Isaiah 28:20 Cross References - Rotherham

²⁰ For too short, is the couch to stretch oneself out,––And, the coverlet, too narrow, when one draweth up his feet.

¹² I, will expose thy righteousness,––And thy works––but they will not profit thee!
¹³ When thou makest outcry, let thy gathered throngs deliver thee! But, all of them, shall, A wind, catch up––A breath, take away! Whereas, he that seeketh refuge in me, Shall inherit the land, And possess my holy, mountain.

⁵ Viper’s eggs, do they hatch, Spider’s threads, do they weave,––He that eateth of their eggs, dieth, And, that which is crushed, bringeth forth an adder; ⁶ Their threads, shall not become a garment, Neither shall they cover themselves with their fabrics,––Their fabrics, are fabrics of iniquity, Yea, the product of violence, is in their hands;

⁶ But we have become as one unclean, all of us, And, as a garment polluted, were all our righteous doings,––And so we faded like a leaf, all of us, And, our iniquity, as a wind, carried us away;

³ He that slaughtereth an ox, [is as one] who smiteth a man, He that sacrificeth a lamb, [is as one] who beheadeth a dog, He that causeth a meal–offering to ascend, [offereth it with] the blood of swine, He that maketh a memorial of frankincense, [is as one] who blesseth iniquity: They indeed, have chosen their own ways, And, in their own abominations, their soul hath found delight; ⁴ I, also, will choose the things that vex them, And, the things they dread, will I bring upon them, Because––I called, and there was none, to answer, I spake, and they hearkened not,––But did that which was wicked in mine eyes, And, of that wherein I delighted not, made choice.
⁵ Hear the word of Yahweh, ye who care anxiously for his word: Said your brethren, Who hated you, Who thrust you out for my Name’s sake, Yahweh be glorified! Therefore shall he appear to your rejoicing, But, they, shall turn pale. ⁶ The sound of a tumult––out of the city, A sound, out of the temple,––The sound of Yahweh, rendering recompense to his foes.

⁸ Lo! ye, on your part, are trusting in false, words,––To no, profit! ⁹ Are ye to steal, commit murder, and commit adultery, and swear, falsely, and burn incense unto Baal,––and walk after other gods, whom ye have not known; ¹⁰ And will ye then come in, and stand before me, in this house, whereon my Name hath been called, and say,––We have set ourselves free,––for the purpose of committing all these abominations?

³⁰ What, then, shall we say? That, they of the nations, who were not in pursuit of righteousness, have laid hold of righteousness,––a righteousness, however, which is by faith; ³¹ Whereas, Israel, though in pursuit of a law of righteousness, unto a law, have not attained. ³² Wherefore? Because, not by faith but as by works, [have they sought it]: they have stumbled at the stone of stumbling,

¹⁸ For, the discourse which concerneth the cross, unto them, indeed, who are perishing, is, foolishness; but, unto them who are being saved––unto us, it is, God’s power. ¹⁹ For it is written––I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and, the discernment of the discerning, will I set aside. ²⁰ Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? ²¹ For, seeing that, in the wisdom of God, the world, through its wisdom, did not get to knew God, God was well–pleased––through the foolishness of the thing proclaimed, to save them that believe. ²² Seeing that both, Jews for signs, do ask, and, Greeks for wisdom, do seek, ²³ Whereas, we, proclaim a Christ who hath been crucified,––unto Jews, indeed, an occasion of stumbling, and, unto Gentiles, foolishness; ²⁴ But, unto the called themselves––both Jews and Greeks, Christ, God’s power, and, God’s wisdom. ²⁵ Because, God’s foolish thing, is, wiser than men, and, God’s weak thing, mightier than men. ²⁶ For be looking at the calling of you, brethren,––that [there were] not many wise, according to flesh. Not many powerful, not many high–born: ²⁷ On the contrary––the foolish things of the world, hath God chosen, that he might put to shame them who are wise, and, the weak things of the world, hath God chosen, that he might put to shame the things that are mighty, ²⁸ And, the low–born things of the world, and the things that are despised, hath God chosen,––[and] the things that are not,––that, the things that are, he might bring to nought; ²⁹ So that no flesh should boast before God. ³⁰ But, of him, are, ye, in Christ Jesus, who hath been made wisdom unto us, from God,––both righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: ³¹ In order that, even as it is written––He that boasteth, in the Lord, let him boast.