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Prophecy of Isaias 907

they that were lost, shall come from the land of that are weaned from the milk, that are drawn
the Assyrians, and they that were outcasts in the away from the breasts.
land of Egypt, and they shall adore the Lord in 10 For command, command again; command,
the holy mount in Jerusalem. command again; expect, expect again; a little
there, a little there.
11 For with the speech of lips, and with an-
Chapter 28 other tongue he will speak to this people.
12 To whom he said: This is my rest, refresh
Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of
the weary, and this is my refreshing: and they
Ephraim, and to the fading flower the glory his
would not hear.
joy, who were on the head of the fat valley, stag-
13 And the word of the Lord shall be to
gering with wine.
them: Command, command again; command,
2 Behold the Lord is mighty and strong, as command again; expect, expect again; a little
a storm of hail: a destroying whirlwind, as the
there, a little there: that they may go, and fall
violence of many waters overflowing, and sent backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
forth upon a spacious land.
14 Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye
3 The crown of pride of the drunkards of scornful men, who rule over my people that is in
Ephraim shall be trodden under feet. Jerusalem.
4 And the fading tower the glory of his joy, 15 For you have said: We have entered into a
who is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as a league with death, and we have made a covenant
hasty fruit before the ripeness of autumn: which with hell. When the overflowing scourge shall
when he that seeth it shall behold, as soon he pass through, it shall not come upon us: for we
taketh it in his hand, he will eat it up. have placed our hope in lies, and by falsehood
5 In that day the Lord of hosts shall be a crown we are protected.
of glory, and a garland of joy to the residue of 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Be-
his people: hold I will lay a stone in the foundations of Sion,
6 And a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth a tried stone, a corner stone, a precious stone,
in judgment, and strength to them that return founded in the foundation. He that believeth,
out of the battle to the gate. let him not hasten.
7 But these also have been ignorant through 17 And I will set judgment in weight, and jus-
wine, and through drunkenness have erred: tice in measure: and hail shall overturn the hope
the priest and the prophet have been ignorant of falsehood: and waters shall overflow its pro-
through drunkenness, they are swallowed up tection.
with wine, they have gone astray in drunken- 18 And your league with death shall be abol-
ness, they have not known him that seeth, they ished, and your covenant with hell shall not
have been ignorant of judgment. stand: when the overflowing scourge shall pass,
8 For all the tables were full of vomit and filth, you shall be trodden down by it.
so that there was no more place. 19 Whensoever it shall pass through, it shall
9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom take you away: because in the morning early it
shall he make to understand the hearing? them shall pass through, in the day and in the night,