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886 Prophecy of Isaias

same deceive thee, and destroy the way of thy Chapter 4
steps.
13 The Lord standeth up to judge, and he And in that day seven women shall take hold of
standeth to judge the people. one man, saying: We will eat our own bread, and
14 The Lord will enter into judgment with the wear our own apparel: only let us be called by
ancients of his people, and its princes: for you thy name, take away our reproach.
have devoured the vineyard, and the spoil of the 2 In that day the bud of the Lord shall be in
poor is in your house. magnificence and glory, and the fruit of the earth
15 Why do you consume my people, and grind shall be high, and a great joy to them that shall
the faces of the poor? saith the Lord the God of have escaped of Israel.
hosts. 3 And it shall come to pass, that every one
16 And the Lord said: Because the daugh- that shall be left in Sion, and that shall remain
ters of Sion are haughty, and have walked with in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, every one that
is written in life in Jerusalem.
stretched out necks, and wanton glances of their
eyes, and made a noise as they walked with their 4 If the Lord shall wash away the filth of the
feet and moved in a set pace: daughters of Sion, and shall wash away the blood
17 The Lord will make bald the crown of the of Jerusalem out of the midst thereof, by the
spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
head of the daughters of Sion, and the Lord will
discover their hair. 5 And the Lord will create upon every place
of mount Sion, and where he is called upon, a
18 In that day the Lord will take away the
ornaments of shoes, and little moons, cloud by day, and a smoke and the brightness of
a flaming fire in the night: for over all the glory
19 And chains and necklaces, and bracelets,
shall be a protection.
and bonnets,
6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shade
20 And bodkins, and ornaments of the legs,
in the daytime from the heat, and for a security
and tablets, and sweet balls, and earrings,
and covert from the whirlwind, and from rain.
21 And rings, and jewels hanging on the fore-
head,
22 And changes of apparel, and short cloaks, Chapter 5
and fine linen, and crisping pins,
23 And lookingglasses, and lawns, and head- I will sing to my beloved the canticle of my cousin
bands, and fine veils. concerning his vineyard. My beloved had a vine-
24 And instead of a sweet smell there shall yard on a hill in a fruitful place.
be stench, and instead of a girdle, a cord, and 2 And he fenced it in, and picked the stones
instead of curled hair, baldness, and instead of a out of it, and planted it with the choicest vines,
stomacher, haircloth. and built a tower in the midst thereof, and set
25 Thy fairest men also shall fall by the sword, up a winepress therein: and he looked that it
and thy valiant ones in battle. should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth
26 And her gates shall lament and mourn, and wild grapes.
she shall sit desolate on the ground. 3 And now, O ye inhabitants of Jerusalem,