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World English Bible

Isaiah 30 (WEBP)

[1] “Woe to the rebellious children”, says Yahweh, “who take counsel, but not from me; and who make an alliance, but not with my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin;
[2] who set out to go down into Egypt without asking for my advice, to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt!
[3] Therefore the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
[4] For their princes are at Zoan, and their ambassadors have come to Hanes.
[5] They shall all be ashamed because of a people that can’t profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.”
[6] The burden of the animals of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, of the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to an unprofitable people.
[7] For Egypt helps in vain, and to no purpose; therefore I have called her Rahab who sits still.
[8] Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come forever and ever.
[9] For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children who will not hear Yahweh’s law;
[10] who tell the seers, “Don’t see!” and the prophets, “Don’t prophesy to us right things. Tell us pleasant things. Prophesy deceits.
[11] Get out of the way. Turn away from the path. Cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.”
[12] Therefore the Holy One of Israel says, “Because you despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely on it,
[13] therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly in an instant.
[14] He will break it as a potter’s vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing, so that there won’t be found among the broken pieces a piece good enough to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern.”
[15] For thus said the Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, “You will be saved in returning and rest. Your strength will be in quietness and in confidence.” You refused,
[16] but you said, “No, for we will flee on horses;” therefore you will flee; and, “We will ride on the swift;” therefore those who pursue you will be swift.
[17] One thousand will flee at the threat of one. At the threat of five, you will flee until you are left like a beacon on the top of a mountain, and like a banner on a hill.
[18] Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.
[19] For the people will dwell in Zion at Jerusalem. You will weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the voice of your cry. When he hears you, he will answer you.
[20] Though the Lord may give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your teachers won’t be hidden any more, but your eyes will see your teachers;
[21] and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way. Walk in it.”
[22] You shall defile the overlaying of your engraved images of silver, and the plating of your molten images of gold. You shall cast them away as an unclean thing. You shall tell it, “Go away!”
[23] He will give the rain for your seed, with which you will sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the ground will be rich and plentiful. In that day, your livestock will feed in large pastures.
[24] The oxen likewise and the young donkeys that till the ground will eat savory feed, which has been winnowed with the shovel and with the fork.
[25] There will be brooks and streams of water on every lofty mountain and on every high hill in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
[26] Moreover the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, in the day that Yahweh binds up the fracture of his people, and heals the wound they were struck with.
[27] Behold, Yahweh’s name comes from far away, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke. His lips are full of indignation. His tongue is as a devouring fire.
[28] His breath is as an overflowing stream that reaches even to the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction. A bridle that leads to ruin will be in the jaws of the peoples.
[29] You will have a song, as in the night when a holy feast is kept, and gladness of heart, as when one goes with a flute to come to Yahweh’s mountain, to Israel’s Rock.
[30] Yahweh will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the descent of his arm, with the indignation of his anger and the flame of a devouring fire, with a blast, storm, and hailstones.
[31] For through Yahweh’s voice the Assyrian will be dismayed. He will strike him with his rod.
[32] Every stroke of the rod of punishment, which Yahweh will lay on him, will be with the sound of tambourines and harps. He will fight with them in battles, brandishing weapons.
[33] For his burning place has long been ready. Yes, it is prepared for the king. He has made its pyre deep and large with fire and much wood. Yahweh’s breath, like a stream of sulfur, kindles it.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Isaiah 30 (KJVS)

[1] Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
[2] that walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
[3] Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
[4] For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
[5] They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
[6] The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
[7] For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.
[8] Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
[9] that this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord:
[10] which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
[11] get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
[12] Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:
[13] therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in an high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
[14] And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.
[15] For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
[16] But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
[17] One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.
[18] And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
[19] For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.
[20] And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
[21] and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
[22] Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
[23] Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
[24] The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.
[25] And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
[26] Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
[27] Behold, the name of the Lord cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:
[28] and his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.
[29] Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the mighty One of Israel.
[30] And the Lord shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
[31] For through the voice of the Lord shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.
[32] And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the Lord shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it.
[33] For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

Isaiah 30:7 Or, to her
Isaiah 30:8 Heb. the latter day
Isaiah 30:12 Or, fraud
Isaiah 30:14 Heb. the bottle of potters
Isaiah 30:17 Or, a tree bereft of branches, or boughs, or a mast
Isaiah 30:20 Or, oppression
Isaiah 30:22a Heb. the graven images of thy silver
Isaiah 30:22b Heb. scatter
Isaiah 30:24 Or, savoury. Heb. leavened
Isaiah 30:25 Heb. lifted up
Isaiah 30:27a Or, and the grievousness of flame
Isaiah 30:27b Heb. heaviness
Isaiah 30:29 Heb. rock
Isaiah 30:30 Heb. the glory of his voice
Isaiah 30:32a Heb. every passing of the rod founded
Isaiah 30:32b Heb. cause to rest upon him
Isaiah 30:32c Or, against them
Isaiah 30:33 Heb. from yesterday

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Isaiah 30 (BYZ)

[1] Οὐαὶ () τέκνα () ἀποστάται, τάδε () λέγει () κύριος, () ἐποιήσατε () βουλὴν () οὐ () δι’ () ἐμοῦ () καὶ () συνθήκας οὐ () διὰ () τοῦ () πνεύματός () μου () προσθεῖναι () ἁμαρτίας () ἐφ’ () ἁμαρτίαις, ()
[2] οἱ () πορευόμενοι () καταβῆναι () εἰς () Αἴγυπτον, () ἐμὲ () δὲ () οὐκ () ἐπηρώτησαν, () τοῦ () βοηθηθῆναι () ὑπὸ () Φαραω () καὶ () σκεπασθῆναι ὑπὸ () Αἰγυπτίων. ()
[3] Ἔσται () γὰρ () ὑμῖν () ἡ () σκέπη Φαραω () εἰς () αἰσχύνην () καὶ () τοῖς () πεποιθόσιν () ἐπ’ () Αἴγυπτον () ὄνειδος. ()
[4] Ὅτι () εἰσὶν () ἐν () Τάνει ἀρχηγοὶ () ἄγγελοι () πονηροί· () μάτην () κοπιάσουσιν ()
[5] πρὸς () λαόν, () ὃς () οὐκ () ὠφελήσει () αὐτοὺς () οὔτε () εἰς () βοήθειαν () οὔτε () εἰς () ὠφέλειαν, () ἀλλὰ () εἰς () αἰσχύνην () καὶ () ὄνειδος. ()
[6] Ἡ () ὅρασις () τῶν () τετραπόδων () τῶν () ἐν () τῇ () ἐρήμῳ. () Ἐν () τῇ () θλίψει () καὶ () τῇ () στενοχωρίᾳ, () λέων () καὶ () σκύμνος λέοντος () ἐκεῖθεν () καὶ () ἀσπίδες () καὶ () ἔκγονα () ἀσπίδων () πετομένων, () οἳ () ἔφερον () ἐπ’ () ὄνων () καὶ () καμήλων () τὸν () πλοῦτον () αὐτῶν () πρὸς () ἔθνος () ὃ () οὐκ () ὠφελήσει () αὐτοὺς () εἰς () βοήθειαν, () ἀλλὰ () εἰς () αἰσχύνην () καὶ () ὄνειδος. ()
[7] Αἰγύπτιοι () μάταια () καὶ () κενὰ () ὠφελήσουσιν () ὑμᾶς· () ἀπάγγειλον () αὐτοῖς () ὅτι () Ματαία () ἡ () παράκλησις () ὑμῶν () αὕτη. ()
[8] Νῦν () οὖν () καθίσας () γράψον () ἐπὶ () πυξίου ταῦτα () καὶ () εἰς () βιβλίον, () ὅτι () ἔσται () εἰς () ἡμέρας () καιρῶν () ταῦτα () καὶ () ἕως () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα. ()
[9] Ὅτι () λαὸς () ἀπειθής () ἐστιν, () υἱοὶ () ψευδεῖς, () οἳ () οὐκ () ἠβούλοντο () ἀκούειν () τὸν () νόμον () τοῦ () θεοῦ, ()
[10] οἱ () λέγοντες () τοῖς () προφήταις () Μὴ () ἀναγγέλλετε () ἡμῖν, () καὶ () τοῖς () τὰ () ὁράματα () ὁρῶσιν Μὴ () λαλεῖτε () ἡμῖν, () ἀλλὰ () ἡμῖν () λαλεῖτε () καὶ () ἀναγγέλλετε () ἡμῖν () ἑτέραν () πλάνησιν
[11] καὶ () ἀποστρέψατε () ἡμᾶς () ἀπὸ () τῆς () ὁδοῦ () ταύτης, () ἀφέλετε () ἀφ’ () ἡμῶν () τὸν () τρίβον () τοῦτον () καὶ () ἀφέλετε () ἀφ’ () ἡμῶν () τὸν () ἅγιον () τοῦ () Ισραηλ. ()
[12] Διὰ () τοῦτο () οὕτως () λέγει () κύριος () ὁ () ἅγιος () τοῦ () Ισραηλ () Ὅτι () ἠπειθήσατε () τοῖς () λόγοις () τούτοις () καὶ () ἠλπίσατε () ἐπὶ () ψεύδει () καὶ () ὅτι () ἐγόγγυσας () καὶ () πεποιθὼς () ἐγένου () ἐπὶ () τῷ () λόγῳ () τούτῳ, ()
[13] διὰ () τοῦτο () ἔσται () ὑμῖν () ἡ () ἁμαρτία () αὕτη () ὡς () τεῖχος () πῖπτον () παραχρῆμα () πόλεως () ὀχυρᾶς ἑαλωκυίας, ἧς () παραχρῆμα () πάρεστιν () τὸ () πτῶμα, ()
[14] καὶ () τὸ () πτῶμα () αὐτῆς () ἔσται () ὡς () σύντριμμα () ἀγγείου () ὀστρακίνου, () ἐκ () κεραμίου () λεπτὰ () ὥστε () μὴ () εὑρεῖν () ἐν () αὐτοῖς () ὄστρακον ἐν () ᾧ () πῦρ () ἀρεῖς () καὶ () ἐν () ᾧ () ἀποσυριεῖς ὕδωρ () μικρόν. ()
[15] Οὕτω () λέγει () κύριος () ὁ () ἅγιος () τοῦ () Ισραηλ () Ὅταν () ἀποστραφεὶς () στενάξῃς, () τότε () σωθήσῃ () καὶ () γνώσῃ () ποῦ () ἦσθα· () ὅτε () ἐπεποίθεις () ἐπὶ () τοῖς () ματαίοις, () ματαία () ἡ () ἰσχὺς () ὑμῶν () ἐγενήθη. () Καὶ () οὐκ () ἠβούλεσθε () ἀκούειν, ()
[16] ἀλλ’ () εἴπατε () Ἐφ’ () ἵππων () φευξόμεθα· () διὰ () τοῦτο () φεύξεσθε· () καὶ () εἴπατε () Ἐπὶ () κούφοις ἀναβάται ἐσόμεθα· () διὰ () τοῦτο () κοῦφοι ἔσονται () οἱ () διώκοντες () ὑμᾶς. ()
[17] Διὰ () φωνὴν () ἑνὸς () φεύξονται () χίλιοι, () καὶ () διὰ () φωνὴν () πέντε () φεύξονται () πολλοί, () ἕως () ἂν () καταλειφθῆτε () ὡς () ἱστὸς ἐπ’ () ὄρους () καὶ () ὡς () σημαίαν φέρων () ἐπὶ () βουνοῦ. ()
[18] Καὶ () πάλιν () μενεῖ () ὁ () θεὸς () τοῦ () οἰκτιρῆσαι () ὑμᾶς () καὶ () διὰ () τοῦτο () ὑψωθήσεται () τοῦ () ἐλεῆσαι () ὑμᾶς· () διότι () κριτὴς () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () ἡμῶν () ἐστιν, () καὶ () ποῦ () καταλείψετε () τὴν () δόξαν () ὑμῶν; () Μακάριοι () οἱ () ἐμμένοντες () ἐν () αὐτῷ. ()
[19] Διότι () λαὸς () ἅγιος () ἐν () Σιων () οἰκήσει, () καὶ () Ιερουσαλημ () κλαυθμῷ () ἔκλαυσεν () Ἐλέησόν () με· () ἐλεήσει () σε () τὴν () φωνὴν () τῆς () κραυγῆς () σου· () ἡνίκα () εἶδεν, () ἐπήκουσέν () σου. ()
[20] Καὶ () δώσει () κύριος () ὑμῖν () ἄρτον () θλίψεως () καὶ () ὕδωρ () στενόν, () καὶ () οὐκέτι () μὴ () ἐγγίσωσίν () σοι () οἱ () πλανῶντές () σε· () ὅτι () οἱ () ὀφθαλμοί () σου () ὄψονται () τοὺς () πλανῶντάς () σε, ()
[21] καὶ () τὰ () ὦτά () σου () ἀκούσονται () τοὺς () λόγους () τῶν () ὀπίσω () σε () πλανησάντων, () οἱ () λέγοντες () Αὕτη () ἡ () ὁδός, () πορευθῶμεν () ἐν () αὐτῇ () εἴτε () δεξιὰ () εἴτε () ἀριστερά. ()
[22] Καὶ () ἐξαρεῖς () τὰ () εἴδωλα () τὰ () περιηργυρωμένα καὶ () τὰ () περικεχρυσωμένα, λεπτὰ () ποιήσεις () καὶ () λικμήσεις () ὡς () ὕδωρ () ἀποκαθημένης καὶ () ὡς () κόπρον ὤσεις αὐτά. ()
[23] Τότε () ἔσται () ὁ () ὑετὸς () τῷ () σπέρματι () τῆς () γῆς () σου, () καὶ () ὁ () ἄρτος () τοῦ () γενήματος () τῆς () γῆς () σου () ἔσται () πλησμονὴ () καὶ () λιπαρός· () καὶ () βοσκηθήσεταί () σου () τὰ () κτήνη () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ () τόπον () πίονα καὶ () εὐρύχωρον, ()
[24] οἱ () ταῦροι () ὑμῶν () καὶ () οἱ () βόες () οἱ () ἐργαζόμενοι () τὴν () γῆν () φάγονται () ἄχυρα () ἀναπεποιημένα ἐν () κριθῇ () λελικμημένα. ()
[25] Καὶ () ἔσται () ἐπὶ () παντὸς () ὄρους () ὑψηλοῦ () καὶ () ἐπὶ () παντὸς () βουνοῦ () μετεώρου ὕδωρ () διαπορευόμενον () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ, () ὅταν () ἀπόλωνται () πολλοὶ () καὶ () ὅταν () πέσωσιν () πύργοι. ()
[26] Καὶ () ἔσται () τὸ () φῶς () τῆς () σελήνης () ὡς () τὸ () φῶς () τοῦ () ἡλίου () καὶ () τὸ () φῶς () τοῦ () ἡλίου () ἔσται () ἑπταπλάσιον ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ, () ὅταν () ἰάσηται () κύριος () τὸ () σύντριμμα () τοῦ () λαοῦ () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () τὴν () ὀδύνην () τῆς () πληγῆς () σου () ἰάσεται. ()
[27] Ἰδοὺ () τὸ () ὄνομα () κυρίου () διὰ () χρόνου () ἔρχεται () πολλοῦ, () καιόμενος () ὁ () θυμός, () μετὰ () δόξης () τὸ () λόγιον () τῶν () χειλέων () αὐτοῦ, () τὸ () λόγιον () ὀργῆς () πλῆρες, () καὶ () ἡ () ὀργὴ () τοῦ () θυμοῦ () ὡς () πῦρ () ἔδεται.
[28] Καὶ () τὸ () πνεῦμα () αὐτοῦ () ὡς () ὕδωρ () ἐν () φάραγγι () σῦρον () ἥξει () ἕως () τοῦ () τραχήλου () καὶ () διαιρεθήσεται () τοῦ () ἔθνη () ταράξαι () ἐπὶ () πλανήσει () ματαίᾳ, () καὶ () διώξεται () αὐτοὺς () πλάνησις καὶ () λήμψεται () αὐτοὺς () κατὰ () πρόσωπον () αὐτῶν. ()
[29] Μὴ () διὰ () παντὸς () δεῖ () ὑμᾶς () εὐφραίνεσθαι () καὶ () εἰσπορεύεσθαι () εἰς () τὰ () ἅγιά μου () διὰ () παντὸς () ὡσεὶ () ἑορτάζοντας () καὶ () ὡσεὶ () εὐφραινομένους () εἰσελθεῖν () μετὰ () αὐλοῦ () εἰς () τὸ () ὄρος () τοῦ () κυρίου () πρὸς () τὸν () θεὸν () τοῦ () Ισραηλ; ()
[30] Καὶ () ἀκουστὴν ποιήσει () ὁ () θεὸς () τὴν () δόξαν () τῆς () φωνῆς () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τὸν () θυμὸν () τοῦ () βραχίονος () αὐτοῦ () δείξει () μετὰ () θυμοῦ () καὶ () ὀργῆς () καὶ () φλογὸς () κατεσθιούσης· () κεραυνώσει βιαίως καὶ () ὡς () ὕδωρ () καὶ () χάλαζα () συγκαταφερομένη βίᾳ. ()
[31] Διὰ () γὰρ () φωνὴν () κυρίου () ἡττηθήσονται () Ἀσσύριοι τῇ () πληγῇ, () ᾗ () ἂν () πατάξῃ () αὐτούς. ()
[32] Καὶ () ἔσται () αὐτῷ () κυκλόθεν, () ὅθεν () ἦν () αὐτῷ () ἡ () ἐλπὶς () τῆς () βοηθείας, () ἐφ’ () ᾗ () αὐτὸς () ἐπεποίθει· () αὐτοὶ () μετὰ () αὐλῶν () καὶ () κιθάρας () πολεμήσουσιν () αὐτὸν () ἐκ () μεταβολῆς.
[33] Σὺ () γὰρ () πρὸ () ἡμερῶν () ἀπαιτηθήσῃ· () μὴ () καὶ () σοὶ () ἡτοιμάσθη () βασιλεύειν () φάραγγα () βαθεῖαν, () ξύλα () κείμενα, () πῦρ () καὶ () ξύλα () πολλά; () Ὁ () θυμὸς () κυρίου () ὡς () φάραγξ () ὑπὸ () θείου () καιομένη. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.