8 I said, I will climb up into the palm tree,

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I will take hold of the branches! thereof:

'Let' thy breasts be as clusters of the vine,

And the smell of thy breath' like apples;

And thy mouth like the best wine, That goeth down smoothly for my beloved,

81Gliding through the lips of those that are asleep.

I am my beloved's,

And his desire is 'toward' me.

Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field;

Let us lodge in the villages.

Let us get up early to the vineyards;

VERSION OF 1611.

I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine,

Of the 18juice of my pomegranate. 14His left hand should be under my head,

And his right hand should embrace

me.

I 'adjurel you, O daughters of Jerusalem,

15That ye stir not up, nor lawaken' love,

Until it' please.

my

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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.

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 3 me. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not 4 consider. Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that 'deal corruptly! : they have forsaken the LORD, they have despised' the Holy One of Israel, they are 'estranged and gone 5 backward. 08Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and 6 the whole heart faint. "From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but

12 °When ye come 'to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, (13 to trample my courts? Bring no more "vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; new moon' and 'sabbath', the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with iniquity 14 and the solemn meeting. "Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. 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 16 of blood. "Wash 'you', make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease 17 to do evil: learn to do well; seek judgement, 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 20 shall eat the good of the land: but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

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Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, 25 and avenge me of mine enemies: and

I will turn my hand upon thee, and 71throughly purge away thy dross, 26 and will take away all thy stín: and

I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called The city of righteousness, the 27 faithful city. Zion shall be redeemed with judgement, and her converts

(28 with righteousness. But the 10destruction of the transgressors and the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be con29 sumed. For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the 30 gardens that ye have chosen. °For ye shall be as 12an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no 31 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.

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

13 And it shall come to pass in the latter' days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established 14in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all na

3 tions shall flow unto it. And many 'peoples' 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 15the law, and the word of the LORD from * 4 Jerusalem. And he shall judge 10 be

tween the nations, and shall 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.

5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD. 6 For thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be Ifilled with customs from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with 7) the children of strangers. "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 there any end of their char8 iots. Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers 9 have made. And the mean man 18lis bowed down, and the great man

lis brought low: therefore forgive 10 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 alone shall be 12) exalted in that day. For 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 13 it shall be brought low: and upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the 14 oaks of Bashan; and upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills 15 that are lifted up; and upon every

lofty tower, and upon every fenced 16 wall; and upon all the ships of Tar

shish, and upon all pleasant image17 ry. And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in 18 that day. And the idols shall utterly 19) pass awayꞌ. And men shall go

into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of the LORD, and 'from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth. (20 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 21 bats; 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 22 mightily the earth. Cease ye from

man, whose breath is in his nostrils : for wherein is he to be accounted of? 3(1 For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole *2 stay of water; the mighty man, and the man of war; the judge, and the prophet, and the 'diviner', and the an3 cient; the captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the 4 skilful enchanter. And I will give

children to be their princes, and babes *5 shall rule over 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 6 base against the 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 this ruin be under thy hand: (7) in that day shall he 'lift up his voice, saying, I will not be 10an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: ye shall not make me ruler 8 of the 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 12rewarded 10 evil unto themselves. Say ye loft the

righteous, that it shall be well with him for they shall eat the fruit of 11 their doings. Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the 18reward of his hands shall be 14given 12 him. 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 15destroy 13 the way of thy paths. The LORD

standeth up to plead, and standeth to 14 judge the 16 peoples'. The LORD will enter into judgement with the elders' of his people, and the princes thereof: It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your 15 houses: what mean ye that ye 'crush! my people, and grind the 'face' of the poor? saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.

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