1 GLT “Woe, rebellious children”— the declaration of Yahweh“Making plans, but not mine, and pouring out libations, but not{ by} my Spirit, so adding sin upon sin. BSB BSB: “Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.
2 GLT Those going down{ into} Egypt,— but my mouth have not asked— to have strength in the fortress of Pharaoh and to refuge in the shadow of Egypt. BSB BSB: They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade.
3 GLT But the fortress of Pharaoh will be for you shame, and the refuge in the shade of Egypt, for humiliation. BSB BSB: But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.
4 GLT Though its princes are at Zoan, and their messengers have reached Hanes, BSB BSB: For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,
5 GLT all will be ashamed because of a people not benefiting them: not help and not aid, but a shame, and even a disgrace.” BSB BSB: everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them. They bring neither help nor benefit, but only shame and disgrace.”
6 GLT An oracle for the beasts of the Negev: Through the land of trouble and danger— from{ it} are the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent— they carry their riches on the shoulders of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels to a people not benefiting{ them}, BSB BSB: This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.
7 GLT for Egypt helps{ in} emptiness and uselessness. Therefore, I have called her: Rahab the Do- Nothing. BSB BSB: Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.
8 GLT Now go, write it on a tablet before them and on a scroll inscribe it, that it may be for the time to come as a testimony until forever. BSB BSB: Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.
9 GLT For it{ is} a rebellious people, false sons, sons not willing to hear the law of Yahweh, BSB BSB: These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.
10 GLT who say to the seers,“Do not see,” and to the prophets,“Do not prophesy the truth to us! Speak flattery to us; prophesy illusions. BSB BSB: They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.
11 GLT Turn aside from the way, stray from the path; cease{ speaking of} before our faces the Holy One of Israel.” BSB BSB: Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”
12 GLT Therefore, thus says the Holy One of Israel:“Because you reject this word and trust in oppression and corruption and lean on it, BSB BSB: Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on deceit,
13 GLT so this sin will be to you like a crack falling, a bulge in a high wall whose breach comes suddenly, in an instant. BSB BSB: this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly—in an instant!
14 GLT And whose breaking{ is} like the breaking of the vessel of a potter, shattered{ with} no pity, so no shard is found among its fragments to scrape fire from the hearth, or to draw water out of the cistern.” BSB BSB: It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”
15 GLT For thus says the Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel:“In returning and resting you will be saved; in quietness and in confidence will be your strength. But you were not willing. BSB BSB: For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence—but you were not willing.”
16 GLT And you said,‘No, for on horses we shall flee,’ so you will flee; and,‘We shall ride upon swift{ horses},’ so those who pursue you will be swift. BSB BSB: “No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.
17 GLT One thousand from the face of the threat of one; from the face of the threat of five you will flee until you are left like a flagstaff on the top of a mountain, or like a flag on a hill.” BSB BSB: A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.
18 GLT And yet Yahweh is waiting to be gracious to you, and therefore, he rises to show you mercy. For a God of justice{ is} Yahweh; blessed{ are} all who wait for him. BSB BSB: Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
19 GLT For people in Zion, dweller in Jerusalem, you will surely not weep. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. When he hears it, he will answer you. BSB BSB: O people in Zion who dwell in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious when you cry for help; when He hears, He will answer you.
20 GLT Though the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, even so, your teacher will not hide himself anymore, but your eyes will see your teacher, BSB BSB: The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him.
21 GLT and your ears will hear a word behind you saying,“This{ is} the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left. BSB BSB: And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”
22 GLT And you will desecrate your silver- overlaid idols and your gold- plated figures. You will throw them away like a menstrual rag. You will say to them,“Get out!” BSB BSB: So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”
23 GLT And he will give rain for your seed when you sow the ground, and bread of the produce of the ground, and{ it} will be rich and fat. In that day your cattle will graze{ in} broad pastures. BSB BSB: Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.
24 GLT And the oxen and the donkeys, plowers of the ground, will eat seasoned feed that has been winnowed with a shovel and a fork. BSB BSB: The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder, winnowed with shovel and pitchfork.
25 GLT And on every high mountain and on every tall hill will be streams, rivers of waters, in the day of the great slaughter when the towers fall. BSB BSB: And from every high mountain and every raised hill, streams of water will flow in the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall.
26 GLT And the light of the white one will be like the light of the hot one, and the light of the hot one will be seven{ times}, like the light of seven days in a day. Yahweh will bind up the breakdown of his people and heal the bruises of his wounding. BSB BSB: The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds He has inflicted.
27 GLT Behold, the name of Yahweh comes from afar, his nose burning and in dense smoke. His lips{ are} full of fury, and his tongue like a devouring fire. BSB BSB: Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, with burning anger and dense smoke. His lips are full of fury, and His tongue is like a consuming fire.
28 GLT And his breath is like a torrent rising to the middle of the neck to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction, and a bridle in the jaws of the peoples leading{ them} astray. BSB BSB: His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.
29 GLT You will have a song as in the night of a holy feast, and gladness of heart, as when one walks with a flute to go to the mountain of Yahweh, to the Rock of Israel. BSB BSB: You will sing as on the night of a holy festival, and your heart will rejoice like one who walks to the music of a flute, going up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.
30 GLT And Yahweh will make the splendor of his voice heard and show the descent of his arm in raging nose and flames of a consuming fire, storm and tempest and stones of hail. BSB BSB: And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.
31 GLT For at the voice of Yahweh, Assyria will be dismayed; he will strike{ them} with a staff. BSB BSB: For Assyria will be shattered at the voice of the LORD; He will strike them with His scepter.
32 GLT And every stroke of the appointed rod which Yahweh will lay on them will be with tambourines and harps as he fights against them in battle, waving{ his arm}. BSB BSB: And with every stroke of the rod of punishment that the LORD brings down on them, the tambourines and lyres will sound as He battles with weapons brandished.
33 GLT For a place of cremation{ was} arranged long ago. Indeed, it is prepared for the king. He has deepened, widened{ it}, the pile of fire and much wood. The breath of Yahweh, like a stream of brimstone, will enflame it. BSB BSB: For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.
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