house ofDavid, is it a small thing to weary men;

for will you weary also my God?14 For this reason my Lord, Himself, willgive to all of you a sign: Look! The virginconceives and she bears a Son and shecalls His name: 23Immanu-el!15 24Curds and honey He will eat toknow of Himself to reject the evil andchoose the good.16 For before the boy knows to reject theevil and choose the good they will losethe land that you loathe from the face oftwo kings.

17And YHWH will bring upon you andupon your people and upon the house ofyour father days that have never come,

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from the day of the apostasy of Ephraim,from against Judah the king of Assyria.18And it will come to pass: in that day,YHWH, He will 25hiss to the fly that is inthe end of the Nile river of Egypt and tothe bee that is in the land of Assyria.

19 And they come and they rest, all ofthem, in the steep ravines and in theclefts of the cliffs and in all the thornbushes and in all the pastures.20 In that day my Lord YHWH will shavewith the hired razor, in a far region of ariver, with a king of Assyria, the headand the hair of the feet and will also takeaway the beard.21And it will come to pass in that day:a man will keep alive a heifer of theheard and two sheep.22 And it will come to pass, from theabundance of milk produced he will eatcurds, for curds and honey he will eat,all who remain in the midst of the land.23And it will come to pass in that day:it will happen, this will happen to thewhole place, in there is a thousand vinesfor a thousand silver pieces, which willbe for thorns and thorn bushes.24With arrows and with bows he will gothere, the whole earth, for thorns and

thorn bushes, they will come.25And all the hills that used to be dugwith a hoe, they will not go there of fearof thorns and thorn bushes and it will befor laying ox and for trampling sheep.

Chapter 8

The people are beginning to reject theMessiah. Isaiah is chastened to not walk inthe way of the people. The Lord will preservea righteous people but will destroy a wickedpeople. The Torah and testimony of the

prophets are sealed up to test who really is adisciple. The truth is not spoken because

2$ form of signal li+e a whistle.2&9eans in ebrew ;"oon the spoil, asten the

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