against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst
of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
[26] And he will
lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold,
they shall come with speed swiftly:
[27] None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber
nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
[28]
Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their
wheels like a whirlwind:
[29] Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they
shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
[30] And in
that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold
darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
Isa.6
[1] In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his
train filled the temple.
[2] Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his
face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
[3] And one cried unto another, and
said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
[4] And the posts of the
door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
[5] Then said I, Woe is
me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean
lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
[6] Then flew one of the seraphims unto me,
having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
[7] And he laid it
upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin
purged.
[8] Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then
said I, Here am I; send me.
[9] And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand
not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
[10] Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy,
and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their
heart, and convert, and be healed.
[11] Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities
be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,
[12] And the
LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
[13] But yet
in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance
is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
Isa.7
[1] And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that
Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to
war against it, but could not prevail against it.
[2] And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is
confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the
wood are moved with the wind.
[3] Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou,
and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;
[4]
And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these
smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
[5] Because
Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
[6] Let us go
up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it,
even the son of Tabeal:
[7] Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
[8]
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five
years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.
[9] And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and
the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.
[10]
Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,
[11] Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it
either in the depth, or in the height above.
[12] But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.
[13]
And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary
my God also?
[14] Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and
bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
[15] Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to
refuse the evil, and choose the good.
[16] For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose