A.V.

I Or, they have puffed

me up.
*ch.4.1,2.
[1611

omits as]

+ Heb.

I knew

not. Or,

set me on the chariots

of my willing people. I Or, of Mahanaim.

+ Heb. mixture. *ch. 4. 5.

11 Or. crimson.

+ Heb. bound.

4 Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.

5 Turn away thine eyes from me, for "they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.

6 Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.

7 As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.

8 There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.

9 My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.

10 Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?

11 I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.

12 + Or ever I was aware, my soul" made me like the chariots of Ammi-nadib.

13 Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite ? As it were the company of two armies.

7 How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.

2 Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not + liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.

3 * Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.

4 Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.

5 Thine head upon thee is like "Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.

6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!

7 This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.

8 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;

9 And the roof of thy mouth like the best + Heb. wine for my beloved, that goeth down + sweetstraight-ly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.

ly.

II Or,

of the

ancient.

*ch. 2.16. & 6.3.

+ Heb. open.

10 I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.

11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.

12 Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape tappear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.

75Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate ch. iv. 2. Behind thy veil.

8 There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines,

And virgins without number.

9 My dove, my 7 undefiled, is but one;
She is the only one of her mother;

She is the choice one of her that bare her.
The daughters saw her, and called her blessed;
Yea, the queens and the concubines, and they
praised her.

10 Who is she that looketh forth as the morning,
Fair as the moon,

9 Clear as the sun,

To Terrible as an army with banners?

11 I went down into the garden of nuts, To see the green plants of the valley, To see whether the vine budded, And the pomegranates were in flower. 12 Or ever I was aware, my 11 soul 12 set me Among the chariots of my 13 princely people.

13. Return, return, O Shulammite;
Return, return, that we may look upon thee.

Why will ye look upon the Shulammite,
As upon the dance 14 of Mahanaim?

7 How beautiful are thy 15 feet in sandals, O prince's daughter!

16 The joints of thy thighs are like jewels,
The work of the hands of a cunning workman.

2 Thy navel is like a round goblet,
Wherein no mingled wine is wanting:
Thy belly is like an heap of wheat
Set about with lilies.

3 17 Thy two breasts are like two fawns
That are twins of a roe.

4 Thy neck is like the tower of ivory; Thine eyes as the pools in Heshbon, by the

gate of Bath-rabbim;

Thy nose is like the tower of Lebanon
Which looketh toward Damascus.

5 Thine head upon thee is like Carmel,

And the hair of thine head 18 like purple;
The king is held captive in the tresses thereof.

6 How fair and how pleasant art thou,
O love, for delights!

7 This thy stature is like to a palm tree,
And thy breasts to clusters of grapes.
8 I said, I will climb up into the palm tree,
I will take hold of the branches thereof:
Let thy breasts be as clusters of the vine,
And the smell of thy 19 breath like apples;

9 And thy 20 mouth like the best wine,
That goeth down 21 smoothly for my beloved,
22 Gliding through the lips of those that are asleep.

10 I am my beloved's,

And his desire is toward me.

11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; Let us lodge in the villages.

12 Let us get up early to the vineyards; Let us see whether the vine hath budded, and 23 its blossom be open, And the pomegranates be in flower: There will I give thee my love.

5 Sce

ch. iv. 3.

6 Or,
maidens
7 Heb.
perfect.
8 Or,

pure

9 Or.
Pure

10 See
ver. 4.

11 Or,
desire

12 Or,
made
me like
the cha-
riots of
Ammi-
nadib.
13 Or,
willing

[Ch.vii. 1
in Heb.]

14 Or, of
two com-
panies
15 Or
steps

16 Or, Thy rounded thighs

17 See

ch. iv. 5.

18 Some ancient versions have, like the purple of a king, bound dc.

19 Heb.

nose. 20 Heb. palate. 21 Heb. aright.

22 Or, Causing the lips of those that are asleep

to move

or speak

23 Or, the

tender

grape

appear

13 The *mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.

80 that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.

2 I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.

3 * His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.

4 *I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, +that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.

5 * Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.

6¶ Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

8 We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?

9 If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.

10 I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found †fa

vour.

11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.

12 My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.

13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.

14¶Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

1

13 The mandrakes give forth fragrance, And 2 at our doors are all manner of precious fruits, new and old,

Which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved. 8 Oh that thou wert as my brother,

That sucked the breasts of my mother!
When I should find thee without, I would kiss
thee;

Yea, and none would despise me.

2 I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house,

3 Who would instruct me;

I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine,
Of the juice of my pomegranate.

35 His left hand should be under my head,
And his right hand should embrace me.

4 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, 6 That ye stir not up, nor awaken love, Until it please.

5 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, Leaning upon her beloved?

Under the apple tree I awakened thee:
There thy mother was in travail with thee,
There was she in travail 7 that brought thee forth. Or, and

A. V.

* Deut. 32. 1.

* Jer. 8.

7.

+ Heb. of heavi

ness.

+ Heb. alienated, or,

separated.

+ Heb. increase revolt.

Or, oil. * Deut. 28.51, 52. ch. 5. 5. + Heb. as the

over

1 THE vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Alaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

2 * Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. 3 *The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

4 Ah sinful nation, a people + laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are † gone away backward.

5

Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with "ointment.

7 * Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, tas overthrown by strangers.

8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage throw of in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucum

bers, as a besieged city.

9 *Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

*

10 Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

11 To what purpose is the multitude of your *sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of the goats.

12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my

15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye + make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

cease

16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; to do evil;

17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, "relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. 18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

1

THE vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD hath spoken: I have 1 nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled 3 against me. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not 4 know, my people doth not consider. Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that deal corruptly: they have forsaken the LORD, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are estranged and 5 gone backward. 2 Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? 3the whole head 6 is sick, and 3 the whole heart faint. From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and 4 festering sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with oil. 7 Your country is desolate; your cities are burned with fire; your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, 85 as overthrown by strangers. And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a 9 besieged city. Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

10

Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, 11 ye people of Gomorrah. To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of 12 he-goats. When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tram13 ple my courts? Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies,-10 I can- face not away with iniquity and the solemn meeting. 14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a 11 trouble unto me; 15 I am weary to bear them. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will 16 not hear your hands are full of blood. Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to 17 do evil: learn to do well; seek judgement, 12 relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

9 Heb.
an obla-
tion of
vanity.

10 Or, I
cannot

away

with;

it is ini

quity,

even the
solemn

meeting 11 Or, cum

brance

12 Or,
set right

the op

pressor

A.V.

* Jer. 5. 28. Zech. 7. 10.

+ Heb. according to pure

ness.

Il Or, they that return of her.

* Job 31. 3.

Ps. 1. 6.
& 5. 6.

& 73. 27.
& 92. 9.

& 104. 35.

+ Heb. break

ing.

Il Or, and his work.

* Mic. 4. 1, &c.

|| Or, prepared.

Il Or,

scythes.

Il Or,

more

than the

21 ¶ How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.

22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:

23 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

24 Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge ine o. mine enemies: 25¶ And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:

26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellers as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.

27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.

28

And the *+ destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.

29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

31 And the strong shall be as tow, "and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

2 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be "established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn

war any more.

5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.

6 Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished" from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.

east. Il Or, 7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neiabound with the ther is there any end of their treasures; their children, land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots:

&c.

*ch. 5.

15.

8 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:

9 And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.

10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.

11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

24

R.V.

1 Or, bring my hand again 2 Heb. as

3 Or,

alloy

4 Or,

Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine 25 enemies and I will turn my hand upon thee, and 2 throughly purge away thy dross, and 26 will take away all thy tin: and I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be with lye. called The city of righteousness, the faithful 27 city. Zion shall be redeemed with judgement, 28 and 4 her converts with righteousness. But the 5 destruction of the transgressors and the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake 29 the LORD shall be consumed. For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ing. 30 ye have chosen. For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath 31 no water. And the strong shall be as tow, and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

2

5

8 See Micah iv. 1-3. 9 Or, at the

10 Or, tion

instruc

11 Or, among

12 Or, decide

concern

ing

2 8 And it shall come to pass in the latter days, that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all 3 nations shall flow unto it. And many peoples head shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth 10 the law, and the word of 4 the LORD from Jerusalem. And he shall judge 11 between the nations, and shall 12 reprove many peoples: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk 6 in the light of the LORD. For thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be filled with customs from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with the children of strangers. 7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land also is full of horses, neither is 8 there any end of their chariots. Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own 9 fingers have made. And the mean man 13 is bowed down, and the great man 14 is brought down 10 low therefore forgive them not. Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the 11 glory of his majesty. The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD 12 alone shall be exalted in that day. For 15 there shall be a day of the LORD of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low: day

13 Or,

boweth

14 Or,

hum

bleth himself

15 Or, the LORD of hosts hath a

13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,

14 And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,

15 And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,

16 And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.

17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish.

19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

20 In that day a man shall cast this idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils for wherein is he to be accounted of?

3 For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,

2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,

3 The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counseller, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.

4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.

6 When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:

7 In that day shall he tswear, saying, I will not be an thealer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.

8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

So

9 The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as dom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves. 10 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be † given him. 12 As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

13 The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.

14 The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

15 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

16 Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walk

13 and upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of 14 Bashan; and upon all the high mountains, and 15 upon all the hills that are lifted up; and upon

every lofty tower, and upon every fenced wall; 16 and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon 17 all pleasant 1imagery. And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low: and the LORD alone 18 shall be exalted in that day. And the idols 19 shall utterly pass away. And men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the 2 earth, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the glory of his majesty, when 20 he ariseth to shake mightily the earth. In that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made for him to worship, to the moles and to the bats; 21 to go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily 22 the earth. 3 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

R.V.

1 Or, watchtowers

2 Heb. dust.

3 The Sept. omits this verse.

4 Or, elder

5 Or, charmer

6 Or, with childishness

shall they rule

over

them

7 Or, judge

3 For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, 2 and the whole stay of water; the mighty man, and the man of war; the judge, and the pro3 phet, and the diviner, and the ancient; the captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and 4 the skilful enchanter. And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over 5 them. And the people shall be oppressed, every. one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the 6 honourable. When a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let 7 this ruin be under thy hand: in that day shall he lift up his voice, saying, I will not be 8 an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: ye shall not make me ruler of the 8 people. For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes 9 of his glory. The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have 10 rewarded evil 10 unto themselves. Say ye of the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat 11 the fruit of their doings. Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the 11 re12 ward of his hands shall be 12 given him. As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, him. they which lead thee cause thee to err, and 13 13 destroy the way of thy paths. The LORD